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Picking up from where [[Halo: Escalation Issue 11|Issue 11]] left off, Issue 12 opens with [[Naiya Ray]] thwarting a [[Kig-Yar]] guard who snuck up on her. After a brief scuffle she kills the ambusher with her [[combat knife]]. Ray then re-establishes communication with {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. [[Roland]] informs her that the ''Infinity'' has been re-routed towards [[Ven III]]. Shortly after Ray discovers a turret-less [[Wuzum-pattern Spectre|Spectre]] and uses it to enter the [[pirate]] base. Aboard the ''Infinity'', [[Sarah Palmer]] briefs [[Fireteam Majestic]] about the [[Mission to Ven III|operation]] taking place on Ven III. She informs them that they will be tasked with rescuing [[Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]] as well as recovering a [[bioweapon]]. Meanwhile the [[Ayit 'Sevi|Sangheili agent]] meets with a [[Kig-Yar pirate queen]] inside the pirate base to bargain a deal for Spartan Thorne. Before a deal is established the queen questions the Sangheili's purpose for being on Ven III. He tells her he came for a bioweapon and that he captured the Spartan on her planet. He then warns her that the UNSC are aware of their location and will be on their way to rescue the Spartan. | Picking up from where [[Halo: Escalation Issue 11|Issue 11]] left off, Issue 12 opens with [[Naiya Ray]] thwarting a [[Kig-Yar]] guard who snuck up on her. After a brief scuffle she kills the ambusher with her [[combat knife]]. Ray then re-establishes communication with {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. [[Roland]] informs her that the ''Infinity'' has been re-routed towards [[Ven III]]. Shortly after Ray discovers a turret-less [[Wuzum-pattern Spectre|Spectre]] and uses it to enter the [[pirate]] base. Aboard the ''Infinity'', [[Sarah Palmer]] briefs [[Fireteam Majestic]] about the [[Mission to Ven III|operation]] taking place on Ven III. She informs them that they will be tasked with rescuing [[Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]] as well as recovering a [[bioweapon]]. Meanwhile the [[Ayit 'Sevi|Sangheili agent]] meets with a [[Kig-Yar pirate queen]] inside the pirate base to bargain a deal for Spartan Thorne. Before a deal is established the queen questions the Sangheili's purpose for being on Ven III. He tells her he came for a bioweapon and that he captured the Spartan on her planet. He then warns her that the UNSC are aware of their location and will be on their way to rescue the Spartan. | ||
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After the mission, Ray resides by a recovering Thorne, while Lasky shares a drink with Palmer onboard ''Infinity''. Discussing the aftermath, Lasky tells Palmer not to be angry at Ray for disobeying orders since Thorne would have died otherwise. He also tells Palmer that his debriefing with Osman went surprisingly well despite the covert operation turning into a battle. Palmer asks if he learned anything about the captured Elite but Lasky explains he was told to drop the subject. He then tells her that he got a look at a memo sent by an ONI analyst to [[HIGHCOM]] six months ago concerning a growing number of Kig-Yar pirate bases being set at trade routes and the possible consequences for ignoring the threat. Lasky theorizes that since HIGHCOM ignored ONI's demands for action against the Kig-Yar, ONI hired the Sangheili mercenary and staged the bioweapon accident as an excuse to send a small team of Spartans to the planet, thus forcing a scenario in which ''Infinity'' would have to destroy the pirate nest in order to rescue the team. Lasky wonders which was worse: that ONI played them or that they fell for the staged act. Lasky then asks Palmer to promise to not let him forget what happened this day. | After the mission, Ray resides by a recovering Thorne, while Lasky shares a drink with Palmer onboard ''Infinity''. Discussing the aftermath, Lasky tells Palmer not to be angry at Ray for disobeying orders since Thorne would have died otherwise. He also tells Palmer that his debriefing with Osman went surprisingly well despite the covert operation turning into a battle. Palmer asks if he learned anything about the captured Elite but Lasky explains he was told to drop the subject. He then tells her that he got a look at a memo sent by an ONI analyst to [[HIGHCOM]] six months ago concerning a growing number of Kig-Yar pirate bases being set at trade routes and the possible consequences for ignoring the threat. Lasky theorizes that since HIGHCOM ignored ONI's demands for action against the Kig-Yar, ONI hired the Sangheili mercenary and staged the bioweapon accident as an excuse to send a small team of Spartans to the planet, thus forcing a scenario in which ''Infinity'' would have to destroy the pirate nest in order to rescue the team. Lasky wonders which was worse: that ONI played them or that they fell for the staged act. Lasky then asks Palmer to promise to not let him forget what happened this day. | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
