Editing Halo: Escalation Issue 1

{{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 1''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Comics infobox
|next=Halo: Escalation Issue 2
|image=[[File:HaloEscalation1.jpg|250px]]
|writer=[[Christopher Schlerf]]
|artist=*Sergio Ariño (penciller)<br>
*Juan Castro (inker)
*Michael Atiyeh (colorist)
*Anthony Palumbo (cover artist)
*[[Kenneth Scott]] (variant cover artist)
|publisher= [[Dark Horse Comics]]
|publication= December 11, 2013
|length=32 pages
}}

'''''Halo: Escalation Issue 1''''' was released on [[2013|December 11, 2013]] and is the first comic in the ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' series.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-701/Halo-Escalation-1-Anthony-Palumbo-cover/ '''Dark Horse:''' ''Halo: Escalation Issue 1'']</ref>

==Official summary==
{{Article quote|Halo®, the most celebrated video game series of all time, joins forces with Dark Horse for a thrilling new ongoing series! The UNSC flagship Infinity is assigned escort duty for a diplomatic mission between the Arbiter and a powerful chieftain of the Brute tribes—but when a rogue Covenant group attacks, it’s going to take all the firepower the Spartans have to keep the delegates alive!
* First issue of an all-new ongoing Halo series from Dark Horse!
* An essential addition to the Halo canon!
* The Halo franchise has sales eclipsing $3 billion over its lifetime!
* From Christopher Schlerf, lead writer of Halo 4!}}

==Plot synopsis==
{{Spoiler/begin}}
Issue #1 opens with Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] and [[Fireteam Jackknife]] inside the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s training simulation deck. Their [[War Games]] session is interrupted by [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Thomas Lasky]] who asks to speak with Commander Palmer. Lasky informs her that they have been requested to appear before the [[UNSC Security Council]] at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]. At the hearing, the council expresses misgiving about Lasky's handling of the [[Requiem Campaign]]. [[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]] berates Lasky over the complete destruction of [[Requiem]] and the failed assassination of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. Osman then asks Palmer if Lasky had sent [[Fireteam Majestic]] to stop her from eliminating Halsey. Wanting to protect Lasky from any ramifications, Palmer lies and tells Osman that Majestic was there as backup. 

Shortly after, [[Fleet Admiral|Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Hood]] arrives onboard ''Infinity'' to speak with Lasky. He tells Lasky that the {{UNSCShip|Vociferous}} is assigned to pursue [[Jul 'Mdama]] as he needs ''Infinity'' to aid in peace talks between the [[Sangheili]] and the [[Jiralhanae]]. Two days later, ''Infinity'' arrives at [[Ealen IV]]. Lord Hood meets with the Arbiter, [[Thel 'Vadam]], and the Brute [[Chieftain]] [[Lydus]]. Lasky, Palmer and Jackknife join the delegates inside the plasma center as [[Paul DeMarco]] of Majestic and [[Fireteam Bailey]] act as [[overwatch]]. The delegation is caught off guard when [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|Covenant mercenaries]] blast into the conference chamber. The Spartan IVs defend the delegation and escort them to a nearby parts depot when their [[DS-004|evacuation shuttle]] is destroyed. With communications with their orbiting fleets blocked, the delegation are left without reinforcements.
{{Spoiler/end}}

==Trivia==
*Requiem's parent star [[Epoloch]] is depicted as disproportionately small, only slightly larger than the shield world.
*Kig-Yar are seen with four fingers instead of three in various panels.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Halo Escalation 1.jpg|Full cover art
File:Halo Escalation 1 Variant.jpg|Variant cover art
File:HE Invasion.jpg|Sarah Palmer fighting in a War Games simulation
File:Wargames.png|Palmer and Fireteam Jackknife
File:HIGHCOM Escalation.png|HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6
File:Securitycouncil.jpg|The UNSC Security Council
File:Infinity escape Requiem.jpg|Briefing concerning the events on Requiem
File:HE Lasky & Palmer in Infinity's memorial park.jpg|Palmer and Lasky jogging inside ''Infinity'''s memorial park
File:Ealen IV.jpg|Ealen IV - site of the peace talks
File:Thel 2558.png|Thel 'Vadam in [[2558]]
File:Jackknife.png|Fireteam Jackknife defends the delegation
File:Lydus Spiker.png|Chieftain Lydus fires his Brute Spiker
File:Thel Ealen IV.png|Thel 'Vadam slays a Kig-Yar sniper
File:Fireteam Bailey and DeMarco.jpg|Fireteam Bailey hold off enemy forces 
File:HE Battle of Ealen IV.jpg|Shuttle [[DS-004]] is destroyed
</gallery>

==Sources==
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==See also==
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
[[Category:Canon]]
[[Category:Halo: Escalation]]

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