Halo: Escalation Issue 15

Halo: Escalation Issue 15 will be released on February 25, 2015 and is to be the fifteenth comic in the Halo: Escalation series.

Plot synopsis
After seven hours of conflict, Roland makes a report about the situation on Aktis IV: Jul 'Mdama's fleet has been attacking the and preventing the ship from moving. On the ground, Commander Palmer established a defense position in the Forerunner structure and is atacked by hordes of Covenant forces while the Infinity cannot establish contact with them. Inside the structure, Palmer, Majestic and Dr. Glassman are trapped, and Thorne informs Palmer that Hoya has disappeared. Palmer orders Glassman to get the structure's teleportation grid online before the Covenant breach their defenses. Glassman informs her that the grid is online but he needs to decode the coordinates to the exit portals and there's no chance to succesfully escape to a safer place.

On the planet, Jul 'Mdama and his forces find one of Sali 'Nyon's followers. A Sangheili Zealot advise him to return to the Song of Retribution for his safety, but 'Mdama declines. The Zealot informs him that 'Nyon has broadcasted a transmission to incite Jul's forces to join his faction and rebel against 'Mdama. Another Zealot informs 'Mdama that the UNSC has barricaded themselves inside the structure, but his forces are about to enter the structure. 'Mdama orders his forces to kill all the humans when they enter the site, except Glassman as he has a special punishment for him.