Halo: Initiation

Halo: Initiation is a three-part comic book series produced by Dark Horse Comics. It acts as the origin story for Commander Sarah Palmer and is presented as a lead-in to Halo: Spartan Assault, which also stars Palmer. The series follows her career from her time as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper to the leader of the SPARTAN-IVs aboard the.

Issue 1
Official summary:

Synopsis In January 2553, Commander Musa, a former SPARTAN-II, has arranged an audience with several admirals in HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6. Despite reprehending the morality of the SPARTAN-II Program, Musa stresses the importance of the Spartans in the Covenant War and argues that they are still necessary, revealing that he has created a new generation of the supersoldiers. Three months earlier, in October 2552, a group of ODSTs, including Sarah Palmer, are deployed on a planet under Covenant attack. On the surface, Admiral Kovalic, protecting an important AI, is heading to an extraction point, but his Warthog is attacked by a Brute Chieftain. Palmer's drop pod lands nearby and she defends Kovalic from the Chieftain and other Covenant forces converging on their position. Even though she is wounded by a Needler shard, Palmer eventually kills the Brute and saves the admiral. Three months later, while still recovering in a UNSC medical facility, Palmer is visited by Jun-A266, who invites her to join the SPARTAN-IV Program.

Characters

 * Aine
 * Andrew Del Rio
 * Bossman
 * Catherine Halsey
 * Edward Davis
 * Isla Zane
 * John-117
 * Joel Thomas
 * Jul 'Mdama
 * Jun-A266
 * Kovalic
 * Musa-096
 * Sarah Palmer
 * Thomas Lasky
 * Vladimir Scruggs
 * Yeong-hao Holst

Locations

 * Sol system
 * Earth
 * Africa
 * East African Protectorate
 * Republic of Kenya
 * Voi
 * Voi Memorial
 * Australia
 * Sydney
 * HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6

Species

 * Human
 * Jiralhanae
 * Sangheili
 * Unggoy

Organizations

 * United Nations Space Command
 * UNSC Defense Force
 * Spartan
 * SPARTAN-IV Program
 * UNSC Marine Corps
 * Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
 * UNSC Navy
 * Naval Special Warfare Command
 * SPARTAN-II Program
 * Office of Naval Intelligence
 * SPARTAN-III Program
 * Covenant
 * Insurrectionists

Vehicles

 * Lockhart medical station
 * M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle
 * Unidentified civilian transport craft
 * Unidentified UNSC frigate class
 * Unidentified civilian transport craft
 * Unidentified UNSC frigate class
 * Unidentified UNSC frigate class

Weapons

 * M6H Personal Defense Weapon System
 * M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenade
 * MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System
 * Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer
 * Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol
 * Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher

Technology

 * Artificial intelligence
 * Jiralhanae power armor
 * Chieftain variant
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
 * MJOLNIR [GEN2]
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/AA variant
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Aviator
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/R variant
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Recruit
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/S variant
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Soldier
 * ODST armor
 * Sangheili combat harness
 * Warrior variant
 * Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle
 * Unggoy combat harness
 * Storm variant
 * Imperial variant