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{{Title|''Halo: Retribution''}} | {{Title|''Halo: Retribution''}} | ||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article quote|December [[2553]]. Less than a year after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]], a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuous peace in human-held space, culminating in the assassination of UNSC fleet admiral [[Graselyn Tuwa]] and the abduction of her family. It is a provocation so outrageous that the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] must retaliate swiftly and ferociously—but only after its operatives identify her killer and rescue the hostages. | ||
This mission will be the first for homicide-detective-turned-ONI-operative [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret|young team]] of [[Spartan-III]]s, and something feels wrong from the start. The obvious suspect is an [[Castor|infamous]] [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] who leads the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], an ex-[[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnants|splinter group]] in fierce opposition to the UNSC. But Lopis and her team soon realize that the truth is much more insidious than they could ever have imagined, and with [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Linda-058]] of [[Blue Team]] for combat support, they must stop a plan hatched in the bowels of the secret research station [[Argent Moon]] — a plan so sinister it could destroy all those still reeling from thirty years of intergalactic [sic] conflict…<ref name="Know-Scope">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Community Update - Know-Scope'']</ref>}} | This mission will be the first for homicide-detective-turned-ONI-operative [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret|young team]] of [[Spartan-III]]s, and something feels wrong from the start. The obvious suspect is an [[Castor|infamous]] [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] who leads the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], an ex-[[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnants|splinter group]] in fierce opposition to the UNSC. But Lopis and her team soon realize that the truth is much more insidious than they could ever have imagined, and with [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Linda-058]] of [[Blue Team]] for combat support, they must stop a plan hatched in the bowels of the secret research station [[Argent Moon]] — a plan so sinister it could destroy all those still reeling from thirty years of intergalactic [sic] conflict…<ref name="Know-Scope">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Community Update - Know-Scope'']</ref>}} | ||
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Castor, having also discovered the Tuwa's corpses, decides to search for the Dark Moon operatives as well. Although not working together with Lopis, they both follow the trail of evidence back to a laboratory on [[Gao]], where President [[Arlo Casille]] admits to having made dealings with Dark Moon. Casille allowed them to use his labs if they promised to deal with the Keepers, who wanted vengeance on Casille after [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|the recent conflict]] on the planet. Dark Moon had previously attempted to manufacture [[Asteroidea merozoite|a harmful bioweapon]] researched on [[Argent Moon]] using the Tuwa's remains, but they succeeded within the labs on Gao. | Castor, having also discovered the Tuwa's corpses, decides to search for the Dark Moon operatives as well. Although not working together with Lopis, they both follow the trail of evidence back to a laboratory on [[Gao]], where President [[Arlo Casille]] admits to having made dealings with Dark Moon. Casille allowed them to use his labs if they promised to deal with the Keepers, who wanted vengeance on Casille after [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|the recent conflict]] on the planet. Dark Moon had previously attempted to manufacture [[Asteroidea merozoite|a harmful bioweapon]] researched on [[Argent Moon]] using the Tuwa's remains, but they succeeded within the labs on Gao. | ||
After interrogating Casille, | After interrogating Casille, Veta Lopis and her Ferrets were led to [[Pinnacle Station]] above [[Meridian]], where the [[AI]] [[Sloan|Governor Sloan]] had initially advised Casille to work with Dark Moon Enterprises. The Keepers, the Ferrets, and Dark Moon with their [[bioweapon]] all converge on Pinnacle Station and a battle erupts, eventually traveling to the surface of Meridian. Although the Spartans and Ferrets manage to neutralize the bioweapon and Dark Moon, Castor escapes. | ||
After the narrative ends, it is revealed that the [[Ancilla|Forerunner Ancilla]], [[Intrepid Eye]], was behind the bioweapon plot and Dark Moon Enterprises. With her plot at least temporarily foiled, Intrepid Eye framed [[Bartalan Craddog]] with creating the bioweapon and remained secretly in control of the station and further secret projects. The Spartans and Ferrets never learn this truth, and the true mastermind of the plot is only revealed to the reader. | After the narrative ends, it is revealed that the [[Ancilla|Forerunner Ancilla]], [[Intrepid Eye]], was behind the bioweapon plot and Dark Moon Enterprises. With her plot at least temporarily foiled, Intrepid Eye framed [[Bartalan Craddog]] with creating the bioweapon and remained secretly in control of the station and further secret projects. The Spartans and Ferrets never learn this truth, and the true mastermind of the plot is only revealed to the reader. | ||
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