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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
===Characters and setting=== | ===Characters and setting=== | ||
Set sometime | Set sometime in [[2554]], ''Halo: Spartan Assault''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main narrative explores the SPARTAN-IVs' first Spartan Ops<!--This is the in-universe term, not the game mode.--> during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]].<ref name="gameplay 1">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halospartanassault/mediadetail?title=halo-spartan-assault-defend&id=984bc596-d52b-49e4-be4c-93457bd55bf3&category=Videos '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo: Spartan Assault - Defend'']</ref><ref name="gameplay 2">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halospartanassault/mediadetail?title=halo-spartan-assault-clear&id=8704efa0-1cc1-4920-8209-5c9e13440c97&category=Videos '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo: Spartan Assault -Clear'']</ref> This battle is part of the [[Reclamation conflict|second war]] between the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] and the [[Merg Vol's Covenant faction|remnants]] of the [[Covenant]], which is still being waged during the events of ''Halo 4''.<ref name="official"/><ref name="Reed">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo Initiation Writer Interview'']</ref><ref>[http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2013/06/04/coming-this-summer-a-new-halo-for-windows-phone-8.aspx Coming this summer: '''Windows Phone Blog''' ''A new Halo for Windows Phone 8'']</ref> The story unfolds through the [[UNSC Tactical Simulator|UNSC TACSIM]], a historical computer simulation which the SPARTAN-IVs use for combat analysis and training, much like ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[War Games]] mode,<ref name="firsttrailer"/><ref name="pareport''>[http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/the-next-halo-game-is-coming-to-hardware-you-dont-have-and-software-you-don '''The PA Report''': ''The next Halo game is coming to hardware you don’t have, and software you don’t want'']</ref> though the framing story takes place at some point after ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign.<ref group="note">[[Roland]] was activated on December 5, 2557, roughly five months after the [[First Battle of Requiem]], to replace ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s previous AI, [[Aine]]. The game's framing story thus takes place after the events of ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign, though when it occurs in relation to [[Spartan Ops]] is unclear. However, ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' indicates that ''Infinity'' returned directly to Earth after [[Requiem]]'s destruction, suggesting that the framing narrative takes place in the gap between Roland's creation and the [[Second Battle of Requiem]].</ref> This framing structure explains some of the game's arcade-like elements, such as weapons' ability to fire continuously;<ref name="gameplay 1"/><ref name="gameplay 2"/> indeed, [[Roland]] jests that the TACSIM doubles as "a fun game you can play in your spare time".<ref>''Halo: Spartan Assault'', opening cutscene</ref> | ||
The campaign has two protagonists, Spartans [[Sarah Palmer]] and [[Edward Davis]], whose first meeting is depicted in the ''[[Halo: Initiation]]'' limited comic series.<ref name="Reed"/> Rather than the in-engine cutscenes used in most ''Halo'' games, ''Spartan Assault'' instead makes use of motion comic-style animations between missions, much like the [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal]]s in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' and ''Halo 4''.<ref name="windows8only"/> [[Halo: Spartan Assault/Quotes|Various quotes]] are displayed in the game's mission loading screens, some acting as gameplay tips while others provide backstory for the events of the game. | The campaign has two protagonists, Spartans [[Sarah Palmer]] and [[Edward Davis]], whose first meeting is depicted in the ''[[Halo: Initiation]]'' limited comic series.<ref name="Reed"/> Rather than the in-engine cutscenes used in most ''Halo'' games, ''Spartan Assault'' instead makes use of motion comic-style animations between missions, much like the [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal]]s in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' and ''Halo 4''.<ref name="windows8only"/> [[Halo: Spartan Assault/Quotes|Various quotes]] are displayed in the game's mission loading screens, some acting as gameplay tips while others provide backstory for the events of the game. | ||