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==Official summary==
==Official summary==
{{Article Quote|The Glass Horizon” part 2: On a [[Covenant]]-ravaged colony world, past and present converge for a [[Holly Tanaka|tenacious young soldier]] on a high-risk search-and-rescue mission—the gritty conclusion to another chapter of the Halo saga by Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre) and Douglas Franchin (Person of Interest).<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=59234 '''Comic Book Solicitations:''' ''Dark Horse Comics May 2015 Solicitations'']</ref>}}
{{Article Quote|The Glass Horizon” part 2: On a [[Covenant]]-ravaged colony world, past and present converge for a [[Holly Tanaka|tenacious young soldier]] on a high-risk search-and-rescue mission—the gritty conclusion to another chapter of the Halo saga by Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre) and Douglas Franchin (Person of Interest).<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=59234 '''Comic Book Solicitations:''' ''Dark Horse Comics May 2015 Solicitations'']</ref>}}
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==Plot synopsis==
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The issue opens in [[2556]], with the {{UNSCShip|Cascadia}} deploying a [[D79-TC Pelican]] to the planet [[Cleyell]], rumored with a strong presence of [[Kig-Yar]] scavengers, with an [[ODST]] team led by [[Holly Tanaka]]. One of the ODSTs indicates that rescue civilians is not the life for an ODST, but one of his colleagues tells him that such missions usually end in a firefight. The ODST then ask Tanaka if she knows how to handle a rifle. The narrative jumps back to [[2551]], three days after the Kig-Yar's attack to the compound. Tanaka mouns her father's demise and blames the other two survivors by releasing the prisoner who led the Kig-Yar to the compound. One of the survivors reveals that the one who released the prisoner was Tanaka's father; he decided to release him because if he had decided to kill him, it would have demoralized the other survivors. After the discussion, the survivors decided to recover an emergency cache near the cave, but the compound's doorstep is surrounded by Kig-Yar forces. When Tanaka asks how they'll get through the Kig-Yar, the other two survivors reveal they are actually [[Insurrectionist|Insurgents]], and then they proceed to train her.
 
Back in 2556, the ODST team lands in Cleyell's surface and find a transmitter wedged down in a crack. When one of the ODSTs ask why someone would stash a transmitter there, another ODST founds a dead civilian with plasma burns in his body. Again in 2551, Tanaka and the survivors attract the Kig-Yar into a trap.<ref>[http://13thdimension.com/exclusive-preview-halo-escalation-18/ '''13th Dimension''' - ''EXCLUSIVE Preview — HALO: ESCALATION #18'']</ref>


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Revision as of 13:23, May 13, 2015

  Halo: Escalation Issue 18  
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Publisher:

Dark Horse Comics

Publication date:

May 27, 2015

Writer(s):

Duffy Boudreau

Artist(s):

  • Douglas Franchin (penciller)
  • Rob Lean (inker)
  • Michael Atiyeh (colorist)
  • Jean-Sébastien Rossbach (cover artist)

Number of pages:

32 pages

 

Halo: Escalation Issue 18 will be released on May 27, 2015 and is to be the eighteenth comic in the Halo: Escalation series.[1] It is the end of the two-part story arc called "The Glass Horizon".

Official summary

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Plot synopsis

The issue opens in 2556, with the UNSC Cascadia deploying a D79-TC Pelican to the planet Cleyell, rumored with a strong presence of Kig-Yar scavengers, with an ODST team led by Holly Tanaka. One of the ODSTs indicates that rescue civilians is not the life for an ODST, but one of his colleagues tells him that such missions usually end in a firefight. The ODST then ask Tanaka if she knows how to handle a rifle. The narrative jumps back to 2551, three days after the Kig-Yar's attack to the compound. Tanaka mouns her father's demise and blames the other two survivors by releasing the prisoner who led the Kig-Yar to the compound. One of the survivors reveals that the one who released the prisoner was Tanaka's father; he decided to release him because if he had decided to kill him, it would have demoralized the other survivors. After the discussion, the survivors decided to recover an emergency cache near the cave, but the compound's doorstep is surrounded by Kig-Yar forces. When Tanaka asks how they'll get through the Kig-Yar, the other two survivors reveal they are actually Insurgents, and then they proceed to train her.

Back in 2556, the ODST team lands in Cleyell's surface and find a transmitter wedged down in a crack. When one of the ODSTs ask why someone would stash a transmitter there, another ODST founds a dead civilian with plasma burns in his body. Again in 2551, Tanaka and the survivors attract the Kig-Yar into a trap.[2]

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See also

Preceded by
Issue 17
Halo: Escalation comic series
Issue 18
Succeeded by
Issue 19