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*Omnibus Volume #1: November 28, [[2018]]

'''''Halo: Initiation''''' is a three-part comic book series published by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. It acts as the origin story for [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Sarah Palmer]] and is presented as a lead-in to ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'', which also stars Palmer.<ref>[https://digital.darkhorse.com/profile/3407/ '''Dark Horse''': ''Halo: Initiation #1 Preview'']</ref> The series follows her career from her time as an [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] to the leader of the [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IVs]] aboard the {{UNSCship|Infinity}}.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/04/halo-initiation-comic/ '''Wired.com''': ''First Look: Dark Horse Debuts New Halo Comic Series'']</ref><ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/04/26/Dark-Horse-Announces-Halo-Initiation.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Dark Horse Announces Halo Initiation'']</ref>

A hardcover edition was released on January 21st, 2014.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Initiation-Graphic-Brian-Reed-ebook/dp/B00GSA7GUS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387321365&sr=1-1&keywords=halo+initiation%7C '''Amazon''' - ''Halo Initiation Graphic Brian Reed]</ref>

All three issues were released along with the first twelve issues of ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' as part of the ''Halo: Escalation Library Edition'' on May 24, 2016.<ref name="amazonhe"/>

In [[2553#January|January 2553]], [[Commander]] [[Musa-096]], a former [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]], has arranged an audience with several [[Admiral|admirals]] in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]. Despite reprehending the morality of the SPARTAN-II Program, Musa stresses the importance of the Spartans in the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]] and argues that they are still necessary, revealing that he has created [[SPARTAN-IV Program|a new generation]] of the supersoldiers. Three months earlier, in [[2552#October|October 2552]], a group of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODSTs]], including Sarah Palmer, are deployed on a planet under Covenant attack. On the surface, [[Admiral]] [[Kovalic]], protecting an important [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], is heading to an extraction point, but his [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]] is attacked by a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]. Palmer's [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|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 [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] shard, Palmer eventually kills the Chieftain and saves the admiral. Three months later, while still recovering in a [[Lockhart medical station|UNSC medical facility]], Palmer is visited by [[Jun-A266]], who invites her to join the SPARTAN-IV Program.

{{Article Quote|Halo - one of the largest video game franchises - comes to Dark Horse! Before she was a supersoldier defending humanity as part of the Spartan IV program, Sarah Palmer was an ODST carrying out the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines! Join her on her dramatic journey from the ranks of humanity’s toughest leathernecks to the highest echelon of elite warriors in the galaxy.

{{Article Quote|The UNSC Infinity, the UNSC's newest and most sophisticated flagship, proves to be a tempting target for a group of insurgents. It's up to Sarah Palmer and a bunch of rookie Spartans to defend Infinity, but are they up to the task?}}

{{Article Quote|The conclusion of this three-part series reveals the story of how Commander Sarah Palmer became a Spartan-IV and leads directly into the exciting new mobile game from 343 Industries, Halo: Spartan Assault. Sarah Palmer and her new comrade Spartans are thrust into action when a violent insurgent group attempts to seize the UNSC flagship Infinity. Is their Spartan cunning a match for the insurgents' brilliant guerrilla tactics?}}

*[[Mattius Drake]] {{First mentioned}}

*[[Sparta]]

*[[Battle of Thermopylae]]

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*[[D82-EST Darter]]

*[[Unidentified civilian transport craft]]

*[[Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer]]

*[[Sangheili combat harness]]

*In the first issue, Musa-096 states, "''It's two thousand years since Thermopylae.''" However, the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] took place in [[480 BCE]], more than 3000 years prior to Musa speaking these words in January 2553.

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