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Evidence seems to hint at the crew evacuating to the planet seen in the background. Plus, there is very little Flood biomass or spores, as well as a lack of dead bodies/ blood/ bullet marks. And

Can I be a security guard/ police officer?

The Escalation series of comics is written very much like a game. It wouldn't surprise me if they were original ly planned as a S2 that was cancelled.

Fixed.

Halo: Escalation Issue #6. Woah. After being tempted with the ship in issue #3, it has took until now for the legendary Ship from Halo Wars, lost in 2531, to reappear in the comics. For those who haven't caught up with the series, Escalation in an ongoing (planned to be) 12 Part comic series published by Dark Horse Comics (They have an app, if you can't find a physical copy. They also have stuff like Mass Effect and the Halo: Initiation series!) that focus on the events following Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode. The series started with peace talks between the UNSC, Arbiter and Brute Chieftain Lydus. The conference is attacked by a rogue Elite faction, leading to the death of Spartan DeMarco and introduction of a new character, a captain under command of elites. A traitor is revealed as Sgruggs, a Spartan assigned to protect the conference, who taunts Palmer by asking where the Master Chief has been recently. As the Infinity and Spartan-4's manage to divert a new war, Infinity is attacked by a Darter-class freight ship and several Sparrowhawk and Vulture gunships. Aside from these being ancient technology, the ships look brand new and bear the marks of the infamous Spirit of Fire. It is then revealed a number of things happened at the Battle of Arcadia. Lord Hood once served under Cutter until being assigned his own ship; the Roman Blue. The Blue was assigned to pick up a log beacon dropped by the Spirit at Arcadia, with orders not to engage the Covenant. However, Hood abandoned his mission, attempting to take the fight to the aliens and abandoning his mission, leaving him responsible for the shop's MIA status. To make it better, Hood covertly looked after Cutter's family- sending them money and secretly letting Cutter's son ascend the chain of command to become a captain. After the Infinity is attacked, Lasky and Spartan Ray are sent to meet Petra, one of Lasky's childhood friends and a reporter looking for Master Chief. Information is found on a Sangheili colony (Oh yeah, we see a drunk elite.) and the identity of the traitor as Cutter's son. The Infinity dispatches Palmer and Majestic Squad into space to the location the Spirit's freighter was deployed (On Booster Frames!) only to find a Covenant supply station. After a short chat, Cutter's Son orders the station to glass infinity, ending Issue #5 with Infinity's seemingly destruction. Onto #6 After the near-destruction of the Infinity at the hands of an insurrectionist group- The New Colonial Alliance led by Admiral Drake- Majestic manage to stop Infinity being fully destroyed by hijacking and arresting those on the station, Leaving Lord Hood in a wheelchair. On board Infinity, Hood visits the prisoner, who ainply states how the NCA will crush the UNSC and Earth. As the issue ends, we see one final tantalising shot of the Spirit (See above summary) in space. The final page leaves a massive cliffhanger with a **** of the Spirit's cryo bay. A screen with a planet is seen behind the open pods and a flashing sign, shouting ABANDON SHIP. However, the most striking addition in this conclusion is the presence of a lone Flood Infection Form scuttling across the deck, leaving us begging for more as the SoF has Flood on the ship. The final text we see is simply one sentence: 'Next Time: New Phoenix' Where does the series go next? Well, we know that the next story arc Will be 'The Next 72 Hours'- following the Master Chief as he seemingly abandons the crew of the infinity post-Halo 4. For what reason? The covers of the comics have shown events that happen in the comic such as space battles and the like, and Escalation #8 and #9 show Chief in a ruined city, and the Didact fighting Chief, respectively. The taunt of New Phoenix, and the quarantine being lifted will undoubtedly have some kind of importance to the story, though I believe it is no coincidence that Issue #7- released next month- will have a release date just weeks after E3. What do you think of the events so far? I believe that the next arc the story will start the bridge between the last and next Halo games, and I look forward to what 343i has to offer next month!

It is designed to be powerful.

The Halo Encyclopedia has many factual errors. I wouldn't consider it the best source.

Halo: Escalation features the Arbiter. However, the fact that this is you essentially advertising your twitter means I will not.

The grunts stand nearly as tall as a human, and Jackals are slightly taller. Source: Halo 3 Limited Edition book. Remember, the Spartan IV's were recruited from Spartan III soldiers, ODST's and Marines. They already had many years experience fighting the Covenant, before MJOLNIR armour. Also, the Covenant we see in 4 is simply an insurgent group living off of scraps of armour and weapons. The Halo: Escalation comics, Kilo-5 novels and various other media are heavily Sangheili-centric. I advise reading them. As for 'ninjas', you'll have to elaborate. This makes no sense. The factions that supported the Arbiter were largely Grunts and Hunters. Both of these species were oppressed to joining the Covenant through fear of classing of Balaho and Te, their respective Homeworlds. Most of the Sangheili that support the Arbiter see the Forerunners as simply another civilisation, though there are still many who still believe in them as gods, albeit differently. Such as Jul 'Mdama's Storm and the Servants of Abiding Truth. They were called Drones, or Yan'me. Both the Brutes and Elites have little technical knowledge on how to build ships and maintain them- they required Engineers and Prophets for technological needs. After the events of 3, Rtas led the Elite fleets to end the Great Schism and lost a great number of ships, leaving even modest ships like the CCS-Class a valuable prize. Also, the ODP'S on earth are able to punch through an Assault Carrier with one round at full shields. Add in the new fleets of Strident-Class frigates, The Infinity and what remains of the Home Fleet, any attack by the Covenant (Especially the Remnant, now) would be suicidal. The Didact did not care for the Storm. His only motive was revenge on Humans, the Storm were just pawns in his game. They didn't matter. Also, the Dawn didnt escape anything. It was destroyed in Requiem's gravity well. There is no Covenant. To quote Escalation, 'There are a hundred warlords, each claiming to rule the Covenant.' All that is left are squabbling mercenary bands and pirates. ONI has been manipulating the political state of Sangheilios to create a civil war to keep these factions from attacking Humans. The Infinity was started almost two decades before the end of the War and first commissioned in 2553, this ensured that Humans would be largely left alone in the ensuing period. I think you severely overestimate the Covenant's abilities. Due to limitations, post is continued below.

*sigh* Halo 4 Terminals show Forerunners using weapons like the Light and Binary rifles. And I laugh at how you bade your assumptions off Origins, which is confirmed to be speculation by Cortana, and in no way an accurate representation of the Forerunners and the books, which can be interpreted in different ways. Plus, for a civilisation as vast as the Forerunners, it isn't difficult to assume that had thousands of weapons. Look at the various types of rifle (etc) we have now. That can easily be multiplied one hundred-food for a stellar empire which is known to have inhabited two galaxies.

It is confirmed that while the REAP-X division is canon, the vehicles produced by Mega Bloks have been given creative freedom and are not necessarily canon.

There was no Freelancer armour set in any Halo game to date. The armour you re referring to is the Rogue helmet, with Recon chest and shoulders.

No. Developing for two consoles will pull the X1 version back.

Every time HL3 is mentioned, Gaben delays it by a year.

:Guardians If we continue with the trend the past two games have set, the setting will likely be 2020+ Remember, 3 was set in 2014, with 4 set in 2020. While the final map pack for 4 focusing on the end of the China-Russia-Murica war, so it is likely well be going into the future.

This is merely a backstory, it isn't intended as a full index, but to simply explain the key events that may be referenced and provide insight as to why humans are at war. It is by no means intended to explain everything- that would take several chapters, should I go in-depth. The reason Humanity has no allies is due to resentment- Humans constantly enforced a hierarchy in the Imperium. Humans got priority, Aliens were almost oppressed, the ones who had friendly relations and the ones who got the blunt end of the stick can be pretty clearly seen by the faction they joined.

Here is a full list of species as of 2702. Humans* Osmatari*^ Nûenin*^ Sanpaari* Miifshan Thanatus Al-Gonien^ (Forgot about these guys. They're like Halo's Drones but bigger and are fairly neutral.) Archer/ Beserker*/ Burrower (These three are variants of the same species) Vulture/ Rithrael*^ *Denotes those allied to Collective as of irst contact ^Denotes Those friendly/ neutral to humans Many species (Mainly Al-Gonein, Burrower, Archer, Thanatus and Miifsha) only joined after Human control and formation of the Imperium. However, any species discovered is 'absorbed' to the Imperium.

Ooh. Looks... camo-ey.

Nice pictures.

I'd appreciate some feedback on this please. It's not fanfiction, so I feel it doesn't belong there. either way, I'd appreciate some feedback for the prologue of my novel. This si short compared to the other chapters at 1,358 words. Enjoy. PrologueBefore the creation of reality as we know it, there existed only one universe. In this universe, named Primee’- or ‘The First’ by its inhabitants, one civilisation ruled. World upon world, star system upon star system, galaxy upon galaxy. Their wisdom and intellect made sure that they ruled swiftly and peacefully for trillions of years, learning everything there was to know. They had complete mastery over all things, sciences that are inconceivable to the human brain and could literally create matter from nothing. In their language, they were the Sh’Kaali- or The Creators, as they knew themselves. However, all things must come to an end, and not even the wisdom of the Sh’Kaali could stop the collapse of their universe. They could only survive it. Even as millions of the doomed somehow fled their universe into the void between space, swaths of the empire died with Primee’, as that universe was destroyed. Despite the ability to travel between entire stay systems and galaxies in an instant, the Void was- is infinite. With no refuge in sight, no tasks to occupy, no research to study- literally nothing; the Sh’Kaali began to do as their namesake suggested, they created. And thus began the Creation- the empire soon rose again, not as researchers, but as creators. Entire universes were created on a whim, simple playgrounds for scientists and scholars. Within these universes, life was created and civilisations grew- an entire species would evolve to sentience and go extinct in what would be the blink of an eye. However, this was simply delaying the inevitable. In creating universes, the laws of physics were written like text in a book; there was nothing to discover, for everything was known and in turn, they grew bored. Within their universes, they grew cold. Unrelenting. Heartless. Their divinity was no longer used for creating others, but for sport. Species would be created upon a world and used as sport for soldiers to hunt down. And over time, the empire became a destructive one, rather than constructive until they went too far. It was an inevitability that they would grow bold, sure of themselves. They created species to match their own strength, gave them tools and weapon on par with the ones they used themselves; this would backfire. In a galaxy in the universe that is the setting of the following tale, the S’Pher would rise up against their masters and go to war. Shocked by the ferocity at which their creations struck against them, the Sh’Kaali could not fight back and before long, they were routed from the galaxy by those they created. As the last vestiges held out, they knew they could not win- their foe was bred to be superior in every way, there was simply no hope of winning. All they could do was use their talents to create civilisations that would have the genetic coding to rise up and fight against the S’Pher from the inside. Thousands of probes, scouts and drones were sent to create worlds for the life forms they were given. It is unknown how many got past the S’Pher barriers around stars and solar systems, but some did and over time, would evolve into the species told about here, and many others not known about. In this galaxy, later named the Milky Way, one of these ships would land on Earth and bring the genetic seeding of humanity to the galaxy. For billions of years, human technology grew until the year 2114, when first Human scout ships landed on Primus, the first world to be colonised outside of the Sol system. For the next few decades, expansion would be relatively peaceful with only minor disputes between UNCE (United Nations and Colonies of Earth) Militaries and CLA (Colonial Liberation Alliance) forces. But in 2205, war would begin over the world of Exilion and would lead to loss of thousands of lives until 2214, where CLA forces would surrender on the world on which the war was started, leading to the period dubbed the ‘Exilion Wars’. In 2221, Human explorers would make first contact with alien species on the world named Refuge. The Collective- made up of the races of Osmatari, Nûenin, Sanpaari, Beserker and Vulture- were dealing with vicious civil war with two former member species of the MiifShan and Thanatus (Thanatus being another species seeded by the Sh’Kaali.) Humans protected Collective refugees on Refuge (Named for this reason.) of which the Thanatus had no knowledge. Following refugee ships, the Thanatus would attack Refuge without knowing of the Human fleet on the other side of the planet. Thus would ensue the First Contact War in 2260, ending with UNCE blockading of the Thanatus homeworld, Thanator, in 2263. This display of dominance lead to the Collective restructuring itself around the UNCE, due to its military and economy being almost nonexistent in light of a two-century war. In 2265, the UNCE would also restructure itself in light of an alien alliance as the UCE- the United Colonies of Earth- founded as a direct military for fighting alien combatants whereas the Colonial Police would handle domestic affairs. The UCE would assume full control of the Collective in the following years, eventually culminating in the formation of the Imperium in 2351, with Humans leading in almost all strengths- political, militarily, economically, scientifically and socially. Despite being ‘top dogs’, close relations would be made with Osmatari and Nûenin leaders, leading a close alliance between the three species. In this, a few species-a large portion of the Sanpaari, Miifshan and later, Thanatus militaries would later create an insurgent group known as the UOS (Union of Species) to remove humans from power, and would be largely unsuccessful in this due to overwhelming Imperial strength. Nontheless, Human leaders knew an uprising would be inevitable and began the Exodus project. A seemingly perfect system with two habitable worlds, with almost every terrestrial body having large deposits of minerals for mining was decided as a kind of ‘nuclear bunker’ for Humans to hide. The project was also dubbed as Earth 2.0 due to it having more protection than the capital itself. With this position, Humans would rule for centuries until the year 2654, when the long-dormant S’Pher empire would finally awaken to the large Human empire. The S’Pher would initiate a devastating surprise attack on Earth- the Imperium’s capital. Within days, the planet would fall to the new and ancient threat. Having won everything since the 20th century, the UCE would misjudge their new enemy’s strength and unleash most of their advanced technologies upon the ‘core’ worlds. This strategy would prove to be a disaster, as almost all energy weapons, repulsor vehicles and respective factories would be lost in the conflict. In the fall of the Imperium, many old resentments would emerge and militias would be created on hundreds of worlds, of all species. The CLA would be reformed, the Union of Species would claim several mid-range colonies from Imperial troops and the UCE would retreat to their Exodus. The Imperial Remnant- the Osmatari, Nûenin and Tankaii would form a close bond to protect themselves and stay away from the numerous conflicts that now riddled the galaxy while the Beserkers, Burrowers and Archers returned to their respective worlds and the Vultures would form mercenary and pirate groups in space for the highest bidder. Due to Thanatus relations to Humans and Sh’Kaali, the S’Pher would also fight against the UOS though never concentrating on that conflict as they did with Humans, sometimes even enlisting their aid in attacking UCE-held outposts. In 2701, the UCE would prepare for an assault on S’Pher-occupied Earth, sending all forces to the homeworld for one final battle against the enemy, and one squad out of the thousands would play a pivotal role in this fight. These soldiers were known as Fireteam Sledgehammer, and would ultimately be the deciding factor in the shaping of the Galaxy in years to come, deciding events that would make sure that nothing could go back to how it was pre-war. This is the story of Sledgehammer, and the front that would decide the fate of trillions of life-forms everywhere.

I'm not too sure about the YTVid one. Sometimes, it kindof spoils the video if you write out waht it is.

BaconSaver -Assault Rifle -Plasma Pistol -Plasma Grenades -Regen Field -Wheelman -Survivor OR Gunner GT- Recommended heavies. This loadouts is highly optimised for vehicular warfare and supporting your troops via Regen and AR fire.

That's a typo. It took 3 weeks for the Autumn to jump from Reach to 04.