Halo: Initiation

Halo: Initiation is a comic book series produced by Dark Horse Comics. Brian Reed, the comic writer who adapted the Halo: Fall of Reach novel into comic form in 2010 before joining 343 Industries to write the Halo 4 game, wrote the books, with Marco Castiello (Star Wars: Purge) on art. Initiation is the origin story of Sarah Palmer, a character introduced in Halo 4. Although she appeared in the game as a commander of the Spartan-IV's stationed on , she was originally an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper; this series follows her career path.Wired.com: First Look: Dark Horse Debuts New Halo Comic Series
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Aine
*Andrew Del Rio
*Anthony Madsen
*Bossman 
*Carlo Hoya
*Ryder 
*Thomas Lasky
*Sarah Palmer
*Kovalic 
*Edward Davis
*Yeong-Hao Holst 
*Vladimir Scruggs 
*Joel Thomas 
*Musa-096 
*Jun-A266
*Catherine Halsey 
*John-117 
*Tedra Grant
*Mattius Drake 
*Ilsa Zane 
===Species===
*Human
*Jiralhanae
*Sangheili
*Unggoy
===Organizations===
*United Nations Space Command
**UNSC Defense Force
***UNSC Navy
***UNSC Marine Corps
****Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
***SPARTAN-IV program
*Insurrection
**New Colonial Alliance
*Covenant Empire
*Jul 'Mdama's Covenant 
===Weapons===
*MA5D Assault Rifle
*Fragmentation Grenade
*Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer
*Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
*Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol
*M46 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun
*M45D Tactical Shotgun
*M6H Personal Defense Weapon System
===Armor===
*Jiralhanae Power Armor
*Sangheili combat harness
*ODST armor
*Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/R variant
*Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/S variant
*Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/Recruit
==Vehicles==
*Unnamed civilian transport craft
*M12 Force Application Vehicle
*Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle
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==Places==
*UNSC Lockhart Medical Station
*UNSC HighCom Facility Bravo-6
==Trivia==
*Ilsa Zane name is misspelled as 'Isla' when she was talking to the crew of the Infinity via the intercom.
==Gallery==
Halo Initiation all pic.jpg|Comic layout for 1st media released picture.
File:Halo_Initiation_preview.png|Preview cover.
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-1_John_Liberto.jpg|Halo: Initiation #1 (John Liberto variant cover).
Halo_Initiation.jpg|Issue #1 cover art by John Liberto.
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-1.jpg|Halo: Initiation #1 (Terry Dodson & Rachael Dodson variant cover).
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-1_Terry_Dodson_Concept.jpg|Issue #1 variant concept cover art by Terry Dodson and Rachael Dodson.
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-1_Terry_Dodson_Final.jpg|Issue #1 variant final concept cover art by Terry Dodson and Rachael Dodson.
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-1_Fan_Expo_Canada_Exclusive_Variant.jpg|Halo: Initiation #1 (Fan Expo Canada exclusive variant cover).
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-2.jpg|Halo: Initiation #2 by Paul Richards.
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-2_empty.jpg|Halo: Initiation #2 by Paul Richards.
File:Halo_Initiation_Issue_-3.jpg|Halo: Initiation #3 by Kenneth Scott.
File:Halo Initiation Cover 3.jpg|Halo: Initiation #3 by Kenneth Scott.
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