History ComicBook / HaloEscalation

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Monitor 859 Static Carillon]] saves [[spoiler: John-117 and Blue Team]] more than once during the ''Next 72 Hours'' arc.
** Also Sarah Palmer and the other SPARTAN-IV's, who [[spoiler:destroy Vata 'Gajat's ship just as it's about to attack the crippled ''Infinity'']].

* WhamShot: The presence of a [[spoiler: Flood Infection Form]] onboard the [[spoiler: ''Spirit of Fire'']].

In the aftermath of Halo 4, the UNSC ''Infinity'' accompanies Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood to help negotiate a cease fire between the Elites under Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and a Brute pack under Cheiftain Lydus. But when the negotiations are attacked by the reformed Covenant, the UNSC must deal with the possibility that they've been betrayed from within.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Daniel Clayton]] begins to lose his composure when Palmer and Majestic [[spoiler:break into the glassing station]], even ''ordering them'' to stand down. Madsen puts the butt of his sniper rifle into his face to shut him up.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Issue 5 shows ''drunk Elites'', one of whom vomits right onto his table.

** Also [[spoiler: the Flood]] is alive and kicking onboard the crippled [[spoiler: ''Spirit of Fire'', along with any other Installations with still-functional stasis areas for them]].

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Daniel Clayton]] begins to lose his composure when [[spoiler: Palmer and Majestic break into the glassing station]], even ''ordering them'' to stand down. Madsen puts the butt of his sniper rifle into his face to shut him up.

* BreatherEpisode: Issue 7, which deals with Thorne and Grant attending the reopneing of New Phoenix after ''Halo 4'', and is set between the end of the Mole arc and ''The Next 72 Hours'' arc which focuses on the Master Chief.

'''''Halo: Escalation''''' is a 12-issue maxi-series published by Creator/DarkHorseComics in the Franchise/{{Halo}} universe. Set in the aftermath of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'', the series shows the effects of Halo 4 on the wider galaxy, and also serves as a prelude for ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''.

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Spartan Team Black in Issue 8, who had not shown up in any ''Halo'' media since 2010 and were only confirmed to be alive less than a month before said issue came out. To top it off, their deaths happened [[KilledOffscreen offscreen]].]]

** Also [[spoiler: the Flood]] is alive and kicking onboard the crippled [[spoiler: ''Spirit of Fire'']].

* DependingOnTheWriter: While in may be a result of not seeing things through her perspective, Issue 1 shows [[spoiler:Admiral]] Serin Osman in a much more antagonistic role, looking as if she wants to personally throttle the life out of Captain Lasky over [[spoiler: whether or not he sabotaged her orders to kill Catherine Halsey]].

* InformationBroker: Zef 'Trahl, an Elite a contact of Petra Janecek.

** Issue 7 sees Gabriel Thorne and Tendra Grant go the reopening of New Phoenix with a ceremony overseen by Unified Earth Government President Ruth Charet, who was first mentioned in ''Literature/HaloGlasslands''.

* MyGreatestFailure: Lord Hood's first command was to recover log left by the ''Spirit of Fire'' without engaging Covenant forces. However, by that point a young Captain Hood was fed up with retreating from the Covenant, so he ordered his ship ''Roman Blue'' to attack a pair of Covenant destroyers. Hood was ultimately forced to retreat without recovering the log. Hood blamed himself and spent years supporting both Cutter's wife and daughter, and his mistress and illegitimate son.

** Issue #5 suggests that Lasky's friend, Petra, infiltrates an Elite holy land in search of the identity of the traitor. [[spoiler:Later shown to be a Sangheili colony on a backwater planet.]]

** Issues 4 through 6 center on the search for the ''Spirit of Fire'' from VideoGame/HaloWars. Admiral Hood reveals that he used to be the executive officer for the ''Spirit'', and regarded Captain Cutter as his mentor. [[spoiler: It turns out to be a trap by Insurrectionists to attack the ''Infinity''.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Paul Demarco sacrifices his life maintaining a Tyrant anti-air cannon to allow the others to escape.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Lord Hood's first command was to recover log left by the ''Spirit of Fire'' without engaging Covenant forces. However, by that point a young Captain Hood was fed up with retreating from the Covenant, so he ordered his ship ''Roman Blue'' to attack a pair of Covenant destroyers. Hood was ultimately forced to retreat without recovering the log. Hood blamed himself and spent years supporting both Cutter's wife and daughter, and his mistress and illegitimate son.]]

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Petra Janecek owns a revolver which look strongly like a peacemaker (which would be over five centuries old by ''Escalation''). And uses it to kill an Elite that was threatening her, Lasky, and Spartan Ray.

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: SPARTAN-IV Vladimir Scruggs betrays his teammates to Vaja 'Gajat's forces.]]

'''''Halo: Escalation''''' is a 12-issue maxi-series published by Creator/DarkHorseComics in the Franchise/{{Halo}} universe. Set in the aftermath of VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}, the series shows the effects of Halo 4 on the wider galaxy, and also serves as a prelude for VideoGame/Halo5Guardians.

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: SPARTAN-IV Vladimir Scruggs betrays his teammates to the Vaja 'Gajat's forces.]]

** While the Arbiter wears a new form of armor, Lydus's armor is reminiscent of VIdeoGame/HaloReach, and their Elite and Brute bodyguards wear armor from VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}.
** In issue 4, Fireteam Majestic rides booster frames seen in Anime/HaloLegends.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Petra Janecek owns a revolver which look strongly like a peacemaker (which would be over five centuries old by ''Escalation'' And uses it to kill an Elite that was threatening her, Lansky, and Spartan Ray.

-->'''Zef 'Trahl:''' What does it mean to be "Covenant" today? A hundred warlords claim they rule the Covenant, but each of them leads only a small faction.

'''''Halo: Escalation''''' is a 12-issue maxi-series in the Franchise/Halo universe. Set in the aftermath of VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}, the series shows the effects of Halo 4 on the wider galaxy, and also serves as a prelude for VideoGame/Halo5Guardians.