Halo: A Fistful of Arrows

Halo: A Fistful of Arrows is a graphic novel about Jun-A266's past and fate after the Halo: Reach campaign level The Package. The graphic novel explores new characters and events, but is also features characters from Halo: Reach. The comic has received acclaim from book professionals and was an best-selling.

It is written and drawn by Levi Hoffmeier, who also drew the cover for the Halo: Evolutions short story Pariah. The graphic novel was initially published on October 15, 2010, but Claude Errera later constructed a blog format for Hoffmeier in bungie.org.[1] An interactive flip book, constructed by OneBitRocket, was later released on November 11th, 2011. A soundtrack, composed by Sean Mortensen, is released on the website, for people to listen as they read the novel.

Plot
On May 2552, in Reach's coastal city Nastrond, NOBLE Team faces an insurrectionist holding a woman hostage on a building rooftop. Temporarily at stalemate, Carter tells Jun, who is riding on a Falcon hovering nearby, that they need an "accurate solution". Jun calmly challenges Carter's order, since the rebel is former UNSC. Hearing this and worried that Jun is hesitating, Carter demands that he shoot him anyway, only for Jun to do so just as he finishes his sentence.

With the hostage in shock but rescued, Carter reports to Colonel Urban Holland while Emile and Jorge discuss Jun's actions. Emile (wearing a standard, uncarved EVA helmet) claims that Jun was hesitant, something that will get a military man killed, while Jorge tells him that Jun has a conscience, something Emile would "have to look up sometime." Emile only mocks this, asking if the whole team is going AWOL now. As they climb aboard a Pelican extracting them, Jorge reassures Emile that he doesn't need to worry about him, nor Jun, since he knows that Jun's "got our back, and we'll always have his." The Falcon and Pelican, carrying NOBLE Team and the rescued hostage, leave the city.

Act 1
The scene moves to the present, August 30, 2552, the Fall of Reach, where a Pelican, piloted by Doctor Catherine Halsey and with Jun onboard, flies over a mountain range to CASTLE Base. Jun voices his concern about their current flight path, since they're heading straight for a Covenant fleet. Halsey explains to him that since the fleet is headed for the HIGHCOM headquarters, they'll soon be distracted by the impending battle. However, Banshees are quickly approaching, Jun ends up having to take down a few using the Pelican-attached M247H Heavy Machine Gun, before Halsey's "distraction", a UNSC fleet, arrives. However, one last hurdle remains, a Covenant CAS-class assault carrier. Several UNSC frigates manage to bring down its shields, but are unable to destroy it until the Marathon-class heavy cruiser, the UNSC Daedalus Wing, sacrifices itself by ramming into the carrier while simultaneously detonating its Shiva-class nukes. Jun, staring at the explosion, experiences a flashback.

On the night NOBLE Team rescued the hostage, as they return to a UNSC base, Carter discusses with Jun what happened earlier on that day. Jun expresses his suspicion about the rescued woman, but Carter tells Jun that he needs some rest. That night, as Carter takes off his armor, he and Catherine have a conversation about Jun's rationality. Their conversation is interrupted by an explosion in the base's main structure. Carter, realizing the rescue hostage is responsible for the sabotage, sends Emile, the only Spartan who is still combat ready, to chase after the woman. While Carter and Catherine get back into armor, Emile eliminates a couple of rebels who attempt to cover the woman. Just as Emile corners her, an insurrectionist Warthog arrives and the gunner fires at Emile, who the rest of NOBLE Team loses contact with subsequently. Carter and Catherine, now equipped and armored, get in their own Warthog to search for him.