Read up on the Articles linked [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=42043134]Here[/url]. Personally I enjoyed the Graphic Novel a lot. I've since bought Halo: Uprising (HC) and Halo: Helljumper (HC) I've only read part of Helljumper issue #1 and so far its pretty intense. Uprising is an interesting side story for those who have read TFoR and First Strike. As for Blood Line, its becoming a great story as well. Read the summary I made in that link up there. As for Black Team's time line, they have Mark VI Protoype armor(They have shields as well). So it has to be around or during 2552.. As the Spartan IIs only got their Mark V amours in 2552. [Edited on 03.16.2010 11:11 AM PDT]