Combat is one of the three short live-action films featured in Halo: Landfall used to promote Halo 3
It is based around two ODST's who are recovering a case containing the Laser Designator.
Halo: Combat | |
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Developer(s): |
Neill Blomkamp |
Studio: |
Bungie Studios WETA Digital Origami Digital LLC |
Date Released: |
August 28, 2007 |
Runtime: |
1:33 Minutes |
Language: |
English |
Timeline: |
Battle of Sector Six |
Synopsis[]
The short film follows two UNSC Orbital Drop Shock Troopers fighting across a wasteland, being engaged by Covenant Loyalist forces, led by the Jiralhanae. The film starts off with two ODSTs of Alpha Team, Bravo-21 (T. Rymarr) and Bravo-22 (S. Hartley), being tracked on an aerial camera as they move through a wasteland with gunfire going off around them along with several Banshee Fuel Rod strikes closely missing them.
Bravo-22 is tracking something on a hand-held scanner, and retrieves an elongated casing labeled "UNSC" from under a pile of debris while Bravo-21 gives him covering fire against fast-moving enemies. Superheated metal spikes impale the wall that they are near as a pair of Jiralhanae Minors open fire with Type-25 Carbine weapons. Bravo-21 shoots them both with a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, downing one as Bravo-22 calls for evacuation, prompting a D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship to begin its descent to their position as Bravo-21 kills the second Brute with his BR55HB SR.
Bravo-21 is almost killed by a Fuel Rod Cannon strike from a strafing Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft, and at this time, radar or radio dishes can be seen in the distance. The Pelican drops off a M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, prompting the ODSTs to make a run for it in the middle of an exposed area. Bravo-21 takes the driver's seat while Bravo-22 takes the passenger seat. Bravo-22 is then hit from an unknown source of fire, splattering smears of blood against the Warthog's windshield and the camera. The Warthog smashes through a wall then, shortly afterward, the film ends with 'Transmission Terminated, End Part 1'.
Transcript[]
{Radio Chatter}
Bravo-22: Fifteen meters ahead, turn right.
Male over radio: You got Banshees moving in on your position, Team Two.
Bravo-22: East, ten meters. Go, go, go!
(Brute Chatter)
Male over radio: Watch out for Brutes, Alpha Team.
(Radio Chatter)
Bravo-22: Bingo. Got it.
(Radio Chatter)
Bravo-22: Package retrieved; need immediate evac, over. Package retrieved.
Pelican pilot: Roger that, Team Two. Warthog inbound.
Bravo-21: Come on, sucker!
Bravo-21: Ooh!
Bravo-21: Move move. Go! Go! Go!
Bravo-21: Bravo Kilos moving west.
Female voice (Possibly Warthog AI): Caution, incoming fighters.
Bravo-21: Come on!
Bravo-22: Aah! I'm hit!
Bravo-21: Suck it up!
(Biomonitors starts to beep)
(Radio Chatter)
(Bravo-21 yells as the Warthog plows into a wall.)
TRANSMISSION TERMINATED. END PART 1.
Trivia[]
- At the 1:22 mark, on the right hand side of the screen, 13 black shapes (kill tags) can be seen on the Warthog's windshield: eight Grunts, three Elites (likely given that the Warthog was in service before the Great Schism), and two Brutes.
- The battle most likely takes place in East Afghanistan , as shown by the coordinates on the video.
- Although the battle takes place during the second Covenant invasion of Earth, the date on the camera says that it is September 12, 2534 at 1:00 AM, which puts it almost 20 years prior to the invasion of Earth. This is obviously a production error.
- The BR55HB SR rifles that the Marines and ODSTs use are equipped with flashlights and laser modules. They are also equipped with a fully automatic firing mode, which has not been seen elsewhere.
- The short was filmed at a Wellington, New Zealand landfill.
- The Pelican that drops the Warthog has a clamp that holds the crossbar of the Warthog instead of an electromagnet.
- At 0:20, a Brute can be seen carrying a unusually large Spike Grenade which appears to be almost as large as a Gravity Hammer.
Other[]
Films | |
Halo Legends |
'The Babysitter •The Duel •Homecoming • Odd One Out • Origins • The Package • Prototype |
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Halo: Landfall |
Arms Race
• Combat • Last One Standing |
Other |
Halo Film • We Are ODST • Birth of a Spartan • Remember Reach Webfilm (Patrol • Spaceport • New Life) • Deliver Hope |