1 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:26,861 That never sounded like an owl, Fred. 2 00:00:27,945 --> 00:00:29,572 Kelly. 3 00:00:30,281 --> 00:00:34,368 We've got two hours to get back to base before ONl starts spilling over time. 4 00:00:34,452 --> 00:00:37,413 Where's the Chief? Where's Linda? 5 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:44,378 Quick shore leave, Chief. 6 00:00:46,505 --> 00:00:48,591 We're lucky Command let us come at all. 7 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:51,302 This is it? 8 00:00:52,428 --> 00:00:56,766 Most of it's gone, but yeah, it's the place. 9 00:00:59,101 --> 00:01:00,770 Then let's do this. 10 00:01:10,321 --> 00:01:11,989 N ♪ 11 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:38,891 Private journal entry. 12 00:01:38,974 --> 00:01:42,520 Encrypt Halsey 424-3. 13 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:44,313 Delete if tampered. 14 00:01:46,982 --> 00:01:51,195 A long time ago, I committed myself to a path, a direction. 15 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:55,407 There were many branches in that path, but ultimately they all flowered, I think. 16 00:01:56,909 --> 00:02:00,246 John was the first seed. 17 00:02:01,372 --> 00:02:04,208 I couldn't personally screen every candidate. 18 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:07,962 The outer colonies were simply too scattered, too distant. 19 00:02:08,045 --> 00:02:10,923 But I had to set an example for the other extraction teams. 20 00:02:11,882 --> 00:02:14,385 So the first candidate... 21 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:17,471 The first candidate, I dealt with personally. 22 00:02:18,889 --> 00:02:23,060 But the outer colonies were still very dangerous places in those days, 23 00:02:23,144 --> 00:02:25,604 albeit for radically different reasons. 24 00:02:26,814 --> 00:02:30,609 And so the Office of Naval Intelligence assigned me a chaperone, 25 00:02:30,693 --> 00:02:32,862 perhaps for my safety, 26 00:02:32,945 --> 00:02:35,406 perhaps for theirs. 27 00:02:41,203 --> 00:02:43,205 Time to wake up, Lieutenant Keyes. 28 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:47,835 We are preparing to exit slipspace near the Eridanus System. 29 00:02:49,003 --> 00:02:50,004 Dr. Halsey? 30 00:02:50,087 --> 00:02:52,298 Uorarfl Already awake and on the bridge, sir. 31 00:02:52,381 --> 00:02:54,967 Eh, of course she is. 32 00:03:06,812 --> 00:03:08,147 Dr. Halsey. 33 00:03:08,230 --> 00:03:11,817 Are these shuttles all so damned claustrophobic? 34 00:03:11,901 --> 00:03:15,779 There is barely room for one person in here, let alone two. 35 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:17,281 - Doctor... - Toran... 36 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:19,408 Uorarfl Awaiting your orders, Dr. Halsey. 37 00:03:19,491 --> 00:03:23,245 Start a pre-burn warm-up cycle for the fusion engines. 38 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:26,498 Uorarfl Understood, Doctor. Exiting slipspace in six seconds. 39 00:03:26,624 --> 00:03:28,167 Good. And some music. 40 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:31,212 Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3, I think. 41 00:03:36,342 --> 00:03:39,136 Now, Lieutenant, you needed my attention? 42 00:03:39,511 --> 00:03:41,513 I was going to say I should act as pilot. 43 00:03:41,597 --> 00:03:45,976 If I wished to be chauffeured, you would already be in this chair, Lieutenant. 44 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:49,521 If you wish to make yourself useful, take the comms 45 00:03:49,605 --> 00:03:52,233 and make sure our arrival is discreet. 46 00:03:53,943 --> 00:03:56,946 What are we doing here? This area is dangerous. 47 00:03:57,029 --> 00:03:59,365 It's been an lnsurrectionist stronghold for years. 48 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:00,407 Meaning? 49 00:04:00,491 --> 00:04:04,912 Meaning the Insurrection isn't some ragtag group of colonial rowdies. 50 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:08,457 Toran, list rebel acts of violence in this sector in last five days. 51 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:11,293 Seventy-two hours ago, 52 00:04:11,377 --> 00:04:14,213 Insurrectionists destroy emergency food caravan. 53 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,134 Eighteen hours ago, rebellion raids merchant vessel, murders entire... 54 00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:22,429 I am painfully aware of the rebellion, Lieutenant. 55 00:04:22,513 --> 00:04:25,516 Something needs to be done. ONI agrees with me. 56 00:04:26,183 --> 00:04:27,935 That is why we are here. 57 00:04:28,018 --> 00:04:29,061 om? 58 00:04:29,645 --> 00:04:32,356 But if the Office of Naval Intelligence... 59 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:33,983 This is a recon mission? 60 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:36,485 How terribly perceptive of you. 61 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:40,990 But what could you possibly need to recon out here? 62 00:04:57,673 --> 00:04:59,341 I'm dressed like a fool. 63 00:04:59,425 --> 00:05:00,759 You're dressed like a father 64 00:05:00,843 --> 00:05:03,595 trying to get his daughter into a decent school. 65 00:05:03,679 --> 00:05:05,431 I don't have a daughter. 66 00:05:05,514 --> 00:05:08,517 And I don't have a pony. Pay attention. 67 00:05:08,851 --> 00:05:10,602 We are here to observe a boy, 68 00:05:10,686 --> 00:05:13,689 the first of many evaluations in the weeks to come. 69 00:05:13,772 --> 00:05:17,693 I'm supposed to be protecting shipping lanes, not babysitting. 70 00:05:17,776 --> 00:05:20,279 This child could be more useful to the UNSC 71 00:05:20,362 --> 00:05:23,949 than a fleet of destroyers, a thousand lieutenants 72 00:05:24,033 --> 00:05:25,743 OF even me. 73 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:28,787 In the end, one child could be the difference 74 00:05:28,871 --> 00:05:31,540 between peace and an unwinnable war. 75 00:05:33,042 --> 00:05:34,043 Ah. 76 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:36,670 There's our young man. 77 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:42,217 Journal entry. Same encryption scheme. 78 00:05:42,551 --> 00:05:43,594 Who's next? 79 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:46,847 John was the first, and he was the best. 80 00:05:49,475 --> 00:05:51,727 Come on, he can't stop us all! 81 00:05:52,227 --> 00:05:55,272 Even as a child, I could see how special he was. 82 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:57,983 Sense his unformed potential. 83 00:05:58,901 --> 00:06:02,571 I simply needed to carve away everything else to get to it. 84 00:06:02,654 --> 00:06:04,365 To shape it. 85 00:06:05,074 --> 00:06:08,619 Form him into everything I knew he would eventually become. 86 00:06:12,581 --> 00:06:13,624 Him? 87 00:06:13,749 --> 00:06:15,751 - He can't be more than... - Six. 88 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:19,296 John, like all of our candidates, is six years old. 89 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:22,299 And like the others, he has all the genetic markers. 90 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:26,011 There's something else that makes him of interest. 91 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:29,014 Of interest to whom, precisely? 92 00:06:29,098 --> 00:06:31,642 Here, record our interaction. 93 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:32,893 I'll talk 110 him, 94 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:36,647 find out if his character is as exceptional as his DNA. 95 00:06:45,155 --> 00:06:47,491 Hello, what's your name? 96 00:06:47,950 --> 00:06:49,159 It's John. 97 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:51,620 And what game were you playing, John? 98 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:53,622 - War? - King of the hill. 99 00:06:53,705 --> 00:06:56,041 Mom says I'm too rough with the other kids. 100 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:58,752 You like games? So do I. 101 00:06:59,795 --> 00:07:02,840 I have another game if you're interested. 102 00:07:03,465 --> 00:07:05,050 This is a coin. 103 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:08,095 Win the game and you keep the coin. 104 00:07:08,554 --> 00:07:10,055 You see the two sides? 105 00:07:10,139 --> 00:07:12,474 Yes. A man and a bird. 106 00:07:13,142 --> 00:07:14,643 Which side will land up? 107 00:07:23,026 --> 00:07:24,111 Bird. 108 00:07:24,194 --> 00:07:26,447 Very good. Again. 109 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:28,157 Man. 110 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:29,950 - Again. - Man. 111 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,286 Bird. 112 00:07:32,828 --> 00:07:33,954 Bird. 113 00:07:34,163 --> 00:07:38,667 Five out of five, John. That's unusual. 114 00:07:38,834 --> 00:07:40,627 You said I could keep it if I won. 115 00:07:40,711 --> 00:07:43,338 Yes. You can keep it, John. 116 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:45,132 Yes! 117 00:07:45,215 --> 00:07:47,301 I cursed myself for using his name. 118 00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:50,762 I couldn't afford the luxury of fondness. 119 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:56,351 No telling if subject 117 would even survive what lay ahead. 120 00:07:57,519 --> 00:07:59,313 Tell me you recorded that. 121 00:08:05,903 --> 00:08:08,780 It all fell into place so quickly after John. 122 00:08:08,864 --> 00:08:12,034 It wasn't long before I had my final candidates. 123 00:08:20,167 --> 00:08:22,586 These are the 75, Déjé. 124 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:28,467 Confidential journal entry. 125 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:31,094 Red encryption using my private key. 126 00:08:33,597 --> 00:08:36,934 As I said before, I don't regret any of this. 127 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:39,645 I've thought it all the way through. 128 00:08:39,728 --> 00:08:42,231 I am certain it will be worthwhile. 129 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,653 Right at that moment, across several star systems, 130 00:08:47,736 --> 00:08:50,739 children were being acquired and shipped, 131 00:08:50,822 --> 00:08:52,991 like freight to the planet Reach. 132 00:08:54,910 --> 00:08:57,871 We were replacing the children with flash clones. 133 00:08:57,955 --> 00:09:01,917 Imperfect simulacra but nigh impossible to detect. 134 00:09:03,335 --> 00:09:06,213 If I could have used the clones, of course I would have, 135 00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:09,424 but the damn things broke down faster than we could grow them. 136 00:09:09,508 --> 00:09:11,843 We needed real children. 137 00:09:11,969 --> 00:09:13,554 Whole children. 138 00:09:15,305 --> 00:09:19,184 It was a regrettable but necessary deception. 139 00:09:20,811 --> 00:09:22,771 I needed those subjects. 140 00:09:23,105 --> 00:09:27,943 ORION-II would not have succeeded built on a foundation of compromise. 141 00:09:33,448 --> 00:09:35,867 ONI would have its soldiers, 142 00:09:36,785 --> 00:09:39,454 and I would have my solution. 143 00:09:41,456 --> 00:09:43,625 May God have mercy on us all. 144 00:09:45,961 --> 00:09:49,548 Doctor, they are here. They are ready. 145 00:09:49,631 --> 00:09:51,008 Send them in. 146 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:54,469 And, Déjé, on second thought, don't save this file. 147 00:09:57,848 --> 00:10:00,058 What happened? How did I get here? 148 00:10:00,142 --> 00:10:01,768 I don't know. 149 00:10:02,978 --> 00:10:05,147 Take a seat. All of you. 150 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:11,111 Per naval code 45812, 151 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:14,906 you are hereby conscripted into UNSC's special project 152 00:10:14,990 --> 00:10:17,159 code-named ORION-ll, 153 00:10:17,534 --> 00:10:19,995 also known as SPARTAN ll. 154 00:10:20,579 --> 00:10:22,247 Your parents are gone. 155 00:10:22,331 --> 00:10:25,000 The planet Reach is your new home. 156 00:10:25,083 --> 00:10:28,003 Your fellow trainees are your new family. 157 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:31,590 Each of you has been hand-selected and called to serve. 158 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:36,303 Your bodies are already faster and stronger than other children, 159 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:39,222 and we are going to make them even better. 160 00:10:41,516 --> 00:10:43,143 Chief Petty Officer Mendez, 161 00:10:43,226 --> 00:10:47,939 escort the children to the mess hall, feed them, get them to bed. 162 00:10:48,273 --> 00:10:50,442 Trainees, fall out! 163 00:11:01,703 --> 00:11:02,871 John. 164 00:11:04,456 --> 00:11:06,541 Johnny, you need to wake up. 165 00:11:07,876 --> 00:11:08,877 Mom? 166 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,212 Wake up! 167 00:11:10,295 --> 00:11:11,880 Wake up, trainee! 168 00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:15,300 I said up! Do you know which way up is? 169 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:19,054 Last one up gets it, Jorge! 170 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,389 My name's pronounced "George." 171 00:11:20,555 --> 00:11:22,808 Don't you back talk me, Jorge! 172 00:11:24,518 --> 00:11:27,729 - What's happening? - I don't know. Just go, go! 173 00:11:27,813 --> 00:11:29,815 Come on. Everyone's headed this way. 174 00:11:29,898 --> 00:11:32,651 - I'm Sam, by the way. - I'm Kelly. 175 00:11:32,734 --> 00:11:34,152 It'll be okay, Kelly. 176 00:11:42,452 --> 00:11:46,498 Trainees, I am Chief Mendez. 177 00:11:46,581 --> 00:11:48,917 I am your commanding officer. 178 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:54,548 Every clay, dawn till dusk, you will do exactly what I say, 179 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:57,426 when I say, how I say. 180 00:11:57,884 --> 00:12:01,012 - Am I clear, trainees? - Sir, yes, sir. 181 00:12:02,264 --> 00:12:04,641 Naturally, they didn't all make it. 182 00:12:04,725 --> 00:12:06,601 We expected drop-outs. 183 00:12:07,185 --> 00:12:10,856 There were accidents, incidents, bad luck. 184 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:15,444 Better that we separated the chaff from the wheat immediately. 185 00:12:20,323 --> 00:12:23,243 Come in. Class is about to begin. 186 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:27,497 We trained their minds as well as their bodies. 187 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:32,919 War strategy, theoretical tactics, Sun Tzu, 188 00:12:33,003 --> 00:12:36,339 nothing in the sprawling history of conflict was overlooked. 189 00:12:36,798 --> 00:12:41,344 We taught them about Thermopylae, about the unbeatable Spartans. 190 00:12:41,887 --> 00:12:45,307 Xerxes wanted to steal Greece from the Spartans. 191 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:48,310 His forces numbered in the thousands. 192 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:51,104 Why didn't Xerxes just sail around them? 193 00:12:51,188 --> 00:12:54,232 Xerxes wanted to send a message, John. 194 00:12:54,316 --> 00:12:57,986 He failed and just 300 Spartans saved Greece. 195 00:12:58,236 --> 00:12:59,404 Yes! 196 00:12:59,488 --> 00:13:00,822 That is all for today. 197 00:13:01,198 --> 00:13:04,117 But tomorrow I will tell you about wolves. 198 00:13:09,331 --> 00:13:12,334 Today's mission is ring the bell. 199 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:17,506 When every member of your team has rung the bell, cross this line. 200 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:19,466 Question, trainee? 201 00:13:19,549 --> 00:13:22,636 - What do we win, sir? - You win dinner, 117. 202 00:13:22,719 --> 00:13:26,932 - Last team to finish goes without dinner. - Oh, no! 203 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,685 Make ready. Go! 204 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:38,693 I knew John was a natural leader, even if he didn't. 205 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:40,946 John, a little help? 206 00:13:58,046 --> 00:13:59,297 First. 207 00:14:01,383 --> 00:14:06,304 A leader must inspire passion, and 117 certainly did that. 208 00:14:06,888 --> 00:14:08,557 Hey, thanks for nothing. 209 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:13,770 Good work, trainees. 210 00:14:13,854 --> 00:14:15,981 Everybody eats, 211 00:14:16,064 --> 00:14:17,983 except 117 and his team. 212 00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:19,317 But I was first. 213 00:14:19,401 --> 00:14:22,487 You were first, but your team came in last. 214 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,366 And you don't win unless your team wins. 215 00:14:42,257 --> 00:14:43,550 Get out of here. 216 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:46,928 - Kelly! - No. Kelly's right, Sam. 217 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:51,141 He could've helped us today, instead he left us in the dirt. 218 00:14:52,267 --> 00:14:53,977 I'm sorry, guys- 219 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,770 I stole them a few nights ago. 220 00:14:55,854 --> 00:14:58,565 They're stale but better than nothing. 221 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:05,030 - It's not turkey. - I know. 222 00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:08,283 It won't happen again. Promise. 223 00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:11,119 And that was it. 224 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:15,332 Logic, consequences, spark of leadership. 225 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:18,126 All things I saw in him from the start. 226 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:34,184 You are each being handed a portion of a map of the area below. 227 00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:36,436 The mission is simple. 228 00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:38,396 You will be individually deployed 229 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:43,109 and use your piece of the puzzle to navigate to the extraction point. 230 00:15:43,193 --> 00:15:46,780 Last trainee to make it to extraction will be left behind. 231 00:15:47,781 --> 00:15:51,159 And it is a very long walk back. 232 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,871 - 117, you're first. - Yes, sir. 233 00:15:58,583 --> 00:16:01,378 - Sam, the river. - I got it. 234 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:03,421 Pass the word, quietly. 235 00:16:03,505 --> 00:16:05,173 117, front and center. 236 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,100 Good luck, 117. 237 00:16:56,433 --> 00:16:58,643 You sound nothing like an owl, Sam. 238 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:02,647 - Ah, I've been practicing. - It sounded exactly like an owl. 239 00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:04,816 I was just drawing you out of cover. 240 00:17:12,615 --> 00:17:13,742 Look what I found. 241 00:17:14,451 --> 00:17:16,578 Blueberries? Nice! 242 00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:19,039 I hope these are blueberries. 243 00:17:19,164 --> 00:17:21,082 Better than the food in the mess. 244 00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:24,044 Your lips are blue. 245 00:17:24,127 --> 00:17:25,628 So are yours. 246 00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:28,298 In the end, the wilderness mission 247 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:31,176 wasn't a test of strength or survival 248 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:34,763 but of friendship, camaraderie, loyalty. 249 00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:37,307 What are you doing? 250 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:40,101 I'm putting our mark on this place, so we can remember it. 251 00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:42,395 Now and forever. 252 00:17:43,021 --> 00:17:45,607 - We should meet up with the others. - Then what? 253 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,901 Someone is still gonna get left behind. 254 00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:50,570 Then I find a way to get everyone home. 255 00:17:56,409 --> 00:18:01,456 One of those map fragments was bogus. But I'm sure this is the extraction point. 256 00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:04,084 Almost a day's hike from here. 257 00:18:04,209 --> 00:18:06,127 Then we better get moving. 258 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,721 Hold. 259 00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:18,515 You guys with me. Fall out. 260 00:18:18,598 --> 00:18:19,974 And keep quiet. 261 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:21,518 I heard something. 262 00:18:25,313 --> 00:18:27,649 And what I find fascinating is that 263 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:31,277 even though you think you've prepared for every eventuality... 264 00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,738 They're armed but they aren't in uniform. 265 00:18:33,822 --> 00:18:36,950 And they don't look like soldiers. lnsurrectionists, maybe? 266 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:38,618 ...every contingency... 267 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:40,370 So what now? 268 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:42,372 ...every permutation... 269 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:43,498 Wolves. 270 00:18:43,581 --> 00:18:47,168 When Déjé taught us about the wolves, how they hunt... 271 00:18:47,252 --> 00:18:48,628 What does that... 272 00:18:49,337 --> 00:18:50,505 The wolves. 273 00:18:50,588 --> 00:18:53,675 ...children still manage to surprise you. 274 00:18:56,261 --> 00:18:59,264 Wolves, children, are fierce hunters. 275 00:18:59,347 --> 00:19:02,642 But while any wolf can hunt and kill a rabbit, 276 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,856 One wolf against larger prey 277 00:19:09,524 --> 00:19:11,442 Can face a grisly end. 278 00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:19,159 - What the... - I need help! My friend is hurt! 279 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,829 - Go bring that girl back. - Yes, sir. 280 00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:25,081 But when wolves hunt in a pack... 281 00:19:26,541 --> 00:19:29,294 - Where's the girl? - I think I broke my leg. 282 00:19:29,377 --> 00:19:31,880 Oh, I got your broken leg right here, kid. 283 00:19:31,963 --> 00:19:34,716 ...they take down larger prey with ease. 284 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,058 What the hell, Vince? 285 00:19:44,142 --> 00:19:46,144 One little girl too much for you to handle? 286 00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:11,169 Ah, Doctor. 287 00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:16,424 Trainee 117 was just explaining why he attacked and injured UNSC soldiers. 288 00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:20,929 And why he stole the property they were left to guard. 289 00:20:21,596 --> 00:20:23,932 Ma'am, the craft was UNSC, 290 00:20:24,015 --> 00:20:28,102 but the men in the force were hostile and were not in regulation uniform. 291 00:20:28,603 --> 00:20:31,397 - You flew home? - Not exactly. 292 00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:34,275 I rigged the autopilot to return to base, ma'am. 293 00:20:34,651 --> 00:20:36,569 And you brought them all home? 294 00:20:36,653 --> 00:20:40,198 According to orders, last trainee to the ship was supposed to walk. 295 00:20:40,281 --> 00:20:44,118 Instead, we stuck together, like the Spartans at Thermopylae. 296 00:20:44,202 --> 00:20:47,413 In the real ending of the story, 117, 297 00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:49,791 the Spartans are betrayed and slaughtered. 298 00:20:49,874 --> 00:20:54,003 It is their sacrifice that actually saves and unites Greece. 299 00:20:55,338 --> 00:20:57,131 But we had more choices. 300 00:20:57,215 --> 00:20:59,217 The men you hit with rocks didn't. 301 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,511 No, sir, they did not. 302 00:21:03,513 --> 00:21:07,725 So, Doctor, what do we do with this one? 303 00:21:07,809 --> 00:21:12,689 Well, Mendez, I suggest a promotion to Squad Leader. 304 00:21:14,023 --> 00:21:16,276 Thank you, sir. 305 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,444 What is the highest rank I can attain? 306 00:21:18,528 --> 00:21:21,114 As a non-commissioned officer, 117, 307 00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:25,576 the highest rank you can attain is Master Chief Petty Officer. 308 00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:26,953 Then I will. 309 00:21:27,036 --> 00:21:28,663 Perhaps you will at that, 310 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,041 but your next mission won't be so easy. 311 00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:35,503 And there will be casualties. 312 00:21:37,005 --> 00:21:39,007 What is that mission, sir? 313 00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:43,011 Your mission, John, 314 00:21:45,054 --> 00:21:46,389 is to survive. 315 00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:09,829 Samuel-034, Blue Team mission report. 316 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:11,831 I don't remember the operation, 317 00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:18,212 but when we awoke, we were something new. 318 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:23,760 Unbreakable materials grafted to our bones, gene therapy. 319 00:22:30,391 --> 00:22:34,812 Muscle density increased, enhanced skeletal and muscular growth. 320 00:22:36,564 --> 00:22:37,565 Of course, 321 00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:41,944 we had no clue what we had to live through first. 322 00:22:47,158 --> 00:22:48,910 Replay the message, Déjé. 323 00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:52,914 Message from Admiral Ysionris Jeromi. 324 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:56,167 Chief Medical Officer, research station Hopeful. 325 00:22:59,128 --> 00:23:01,422 Ueromfl Catherine, I wish I had better news. 326 00:23:02,173 --> 00:23:05,343 Further analysis has yielded zero alternatives 327 00:23:05,426 --> 00:23:09,931 to mitigate the risks in your proposed hypothetical experimentation. 328 00:23:10,765 --> 00:23:14,560 But I understand the theoretical framework, Catherine, 329 00:23:14,644 --> 00:23:16,437 and admire the imagination. 330 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:20,817 But I hope it is in fact a hypothetical study. 331 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:24,529 Details are in the attached files. 332 00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:28,032 But your proposed treatments could result in any of the following, 333 00:23:28,116 --> 00:23:31,869 cell necrosis, stroke, cardiovascular failure 334 00:23:31,953 --> 00:23:34,288 and even Fletcher syndrome. 335 00:23:41,796 --> 00:23:46,217 You proposed the use of lab animals, simian proxies, in your tests. 336 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:48,302 I must be blunt. 337 00:23:48,386 --> 00:23:52,932 I cannot imagine any more than half of the subjects surviving this process. 338 00:24:14,579 --> 00:24:17,165 I would hate to see the poor creatures destroyed 339 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:20,460 in some Section Ill project, Dr. Halsey. 340 00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:24,714 Well, I've said my piece. 341 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,091 Best of luck to you, Catherine. 342 00:24:27,925 --> 00:24:34,098 Doctor, augmentation was always a vital but statistically dangerous stage. 343 00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:37,143 How many? 344 00:24:37,268 --> 00:24:39,270 ONI was promised soldiers, 345 00:24:39,353 --> 00:24:42,231 and you were the only mind that could accomplish it. 346 00:24:42,315 --> 00:24:44,192 How many dead, Déjé? 347 00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:46,777 Twenty-seven deceased. 348 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:48,988 36% of the candidates. 349 00:24:50,323 --> 00:24:51,991 Children. 350 00:24:52,074 --> 00:24:55,328 36% of the children. 351 00:24:56,454 --> 00:25:00,374 The subjects are just one-half of the equation, Doctor. 352 00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:04,462 Both MJOLNIR and the cognitive impression modeling are critical. 353 00:25:06,631 --> 00:25:07,673 You're correct. 354 00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:11,219 - Doctor? - This is our only option. 355 00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:15,681 Every day the Insurrection invents new acts of terror 356 00:25:15,765 --> 00:25:18,476 to pull humanity farther into the muck. 357 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:21,562 Our civilization is balanced on a razor's edge, 358 00:25:21,646 --> 00:25:25,525 and the insurgents threaten to bring it down around our ears. 359 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:30,780 If even one candidate survives and balance is restored, 360 00:25:30,905 --> 00:25:33,616 history will absolve me for the greater good. 361 00:25:41,123 --> 00:25:42,250 Duty. 362 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:43,960 Honor. 363 00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:46,712 Self-sacrifice. 364 00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:53,469 We were 14 when we lost almost half of our comrades to augmentation failures. 365 00:25:53,928 --> 00:25:57,557 Death does not diminish these qualities in a soldier. 366 00:25:59,433 --> 00:26:01,852 We shall remember our dead. 367 00:26:02,979 --> 00:26:05,815 Honors, attention! 368 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:11,779 Kids I grew up with, never said goodbye to. 369 00:26:13,823 --> 00:26:17,285 We commit the bodies of our fallen to space. 370 00:26:27,378 --> 00:26:29,589 I still remember their names. 371 00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:43,102 The deaths affected each of us differently. 372 00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:47,440 Fire teams came and went, but core loyalties and friendships endure. 373 00:26:48,649 --> 00:26:50,318 Even beyond death. 374 00:26:51,027 --> 00:26:54,280 Of course, it didn't sit well with John. 375 00:26:55,364 --> 00:26:57,158 Where are you taking my men? 376 00:26:57,241 --> 00:26:58,993 Let 'em go, Squad Leader. 377 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:01,912 They can't fight anymore. 378 00:27:01,996 --> 00:27:03,831 They don't belong here. 379 00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:04,999 What happens to them? 380 00:27:05,458 --> 00:27:08,127 The Navy takes care of its own. 381 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:09,920 Their minds are still sharp. 382 00:27:10,004 --> 00:27:15,176 And our war effort can always use soldiers for less physical duties. 383 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,179 John never left anyone behind. 384 00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:19,930 Not if he could help it. 385 00:27:20,014 --> 00:27:21,849 Was there something else, son? 386 00:27:21,932 --> 00:27:26,145 Sir, I'm Squad Leader. Members of my unit died. 387 00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:28,230 What should I have done to keep that from happening? 388 00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:30,316 117. 389 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:32,526 John. 390 00:27:33,235 --> 00:27:35,321 What your class went through, 391 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,201 that any of you survived at all is a testament to your strength. 392 00:27:41,035 --> 00:27:42,578 Walk with me. 393 00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:49,794 A leader must be ready to send the men under his command to their deaths. 394 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:52,546 Your duty is to the mission. 395 00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:56,967 I'm sorry, sir, but I fail to see how that applies to this situation. 396 00:27:57,051 --> 00:27:59,053 The lesson is sacrifice. 397 00:27:59,970 --> 00:28:03,808 It is acceptable to spend lives when necessary, Squad Leader. 398 00:28:04,892 --> 00:28:08,312 What is not acceptable is to waste said lives. 399 00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:14,694 Which was this, sir? Spent or wasted? 400 00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:17,780 Get some rest, Squad Leader. 401 00:28:27,581 --> 00:28:30,334 - What did Mendez say? - Not much. 402 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:32,503 Let me guess. 403 00:28:32,586 --> 00:28:34,839 Something about duty and sucking it up. 404 00:28:34,922 --> 00:28:36,716 That sounds nothing like him. 405 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:39,510 Like your owl. 406 00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:41,721 It sounds exactly like him. 407 00:28:43,013 --> 00:28:46,809 Me and Kels are going to the shooting range later. You in? 408 00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:49,270 No. I'm going to hit the gym. 409 00:28:57,778 --> 00:29:00,781 John was still processing our losses. 410 00:29:01,866 --> 00:29:04,326 Emotionally and physically. 411 00:29:07,496 --> 00:29:12,001 For weeks after augmentation, every bone in our bodies ached. 412 00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,174 Our eyes throbbed and bled. 413 00:29:18,966 --> 00:29:20,468 We got headaches. 414 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:22,052 Fell down. 415 00:29:23,387 --> 00:29:25,347 Clumsy in our new skins. 416 00:29:26,182 --> 00:29:28,893 Dr. Halsey told us our brains would have to relearn 417 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:30,978 how to work with our new bodies. 418 00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:33,439 Learn how to use new strength and speed. 419 00:29:37,443 --> 00:29:39,236 But it wasn't easy. 420 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:40,946 And it was frustrating. 421 00:29:48,412 --> 00:29:49,872 The thing about John is that 422 00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:52,792 he really only knew three ways to react to people. 423 00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:59,673 If you were his superior officer, he obeyed you. 424 00:30:00,174 --> 00:30:03,427 If you were in his squad, he would die for you. 425 00:30:03,886 --> 00:30:05,179 But if you were a threat? 426 00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:08,432 Then God help you. 427 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:31,455 Heart rate steady. Pulse level. 428 00:30:31,539 --> 00:30:32,957 He's barely breaking a sweat. 429 00:30:33,123 --> 00:30:34,583 What is he doing? 430 00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:37,211 What we built him to do. He's winning. 431 00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:39,505 I'm gonna stop this now. 432 00:30:40,464 --> 00:30:42,675 How is his adrenaline level, I wonder. 433 00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:57,356 Attention! 434 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,401 At ease. 435 00:31:01,235 --> 00:31:03,195 Your workout is over for today. 436 00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,906 Sir, those men. 437 00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:08,534 Was this a test? 438 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:12,830 You engaged and neutralized a threat, Squad Leader. 439 00:31:13,914 --> 00:31:14,957 They started it. 440 00:31:15,916 --> 00:31:17,501 I was defending myself. 441 00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:20,838 But still they were fellow soldiers. 442 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:23,465 People die. 443 00:31:23,757 --> 00:31:27,177 Sacrifice is a necessary consequence of war. 444 00:31:27,261 --> 00:31:30,055 But, sir, they were wasted, not spent. 445 00:31:30,639 --> 00:31:31,849 Because of me. 446 00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:34,310 Your priorities are to follow orders, 447 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:36,854 and to preserve your life and the lives of your team. 448 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:39,064 Is that clear, Squad Leader? 449 00:31:40,482 --> 00:31:41,775 Yes, sir. 450 00:31:46,864 --> 00:31:48,657 We heard what happened. 451 00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:50,784 Everyone on the ship did. 452 00:31:50,910 --> 00:31:52,953 It was an accident. 453 00:31:53,037 --> 00:31:55,289 That didn't make it any easier for John. 454 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:04,506 Apologies, Doctor, 455 00:32:04,590 --> 00:32:08,761 but I have been attempting to decode a transmission from the Planet Harvest. 456 00:32:08,844 --> 00:32:12,056 - And? - It's fragmented and incomplete. 457 00:32:12,139 --> 00:32:14,016 And it stopped repeating. 458 00:32:14,141 --> 00:32:15,559 Show me what you have. 459 00:32:25,527 --> 00:32:26,737 Gods. 460 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,739 Déjé, give me a feed from Harvest. 461 00:32:28,822 --> 00:32:31,241 - Scanning spectrum. - Anything. 462 00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:35,496 A comm station, a news feed, a grain elevator, damn it. 463 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:37,081 Not found. 464 00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:41,669 It may be interference or a problem with the slipspace beacon relays. 465 00:32:42,378 --> 00:32:44,838 Harvest is on a 12-hour signal delay. 466 00:32:44,964 --> 00:32:47,216 Get Mendez, but keep scanning Harvest. 467 00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:54,098 I'm accelerating the schedule. I want a test in a combat mission. 468 00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:57,184 Ma'am, that's needlessly aggressive. 469 00:32:57,267 --> 00:32:58,310 I disagree. 470 00:32:58,394 --> 00:33:01,563 Brass wants Spartans deployed, and so do I. 471 00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:14,368 There's a mission ONl has been saving for the right team. 472 00:33:14,451 --> 00:33:17,830 Colonel Robert Watts earned his rank in the UNSC, 473 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:20,624 but in 2512 he went turncoat. 474 00:33:20,749 --> 00:33:25,254 And now leads the lnsurrectionist forces in the Eridanus system. 475 00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:29,341 Watts has spent 12 years leading raids against UNSC targets, 476 00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:32,594 killing civilians and military alike. 477 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:34,638 We have intel that Watts is planning to attack 478 00:33:34,722 --> 00:33:37,558 medical satellites in the outer colonies. 479 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:42,563 Recently, one of Watts' men cut a deal with ONl. 480 00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:45,107 We have known for some time that Watts' forces 481 00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:48,152 were launching from the Eridanus asteroid belt. 482 00:33:48,235 --> 00:33:52,489 But there are millions of rocks scattered over billions of kilometers. 483 00:33:53,407 --> 00:33:55,951 Our informant did not know the exact location. 484 00:33:56,076 --> 00:33:59,788 However, he did know that the freighter Laden is a supply vessel. 485 00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:01,081 Mendez. 486 00:34:01,165 --> 00:34:05,794 Laden is set to leave dock in six hours for routine engine recertification. 487 00:34:06,587 --> 00:34:09,131 And yet, she's been loaded with enough food and water 488 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:11,091 to supply a small city. 489 00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:15,846 Spartans, you will be dropped at the Eridanus ll space docks. 490 00:34:16,180 --> 00:34:19,433 You'll be dressed the same as members of the Laden crew. 491 00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:23,812 Once in the base, you will infiltrate the installation and take Watts alive. 492 00:34:23,937 --> 00:34:25,355 If you can. 493 00:34:26,023 --> 00:34:29,985 They would've detected a UNSC ship. They wouldn't detect us. 494 00:34:30,944 --> 00:34:32,696 Be prepared for anything. 495 00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:35,365 Finally, Squad Leader, 496 00:34:35,449 --> 00:34:38,952 you are hereby promoted to Petty Officer third class. 497 00:34:48,378 --> 00:34:50,464 Everything went off without a hitch. 498 00:34:50,547 --> 00:34:53,634 Before long, we were safe in the micro gravity well. 499 00:34:58,388 --> 00:35:01,475 I can never get shut-eye before a mission. 500 00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:03,602 What are you doing? 501 00:35:03,685 --> 00:35:06,063 Scanning freight and shipping documents. 502 00:35:06,146 --> 00:35:09,316 Read it to me. That'll put me to sleep. 503 00:35:09,399 --> 00:35:12,569 Ten hours out, Blue Team. We'll rotate sleep cycles. 504 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,073 - Find anything, Kelly? - Everything. 505 00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:20,077 Laden doesn't have a ship board Al and their security is a joke. 506 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,203 Course setting. 507 00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:25,082 We've got a loose trajectory into the belt, but no final destination. 508 00:35:25,165 --> 00:35:28,085 Meaning insurgents don't even trust their own people. 509 00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:31,672 Keep digging, and wake me in four. I'll take over watch. 510 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:40,639 Where did everyone go? 511 00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:43,851 John? 512 00:35:47,271 --> 00:35:49,565 Where were you when we needed you? 513 00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:58,031 I'm up. What've you got? 514 00:35:58,115 --> 00:35:59,700 I picked up where Kelly left off 515 00:35:59,783 --> 00:36:02,619 and I found something odd in the ship's manifest. 516 00:36:02,703 --> 00:36:04,288 Hidden in the standard rations, 517 00:36:04,371 --> 00:36:08,041 there's a single crate of cigars, steaks and chocolates. 518 00:36:08,125 --> 00:36:09,626 Luxury items. 519 00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:12,421 That crate is going to Watts. 520 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,423 Precisely what I was thinking. 521 00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:26,727 Follow me. Stay quiet. Blend in. 522 00:36:26,810 --> 00:36:28,729 Kelly, get a bearing on that crate. 523 00:36:29,479 --> 00:36:33,066 On the monorail, headed towards the tallest building in town. 524 00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:35,485 Only the best for Colonel Watts. 525 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:44,036 NAV marker at 443 meters and holding. 526 00:36:44,119 --> 00:36:46,580 Top floor, helmets on. Move out. 527 00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:08,852 Fresh batch, Colonel. 528 00:37:31,124 --> 00:37:33,502 It was going well. We felt good. 529 00:37:34,211 --> 00:37:35,796 We got cocky. 530 00:37:35,879 --> 00:37:37,965 Well, I did. 531 00:37:42,552 --> 00:37:43,679 Sam, look out! 532 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:53,146 John! 533 00:37:53,855 --> 00:37:55,816 John, can you hear me? 534 00:37:56,358 --> 00:37:57,401 It should've been me. 535 00:37:57,484 --> 00:37:59,152 Secure the area. 536 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:03,156 The biofoam will keep your guts where they belong till we get home. 537 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:04,491 It's going to hurt. 538 00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:07,286 That was stupid, John. 539 00:38:07,369 --> 00:38:10,414 Queen doesn't sacrifice everything to collect a pawn. 540 00:38:10,497 --> 00:38:14,001 All the pieces go back in the same box when the game is done. 541 00:38:15,210 --> 00:38:17,838 - You hit? - Nope. I'm lucky. 542 00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:19,256 Some idiot caught my bullet for me. 543 00:38:19,506 --> 00:38:21,967 Do not make me laugh right now. 544 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:42,863 You won't take me alive. 545 00:38:44,906 --> 00:38:46,658 My men will come for you. 546 00:38:46,742 --> 00:38:50,037 Empty the crate. Sam, load the cargo. 547 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:52,831 Cargo? Unhand me, boy. 548 00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:56,793 I don't know who or what you are, but I know two things, son. 549 00:38:57,377 --> 00:38:59,713 One, none of you are gettin' out alive. 550 00:39:00,130 --> 00:39:04,301 And two, I am absolutely not getting in that damned box. 551 00:39:19,775 --> 00:39:23,153 We believed we had dealt the Insurrection a mortal blow. 552 00:39:23,236 --> 00:39:24,988 Maybe we did. 553 00:39:25,072 --> 00:39:27,115 But everything was about to change. 554 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:32,537 Who's that? 555 00:39:32,621 --> 00:39:34,247 Uniform says Keyes. 556 00:39:34,831 --> 00:39:36,166 Maybe he's here to interrogate Watts? 557 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,089 Nice work, 117. 558 00:39:42,172 --> 00:39:44,341 - John, isn't it? - Yes, sir. 559 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:46,343 Have we met? 560 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:49,221 A long time ago. You wouldn't remember. 561 00:39:49,304 --> 00:39:51,765 You were just a kid fighting in the dust. 562 00:39:51,848 --> 00:39:54,893 Now you're a warrior. And just in the nick of time. 563 00:39:54,976 --> 00:39:57,562 - Sir? - You'll know soon enough. 564 00:39:58,271 --> 00:39:59,439 Dismissed. 565 00:40:01,108 --> 00:40:03,735 Amphitheater, Spartans. On the double. 566 00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:17,999 What do you think it is? Insurrection revenge strike? 567 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:20,961 It's something else. Something big. 568 00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:25,715 At ease, Spartans. 569 00:40:26,299 --> 00:40:28,301 I am Vice Admiral Stanforth. 570 00:40:28,802 --> 00:40:32,222 This is Harvest. Population of three million. 571 00:40:32,305 --> 00:40:34,724 A peaceful and productive farming world. 572 00:40:34,808 --> 00:40:37,310 On February 3rd, at 1423 hours, 573 00:40:37,394 --> 00:40:41,815 the Harvest orbital platform made long range radar contact with this object. 574 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:45,485 After that, all contact with Harvest was lost. 575 00:40:46,653 --> 00:40:48,905 Command assembled a battle group. 576 00:40:48,989 --> 00:40:52,534 What they found was all that was left of Harvest. 577 00:40:52,617 --> 00:40:55,162 Three million lives lost. 578 00:40:55,287 --> 00:40:59,458 The colony burnt to ash. Power like humanity has never seen. 579 00:40:59,541 --> 00:41:02,169 Then they encountered this. 580 00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:06,882 A starship of unknown design. 581 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:09,050 It destroyed the Vostok and the Arabia in under a minute, 582 00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:12,762 using highly advanced weapons and impenetrable shielding. 583 00:41:12,846 --> 00:41:15,974 The Heracles escaped into slipspace with substantial damage 584 00:41:16,057 --> 00:41:17,767 and brought this intel back. 585 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:21,605 They will not negotiate, they will not communicate. 586 00:41:21,688 --> 00:41:24,441 They cannot be reasoned or bartered with. 587 00:41:24,524 --> 00:41:26,902 We had just fought the lnsurrectionists, 588 00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:28,945 stopped a plot to murder millions. 589 00:41:29,905 --> 00:41:34,868 Only to realize that this could be the very end of humankind. Period. 590 00:41:36,536 --> 00:41:38,330 Humanity will fight back. 591 00:41:39,372 --> 00:41:43,835 We've already seen that we cannot do it with the blunt instrument of a fleet. 592 00:41:43,919 --> 00:41:46,671 We need the surgical precision of a scalpel. 593 00:41:47,881 --> 00:41:50,967 The SPARTAN program is that scalpel. 594 00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:56,765 We received a message before the attack in UEG base English. 595 00:41:56,890 --> 00:41:58,600 Play the message, Beowulf. 596 00:42:02,103 --> 00:42:07,150 Humans, your destruction is the will of the gods. 597 00:42:07,234 --> 00:42:10,570 And we are their instrument. 598 00:42:21,873 --> 00:42:25,794 Kelly-087 of Blue Team. Mission debrief. 599 00:42:34,928 --> 00:42:38,682 We were on the Commonwealth, en route to Chi Ceti IV. 600 00:42:38,765 --> 00:42:42,644 When we weren't in cryo, we were all crammed into the bunk room, 601 00:42:42,769 --> 00:42:45,105 there was always more prep, more planning. 602 00:42:46,189 --> 00:42:47,649 Damn it! 603 00:42:48,275 --> 00:42:51,236 - You're still dropping your shoulder. - I know. 604 00:42:55,490 --> 00:42:56,825 Let's go again. 605 00:42:59,619 --> 00:43:03,164 Does Project MJOLNIR mean anything to anyone? 606 00:43:03,790 --> 00:43:05,750 Gotta be some kind of weapon. 607 00:43:05,834 --> 00:43:08,587 Brass isn't very imaginative with codenames. 608 00:43:08,670 --> 00:43:10,839 Spartan 117, report to the bridge. 609 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:11,965 Yes, ma'am. 610 00:43:12,549 --> 00:43:15,302 Sam, get everyone ready. On the double. 611 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,262 You heard the Petty Officer. 612 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:19,973 Dog the distractions and into uniforms, Spartans. 613 00:43:29,065 --> 00:43:30,775 As we scrambled to get ready, 614 00:43:30,859 --> 00:43:35,155 John was dragged into a pissing contest between Dr. Halsey and the captain. 615 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:36,948 Ma'am. Captain Wallace. 616 00:43:37,490 --> 00:43:38,575 There it is again. 617 00:43:38,658 --> 00:43:41,536 Doctor, that puts our ghost at 80 million clicks. 618 00:43:41,620 --> 00:43:44,623 Even if it were a ship, and I don't concur that it is, 619 00:43:44,706 --> 00:43:47,334 it would take an hour to get within weapons range. 620 00:43:47,417 --> 00:43:50,211 Besides, it's disappeared again. 621 00:43:50,295 --> 00:43:53,757 Captain, it is my recommendation that we go to battle stations. 622 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,508 We have plenty of time. 623 00:43:55,592 --> 00:43:57,594 Unless there's something you're not telling us. 624 00:43:58,470 --> 00:44:00,221 This is not widely known, Captain, 625 00:44:00,305 --> 00:44:03,141 but the alien ships at Harvest disappeared, 626 00:44:03,224 --> 00:44:05,769 then reappeared, much closer. 627 00:44:05,852 --> 00:44:08,980 - An intrasystem jump? - We believe so, Spartan. 628 00:44:09,064 --> 00:44:10,148 Not possible. 629 00:44:10,607 --> 00:44:12,609 I can tell you that slipstream space 630 00:44:12,692 --> 00:44:15,403 simply cannot be navigated that accurately. 631 00:44:15,528 --> 00:44:18,990 You mean we cannot navigate it with that kind of accuracy. 632 00:44:19,824 --> 00:44:20,950 We'll take the dropship. 633 00:44:21,034 --> 00:44:23,662 I will see these Spartans make it to Project MJOLNIR. 634 00:44:25,288 --> 00:44:28,124 All hands to battle stations. This is not a drill. 635 00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:31,211 Reactors to 90%. Come about to course 125. 636 00:44:32,045 --> 00:44:33,672 All hands, brace for impact. 637 00:44:43,807 --> 00:44:45,892 We were being hunted down like dogs. 638 00:44:45,975 --> 00:44:50,105 Our only chance was whatever was down in that testing facility. 639 00:45:02,492 --> 00:45:05,161 They call themselves the Covenant. 640 00:45:22,095 --> 00:45:26,266 Energy shields. That's amazing. 641 00:45:26,766 --> 00:45:29,519 Bring the ship around. And arm the MAC. 642 00:45:35,483 --> 00:45:40,613 Unlike the missiles, the MAC round 101 is an unguided projectile, 643 00:45:40,697 --> 00:45:44,159 so the firing solution has to be perfectly aligned to hit. 644 00:46:18,276 --> 00:46:20,195 Ready another MAC round. 645 00:46:20,278 --> 00:46:22,238 MAC system destroyed, Captain. 646 00:46:22,322 --> 00:46:25,241 The Commonwealth carries nuclear missiles, correct? 647 00:46:25,325 --> 00:46:28,912 Detonation at this range will destroy us as well. 648 00:46:28,995 --> 00:46:30,246 Excuse me, sir. 649 00:46:30,330 --> 00:46:33,082 The alien tactics have been unnecessarily vicious. 650 00:46:33,166 --> 00:46:35,752 They didn't have to take that second MAC round. 651 00:46:35,835 --> 00:46:39,380 In my opinion, sir, they would engage anything that challenged them. 652 00:46:40,340 --> 00:46:42,091 They're sending a message. 653 00:46:42,175 --> 00:46:46,346 Longsword Squadron Delta, get those ships into the black, boys. 654 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,224 Buy us some time. 655 00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:51,351 Roger that, sir. On our way. 656 00:46:53,019 --> 00:46:54,145 Arm the nuclear warhead. 657 00:46:57,190 --> 00:46:59,692 Proximity detonator at 100 meters. 658 00:47:12,330 --> 00:47:13,790 Fire. 659 00:47:18,419 --> 00:47:20,380 Three, two... 660 00:47:35,979 --> 00:47:39,065 Power us back up. Slowly. 661 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:41,609 Sensors coming back on. 662 00:47:41,693 --> 00:47:44,153 All Longsword interceptors vaporized. 663 00:47:44,237 --> 00:47:47,907 Covenant ship intact, sir. 664 00:47:47,991 --> 00:47:49,826 No. 665 00:47:49,909 --> 00:47:53,329 It is moving off, though, sir. Most likely to make repairs. 666 00:47:54,789 --> 00:47:55,999 I have my orders. 667 00:47:56,082 --> 00:47:59,752 To get you and yours to Chi Ceti IV at all costs. 668 00:48:01,462 --> 00:48:03,464 As we execute a flyby orbit, 669 00:48:03,548 --> 00:48:06,509 your dropship will take you and your crew planet-side. 670 00:48:06,593 --> 00:48:09,554 If the Covenant return, we will lure them away. 671 00:48:20,315 --> 00:48:24,485 Damascus Materials Testing Facility to incoming Pelican. Identify. 672 00:48:24,569 --> 00:48:30,074 This is Dr. Catherine Halsey, Damascus clearance 197371-Alpha. 673 00:48:30,950 --> 00:48:34,120 Doctor, you're cleared for landing. Pad four. 674 00:48:50,637 --> 00:48:52,764 This is Project MJOLNIR. 675 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:58,186 MJOLNIR wasn't just weapons tech. 676 00:48:58,269 --> 00:49:01,314 It was Halsey's endgame. Her force multiplier. 677 00:49:02,148 --> 00:49:06,069 We were only half of the plan. The armor was the other. 678 00:49:08,154 --> 00:49:12,075 The armor's shell is a multilayer alloy of remarkable strength. 679 00:49:12,158 --> 00:49:15,036 An on board computer connects with your neural interface 680 00:49:15,119 --> 00:49:17,622 to continually track tactical information. 681 00:49:17,705 --> 00:49:21,668 And the inner structure is composed of a new reactive metal liquid crystal 682 00:49:21,751 --> 00:49:26,005 that is amorphous, yet fractally scales and amplifies force. 683 00:49:26,089 --> 00:49:29,300 Ma'am, so you're saying this exoskeleton enhances 684 00:49:29,384 --> 00:49:32,095 both the wearer's strength and speed? 685 00:49:32,178 --> 00:49:35,306 Yes, 104, by a multiple of five. 686 00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:38,685 - Sign me up. - And the drawbacks, ma'am? 687 00:49:38,768 --> 00:49:41,771 This system is so reactive that our previous tests 688 00:49:41,854 --> 00:49:45,400 with unaugmented volunteers ended in failure. 689 00:49:47,735 --> 00:49:51,030 The amplified movements broke their bones, tore their muscles. 690 00:49:51,114 --> 00:49:54,742 Their own agony-induced spasms killed them. 691 00:49:54,826 --> 00:49:56,744 But you are not normal humans. 692 00:49:56,828 --> 00:49:59,455 Your enhanced musculature and skeletons 693 00:49:59,539 --> 00:50:02,458 should be enough to allow you to harness the armor's power. 694 00:50:03,251 --> 00:50:06,671 - Now, I'll need a... - I'll do it. I'll be first. 695 00:50:07,755 --> 00:50:09,549 I thought you might. 696 00:50:11,801 --> 00:50:14,470 Of course, John volunteered. 697 00:50:14,554 --> 00:50:18,224 He was always the first to explore the unknown for the rest of us. 698 00:50:22,687 --> 00:50:25,356 Move very slowly, deliberately. 699 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:30,069 The armor cannot be powered down, the response cannot be scaled back. 700 00:50:32,363 --> 00:50:34,657 It's shifting. 701 00:50:34,741 --> 00:50:38,745 Each suit has a gel-filled layer to regulate temperature and fit. 702 00:50:40,621 --> 00:50:44,667 - John, ready for your first step? - Yes, ma'am. 703 00:50:45,418 --> 00:50:48,337 We couldn't watch, but we couldn't turn away. 704 00:50:48,921 --> 00:50:52,300 If felt like the entire fate of humanity lay in one step. 705 00:50:53,051 --> 00:50:54,969 Come on, man, you got this. 706 00:50:59,932 --> 00:51:02,643 It's lighter than I expected. 707 00:51:02,935 --> 00:51:04,353 Easy now. 708 00:51:09,150 --> 00:51:11,319 Well? How does it feel? 709 00:51:14,572 --> 00:51:17,033 Like I was made to wear it, ma'am. 710 00:51:19,786 --> 00:51:23,122 John was right. He was made to wear it. 711 00:51:23,206 --> 00:51:24,707 We all were. 712 00:51:34,217 --> 00:51:38,554 Spartans, this is what we've trained our entire lives to do. 713 00:51:38,638 --> 00:51:41,808 If we lose here, we lose everything. 714 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,895 - Let's send our own message. - Sir, yes, sir! 715 00:51:45,978 --> 00:51:47,730 Commonwealth to Dr. Halsey. 716 00:51:47,814 --> 00:51:49,440 I'm here, Captain. 717 00:51:49,524 --> 00:51:51,067 The Covenant ship is moving. 718 00:51:51,150 --> 00:51:54,112 They'll be on us inside 10 minutes. 719 00:51:54,195 --> 00:51:57,490 I'm sorry, Doctor. It looks as if you're on your own. 720 00:51:58,116 --> 00:52:02,203 Dr. Halsey, let us take a shot. We're the best possible option. 721 00:52:02,286 --> 00:52:03,871 Your only option. 722 00:52:03,955 --> 00:52:06,457 Blue Team is ready, and you know it. 723 00:52:06,541 --> 00:52:07,625 John was right. 724 00:52:07,708 --> 00:52:11,838 And Halsey either did know it, or at least knew better than to argue. 725 00:52:12,922 --> 00:52:14,507 Godspeed, John. 726 00:52:21,514 --> 00:52:25,101 I'm just saying, you could have volunteered Red Team instead. 727 00:52:25,184 --> 00:52:27,770 You want me to pull over? Let you out right here? 728 00:52:27,854 --> 00:52:31,524 As Chief Mendez would say, "it's a long walk home." 729 00:52:32,233 --> 00:52:35,069 Look, you know I trust you and everything, 730 00:52:35,820 --> 00:52:39,365 but how are we supposed to take on a Covenant ship in a Pelican? 731 00:52:39,699 --> 00:52:41,659 Drown them in our blood? 732 00:52:42,368 --> 00:52:45,913 I was thinking, the Commonwealth's Pelicans are carrying nukes. 733 00:52:45,997 --> 00:52:47,790 Nukes won't even scratch 'em. 734 00:52:47,874 --> 00:52:52,295 No. Not from outside their ship. 735 00:52:52,378 --> 00:52:53,462 That's right. 736 00:52:53,546 --> 00:52:56,132 We can't beat them with brute force, remember? 737 00:52:56,215 --> 00:52:58,718 Scalpels, surgical precision. 738 00:53:02,847 --> 00:53:05,141 We're small enough, they won't see us coming. 739 00:53:05,224 --> 00:53:06,184 I hope. 740 00:53:06,267 --> 00:53:07,560 Gear up. 741 00:53:12,231 --> 00:53:15,526 Ship's on autopilot. Course can be tracked via our HUD. 742 00:53:15,610 --> 00:53:18,821 You heard this plan? And we're still doing it? 743 00:53:18,905 --> 00:53:22,241 I think it's a great plan. I seriously love this plan! 744 00:53:23,784 --> 00:53:27,121 I'm on board. I love this plan. 745 00:53:27,205 --> 00:53:28,748 I love it, too. 746 00:53:30,166 --> 00:53:32,251 All right, here we go. 747 00:53:32,335 --> 00:53:35,463 John? If we miss... 748 00:53:37,256 --> 00:53:38,549 We won't. 749 00:53:51,812 --> 00:53:53,189 The turrets! 750 00:53:53,272 --> 00:53:56,025 The shields have to at least IRIS for them to fire. 751 00:53:56,108 --> 00:53:58,402 If we time this right, we're behind their shields. 752 00:53:58,778 --> 00:54:00,738 We time it wrong, we're smoke. 753 00:54:00,821 --> 00:54:03,199 Sam, Kelly, with me. 754 00:54:03,282 --> 00:54:05,743 Fred, Linda, take the other side. 755 00:54:05,826 --> 00:54:07,703 We'll rendezvous somewhere in the middle. 756 00:54:11,457 --> 00:54:12,917 On my mark. 757 00:54:15,086 --> 00:54:16,963 Mark! Go! Go! Go! 758 00:54:29,767 --> 00:54:31,686 I'm not going to make it! 759 00:54:36,732 --> 00:54:38,401 Everyone makes it. 760 00:54:50,204 --> 00:54:51,539 I need intel. 761 00:54:52,581 --> 00:54:55,793 I've got Cherenkov radiation readings from all over the ship. 762 00:54:55,876 --> 00:54:57,545 Could be anything. 763 00:54:58,713 --> 00:55:02,258 Agreed, but the largest reading is coming from the center. 764 00:55:02,425 --> 00:55:04,051 Likely the ship's reactor. 765 00:55:13,477 --> 00:55:16,480 Sam, you take point. Kelly, in the middle, guiding the way. 766 00:55:17,315 --> 00:55:19,233 I'll bring up the rear. 767 00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:34,498 The pressure doors were immense. 768 00:55:34,582 --> 00:55:38,544 The ceilings were three meters high, the air thick and oily. 769 00:55:39,545 --> 00:55:41,797 Different symbols, different languages. 770 00:55:42,340 --> 00:55:46,469 ONI had theorized the Covenant was more than just one race. 771 00:55:46,552 --> 00:55:48,304 This helped confirm it. 772 00:56:15,873 --> 00:56:17,958 They aren't bulletproof. Good to know. 773 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:23,297 Collect samples. Tissue, armor, weapons. 774 00:56:23,381 --> 00:56:24,924 ONI Will want it. 775 00:56:25,049 --> 00:56:26,717 Think we should've tried communicating? 776 00:56:26,801 --> 00:56:28,928 They understood us just fine. 777 00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:32,264 Come on. We don't know what else is on the way. 778 00:56:39,605 --> 00:56:40,773 Clear. 779 00:57:11,137 --> 00:57:12,513 John! 780 00:57:13,973 --> 00:57:16,976 My heart stopped when Sam took the shot in the chest. 781 00:57:26,152 --> 00:57:27,153 [gunshofl 782 00:57:34,326 --> 00:57:37,580 I'm okay. Just burns like nothing else. 783 00:57:37,663 --> 00:57:40,791 You'll be fine. But biofoam won't seal this. 784 00:57:40,875 --> 00:57:42,543 That was stupid, Sam. 785 00:57:42,626 --> 00:57:45,171 - You did the same thing for me. - That was different. 786 00:57:45,337 --> 00:57:47,840 They can't afford to lose you, John. 787 00:57:57,266 --> 00:57:59,727 This is the source of the radiation spike. 788 00:57:59,810 --> 00:58:01,437 I have no idea what it is. 789 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,606 Doesn't matter, as long as it explodes. 790 00:58:03,689 --> 00:58:05,608 I'll arm the warhead, you two... 791 00:58:05,691 --> 00:58:06,901 Contacts! 792 00:58:13,199 --> 00:58:16,035 - They've got shields. - Only in the front. 793 00:58:19,580 --> 00:58:20,581 [gunshofl 794 00:58:27,796 --> 00:58:31,383 I'll seal the door. John, finish arming that warhead. 795 00:58:41,977 --> 00:58:45,773 I remember thinking that no matter how dark the future, 796 00:58:45,856 --> 00:58:48,067 we could face it as a team. 797 00:58:49,568 --> 00:58:52,154 Warhead countdown set. Let's move! 798 00:58:52,238 --> 00:58:53,614 Or so I thought. 799 00:58:55,449 --> 00:58:56,867 You guys should get moving. 800 00:58:56,951 --> 00:58:59,662 You guys? You're not coming? 801 00:58:59,745 --> 00:59:00,829 Kelly... 802 00:59:00,913 --> 00:59:03,499 No! We don't leave anyone behind. 803 00:59:04,208 --> 00:59:05,751 My suit is breached. 804 00:59:07,628 --> 00:59:10,422 I step into that vacuum and I'm dead anyway. 805 00:59:12,925 --> 00:59:17,304 No. No! We don't leave anyone behind! 806 00:59:19,557 --> 00:59:23,519 He's not staying to die, Kelly. He's staying to fight. 807 00:59:23,602 --> 00:59:27,773 Go. Our new friends aren't gonna wait for us to argue. 808 00:59:31,777 --> 00:59:37,199 I know Spartans don't cry, but for once, I was glad for the helmet. 809 00:59:42,413 --> 00:59:45,499 Sam was our first loss since augmentation. 810 00:59:54,300 --> 00:59:56,135 We thought training, 811 00:59:56,218 --> 01:00:01,765 augmentation, armor made us untouchable, invulnerable, immortal. 812 01:00:03,142 --> 01:00:04,435 Blue Team. 813 01:00:05,853 --> 01:00:07,938 We were wrong. 814 01:00:08,022 --> 01:00:09,648 We were children. 815 01:00:11,859 --> 01:00:15,112 This was the only thing John was ever afraid of. 816 01:00:15,529 --> 01:00:17,072 Losing one of us. 817 01:00:26,582 --> 01:00:29,335 And we knew we weren't finishing this fight, 818 01:00:29,418 --> 01:00:31,295 we were just getting started. 819 01:01:00,866 --> 01:01:02,451 I was 14 then. 820 01:01:02,534 --> 01:01:05,454 All I can think about was that day. 821 01:01:08,082 --> 01:01:10,793 Sam carved our mark into the world, 822 01:01:10,876 --> 01:01:14,546 right here in the wilderness, before it was all burned. 823 01:01:15,923 --> 01:01:17,508 For Sam. 824 01:01:17,591 --> 01:01:18,717 For Sam. 825 01:01:20,177 --> 01:01:25,641 Sam fell first, and yet he showed us that the Covenant could be killed. 826 01:01:25,724 --> 01:01:28,477 Sam proved we could win this war. 827 01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,980 Every battle won is built on the foundation of that sacrifice. 828 01:01:33,232 --> 01:01:37,903 If we survive this, it's because Sam showed us the way. 829 01:01:40,823 --> 01:01:41,990 Chief? 830 01:01:43,117 --> 01:01:47,413 Sam was my friend. He was my brother. 831 01:01:49,164 --> 01:01:51,208 He was our brother. 832 01:01:55,129 --> 01:01:59,591 Last time we were here, I asked Sam to trust me to take us home, 833 01:02:00,300 --> 01:02:01,593 to follow me. 834 01:02:03,971 --> 01:02:05,848 Will you trust me now? 835 01:02:07,766 --> 01:02:09,476 Will you follow me?