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i

do not trust you he may

but i do not notice

my friend's trust is not the issue today

spotlight

it is my trust you must earn

arbiter

you are a hunter yes a seeker of things

that's not the official job title but

it's close enough

and now you hunt other spartans i'm not

so much hunting a spartan

as i'm hunting the spartans

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you see one one second

i was not told the identity of your prey

that is why i'm sharing it with you now

we're talking about trust after all

may i ask you something your people used

to call him demon

was that an insult or a compliment

an insult to be sure but one with a

malcolm of respect

he was indeed my enemy but in time

i named him hallelujah even friend

the events which forged this bond

there was only one sheep one

are you sure yes they called it

the pillar of bottom

why was it not destroyed with the rest

of their fleet

it fled as we set fire to their planet

but i followed with all the ships in my

command

when you first saw halo were you blinded

by its majesty

blinded paralyzed dumb struck

no yet the humans were able to evade

your ships

land on the sacred ring and desecrate it

with their filthy footsteps

global hierarchs surely you understand

that once the parasite attacked

there will be order in this council you

were right

to focus your attention on the flood but

this

demon this master chief by the time i

learned the demon's intent

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there was nothing i could do

now the prophet of truth this has gone

on long enough

make an example of this bundler the

council demands it

you are one of our most treasured

instruments

long have you led your fleet with honor

and distinction

but your inability to safeguard halo

was a colossal failure

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i will continue my campaign against the

humans

no you will not

soon the great journey shall begin

but when it does the weight of your

heresy will stay your feet

and you shall be left behind

the plating was about to fail there's

viscosity throughout the gel layer

optics totally fried and let's not even

talk about the power supply

you know how expensive this gear is son

tell that to the covenant

[Applause]

you told me there wouldn't be any

cameras and you told me you were gonna

wear something nice

folks need heroes chief to give him hope

so smile what's that well we still got

something to smile about

[Applause]

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drawn quite a crowd if they came to hear

me big

they will be disappointed are you sure

[Applause]

gentlemen we're lucky to have you back

go ahead cortana

another whisper sir near io we have

probes and root

uh i apologize but we're going to have

to make this quick

you look nice thank you

sergeant major the colonial cross is

awarded for acts of singular daring and

devotion

for a soldier of the united earth space

[Applause]

corps

let him be an example for all who would

break down

commander miranda keys your father's

actions were in keeping with the highest

traditions of military service

his bravery in the face of impossible

odds reflects great credit

upon himself and the unsc

the navy has lost one of its best

slip space ruptures directly off our

battle cluster show me

15 covenant capital ships holding

position just outside the kill zone

we are engaging the enemy negative

admiral form a defensive perimeter

around the cluster

commander get to your ship link up with

the fleet yes sir

you have the mack gun cortana as soon as

they come in range open up

gladly something's not right

the fleet that destroyed reach was 50

times this size

sir additional contacts boarding craft

and lots of them

they're going to try to take our mack

guns offline give their capital ships a

straight shot at earth

master chief defend this station

yes sir i need a weapon right this way

me inside your head now

how much time was left you don't want to

know

cairo this is an ember clad the carrier

shield is down i'm in position and ready

for immediate assault

negative commander not against a ship

that size not on your own

sir permission to leave the station for

what purpose master chief

to give the covenant back their bomb

permission granted

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i know what you're thinking and it's

crazy so

stay here unfortunately for us both i

like crazy

just one question what if you miss

i won't

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uh

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so

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for a brick he flew pretty good

chief get inside gear up

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the message just repeats regret regret

regret catching any idea what it means

dear humanity

we regret being alien bastards we regret

coming to earth

and we most definitely regret the core

just blew up our raggedy ass flags

regret is a name sergeant

the name of one of the covenant's

religious leaders a prophet

he's on that carrier and he's calling

for help

great kilo 2 3 is hot recommend mission

abort

roger recon it's your call serge

we're going in get tactical marines

master chief get aboard that carrier

secure the profit of regret

this is the only place on earth the

covenant decided to land

that prophet is going to tell us why

whoa

it blew right through us 50 cal

rockets didn't do a thing

where's the rest of your platoon wasted

sarge and we will be too sir

if we don't get the hell out of here you

hit maureen

no sir then listen up you had your

chance to be afraid before you joined my

beloved corps

but to guide you back to the true path i

brought this motivational device

our big green style cannot be defeated

what about that scab

we've all run the simulations they're

tough but they ain't invincible

stay with the master g he'll know what

to do yes sir

sergeant thanks for the tank he never

gets me anything

oh i know what the ladies like

that's right you mothers run

not if we can help it sergeant

extract the chief and return to an amber

clad roger that

status sir the prophet is bugging out

request permission to engage

negative commander i'll victor two

heavies for star side intercept

flip space rupture of the target's bow

it's gonna jump

inside the city there's no time sir

green light

green light to engage

punch it get

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without a destination solution we are

not losing that ship

how much further must we have this

baggage any cell will do

why not toss him in with this lot

they could use the meat them what about

us my belly eggs and his flesh is seared

just the way i like it

have something special in mind

noble prophets of truth and mercy

i have brought the incompetent you may

leave tartarus

but i thought and take your brutes with

you

release the prisoner

the council decided to have you hung by

your entrails and your corpse paraded

through the city

but ultimately the terms of your

execution are up to me

i am already dead indeed

do you know where we are the mausoleum

of the arbiter quite so here rest the

vanguard of the great journey

every arbiter from first to last each

one

created and consumed in times of

extraordinary crisis

the taming of the hunters the grunt

rebellion

were it not for the arbiters the

covenant would have broken long ago

even on my knees i do not belong in

their presence

halo's destruction was your error and

you rightly bear the blame

but the council was overzealous

we know you are no heretic this is the

true face of heresy

one who would subvert our faith and

incite rebellion against the high

council

our prophets are false open your eyes my

brothers

they will use the faith of our

forefathers to bring ruin to us

all the great journeys

this heretic and those who follow him

must be silenced slander offends all who

walk the path

what use am i i can no longer command

ships lead troops into battle not as you

are

no but become the arbiter

and you shall be set loose against this

heresy with our blessing

what of the council the tasks you must

undertake as the arbiter are parents

suicidal you will die as each arbiter

has before you

the council will have their corpse

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what would you have your arbiter do when

we joined the covenant we took an oath

according to our station all without

exception

on the blood of our fathers on the blood

of our sons

we swore to uphold the covenant even to

our dying breath

those who would break this oath are

heretics worthy of neither pity nor

mercy

even now they use our lord's creations

to broadcast their lives we shall grind

them into

and continue our march to glorious

salvation

this armor suits you but it cannot hide

that mark

nothing ever will you are the arbiter

the will

of the prophets but these are my elites

their lives matter to me yours does not

that makes two of us

later there is no doubt the storm will

strike the facility

we'll be long gone before it arrives

warriors prepare for combat

what is it that stench i've smelled it

before

this will save me from the storm but you

will be consumed

arbiter where is he

stinking flood bait boxed himself in

tight we'll never break through this

then we shall force him out how

the cable i'm going to cut it

get everyone back to the ships

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bruh

arbiter i would rather die by your hand

than let the prophets lead me to

slaughter who has taught you these lies

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the oracle hello i am 343 guilty spark

i am the monitor of installation

installation04 ask the oracle about halo

how they would sacrifice us all for

nothing

more questions splendid i would be happy

to assist you

the elites are blind arbiter but i

will make them see

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unfortunate his edification was most

enjoyable i had no choice holy oracle

this heretic imperiled the great journey

oracle

great journey why do you members insist

on using such inaccurate

that is the oracle so it is

report both engine cores have spun to

zero we're drifting archer pods are cold

i'll need to re-key the system do it and

find out where we are sorry for the

quick jump sergeant

you in one piece i'm good yeah

chief we're fine ma'am

there's an object coming into view now

cortana what exactly am i looking at

that is another halo

say what so this is what my father found

i thought halo was some sort of super

weapon it is

if activated this ring will cause

destruction on a galactic scale

i want all the information you've got on

the first halon schematic topography

whatever i don't care if i have the

clearance or not

yes ma'am where's our target the enemy

ship is stopped above the ring ma'am

we're going to pass right over it

perfect given what we know about this

ring it's even more important that we

capture the prophet of regret

find out why he came to earth why he

came here chief

take first platoon hard draw secure a

landing zone

sergeant load up two flights of pelicans

and follow them in yeah ma'am

until i can move and fight i'm going to

keep a low profile

once you leave the ship you're on your

own

understood over the target in five

hang on to your helmet

find the bomb

uh

could we possibly make any more noise

i guess so

wait go back

that's what i thought he said the

prophet of regret is planning to

activate

halo are you sure i shall light this

polling ring

release its cleansing flame and burn a

path into the divine beyond

pretty much commander we've got a

problem

so i here but from what i understand the

prophet will need an

object the index to activate the ring

i've located a library similar to the

one you found on the first halo

if the rings work the same way the index

should be inside

i'll bet the covenant are thinking the

exact same thing then we better beat

them to it sergeant

extract your men and meet me at the

library yes ma'am

i'll secure the index chief you take out

the prophet

he's given us all the intel we need

that's the largest covenant fleet i've

ever seen

the largest anyone's ever seen get

inside the temple and kill regret before

it can stop us

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do

this is not your grave

but you are welcome in it

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oh

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this is unprecedented unacceptable a

hierarchy is dead commander

his murderer was within our grasp if you

had not withdrawn off phantoms

are you questioning my decision no holy

one

i only wish to express my concern that

the group

commissioning the guard was a radical

step but recent events have made it

abundantly clear that the elites can no

longer guarantee our safety

i shall relay your decision to the

council

do you know arbiter the elites have

threatened to resign

to quit the high council because of this

exchange of hats we have always been

your protectors these are trying times

for

all of us even as the humans

annihilation filled us with satisfaction

the loss of one of the sacred rings

wrapped our hearts with grief

putting aside our sorrow

we renewed our faith in the prophecy

that other rings would be found

and see how our faith has been rewarded

halo this divine wind will rush through

the stars

propelling all who are worthy along the

path to salvation

but how to start this process for ages

we search for one who might unlock the

secrets of the rings

an oracle and with your help we

found it with appropriate humility we

applied the oracle with questions

and it with clarity and grace has shown

us

the key you will journey to the surface

of the ring and retrieve this sacred

icon

with it we shall fulfill our promise

salvation for all and begin the great

journey

once the shield is down we will head

straight to the library

i do not wish to keep the hierarchy the

human that killed the prophet of regret

who was it who do you think the demon is

here

why looking for a little payback

retrieving the icon is my only concern

of course

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so

oh

i'll pick you up when you finish

the center of this zone is a sacred icon

critical to the great journey

i must find it

we shall cut into the heart of this

infestation

retrieve the icon and burn any flood

that stands in our way

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your parasite is not to be trifled with

i hope you know what you're doing

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more humans they must be after the icon

on your way arbiter i'll deal with these

beasts

to keep the flood off your back

so

no gotcha

you know your father never asked me for

help either

the index is secure

mackenzie perez how's it exit

you hear me marines we got trouble

how you doing

johnson you all right

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is my responsibility what's your

responsibility

now it is mine

a bloody fate awaits you and the rest of

your incompetent

race and i target

fool they ordered me to do it

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what is that

relax i'd rather not piss this thing off

demon

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this one

and has its mind concluded

this one is but flesh and faith

and is the more deluded kill me or

release me parasite

but do not waste my time with talk there

is much talk and i

have listened through rock

and metal and time

now i shall talk and you

shall listen greetings

i am 2401 penitent tangent

i am the monitor of installation zero

five and

i am the prophet of regret council of

most

high hierarch of the covenant a

reclaimer

here at last we have much to do

this facility must be activated if we

are to control this outbreak

stay where you are nothing can be done

until my sermon is complete

not true this installation has a

successful utilization record of 1.2

trillion simulated in one actual

it is ready to fire on all the demand

our lords left behind there are

none so worthless as these oracles

they know nothing of the great journey

and you

know nothing about containment you have

demonstrated complete disregard for even

the most basic protocols

this one's containment

and this one's great journey are

the same your prophets

have promised you freedom from a deep

existence

but you will find no salvation

on this ring those who

built this place

this thing is right halo is a weapon

your prophets are making a big mistake

your ignorance already destroyed one of

the sacred rings demon

it shall not harm another if you will

not hear

the truth then i will show it to you

there is still time to stop the key from

turning but first it must be

found you will search one likely spot

and you will search another fade have us

meet as fools but this ring

will make us brothers

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[Applause]

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split them up

the hopes of all the covenant rest on

your shoulders chieftain

my faith is strong i will not fail

let him be the great journey

wait for no one brother not even you

[Applause]

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good

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uh

by the rings arbiter the councillors are

they

murdered by the brutes wild disloyal

beasts

the prophets were fools to trust them

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steve

your pal where is he going

the finished stock and this

time none of you will be left

that structure in the center of the city

it's a forerunner ship

and truth is heading straight for it if

he leads the covenant fleet to earth

they won't stand a chance you have to

stop him

that brood has the index and miranda and

johnson

he can activate the ring if he does i'll

detonate in amber clad's reactor just

like we did the autumns the blast will

destroy this city and the ring

it's not a very original plan but we

know it'll work

no i don't want to chance a remote

detonation

i need to stay here

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chief when you get to earth good luck

after i'm through with truth

don't make a girl a promise if you know

you can't keep it

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what is that place where the counselors

were meant to watch the consecration of

the icon

the start of the great journey there

is still time to stop the key from

turning i must get inside

then mount up arbiter i know a way to

break those doors

listen you don't like me and i sure as

hell don't like you

but if we don't do something mr mohawk's

gonna activate this rig

and we're all gonna die tartarus has

locked himself inside the control room

well i just happen to have a key come on

grab a baby give me some cover gotta

know what's coming

human it is easy take the icon in your

hands

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which is nothing compared to what i'll

do to you

tartarus stop impossible

put down the icon put it down and

disobey the hierarchs there are things

about halo

even the hierarchs do not understand

take care arbiter what you say is heresy

is it oracle

what is halo's purpose

don't shake the light bro if you want to

keep your brain inside your head i tell

those boys to chill

go ahead do your thing the sacred rings

what are they weapons of last resort

built by the forerunners to eliminate

potential flood hosts

thereby rendering the parasite harmless

and those who made the rings

what happened to the forerunners after

exhausting every

other strategic option my creators

activated the rings

they and all additional sentient life

and three radii of the galactic center

died as planned would you like to see

the relevant data

tartarus the prophets have betrayed

us

the great journey has begun and the

brutes

not the elite shall be the prophet

[Applause]

so

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foreign

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what's that a beacon what's it doing

communicating at super aluminum speeds

with the frequencies communicating with

what the other installations show me

failsafe protocol in the event

unexpected shutdown

the entire system will move to standby

status all remaining platforms

are now ready for remote activation

remote activation

from here don't be ridiculous listen

tinker bell don't make me

then where where would someone go to

activate the other

rings why the ark of course

and where oracle is that

we've got a new contact unknown

classification

it isn't one of ours take it out this is

spartan117

anyone hear me isolate that signal

master chief you mind telling me what

you're doing on that ship

sir finishing this fight

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silence fuels the empty grave

now that i am gone

but my mind is not at rest

for questions linger on

i will ask and you

will answer

all right shoot

tell me about the children

dr halsey

you already know everything

you kidnap them

children's minds are more easily

accepting of indoctrination

their bodies more adaptable to

augmentation

the result was the ultimate soldier

and because of our success when the

covenant invaded

we were ready

dr halsey you're pending history for

your own favor and you know it

you develop the spartans to crush human

rebellion not to fight the covenant

when one human world after another fell

when my spartans were all that stood

between humanity and extinction

nobody was concerned about why they were

originally built

so you feel in the end your choices were

justified

my work saved the human race

do you think the spartans lack of basic

humanity helped

what are you after the others before you

were naval intelligence but you

you're something else records show

spartans routinely exhibited mildly

sociopathic tendencies

difficulty with socialization records

show

efficient behavior operating in

hazardous situations

i supplied the tools to maintain that

efficiency do you believe the master

chief succeeded because he was

at his core broken

what does john have to do with this

you want to replace him

the master chief is dead his file reads

missing

in action catherine

spartans never die your mistake

is seeing spartans as military hardware

my spartans are humanity's next

step our destiny as a species

do not underestimate them

but most of all do not underestimate

him

yeah foreign

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prioritization

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wake up chief

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i need you

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where are we checking coordinate impact

data we have asked you to give up your

family

your childhood your future cortana

i'm sorry it's the crash i'm fine

something was wrong even before we left

the dawn

chief really i'm fine

cortana

i was put into service eight years ago

eight years

ai's deteriorate after seven chief

halsey chief we need to find halsey

chief please she made you she can fix

you i won't

recover from rampancy chief

if we can just get back to earth and

find halsey

she can fix this

don't make a girl a promise you can't

keep

we need to move

the cartographer keeps acting like the

transmission is coming from everywhere

on the planet at once

it doesn't want to triangulate

infinity's signal

oh wait i got it

that can't be right scan again

we've already passed through one layer

of the planet's surface it's not crazy

to think that someone else made it

deeper inside than we did

you mean the planets hollow let me see

if i can figure out a way to reach these

coordinates that doesn't involve us

digging a really big hole

there's a terminus on the far side of

the complex we can portal to the

planet's core from there

what i don't know

if we have a shot at getting you back to

infinity

we're taking it okay

according to the cathedral this terminus

is just one node of a larger transit

grid that spans the entire

planet what

when i tried to access the outlet

closest to infinity's transmissions

the system responded with this what is

it

that's the kicker it's the forerunner

symbol for reclaimer

humanity that's got to be infinity can

you get us to those coordinates

let me try to open a portal

cortana i'm picking up unknown energy

signatures

where this can't be right

set a waypoint out of the tower

cortana

how did quick into the portal

cheese go

where's infinity this is requiem's core

all right

but infinity is definitely not here

that satellite in the center is

amplifying the ship's broadcasts like a

relay

maybe we can use it to respond perhaps

those beams coming off it are creating

the interference we've been experiencing

we'd have to take them out to contact

infinity

can you get us there opening a gate to

the first beam pylon

pull me and let's go

infinity this is sierra 117 at the unsc

forward unto dawn do you copy

infinity do you read

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chief chief let go of the contacts

find us an exit don't wait around on my

account

um

so fades the great harvest of my

betrayal

even these beasts recognize what you

were oblivious to

human your nobility has blinded you

as ever

the librarian left little to chance

didn't she

turning my own guardians my own world

against me

but what hubris to believe she could

protect her pets from me

forever if you haven't mastered even

these primitives

then man has not attained the matter

your ascendance may yet be prevented

time was your ally human

but now it has abandoned you

the foreigners have returned

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slip space rupture chief move

whoa cowboy

chief there

mayday this is the captain of the unsc

infinity

unknown entity has seized control of our

ship we're without power

on a collision course with an

unidentified forerunner planet

track its descent marking

impact predicted 77.8 kilometers due

north

you know where he's heading same place

we are

say hello recon sortie heading this way

the ship looks intact something tells me

that's only because the dyn wanted it

that way

does anyone read this is sierra 117 of

the unsc forward under dawn we're on

station ready to assist

signals bouncing in and out i can't

clean it up

light up their friend or foe tags we're

gonna need something to zero in on

afraid we're gonna have to give you an

iou on that welcome home party

tom lasky first officer the infinity

never thought i'd see you again seal her

up

i thought you'd be taller

radio's hot

recon teams are down repeat all birds

are down we got numerous casualties that

require immediate assistance over

affirmative server we're gonna need a

bus out of here make it happen

you were sent on a scouting run in the

middle of an attack on the ship

the captain thought affinity could

provide us cover and hold off the attack

at the same time

sir we'll never get the wounded back to

the ship on foot

i don't know if it's too soon to ask you

for a favor but

we're gonna run out of breathing room

here real quick

i don't suppose you're any good at

clearing lz's

on occasion i'll send out an all clear

once the area is secured

what i want to know people is

where the hell did those things come

from

it's possible that they're native to

requiem or whatever counts as native for

a forerunner ai

we've never seen this type of offensive

reaction from any of the other

installations

other installations mr lasky

infiniti's mission has been to locate

the remaining halo rings and establish

permanent bases to study them for

decommission

we've got locations up and running

around installations five and three but

lately they've run into some setbacks a

science team got zapped excavating a

forerunner artifact

this sensor data is all that was left

interesting

these symbols are a derivation of the

forerunner glyph system and our geeks

managed to pull some coordinates

i'll give you three guesses where it led

sir gypsy company is prepped and ready

to roll on your orders

thank you palmer

mr lasky you take point i want boots on

the ground in 60.

captain

this is a first contact scenario master

chief

priority is to free infinity from

requiem's gravity well and file a threat

assessment back at fleetcom

you mean we're leaving sir infinity

drove the didact back

he's vulnerable he isn't the only one

you know i think you of all people

would appreciate the benefit of living

to fight another day

infinity gypsy company

the air corridor to the gravity well is

blocked by a network of particle cannons

infinity shields are still down

open the lane for us to move up and

provide air support

captain what's force recon's assessment

of the terrain

i know you've been off the field for a

while master chief but this

is a blow through up sending in a recon

would just slow us down

telemetry indicates the particle cannons

are being controlled from a command post

southwest of our position

roll on that target and neutralize those

guns

we'll meet on the other side and take

the gravity well

infinity out

i don't know about you but i usually

like a little more intel with my intel

we'll make it work

who are you i am what remains of the

forerunner

once known as the librarian my memories

were retained to assist humanity

on their path to the mantle though sadly

that plan is now at risk

the didact is leaving requiem

soon you must not allow it

leaving he seeks this

the composer a device which will allow

him to finally contain

the greatest enemy ever faced by the

forerunners

you

mankind spread into the stars with an

unexpected desperate violence

entire systems fell before the didax

warrior servants rose to halt the

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aggression

when the died act finally exhausted the

humans after a millennia

his sentence was severe

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we had no way of knowing that the

forerunners were not your only enemy

humanity hadn't been expanding

they were running

weakened from our conflict we were no

match for the parasite which pursued you

the forerunners made plans for a final

great journey

but the didact refused to yield our

mantle of responsibility

he would save all life in the galaxy

at a cost in the forerunner's quest for

transcendence

the composer had been intended to bridge

the organic and digital realms

it would have made us immortal

but its results soured the stored

personalities fragmented

and our attempts to return them to

biological states

created only abominations

such moral concerns faded

the prometheans they're human

they were only the beginning he would

have encrypted your entire race

if we had not removed the composer from

his care and imprisoned him here

reclaim her when i

indexed mankind for repopulation

i hid seeds from the didact

seeds which would lead to an eventuality

your physical evolution

your combat skin even your ancilla

cortana

you are the culmination of a thousand

lifetimes of planning

planning for what

he has found us even in death

continues

reclaimer the gene song i placed within

you contains many gifts

including an immunity to the composer

but it

must be unlocked how relinquish your

contact lessons

your evolutionary journey must be

accelerated

can i defeat the dyed act without it

no then do it prepare

infinity cannot handle that kind of

punishment

not again this isn't about us or this

ship anymore sir

we've seen what the didact is capable of

if we let him leave this world

humanity will be at risk look

i understand what you think you saw with

all due respect sir

i know what i saw and with all due

respect to you

soldier i'm not willing to jeopardize my

ship because of the hallucinations of an

aging spartan

and this malfunctioning ai

sir what if he's right

nav as soon as we know we're airtight

i want a course laid into carenay

station com

prepare a warning beacon

i will not allow you to leave this

planet

i didn't mean to i didn't mean to do

that

commander lasky pursuance article 55 of

unsc regulation 12 14572

i'm ordering you to remove that ai's

data chip

and retire it for final dispensation i

don't want to

you don't want me to remove the chip now

commander please

i don't want to

give me that chip

the didact has to be stopped

if you won't do that i will

i am ordering you

to surrender that ai

no sir

lieutenant arrest that man captain

arrest him captain get word to earth the

trouble is coming

cortana and i will do what we can back

here

i can give you over 40 000 reasons

why i know that sun isn't real

i know it because the emitter israeli

effect is disproportionate to its

suggested size

i know it because its stellar cycle is

more symmetrical than that of an actual

star

but for all that i'll never actually

know

if it looks real if

it feels real

before this is all over promise me

you'll figure out which one of us is the

machine

so what's your plan

infiniti's track the dydax vessel to a

docking structure southeast of here

we'll jump ship as infinity exits the

roof

you know i sent down here with orders to

prevent you from leaving

in case you'd already gone i took the

precaution of ordering a pelican

outfitted for full combat pursuit

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i hope to god you're wrong about that

forerunner

or whatever he has chief

but in the event you're not

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and chief good luck

both of you

come on chief take a girl for a ride

cortana what's happening i don't know

hang on

[Music]

[Music]

they're jumping into slip space get

below deck

no time

cortana still here

a halo installation three

it's where infiniti found the

coordinates for requiem then why are

they bypassing it

because the composer's not on the ring

what are you waiting for that station's

not gonna save itself

[Music]

into the console

this is unsc master chief to base do you

read

yes i read you this is sandy tilton of

ivanov station we're under attack

they're after a forerunner artifact you

took from the halo ring how do you know

about that

doctor i need you to protect that

artifact until we arrive

send whatever do you know what that

consciousness

sent me out to our first game of chess

cortana

even i don't call it my name anymore

correct your approach yes though he also

said he works better alone

i can see why you chose him catherine

cortana i'm your greatest achievement

now

i desperately hope you know why all this

is happening

because to be honest my objectivity

isn't doing me a whole lot of good right

now

hold on i'll start us down

the device you recovered was a

forerunner weapon

the commander that ship wants it back

once at that you don't think you can

remove

it can't leave the station you know that

right

we don't have any choice doctor it's not

a matter of choice

it took three months and and the biggest

starship the unsc could throw at it just

to relocate it here

unless you're a lot stronger than you

look

it's not going anywhere

can you give cortana access to the

station's supply manifest

what for if we can't move the composer

we have to make sure the didact can't

either

oh wait

we have years of work invested here

inventory lists seven excavation-grade

havoc mines

just one of those would turn this base

into a pinata

i'm sorry doctor keep routing your

people to the evac

centers once we take care of the

composer

you won't have much time

oh

make sure the nukes are primed so you

can

detonate them remotely

maybe next time you rescue us

you can give us more time to pack

next time

they've compromised the station's hull

the dyndax taken the composer

get these people to the evac centers

take it take it out

tap the flight deck find us something

that can carry a payload

wait something's happening

cortana can you access the station's

defense systems

they're not responding

cortana jeez it's

are you okay

i monitored the data poles

i could hear them

what was left of them

we need to move

these people are gone

and more will follow if the die-dab

reaches earth

they'll pair you with another ai

maybe even another cortana model of

palsy lets them

that's not going to happen it won't be

me

you know that right

spinning up a broadsword in hangar c11

whatever the librarian did to you

obviously worked

cortana

it's not over not yet

not yet

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approaching the dynax ship in 200

kilometers

once we get on board we'll find the

bridge he's on the move again

the fighter's shields aren't rated for

slip space no

but the didacts are

that's the last one infinity you're

clear

roger that chief you might want to back

up a little

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station if you need us make sure you get

the didact our regards

infinity out

i don't think this is going to end well

now what do we do

plan b

your compassion for mankind is misplaced

i'm not doing this for mankind

[Music]

now

cortana

cortana do you read

cortana come in

[Music]

how oh i'm the strangest thing you've

seen all day

but if we're here it worked

you did it just like you always do

[Music]

infinity actual pelican sixer

we found him

mind if i join you

of course not sir at least chief

feels kind of odd for you to call me sir

beautiful isn't she i don't get to see

her often enough

i grew up in new harmony attended

corbulo military academy

never saw earth in person until i was an

adult but

i still think of her's home

you don't talk much do you

chief i won't pretend to know how you

feel

i mean i've lost people i care about but

never anything like you're going through

our duty as soldiers is to protect

humanity

whatever the cost

you say that like soldiers and humanity

are two different things

and soldiers aren't machines

we're just people

i'll let you have the deck to yourself

she said that to me once

about being a machine

in this hour of victory we taste only

defeat

i ask why we are foreigners

guardians of all that exists the roots

of the galaxy have grown deep under our

careful tending

where there is life the wisdom of our

countless generations

has saturated the soil our strength is a

luminous sun

towards which all intelligence blossoms

and the impervious shelter beneath which

it has prospered

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i stand before you accused of the sin

of ensuring foreign ascendancy

of attempting to save us from this fate

where we are forced to

recede

humanity stands as the greatest threat

in the galaxy

refusing to eradicate them is a fool's

damn it

we squander eons in the darkness while

they seize our triumphs for their own

the mantle of responsibility for all

things

belongs to foreigners alone

[Music]

think of my axe as you will

but do not doubt the reality

the reclamation has already begun

[Music]

and we are hopeless to stop it

um

spartan lock

i have spent enough years with oni to

know the truth

once this is over after

all i have done

they'll order you to kill us both

fire team osiris over the last 72 hours

five colonies have experienced identical

events

massive destruction forerunner and

origin

and dr catherine elizabeth halsey has

managed to contact us

she claims to have information on these

attacks

halsey is currently in covenant custody

on the surface of kamchata

your mission is to insert behind enemy

lines retrieve halsey and bring her

back to infinity be advised dr halsey is

accompanied by covenant supreme leader

julem dama

if you have the opportunity understood

commander

good luck spartan lock infinity out

cracking gear online

affirmative say before we make this jump

anybody want to say a few words i figure

if god can hear how scared i am so can

everyone else

lock buying first drink when we're done

you ask

you buy fire team osiris

the light is green

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contact

[Applause]

[Music]

[Music]

what is the problem there are several

would you like to discuss the finer

points of casual reconciliation

sarcasm so you have learned something

from me

do you claim to be able to access and i

can

however i did not claim to be able to

access it instantaneously

seems your fingers are an open rebellion

han

eyes on target this location does not

serve my needs

when she makes another transmission i

must try it off this doctor

you have been chasing shadows for weeks

huh

[Music]

dr halsey captain lasky would like a

word with you

it took you long enough

fire team osiris you are cleared to land

in docking bay 11.

[Music]

captain lasky i sent you my position

three weeks ago i told you this was

happening

discuss that in private doctor palmer

what has she done

how far has it already gone good work

osiris

what do you think that's about

i haven't seen chief press himself like

this since we were in boot camp he's

fine fred

this many missions non-stop isn't fine

sierra 117 to infinity blue team has

located argent moon

signs of hostile activity but she's

still here

copy that 117 eliminate all hostiles

secure argent mode

you may affirmative infinity

117 out

here you go thanks kelly

everyone ready affirmative

you good

blue team fallout

[Music]

airlock

[Music]

blue team report

sierra 117 to blue team report

sierra 117 does anyone copy

[Music]

john

uh

chief

the domain is open meridian

is next cortana

john the reclamation is about to begin

chief what's wrong

she's on meridian who

cortana

claire time linda

89 seconds

[Applause]

sierra 117 to infinity argent moon

scuttled

i've reassigned blue team destination

meridian potential contact from cortana

negative 117. another team is already

being prepped to deal with her

to return to infinity immediately

negative infinity

i don't like it whoever they are

let's get to meridian before they do

kelly no

no need to do this by yourself chief

it won't court-martial all of us right

[Music]

i tried to warn you this was happening

cortana is no longer an asset

captain she is a danger she has access

to the forerunner domain

a galaxy spanning network cortana's

allowed us her to control whatever

devices caused to this damage how was

she

master chief believed she contacted him

no

john must not speak to her he's gone in

search of her you let him go

nobody lets the chief do anything he

does what he wants until 0-6 31 this

morning

when he was declared absent without

leave this isn't about the master john

is not equipped emotionally to deal with

her as a threat hey

is anyone going to answer me you're out

of line roland yes sir but so is

everyone else

you created cortana doc and now you're

throwing her out the airlock with these

accusations roland you think she tricked

the master chief into abandoning his

post

respectfully sir to what end why is

cortana the problem

because she refused to die when she was

supposed to

you're okay with this not just another

target you know

every target is just another target buck

yeah for you maybe

i love being in odst

just point and shoot now this gray area

of bs

i mean how are we even supposed to bring

them in as politely

no

the hell

armor restraint short circuit their suit

systems

the lock

every other spartan every soldier when

they hear about this

they're gonna hate us you know that

right

you're not the only one here because of

him

[Music]

[Music]

move

your presence in the guardian shelter

is undesirable

the other humans are approved for

passage regretfully

you are not that sounds like a threat

vacation now

[Music]

yep that was a threat all right

[Applause]

the warden said cortana was calling them

to her

she's not here

oh they built them big didn't they

figure that's the guardian can't get

much by buck

up here

contact

[Music]

booty

stay where you are

117 stand down

sir you are absent without leave this is

your one chance to come home peacefully

blue team stand down

i have a job to do cortana's our concern

now

sir like hell she is

[Music]

[Music]

uh

[Music]

damn it

don't like the looks of this

maybe we can get out how they got in go

run

[Music]

oh

[Music]

[Applause]

oh

[Music]

[Music]

hey

[Music]

there have been five more events

following meridian it's 11 colonies

i need a means to stop this now the

warden confirmed dr halsey's theory

cortana is activating the guardians but

not this one

not yet it's an ion a pre-covenant

religious site on san helios

it's a guardian on the elite homeworld

if we can get a team on the ground we

can access that guardian

saying helios is off limits brass wants

nothing to do with the arbiter's war

that's because they haven't heard my

great idea

that noise is an encoded numerical

pattern

paired quantum phase sets slip space

coordinates for a forerunner map

if lock's team could feed the guardian

the coordinates recorded on meridian it

would take them to the same place

cortana took master chief

tom we can stop this

but it means going to sing helios

[Music]

i'll make arrangements

there's another one

what's cortana up to chief why don't you

bring us here

let's keep moving

um

chief look

what did this

identify yourself i am the warden

i stand in defense of cortana

she called me to her and you came

scampering

she knows your forgotten name

who you were before you were one one

seven

do you find it hard your trusted

companion

should keep so much to herself

[Music]

take me to cortana

come let us talk

some more

ah

[Music]

you loading up commander we're gonna see

if halsey can learn to speak guardian

as a briefing for you by the time we

reach san helios

see you blind inside

so you wrote a target dossier on the

arbiter when you wrote pony

that was six years ago what's your point

you recommended assassinating him after

he killed millions of our people

so why didn't you things

the arbiter changed engaged in combat we

will escort you to him

luck planet's deep in civil war

this all goes sideways i understand sir

it's not my first mission that doesn't

exist

good luck spartan

[Music]

today the covenant will fall san helios

will be free

you know what i did to create the

spartans all in the name of the greater

good

doctor we don't have time cortana is

built from a matrix of my own mind

the domain gives her incredible power i

understand

spartan lock stop

her but please

bring jon home to me

osiris warm up

everyone ready actually

tanaka if i could ask a favor

did you say a word or two

come a long way together long way yet to

go

let's make a good jump like we mean to

and handle fools like we need to 90

seconds to insertion point

and may buck by the first round when we

get back

we get through this i'll buy the whole

damn bar

fire team osiris

the light is green

guardian is legal without us there'll be

some

we're on board hang on

open your eyes doc you're missing all

the fun

that's twice but we're counting now

you get one shot ready when you say

[Music]

commando

look

[Music]

hunt them to the last the day we

extinguish the covenant's light

there the others chief

chief please wait cortana

she's dangerous i know

you don't have to do this alone we're

here to help you

you're too late to do anything

cortana no

oh no she should not have brought him so

close to her

this will push the warden pest all

restraint

where'd she take us cortana

what is this cortana answer me

no the mantle of responsibility

belongs to cortana and her people

focus fire you will not betray them

oh

he is the last person i need protection

from

hello john it's good to see you

you've changed

it was time

i know we have a disagreement

but once you understand my plan your

plan

is we do as you say i'm offering people

a chance to be more than they are

naturally

like dr halsey did for me no

that monster forced you this is a gift

listen to yourself stand down cortana

come home with us it's not too late to

stop this

stop no john

this is too important to stop

i just needed to know if i could still

trust you

you'll be safe inside this kryptum until

my work is done

cortana

[Music]

goodbye john

[Music]

[Music]

where's cortana

[Music]

she's gone sir

[Music]

is

it's cortana her and the other ais are

shutting down everything from earth to

the outer colonies

roland found you

hyden seeks over infinity

lieutenant jet emergency slip space now

the mantle of responsibility for the

galaxy shelters all

but only the created are its masters

we're in the clear captain can she track

us no reason to think she can continue

random jump steer clear major

settlements

we're just gonna run only until we could

find a way to fight

[Music]

it took you long enough

um

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

good morning

accepted

[Music]

uh

[Music]

um

daddy's listening can you say hi hi

and how big are you can you tell daddy

how big you are

are you so big jumpy

and can you sing

singing how about i miss you

and i love you i love you i love you

daddy

i love you daddy and i can't wait to see

you

can you say see you see you okay bye bye

detected tag detected this is unsc

pelican echo 216.

can you hear me

[Music]

looks like the main power cells are

fried

auto shut down triggering survival mode

i'm going to try to override it

okay if you can hear me in there

i hope you're ready please don't die

[Music]

[Music]

please

yes yes we're going home

[Laughter]

welcome back chief

i rerouted what little power i had into

your suit

looks like there's a problem with the

servos in your hands

stay calm you've been out there a while

i know i saw something in here to check

your honors diagnostics

oh easy there big guy you're not status

report

status report what

there's something you need to see chief

we lost lost everything

there's nothing left for us here

i don't think

[Music]

nothing not again

we need to run no

we need a fight

get ready

[Music]

i chose you because you were special

i knew we would be perfect together

am i dead already i must be i mean

this is a punishment right

yep this is death no

no

this isn't happening i'm going to have

to make an emergency landing

no no you

i can't stand this no you are

breathe no you don't get to tell me what

to do

you don't get to tell me anything we're

are you even listening i count three

anti-aircraft cannons

three what you'll be safe here oh

i'll be safe safe

i haven't been safe since i found you i

found you remember

you were out there on your own and you'd

still be out if it wasn't for me

i thought i was going home there won't

be a home if we don't stop the banished

you keep saying that we're outgoing

outnumbered

i know i saw condors over there i'm

going to dig through them and find one

with the working sleep space drive

and when you're done with this war we'll

get away from here

far away wait here

oh please

let me see what i can find cannons first

when i get back we can look

together

[Music]

okay be god

your people are broken

scattered hunted

defeated by me

i wish i could tell you it was difficult

but it wasn't

we are one step ahead always

the ring is already under our control

soon

the auditorium is well

the harbinger and the banished share

the same goal we fight together

to honor the will of patriarchs

but without challenge

i grew weary

lost alone

but here

you now stand

this is my last fight

true test of legends

our story will outlive

us both

[Music]

set a fire in your heart spartan

bear your fangs

fight hard i will

[Music]

the mjolnir exosuit is now complete

even though this technology will save

humanity in the war to come

i must remind myself

liquid crystal cannot rise on its own

titanium alloy cannot prevail in the

face of extinction

[Music]

it all means nothing

[Music]

until you step inside

you