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| {{Title|''Know Your Enemy''}} | | {{Title|''Know Your Enemy''}} |
| {{Status|Apocrypha}} | | {{Semicanon}} |
| {{Semi-canon}} | | {{Era|RW}} |
| {{Center|''"Know Your Enemy" redirects here. For the ''Halo Wars 2'' story ViDoc see [[Halo Wars 2 ViDoc: Know Your Enemy]].''}}
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| | The '''''Halo Wars 2'' Official E3 Trailer''', also called '''''Know Your Enemy''''', is a video advertisement for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. It was released on [[2016|June 13, 2016]] at [[E3]] 2016, and depicts the crew of the the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} fighting the [[Banished]] for control over [[Installation 00]]. |
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| The '''''Halo Wars 2'' Official E3 Trailer''', also called '''''Know Your Enemy''''', is a video advertisement for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. It was released on [[2016|June 13, 2016]] at [[E3]] 2016, and depicts the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} fighting the [[Banished]] for control over [[Installation 00]]. It is set to the original song "[[I Know You]]" by [[Wikipedia:The White Buffalo (band)|The White Buffalo]]. | |
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| == Transcript == | | == Transcript == |
| ''Fade in on wreckage of an abandoned battle site. Dust and embers blow through the air.''
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| ''Cut to a UNSC officer's shoulder, as he walks through the wreckage. Running Marines pass him by.''
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| ''Cut to the Marines, assembling at the site and taking cover. A Marine levels her battle rifle, while another with a face mask on looks around for direction.''
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| ''One of the Marines gestures for his squad to move forward, but as they do so, a low pulse is heard. Cut to a Marine's face, as his mouth widens in shock.''
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| ''The wall he's facing shatters in slow-motion, as a [[Jiralhanae]] smashes it with his [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]].''
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| ''Cut to the other Marines opening fire with their shotguns and battle rifles. Despite their attempt, the Brute effortlessly sends them flying.''
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| * '''Song:''' "I know you. We’ve been here before."
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| ''In slow-motion, the Marines are blasted away amidst rocks and debris by the chieftain. However, the officer, revealed to be [[James Gregory Cutter|Captain James Cutter]], continues walking forward calmly.''
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| * '''Song:''' "No surprises."
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| ''Cutter walks alongs, looking determined while a [[Warthog]] emerges behind him.''
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| ''Cut to rear-view of the Warthog, racing through the battlefield. Its gunner shoots down the hammer-wielding Brute. Another Brute looks around wildly for the humans, but then is rammed and crushed by the Warthog.''
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| * '''Song:''' "A settled score."
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| * '''Song:''' "I know the darkness."
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| ''The Warthog continues driving. Another Hog drives alongside it, but is shot and explodes.''
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| * '''Song:''' "From inside."
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| ''The shots came from two [[Gydrozka Workshop Blisterback]] walkers ahead. Their hulls open to fire more [[Annihilator missile]]s at the humans. Cut to the missiles, flying high and then ducking to streak toward their targets.''
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| * '''Song:''' "Reckless rage."
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| ''The scene pauses, with the missiles hanging frozen in mid-air. An enormous Brute appears, [[Atriox]], with armor cobbled of many pieces and white warpaint on his face. He walks by the missiles, running a hand over one of them.''
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| * '''Song:''' "And poisoned pride."
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| ''The scene un-pauses and the missiles resume flying. It impacts the other Warthog, sending its flaming hull rolling away.''
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| ''Numerous [[HRUNTING Mark III (B) Cyclops|Cyclops]] run out to battle the Blisterbacks. The scene slows as Cutter walks ahead of them, looking forward grimly.''
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| * '''Song:''' "I know the weakness."
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| ''Cutter looks up to the black-smoked sky. High above is his flagship, the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. Cut to the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|pods]] it is deploying from its hull.''
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| * '''Song:''' "I know the pain."
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| ''Closeup of the pods as they fall from the sky. Cut to the Blisterbacks, falling to pieces as the pods pierce into them.''
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| * '''Song:''' "I know the fear."
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| ''Closeup of a Blisterback as a pod smashes through it. It falls apart, but Atriox walks by it unperturbed.''
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| * '''Song:''' "We do not name."
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| ''Aerial shot of the battlefield and the Blisterbacks being destroyed. A pod opens to release its ODST. He runs forward into the fight, accompanied by the massive Cyclopses and [[SPARTAN-II program|three Spartan-IIs]], [[Red Team]].
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| * '''Song:''' "And the one who comes to find me."
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| ''Closeup of Atriox, who stops and rests [[Chainbreaker|his mace]] on his shoulder.''
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| * '''Song:''' "When my time is through."
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| ''Cutter stops too, facing Atriox. He crosses his arms and looks him in the eye.''
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| ''Atriox and Cutter stare each other down. The battlefield behind them slowly fills with their soldiers.''
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| * '''Song:''' "I know you."
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| ''The scene pauses just as their forces clash. Sword-wielding Elites and Brutes with war hammers freeze with their weapons raised at the humans.''
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| * '''Song:''' "Yeah I know you."
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| ''Pan out over the slowly moving battlefield. A Cyclops swings a Brute it has grabbed while a [[Banshee]] flies toward it. Another Banshee flies low, with a Spartan having leapt on top of it.''
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| ''Full view of the battlefield, in the wreck of the crashed ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'', a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}. One of [[Installation 00]]'s curved arms can be seen in the distance.''
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| '''KNOW YOUR ENEMY'''
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| ==Trivia==
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| ===Production notes===
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| *Two versions of this trailer exist:
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| **The official version revealed at E3 2016, which included an extended musical outro, a different title reveal, and also altered the color of lighting on certain assets, such as the bright light on Atriox's gauntlet.<ref name="hw2e3">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O-bFXqbqKQ '''Youtube.com''' - ''Halo Canon: Halo @ E3 2016'']</ref>
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| **The official version released on Youtube on the same day, which extended the outro, opting for subtle piano, while showing a new wide-angle of the battle, revealing it took place in the crashed remains of the then-unnamed ''Enduring Conviction''. Additionally, the different title card revealed the game's release date.<ref name="hw2e3youtube">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjN1eWhzPeA '''Youtube.com''' - ''Xbox: Halo Wars 2 Official E3 Trailer'']</ref>
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| ===Miscellaneous===
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| *The song was made by the singer Jake Smith, better known as ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Buffalo_(band) The White Buffalo]''.<ref>[http://thewhitebuffalo.com/the-white-buffalo-in-halo-wars-2-trailer/ '''The White Buffalo''' - ''The White Buffalo in Halo Wars 2 Trailer!'']</ref>
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| ===Concept art===
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| <Gallery> | | <Gallery> |
| File:HW2_KnowYourEnemy_Concept_1.jpg
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| File:HW2_KnowYourEnemy_Concept_2.jpg
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| File:HW2C-Scarabs.png
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| File:HW2_KnowYourEnemy_Concept_Atriox.jpg
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| File:HW2_KnowYourEnemy_Concept_Cutter.jpg
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| File:HW2_KnowYourEnemy_Concept_Blisterback.jpg
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| File:HW2 KnowYourEnemy Print.png|A Know Your Enemy print exclusive to SDCC 2017.
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| </gallery>
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| ===Images===
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| <gallery>
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| File:HW2-TrailerFalling.png|Jiralhanae Warlords break through the wall giving UNSC Marines cover | | File:HW2-TrailerFalling.png|Jiralhanae Warlords break through the wall giving UNSC Marines cover |
| File:HW2-Trailer-Atriox ODST armor.png|Atriox feels a missile | | File:HW2-Trailer-Atriox ODST armor.png|Atriox feels a missile |
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| File:HW2-Faceoff.jpg|Atriox and Cutter stare down | | File:HW2-Faceoff.jpg|Atriox and Cutter stare down |
| File:HW2-Trailer-Banished vs UNSC.png|The Banished and UNSC fight | | File:HW2-Trailer-Banished vs UNSC.png|The Banished and UNSC fight |
| File:HW2-Trailer-Crashed assault carrier.png|The battlefield is revealed to be a ''CAS''-class assault carrier that was split in half
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Trailer}} | | {{Trailer}} |
| | | [[Category:Cinematics]] |
| [[Category:Halo Wars 2 trailers]] | | [[Category:Trailers]] |
