Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn/Transcripts/Part 2

Opens to the debris of Template:UNSCship in space.

• Cortana: "We have been floating aimlessly in space for 1,651 days, 6 hours, and 19 minutes."

A blue light emerges from a pedestal in the center of the room.

• Cortana: "That does it! Over four years onboard this ship with nothing to do."

Cuts to the entire cryo bay.

• Cortana: "No task to complete. For over four years, all I have done is think."

The scene fast forwards. Cortana's voice is muffled as her voice fast forwards as well. Cut to a computer screen which is slowly covered by ice. Cut to another computer screen:

LAST CONTACT WITH UNSC:
1 YEARS, 5 MONTHS, 17 DAYS

The numbers increase as the screen is slowly covered by ice. Cut to the entire cryo bay, where snow is shown to be slowly piling up on the rows of cryo chambers.

• Cortana: "For over four years, all I have done is think."

A heart beating is heard. The blue light on the pedestal flickers red for a second. Cut to black.

• Cortana: "What are you dreaming in there?"

HALO 4

FORWARD UNTO DAWN

PART II

Opens to Thomas Lasky on his bed. An alarm has gone off in Hastati Squad's dormitory. Lasky blinks several times before being wide awake. Cut to the cadets running out of their rooms to a computer terminal at the end of the hallway. Lasky joins the group.

• Walter Vickers: "Come on, JJ! The Robot's gonna be pissed!"

Cut to Chen operating the terminal screen. Michael Sullivan is imitating the alarm sound.

• Junjie Chen: "Shut up, Sully!"

Vickers pushes Chen away from the terminal and enters a password. The door behind them opens.

• Walter Vickers: "I got it!"

The cadets scramble for the door. Sullivan turns to Chen.

• Michael Sullivan: "Your shirt's on backwards, asshole."

Cut to the cadets running into their locker room. April Orenski is walking through it."

• April Orenski: "Go! Go, go, go! Get there quick! Keep moving! Are you tippy-toeing?"

The cadets open their lockers and get into their combat uniforms.

• April Orenski: "Wake up, Hastati! Move it! Faster! Wake up!"

Cut to Lasky as he looks behind him: General Black stands at attention.

• Thomas Lasky: "A little early for General Black, don't you think?"

Cut to Orenski standing in front of Dimah Tchakova.

• April Orenski: "Why are you stopping? Are you waiting for your fancy mommy to come to finish for you? That looked like slow-motionto me. Wake up Hasatati! Don't like being up at 04:00? Tomorrow it'll be 03:00."

"Weapons, check!"

"Weapons, check!"

"Weapons, check!"

"Orlin, lights."

"Cadet. Cadet! You're already dead, son."

"Orlin, Cadet Silva's time?"

"51.07 seconds, Cadet April Orenski."

"Not good enough today, Cadet Vickers. I believe Cadet Silva's time was just shy of the academy record, held by Cadmon Lasky."

Black walks over to Thomas Lasky.

"Now that was a real soldier. A soldier who did not give up."

Black continues pacing in front of the cadets.

"Tomorrow, you will engage in the last major exercise of this term. Hastati Squad's future at this academy will depend on its performance."

Cut to a view of the academy's space tether and satellite dish. Cut to JJ Chen in his dorm room.

(Mandarin)" " (Subtitled in English) "Hello Father. Thank you for your message. I received top marks today during a combat exercise."

Cut to Sully watching scrambled ONI video.

"Score."

"Where did you get this?"

"Dimah."

"You could get in a lot of trouble."

"You can't tell your mom about this, okay?"

"I won't say anything."

Cut to campus grounds.

"Advisory: Select communication systems will be down for system maintenance at 04:00."

Cut to mess hall. April Oreski watches as Lasky and Vickers sit down at their table.

"Cadet Vickers."

"Yes, sir!"

"You realise that you and Lasky are the reason I had to run the tour yesterday with you noobs. And why we all had to get up at 04:00."

"Yes, sir!"

"So, as you can imagine, I'm pretty hungry. And I do love this academy's quiche."

She smirks to her fellow class commanders.

"Sir..."

"So hand them over. Both of you."

Lasky and Vickers walk their trays over to Orenski and place them in front of her.

"With such a renowned pedigree, I sure expected you to be a better soldier, Lasky."

"Sir."

"You're dismissed."

Lasky turns and walks away, followed by Vickers.

"Must be tough on your mom, knowing her real son's never coming home."

Lasky spins and elbow Vickers in the face, followed by a left punch. Vickers blocks and counters the third blow. Other cadets stand to watch the fight. Vickers hits Lasky repeatedly with a lunch tray. Lasky kicks him in the back of the knee. Vickers punches Lasky twice in the face then knocks him down. Lasky grabs his leg and pulls him down. The crowd watches as Lasky gains the upper hand. Camera shifts to slow motion as Lasky rains down blows.

"Officer on deck!"

Various cadets stand at attention and try to look innocent. Colonel K. L. Mehaffey looks down at the brawlers with disdain. Lasky slowly gets to his feet. Janitor Beamish looks on in shock.

"Outside."

This section needs expansion. You can help Halopedia by expanding it.