Halo: Combat

Halo: Arms Race Part 2 is a short video created in collaboration with Bungie Studios, Neill Blomkamp, WETA Digital and Origami Digital LLC. It is roughly 1:33 minutes long and is the second in the trilogy, and was leaked on August 23, 2007.

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Synopsis

Bravo-21, T. Rymarr, kills a Brute with a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle.

Bravo-22, S. Hartley, is wounded during Alpha Team's escape.

The short film follows two United Nations Space Command Defense Force Orbital Drop Shock Troopers fighting across a wasteland, being engaged by Covenant Loyalist Brutes and Banshees.

The film starts off with two ODSTs of Delta Team, Bravo-21 (T. Rymarr) and Bravo-22 (S. Hartley), being tracked on an aerial camera as they move through a wasteland with gunfire going off around them along with several Banshee fuel rod strikes near missing them. Bravo-22 is tracking something on a hand-held scanner, and retrieves a elongated casing labeled "UNSC" from under a pile of debris while Bravo-21 gives him covering fire against fast-moving enemies. Superheated metal spikes impale the wall that they are near as a pair of Brute Minors open fire with Type-25 "Spiker" Carbine weapons. Bravo-21 squarely hits them both with a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, downing one as Bravo-22 calls for evacuation, prompting a Pelican to began its descent to their position as Bravo-21 kills the second Brute with his Battle Rifle.

"I'm hit!"

— Bravo-22, S. Hartley

"Suck it up!"

— Bravo-21, T. Rymarr

Bravo-21 is almost killed by a Fuel Rod Cannon strike from a strafing Banshee flier, and at this time, radar or radio dishes can be seen in the distance. The Pelican drops off a Warthog, prompting the ODSTs to make a run for it in the middle of an exposed area. Bravo-21 takes the driver's seat while Bravo-22 takes the passenger seat. Bravo-22 is then hit from an unknown source of fire, splattering smears of blood against the Warthog's windshield and the camera. The Warthog smashes through a wall then, shortly afterwards, the film ends.

The film seems to be somewhat incomplete, having no clear beginning and end. The final product, rather than the leak, might be somewhat different.

Appearances

Characters

• Delta Team
  • T. Rymarr (Bravo-21)
  • S. Hartley (Bravo-22)
• Anonymous Pelican pilot
• Anonymous Brutes

Organizations and titles

• Covenant
  • Covenant Loyalists
• United Nations Space Command
  • United Nations Space Command Defense Force
    • United Nations Space Command Marine Corps
      • Orbital Drop Shock Trooper

Events

• Human-Covenant War

Species

• Homo sapiens (Human)
• Jiralhanae (Brute)

Vehicles and vessels

• Banshee
• M12 Warthog LRV
• Pelican Dropship

Weapons and technology

• BR55HB SR Battle Rifle
• Type-25 Carbine (Spike Rifle)

Miscellaneous

• Unknown UNSC-labeled elongated casing (similar to SPNKr ammunition casing)