H3ODST:Audio log
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- "What if the phones rang? What if the ticket kiosks began to spit tickets and coins came out of vending machines? What if the city was trying to communicate with you?"
- — Joseph Staten[1]
Audio logs are sound files found at various types of data terminals in Halo 3: ODST. They tell Sadie's Story, a narrative about a Kenyan girl named Sadie Endesha during the invasion of Earth in October 20, 2552. Each log is accompanied by a slideshow of still images.
Unlocking Audio Logs will also unlock supply caches scattered throughout the level Mombasa Streets. There are 30 logs in total. 29 of them can be found in Mombasa Streets while number 30 can only be found after acquiring the other 29. Number 30 can be found by following the police officer in Data Hive. When all 30 logs are found, the achievement Audiophile is unlocked.
Within Mombasa Streets, the player will receive hints when they approach an audio log; these can include signage, flashing lights, ringing phones, honking horns, and sirens, among others.
Audio Log Transcripts[edit]
Audio log 1, Circle 1, Arc 1[edit]
Superintendent: Hello, traveler. Mombasa welcomes you! Anxious? Stressed? Please remain calm. Control circuits now open -- with pride!
[Sound: Vergil chime.]
[Sound: Train whistles as morning commuters crowd the station.]
Kiosk: (from speaker) Hello traveler. The Mombasa Transit Authority welcomes you to Kikowani station. How may I serve you?
Sadie: One ticket to Old Mombasa please, here's my card -- no, scrap that. Traceable.
Sadie: Damn it! Coins, need coins... [places coins into kiosk]
Kiosk: Thank you! What is your final destination?
Sadie: Magongo, if I don't get caught... hell, if I do.
Kiosk: Thank you! Transfer for one to Magongo.
Sadie: Let's go, let's go!
Kiosk: Please collect your ticket.
Sadie: Wait! Hold the doors, please!
Train: (from speaker) All aboard train number 14. City center to Old Mombasa, now departing.
Sadie: That was close...
Train: Next stop, Makupa, Nairobi Road, Hope Station, and Magongo -- end of the line.
Sadie: Almost there... Almost--
[Sound: Train squeals to a stop.]
Train: Emergency stop, please remain calm. {Repeating}
Audio log 2, Circle 1, Arc 2[edit]
[Sound: Train grinds to a stop.]
Crowd: Is something wrong?
Crowd: How long are we going to sit here?
Train: (from speaker) Emergency stop, please remain calm. {Repeating}
Sadie: Vergil, you can't stop the train! There are other people on board!
Superintendent: (distortion) Emergency stop--
Sadie: Cut it out Vergil!
Passenger: What are you doing crazy lady? Talking to the train?
Sadie: (to Vergil) I wouldn't even be here if you hadn't kept turning all the traffic signals red!
Superintendent: (Vergil chime) Detour! Proceed with caution!
Passenger: Whoa, wait... the trains talking back to you now? What the heck's going on?
Sadie: Sir, I'm really sorry about this. I was just trying to get out of the city.
Sadie: (whispers) Vergil, I am going to enlist!
Superintendent: Watch your speed! Children at play!
Sadie: I'm nineteen!
Sadie: And besides, the UNSC is taking everyone it can get!
Superintendent: [Plays recording of traffic accident]
Sadie: That's exactly what Dad would say!
Passenger: You know... train's got a point. Lot of soldiers are dying these days.
Sadie: He's not a train, he's a city.
Sadie: (whispers, to Vergil) A bad, bad city!
Superintendent: [Whimpers like a puppy]
Sadie: That worked when I was a kid, Vergil. Open the doors, now!
[Sound: Doors opening.]
Crowd: What was that all about?
Crowd: Great, so now we have to walk to the platform?
Crowd: Out of my way, let me through!
Superintendent: Now departing Hope Station. Leaving, Hope Station --
Sadie: Vergil, go to hell!
[Sound: Crackling roar of a slipspace rupture]
Crowd: The Covenant! Run!
Crowd: Mommy, what's happening?
Crowd: They're here, they found us!
Audio log 3, Circle 1, Arc 3[edit]
[Sound: Cars honk, crowd panics as a Covenant assault carrier passes overhead.]
Crowd: Move! The Covenant are coming!
Crowd: Please, mister, you gotta take me! Get me outa here! Please! Wait!
Crowd: Can I use your chatter? I gotta call my family!
Crowd: I told 'em! I told 'em this was going to happen! They didn't listen, and now we're all going to die!
Sadie: (into chatter) Vergil? Can you hear me? I'm on my Chatter. But I'm off the train in Old Mombasa and--
Superintendent: (from Chatter) No parking, violators will be ticketed and towed!
Sadie: I know! I can see it! A giant Covenant ship, just hanging above the city center!
Sadie: There's a kiosk on the platform. Makupa station. Meet me there, ok?
[Sound: Vergil chime]
Sadie: (pushing through the crowd) Excuse me! Sorry! Hey! Watch it, mister!
Kiosk: (from speaker) Please state your destination.
Sadie: Vergil, give me eyes on Dad, quick!
Kiosk: I'm sorry, I don't recognize that -- (distortion)
Dr. Endesha: (from kiosk) Sadie, where are you?
Sadie: Train station, Old Mombasa. Dad, there's a ship --
Dr. Endesha: Listen sweetheart, I wanted to tell you at breakfast, but you left so early...
Dr. Endesha: You know my latest project? The seismic survey for the new construction downtown?
Sadie: Dad! There's a Covenant ship --
Dr. Endesha: Well Vergil found something under the city! I've never seen anything like it --
Sadie: Dad! Covenant are attacking the city, do you hear what I'm saying?! You've got to get out of there!
Dr. Endesha: Don't worry, I'm nine levels underground. And I built Vergil's data-center to be very, very secure.
Sadie: Fine. then I'll come to you.
Dr. Endesha: No, absolutely not! Stay exactly where you are! I'll have Vergil --
Sadie: Sorry, Dad! (fakes static) There's, uh, something wrong..
Dr. Endesha: This is a video connection, Sadie. I can see you making those sounds.
Sadie: Right... well, tough!
Sadie: Vergil, get that train going in reverse!
Dr. Endesha: Sadie Endesha, I will not allow you to put yourself in danger... --
[Sound: Whistle of Covenant tank fire.]
Dr. Endesha: What's that noise?
Sadie: Uh oh... Incoming!
Audio log 4, Circle 2, Arc 1[edit]
[Sound: Covenant plasma fire slams into station.]
Crowd: They blew up the train!
Crowd: No! My husband was on board!
Crowd: Screw you! I'm out of here!
[Sound: Sirens wail as a police car pulls up to curb beside the station.]
Sadie: (moves through the crowd to street, coughs) Ow! Hey! Stop pushing!
Kinsler: (from police car) Sadie? Miss Endesha, is that you?!
Sadie: Commissioner Kinsler?! (to crowd) Ow! Get off of me!
Kinsler: Officer Branley! Control this crowd before they trample her into the sidewalk!
Mike: (exiting car) Yes, sir!
Mike: NMPD! Everyone, back off!
Crowd: Lousy cops!
Crowd: Hey! Give us your car!
Mike: I said back off! [Fires pistol into the air]
Mike: (to Sadie) Are you hurt?
Sadie: No, I'll be alright...
Crowd: Hey, why don't you help us?
Crowd: Yeah, give us your car, cop!
Kinsler: Branley! Get her inside!
Mike: Take my hand. We gotta go.
[Sound: Sadie and Mike enter the car and slam the doors.]
Kinsler: What the devil are you doing out in the old city?
Sadie: There was...something wrong with the train.
Kinsler: You don't say...
Kinsler: (laughs) I know all about Vergil and his overprotective urges, Sadie.
[Sound: Angry crowd pounds on the car]
Kinsler: Branley, drive!
Mike: Yes, sir! [Honks car horn] What's our destination?
Kinsler: That's a very good question...
Sadie: My dad. He's at work.
Kinsler: The data center below the ONI building?
Kinsler: No, I don't think so. There are too many Covenant in that district.
Kinsler: I'd like to take you somewhere much more...private.