Diorama

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A battle depicted on Diorama.

A scene from the Diorama.

Diorama is an interactive flash movie, a part of the Believe ad campaign for Halo 3. It is a fly-through of the John-117 Monument representing the Human-Covenant War and John-117's sacrifice for humanity.

Summary

“

Years after the great war, an immense monument was built, remembering those who fought for our survival, and paying tribute to the hero who led us from the brink.

”

The flash player loads a video of a camera that flies through the diorama (supposedly based on the Battle of Mombasa). The scene is very dark, and very dirty. Marines are seen, dead and alive, trying to fight the many Brutes that fill the streets. As the camera continues along its path, it goes down a hill, showing more ruined buildings, Jackals, a Warthog, and a Scorpion. This location seems to be the only strong point for the Marines. The camera goes up a hill, where a lone group of Marines are in a Warthog, fighting off the many surrounding Brutes. It then pans over a broken bridge, where a Spec Op Grunt is grouped with many Brutes, over to the top of a high structure. A few Marines use it as a vantage point, to snipe off Covenant forces.

The next view is of the "Hill", a Covenant-controlled landmark. There is a large trench next to it, where Marines take a stand against them. A Brute Chieftain, a Hunter, and others battle the few surviving Marines. The camera circles around the hill, where it shows the captured Master Chief, holding a Plasma Grenade. Once the camera reaches a certain point, an animation of the Chief looking up slowly is shown. The bridge, a large choke point, is shown again from a higher view; it was destroyed by the UNSC in order to stop the flow of Covenant. The camera flies by a ruined building where a group of Marines are gathered, and then it returns to the beginning. A viewer may fly through the diorama again from this point.

Features

• An interactive viewing of a fly-through of the New Mombasa diorama, which can be controlled by a keyboard or mouse, forwards or backwards, and can be auto-played.
• 360-degree views of key locations, showing everything happening around those points.
• First-person accounts and profiles of many people on the battlefield; accounts of veteran Marines, notes on KIA Marines, Covenant profiles, and vehicle descriptions. Profiles give a 360-degree view of the selected character.
• The ability to take 1280x1024 screenshots of any moment in the diorama, including the 360-degree views, as well as downloading wallpapers of the character profile views.
• All videos of the Believe campaign can be watched while in the viewer.

Clickable entities

Enemy Combatant

H-133-185 (Mgalekgolo)

H-133-185

EC#: H-133-185

SPECIES: HUNTERS (Lekgolo)

Due to the nature and complex biology of Hunters, very little is known about this particular specimen. On the whole, Hunters are considered extremely dangerous, and their ferociousness on the New Mombasa battlefield was no exception.

J-011-422 (Kig-Yar)

J-011-422

EC#: J-011-422

SPECIES: JACKALS (Kig-Yar)

J-011-422 is unique among Sniper Jackals in that he was found carrying an energy shield and needler. Normally, a Jackal of this rank would abandon their shield to better handle their beam rifle, the Covenant long range sniper weapon.

B-021-331 (Jiralhanae)