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The early cinematic script.

The "Behind the Scenes: The Making of Halo 2" feature included with the Limited Collector's Edition of Halo 2, Joseph Staten flips rapidly through an early Halo 2 script.

All that can be transcribed is here. The undecipherable material has been denoted by question marks, and speculative material is colored red.

Note that "Dervish" was an early word for "Arbiter".

The Script[edit]

First Page[edit]

Image of Halo 2’s early cinematic script and a transcription of its readable content.
The first page.
(x01_1) EXT. SPACE - NEAR RUINS OF ALPHA HALO
A white title fades onto the black screen.
On and on shall old war go,
Without respite my blood will flow
O’er your eyes ‘til they cannot see
The impossibility of victory.
--Excerpt from the Writ of Union
Unknown Covenant Author
The title fades away, leaving a BLACK SCREEN. Beat.
FADE IN on the massive Covenant Holy City, "High
Charity", hanging on orbit above the gas-giant,
"Threshold".
As the camera ZOOMS slowly forward, distant voices emit
from inside the High Charity’s Council-Chamber.
ELITE COMMANDER (V.O.)
There was only one.
PROPHET OF TRUTH (V.O.)
One? Are you sure?
ELITE COMMANDER (V.O.)
Yes.
Beat.
ELITE COMMANDER (V.O.)
The Demon.
FADE IN
C205_20 INT. HIGH CHARITY – COUNCIL CHAMBER – CONT.
From the back, DOLLY PAST a row of seated PROPHET
COUNCILORS and toward the center of the Council Chamber. The
PROPHET COUNCILORS comment amongst themselves.
PROPHET COUNCILORS
(excited murmuring)

"He-re-tic" Page[edit]

The "He-re-tic" page.
GRUNT CACKLES
??? * He-re-tic *

??? too ??? hairy paw ??? the crowd ???.

"Elevator" Page[edit]

The "elevator" page.

??? - COMMAND DECK - CONT.

??? closed elevator door. The elevator comes to ??? audible ??? off-camera. ??? just as the CHIEF's elbow ??? The elevator door opens with a ??? MIRANDA exits the elevator, followed by MASTER CHIEF, JOHNSON ??? frozen in a painful wince.

??? on the Command Deck. Station ??? tasks with quick determination. They have a ??? win.

MIRANDA, MASTER CHIEF, and JOHNSON ??? center of the Command Deck where LORD HOOD ???

"Holotank" Page[edit]

Image of Halo 2’s early cinematic script and a transcription of its readable content.
The "holotank" page.

CORTANA
The Covenant data I retrieved was
hardly decisive. How can ONI be so
certain?
?????????????????? away from the holo-tank on MIRANDA. She
??????????????? and JOHNSON can get a better idea. LORD
HOOD ????????
LORD HOOD
Station, bring up this
morning’s tac-record, timestamp
delta-four-eleven.
CLOSE ON the HOLO-TANK. Earth is in the center of the
tank. The COVENANT fleet is packed tightly together a
good distance away from Earth. The human fleet is
portrayed in a loose line between Earth and the Covenant
fleet.


"Whole Career" Page[edit]

Image of Halo 2’s early cinematic script and a transcription of its readable content.
The "whole career" page.
LORD HOOD
Are you ready, Commander?
MIRANDA then salutes and squares her shoulders. This is the
moment she has been waiting for her whole career.
MIRANDA
Sir! Yes sir!
LORD HOOD smiles at MIRANDA. She’s just like her father.
He turns toward the MASTER CHIEF.
LORD HOOD
Master Chief, you will lead the
assault on the Covenant vessel.
ZOOM on the MASTER CHIEF and JOHNSON.
LORD HOOD (O. C.)
Sergeant Johnson and the In
Amber Clad’s company of ODSTs
will provide support.

"Jump-To-It" Page[edit]

Image of Halo 2’s early cinematic script and a transcription of its readable content.
The "jump-to-it" page
????????????????????????????????????????? and is built to
??????????????????????????????? withstand a high-impact
???????????????????????????????????? line both sides of the
???????????????????????
???????????????????????????????. He stands by his HEV’s hatch
????????????????????????????? to jump-to-it.
JOHNSON
Hurry to your cans, sardines!
The elite soldiers hustle past JOHNSON, grab hold of their
individual HEV re-entry bars, and swing into position.
JOHNSON (O. C.)
I wanna hear those bindings pop!
(x03_11) INT. IN AMBER CLAD – HEV – CONT.


"HEV" Page[edit]

???11) INT. IN AMBER CLAD – HEV – CONT.

"Shark" Page[edit]

The "shark" page.

??? EARTH – CONT.

??? "up" toward the camera. ??? ?-t's aft, rotates 180 degrees and, thrashing like a shark’s in bright water, ???? away from the camera.

??-ound, "beneath" the IN AMBER CLAD. The FLEET has visibly split to deal with the two-man attack.

???_17 INT. IN AMBER CLAD – HEV – CONT.

"No Wars" Page[edit]