Halo: Reach radio conversations

One of the radios in Halo Reach.

In Halo: Reach, there are radio conversations between United Nations Space Command personnel in most of the Multiplayer and Firefight maps. Some of the conversations are linked to each other to form a narrative. The radios were later used as the basis for the Halo Waypoint Chronicle story, Halo: 'Ghosts & Glass' by B. Giraud.

Transcript

Red Team story arc

A number of radio logs can be combined to recreate the battle Red Team's Beta splinter unit fought to protect ODG A-331 from Covenant forces.

Part 1 - Breakpoint

The radio is located on the floor, next to the control panel near the window, in "Research Station".

• Bravo 001: "Mayday, mayday! This is Bravo zero-zero-one, en route to your position. Do you have a visual on my aircraft, over?"

• Golden Arrow: "Bravo zero-zero-one, this is Golden Arrow. I do believe you were steering that bird in the wrong direction, over."

• Bravo 001: "Negative, Golden Arrow - I'm flying blind! You need to point me in the direction of the LZ."

• Golden Arrow: "You got it, Bravo zero-zero-one; happy to oblige. Link up with Uniform Delta one-zero-one-five-three-niner-niner-zero, heading south-southwest. Slips about one-zero-zero knots. Advise you head for the treetops and fly straight at Mount Törött. We got more of them problems of our own down here."

• Bravo 001: "I say again: that's a negative, Golden Arrow. I've got high value assets in tow and strict orders to drop them directly on your location, my bird ain't going to hold together all way to the boneyard. Need an LZ clear, over."

• Golden Arrow: "With respect, Bravo - unless you have a cartful of tac-nukes with my name on it, you don't have anything of value in that bird. Get your ass to evac."

• Bravo 001: "All right, Golden Arrow. If I can't set her down, I'll just drop these big Spartans on your head, out."

• Golden Arrow: "Well, why didn't you say so? Come down close to the tree line at 2.3 klicks west of your current position. That's where me and my boys are, over."

• Bravo 001: "I'm gonna need that LZ cleared, Golden Arrow; I'm gonna be right on top of you in three mikes."

• Golden Arrow: "Hell, I'm gonna clear you a spot myself, Bravo. Look for the trooper with big-ass grin on his face."

• Bravo 001: "Roger that, I'll see you. Out."

[loops] }}

Part 2 - Spire

The radio is located on a large concrete pad alongside the dirt trail labeled 'Mountain Road'.

• Recon 43: "Gamma-One Actual, this is Recon 43. We are in position, over."

• Lt. Jake Chapman: Recon 43, this is Gamma-One Actual. Gimme a radio check, over."

• Recon 43: (fading in) "Got eyes on three Ghosts and twenty-four infantry. Typical scout detachment, please advise."

• Chapman: "Recon 43, do not engage. Sit tight and keep your eyes and ears open. I say again: gimme a radio check, over."

• Recon 43: "Gamma-One Actual, we do not read you, say again, we do not read you, over."

• Chapman: "Recon 43, you are not cleared to engage. I say again, you are not cleared to engage!"

• Chapman: "Is there anyone else close to their grid? Dammit!"

• Recon 43: "Looks like we're on our own, boys. This is their eyes and ears, we flatten these guys and disengage. Tag your targets and get ready to go loud on my mark."

• Chapman: "Recon 43, this is Gamma-One Actual. I say again: you are to stand down and withdraw immediately. Do not engage, over!"

• Recon 43: "Fire! That's it, make 'em count!" (gunfire)

• Chapman: "What do we have that we can send to support them? Dammit!"

• Recon 43: "Pull back, move and shoot, move and shoot! Where the hell did all these hostiles come from?"

• Chapman: "Tell Beta-Romeo Actual that the company we are expecting is going to be arriving a little earlier than we anticipated.

• Chapman: "Recon 43, I say again: you are not cleared to engage! Stow your weapons, we are reading multiple inbound hostiles in your sector — you do not want their attention, over!"

• Recon 43: "Aw, damn! Tip of the spear, nothin' - it's the whole godforsaken fleet! Fire, fire, fire!"

• Chapman: "Recon 43, respond. Check in! I say again, Recon 43, do you read me? Dammit! Get Red Team up and running, high alert. We're about to have company."

[loops]

Part 3 - Powerhouse

The radio is located on the kitchen counter of the dormitory, the single-story building south of the gate.

• Lieutenant Buckman: "Gamma-One, Facility Alpha 412 is overrun, and I'm heading to your location with what's left of Gamma-Five, over."

• Chapman: "Gamma-Five? damn, it's good to hear you. How many are you bringing? I thought bee-net said your house got knocked down."

• Buckman: "Confirm. ODG-412 is slag. Lost all but fourteen able bodies. Making our way over in two 'Hogs and a radio van."

• Chapman: "The more the merrier. Looks like we got makin's for a party. Some honest-to-god Spartans are ridin' up here with some boys from Third Mech as we speak."

• Buckman: "Hate to break it to you, Gamma-One, but Covie's hit us with two divisions at Alpha-412. How many Spartans you got on approach?"

• Chapman: "Gamma-Five, say again? That was two divisions, over?"

• Buckman: "That's affirmative. We put a dent in 'em, but that's about it. The only reason I ain't one of them on the line with you right now is HighCom decided to drop every available asset right on top of 'em, and us. Over."

• Chapman: "Well, I hope you're bringing extra ammo then, Gamma-Five."

• Buckman: "All we could carry and then some. ETA twenty-five mikes, out."

Part 4 - Countdown

The radio is located in the south-east corner of the third floor, tucked behind a ridge of concrete near a fusion coil.

• Beta-Romeo Actual: "Gamma-One Actual, my team is in position. Get your people ready to move as soon as I give the signal, over."

• Chapman: "With respect, Red - we might not be Spartans, but this is our home. My men will die here if I ask them to."

• Beta-Romeo Actual: "I don't doubt that, Gamma-One Actual. Let's hope we won't need them to. Defensive perimeter online."

• Chapman: "This is nuts. What in the hell are those autoturrets supposed to do against what they're bringin', over?"

• Beta-Romeo Actual: "Divide their attention."

• Beta-Romeo Actual: "Visual! Thirty-two Wraiths moving with two-hundred sixty infantry at 200 meters, closing on our lines due west at six kilometers per hour. Beta-Red, hold position until I trigger primaries, then close on their front line as fast as you can."

• Chapman: "Dammit, Red, I heard you Spartans were crazy. Gamma-Five: radio check, over."

• Buckman: "Five by five, Gamma-One Actual. Drone is holding station at ten thousand feet. We got eyes on the whole damn thing."

• Chapman: "Those Spartans are crazy, they're gonna get us killed."

• Buckman: "Holy (static)! You're ain't gonna believe this! Beta Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!"

• Chapman: "What are eleven Spartans gonna do against thirty thousand Covenant? They're dead men."

• Buckman: "Can't argue that, but those Spartans just bought us some time - we might just make it outta this alive! Get ready to move, over!"

• Chapman: (four beeps) "That's the signal! Let's get the hell outta here."

[radio hiss, gunfire, explosions]

Part 5 - Boardwalk

The radio is located in the north-west corner of the map, bottom level (in the "Courtyard" area), on a bench next to an overlook.

• Chapman: "Unknown station, this is Gamma-One Actual. Do you read, over?"

• Iron Fist: "Gamma-One Actual, this is Iron Fist. We read you. What is the current status of Facility Alpha-331?"

• Chapman: "Facility Alpha-331 is overrun and offline, defense grid at Uniform-Delta is running at starvation levels. If you're taking survivors, we've got a few."

• Iron Fist: "Negative, Gamma. We are en route to support Beta-Red. Any word on their status?"

• Chapman: "None, over."

• Iron Fist: "Acknowledged. There is a temp evac station 50 klicks west along your current vector at Uniform-Delta zero-zero-eight-niner-six-three-niner-eight-seven. I'll let 'em know you're coming."

• Chapman: "Might want to tell them to pull up stakes. Beta-Red may be tough as hell, but I don't know how long they'll be able to tie up two armor divisions."

• Iron Fist: "Say again, Gamma, over?"

• Chapman: "I said Beta-Red may be tough as hell but - oh my god!"

• Iron Fist: "Gamma-One Actual, we lost you. Say again, over?"

• Chapman: "Iron Fist, This is Gamma-One Actual. Three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloud directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet, traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!"

• Iron Fist: "Visual confirmed, Gamma-One. They just passed within 50 meters of our bird."

• Iron Fist: "Go NOA and punch it, there's still a chance that we can pull Beta outta there."

• Chapman: "Wait, you're not thinking of heading into that mess, are you?"

• Iron Fist: "Godspeed, and see you on the other side, Gamma. Out."

[loops]

Part 6.1 - Reflection

The radio is located at the south end of the map (area labeled "Back Hall"), in the room with the vending machines.

• UNSC Majestic: "Alpha 20, This is UNSC Majestic, two mikes out from window. Once we're on statio