Editing Remember Reach

{{Era|RW}}
[[File:Remember Reach.jpg|thumb|Graffiti in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' references this campaign.]]
'''Remember Reach''' was a [[Microsoft]] marketing campaign for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. The campaign was centered around the website, www.rememberreach.com, where users could create a [[Monument to Noble Team|"light monument"]] of [[Noble Team]] composed of thousands of points of light and generated by a real robotic arm. The monument was constructed by special camera equipment which captured and composited the movements and light pulses from the robotic arm, which visitors could see in action on the website. Each user was able to designate a single point of light for the robotic arm, adding their contribution to the light sculpture. The sculpture was completed on [[2010|September 14, 2010]].<ref name="press">[http://web.archive.org/web/20100826193339/http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/archive/2010/08/23/kz832.aspx '''Xbox Press:''' ''Commemorate the Launch of the Most Anticipated Game of 2010 by Helping Create the “Halo: Reach” Monument of Light'' (Web-Archive)]</ref>

The campaign featured several live-action shorts by the director [[Noam Murro]], who also directed the ''[[Birth of a Spartan]]'' teaser. The videos show glimpses of what life was like before the [[Fall of Reach|Covenant invasion]] of [[Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|press}} The first video in the campaign, ''[[Patrol]]'', was first shown on [[2010|August 17, 2010]] during GamesCom 2010. The promotional site was also launched in the same day, and was opened fully on August 23, 2010.{{Ref/Reuse|press}}<ref>[http://www.rememberreach.com/ '''www.rememberreach.com''']</ref> The second film, [[Deliver Hope]], was released on August 26.

==Shorts==
===Day Before===
{{Main|Day Before}}
"Day Before" is a compilation of Patrol, Spaceport and New Life, combining the events of all three shorts into one.

====Patrol====
{{Main|Patrol}}
The short, "Patrol", follows three soldiers from [[Fireteam]] [[3 Charlie]] as they converse about [[Noble Team]] stopping a group of [[insurrectionists]] from hijacking a supply truck earlier that day. They are then called to investigate a sudden loss in contact with the [[Visegrad Relay|Visegrad Relay hub]].

====Spaceport====
{{Main|Spaceport (Remember Reach)}}
The short, "Spaceport", follows [[Gabe]] and his family as his mother is forced to ship out from Reach.

====New Life====
{{Main|New Life}}
The short, "New Life", follows a man and a woman as they discuss whether to stay in [[Visegrad]] or move to [[Manassas]]. They then hear the sound of military vehicles rushing past their house as troops are called to the Visegrad Relay.

===Deliver Hope===
{{Main|Deliver Hope}}
The live-action trailer, "Deliver Hope", follows Noble Team fighting during the [[Battle of Fumirole]] prior to the invasion of Reach. [[Catherine-B320]] is running through the battlefield with a [[Medium Fusion Destructive Device]] towards a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. She is hit by an explosion from a [[Banshee]]'s [[Fuel Rod Cannon]] and is crippled. [[Thom-293]] grabs the MFDD and uses his [[jetpack]] to fly into the cruiser and throws the MFDD into a Covenant assembly area, however, it goes off early and destroys the cruiser, and presumably, Thom with it.

===Creation of the Monument===
{{Main|Creation of the Monument}}
The video, "Creation of the Monument", shows the creation of the [[Monument to Noble Team]] from several angles. It also includes thanks to the 118,422 people who contributed a point of light.

==Trivia==
*The tagline is also seen as graffiti in [[New Mombasa]] in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
*On August 17, 2010, a page with transcripts of the campaign's videos and other material was leaked, but taken down within hours.<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=22857415&postcount=163 '''NeoGaf''': Recovered transcripts of ''Halo: Reach'' live action trailers and marketing material]</ref>
*[[Ghosts of Reach]], a Halo 2 song, plays as the background music of rememberreach.com.

==Sources==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rememberreach.com/ ''Remember Reach'' on Xbox.com]
*[http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1813626064?bctid=590172003001 Behind-the-scenes video showing the operation of the robotic arm]
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