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{{Status|Apocrypha}}
{{Era|RW}}
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{{Title|''Halo 5: Guardians'' The Hunt Begins trailer}}
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The '''''Halo 5: Guardians'' The The Hunt Begins trailer''' debuted October 2, 2015, on Xbox's YouTube channel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCP0GSB2A8E '''YouTube''': ''Halo 5: Launch TV Commercial'']</ref>
 
'''The Hunt Begins''' is a live-action trailer for ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' that debuted [[2015|October 2, 2015]], on Xbox's YouTube channel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCP0GSB2A8E '''YouTube''': ''Halo 5: Launch TV Commercial'']</ref> It acts as a counterpart and follow-up to ''[[A Hero Falls]]'', which shows the public version of the story. Both trailers were created by [[Wikipedia:Method Studios|Method Studios]].<ref>[http://www.methodstudios.com/work/halo-5-guardians '''Method Studios''': ''Xbox <nowiki>'Halo 5: Guardians'</nowiki>'']</ref>
 
==Transcript==
==Transcript==
''Open to the surface of [[Meridian]]: [[John-117]] is running on a trail across a dirt plain. The ground below him crumbles as a [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]] slowly emerges.''
''Open to the surface of [[Meridian]]: [[John-117]] is running on a trail across a dirt plain. The ground below him crumbles as a [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]] slowly emerges.''
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*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "In all my years of command, I’ve never seen a more determined soldier than Master Chief."
*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "In all my years of command, I’ve never seen a more determined soldier than Master Chief."


''Cut to wide shot: John is running towards a city. Cut to a planet's orbit. A [[D79-TC Pelican]] zooms towards a city on the surface. There are smoke trails over the city. Cut to the Pelican’s troop bay. Members of [[Fireteam Osiris]] sit silently and stare at each other. Cut to the city on Meridian: John enters the outskirts as buildings and the road below him crumble. A part of the Guardian destroys a building.''
''Cut to wide shot: John is running towards a city. Cut to Meridian’s orbit. A [[D79-TC Pelican]] zooms towards the surface of Meridian. There are smoke trails over the city. Cut to the Pelican’s troop bay. Members of [[Fireteam Osiris]] sit silently and stare at each other. Cut to the city on Meridian: John enters the outskirts as buildings and the road below him crumble. A part of the Guardian destroys a building.''


*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "You know his service record was unimpeachable."
*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "You know his service record was unimpeachable."
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''Cut to a building’s exterior: multiple skyscrapers are about to collapse. Cut to John, who is still running. A man, holding a woman in his cradle, sit in front of a pillar under a building and sees John. He calls for the Spartan’s help, but John run pasts him. Cut to an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] camera overlooking a courtyard. Dozens of civilians are running for their lives. Cut to Fireteam Osiris inside the Pelican. Locke stands up.''
''Cut to a building’s exterior: multiple skyscrapers are about to collapse. Cut to John, who is still running. A man, holding a woman in his cradle, sit in front of a pillar under a building and sees John. He calls for the Spartan’s help, but John run pasts him. Cut to an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] camera overlooking a courtyard. Dozens of civilians are running for their lives. Cut to Fireteam Osiris inside the Pelican. Locke stands up.''


*'''Pelican pilot''': "Spartans. On approach. Three minutes out."
*'''Pelican pilot''': “Spartans. On approach. Three minutes out.


''Cut to [[Jameson Locke]] giving [[Holly Tanaka]] a headbutt. Cut to Locke retrieving a weapon from the locker and passing it to [[Edward Buck]]. Cut to a skyline of the city: the Guardian rises higher. Cut to inside a building. Two civilians take cover under a table as rubble fall from the ceiling. Cut to the street: John sprints past a group of civilian as they run away.''
''Cut to [[Jameson Locke]] giving [[Holly Tanaka]] a headbutt. Cut to Locke retrieving a weapon from the locker and passing it to [[Edward Buck]]. Cut to a skyline of the city: the Guardian rises higher. Cut to inside a building. Two civilians take cover under a table as rubble fall from the ceiling. Cut to the street: John sprints past a group of civilian as they run away.''


''The below line has two versions''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCS_7rlPe7E Alt version]</ref>
*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "We [[SPARTAN-II program|created]] him, so we’re responsible when we can’t control him.''
*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "We [[SPARTAN-II program|created]] him, so we’re responsible when we can’t control him."
*'''Voice (voiceover alt)''': "We created him, so we're responsible when he kills civilians."


''A part of the Guardian rises from the ground in front of John. The debris on top of it is blocking his way. He throws a grenade, and the explosion destroys the debris on top of the Guardian. John jumps, and his thrusters send him over the gap created by the destruction.''
''A part of the Guardian rises from the ground in front of John. The debris on top of it is blocking his way. He throws a grenade, and the explosion destroys the debris on top of the Guardian. John jumps, and his thrusters send him over the gap created by the destruction.''
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*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "When he recruits [[Blue Team|others]] to join him…"
*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "When he recruits [[Blue Team|others]] to join him…"


''The remaining members of Blue Team use their thrusters and continue behind him. [[Kelly-087]], [[Linda-058]], and [[Frederic-104]] follow John down a cracked road as the buildings around them crumble. Civilians continue to run past them.''
''The remaining members of Blue Team use their thrusters and continue behind him. [[Kelly-087]], [[Linda-058]], and [[Fred-104]] follow John down a cracked road as the buildings around them crumble. Civilians continue to run past them.''


*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "The only thing worse than losing a hero... is watching him turn against us."
*'''Voice (voiceover)''': "The only thing worse than losing a hero... is watching him turn against us."


''John looks up as a building on his right begins to collapse. The Guardian sends out a shockwave, destroying buildings near it. The building crashes down on John. Cut to black.''
''John looks up as a building on his right begins to collapse. The Guardian sends out a shockwave, destroying buildings near it. The building crashed down on John. Cut to black.''


''Open to the Pelican troop bay door opening: Fireteam Osiris is ready to move out. Cut to Linda among the rubble.''
''Open to the Pelican troop bay door opening: Fireteam Osiris is ready to move out. Cut to Linda among the rubble.''
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''Cut to [[Xbox]] logo.''
''Cut to [[Xbox]] logo.''
 
==Source==
==Trivia==
<references/>
*In the original version of the trailer, the narrator says "We created him, so we're responsible when he kills civilians".<ref>[https://vimeo.com/141348044 '''Vimeo''' - ''Halo 5 - Launch'']</ref>
*In [[2024]], the novel ''[[Halo: Battle Born]]'' was re-relased by [[Simon & Schuster]], including a short story named "''[[Glassed (short story)|Glassed]]''", which fleshes out and canonizes the Fireteam Osiris sections of this trailer, as taking place before the SPARTAN-IV fireteam reaches Meridian.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H5G TheHuntBegins Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for the trailer.
File:H5G TheHuntBegins Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the trailer.
</gallery>
 
==Sources==
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