Halo: Combat

Halo: Arms Race Part 2 is a short video created in collaboration with Bungie Studios, Neill Blomkamp, WETA Digital and Origami Digital LLC. It is roughly 1:33 minutes long and is the second in the trilogy, and was leaked on August 23, 2007.

Synopsis
The short film follows two United Nations Space Command Defense Force Orbital Drop Shock Troopers fighting across a wasteland, being engaged by Covenant Loyalist Brutes and Banshees.

The film starts off with two ODSTs, Bravo-21 (T. Rymarr) and Bravo-22 (S. Hartley) being tracked on an aerial camera as they move through a wasteland with gunfire going off around them along with several Banshee fuel rod strikes near missing them. Bravo-22 is tracking something on a handheld scanner, and retrieves a elongated casing labeled "UNSC" from under a metal pile while Bravo-21 gives him covering fire against fast-moving enemies. Superheated metal spikes impale the wall that they are near as a pair of Brute Minors open fire with Type-25 "Spiker" Carbine weapons. Bravo-21 squarely hits them both with a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, downing them both as Bravo-22 calls for evacuation, prompting a Pelican to began its descent to their position.

Bravo-21 is almost killed by a Fuel Rod Cannon strike from a strafing Banshee flier, and at this time, radar or radio dishes can be seen in the distance. The Pelican drops off a Warthog, prompting the ODSTs to make a run for it in the middle of an exposed field. Bravo-21 takes the driver's seat while Bravo-22 takes the passenger seat. Bravo-22 is then hit from an unknown source of fire, splattering smears of blood against the Warthog's windshield and the camera. Then, shortly afterwards, the film ends.

Characters

 * Alpha Team
 * T. Rymarr (Bravo-21)
 * S. Hartley (Bravo-22)
 * Anonymous Pelican pilot
 * Anonymous Brutes

Organizations and titles

 * Covenant
 * Covenant Loyalists
 * United Nations Space Command
 * United Nations Space Command Defense Force
 * United Nations Space Command Marine Corps
 * Orbital Drop Shock Trooper

Events

 * Human-Covenant War

Species

 * Homo sapiens (Human)
 * Jiralhanae (Brute)

Vehicles and vessels

 * Banshee
 * M12 Warthog LRV
 * Pelican Dropship

Weapons and technology

 * BR55HB SR Battle Rifle
 * Type-25 Carbine (Spike Rifle)

Miscellaneous

 * Unknown UNSC-labeled elongated casing (similar to SPNKr ammunition casing)