Departure (cinematic)

XspBNSyvFDk Infinity is the opening cinematic for the game mode Spartan Ops of Halo 4. It depicts Fireteam Majestic on their first day onboard the UNSC Infinity.

Transcript
''A D79-TC Pelican is seen flying from the Earth. As the camera zooms on the dropship, a few captions show up below it.

EARTH, SOL SYSTEM NEW PHOENIX INCIDENT + SIX MONTHS


 * Hoya (voiceover): "Well, I'm not gonna complain."

Cuts to Gabriel Thorne looking down at his holoboard, which has a view of New Phoenix.
 * Thorne: "Uh huh"

Cuts to Thorne sitting down with Hoya standing over him.


 * Thorne: "So tell me more about Rio, what else did I miss?"


 * Hoya: "Aw man, the place is a mess. I mean, too many Covenant asylum seekers all pinned up."


 * Thorne: "Yeah, Demarco said it was pretty crazy"

The camera turns over to Demarco and Madsen chatting from Thorne's POV.


 * Hoya: "Well, it could have been worse. I mean, look what happened to New Phoenix."

Cuts briefly to Thorne and back to Hoya.


 * Hoya: "We even caught this one Sangheili freak trying to detonate a HAVOK nuke."


 * Demarco: "Hoya. Give it a rest."

Hoya, Thorne and the camera turn over to face Demarco and Madsen.


 * Demarco: "We all know you were on the other side of town when they caught that hinge-head."

Cuts to a close up of Hoya.


 * Hoya: "Yeah? And where were you, Demarco?"

Cuts back to Madsen and Demarco.


 * Demarco: "What, Madsen and me? We were just making the ladies of Rio de Janero felt.."

He claps his hands once.


 * Demarco: "..safe and secure."


 * Madsen: "That's right. Just Fireteam Majestic doing a little community outreach."

''Demarco and Madsen laugh and bump fists while Hoya just scoffs. Cuts to a close up of Grant, who shakes her head in mocking annoyance. Cuts to her POV looking at Thorne.''


 * Grant: "You had people in New Phoenix, didn't you?"


 * Thorne: "I did."


 * Grant: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"


 * Thorne: "It's alright."

Thorne looks down on his holoboard.


 * Thorne: "I'll get over it."


 * Hoya: "Hey, Thorne."

Thorne looks up to Hoya, who gestures at him to come over.


 * Hoya: "You should take a look at this."

Majestic's Pelican is joined by more as they approach the Infinity.


 * Hoya: "There she is, man; Infinity."

HALO: INFINITY

''A wide-shot of the Infinity is shown. Cuts to Majestic's Pelican, which lands at the hanger bay. The hatch opens and Majestic walks out.''


 * Roland: "Ah, Fireteam Majestic."

Cuts to Majestic looking at Roland's avatar.


 * Demarco: "Yeah, that's us"


 * Roland: "Welcome aboard, Spartans. I'm Roland, the ship's AI at your service. On the line, Spartans; someone will be along to show you around shortly."

Roland logs off.


 * Demarco: "Alright, Majestic form up."

As the squad gets in line, the camera turns over to show the Infinity's crew in action.


 * Demarco (to Madsen): "Whoa, take a look."

The camera cuts to a close up of Sarah Palmer walking before changing to an over-the-shoulder shot of her facing Majestic.


 * Madsen: "Oh, my."

Madsen moves but is blocked by Demarco.


 * Demarco: "Uh-uh. I saw her first."

He approaches Palmer as he clears his throat.


 * Demarco: "Hi there."


 * Palmer: "Why, hello. Spartan....?"


 * Demarco: "Paul Demarco. I lead Fireteam Majestic."

Cuts to Palmer.


 * Palmer: "Wow. A whole fireteam, huh?"

Cuts back to Demarco.


 * Demarco: "I didn't...catch your name?"


 * Palmer: "Sarah Palmer."

''Demarco nods. Cuts back to Palmer.''


 * Palmer: "Commander Sarah Palmer. I lead all fireteams onboard Infinity."

Realizing this, Demarco steps back in line.
 * DeMarco: "Fireteam Majestic, Commander on Deck!"

''All of Fireteam Majestic stands at attention and salutes. Cuts to a medium shot of Palmer.''


 * Palmer: "At ease, Spartans."


 * Palmer: "Follow me. S-Deck is this way."

Hoya chuckles as the squad is lead out of view.


 * DeMarco: "Shut it"

Camera cuts to Thorne looking around one last time.


 * Announcer: "Attention all hands, prepare for slip space jump."

''Infinity jumps. Cuts to the Infinity's Bridge. Captain Thomas Lasky is shown observing a holomap of the Covenant Fleet occupying Requiem with Roland.''


 * Roland: "This is the latest sync-in on Covenant fleet locations, Captain. Pretty standard positioning really."

Palmer approaches them.

Lasky: "Commander Palmer."

He nods to Roland, who salutes and then logs off.


 * Lasky: “things get boring in Spartan town?”


 * Palmer: "Captain Lasky. You know I come here for my peace and quiet."

Palmer leans on the desk and crosses her arms as Lasky looks up at her.


 * Palmer: "I'm not interrupting naptime, am I?"

Lasky looks back at the map wearily.


 * Lasky: "On the contrary. Show starts at 05:00"

Palmer uncrosses her arms.


 * Palmer: "We've waited six months. We could spend another 48 hours running the teams through the War Games."

Cuts to Lasky.


 * Lasky: "Navy disagrees with Spartans on this one. We want you ready. Now."