Halo Wars Call to Battle trailer

zWPpoNK070w The Call to Battle trailer was a trailer released by Ensemble Studios for Halo Wars. It was released on February 5, 2009 to promote the Halo Wars demo, which became available on the same day. The trailer features prominent campaign footage, including both gameplay and cinematic extracts.

Transcript
''The and its Pods approach Harvest's orbit. Several wrecked ships are seen adrift while the surface of the planet bears marks of plasma bombardments.'' ''Fades to black. The bridge of the Spirit of Fire appears.'' Cutter consults a hologram of Harvest. ''Fades to black. Alpha Base is shown under Covenant attack.''
 * Narrator: "When the call came to fight, we answered."
 * Captain Cutter: "Bring the ship to alert."
 * Narrator: "At first, we didn't know who or what we were up against."

''Fades to black. Two Spirit dropships are flying over Covenant infantry, on a rocky landscape of Shield World 0459. ''Fades to black. Warthogs are seen at a devastated Alpha Base. Several Shortswords are flying over.'' ''One of the Shortswords flies towards the camera. Cuts to black.''
 * Narrator: "By the time we figured it out, we realized that to survive, we couldn't do this alone..."
 * Narrator: "We would need an army."

Several Covenant forces are battling UNSC forces in a Forerunner environment.

Closeup on a squad of Marines being overwhelmed and killed.

A civilian cargo ship is attacked by Banshees.

The ship is then destroyed.

Several UNSC forces are crossing a broken bridge near Alpha Base.

An Elite dual wielding Energy Swords leads Covenant infantry against UNSC forces.

Red Team arrives aboard a Warthog in a jungle.

COMMAND THE FORCES

Several UNSC and Covenant soldiers are clashing at Pirth City on Arcadia.

Several vehicles are also battling in the city.

CONTROL THE BATTLEFIELD

Warthogs are crossing the broken bridge once more.

Warthogs are attacking Covenant structures.

UNSC forces bomb Covenant infantry.

DEFEAT THE COVENANT

A Covenant army is crossing a Forerunner bridge.

Closeup on several Jackal units.

Elites are rushing towards Red Team.

The Spartans ready their weapons.

Cuts to glowing particles which transform into the following.

HALO WARS

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