Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation



The Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation was a site used to market Halo 3: ODST before the release of the game. It contained video footage of Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck interviewing prospective members for Alpha-Nine: Corporal Taylor Miles, Lance Corporal Kojo Agu, and Private First Class Michael Crespo. It was release to coincide with the release of The Life live-action trailer.

Description
The website takes the form of the ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A, a program with video screens on the left and right, a search bar with multiple key words related to the interview, and various monitors of the applicant's status. The video of the interview itself is shown on the left side of the panel, while the screen on the right side shows the current thoughts of the applicant. Below the screens, interviews of the three Marines can be selected.

The interviews are set in a soundproof room in which a neural marker is used to monitor the applicant's thoughts during the course of the interview. In the beginning, the applicant is asked to think about a certain subject, such as a bird, river or a flower, the association of which will be the "baseline image" of the interview.

Classified
A part of each interview is "Classified" by the ONI Security Directive M-98 under ONI ORDER 12.45-VD, requiring "Class 4" access in the form of a hidden code in order to be unlocked. These clips open up in a new window, and can be viewed from different angles by click-and-dragging the mouse.


 * 12-485-TA: Found in the live-action trailer The Life during the drop scene - Revealed the video locked in Dutch's assessment.


 * 15-926-PI: Found on Buck's display during Dutch's interview - Revealed the video locked in Romeo's assessment.


 * 47-047-SN: Found on Buck's display during Romeo's interview - Revealed the video locked in Mickey's assessment.


 * 06-078-TI: Found on Buck's display during Mickey's interview - Unlocked five screenshots from the live-action trailer The Life.

Interviews
Dutch

Romeo

Mickey

Behind the scenes
Several of the memory scenes were filmed at the same location as The Life. Special effects where done by Matthew Law. The part of Romeo's interview where he remembers an assassination mission is likely filmed in the same place that hosted K. Stark's funeral in The Life. The set is actually the interior of a Hungarian nuclear power plant's cooling tower. Several other filming locations appear to be the same as well.

The principal characters and numerous extras are filmed in live-action. The squad members are portrayed by different actors than their in-game counterparts, even Buck, despite his appearance being modeled on his voice actor, Nathan Fillion. Mickey was played by actor Jose Pablo Cantillo.

Trivia

 * Buck erroneously refers to Solemn Penance as a cruiser in Dutch's interview.
 * In Dutch's interview at 01:38:49, a brief clip of Halo 3: ODST's intro cinematic is used to represent Dutch's memory of a combat drop. While the image is slightly whited out, certain details such as the New Mombasa Orbital Elevator can be seen from the pod's windows.