Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation

ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A is a viral campaign for Halo 3: ODST, based on the live-action "The Life" trailer. It contains 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.

Description
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. 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.

The program consists of a panel 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. A part of each interview is "Classified", requiring 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.

Interviews
Dutch

Romeo

Mickey

Hidden codes
There are four hidden codes located throughout the interviews, each of which unlocks a brief clip.


 * Dutch: Found in the live-action trailer The Life during the drop scene - 12-485-TA.


 * Romeo: Found on Buck's display during Dutch's interview - 15-926-PI.


 * Mickey: Found on Buck's display during Romeo's interview - 47-074-SN.


 * Wallpaper: To receive five screenshots from the We Are ODST short - 06-078-TI.

Behind the scenes
Several of the memory scenes were filmed at the same location as The Life. Special effects where done by Matthew Law.

Trivia

 * 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.
 * Buck erroneously refers to Solemn Penance as a cruiser 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.