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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vt6jVN7oms '''{''Cutscene''}'''] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vt6jVN7oms '''{''Cutscene''}'''] | ||
''The Phantom dropship swoops down and drops a [[Jiralhanae | ''The Phantom dropship swoops down and drops a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] wielding a Gravity Hammer.'' | ||
*'''Buck''': "Scatter!" | *'''Buck''': "Scatter!" | ||
''The Chieftain, [[Bracktanus]], kills an NMPD officer with his hammer and Romeo fires at the | ''The Chieftain, [[Bracktanus]], kills an NMPD officer with his hammer and Romeo fires at the Bracktanus with his Sniper Rifle, collapsing his shield. A shockwave from the hammer sends the sniper back into a barrier and Bracktanus, using the hammer's bladed end, brings it down on Romeo's chest. Romeo's sniper rifle gets caught on the Bracktanus' hammer and it throws it off, sending the mangled weapon to the streets below.'' | ||
''Giving out a victorious roar, Bracktanus prepares to finish off Romeo, but Buck jumps on its back and stabs him in the neck with his [[combat knife]]. As Bracktanus chokes and gurgles while stumbling around the landing pad, Mickey tries to get a clean shot on it with his shotgun, but is unable to. Thus, he tackles Bracktanus to the ground and Dutch shoulder-charges it, finishing the Brute.'' | ''Giving out a victorious roar, Bracktanus prepares to finish off Romeo, but Buck jumps on its back and stabs him in the neck with his [[combat knife]]. As Bracktanus chokes and gurgles while stumbling around the landing pad, Mickey tries to get a clean shot on it with his shotgun, but is unable to. Thus, he tackles Bracktanus to the ground and Dutch shoulder-charges it, finishing the Brute.'' | ||
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*During the end cutscene, the NMPD officer killed by the Brute Chieftain's [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] has a [[BR55HB battle rifle]], even though the officer holds a Rocket Launcher and nothing else during gameplay, and the Battle Rifle does not otherwise appear in the game. | *During the end cutscene, the NMPD officer killed by the Brute Chieftain's [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] has a [[BR55HB battle rifle]], even though the officer holds a Rocket Launcher and nothing else during gameplay, and the Battle Rifle does not otherwise appear in the game. | ||
*This cutscene is the first instance in a ''Halo'' game of a Brute using the blade side of the Gravity Hammer, although the first time this is ever seen occurs in ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''. Similarly, the scene also shows the first usage of a combat knife in a ''Halo'' FPS game. | *This cutscene is the first instance in a ''Halo'' game of a Brute using the blade side of the Gravity Hammer, although the first time this is ever seen occurs in ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''. Similarly, the scene also shows the first usage of a combat knife in a ''Halo'' FPS game. | ||
*When standing before Romeo's broken sniper rifle in ''[[Mombasa Streets]]'', one cannot tell from where it fell. None of the surrounding buildings are as tall as they were in this level, and the construction crane the player uses to reach the Pelican crash site cannot be seen. | *When standing before Romeo's broken sniper rifle in ''[[Mombasa Streets]]'', one cannot tell from where it fell. None of the surrounding buildings are as tall as they were in this level, and the construction crane the player uses to reach the Pelican crash site cannot be seen. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Concept art=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H3ODST NMPDHQ Concept 1.jpg|A concept piece of the top levels of the building. | File:H3ODST NMPDHQ Concept 1.jpg|A concept piece of the top levels of the building. | ||
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File:H3ODST_NMPDHQ_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the open-air environments. | File:H3ODST_NMPDHQ_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the open-air environments. | ||
File:H3ODST Romeo Art.jpg|Concept art of Romeo and Buck above the rooftops. | File:H3ODST Romeo Art.jpg|Concept art of Romeo and Buck above the rooftops. | ||
</gallery> | |||
===Screenshots=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:H3ODST Menu 07 NMPD HQ.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo 3: ODST'' menu. | File:H3ODST Menu 07 NMPD HQ.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo 3: ODST'' menu. | ||
File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env01.jpg|A Phantom drops troops at one of the landing pads. | File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env01.jpg|A Phantom drops troops at one of the landing pads. | ||
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File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env02.jpg|The Pelican crash-landed on a rooftop under construction. | File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env02.jpg|The Pelican crash-landed on a rooftop under construction. | ||
File:H3ODST NMPD Holdout.jpg|Four members of Alpha-Nine reunited at the crash site. | File:H3ODST NMPD Holdout.jpg|Four members of Alpha-Nine reunited at the crash site. | ||
File:Buck Knife.png| | File:HTMCC-H3ODST Dutch&Romeo.jpg|Dutch and Romeo defending the crash site. | ||
File:HTMCC-H3ODST Romeo&Missile 4.jpg|Romeo destroys a Banshee with a barrage of missiles. | |||
File:Buck Knife.png|Bracktanus moments before Buck stabs him in the neck. | |||
File:HTMCC-H3ODST Bracktanus&Mickey.jpg|Mickey takes aim at Bracktanus after Buck stabbed the Chieftain's neck. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||