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{{Center|This article is about the Halo 4 cinematic. For the Halo 2 music piece, see [[Prologue (music)]].}}

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*[[Mission 1: Assault on CF-32|''Assault on CF-32'']] (chronologically)

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'''Prologue''' is the first level of ''[[Halo 4]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[campaign]]. Rather than featuring gameplay, it is a cutscene depicting [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and her thoughts on the [[SPARTAN-II Program]].

''Open on a line of beds. They are made of plastic, with no sheets, and are enclosed by glass walls. Children inside them are sleeping. Pan to a boy sitting on one of the beds. His head is shaved and he wears a gray uniform that reads "[[John-117|JOHN]]". He looks up at his viewer, his eyes grave.''

''Fade in to a closeup of Halsey's eyes. She seems tired and grave.''

*'''Interrogator''': "You kidnapped them."  

*'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "Children's minds are more easily accepting of indoctrination, their bodies more adaptable to augmentation. The result was the ultimate soldier."

''Cut to John, now fully armored and being inspected by technicians. He towers over all of them.''<!--The main Spartan featured throughout the cutscene has the number 117 written in Braille on his chest.-->

*'''Halsey''': "And because of our success, when the [[Covenant]] invaded, we were ready."

*'''Interrogator''': "Dr. Halsey, you're bending history for your favor and you know it. You developed the Spartans to crush [[Insurrection|human rebellion]], not to fight the Covenant."

*'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "When one human world after another fell..."

*'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "When my Spartans were all that stood between humanity and extinction..."

''The Spartans land. A Sangheili snarls at them. The Spartans take cover and shoot down some of the Sangheili who return fire, flaring the shields on the Spartans' armor, while the lead Sangheili calmly steps forward and fires back. Cut to the Spartans advancing, still firing.''

*'''Interrogator (voiceover)''': "So you feel in the end that your choices were ''justified''."

*'''Interrogator''': "The Master Chief is dead."

*'''Interrogator''': "''Catherine'', [[ONI Directive 930|Spartans never die]]."

**The Covenant Elites are likewise depicted wearing their patchwork equipment seen in the present day, under Jul 'Mdama's Covenant. They do however use the then-present Plasma Rifles.

*According to ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', John met Cortana when her chip was inserted into his neural interface for the first time. This occurred just after he received his second-generation [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V Mjolnir armor]] and took place inside a large tent. However, the cutscene shows Cortana being introduced in holographic form outside his suit, which is depicted as the aforementioned Mark VI; the meeting seems to take place inside a bunker (likely inside [[CASTLE Base]]) rather than a surgical tent. The comic ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' also shows John being introduced to Cortana via her avatar, although John is correctly depicted as wearing his new Mark V suit.

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