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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nThfTVQ2pL0 '''{''Anniversary-only Cutscene''}''']

''Opens to an orange sky. A [[Type-56 Lich]] flies among the clouds. Cut to the inside of the Lich. A [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sword of Sanghelios]] member faces [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] [[Jameson Locke]].''

[[File:H2A - Alpha Halo remains.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The burning remnants of Installation 04 as the Covenant armada converges on Threshold.]]

''Fade in on the broken pieces of [[Installation 04]], still burning. Groups of [[The Covenant|Covenant]] {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}s prowl among them.''

[[File:H2A - Regret and Truth.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Regret insists to Truth that 'Vadamee be punished for his failure immediately.]]

''View fades to a new background. The circular ornament on the Prophet of Truth's headpiece is replaced by Earth's moon.  The view then pans to [[Earth]] itself, focusing on three orbital [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] [[Orbital Defense Platform|stations]] in orbit. A few [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ships fly past.''

*'''[[Unidentified Master Gunnery Sergeant|Master Gunnery Sergeant]]''': "Your [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|plating]] was about to fail, there's viscosity throughout the [[Hydrostatic Gel|gel]] layer..."

[[File:H2A - Tell that to the Covenant.jpg|thumb|300px|right|John-117 with his new armor.]]

In an early draft of the level storyboarded by [[Joseph Staten]], the opening shot would have shown the intact segments of Alpha Halo and panned up to reveal the destruction caused by John-117 in the last game. This idea was scrapped as the technology available at the time could not support rendering such a scene in 3D, requiring the ring to instead be composed of a matte painting.{{Ref/Twitter|joestaten|1358173717659066376|Joseph Staten|Quote=Cleaning out basement closets, found some of my #Halo 2 storyboards tucked into a random box. Setting aside embarrassment at my "art" skills}}{{Ref/Twitter|joestaten|1358174544721113088|Joseph Staten|Quote=Interesting to note elements that didn't make it into the final version. For example, we decided not to build a 3D model of the broken ring, opting for simpler matte elements instead--which meant we couldn't pull of the rotation reveal of the broken section.}}{{Ref/Twitter|joestaten|1358175082690928640|Joseph Staten|Quote=Indeed, Halo 2 had so many complex cinematics that matte paintings were essential in many places. I think our brains would have exploded (in a good way) had we known that, someday, all our work would be remastered in full 3D glory.}}

File:H2A - Armory sergeant.jpg|''Cairo Station''{{'}}s Armory Sergeant assesses the damage on the Master Chief's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V armor]].  

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