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| | ls this to Silva, who professes that she will miss him if he leaves. The two kiss but are interrupted as an evacuation alarm goes off. |
| {{Title|''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''}}
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| {{disambig header|the web series|the UNSC ship|UNSC Forward Unto Dawn}}
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| |image=[[File:FUD-Poster.jpg|250px]]
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| |name=''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''
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| |director=[[Wikipedia:Stewart Hendler|Stewart Hendler]]
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| |writer=*Todd Helbing
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| *Aaron Helbing
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| |music=*[[Neil Davidge]]
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| *Nathan Lanier
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| |release date= *''Series'': [[2012|October 5-November 2, 2012]] <ref name="Bulletin 5252012">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/05/25/The-Halo-Bulletin-52512.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Bulletin 5.25.2012'']</ref>
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| *''Special Edition'': November 6, 2012
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| *''Blu-ray/DVD'': December 4, 2012 <ref name="thb101012"/>
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| *''Deluxe Edition'': [[2013|May 27, 2013]] <ref name="cvg">[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/395420/halo-4-forward-unto-dawn-gets-blu-raydvd-release-in-may/ '''CVG:''' ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn gets Blu-ray/DVD release in May'']</ref>
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| December 4, 2012.<ref name="thb101012">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12'']</ref> Originally released on the MachinimaPrime YouTube channel, episodes 3-5 of the series were taken offline on YouTube some time following the release of the ''Special Edition'', but are back online in certain regions as of September 2013.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbBYG77VeCE '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn - Part 3 (Live-Action Halo Series)'']</ref>
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| ==Synopsis==
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| ===Plot summary===
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| {{Main|l1=Webseries transcripts|1=Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn/Transcripts}}
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| [[File:FUD - Hastati Squad.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Hastati Squad]] during a training exercise.]]
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| The series begins with [[Thomas Lasky]], [[executive officer]] of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, picking up [[Cortana]]'s [[Emergency locator beacon|distress signal]] from the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, which has been adrift in space for four yerother [[Cadmon Lasky|Cadmon]], with whom he used to have regular video correspondence. Most of Lasky's classmates, particularly [[Walter Vickers]], are unrelenting in their provocation of Thomas, affirming their distaste for the freshman who fails to live up to the example set by his brother and his [[Lasky (colonel)|mother]], a [[UNSC Defense Force|UNSCDF]] [[colonel]] and former superior of CAMS professor, [[K. L. Mehaffey|Colonel Mehaffey]]. One of the few cadets sympathetic to him is [[Chyler Silva]], who attempts to encourage Thomas to be a better leader, and [[Michael Sullivan]], who cares little about his performance and focuses on hacking classified UNSC mission recordings, eventually uncovering footage recorded by a [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]]'s helmet camera. Another Hastati Squad member, [[Junjie Chen]], struggles to live up to the expectations of his father and is concerned about Lasky's poor performance decreasing his combat scores. Frustrated by the verbal and minor physical harassment he receives from Vickers, Lasky eventually assaults his squadmate in the school's [[mess hall]]. Lasky mildly injures Vickers and only stops when Colonel Mehaffey intervenes. Despite Lasky's consistent misbehavior, the Colonel makes an effort to have him embrace the warrior culture of the UNSC and inspire him to become a better leader.
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| Mehaffey's efforts dawn on Lasky and he volunteers to lead Hastati moments prior to the start of their final combat exercise, a contest of [[Capture the Flag]]. While waiting for [[Zuma Squad]] to approach their flag's location, Lasky organizes Hastati into cover in a tight formation adjacent their flag, a seemingly ill-tactical maneuver. Lasky orders his men to remove their [[CH252 helmet|helmets]] as they contain [[Identification friend or foe|IFF transponders]] detectable by the enemy's [[motion tracker|motion sensors]]. With Zuma converging on Hastati's flag, Lasky positions his squad in a formation reminiscent of the [[Wikipedia:Pincer movement|pincer movement]], a tactic utilized to great effect by [[Wikipedia:Hannibal|Hannibal]] at [[Wikipedia:Battle of Cannae|Cannae]] in 216 BCE, taught to the freshman cadets only a day before the exercise by Col. Mehaffey. Funneled into a trap, the enemy cadets are eliminated or captured by two sections of Hastati cadets, with Hastati suffering no casualties of their own in the process. An emboldened Lasky, charging towards Zuma's flag, finally succumbs to his ailing health and collapses meters away from completing the objective.
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| Lasky wakes up and is informed by [[Hughes|Dr. Hughes]] that his condition is an allergic reaction to the cryo drug [[cytoprethaline]], which is vital for cryo-sleep to prevent damage to cells. Resting in his room, Lasky wakes up to see Chyler sitting beside him and watching his recordings. She urges him to stop wallowing in his brother's death and expresses concern for his condition; she also reveals that Hastati Squad was victorious in the capture the flag exercise, congratulating Lasky for his tactical maneuver. Lasky and Silva then join the rest of Hastati Squad to watch the classified recordings Sullivan has pieced together. To the great bemusement of the cadets, the footage shows [[SPARTAN-II Program|large soldiers]] in [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|unfamiliar armor]], fighting [[Covenant|unknown hostiles]] alongside Insurrectionists. The cadets are shocked by the soldiers appearance, although Silva is more surprised that the UNSC would be fighting alongside the Insurrectionists. Shortly afterward, Lasky learns that because of the severity of his cytoprethaline allergy, he is offered the choice for a medical discharge. The following night, Lasky reveals this to Silva, who professes that she will miss him if he leaves. The two kiss but are interrupted as an evacuation alarm goes off.
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| Lasky and Silva join the rest of Hastati Squad in a queue for the academy's [[space elevator]], while [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] drop in to the academy grounds. The stress of waiting proves too much for [[Dimah Tchakova]], who against the orders of their squad leader [[April Orenski]] rushes in front of the queue and invokes her mother's position to allow a Marine to let her in the next elevator car. As the car ascends, the rest of the cadets watch in horror as three [[SDV-class heavy corvette|alien ships]] appear in the clouds and one of them opens fire on the space tether. The tether's lower structure collapses on the building and the members of Hastati Squad barely escape the destruction. | | Lasky and Silva join the rest of Hastati Squad in a queue for the academy's [[space elevator]], while [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] drop in to the academy grounds. The stress of waiting proves too much for [[Dimah Tchakova]], who against the orders of their squad leader [[April Orenski]] rushes in front of the queue and invokes her mother's position to allow a Marine to let her in the next elevator car. As the car ascends, the rest of the cadets watch in horror as three [[SDV-class heavy corvette|alien ships]] appear in the clouds and one of them opens fire on the space tether. The tether's lower structure collapses on the building and the members of Hastati Squad barely escape the destruction. |
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| The cadets make their way through the embattled academy campus and Lasky witnesses Col. Mehaffey being killed by [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] fire. Hastati Squad regroups in Lasky's dorm room, but they are forced to move out as a [[Sangheili Zealot]] approaches, methodically slaughtering other cadets in their rooms. As the Elite enters another room, the cadets make a break for it with Chen taking point; however, Chen is killed by a [[active camouflage|camouflaged]] Zealot. The other cadets manage to escape to the armory and seal the [[door]], with Lasky raising a distress beacon. The Elite eventually breaks through the armory's door and the cadets hide, Vickers being separated from the others. As the Elite closes in on the cadets' hiding spot, Vickers attempts to distract it to allow the others to escape but is promptly killed. The other cadets are only saved by the timely arrival of [[John-117]], who kills the Zealot by stabbing it in the back.
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| [[File:FUD - Chief n cadets.jpg|thumb|250px|The surviving cadets meet John-117.]]
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| The Spartan reveals that Lasky, Silva, Orenski and Sullivan are the only survivors on the entire planet and that they are to be evacuated; they will join with the rest of the [[Blue Team|Spartan team]] at the rendezvous point. Making their way outside, they are caught in a firefight with [[Kig-Yar|Jackal]] snipers and Sullivan is wounded. After the Spartan neutralizes the Covenant sharpshooters, the group use the now-deceased [[Black|General Black]]'s [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]] to drive out of the academy toward the evac point. | | The Spartan reveals that Lasky, Silva, Orenski and Sullivan are the only survivors on the entire planet and that they are to be evacuated; they will join with the rest of the [[Blue Team|Spartan team]] at the rendezvous point. Making their way outside, they are caught in a firefight with [[Kig-Yar|Jackal]] snipers and Sullivan is wounded. After the Spartan neutralizes the Covenant sharpshooters, the group use the now-deceased [[Black|General Black]]'s [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]] to drive out of the academy toward the evac point. |
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