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==Opening cinematic== | ==Opening cinematic== | ||
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''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity. | ''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity. | ||
* '''Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the dragon lady, anyway?" | * '''Tedra Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the dragon lady, anyway?" | ||
* '''Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all." | * '''Gabriel Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all." | ||
* '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun." | * '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun." | ||
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* '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work." | * '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work." | ||
''Cut to ''Infinity'' floating in space.'' | |||
{{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}} | {{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}} | ||
''Halsey | ''Cut to Halsey at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and the Requiem artifact surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.'' | ||
* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the original Spartans." | * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the original Spartans." | ||
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''Cut to | ''Cut to Palmer and Lasky on the bridge of the'' Infinity. | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Roland, bring up REQ-153-N." | * '''Palmer:''' "[[Roland (AI)|Roland]], bring up REQ-153-N." | ||
* '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy." | * '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy." | ||
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* '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland." | * '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland." | ||
''An | ''An hologram of a Pelican getting shot down appears on the holo-table.'' | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Castle Team just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]]. | * '''Palmer:''' "[[Fireteam Castle|Castle Team]] just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]]. | ||
* '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the Librarian AI the Master Chief encountered? | * '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the [[Librarian]] AI [[John-117|the Master Chief]] [[Reclaimer (level)|encountered]]?" | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else." | * '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else." | ||
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* '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough." | * '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough." | ||
''The | ''The scene lingers on the face of a holographic representation of Jul.'' | ||
''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues reading what is on the screen of her data pad.'' | ''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues reading what is on the screen of her data pad.'' | ||
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* '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?" | * '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?" | ||
* '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the Spartans, because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were killed in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them." | * '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the [[Spartan (branch)|Spartans]], because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were killed in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them." | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?" | * '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?" | ||
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* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?" | * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?" | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "Prometheus stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer." | ''Halsey faces Thorne, with the data pad around her arms on her back.'' | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "[[Wikipedia:Prometheus|Prometheus]] stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer." | |||
* '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines." | * '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines." | ||
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* '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working." | * '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working." | ||
''Requiem. Doctor Glassman, wearing a vest rigged with plasma explosives, works near a Forerunner device while being watched over by [[Gek]]. Glassman slaps a machine a few times.'' | ''Cut to structure in Requiem. Doctor Glassman, wearing a vest rigged with plasma explosives, works near a Forerunner device while being watched over by [[Gek]]. Glassman slaps a machine a few times.'' | ||
* '''Glassman:''' "Come on..." | * '''Glassman:''' "Come on..." | ||
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* '''Glassman:''' "I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!" | * '''Glassman:''' "I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!" | ||
* ''''Mdama | ''''Mdama growls in irritation.'' | ||
* ''''Mdama:''' "(''English'') Progress??!!!" | |||
* '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!" | * '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!" | ||
''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck.'' | ''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck. The two Sangheili growl.'' | ||
* '''Glassman:''' "Okay okay okay, uh, no need for a translation there." | |||
''Glassman turns around to look at the Forerunner device.'' | |||
* '''Glassman:''' " | * '''Glassman:''': "You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?" | ||
* ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining." | * ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining." | ||
'' | ''As Jul 'Mdama paces around the Forerunner device, the other Sangheili cheer and raise their swords.'' | ||
* ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own." | * ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own." | ||
''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background.'' | ''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background as 'Mdama turns to look at Glassman. Cut to black.'' | ||
{{SO Season One}} | {{SO Season One}} | ||
[[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]] | [[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]] | ||