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Revision as of 14:45, October 13, 2006
In the Behind the Scenes show on the DVD that comes with the Limited Collector's Edition of Halo 2, Joseph Staten flips rapidly through an early cinematic script of Halo 2. All that can be transcribed is here. The undecipherable material has been denoted by question marks.
Note that "Dervish" was an early word for "Arbiter".
The Script
First Page
A white title fades onto the black screen.
- On and on shall old war go,
- Without respite my blood will flow
- O’er your eyes ‘til they cannot see
- The impossibility of victory.
- --Excerpt from the Writ of Union
- Unknown Covenant Author
The title fades away, leaving a BLACK SCREEN. Beat.
FADE IN on the massive Covenant Holy City, "High Charity", hanging on orbit above the gas-giant, "Threshold".
As the camera ZOOMS slowly forward, distant voices emit from inside the High Charity’s Council-Chamber.
- ELITE COMMANDER (V.O.)
- There was only one.
- PROPHET OF TRUTH (V.O.)
- One? Are you sure?
- ELITE COMMANDER (V.O.)
- Yes.
Beat…
- ELITE COMMANDER (V.O.)
- The Demon.
- FADE IN
C205_20 INT. HIGH CHARITY – COUNCIL CHAMBER – CONT.
From the back, DOLLY PAST a row of seated PROPHET COUNCILORS and toward the center of the Council Chamber. The PROPHET COUNCILORS comment amongst themselves.
- PROPHET COUNCILORS
- (excited muttering)
Other Pages
COMMAND DECK - CONT.
??? closed elevator door. The elevator comes to a stop with audible weapons fire off-camera. The elevator door opens with a swoosh. MIRANDA exits the elevator, followed by MASTER CHIEF, and JOHNSON who is frozen in a painful wince.
??? on the Command Deck. Station ??? tasks with quick determination. They have a ??? win.
MIRANDA, MASTER CHIEF, and JOHNSON ??? center of the Command Deck where LORD HOOD ???
- LORD HOOD
- ??? Commander?
MIRANDA squares her shoulders. This is the moment she has been working for her whole career.
- MIRANDA
- Yes, sir!
LORD HOOD smiles at MIRANDA. She’s just like her father. Turns toward the MASTER CHIEF.
- LORD HOOD
- Master Chief, you will lead the assault on the Covenant vessel.
FOCUS on the MASTER CHIEF and JOHNSON.
- LORD HOOD (O. C.)
- Sergeant Johnson and the In Amber Clad’s company of ODSTs will provide support.
??? an elite ??? they are trained for ??? "Human Entry Vehicles"
??? and is built to ??? a high-impact ??? line both sides of the ???
???. He stands by his HEV’s hatch ??? to jump-to-it.
- JOHNSON
- Get in your cans, sardines!
ODST's hustle past JOHNSON, grab hold of their Warthog entry bars, and swing into position.
- JOHNSON (O. C.)
- I wanna hear those bindings pop!
???11) INT. IN AMBER CLAD – HEV – CONT.
- CORTANA
- All the data I retrieved was true. How can ONI be so blind?
Focus` away from the holo-tank on MIRANDA. She and JOHNSON can get a better look.
- LORD HOOD
- Station, bring up this morning’s tac-record, timestamp delta-four-eleven.
FULL ON the HOLO-TANK. Earth is in the center of the tank. The COVENANT fleet is packed tightly together a good distance away from Earth. The human fleet is displayed in a loose line between Earth and the Covenant fleet.
??? EARTH – CONT.
Moves "up" toward the camera. Ship turns aft, rotates 180 degrees and, thrashing like a shark’s in bright water, turns away from the camera.
??-ound, "beneath" the IN AMBER CLAD. The FLEET has visibly split to deal with the two-man attack.
???_17 INT. IN AMBER CLAD – HEV – CONT.
PROPHET OF TRUTH stands with ELITE COMMANDER.
- ELITE COMMANDER
- What if...
ELITE COMMANDER opens his eyes.
- ELITE COMMANDER CONT’D
- …if there were no wars?
ELITE COMMANDER turns to PROPHET OF TRUTH.
- ELITE COMMANDER
- What if there was no Humans, no strife, no Dervish?
- PROPHET OF TRUTH
- There will always be moments of doubt when honor matters less than swift resolution. We war, commander, because our lords feel we must.
??? of ??? fighter is ??? for the best. The ???
???? Grunts at the second site. ????? the time they have found, but ????
???? ELITE at the third site. He takes a ??? the wars as the Grunt works.
- WOUNDED ELITE
- ??? to you… Commander.
???? DERVISH. He smiles, and squeezes the ??? soldier.
???? background, the SPEC-OPS OFFICER is engaged in a ???? discussion with a life-size holographic image of the PROPHET OF TRUTH and the PROPHET OF MERCY.
???? and motions to the group of ????
- BRACKTANUS
- I beseech the decision of the Hierarchs.We do not plan on saving this system.
, dumbfounded as TARTARUS ????? control room. The two BRUTE ????? lift the ????? them, and heft it away from the
??? is the DERVISH. Slowly, he raises his head to ???? that he has caught the MONITOR’S garland.
???? SLOW ZOOM toward the garland until one third ???? perimeter fills the right side of the frame.
