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{{ | {{Title|''Halo: Arms Race''}} | ||
{{ | {{Status|RealWorld}} | ||
{{ | {{Film infobox | ||
|image = [[File:Misriah Armory 1.JPG|250px]] | |image = [[File:Misriah Armory 1.JPG|250px]] | ||
| | |name = Halo: Arms Race | ||
|director = [[Neill Blomkamp]] | |director = [[Neill Blomkamp]] | ||
|producer = | |producer = | ||
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|starring = | |starring = | ||
|music = | |music = | ||
|studio = [[Bungie Studios]]<br>[[ | |studio = [[Bungie|Bungie Studios]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Weta Digital|Weta Digital]]<br>[[Origami Digital LLC]] | ||
|distributor = | |distributor = | ||
|release date = July 10, 2007 | |release date = [[2007 (real world)|July 10, 2007]] | ||
|runtime = | |runtime = | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Halo: Arms Race''' is a short video created in collaboration with [[Bungie Studios]], [[Neill Blomkamp]], [[WETA Workshop]] and [[Origami Digital LLC]] | |||
'''''Halo: Arms Race''''' is a short video created in collaboration with [[Bungie|Bungie Studios]], [[Neill Blomkamp]], [[WETA Workshop]] and [[Origami Digital LLC]] and the first piece of live-action media in the ''Halo'' series. Released on [[2007 (real world)|July 10, 2007]] on [[Bungie.net]] only hours after the [[Halo 3 E3 2007 Trailer|''Halo 3'' E3 2007 Trailer]], the video is intended primarily as an experiment to test Halo's real-world media potential as well as advertisement for ''[[Halo 3]]''. It runs for 1 minute 52 seconds.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=ethreeblowout Bungie.net E3 post]</ref> It is part one in a trilogy of short films known as ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''. | |||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
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The video contains no dialog, instead narrating with text from a computer. It begins with the request from a [[UNSC]] [[Battle Group]], [[Sol Defense Group 3/A-5]] requesting repair and resupply. Once the request has been granted the video then goes on to show production of [[SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper | The video contains no dialog, instead narrating with text from a computer. It begins with the request from a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Battle group|Battle Group]], [[Sol Defense Group 3/A-5]], requesting repair and resupply. Once the request has been granted, the video then goes on to show production of [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifles]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] helmets and suits, [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]s, [[D77-TC Pelican]]s, [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]]s, and [[M6G2 magnum|M6G Magnums]] on the assembly line and ready for action in a [[Misriah Armory]] facility on [[Mars]]. It also shows several shots of the enlistment of UNSC Marines into a unit called [[S4/BAG/2/5]] (including the addition of a barcode to the back of a [[Benjamín Núñez|Marine]]'s neck, as well as being injected with an augmentation drug or electronic ID such as an [[Identification friend or foe|IFF transponder]]), and then the arming of the marines. Finally, the short cuts to a marine holding a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle stands on war-stricken ground when an explosive detonates next to him, before ending with ''"Halo 3, Finish the Fight."'' | ||
== | ==Transcript== | ||
* | {{Expand-section}} | ||
'''<\ Initiating scan… <br> | |||
'''<\ IFF Confirmed : Sol defense group 3\A-5 <br> | |||
'''<\ Current vessels : 02\08 <br> | |||
'''>>*Readiness levels critical* <br> | |||
'''>>*Request immediate re-armament* <br> | |||
'''<\ Request granted. <br> | |||
'''<\ Re-armament initialized. <br> | |||
'''<\ Finish the fight…''' | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
File:Update cougarhuting.jpg|The weapons featured in the | File:Update cougarhuting.jpg|The weapons featured in the Arms Race in the hands of [[Bungie]] employees. | ||
File:UNSC Bar Coded Marine.png|The | File:UNSC Bar Coded Marine.png|The barcode tattooed on the back of a UNSC Marine's neck is scanned in the film. | ||
File:Halo 3 ODST.png|ODST | File:Halo 3 ODST.png|[[ODST]] helmets as depicted in Arms Race. | ||
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|[[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]] [[Oscar 6]] about to enter service. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]'' | |||
*[[Halo: Landfall]] | *''[[Halo: Combat]]'' | ||
*[[Halo: Combat]] | *''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]'' | ||
*[[Halo: Last One Standing]] | |||
==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{ | {{Trailer}} | ||
[[Category:Halo 3]] | [[Category:Halo 3]] | ||
[[Category:Cinematics]] | [[Category:Cinematics]] | ||
[[Category:Film]] | [[Category:Film]] | ||
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