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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vt6jVN7oms '''{''Cutscene''}''']
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vt6jVN7oms '''{''Cutscene''}''']


''The Phantom dropship swoops down and drops a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Brute Chieftain]] wielding a Gravity Hammer.''
''The Phantom dropship swoops down and drops a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] wielding a Gravity Hammer.''


*'''Buck''': "Scatter!"
*'''Buck''': "Scatter!"


''The Chieftain, [[Bracktanus]], kills an NMPD officer with his hammer and Romeo fires at the Chieftain with his Sniper Rifle, collapsing its shield. A shockwave from the hammer sends the sniper back into a barrier and the Chieftain, using its hammer's bladed end, brings it down on Romeo's chest. Romeo's sniper rifle gets caught on the Chieftain's hammer and it throws it off, sending the mangled weapon to the streets below.''
''The Chieftain, [[Bracktanus]], kills an NMPD officer with his hammer and Romeo fires at Bracktanus with his Sniper Rifle, collapsing his shield. A shockwave from the hammer sends the sniper back into a barrier and Bracktanus, using the hammer's bladed end, brings it down on Romeo's chest. Romeo's sniper rifle gets caught on the Bracktanus' hammer and it throws it off, sending the mangled weapon to the streets below.''


''Giving out a victorious roar, Bracktanus prepares to finish off Romeo, but Buck jumps on its back and stabs him in the neck with his [[combat knife]]. As Bracktanus chokes and gurgles while stumbling around the landing pad, Mickey tries to get a clean shot on it with his shotgun, but is unable to. Thus, he tackles Bracktanus to the ground and Dutch shoulder-charges it, finishing the Brute.''
''Giving out a victorious roar, Bracktanus prepares to finish off Romeo, but Buck jumps on its back and stabs him in the neck with his [[combat knife]]. As Bracktanus chokes and gurgles while stumbling around the landing pad, Mickey tries to get a clean shot on it with his shotgun, but is unable to. Thus, he tackles Bracktanus to the ground and Dutch shoulder-charges it, finishing the Brute.''
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*Just before the level ends, Buck will announce the arrival of the final Phantom by yelling "Chieftain!" In the [[Theater]], however, the viewer can use free-roam mode to go near the Phantom for a few seconds. At the right angle, the viewer can see that the inside of the Phantom is actually empty.
*Just before the level ends, Buck will announce the arrival of the final Phantom by yelling "Chieftain!" In the [[Theater]], however, the viewer can use free-roam mode to go near the Phantom for a few seconds. At the right angle, the viewer can see that the inside of the Phantom is actually empty.
*The end cutscene shows Romeo with a Sniper Rifle no matter what weapon the player was using at the level's end.
*The end cutscene shows Romeo with a Sniper Rifle no matter what weapon the player was using at the level's end.
*During the end cutscene, the NMPD officer killed by the Brute Chieftain's [[Gravity Hammer]] has a [[BR55HB Battle Rifle|Battle Rifle]], even though the officer holds a Rocket Launcher and nothing else during gameplay, and the Battle Rifle does not otherwise appear in the game.
*During the end cutscene, the NMPD officer killed by the Brute Chieftain's [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] has a [[BR55HB battle rifle]], even though the officer holds a Rocket Launcher and nothing else during gameplay, and the Battle Rifle does not otherwise appear in the game.
*This cutscene is the first instance in a ''Halo'' game of a Brute using the blade side of the Gravity Hammer, although the first time this is ever seen occurs in ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''. Likewise, the scene also shows the first usage of a Combat knife in any Halo game.
*This cutscene is the first instance in a ''Halo'' game of a Brute using the blade side of the Gravity Hammer, although the first time this is ever seen occurs in ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''. Similarly, the scene also shows the first usage of a combat knife in a ''Halo'' FPS game.
*Edward Buck's stabbing of the Chieftain in the neck may have also inspired the standard Spartan assassination to an Elite in Halo: Reach.  
*When standing before Romeo's broken sniper rifle in ''[[Mombasa Streets]]'', one cannot tell from where it fell. None of the surrounding buildings are as tall as they were in this level, and the construction crane the player uses to reach the Pelican crash site cannot be seen.
*When standing before Romeo's broken sniper rifle in ''[[Mombasa Streets]]'', one cannot tell from where it fell. None of the surrounding buildings are as tall as they were in this level, and the construction crane the player uses to reach the Pelican crash site cannot be seen.
*In this level, the player will start with 21 rounds of Sniper Rifle in total (1/20), a reference of 7 (21/3 = 7).


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Concept art===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H3ODST NMPDHQ Concept 1.jpg|A concept piece of the top levels of the building.
File:H3ODST NMPDHQ Concept 1.jpg|A concept piece of the top levels of the building.
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File:H3ODST_NMPDHQ_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the open-air environments.
File:H3ODST_NMPDHQ_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the open-air environments.
File:H3ODST Romeo Art.jpg|Concept art of Romeo and Buck above the rooftops.
File:H3ODST Romeo Art.jpg|Concept art of Romeo and Buck above the rooftops.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:H3ODST Menu 07 NMPD HQ.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo 3: ODST'' menu.
File:H3ODST Menu 07 NMPD HQ.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo 3: ODST'' menu.
File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env01.jpg|A Phantom drops troops at one of the landing pads.
File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env01.jpg|A Phantom drops troops at one of the landing pads.
File:H3ODST NMPDHQPhantomHuragok.png|A Phantom carrying Huragok passing by in the distance.
File:H3ODST Romeo Sniping.jpg|Romeo eliminates a Jackal with his sniper rifle.
File:H3ODST Romeo Sniping.jpg|Romeo eliminates a Jackal with his sniper rifle.
File:H3ODST NMPD HQ Buck and Romeo.jpg|Buck and Romeo on their way to the crashed Pelican.
File:H3ODST NMPD HQ Buck and Romeo.jpg|Buck and Romeo on their way to the crashed Pelican.
File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env02.jpg|The Pelican crash-landed on a rooftop under construction.
File:ODST NMPDHQ-Env02.jpg|The Pelican crash-landed on a rooftop under construction.
File:H3ODST NMPD Holdout.jpg|Four members of Alpha-Nine reunited at the crash site.
File:H3ODST NMPD Holdout.jpg|Four members of Alpha-Nine reunited at the crash site.
File:Buck Knife.png|The Jiralhanae Chieftain moments before Buck stabs it in the neck.
File:HTMCC-H3ODST Dutch&Romeo.jpg|Dutch and Romeo defending the crash site.
File:HTMCC-H3ODST Romeo&Missile 4.jpg|Romeo destroys a Banshee with a barrage of missiles.
File:Buck Knife.png|Bracktanus moments before Buck stabs him in the neck.
File:HTMCC-H3ODST Bracktanus&Mickey.jpg|Mickey takes aim at Bracktanus after Buck stabbed the Chieftain's neck.
</gallery>
</gallery>