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| '''''Another Day at the Beach''''' is a bonus video on the ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack|Multiplayer Map Pack]]. It is a pre-rendered [[Cutscene|cinematic]] that depicts the events following [[Second Squad]]'s [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] after it was shot down by the [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] in the opening cinematic of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' campaign level [[Outskirts]]. The map pack disc also contains ''[[Halo 2: Killtacular]]'', which goes over the making of the cinematic.
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| A remastered version of ''Another Day at the Beach'', animated by [[Blur Studio]], is featured alongside ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.{{Ref/Game|MCC|Main menu|Detail=Extras - Videos - Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematics}}
| | '''Another Day at the Beach''' is a bonus video on the [[Multiplayer Map Pack|''Halo 2'' Multiplayer Map Pack]]. It details what happens to the second [[Pelican]] after being shot down by the [[Scarab]] in the cinematic before the level [[Outskirts]]. |
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| Three Pelicans are flying low above a highway in [[Old Mombasa]] when they were ambushed by a Scarab. One of the Pelicans, carrying Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]]'s unit, is shot down by the Scarab; it flies over [[Hotel Zanzibar]], where it is spotted by a Sangheili. Private [[O'Brien (Mombasa)|O'Brien]] and the Pelican's [[pilot]]s are killed in the crash, and Stacker tells the remaining three ODSTs ([[Butkus]], [[Fones]], and [[Walpole]]) to grab their tags and ammo. They decide to find refuge in Hotel Zanzibar.
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| The Sangheili sends in two Unggoy Minors and a Kig-Yar Sniper to prepare an ambush, and the sniper nearly hits Butkus. Walpole, the squad's sharpshooter, easily takes out the Kig-Yar. The Kig-Yar's body falls from the ledge and lands next to the two Unggoy; frightened by the body, the Unggoy drop their eapons and flee. The first Unggoy runs past the Sangheili, who reprimands the second one by straggling and growling at the Unggoy before throwing him aside. The Sangheili then activates his [[active camouflage]] and leaps down towards the ODSTs.
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| The cloaked Sangheili surprises the ODSTs; he slashes his [[Pelosus-pattern energy sword|energy sword]] at Butkus, cutting his battle rifle in half. He picks up one of the Unggoy's discarded plasma pistol. The ODSTS then scan for the Sangheili, who throws a [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenade]] at Fones' helmet. The ODST takes the helmet off and throws it back at the Sangheili; the explosion disables his active camouflage. Revealed, the Sangheili jumps down and grabs Walpole, using him as a hostage, with the energy sword at his throat. Butkus fires an overcharged burst at the signal of Fones (Stacker in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''), who then fires a burst ofhis battle rifle to kill the Sangheili after the plasma bolt disables the Sangheili's shields.
| | * [[Special Operations Elite]] '''[[KIA]]''' ([[Noob Combo|Killed]] by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Pete Stacker]], with the help of [[Private]] [[Butkis]]) |
| | * [[Jackal Sniper]] '''KIA''' (Sniped by [[Lance Corporal]] [[Jones (Marine)|Jones]]) |
| | * The two [[Minor Grunts]] (Unknown, possibly the Grunt pair encountered in-game) |
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| As the ODSTs recover from their encounter, [[Cortana]] contacts Stacker, who reports on their situation. Cortana tells him to find a safe spot and that they will come to him.
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| == Appearances ==
| | *The [[Master Chief]]: (seen standing in the troop bay of a Pelican) |
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| | *[[Cortana]]: (Voice Only) |
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| *[[Avery Johnson]] | |
| *[[Butkus]] {{1st}}
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| *[[John-117]]
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| *[[Fones]] {{1st}} | |
| *[[Marcus Stacker]]
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| *[[O'Brien (Mombasa)|O'Brien]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Walpole]] {{1st}}
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| ;AI
| | ''[[Marines]]'' |
| *[[Cortana]]
| | *Unknown, Recon: (Voice Only) |
| | *Unknown, Pelican Pilot: (Voice Only) |
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| |title-2=Species and entities|
| | *[[Sergeant]] [[Avery J. Johnson]]: (Voice Only) |
| *[[Human]] | |
| *[[Kig-Yar]] (''Ruuhtian'')
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| **[[Kig-Yar Sniper|Sniper]]
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| *[[Sangheili]]
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| *[[Unggoy]]
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| **[[Unggoy Minor|Minor]]
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| |title-3=Organizations|
| | [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] |
| *[[Covenant]] | | *[[Butkis]], Private |
| **[[Covenant military]]
| | *[[Jones (Marine)|Jones]], Lance Corporal |
| *[[UEG]] | | *[[O'Brian (Another Day at the Beach)|O'Brian]], Private: '''KIA''' - Killed in Pelican crash |
| **[[United Nations Space Command]]
| | *[[Walpole]], Private |
| ***[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
| | *[[Pete Stacker (Marine)|Pete Stacker]], Gunnery Sergeant |
| ****[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | | *Unknown, Pelican Pilot: '''KIA''' - Killed in Pelican crash |
| | *Unknown, Pelican [[Co-Pilot]]: '''KIA''' - Killed in Pelican crash |
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| |title-4=Locations|
| | ==Synopsis== |
| *[[Sol system]]
| | [[Image:6814-t_halo2_beach.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Minor Elite and Jackal Sniper stand together.]] |
| **[[Earth]]
| | [[Image:Butkis_and_Jones.JPG|thumb|200px|right|<div style="text-align: center;border:none">Butkis (Right) telling Jones (Left) the location of the sniper.</div>]] |
| **[[Africa]]
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| ***[[East African Protectorate]]
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| ****[[Mombasa]]
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| *****[[New Mombasa]]
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| *****[[Old Mombasa]]
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| ******[[Hotel Zanzibar]]
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| |title-5=Events|
| | The second Pelican, that is shot down in the first cutscene of Outskirts, flies over [[Hotel Zanzibar]] and is spotted by a [[Minor Elite]]. Private O'Brien and the Pelican's pilots are killed in the crash, and Sergeant Stacker tells the remaining 3 [[ODST]]s (Butkis, Jones, and Walpole) to grab their tags and ammo. |
| *[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| ***[[Battle of Mombasa]]
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| |title-6=Vehicles| | | The Elite sends in two Minor [[Grunt|Grunts]] and a [[Jackal]] Sniper to engage them, and the sniper nearly hits Butkis. Jones, the squad's sharpshooter, easily takes him out. The Jackal's body falls from the ledge and lands next to the Grunts, scaring them back to their previous location. The first Grunt gets by the Elite, however, he manages to grab the second one by the neck, then throws him aside. He then activates his [[Active Camouflage]] and leaps down towards the ODSTs. |
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| | The Elite takes out his [[Energy Sword]] and slashes at Butkis, connecting with the ODST's [[Battle Rifle]] and cleanly severing it. Butkis falls and and grabs a [[Plasma Pistol]], originally in the possession of the Grunt. The Elite then throws a [[Plasma Grenade]] at Walpole's helmet. Walpole yelps in surprise and takes the helmet off and throws it, and the helmet explodes next to the Elite, taking its shields and deactivating his Active Camouflage. The Elite grabs Jones and uses him as a hostage, with the Energy Sword at his throat. Jones tells the ODSTs to take him out, Butkis fires an overcharged Plasma Pistol at Stacker's command and takes out his partially regenerated shields, and Stacker finishes him off with his Battle Rifle. The Elite falls and drops his Energy Sword. Slowly, his hand unclenches, deactivating the Energy Sword. |
| *[[Scarab]]
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| | Cortana contacts Stacker and tells him to find a safe spot and that they'll come to him, whilst the ODSTs congregate around the dead Elite, with Walpole delivering a swift kick to the corpse.<ref>''Another Day at the Beach'', Multiplayer Map Pack</ref> |
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| *[[BR55 battle rifle]]
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| *[[M6C magnum]]
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| *[[M9 fragmentation grenade]]
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| *[[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle]]
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| ====Covenant==== | | ==Transcript== |
| *[[Energy sword]]
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| **{{Pattern|Pelosus|energy sword}}
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| *[[Focus cannon]]
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| *[[Heavy plasma repeater]]
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| *[[Plasma grenade]]
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| **{{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}}
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| *[[Plasma pistol]]
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| **{{Pattern|Eos'Mak|plasma pistol}}
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| *[[Beam rifle]]
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| **{{Pattern|Sulok|beam rifle}}
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| |title-8=Equipment and technology|
| | Unknown Recon Marine (Radio): Immediate; [[Grid Kilo 23]] is hot. Recommend mission abort. |
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| *[[Kig-Yar combat harness]]
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| *[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
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| **[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI]]
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| *[[ODST armor]]
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| *[[Sangheili harness]]
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| **[[Combat harness]]
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| *[[Unggoy combat harness]]
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| | '''Pilot (Radio)''': Roger, recon. (To Sergeant Johnson) It's your call, Sarge. |
| *[[Active camouflage]]
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| **[[Sangheili personal energy shield]]
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| ==Transcript==
| | '''Sergeant Johnson''': We're going in. Get tactical, Marines! |
| *'''Marine (COM)''': "Immediate; [[Grid Kilo 23]] is hot. Recommend mission abort."
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| | (Five ODST's inside the troop bay. Stacker is sitting between the troop bay and the cockpit. O'Brian and Walpole to the left, Jones and Butkus to the right.) |
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| ''The [[Bungie]] logo is shown.'' | | '''Stacker''': You heard the man, boys. It's time for some hazard pay! |
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| *'''Pilot (COM)''': "Roger, recon. ''(To Sergeant Johnson)'' It's your call, Sarge."
| | (The ODSTs enthusiastically prepare for combat. Butkis cocks his Battle Rifle. While O'Brian hits Walpole's arm. Jones is sitting in the corner with his [[Sniper Rifle]].) |
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| *'''[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]]''': "We're going in. Get tactical, Marines!"
| | '''Pilot''': Thirty seconds out... stand by to... whoa... |
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| ''Five [[ODST]]s from [[Second Squad#Battle of Mombasa|second squad]] are inside one of the Pelican's troop bay. Marcus Stacker is standing between the troop bay and the cockpit. [[O'Brien (Mombasa)|O'Brien]] and [[Fones]] to the left, [[Walpole]] and [[Butkus]] to the right.''
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| *'''Gunnery Sergeant Marcus Stacker''': "You heard the man, boys. It's time for some hazard pay!"
| | ''The pilot goes silent as a huge [[Scarab]] comes into view. Its leg spears a truck which explodes, then its main gun focuses and fires, destroying the lead Pelican. The two other Pelicans veer off, as Plasma Turrets on the [[Scarab]]'s back turrets track them. The rightward dropship containing [[Gunnery Sergeant (UNSC)|GSGT]] [[Pete Stacker (Marine)|Pete Stacker]] and a fireteam of [[ODST]]s catches a burst of plasma on its left engine...'' |
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| ''The ODSTs enthusiastically prepare for combat. Butkus cocks his battle rifle, while O'Brien hits Fones'arm. Walpole is sitting in the corner with his [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]].''
| | (Cuts to outside of the Hotel Zanzibar) |
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| *'''Pilot (COM)''': "Thirty seconds out... stand by to... woah..."
| | (The [[Helljumper]]s' Pelican, with its engines screaming and burning, flies fast over the Hotel Zanzibar) |
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| ''The pilot goes silent as a huge [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] comes into view. Its leg spears a truck which explodes, then its main gun focuses and fires, destroying the lead Pelican. The two other Pelicans veer off, as the Scarab's front [[heavy plasma repeater]] track them. The rightward dropship containing Stacker and the fireteam of ODSTs catches a burst of plasma on its left engine.''
| | (A group of [[Covenant]] stand on the third floor) |
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| ''Cuts to a Sangheili outside of the Hotel Zanzibar. He looks up and sees the ODSTs' Pelican, with its engines screaming and burning, flying fast over the Hotel Zanzibar. He points at the Pelican, looking at the [[lance]] he is commanding: two [[Unggoy Minor]]s and a [[Kig-Yar Sniper]].'' | | '''Elite''': (looks up, points at Pelican): Wort, wort, wort! |
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| *'''Sangheili''': "Wort, wort, wort!"
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| ''The three subordinates head towards Hotel Zanzibar, with the two Unggoy mumbling. Cuts to the Pelican swerving towards the ground. Its starboard engine explodes and begins to flame, and the dropship crash lands on the beach behind Hotel Zanzibar. Butkus stands up from being moved from the right to the left side of the Pelican. Fones is sitting in the same place checking on O'Brien to his right. Walpole is on the left side on the ground crawling to the cockpit. Stacker, bleeding at the temple, is stumbles to the Pelican's wall for support.''
| | (The Pelican swerves towards the ground. Its starboard engine explodes and begins to flame, and the dropship crash lands behind Hotel Zanzibar. Butkis stands up from being moved from the right to the left side of the Pelican. Walpole is sitting in the same place checking on O'Brian to his right. Jones is on the left side on the ground crawling to the cockpit. Stacker, bleeding at the temple, is using the Pelican's wall for support.) |
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| *'''Stacker''': ''(coughs)'' "Status!"
| | '''Stacker''': (coughs) Status! |
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| ''Cuts to Fones looking up from O'Brien's body.''
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| *'''Fones''': "Sir, O'Brien's down."
| | '''Walpole''': Sir, O'Brian's down. |
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| ''Cuts to Walpole looks towards Stacker after peering inside the cockpit.''
| | (Jones looks towards Stacker after peering inside the cockpit) |
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| *'''Walpole''': "We lost our pilots, too."
| | '''Jones''': We lost our pilots, too. |
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| *'''Stacker''': "Grab their tags and ammo."
| | '''Stacker''': Grab their tags and ammo. |
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| ''Stacker joins Butkus, who exits the Pelican and looking towards Hotel Zanzibar.'' | | '''Butkis''': (looks out of the Pelican): Sarge, we better get moving. |
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| *'''Butkus''': "Sarge, we better get moving."
| | '''Stacker (joins Butkis)''': Agreed. We'll find better cover in those buildings. Butkis, you take point. |
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| *'''Stacker''': "Agreed. We'll find better cover in those buildings. Butkus, you take point."
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| | (The Elite stands on the building and looks at the crashed Pelican, commands the Grunts to move to the second floor and the Jackal to stay back and snipe.) |
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| ''Cuts to the ODSTs. They find cover behind a wall. Stacker signals to Butkus, who moves out of cover and almost shot by the Kig-Yar sniper.''
| | (Cut to the ODSTs. They find cover behind a wall. Butkis looks out and almost gets killed by the sniper Jackal.) |
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| *'''Butkus''': "Hello! ''(turns back to Walpole)'' Sniper... Third floor to the left."
| | '''Butkis''': Hello! (turns back to Jones) Sniper...3rd floor to the left. |
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| *'''Walpole''': "Here, let me give him my "Welcome to [[Earth]]" gift basket."
| | '''Jones''': Here, let me give him my "Welcome to [[Earth]]" gift basket. |
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| ''Walpole puts his sniper rifle above cover. The Kig-Yar takes a second shot but misses again, and is killed by Walpole. The Kig-Yar's body falls from the ledge and lands next to the two Unggoy, causing one of them to drop his [[Eos'Mak-pattern plasma pistol|pistol]] and flee. A [[M9 frag grenade|frag grenade]] explodes nearby, and the second Unggoy drops its weapon and flees as well. The first Unggoy runs by the Sangheili, who then grabs the second one by the neck, and growls loudly at the Unggoy before throwing it aside. The Sangheili then activates its [[active camouflage]] and jumps down towards the ODSTs. Cuts to the ODSTs walking slowly toward the ground floor of the hotel. Suddenly, the Sangheili activates its energy sword and lunges at Butkus, cutting his [[BR55 battle rifle|battle rifle]] in half.''
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| *'''Walpole''': "Damn, where is he? Anybody see him?"
| | (The first Grunt runs by the Elite, however, he manages to grab the second one by the neck, growls loudly at him while the Grunt drops his [[Plasma Pistol|pistol]] and becomes even more panicked. The Elite then throws him aside. He then activates his Active Camouflage and jumps down towards the ODSTs.) |
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| ''The ODSTs sweep the area in a defensive position, sweeping for the Sangheili. A [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenade]] is seen flying through the air and sticks to Fones' helmet. He grunts in surprise and throws the helmet away. It explodes near the Sangheili, deactivating its active camouflage. Crying in surprise, the Sangheili jumps down and grabs Walpole by the head, using him as a hostage, with the energy sword now activated. Butkus charges his plasma pistol, while Stacker and Fones aim their battle rifles at the Sangheili, who growls incomprehensibly at them.''
| | (Cut to ODSTs. They walk toward the ground floor of the hotel. Suddenly, the Elite activates its Energy Sword and slices at Butkis, cutting his Battle Rifle in half.) |
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| *'''Walpole''': ''(strained, groans)'' "Take him, guys...!"
| | '''Butkis''': Whoa...! |
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| ''The Sangheili roars.'' | | (Butkis falls down. He stands up wielding the Grunt's Plasma Pistol. He waves it around, scanning for the Elite.) |
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| *'''Fones''':{{Ref/Note|Id=H2A|In ''Halo 2'', it was Fones who said, "Cook the bastard" to Butkus, and shot the Sangheili with his battle rifle. In ''Halo 2: Anniversary'', the role was given to Stacker. See this article's [[#Production notes|production notes]] section.}} ''(quietly)'' "Cook the bastard."
| | '''Stacker''': Damn, where is he? Anybody see him? |
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| ''Butkus discharges the plasma pistol, taking down the Sangheili's energy shielding. Fones{{Ref/NoteReuse|H2A}} fires a burst at the Sangheili, killing it. The body and Walpole fall to the ground. The Sangheili's hand slowly unclenches the energy sword, deactivating it. With the Sangheili's blood splattered across his helmet, a gasping Walpole rubs his neck.''
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| *'''[[Cortana]] (COM)''': "Second squad, this is Cortana. What is your status, over?"
| | (A [[Plasma Grenade]] is seen flying through the air and sticks to Walpole's helmet. He grunts in surprise and throws the helmet away. It explodes near the Elite, deactivating its shields partially and its Active Camouflage.) |
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| ''Stacker (Butkus in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'') helps Walpole stand up.''
| | (The Elite grabs Jones by the neck and uses him as a hostage, with the Energy Sword at the ready. Butkis charges his Plasma Pistol, while Stacker and Walpole aim their Battle Rifles at the alien.) |
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| *'''Stacker''': "We're operational, ma'am...barely. Our pilots didn't make it."
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| ''Fones kicks the Sangheili's body over and stares at it. (In ''Halo 2: Anniversary'', Fones looks around the surrounding area).'' | | '''Jones''': (struggling, groans): Take him, guys!... |
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| *'''Cortana (COM)''': "Find a hole, stay put. We'll come to you."
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| ''The camera slowly pans away from the ODSTs, towards [[New Mombasa]], and fades to black.'' | | '''Stacker''': Cook the bastard. |
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| ==Production notes==
| | (Butkis discharges the Plasma Pistol, taking down its shields. Stacker fires a Battle Rifle burst at the Elite, and it dies, its hand slowly unclenching the Energy Sword, deactivating it, while Jones rubs his neck gasping.) |
| [[File:Pelican Damage Comparisons.jpg|300px|thumb|A comparison between the two cinematics, featuring different damaged Pelicans.]]
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| {{Quote|We looked at the way we combined animation and sound and everything else into the cinematics in ''Halo 2'', and how we can make that process better.|[[Nathan Walpole]]{{Ref/Game|Id=Killtacular|H2MMP|Halo 2: Killtacular}}}}
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| ''Another Day at the Beach'' was produced by the [[Bungie]]'s animation team — along with Cinematic Designer [[CJ Cowan]] and the audio team — at the same time as the development of the [[Bonus Map Pack|Bonus]], [[Killtacular Pack|Killtacular]] and [[Maptacular Pack|Maptacular]] map packs. The team used the development as an opportunity to review the production pipeline for cinematics and develop new tools for the process. The cinematic is rendered in the [[Blam engine]]; though, since it is not rendered in real-time, the team could incorporate additional audio as well as particle and lighting effects that would not usually be possible in-game.{{Ref/Reuse|Killtacular}}
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| The cinematic's title is a reference to the second chapter title of the level Outskirts, titled "A Day At The Beach". Rather than creating an entirely new narrative, CJ Cowan wanted the narrative to paralleled the in-game events; thus, he decided a story that follows Sergeant Stacker's unit from Outskirts, as Cowan could then connect both the beginning and the end to the in-game narrative.{{Ref/Reuse|Killtacular}} This created a minor retcon; whereas Stacker's Pelican was not shot by the Scarab's heavy plasma repeater in the original cinematic, ''Another Day at the Beach'' depicts the Pelican's left engines briefly taking fire from the heavy plasma repeater, which then proceeds to shoot down the Pelican carrying the Master Chief. Additionally, Stacker and his marines are wearing [[ODST armor]]s, despite wearing the [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Marine BDU]] in-game. Other than Stacker, the ODSTs are named after the animators: [[John Butkus]], [[Bill O'Brien]], Jeremy Fones, and [[Nathan Walpole]]. They were not voiced by the animators.{{Ref/Twitter|Anim8rJB|1794523914196127943|John Butkus|Quote=another oldie Halo 2 sequence I did from Another Day the Beach - matched up the audio best I could...the ODSTs were all animators working on the game, and no I didn't voice Butkus.}}
| | '''Cortana (Radio)''': Second squad, this is Cortana. What is your status, over? |
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| | (Stacker helps Jones stand up.) |
| * Since the cinematic was made concurrently with the cinematic in Outskirts, both cinematics depict Stacker's Pelican taking fire from the Scarab's heavy plasma repeater.
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| * The Covenant characters no longer use the unique dialogue created for the cinematic, reusing in-game dialogue instead. The Sangheili notably does not order his troops with "Wort, wort, wort!" and does not roar while holding Walpole hostage.
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| * Walpole no longer discards his sniper rifle for his sidearm after taking out the Kig-Yar Sniper.
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| * When the Unggoy flee, the Sangheili picks up and growls at the first one rather than the second one.
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| * Fones has a unique face model that featured a blonde mohawk, rather than sharing the same face model with Stacker, who was originally distinguished by the blood on his left cheek.
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| * While being held hostage, Walpole pulls down on the Sangheili to create an opening for his allies to fire at the Sangheili.
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| * Stacker, rather than Fones, works with Butkus to eliminate the Sangheili. In addition, it is also Stacker, instead of Butkus, who helps Walpole to his feet afterwards.
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| * Fones no longer kicks the Sangheili's body at the end.
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| == Trivia ==
| | '''Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker (Radio)''': We're operational, Ma'am. Barely. Our pilots didn't make it. |
| The Sangheili's [[combat harness]] is colored blue, which typically denotes the rank of [[Sangheili Minor|Minor]]; however, Sangheili of this rank are generally not permitted to use the energy sword.{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=335}}.
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| ==Gallery==
| | (Walpole kicks the Elite's body over and stares at it.) |
| ===''Halo 2''===
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Pelican Walpole&Butkus.png|Walpole (left) and Butkus (right) onboard the Pelican.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Pelican OBrien&Fones.png|O'Brien (left) and Fones (right) onboard the Pelican.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Stacker.png|An injured Stacker in the Pelican.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Cockpit.png|Walpole reports the pilots' deaths.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Stacker&Butkus.png|Stacker and Butkus exit the Pelican.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach CrashSite.png|The crashed Pelican on the beach.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach EliteOrder.png|The Sangheili commanding a pair of Unggoy.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Elite&Jackal.png|The Sangheili and the Kig-Yar Sniper.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Fones.png|Fones secures the squad's rear.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Butkus.jpg|Butkus, with the rest of second squad behind him.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Walpole&Butkus.jpg|Butkus (right) tells Walpole (left) the location of an enemy sniper.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Walpole.jpg|Walpole takes aim while the Kig-Yar sniper missed him.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach BackToBack.png|The ODSTs sweeping the area for the Sangheili.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Hostage.png|The Sangheili takes Walpole hostage.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Combo.png|Fones aiming his battle rifle while Butkus overcharges his plasma pistol.
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| File:H2 AnotherDayAtTheBeach Defeated.png|The Sangheili's blood splattered on Walpole's helmet.
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| ===''Halo 2: Anniversary''===
| | '''Cortana (Radio)''': Find a hole, stay put. We'll come to you. |
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| File:H2A Beach Stacker.png|Stacker prior to the Pelican crash.
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| File:H2A-OutskirtsODST.jpg|One of the ODSTs before the crash.
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| File:H2A Beach - Pelican Crash.jpg|The crashed Pelican on the beach.
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| File:H2A Beach - SpecOps Orders.jpg|The Sangheili commanding the Unggoy.
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| File:H2A Beach - Elite and Jackal.jpg|The Sangheili and the Kig-Yar Sniper.
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| File:H2A-AnotherDay1.jpg|Stacker secure the squad's rear.
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| File:H2A Beach - Sniper.jpg|The Kig-Yar Sniper takes aim.
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| File:H2A Beach - Taking Cover.jpg|Butkus (right) tells Walpole (center) the location of an enemy sniper.
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| File:H2A Beach - Jones Sniper.jpg|Walpole takes aim.
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| File:H2A Beach - Jones and Elite.jpg|The Sangheili takes Walpole hostage.
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| File:H2A Beach - Noob Combo.jpg|Butkus and Fones raise their weapons.
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| File:StackerBattleRifle.png|Stacker tells Butkus to fire.
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| ==Notes== | | == Trivia == |
| {{Ref/Notes}}
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| ==Sources==
| | [[Image:Pelican_Exhaust_Comparisons.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Comparison of Pelican exhaust effects in cut scenes.]] |
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| | *Although the Sergeant of the squad doesn't have a helmet, he somehow still hears and replies to [[Cortana]], indicating that the function is carried out by a [[Neural Interface]]. |
| | *The names of the Marines are the names of several of the animators at [[Bungie Studios]]. All of the names of the Marines were shown in the Halo 2: Killtacular documentary during the cinematic design part. |
| | *This is the only time the Pelicans engines are shown as blue with exhaust effects, while in the [[campaign]]'s cutscene the Pelicans engines had no exhaust and were black. |
| | *Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker has [[ODST Battle Armor|ODST armor]] in the video, but when you reach Hotel Zanzibar in Outskirts, he is wearing a Marine uniform. This may be a simple oversight on Bungie's part, or that it was the fact Stacker was the protagonist in this video and that Bungie wanted to show his face. |
| | *In the original cutscene of "Outskirts" only the pelican with Masterchief gets shot by the turret. Here, however, the pelican holding the ODST's get shot first at the engine by the turret which then proceeds to shoot down the one carrying Masterchief. |
| | *Although the Elite is a [[Special Operations Elite|Special Operation]] one, his armor looks more like a [[Minor]]'s. This is likely just a mistake, however. |
| | *The name of the video is likely a reference to part two of Outskirts, titled ''A Day At The Beach''. |
| | *In the scene where the camera circles around the ODSTs that are looking for the cloaked Elite, Lance Corporal Jones is carrying an extremely large [[Magnum]]. |
| | *In the cinematic, the squad uses what many call the "[[Noob Combo]]" to take out the Elite (i.e. an overcharged Plasma Pistol to take out the shields, and then a headshot from the Battle Rifle). |
| | *The name of the short has '''7''' syllables in it. This is another '''7''' reference. |
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| | == Sources == |
| | <references/> |
| [[Category:Cinematics]] | | [[Category:Cinematics]] |
| [[Category:Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]] | | [[Category: Halo 2]] |
