Editing Five Long Years

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[[File:HW Five Long Years.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] cheering as a Covenant destroyer comes down.]]
{{Quote|Halo Wars is set in the year [[2531]] right as UNSC forces retake a planet called [[Harvest]] from the alien Covenant. The story of Halo Wars is told through the eyes and ears of the crew aboard [[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]], a UNSC support vessel. As the ship approaches the planet Harvest to begin a dangerous and urgent mission, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Cutter|Cutter]] reflects on the long and bloody battle to retake Harvest from the Covenant...|[[Ensemble Studios|Ensemble]] description of the trailer<ref>http://halowars.com</ref>}}

'''Five Long Years''' is the introductory cutscene of ''[[Halo Wars]]'', depicting the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]'s [[Harvest campaign|five-year campaign]] to retake [[Harvest]] from the [[Covenant]]. It was also released as a cinematic trailer on [[2008|July 14, 2008]].

==Transcript==
*'''Cutter:''' "Captain's report: February 4th, 2531. Five years - five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back."

[[File:Harvest battle.jpg|200px|thumb|Marines firing on several Elites]]
''Several Marines run through a battlefield and kill a group of oncoming [[Sangheili|Elites]]. A Marine is killed when a nearby wall explodes and he is engulfed by debris and [[plasma]]. The surviving Marines recover quickly and start to move forward.''

*'''Marine:''' "Go, go, go!"

''They confront a [[lance]] of slowly advancing Elites on the other side of a wall of debris. A few of the Marines yell out as they arrive. One Marine quickly joins in and starts to fire upon the Elites, only to be shot by a plasma bolt to the chest.''

*'''Marine:''' "I've been hit!"

''An [[M12 Warthog]] then appears and runs the aliens over. The camera then cuts to the rear of the Warthog driving through a battlefield with the gunner firing the [[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun|turret]].''
[[File:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|200px|thumb|Pelicans disembarking troops on Harvest]]
*'''Marine:''' "Keep firing!"

''Three Marines fire their weapons. The camera then cuts to a shot of several [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships arriving with several Warthogs racing through the drop zone. Marines then charge out of one of the landed Pelicans. There is a cut to a Marine hitting an Elite from behind, so that he falls down and is shot dead by another Marine. Then it cuts to a panorama, showing nine Marines cheering and a Warthog overlooking the battlefield; a destroyed city with a burning {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} in the distant sky, presumably shot down by UNSC forces.''
[[File:Human Execution.jpg|200px|thumb|An Elite impaling a wounded Marine]]
*'''Cutter:''' "At first it was going well."

''Fade to black''

*'''Cutter:''' "Then setback after setback..."

''An Elite pierces a Marine with his [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]]. UNSC troops are overwhelmed by plasma fired by Elites and [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]]. The camera then cuts to a scene where three Elites jump over a crumbled wall, the two in the background wielding plasma rifles, the one in the foreground activating two energy swords.''

*'''Cutter:''' "Loss after loss..."

''Two Covenant destroyers begin to glass Harvest.''

*'''Cutter:''' "Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win..."

''A surviving Marine attempts to crawl to safety when an Elite approaches and stabs him with his energy sword.''

*'''Cutter:''' "Into five years of hell."

''Camera turns toward the skies and another ship appears and activates its energy weapon. White follows.''

''Transcript ends''

==Trivia==
*The Marine who is strafed by the Banshee utters the famed [[wikipedia:Wilhelm scream|Wilhelm scream]] as he dies.
*The Pelicans have the [[Legendary]] symbol on the nose of their fuselages.
*A screenshot from this cinematic, showing Marines celebrating the destruction of a CPV-class destroyer, is seen in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' on a UNSC billboard.

==Gallery==
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File:H2A FiveLongYears Sign.png|A screenshot from this cinematic in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
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