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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 human 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 Spirit of Fire, a UNSC support vessel. As the ship approaches the planet Harvest to begin a dangerous and urgent mission, Captain Cutter reflects on the long and bloody battle to retake Harvest from the Covenant...|Ensemble description of the trailer}} |
| {{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>}} | |
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| '''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]].
| | [[Image:Five_Long_Years.jpg|thumb|A screenshot from the Five Long Years cinematic Depicting 7 Marines]] |
| | Five long years is a Halo Wars cinematic preview released on the July 14th of 2008 depicting the five year long struggle to reclaim Harvest from the Covenant. This cinematic takes 1:29 minutes. |
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| | ==Summary== |
| | [[Halo Wars]] is set in the year 2531, right as human UNSC forces retake a planet called [[Harvest]] from the crusading alien faction, the [[Covenant]]. The story of Halo Wars is told through the eyes and ears of the crew aboard the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire]], a UNSC support vessel. As the ship approaches the planet Harvest to begin a dangerous and urgent mission, [[Captain Cutter]] reflects on the long and bloody battle to retake Harvest from the Covenant. |
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
| *'''Cutter:''' "Captain's report: February 4th, 2531. Five years - five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back."
| | [[Image:rendermarine.jpg|thumb|200px|A Marine in the Five Long Years cinematic.]] |
| | Cutter:"Captains report February 4th 2531. Five years, five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back..." |
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| [[File:Harvest battle.jpg|200px|thumb|Marines firing on several Elites]] | | {Transcript Begin} |
| ''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.''
| | [Several soldiers raced through a battlefield] |
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| *'''Marine:''' "Go, go, go!"
| | Soldier:"Go Go Go!" |
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| ''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.''
| | [They confront a lance of Elites. Then a Warthog runs over them. The camera then cut to the rear of the Warthog driving through a battlefield with the gunner firing the turret.] |
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| *'''Marine:''' "I've been hit!"
| | Soldier:"Keep firing" |
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| ''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]].''
| | [Three soldiers fire their weapons. The camera then cuts to a shot of several Pelican dropships arriving with several Warthogs racing through. The camera then shifts to a [[Marine]] beating an Elite from behind. The Elite falls down and was shot dead by another soldier. Then, it shifts to a panorama, showing 7 Marines and a Warthog overlooking the battlefield, a destroyed city with an object, presumably an [[Unknown Covenant Glassing Ship]] in the distance.] |
| [[File:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|200px|thumb|Pelicans disembarking troops on Harvest]] | |
| *'''Marine:''' "Keep firing!"
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| ''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.''
| | Cutter:"At first it was going well..." |
| [[File:Human Execution.jpg|200px|thumb|An Elite impaling a wounded Marine]]
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| *'''Cutter:''' "At first it was going well."
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| ''Fade to black''
| | [Black] |
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| *'''Cutter:''' "Then setback after setback..."
| | Cutter:"Then setback after setback..." |
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| ''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.''
| | [An Elite pierce a Marine with its energy sword. UNSC troops were overwhelmed by Plasma firing by Elites and Banshees. The camera then shifts to a scene where many Elites jumped over a crumbled wall and activate their energy swords; one of them dual wielding them.] |
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| *'''Cutter:''' "Loss after loss..."
| | Cutter:"Loss after loss..." |
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| ''Two Covenant destroyers begin to glass Harvest.''
| | [2 as yet, [[Unknown Covenant Glassing Ship]]s begin to glass Harvest] |
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| *'''Cutter:''' "Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win..."
| | Cutter:"Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win..." |
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| ''A surviving Marine attempts to crawl to safety when an Elite approaches and stabs him with his energy sword.''
| | [A surviving Marine crawling to safety trying to reach his MA5B assault rifle when an Elite approaches and slaughters him with its energy sword.] |
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| *'''Cutter:''' "Into five years of hell."
| | Cutter:"Into five years of hell..." |
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| ''Camera turns toward the skies and another ship appears and activates its energy weapon. White follows.''
| | [Camera turns toward the skies and another ship appears activating its energy weapon. White follows.] |
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| ''Transcript ends''
| | {Transcript Ends} |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The Marine who is strafed by the Banshee utters the famed [[wikipedia:Wilhelm scream|Wilhelm scream]] as he dies. | | *It was put on The official Halo Wars community site after the E3 Business & Media Summit. |
| *The Pelicans have the [[Legendary]] symbol on the nose of their fuselages. | | *This trailer is reminiscent of the beginning cinematic of another Ensemble game called Age of Mythology.{{Fact}} |
| *A screenshot from this cinematic, showing Marines celebrating the destruction of a {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}, is seen in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' on a UNSC billboard.
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:H2A FiveLongYears Sign.png|A screenshot from this cinematic in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| | ==Links== |
| | ===Internal=== |
| | *[[Halo Wars]] |
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| [[Category:Halo Wars trailers]] | | ===External=== |
| | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Lc2a1AyJU Halo Wars: Five Long Years Trailer] |
