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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<ref>http://halowars.com</ref>}}
{{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]].
[[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.


==Summary==
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[[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 using a [[shotgun]] 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..."


[[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.''


*'''Marine:''' "Go, go, go!"
''(Several soldiers race through a battlefield. A marine gets killed when a nearby wall explodes and debris and plasma engulf him. The surviving marines recover quickly and start to move forward.)''


''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.''
*'''Soldier:'''"Go, go go!"


*'''Marine:''' "I've been hit!"
''(They confront a lance of Elites whom are seperated by a wall of debris, a few of the soldiers yell out as they arrive. A marine quickly joins in and starts to fire upon the Elites, only to be shot by a plasma bolt to the chest. Then a Warthog runs the aliens over. The camera then cuts to the rear of the Warthog driving through a battlefield with the gunner firing the turret.)''
[[Image:Human Execution.jpg|200px|thumb|An Elite impaling a wounded Marine]]
*'''Soldier:'''"Keep firing"


''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 drop zone. Marines then pile out of one of the landed pelicans. The camera then shifts to a [[Marine]] stabbing an Elite from behind. The Elite falls down and is shot dead by another soldier. Then, it shifts to a panorama, showing 9 Marines cheering and a Warthog overlooking the battlefield; a destroyed city with a burning [[Unknown Covenant Glassing Ship]] in the distant sky, presumably shot down by UNSC forces.)''
[[File:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|200px|thumb|Pelicans disembarking troops on Harvest]]
[[Image:Harvest battle.jpg|200px|thumb|Marines firing on several Elites]]
*'''Marine:''' "Keep firing!"
[[Image:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|200px|thumb|Pelicans on Harvest]]
*'''Cutter:'''"At first it was going well..."


''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.''
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[[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..."


*'''Cutter:''' "Then setback after setback..."
''(An Elite pierces a Marine with its energy sword. UNSC troops are overwhelmed by Plasma fired by Elites and Banshees. The camera then shifts to a scene where many Elites jump over a crumbled wall and activate their energy swords; one of them is dual wielding.)''


''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..."


*'''Cutter:''' "Loss after loss..."
''(2 as of yet [[Unknown Covenant Glassing Ship]]s begin to glass Harvest)''


''Two Covenant destroyers begin to glass Harvest.''
*'''Cutter:'''"Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win..."


*'''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 slaughters him with it's energy sword.)''


''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..."


*'''Cutter:''' "Into five years of hell."
''(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 and activates its energy weapon. White follows.''
{Transcript Ends}
 
''Transcript ends''


==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.
*The Marine who gets shot down by the Banshee utters the famed Wilhelm Scream as he dies.
 
*The trailer was made available for free on the Xbox Live Marketplace on July 19th, 2008.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H2A FiveLongYears Sign.png|A screenshot from this cinematic in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
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==Links==
===Internal===
*[[Halo Wars]]


[[Category:Halo Wars trailers]]
===External===
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Lc2a1AyJU Halo Wars: Five Long Years Trailer]

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