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| {{Title|''Halo: Arms Race''}} | | {{Cleanup}} |
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| |image = [[File:Misriah Armory 1.JPG|250px]]
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| |name = Halo: Arms Race
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| |director = [[Neill Blomkamp]]
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| |studio = [[Bungie|Bungie Studios]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Weta Digital|Weta Digital]]<br>[[Origami Digital LLC]]
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| |release date = [[2007 (real world)|July 10, 2007]]
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| |language = English
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| '''''Halo: Arms Race''''' is a short video created in collaboration with [[Bungie|Bungie Studios]], [[Neill Blomkamp]], [[WETA Workshop]] and [[Origami Digital LLC]] and the first piece of live-action media in the ''Halo'' series. Released on [[2007 (real world)|July 10, 2007]] on [[Bungie.net]] only hours after the [[Halo 3 E3 2007 Trailer|''Halo 3'' E3 2007 Trailer]], the video is intended primarily as an experiment to test Halo's real-world media potential as well as advertisement for ''[[Halo 3]]''. It runs for 1 minute 52 seconds.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=ethreeblowout Bungie.net E3 post]</ref> It is part one in a trilogy of short films known as ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''.
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| | '''Halo: Arms Race''' is a short video created in collaboration with [[Bungie Studios]], [[Neill Blomkamp]], [[WETA Digital]] and [[Origami Digital LLC]] depicting the first real time images of the Halo series. Released on July 10, 2007 at [[Bungie.net]] only hours after the [[Halo 3 E3 2007 Trailer]], the video is intended primarily as an experiment to test Halo's real-world media potential as well as advertise for the upcoming [[Halo 3]]. It runs for 1 minute 52 seconds<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=ethreeblowout Bungie.net E3 post]</ref>. It has been confirmed as part one in a trilogy of short films, as said in the third bungie podcast. |
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| | [[Image:UNSC Bar Coded Marine.png|thumb|The bar code tattooed on the back of a UNSC Marine's neck is scanned in the Video.]] |
| ==Synopsis== | | ==Synopsis== |
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| | The video contains no dialogue, instead narrating with text from a computer. It begins with the request from a [[UNSC]] [[Battle Group]], [[Sol Defense Group 3/A-5]] requesting repair and resupply. The video then goes on to show production of [[Sniper Rifle]]s, [[Marine]] and [[ODST]] helmets, [[M12 Warthog LRV]]s, [[Pelicans]], [[Battle Rifles]], and [[M6G Magnum]]s on the assembly line and ready for action. It also shows several shots of what is assumed to be the conscription of UNSC Marines into a unit called [[S4/BAG/2/5]], and them arming themselves to fight, before ending with "Halo 3, Finish the Fight." |
| The video contains no dialog, instead narrating with text from a computer. It begins with the request from a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Battle group|Battle Group]], [[Sol Defense Group 3/A-5]], requesting repair and resupply. Once the request has been granted, the video then goes on to show production of [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifles]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] helmets and suits, [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]s, [[D77-TC Pelican]]s, [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]]s, and [[M6G2 magnum|M6G Magnums]] on the assembly line and ready for action in a [[Misriah Armory]] facility on [[Mars]]. It also shows several shots of the enlistment of UNSC Marines into a unit called [[S4/BAG/2/5]] (including the addition of a barcode to the back of a [[Benjamín Núñez|Marine]]'s neck, as well as being injected with an augmentation drug or electronic ID such as an [[Identification friend or foe|IFF transponder]]), and then the arming of the marines. Finally, the short cuts to a marine holding a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle stands on war-stricken ground when an explosive detonates next to him, before ending with ''"Halo 3, Finish the Fight."'' | |
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| ==Transcript==
| | [[Image:Halo 3 ODST.png|thumb|ODSTs as depicted in the Halo 3 "Arms Race" trailer.]] |
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| '''<\ Initiating scan… <br>
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| '''<\ IFF Confirmed : Sol defense group 3\A-5 <br>
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| '''<\ Current vessels : 02\08 <br>
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| '''>>*Readiness levels critical* <br>
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| '''>>*Request immediate re-armament* <br>
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| '''<\ Request granted. <br>
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| '''<\ Re-armament initialized. <br>
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| '''<\ Finish the fight…'''
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Preview of the Halo Movie?== |
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| | Despite the simplicity of the short, and its apparent purpose as an ad for Halo 3, it creates some possibility of what the [[Halo Movie]] may look like. Neill Blomkamp, the director of the short, is also set to direct the Halo movie, and would likely use some of the developed graphics from the video for the movie. Though most of the short is computer generated, several full size props appear to have been constructed, including full Marine uniforms and weapons. |
| File:Update cougarhuting.jpg|The weapons featured in the Arms Race in the hands of [[Bungie]] employees.
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| File:UNSC Bar Coded Marine.png|The barcode tattooed on the back of a UNSC Marine's neck is scanned in the film.
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| File:Halo 3 ODST.png|[[ODST]] helmets as depicted in Arms Race.
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| File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|[[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]] [[Oscar 6]] about to enter service.
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| ==See also==
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| *''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''
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| ==Sources== | | == Related Articles == |
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| | *[[Halo: Arms Race, Part 2]] |
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