Editing Halo 3: ODST

{{Title|''Halo 3: ODST''}}

|name= ''Halo 3: ODST''

|image= [[File:Halo 3 ODST Cover.png|300px]]

|developer= [[Bungie|Bungie, LLC.]]

|publisher= [[Microsoft Game Studios]]

|genre= [[First-person shooter]]

|modes= [[Campaign]], [[multiplayer]]

{{Quote|Prepare to Drop.|''Halo 3: ODST'' tagline.}}

==Synopsis==

===Characters and setting===

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===Plot synopsis===

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Humanity is at war with the alien alliance known as "The Covenant".

Now military leaders of the "United Nations Space Command" have prepared their response...

This is a near-suicidal mission.

====The Drop====

Romeo jokingly remarks how the [[UNSC Navy]] managed to put up a fight during the [[Battle of Earth|Invasion of Earth]], but still allowed a Covenant carrier to slip by the [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]] surrounding the planet. Dutch criticizes Romeo, stating that the Navy left the lone ship for the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] to infiltrate. The ODSTs are soon put on alert when their team leader, [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Edward Buck]], enters the room with an attractive [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] operative named [[Veronica Dare]]. Romeo utters "Hello, beautiful" in response to Dare's appearance, catching Buck's attention and prompting him to order the ODSTs to their drop pods.

While walking to the nearby armory, Buck is stopped by Dare, who remarks that the members of his squad are replacements. Buck acknowledges the problem, but notes that after 27 years of war with the Covenant, very few veterans are left in the UNSC. Conflicted about what she likely told him prior to entering the room, Buck confronts Dare about the objective of his team, stating the assault carrier (carrying the Prophet of Regret) is a more vital concern than her covert mission. Dare reminds him that they have orders to follow, and that she should be referred to as "[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]]", in keeping with military regulations.

[[File:ODST Screenshot 7.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The Rookie approaches the Assault Carrier.]]

====The Rookie awakens====

[[File:RookieAwakes.jpg|thumb|202px|The Rookie emerging from his pod.]]

Almost immediately after starting out, the Rookie encounters a few Covenant patrols covering a small area. The Rookie uses his silenced weaponry to eliminate the patrols, after which he is alerted to a ringing data terminal. Upon accessing the terminal, the Rookie is connected to the [[Superintendent]], a second-generation [[dumb AI|"dumb"]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] tasked with maintaining the city's infrastructure. The A.I. provides the Rookie with data that had been previously unlocked by Dare. The Superintendent begins to assist the Rookie, giving him maps, marking notable locations throughout the city, and providing warnings using road signs.

Six hours earlier, Buck had landed somewhat safely (if uncomfortably) and made radio contact with Dare, who told him that she had been trapped in her drop pod. With the assistance of Marines in the area, Buck fought his way to her position. Along the way, he noticed a "family feud" within the Covenant, as many [[Sangheili]] were found dead and seemed to have been killed by the Brutes. By the time Buck got to Dare's pod, she was nowhere to be found. Buck noticed a [[Huragok]], and saw that it was holding Dare's helmet in one of its tentacles. Curious, the alien began to examine Buck. Having mistaken its curiosity for hostility, Romeo sniped the inquisitive alien, inadvertently triggering the bomb mounted on its back. The resulting explosion threw the helmet out of sight, although the Superintendent recorded a video showing where it landed. Romeo and Buck regrouped, the former stating his belief that Dare was dead. The Rookie later finds the helmet.

The two ODSTs worked with the officer and several Marines to defend the ONI complex. Dutch and Mickey used explosives to destroy the bridge leading to the base, but the Covenant easily countered by using Phantoms to land troops past the broken bridge. The courtyard was quickly overrun by Covenant forces, prompting the besieged humans to retreat to the structure's interior. The humans are eventually forced to retreat from the building using a [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|police Pelican]]. As they fled, they destroyed the base using remotely-detonated explosives, preventing the Covenant from using the structure and its contained information. While in flight, Dutch and Mickey managed to re-establish communication with Buck; they headed to the NMPD Headquarters to pick him up.

Upon arriving and attempting to land on a rooftop to pick up Buck and Romeo, Mickey, Dutch and their NMPD allies were attacked by [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]], and their Pelican is shot down. Buck and Romeo fight their way across the rooftops of the NMPD HQ to the downed Pelican and their squadmates. There, the four ODSTs used [[lAU-65D/SGM-151|missile pods]], heavy machine guns, and [[M41 rocket launcher|rocket launchers]] to defend the building from Banshees and Phantoms with landing parties. They were successful in repelling the Covenant assault, but in the process, Romeo was badly wounded by a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Brute Chieftain]], and their Pelican was damaged and left inoperable.

====Reunited with the Team====

The ODSTs endure multiple Covenant attacks while waiting for Mickey to arrive. When Mickey and the rest of the squad reach their position, the group boards their captured Phantom, narrowly avoiding a Covenant carrier's glassing beam. They escape the city as more and more Covenant ships arrive to excavate the portal.

A month later, Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] has given [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] clearance to interrogate Vergil on an [[ONI orbital facility]]. Dare warns Johnson to be careful. As the two enter the room, they see Vergil toying with the optics of a drone fighter. The squad is clustered around the Huragok, with the Rookie asleep in a corner. Johnson casually tosses his lighter to the delicate (and flammable) creature, much to Dare's alarm, which Johnson ignores. Johnson expresses the mutual loathing that humans and the Huragok share towards the Brutes, and appeals to Vergil to help the human cause, stating that "You're (Vergil) gonna tell me exactly what they're looking for. And then, you're gonna help me stop 'em." Vergil raises the lighter, flicks it open, and lights the cigar that Johnson just placed in his mouth, suggesting that the Engineer is friendly and willing to cooperate with the humans.

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===Campaign===

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*[[Last Exit]]

*[[Lost Platoon]]

*[[Security Zone]]

*[[Windward]]

{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5

|title-1=Characters|

*[[Rookie]] {{1st}}

*[[Veronica Dare]] {{1st}}

*[[Taylor Miles]]

*[[Kojo Agu]]

*[[Superintendent]] {{1st}}

*[[Avery Johnson]]

*[[Terrence Hood]] {{Mo}}

*[[Prophet of Truth]]

*[[Prophet of Regret]] {{Mo}}

|title-2=Species and entities|

**[[Unggoy Minor|Minor]]

*[[Yanme'e]]

**[[Yanme'e Minor|Minor]]

**[[Yanme'e Major|Major]] {{1st}}

**[[Yanme'e Ultra|Ultra]] {{1st}}

|title-3=Organizations|

*[[United Nations Space Command]]

**[[UNSC Marine Corps]]

***[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]

**[[Covenant fleet]]

***[[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]]

|title-4=Locations|

**[[Earth]]

***[[Africa]]

|title-5=Events|

*[[Human-Covenant War]]

***[[Battle of Mombasa]]

|title-6=Weapons|

*[[Combat knife]]

*[[LAU-65D/SGM-151 missile pod]]

*[[M41 Vulcan]]

*[[M41 rocket launcher]]

*[[M68 Gauss cannon]]

*[[M7057 flamethrower]]

*[[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle]]

;Unusable

*[[BR55HB battle rifle]]

====Covenant====

;Usable

;Unusable

|title-7=Vehicles|

;Usable

*[[M12 Warthog]]

**[[M12G1 Gauss Warthog]]

**[[M831 Troop Transport]]

;Unusable

*Various civilian vehicles

**[[Olifant]] {{1st}}

**[[Forklift]]

==== Covenant ====

;Usable

;Unusable

**''[[Solemn Penance]]''

|title-8=Technology and equipment|

;[[Equipment]]

*[[Bubble shield]]

*[[Power drain]]

*[[Radar jammer]]

*[[Regenerator]]

*[[ODST armor]]

**ODST/UA Personal Protective Equipment {{1st}}

**Sharpshooter

**ONI/S-1 Recon BDU {{1st}}

*[[Roadblock]]

*[[Rucksack]]

*[[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance]]

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Firefight, a brand new feature to the ''Halo'' franchise announced at E3 2009, is a cooperative campaign gameplay mode. Four players over Xbox LIVE or System Link play to complete a series of Human vs. Covenant matches. All features from the Campaign Scoring, as well as skulls, achievements, and leaderboards of ''Halo 3'', are featured in ''ODST''.

==Marketing promotions and release==

===Viral campaigns===

{{Main|Superintendent (Viral Campaign)}}

===Trailers===

[[File:Halorecon noesrb fr-1-.jpg|thumb|The cover art before the name change from ''Halo 3: Recon'' to ''Halo 3: ODST''.]]

{{main|Keep It Clean (Trailer)}}

Elements from this trailer have dramatically altered from announcement to the present day.

====E3 2009 Gameplay====

{{main|Halo 3: ODST - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer}}

The first ViDoc of ''Halo 3: ODST'', ''Desperate Measures'' takes a look inside the squad that consists of the main characters in the game. It summarizes the skills that each Marine has, along with what equipment they'll be using in-game.

====ViDoc: Bip. Bap. Bam.====

The second "ViDoc", which is more of an advertisement, for ''ODST'', first shown at the 2009 Games Convention in Cologne, Germany. ''Bip. Bap. Bam.'' shows off the new ''Firefight'' mode, which was announced earlier at E3 2009.

====ViDoc: Terra Incognita====

The third ViDoc for ''ODST'' released on Bungie's website, focuses on the development of Halo 3: ODST.

====ViDoc: Dramatis Personae====

{{main|We Are ODST}}

This short showcases the [[19th Shock Troops Battalion]] during their operations in the [[Human-Covenant War]].

====ODST Tour====

{{main|Halo 3: ODST Mobile Tour}}

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On release, ''ODST'' became the top-selling Xbox 360 game worldwide. The title received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the atmosphere, music, and story approach. Critics were divided on whether the relatively short campaign and included extras were enough to justify the full-game price tag.

Team Xbox stated that it was the "same game at heart, and Firefight mode is an enhanced version of a game type that others have done before." Others mentioned that other games, such as ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' and ''Gears of War'', had much better graphics than ''ODST'', which was based on the older ''Halo 3'' engine.

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==Gallery==

===Logos===

===Box art===

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File:Halo3ODST-GameCover.jpg|Box art for ''Halo 3: ODST''.

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==Sources==

=== Internal ===

*''[[Halo 3]]''

*[[Mombasa|Mombasa, Kenya]]

*[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s

=== External ===

[[Category:Halo 3: ODST| ]]

[[Category:Canon]]