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==Dutch Interview==
=== Dutch Interview ===
===File 1===
''{Dutch enters the room}''
''{Dutch enters the room}''


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'''Dutch''': Need a baseline image? How about a bird?
'''Dutch''': Need a baseline image? How about a bird?
''{Dutch's thoughts: a Pelican Dropship taking off}''


'''Buck''': That'll work.
'''Buck''': That'll work.
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'''Dutch''': Corporal Taylor H. Miles, everyone calls me Dutch. Buck, you really need to get in my head for this?
'''Dutch''': Corporal Taylor H. Miles, everyone calls me Dutch. Buck, you really need to get in my head for this?
''{Dutch's thoughts: Shadow of a soldier performing a salute}''


'''Buck''': [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] wants to be thorough.
'''Buck''': [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] wants to be thorough.
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'''Buck''': Yes, ONI's running this.
'''Buck''': Yes, ONI's running this.


===File 2===
'''Buck''': What led you to the ODST?
'''Buck''': What led you to the ODST?
''{Dutch's thoughts: Marines in [[Dress Uniform (UNSC Marine Corps)|dress uniforms]], standing to attention, with [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C]]s}''


'''Dutch''': Honor.
'''Dutch''': Honor.
''{Dutch's thoughts: ODST Flag}


'''Buck''': What experience do you have with close-quarters combat?
'''Buck''': What experience do you have with close-quarters combat?


''{Dutch's thoughts: Engaging a [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] in close-quarters combat}''
'''Dutch''': Experience with close-quarters combat is extensive. You've got detailed accounts on engagements for [[Ariel]], [[Jericho VII|Jericho]] space elevator, and [[Coral]] asteroid belt in my file.
 
'''Dutch''': Experience with close-quarters combat is extensive. You've got detailed accounts on engagements for [[Ariel]], [[Jericho Space Elevator]], and [[Coral]] asteroid belt in my file.
 
''{Dutch's thoughts: Fighting in various battlefields with other ODSTs}''


'''Buck''': As an ODST?
'''Buck''': As an ODST?
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'''Buck''': I need to ask. You just need to answer. So?
'''Buck''': I need to ask. You just need to answer. So?
''{Dutch's thoughts: Dropping in a HEV}''


'''Dutch''': As an ODST, I've succesfully engaged the enemy under various conditions, before and after orbital drop.
'''Dutch''': As an ODST, I've succesfully engaged the enemy under various conditions, before and after orbital drop.


===File 3===
'''Buck''': We're looking at a textbook shipboard mission. An orbital drop to some [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Regret's Carrier|Cruiser]] over [[New Mombasa]]. Nothing you haven't seen before.
'''Buck''': We're looking at a textbook shipboard mission. An orbital drop to some [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Solemn Penance|Cruiser]] over [[New Mombasa]]. Nothing you haven't seen before.
 
''{Dutch's thoughts: A sign reading "Welcome to Tribute" in a devastated environment}''


'''Dutch''': Really? Like [[Tribute]]? Like [[Reach]]?
'''Dutch''': Really? Like Tribute? Like Reach?


===File 4===
'''Buck''': Corporal, do you feel you'll be able to operate at maximum effectiveness on this standard orbital drop mission?
'''Buck''': Corporal, do you feel you'll be able to operate at maximum effectiveness on this standard orbital drop mission?


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'''Buck''': Thank you.
'''Buck''': Thank you.


===File 5===
'''Buck''': So how's [[Gretchen]]?
'''Buck''': So how's [[Gretchen Ketola|Gretchen]]?
 
''{Dutch's thoughts: Gretchen. Helmet on with visor unpolarized, face mostly obscured}''


''{Pause}''
''{Pause}''
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'''Buck''': What do they say?
'''Buck''': What do they say?


''{Dutch's thoughts: A shoulder of an ODST, reading "UNSC MED REF", and blood type A-}''
'''Dutch''': If it was up to her, she'd be coming on this drop - but they say she's done. Maybe something behind a desk, but i don't know.
 
'''Dutch''': If it was up to her, she'd be coming on this drop - but they say she's done. Maybe something behind a desk, but I don't know.
 
''{Dutch's thoughts: Gretchen's face}''


'''Buck''': Well, I don't see her typing up reports.
'''Buck''': Well, I don't see her typing up reports.
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'''Dutch''': No. Me neither.
'''Dutch''': No. Me neither.


===File 6===
'''Buck''': You were a trucker for a while, right?
'''Buck''': You were a trucker for a while, right?
''{Dutch's thoughts: A truck}''


'''Dutch''': I try not to think that far back.
'''Dutch''': I try not to think that far back.
''{Dutch's thoughts: Walking to a truck's door, opening it}''


'''Buck''': Can you still handle a rig?
'''Buck''': Can you still handle a rig?
''{Dutch's thoughts: Driving a truck}''


'''Dutch''': It's been a while, but I guess I could. You're trying to tell me I'm going to have to drive a truck into that Covenant bird?
'''Dutch''': It's been a while, but I guess I could. You're trying to tell me I'm going to have to drive a truck into that Covenant bird?


''{Dutch's thoughts: Driving a truck in an industrial area. Covenant [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|Battlecruisers]] in the sky}''
'''Buck''': You will get the details of the mission at briefing.


'''Buck''': You will get the details of the mission at briefing.
''{Pause}''


===File 7===
'''Buck''': Now the fifth man on this op is going to be [[The Rookie|a rookie]]. Transfer from the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force|26th MEF]].
'''Buck''': Now the fifth man on this op is going to be [[The Rookie|a rookie]]. Transfer from the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force|26th MEF]].


'''Dutch''': [[Battle of New Jerusalem|Cygnus]]? Didn't think there were any survivors.
'''Dutch''': [[Battle of New Jerusalem|Cygnus]]? Didn't think there were any survivors.
''{Dutch's thoughts: A battlefield. Ground burning}''


'''Buck''': Me either.
'''Buck''': Me either.


'''Dutch''': He might be a little shook up. Can't we get someone else? What about [[Devesh Bhasin|Bhasin]]?
'''Dutch''': He might be a little shook up. Can't we get someone else? What about [[Bhasin]]?


''{Dutch's thoughts: Walking to another ODST, presumably Bhasin}''
'''Buck''': Bhasin? You haven't heard. An [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|HEV]] drop over [[Sigma Octanus IV|Sigma]]. Chute panels got compromised during entry burn - he couldn't slow down.
 
'''Buck''': Bhasin? You haven't heard. An [[M8900 drop pod|HEV]] drop over [[Sigma Octanus IV|Sigma]]. Chute panels got compromised during entry burn - he couldn't slow down.
 
''{Dutch's thoughts: ODST funeral}''


'''Dutch''': Yeah, hell - a rookie - Why not? Why not?
'''Dutch''': Yeah, hell - a rookie - Why not? Why not?


{Dutch's thoughts: Numerous body bags on the ground}
''{Classified clip}''


===File 8 (Class 4 clearance required)===
'''Buck''': We're headed towards [[Earth]].
'''Buck''': We're headed towards [[Earth]].


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'''Dutch''': Hm. This is about more than some Covenant ship, isn't it?
'''Dutch''': Hm. This is about more than some Covenant ship, isn't it?


===File 9===
''{Classified clip end}''
 
'''Buck''': You spent some time at university, right?
'''Buck''': You spent some time at university, right?


'''Dutch''': A little. I was two years in when I got drafted. Pulled shifts on rigs to pay tuition.
'''Dutch''': A little. I was two years in when I got drafted. Pulled shifts on rigs to pay tuition.
''{Dutch's thoughts: Candles in the dark}''


'''Buck''': You studied a little philosophy, [[religion]]?
'''Buck''': You studied a little philosophy, [[religion]]?
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'''Buck''': How's that?
'''Buck''': How's that?
''{Dutch's thoughts: Shadowy figures of Marines advancing, against a bright background. Fires everywhere}''


'''Dutch''': I don't know - I guess at the time I had a lot of questions.
'''Dutch''': I don't know - I guess at the time I had a lot of questions.


'''Buck''': You ever get into end of the world stuff?
'''Buck''': You ever get into end of the world stuff?
''{Dutch's thoughts: Brief flash of Reach being glassed}


'''Dutch''': Yeah, sure.
'''Dutch''': Yeah, sure.
''{Dutch's thoughts: Running to a wounded ODST}''


'''Buck''': And?
'''Buck''': And?
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'''Buck''': I'm asking you.
'''Buck''': I'm asking you.
''{Dutch's thoughts: Reach being glassed}''


'''Dutch''': It's inevitable. Nobody can save the world, Buck.  
'''Dutch''': It's inevitable. Nobody can save the world, Buck.  
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''{Dutch leaves the room}''
''{Dutch leaves the room}''
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