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| | <div class="thumbcaption">Halo E3 2000 Announcement Trailer</div> |
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| The '''''Halo'' E3 2000 Trailer''' was an in-engine cinematic [[trailer]] for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', shown at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 2000]]. This trailer was released before the game was converted to the Xbox as a first-person shooter. However, it showcased designs which mostly resembled those in the final game, though the events depicted were not canon.
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| ==Transcript==
| | At [[E3 2000]] an early trailer for [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] was shown. It was called the '''Halo E3 2000 Trailer'''. It depicted events not in the final game. |
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| ''The camera pans over a mountainous landscape. At the top of a mountain, near an apparent Forerunner complex, two [[Sangheili Minor]]s are patrolling back and forth. Two Banshees fly overhead.''
| | Some [[Elites]] are depicted on patrol, and are sniped by the [[Master Chief]] who has a different and more robotic voice. He then claims that a landing zone is clear, and a [[Pelican]] dropship flies in, putting down [[Marines]] (a squad comprised of Sergeant Stacker, Private Lang, and several unranked Marines: Goth, Sigure, McLeast, and one unnamed soldier) and a [[Warthog]]. They split into two teams, headed for the same destination. As they travel across [[Halo]], they encounter native wildlife not in the final game, resembling [[Halo Dinosaurs|Dinosaurs]]. They take out a [[Wraith|Covenant Wraith]] and proceed into an underground chamber where they are soon ambushed and massacred by more Elites, the only [[Covenant]] alien featured in the Trailer. One Elite in Particular is depicted wielding an energy sword in one hand and a large [[Energy Shields|Energy Shield]] on his other arm. It is possible that it was shrunken and transferred over to the [[Jackals]] in the Final game. Near the end of a trailer McCleast detonates a [[grenade]] to take out some enemies before they can murder him. An early version of the [[Spectre]] is also seen in the background. |
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| *'''Banshee Pilot:''' ''(Sangheili)'' Beginning patrol.
| | Eventually only Goth is left and is saved by the [[Master Chief]], who then impales an Elite with an [[Energy Sword]]. |
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| *'''Sangheili Minor 1:''' ''(Sangheili)'' Good hunting.
| | Bungie also made comedic advertisment "demonstrating" the N Vidia GE-Force 2 GTS graphics card using the E3 engine to make the commercial. Link-[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/1604.html] |
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| ''The first Sangheili Minor walks over to the second.''
| | == Noticeable Differences == |
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| *'''Sangheili Minor 1:''' ''(Sangheili)'' They will surely find them.
| | Sound effects for the [[weapons]] differ, as do the visual effects used during their firing. They make longer laser-like streaks and noises instead of the short plasma blasts. |
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| *'''Sangheili Minor 2:''' ''(Sangheili)'' You speak truly.
| | Halo is depicted as having an assortment of native wildlife. |
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| ''The first Sangheili turns and continues pacing. While its back is turned, the second Sangheili is shot in the head with a silenced bullet and collapses backward. The first Sangheili looks around, confused, then is shot in the head and falls forward.''
| | The [[Banshee|Banshees]] depicted have tail flaps that act as a rudder for aerial steering. |
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| *'''[[John-117|Master Chief]]:''' Recon reporting. Hostiles have been neutralized.
| | A Major [[Elite]] uses the [[Energy Sword]] to kill one of the [[Marines]]. However, that ranking never uses the sword in the final version. |
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| *'''Sergeant (COM):''' Say again? Over!
| | The [[Assault Rifle]] used by the Marines appears to have a wood finish on various parts. |
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| *'''Master Chief:''' The drop zone is clear. I repeat, the drop zone is clear.
| | The Marines are depicted to be much more efficient in Combat than the Final game would prove. Their armor and color of uniform differs slightly, and their "scouter" eyepiece is red, instead of green. |
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Understood. Lieutenant, let's get this thing moving.
| | The [[Elites|Elite's]] design is slightly different in some scenes, where it has a lower jaw instead of the four [[mandibles]]. |
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| ''The Pelican dropship accelerates over a body of water toward the mountains.'' | | There is an early version of what appears to be the Spectre. It seemingly was meant to be in the game also, but didn't make the cut until [[Halo 2]] came out. This is probably where the [[Shade]] turret came from, as there is one planted on top of the Spectre. |
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Hang tight, this may get a little rough.
| | Look very carefully at the [[Sniper Rifle]] the Master Chief was using in the beginning of the trailer. He was wielding the SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifle, which was used later in [[Halo 3]] |
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| ''The Pelican flies low between the mountains.'' | | The Master Chief uses an Energy Sword, which he isn't able to do until Halo 2, he has a different voice, and a radio antenna on his shoulder. When he is hit by enemy fire, his shields flicker blue instead of yellow. |
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| *'''Sergeant:''' I want a quick, tight dispersal. If they catch us napping, this operation is as good as over!
| | The [[Elites]] don't seem to have any shields like they do in the final game since Marines can easily take them down individually. |
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| *'''Marines:''' Sir, yes sir!
| | The Elite's Energy Shield was like that of a Jackal's personal shield. |
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Coming up on the insertion point.
| | The Elites also sound very different, and bear a noticeable resemblance to the noises made by the [[Flood]] in the final version |
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| *'''Sergeant:''' [[Gough]], you get that 'Hog rolling as soon as we dust off. I need your team in position A.S.A.P.
| | The marines' [[warthog]] is armed with some kind of light artillery piece, and it is not a turret or rocket launcher. It may be an early version of the [[Gauss Cannon]], which did not appear in the final cut of [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]]. It is capable of knocking out a wraith in two shots, rather than the LAAG in the the shipping version. It also glows purple rather than yellow on the windsheild and headlights. |
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| *'''Gough:''' I'm all over it!
| | The only covenant are [[elites]] no [[Grunts]], [[Jackals]], or [[Hunters]]. |
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| ''The Pelican lowers straight down and hovers several feet above the ground. The Warthog is detached from back of the dropship and the marines jump out of the aircraft's bay.'' | | The [[Needler's]] needles don't glow. They are more like an exlposinve version of the Brute [[Spiker]]. |
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Warthog detached. Clear drop zone and advise.
| | Some elites have [[mandibles]] but said above some have a lower jaw. |
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Go, go, go!
| | The Elites hold the [[Plasma Rifle]] in a different way |
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| ''[[McLees (Marine)|McLees]], [[Segur]] and Gough climb into the Warthog.''
| | The inside of the [[Pelican]] looks different. |
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| *'''Gough:''' Let's roll.
| | Some of the energy blasts seem to be from [[Covenant Carbines]] |
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Get the hell out of here, Lieutenant.
| | Furthermore you must notice that the red Elite speaking says: |
| | "Your destruction is the will of the Gods. And we are their instruments." Truth says this in one of the first cutscenes in Halo 3 |
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Good luck.
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| ''The Pelican takes off and flies over the Warthog.''
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| *'''Gough (COM):''' See you at the rendevous point.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Affirmative.
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| ''The Sergeant, [[Wang (Marine)|Wang]] and a third Marine run along a mountain path toward their objective. The Warthog drives along the coast to the same location, pausing to avoid a herd/pack of Blind Wolves. The Warthog arrives at the Forerunner facility first. Gough dismounts and approaches the facility on foot.''
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| *'''Gough (COM):''' Objective in sight: six hostiles, six vehicles.
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| ''The Sergeant's group run past a herd of Thorn Beasts, one of which roars.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Draw off what you can.
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| ''Gough waves for Segur and McLees to come toward him. They leave the Warthog and run toward him.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Segur, target infantry. McLees, target armor.
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| *'''McLees:''' You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down!
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| ''McLees returns to the Warthog and mans its turret. Gough and Segur crest a rise and open fire on the Sangheili guarding the facility's entrance.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Initiating contact.
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| ''The Sangheili return fire and a Wraith slowly makes its way toward the marines.''
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| *'''Gough:''' That did it. Fall back!
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| ''As they turn to retreat, Segur is shot in the back repeatedly and killed. Gough continues to distract the Wraith as it crests the rise and is destroyed by McLees using the Warthog's cannon turret. The Sergeant's group arrives and wipes out the rest of the Sangheili.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Report!
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| *'''Gough:''' We lost Segur.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Gough, you and McLees keep this entrance clear. The rest of us are going down that hole to find whatever those blue bastards were after. Private Wang, you have point.
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| ''The doors open and the marines run into the facility. They make their way down a series of ramps to the facility's lower level.''
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| *'''Wang:''' Clear! No movement, no heat, no Covenant anywhere. Somethin' ain't right.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Hold up. And Wang? Put a sock in it, will ya?
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| *'''Wang:''' All's I'm saying is, there's a lot of unlocked doors for somethin' that nobody's supposed to have been in in 100,000 years.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' We got nothin' down the rabbit hole. See anything topside?
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| ''Gough stands at the facility's entrance.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Not a damn thing.
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| *'''Wang:''' All clear. Looks like nobody's ho--
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| ''A Sangheili Major sneaks up behind Wang and spears him on the end of an Energy Sword, cutting off his sentence and lifting him off his feet.''
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| ''The Sergeant and the unnamed Marine open fire, but their shots are Sangheili's arm shield. Numerous Sangheili push forward and pursue the humans.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Outnumbered! Attempting to disengage!
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| *'''Gough:''' Position is secure, we're coming in!
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| ''The unnamed Marine is killed and falls off the ramp. The Sergeant shoots and kills one of the Sangheili.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Negative! Hold your position!
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| *'''Gough (COM):''' No way, Sarge. Fifty meters and closing.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Gough, get the hell out of here! That's an or--
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| ''The Sergeant is killed by heavy fire.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Come on, let's move.
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| *'''McLees:''' Go. I'll cover you.
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| ''Gough gets in a Ghost and flees the facility. The Sangheili Major follows on another Ghost, and although McLees shoots at it, he is unable to stop it. He is then shot repeatedly by three Sangheili Minors.''
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| *'''McLees:''' Hey, stooges.
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| ''He holds out a fragmentation grenade. The Sangheili Minors turn toward him and growl with alarm. The grenade explodes, killing McLees and the Sangheili, and triggering a series of explosions which destroy two Ghosts and a {{Pattern|Wuchek|Spectre}}. Two Banshees chase down Gough, destroying his Ghost and leaving him wounded. The Sangheili Major dismounts from his Ghost and advances on the injured marine. Gough raises his Assault Rifle, but it clicks as he pulls the trigger; he is out of ammunition.''
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| *'''Sangheili Major:''' (in English) Your destruction is the will of the Gods, and we are their instrument.
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| *'''Gough:''' Go to Hell!
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| ''The Sangheili levels its Plasma Rifle at Gough's head, but is distracted by the sound of gunfire. Two Sangheili Minors are shown shooting at something off camera. The Master Chief then crests a ridge wielding an Energy Sword, having apparently killed the two Sangheili Minors and taken it from one of them. The Sangheili Major shoots him several times with the Plasma Rifle but the shots are absorbed by his shields. The Spartan charges the Sangheili and stabs it in the stomach. The Sangheili clutches its stomach, fires its rifle several more times, then collapses. The Pelican flies toward Gough and the Master Chief.''
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| *'''Master Chief:''' Can you walk?
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| *'''Gough:''' [[Cortana]] told us one of you was onboard, but I didn't believe her.
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| *'''Master Chief:''' Enemy airborne battalion inbound. Let's get you on board.
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| *'''Gough:''' You're staying?
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| *'''Master Chief:''' Yes. My battle has just begun.
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| ''Cut to ''Halo'' logo''
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| ''HALO.BUNGIE.COM''
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| ==Production notes== | |
| *At the time of production, what became the Master Chief was known simply as "The Sniper," and was played by [[Tom Ciappa]].{{Ref/Twitter|MartyTheElder|1836856642991980811|Marty O'Donnell|Quote=Ok, digging through archives and found out something interesting about the Halo 2000 E3 demo. Found the original script and cast list. Master Chief didn’t exist yet. He was just called “The Sniper” and he was voiced by http://tomciappa.com/#demos|D=19|M=09|Y=2024}}
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| * The Marines depicted in the trailer were named and modeled after Bungie employees: Charlie Gough, Matt Segur, [[Robert McLees]], and [[Shi Kai Wang]]. The Sergeant who resembled [[Marcus Lehto]] was not named in the trailer, but he was depicted as an early version of Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]]. The sixth Marine was unnamed in the trailer and all supplementary material.
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| *Bungie also produced a comedic advertisement "demonstrating" the [[wikipedia:GeForce 2 series|Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS graphics card]] using the E3 engine and characters.<ref>[https://youtu.be/PU5ROgblqjg '''YouTube''': ''Halo The Movies - Trailers - 4 - NVidia Promo'']</ref>
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| *[[Seven]] human characters made a physical appearance in the trailer.
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| ===Noticeable Differences from the final version of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''===
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| ====Gameplay====
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| *The whole trailer, including the segments that resemble actual gameplay, is shown from third-person perspective. The third-person view, which is only used for vehicles in the final game, was developed before the first-person view, and early development envisioned the game as a wholly third-person shooter.
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| *Halo is depicted as having an assortment of native wildlife.
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| *The Sangheili don't seem to have any [[energy shielding]], whereas they do in the final game. The Sangheili Major was equipped with the [[Sangheili point defense gauntlet]], which did not appear in the final game.
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| *Sangheili Major and Sangheili Minor never uses the Energy Sword in the final game. In addition to those changes, the final game doesn't appear to have the code for an Sangheili to lunge: the Sangheili always appear to swipe, or melee their opponents.
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| *The explosive power of the [[M9 fragmentation grenade|frag grenade]] in the trailer (shown when McLees sacrifices himself) is far greater than it is in the final game.
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| *When McLees detonates the grenade, it actually detonates the parked vehicles. In the final game, unoccupied vehicles would flip around undamaged.
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| ====Visual and Audio Design====
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| *Sound effects for the [[weapons]] differ significantly, as do the visual effects used during their firing. For example, Plasma Rifles fire green-blue rounds that make long tracer streaks instead of the short, rounded blue plasma bolts that appeared in the final game.
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| *Several parts of the [[MA5B assault rifle|Assault Rifle]] used by the Marines appears to have a wooden finish.
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| *The [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle]] possessed a different design, and was equipped with a [[suppressor]].
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| *The Plasma Rifles seem to have more of a purple color.
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| *The Needler's projectiles don't glow. They act more like an explosive version of the Brute [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Spiker]].
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| *The Master Chief appears slightly different to his final representation: he has a robotic voice, and a radio antenna on the shoulder piece of his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR Mark V armor]]. When he is hit by enemy fire, his shields flicker blue instead of yellow.
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| *The armor and color of the [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform]] differs slightly, and their rangefinder eyepieces are red, instead of green.
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| *The Sangheili' biology is slightly different in some scenes, with their mouths seeming to have a lower jaw instead of four mandibles.
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| *The Sangheili sound very different, with deep and rasping voices, and bear a noticeable resemblance to the noises made by the [[Flood]] in the final game.
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| *The Sangheili' armor differs from the final game. The back of their gauntlets are dark blue instead of yellow, their helmet fins are longer, and there are two larger Forerunner symbols adorning their backs.
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| *The [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] depicted have tail flaps that appear to act as rudders for aerial steering. The legs of the Banshee pilots are more exposed. The Banshees' engines sound like the ''Halo 2'' [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]].
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| *The trailer prominently features a [[Cut Halo: Combat Evolved vehicles|few cut vehicles]] from early stages of ''Combat Evolved''. These include the;
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| **Covenant "Shadow" - the early name for a vehicle cut from final release and later introduced into ''[[Halo 2]]'' as the {{Pattern|Wuzum|Spectre}} - albeit with a heavy redesign. The version featured in the E3 2000 trailer would later be restored as part of the [[Digsite]] initiative and canonised as the {{Pattern|Wuchek|Spectre}}.
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| **Rocket Warthog - A rocket turret-equipped variant of the Warthog ultimately cut from the final release. The concept was later re-introduced in the game's [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|PC port]] as the [[M12A1 Rocket Warthog]] (albeit with a redesigned [[M39 rocket turret]]) while the specific vehicle design itself was later reused in ''Halo 2'' as the [[M12G1 Gauss Warthog]] - with the rocket turret design recontexualised as the [[M68 Gauss cannon]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:HE32000-elitemajor2man.png|The early version of a Sangheili Major.
| | Image:MajorElite2.jpg |
| File:HCE E32K Spectre.png|The early version of the Ghost and Spectre vehicles.
| | Image:Concept Spectre.JPG |
| File:Shieldandswordeq0.png|Sangheili Major holding an [[Type-1 Energy Sword]].
| | Image:Shieldandswordeq0.png |
| File:Blind Wolves.jpg| [[Blind Wolf|Blind wolves]] on Halo as seen in the trailer, though they were cut from the final game.
| | Image:E32000 Elites.jpg |
| File:Dinosaurs.jpg|[[Thorn Beast]]s are seen in the trailer, though they were cut from the final game.
| | Image:Blind Wolves.jpg |
| | Image:Dinosaurs.jpg |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Sources==
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| *[http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=12641 Halo E3 2000 Trailer Download]
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| | * [http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=12641 Halo E3 2000 Trailer Download] |
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