Editing Origins

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{{Quote|This galaxy is vast; its wonders and beauty are almost unfathomable. But the galaxy also hides dark secrets, some of which have lain dormant since the beginning of time itself. There is a danger in secrets, both in seeking and in knowing. Some things are meant to be hidden from view. Some mysteries defy understanding, and sometimes even the things we think we know are untrue. Some secrets should remain untouched. Secrets can tempt your primal instinct, and lead you again into war. The Halos were one such secret.|[[Cortana]]}}

'''''Origins''''' is one of the seven short films comprising the anime adaptation of the ''[[Halo]]'' universe, ''[[Halo Legends]]''.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=933040 halo.bungie.org - Halo Legends: Polite Questions Answered Here]</ref><ref>[http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1007244p1.html IGN.com - SDCC 09: Halo Legends In-Depth]</ref> ''Origins'' is an expansive history of the 100,000 year long franchise timeline, comprised of two parts. The story is told through the eyes of [[Cortana]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4fozBZM1zM Halo Legends Origins trailer]</ref> and the episode begins after the events of ''[[Halo 3]]''.

===Part I===

As [[Cortana]] watches over [[John-117]], currently in [[cryo]] hibernation, she begins to experience the effects of rampancy, unable to key together who she is with the massive input of information in her databanks. She then begins recounting the history of the galaxy.

Over 100,000 years ago, there was once a great civilization called the [[Forerunner]]s. However, their empire was invaded by a parasite called the [[Flood]]. Initially, the Forerunners treated the Flood as an infestation, until it was too late. The more Forerunners assimilated by the Flood, the more intelligent the Flood became. Soon, open war was on the rise. The Forerunners were confident that their valor and technology would stop the Flood. Unfortunately, the parasite had spread too far across their empire. On the verge of defeat, the Forerunners made one last ditch attempt to eradicate the Flood from the galaxy. They constructed the [[seven]] [[Halo Array|Halo rings]] and used [[Installation 00|The Ark]] to send the rings to different parts in the galaxy. The seven rings would destroy all sentient life and Flood biomass. Once the rings were in place, the effects of the rings cleansed the galaxy of all sentient life, including Flood, in an instant.

===Part II===

Near the war's end, the dangerous Flood reemerges, determined to spread once again. After the [[Great Schism]], humanity and the Covenant then work together against the common foe, which soon leads to peace between both sides. The Two sides are seen fighting together side by side against the Flood in a montage. Species who were against each other, united against this common enemy they both shared.

In one scene, the Master Chief enters a Forerunner building covered in Flood growth. A Gravemind hands him what appears to be an AI memory Core. [[343 Guilty Spark]] then emerges and transports John to the surface of [[Installation 08]].

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*[[Mendicant Bias]] <ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=960512 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Differential survival *SP*'']</ref>

*[[Avery Johnson]]

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*[[San'Shyuum]]

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*[[Covenant]]

**[[Covenant military]]

***[[Fleet of Particular Justice]]

***[[High Charity defense fleet|''High Charity'' defense fleet]]

*[[Flood]]

*[[Forerunner]]

**[[Forerunner fleet]]

***[[Forerunner Fleet Command]]

*[[Insurrectionist]]s

*[[United Nations Space Command]]

**[[UNSC Marine Corps]]

***[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s

**[[UNSC Navy]]

***[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]]

****[[ORION Project]]

****[[SPARTAN-II Program]]

**[[United Nations]]

*[[Wikipedia:Sparta|Sparta]]

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*[[Arcadia]] <ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''Arcadia''</ref>

***[[wikipedia:Egypt|Egypt]]

***[[Kenya]]

****[[The Portal]]

**[[Installation 08]]

*''[[High Charity]]''

*[[Unidentified Forerunner planet]]

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*[[Forerunner-Flood war]]

**[[Fall of High Charity]]

 

 

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*[[Type-25 Grenade Launcher]]

 

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*''Origins'' is the first official visual depiction of the [[Forerunner]]s, although they are seen wearing [[combat skin]]s and their true features are not shown. According to [[Frank O'Connor]] in the audio commentary for the episode, all of the visual elements of ''Origins'' are formed from Cortana's concepts of the described events, thus rendering the depiction of the Forerunners ambiguous, especially since the episode clearly shows Cortana to be either [[rampant]] or borderline-rampant. Despite this, Forerunners bearing the same design were later shown in the [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|terminals]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.

**''Origins'' is also the first official work to depict life on the home planets of the [[Unggoy]], [[Jiralhanae]], and [[Kig-Yar]].

*''Origins'' is the only story in ''Halo Legends'' to feature the [[Flood]].

*Some of the Forerunner structures seen in ''Origins'' are based on concepts cut from the ''Halo'' games. At one point in Part I, during the section showing the Flood being wiped out by the Halo effect, a large mass of Flood is shown attached to the top of the unused tiered structure design for [[New Mombasa]] first shown in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 demo]]. In addition, a version of "[[Forerunner City]]", a level cut from ''Halo 3'', is featured in Part I.

 

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