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{{Center|This article is about the Halo 4 cinematic. For the Halo 2 music piece, see [[Prologue (music)]].}} | {{Center|This article is about the Halo 4 cinematic. For the Halo 2 music piece, see [[Prologue (music)]].}} | ||
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{{Article | {{Article Quote|Catherine Halsey is interrogated deep within a secret ONI facility.}} | ||
'''Prologue''' is the first level of ''[[Halo 4]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[campaign]]. Rather than featuring gameplay, it is a cutscene depicting [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and her thoughts on the [[SPARTAN-II Program]]. | '''Prologue''' is the first level of ''[[Halo 4]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[campaign]]. Rather than featuring gameplay, it is a cutscene depicting [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and her thoughts on the [[SPARTAN-II Program]]. | ||
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''Open on a line of beds. They are made of plastic, with no sheets, and are enclosed by glass walls. Children inside them are sleeping. Pan to a boy sitting on one of the beds. His head is shaved and he wears a gray uniform that reads "[[John-117|JOHN]]". He looks up at his viewer, his eyes grave.'' | ''Open on a line of beds. They are made of plastic, with no sheets, and are enclosed by glass walls. Children inside them are sleeping. Pan to a boy sitting on one of the beds. His head is shaved and he wears a gray uniform that reads "[[John-117|JOHN]]". He looks up at his viewer, his eyes grave.'' | ||
[[File:Spartan candidate John-117.png|thumb|Halsey's memory of a young John.|200px]] | [[File:Spartan candidate John-117.png|right|thumb|Halsey's memory of a young John.|200px]] | ||
''Fade in to a closeup of Halsey's eyes. She seems tired and grave.'' | ''Fade in to a closeup of Halsey's eyes. She seems tired and grave.'' | ||
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*'''Interrogator''': "You kidnapped them." | *'''Interrogator''': "You kidnapped them." | ||
''Cut to John-117, now wearing a | ''Cut to John-117, now wearing a breath mask, lying down on the bed as machines prepare to operate on him.'' | ||
*'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "Children's minds are more easily accepting of indoctrination, their bodies more adaptable to augmentation. The result was the ultimate soldier." | *'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "Children's minds are more easily accepting of indoctrination, their bodies more adaptable to augmentation. The result was the ultimate soldier." | ||
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''Cut to John, now fully armored and being inspected by technicians. He towers over all of them.''<!--The main Spartan featured throughout the cutscene has the number 117 written in Braille on his chest.--> | ''Cut to John, now fully armored and being inspected by technicians. He towers over all of them.''<!--The main Spartan featured throughout the cutscene has the number 117 written in Braille on his chest.--> | ||
[[File:Spartan-II MJOLNIR Armor fitting.png|thumb|John fully armored.|200px]] | [[File:Spartan-II MJOLNIR Armor fitting.png|right|thumb|John fully armored.|200px]] | ||
*'''Halsey''': "And because of our success, when the [[Covenant]] invaded, we were ready." | *'''Halsey''': "And because of our success, when the [[Covenant]] invaded, we were ready." | ||
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*'''Interrogator''': "Dr. Halsey, you're bending history for your favor and you know it. You developed the Spartans to crush [[Insurrection|human rebellion]], not to fight the Covenant." | *'''Interrogator''': "Dr. Halsey, you're bending history for your favor and you know it. You developed the Spartans to crush [[Insurrection|human rebellion]], not to fight the Covenant." | ||
''[[Type-26 | ''[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]s strafe and bomb the city as [[civilian]]s runs for their lives.'' | ||
*'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "When one human world after another fell..." | *'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "When one human world after another fell..." | ||
''A [[Sangheili]] drives his [[Type-1 | ''A [[Sangheili]] drives his [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]] through a fleeing civilian.'' | ||
*'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "When my Spartans were all that stood between humanity and extinction..." | *'''Halsey (voiceover)''': "When my Spartans were all that stood between humanity and extinction..." | ||
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''The Spartans land. A Sangheili snarls at them. The Spartans take cover and shoot down some of the Sangheili who return fire, flaring the shields on the Spartans' armor, while the lead Sangheili calmly steps forward and fires back. Cut to the Spartans advancing, still firing.'' | ''The Spartans land. A Sangheili snarls at them. The Spartans take cover and shoot down some of the Sangheili who return fire, flaring the shields on the Spartans' armor, while the lead Sangheili calmly steps forward and fires back. Cut to the Spartans advancing, still firing.'' | ||
[[File:Spartan-II defense - 2.png|thumb|The Spartans fighting the Covenant.|200px]] | [[File:Spartan-II defense - 2.png|right|thumb|The Spartans fighting the Covenant.|200px]] | ||
*'''Interrogator (voiceover)''': "So you feel in the end that your choices were ''justified''." | *'''Interrogator (voiceover)''': "So you feel in the end that your choices were ''justified''." | ||
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*'''Interrogator''': "The Master Chief is dead." | *'''Interrogator''': "The Master Chief is dead." | ||
*'''Halsey''': "His file reads ' | *'''Halsey''': "His file reads 'missing in action'." | ||
*'''Interrogator''': "''Catherine'', [[ | *'''Interrogator''': "''Catherine'', [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|Spartans never die]]." | ||
''Cut to John's foot stepping into a puddle. He leads a crowd of military personnel and civilians. The fighting has stopped but dust clouds cover the city.'' | ''Cut to John's foot stepping into a puddle. He leads a crowd of military personnel and civilians. The fighting has stopped but dust clouds cover the city.'' | ||
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''Halsey stands up from her chair in determination.'' | ''Halsey stands up from her chair in determination.'' | ||
*'''Halsey''': "Our destiny as a species. Do not underestimate them. But most of all, ''do not'' underestimate...''him''." | *'''Halsey''': "Our destiny as a species. Do not underestimate them. But most of all, ''do not'' underestimate... ''him''." | ||
''Cut to black.'' | ''Cut to black.'' | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
*According to ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', John met Cortana when her chip was inserted into his neural interface for the first time. This occurred just after he received his second-generation [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR armor]] and took place inside a large tent. However, the cutscene shows John wearing a variant of the Mark IV (see below) and Cortana appears in holographic form; the meeting instead seems to take place inside a bunker. The comic ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' also shows John being introduced to Cortana via her avatar, although John is correctly depicted as wearing his new Mark V suit. | |||
*The Spartans' MJOLNIR armor resembles the upgraded [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI]] version that Cortana devised for John-117, despite Dr. Halsey not knowing such a variant existed. However, ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' establishes these suits as the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]] variant upon which John's revised armor was based,<ref>[http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409334828,00.html '''DK Publising''' - ''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'' '''Preview''']</ref> much like the original Mark VI was canonically based on John's Mark IV variant from ''[[The Package]]'' and ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''. From a production standpoint, the use of the ''Halo 4''-era armor design is out of necessity to employ existing 3D assets for the cinematic.<ref name="notIV">[https://twitter.com/JoshingtonState/status/474224115608731650 '''Twitter'''] ('''Josh Holmes''': ''We didn't have time to build S-II armor just for intro so we used the S-IV armor in its place. Canonically incorrect I know. :('')</ref> Notably, the suits are shown to possess energy shields; while this may seem anachronistic, MJOLNIR energy shielding prototypes had entered field-testing by [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 119'': ''"Energy shielding was a key feature of Mark V, although other Spartan squads had field-tested prototypes of this technology as early as 2531."''</ref> | |||
According to ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', John met Cortana when her chip was inserted into his neural interface for the first time. This occurred just after he received his second-generation [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V | |||
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