Editing Prototype

{{Title|''Prototype''}}
{{Era|RW}}
{{Film Infobox
|image = [[File:Prototype poster.jpg|250px]]
|name = Prototype
|director = Tomoki Kyoda<br>Yasushi Muraki
|studio = [[Bones]]
|distributor = [[Wikipedia:Warner Brothers|Warner Bros.]]
|release date = February 16, 2010 (Full release)
|language = English and Japanese
}}
'''''Prototype''''' is one of the [[seven]] short films in ''[[Halo Legends]]'', the anime adaptation of the ''[[Halo]]'' universe. <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>

The story follows [[Ghost (Marine)|Ghost]], a [[UNSC]] [[Marine]] sent to [[Algolis]] to destroy a [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Exoskeleton |prototype powered armor]]. When he arrives, he finds the planet is still defended by [[humans]] who are under siege by the [[Covenant Empire]]. The suit is their only hope for survival.

==Summary==
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Two Marines -- Ghost and an [[Unnamed Marine (Prototype)|unnamed female]] -- take shelter in a forest on an unknown planet, surrounded by their dead comrades. The female marine asks her Sergeant about his call sign, "Ghost", while he dispassionately treats her wounds. With her dying words, she asks him, for once in his life, to "be human". The Marine's death and last words leave the usually-emotionless Ghost deeply disturbed.

Three years later, the planet Algolis is under attack by the Covenant. The Marines defending UNSC Weapons Research Facility T12A are taking heavy casualties fighting Covenant air and ground forces, trying to buy time for the remaining civilians to evacuate. However, the Hades Corps of UNSC Engineers refuses to retreat until all weapons and navigational data are destroyed in compliance with the [[Cole Protocol]]. As Covenant forces began their final push towards the base, the [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Exoskeleton ]] the Marines were sent to destroy flies out of a nearby hangar.

The suit is being piloted by Ghost, who disobeyed the Cole Protocol in an effort to help the planet's civilians and his Marines escape. Ghost single-handedly engages the Covenant forces on the ground and in the air, taking out large numbers of their forces easily. In the ensuing battle, Ghost is overwhelmed by ground infantry. The suit's [[Energy Shield|shielding system]] starts to fail, and the suit is completely disabled when a [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenade]] severs its (and Ghost's) left arm.

As Ghost struggles inside the disabled armor, he looks up at the escaping shuttles and flashes back to the female Marine's death. He admits that the moment she died in his arms, a part of him was lost and that he had become a "ghost" -- a shadow surrounded by death. A countdown on the suit's HUD finishes, and the suit's system requests a voice command to activate a self-destruct function. Ghost turns to face the advancing Covenant for one last glance, and gives the voice command: "Be Human". The prototype suit explodes in a nuclear detonation, killing Ghost and all of the surrounding Covenant.

As the evacuees rendezvous with a [[UNSC Frigate]] in orbit of Algolis, Ghost's commanding officer reports that the Cole Protocol has been enforced, and that all navigational data and technology prototypes have been destroyed. He redacts his previous request for Ghost's court-martial, listing him as [[Missing in Action|missing]] during heavy combat on Algolis and further stating that Ghost had demonstrated great conduct as a Marine and human being. He then informs <!-- who? --> of their <!-- who? --> rendezvous with the [[UNSC Heart of Midlothian]].
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==Appearances==
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===Characters===
*[[Ghost (Marine)|Sergeant "Ghost"]]
*[[Unnamed Marine (Prototype)|Unnamed Marine]]

===Organizations===
*[[Covenant Empire]]
*[[United Nations Space Command]]
**[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
***[[UNSC Engineering Corps|Corps of Engineering]]

===Species===
*[[Human]]
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[Unggoy]]
*[[Mgalekgolo]]

===Locations===
*[[Algolis]]
**[[Weapons Research Facility T12A|UNSC Weapons Research Facility T12A]]
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===Vehicles===
*[[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Exoskeleton]]
*[[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]]
*[[Human Cargo Ship]]
*[[D77H-TCI Pelican]]
*[[UNSC Destroyer]]
**''[[UNSC The Heart of Midlothian|The Heart of Midlothian]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[UNSC Frigate]]
*[[Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage]]
*[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]]
*[[Type-52 Troop Carrier]]

===Weapons===
*[[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C Assault Rifle]]
*[[M7/Caseless Sub Machine Gun]]
*[[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]]
*[[SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifle]]
*[[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle]]
*[[Type-51 Carbine]]
*[[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon]]
*[[Assault cannon]]
*[[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon]]
*[[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol]]
*[[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade]]
*[[T261 Lucifer Arm-Mounted Gatling Gun]]
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== Trivia ==
*After the first [[Human Cargo Ship]] lifts off and is destroyed, the next scene shows a [[Phantom]] with a [[Wraith]] in the troop bay. This is inaccurate, considering they are usually carried on the underside of Phantoms.
*All Covenant species depicted in this episode have blue blood, despite the Elites and Hunters having purple and orange blood, respectively.
*Strangely, the frigate that the Marines retreated to following the battle on the surface knowingly rendezvouses with the UNSC ''Heart of Midlothian'', while the [[Cole Protocol]] demands that if Covenant forces are detected, a ''random'' jump must be executed. However, as the Protocol also states that the jump must not be executed towards any human population centers, it is possible that the jump was not considered a violation.

==Sources==
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