Editing The Battle Begins

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'''The Battle Begins''' is a campaign-exclusive trailer for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. It was released on July 29, [[2010]] and runs for 1:06.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Reach_Campaign_Trailer '''Bungie.net''': ''The Battle Begins Campaign Trailer'']</ref> It has a more dramatic tone than previous trailers, focusing on parts of the campaign that contemplate the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] invasion and destruction of [[Reach]].

==Summary==
The trailer opens with the game's intro, with the view zooming in through space. Text shown on a black background:

'''THIS SEPTEMBER'''

The camera passes through the ring of one of Reach's [[natural satellite|moons]], to reveal the planet Reach. Text shown:

'''THE BATTLE BEGINS'''

[[SPARTAN-B312]] is seen exiting a [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]] in a scene from the game's introductory cinematic, [[Noble Actual]].

Cut to two [[UH-144 Falcon]]s approaching the [[Visegrád Relay|Visegrad Relay]] in a scene from the opening cinematic of the level [[Winter Contingency]]. Cuts to a scene from the opening of the level [[ONI: Sword Base]]; shows a side-shot of two Falcons on their way to [[Sword Base]], with a [[Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|Covenant corvette]] hovering in the background. Zoom in on [[Carter-A259]], who turns to look at the Covenant ship.

Next, a scene from the opening cinematic of [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]] is shown; [[Catherine-B320]] outlines the premise of [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] while [[Emile-A239]], [[Jun-A266]], Noble Six and [[Jorge-052]] watch. Cut to a scene from the closing cinematic of [[Nightfall]], with Noble Six and Jun-A266 observing a massive Covenant [[landing zone]] at [[Ütközet]].

Cut to a part of the opening of the level [[Tip of the Spear]], with a convoy of Warthogs, Falcons, Pelicans and a [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|Mongoose]] rolling toward Covenant positions. Close-up of Noble Six's and Kat-B320's Warthog, with the gunner turning the [[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun|LAAG]] to face the incoming Covenant banshees. [[Plasma mortar]] bolts can be seen arcing up in the distance. One of the Warthogs is hit and destroyed by a round.

A scene for the closing of Tip of the Spear is shown, with Noble Six leaping off [[Spire One]], to a Falcon where Jorge-052 barely catches him and pulls him on board. Shows a brief shot of a Falcon flying over a damaged [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] in the [[New Alexandria|level of the same name]].

Cut to a scene from the level Winter Contingency, with a [[Sangheili Zealot]] team led by a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]] attacking Noble Team in the Visegrad communications outpost. The next shot shows Noble Six, with Kat-B320's body in his hands barely visible on screen, as well as the rest of Noble Team, futilely shooting at a Field Marhsall on board a Phantom, in the closing cinematic of New Alexandria.

Shows a part of the opening cinematic of [[Exodus]], with Noble Six standing atop a hill looking down to the besieged city of New Alexandria with Covenant corvettes looming overhead. Zooms in to show Jorge's [[dog tag]]s in Six's hand.

A slightly modified scene from the closing of New Alexandria is shown: Noble Six, Jun and Carter emerge from a ruined building with the ruins of New Alexandria seen in the background. Jun drops a blue [[signal flare]].

Cut to the [[YSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre]] [[Bravo 029]] taking off, then shows the {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} in Reach orbit, accompanied by Sabres and a Pelican. A brief scene of space combat from the level Long Night of Solace is shown, with the player destroying several [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraphs]] on their way to the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]''. Cuts to text on a black screen:

'''THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME OF 2010'''

'''HALO: REACH'''

Shows Noble Six looking at a mountain range, with the wreckage of the [[Covenant supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' crashed on top of a mountain and pieces of debris raining down.

View from the orbit of a glassed Reach, with [[Epsilon Eridani system|Epsilon Eridani]] in the horizon. Shows the text:

'''REMEMBER REACH'''

'''09.14.10'''

Video ends in the [[Xbox 360]] logo being shown on the screen.

==Trivia==
*Contributors at [[halo.bungie.org|HBO]] have noted that the final image of [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]] staring at a crashed Covenant vessel resembles [http://halo.bungie.org/images/saying_hello_to_the_past.jpg ''Crashed''], a piece of artwork from ''[[Marathon|Marathon 2: Durandal]]'' that was drawn by [[Craig Mullins]].
*A shorter, forty second long version of this trailer has been made as a television commercial, which features some alternate footage.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/showcases/halo-reach?sid=6272280&overridePid=960512 Television commercial on Gamespot.com]</ref>
*At approximately thirty seconds, the chainguns on the [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthogs]] are firing; however, their barrels are not spinning.
*The song played in the trailer shares its name with the traile itself. It is played in the ''Halo: Reach'' campaign level [[Noble Actual]], and appears in the [[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack|soundtrack]] as the first song of [[Winter Contingency (music)|Winter Contingency]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150">
File:The Battle Begins 01.jpg|A promotional image of the trailer.
File:Noble Team Reach.jpg|[[Emile-A239|Emile]], [[Jun-A266|Jun]], Noble Six and [[Jorge-052|Jorge]] watch as [[Catherine-B320|Kat]] formulates [[Operation: UPPER CUT|a plan]].
File:Noble Six City.jpg|Noble Six surveys the city of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]].
File:Exodus Intro.jpg|Noble Six looks out at a mountain range, where the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' lies in ruin.
</gallery>

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