Evacuation

Evacuation is the fifth campaign level of Halo 5: Guardians.

Transcript

EVACUATION PLAN

POV shot as Jameson Locke and Fireteam Osiris teleports to the road leading to Meridian Station. The sky is clouded by smoke. A settler speeds by on a Warthog.

• Edward Buck: "We're back on the surface?"

• Sloan (PA): "-more shuttles ready to launch. Move your asses to the evac zone. Get to orbit, now!"

A cargo ship flies past, trying to escape. The Spartans head down the hill.

• Holly Tanaka: "Sloan's giving evac orders."

• Olympia Vale: "He knows. Somehow-"

• Buck: "Knows what?"

Above them, the Guardian's pieces rise and assemble.

• Buck: "Look! The Guardian!"

• Vale: "Oh no..."

• Tanaka: "Where the hell is it going?"

• Vale: "Chief's on board that thing."

• Locke: "We need to get airborne."

• Vale: "The other colonies Captain Lasky told us about... this is what happened to them. Locke, this colony is going to be a crater soon."

• Tanaka: "We can't take anything that flies from these people."

• Buck: "Our Pelican is on the space elevator. We could use that."

• Vale: "The other colonies... there are more Guardians-"

• Buck: "Really only concerned about the one in front of us right now, Vale."

• Vale: "But why this one? Why is the Chief on this Guardian? I think it's the first Cortana activated on purpose."

The Spartans climb into nearby Warthogs and Mongooses and speed down the road. They eventually reach the site of the Scorpion garage.

• Sloan (COM): "This is Governor Sloan broadcasting on all frequencies. People, if you are still planetside, make your way to the space elevator right now. Final shuttles are departing with or without you."

• Pilot (COM): "Governor Sloan, shuttle Bravo Three prepped for takeoff. Watch it, they're on your tail!"

The Spartans pass through the McCord River bridge. Soldiers and Crawlers attack fleeing settlers, and Phaetons purse their vehicles. The Guardian overhead has assembled and makes occasional screeches.

• Buck: "Guardian's got a hell of a singing voice."

• Vale: "Can we do autopilot retrieval? Bring the Pelican down to us?"

• Distress Call: "Mayday! Mayday! We're taking fire! We're hit!"

• Buck: "Not with those ships shooting everything out of the sky."

Osiris and other settlers reach the security outpost to the space elevator. A Pelican has crashed at its entrance. They climb over it to enter the courtyard, which is flooded with Promethean infantry.

• Locke: "Governor Sloan, we need access to the space elevator."

• Sloan (COM): "Can't do that, Spartans. Got too many people taking refuge inside. They'd be slaughtered."

• Locke: "Understood, Governor. Osiris, clear the area so they can open those doors."

• PA: "Hostile activity detected. Lockdown systems engaged."

The Spartans battle through the courtyard.

• Transmission (COM): "Control, I have no idea if this bird's spaceworthy. She's not gonna fly. We need another way to get these people off world."

• Sloan (COM): "What's taking so long, Spartans? Your propaganda's overselling your skills. I ain't opening these doors until the base is clear."

• Buck: "We get to stop being polite with him real soon here, right?"

When the Spartans clear the courtyard.

• PA: "Area secured. Lockdown released."

• Locke: "Elevator door's opening."

The Spartans and settlers head into the elevator's base. Other settlers are assembled there, waiting to be let aboard.

• Sloan (COM): "Spartans. Your tenacity outstrips even my own."

• Vale: "When did Cortana tell you about the Guardian?"

• Sloan (COM): "I'd- ...you're good. She gave me fair warning, true enough. I was allowed to help my people survive. A change is going to come. For all of us. Human and Created alike. She's bringing a new dawn and I intend to be a part of it."

The door to the space elevator's cargo cabin opens.

• Sloan (COM): "I see my time is up. Good luck to you, everyone. And goodbye."

SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL

Prometheans are already inside the elevator.

• Buck: "They're between us and the Pelican."

• Locke: "Weapons free."

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Trivia

The chapter title "Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal" is a reference to a scene from the Firefly series, which Buck's actor Nathan Fillion starred in.