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[[Image:Five_Long_Years.jpg|thumb|A screenshot from the Five Long Years cinematic Depicting 7 Marines]]
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Five long years is a halo wars cinematic preview released on the 14th of july 2008 depicting the five year long struggle to get harvest back. This Cinematic takes 1:29.[[Image:rendermarine.jpg|thumb| A Marine in the Five Long Years cinematic.]]
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[[File:HW Five Long Years.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] cheering as a Covenant destroyer comes down.]]
{{Quote|Halo Wars is set in the year [[2531]] right as UNSC forces retake a planet called [[Harvest]] from the alien Covenant. The story of Halo Wars is told through the eyes and ears of the crew aboard [[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]], a UNSC support vessel. As the ship approaches the planet Harvest to begin a dangerous and urgent mission, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Cutter|Cutter]] reflects on the long and bloody battle to retake Harvest from the Covenant...|[[Ensemble Studios|Ensemble]] description of the trailer<ref>http://halowars.com</ref>}}


It can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Lc2a1AyJU here]
'''Five Long Years''' is the introductory cutscene of ''[[Halo Wars]]'', depicting the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]'s [[Harvest campaign|five-year campaign]] to retake [[Harvest]] from the [[Covenant]]. It was also released as a cinematic trailer on [[2008|July 14, 2008]].
 
==Summary==
Halo Wars is set in the year 2531 right as human UNSC forces retake a planet called Harvest from the alien Covenant. The story of Halo Wars is told through the eyes and ears of the crew aboard Spirit of Fire, a UNSC support vessel. As the ship approaches the planet Harvest to begin a dangerous and urgent mission, Captain Cutter reflects on the long and bloody battle to retake Harvest from the Covenant.


==Transcript==
==Transcript==
Cutter:"Captains report February 4th 2531. Five years, Five long years that's how long it took us to get harvest Back"
*'''Cutter:''' "Captain's report: February 4th, 2531. Five years - five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back."


[several soldier race through a battlefield]
[[File:Harvest battle.jpg|200px|thumb|Marines firing on several Elites]]
''Several Marines run through a battlefield and kill a group of oncoming [[Sangheili|Elites]]. A Marine is killed when a nearby wall explodes and he is engulfed by debris and [[plasma]]. The surviving Marines recover quickly and start to move forward.''


Soldier:"Go Go Go"
*'''Marine:''' "Go, go, go!"


[they confront a force of elite's. Then a warthog runs over them. Then they cut to a Backview of the warthog driving through a battlefield firing]
''They confront a [[lance]] of slowly advancing Elites on the other side of a wall of debris. A few of the Marines yell out as they arrive. One Marine quickly joins in and starts to fire upon the Elites, only to be shot by a plasma bolt to the chest.''


Soldier:"Keep firing"
*'''Marine:''' "I've been hit!"


[Three soldiers fire there weapons. Then they cut to a shot of several Pelican dropships arriving warthog racing thru. You then see a shot of a marine beating an elite from behind the elite falls down and is shot dead by another soldier. A shot showing 7 marine's and a warthog looking out over the battlefield, a destroyed city with an object presumably a ship in the distance.`]
''An [[M12 Warthog]] then appears and runs the aliens over. The camera then cuts to the rear of the Warthog driving through a battlefield with the gunner firing the [[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun|turret]].''
[[File:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|200px|thumb|Pelicans disembarking troops on Harvest]]
*'''Marine:''' "Keep firing!"


Cutter:"At first it was going well"
''Three Marines fire their weapons. The camera then cuts to a shot of several [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships arriving with several Warthogs racing through the drop zone. Marines then charge out of one of the landed Pelicans. There is a cut to a Marine hitting an Elite from behind, so that he falls down and is shot dead by another Marine. Then it cuts to a panorama, showing nine Marines cheering and a Warthog overlooking the battlefield; a destroyed city with a burning {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} in the distant sky, presumably shot down by UNSC forces.''
[[File:Human Execution.jpg|200px|thumb|An Elite impaling a wounded Marine]]
*'''Cutter:''' "At first it was going well."


[Black]
''Fade to black''


Cutter:"Then setback after setback"
*'''Cutter:''' "Then setback after setback..."


[You see an elite pierce a marine with an energy sword. UNSC troops getting overwhelmed by plasma fire. Banshees fly overhead. Many elite's jump a wall and activate there energy swords one of them dual wielding them.]
''An Elite pierces a Marine with his [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]]. UNSC troops are overwhelmed by plasma fired by Elites and [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]]. The camera then cuts to a scene where three Elites jump over a crumbled wall, the two in the background wielding plasma rifles, the one in the foreground activating two energy swords.''


Cutter:"Loss after loss"
*'''Cutter:''' "Loss after loss..."


[2 as jet Unidentified Covenant ships begin to glass harvest]
''Two Covenant destroyers begin to glass Harvest.''


Cutter:"Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win"
*'''Cutter:''' "Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win..."


[An elite approaches a marine lying on the ground and kills him with an energy sword]
''A surviving Marine attempts to crawl to safety when an Elite approaches and stabs him with his energy sword.''


Cutter:"Into five years of hell"
*'''Cutter:''' "Into five years of hell."


[Camera turns toward the skies and another ship appears activating its energy weapon. White follows.]
''Camera turns toward the skies and another ship appears and activates its energy weapon. White follows.''


The cinematic ends with the words Halo Wars and its makers and producers shown on the screen.
''Transcript ends''


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*It was put on The official Halo Wars community site after the E3 Business & Media Summit.
*The Marine who is strafed by the Banshee utters the famed [[wikipedia:Wilhelm scream|Wilhelm scream]] as he dies.
*This trailer is reminicent of the beginning cinematic of another Ensemble game called Age of Mythology.
*The Pelicans have the [[Legendary]] symbol on the nose of their fuselages.
*A screenshot from this cinematic, showing Marines celebrating the destruction of a {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}, is seen in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' on a UNSC billboard.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H2A FiveLongYears Sign.png|A screenshot from this cinematic in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
</gallery>
 
==Sources==
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{{Trailer}}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:32, April 18, 2022

Screenshot of Marines fighting on Harvest from the opening cutscene of Halo Wars.
A group of UNSC Marines cheering as a Covenant destroyer comes down.

"Halo Wars is set in the year 2531 right as UNSC forces retake a planet called Harvest from the alien Covenant. The story of Halo Wars is told through the eyes and ears of the crew aboard Spirit of Fire, a UNSC support vessel. As the ship approaches the planet Harvest to begin a dangerous and urgent mission, Captain Cutter reflects on the long and bloody battle to retake Harvest from the Covenant..."
Ensemble description of the trailer[1]

Five Long Years is the introductory cutscene of Halo Wars, depicting the UNSC's five-year campaign to retake Harvest from the Covenant. It was also released as a cinematic trailer on July 14, 2008.

Transcript[edit]

  • Cutter: "Captain's report: February 4th, 2531. Five years - five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back."
Marines firing on several Elites

Several Marines run through a battlefield and kill a group of oncoming Elites. A Marine is killed when a nearby wall explodes and he is engulfed by debris and plasma. The surviving Marines recover quickly and start to move forward.

  • Marine: "Go, go, go!"

They confront a lance of slowly advancing Elites on the other side of a wall of debris. A few of the Marines yell out as they arrive. One Marine quickly joins in and starts to fire upon the Elites, only to be shot by a plasma bolt to the chest.

  • Marine: "I've been hit!"

An M12 Warthog then appears and runs the aliens over. The camera then cuts to the rear of the Warthog driving through a battlefield with the gunner firing the turret.

Screenshot of D77-TC Pelicans landing on Harvest from the opening cutscene of Halo Wars.
Pelicans disembarking troops on Harvest
  • Marine: "Keep firing!"

Three Marines fire their weapons. The camera then cuts to a shot of several Pelican dropships arriving with several Warthogs racing through the drop zone. Marines then charge out of one of the landed Pelicans. There is a cut to a Marine hitting an Elite from behind, so that he falls down and is shot dead by another Marine. Then it cuts to a panorama, showing nine Marines cheering and a Warthog overlooking the battlefield; a destroyed city with a burning Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer in the distant sky, presumably shot down by UNSC forces.

An Elite impaling a wounded Marine
  • Cutter: "At first it was going well."

Fade to black

  • Cutter: "Then setback after setback..."

An Elite pierces a Marine with his energy sword. UNSC troops are overwhelmed by plasma fired by Elites and Banshees. The camera then cuts to a scene where three Elites jump over a crumbled wall, the two in the background wielding plasma rifles, the one in the foreground activating two energy swords.

  • Cutter: "Loss after loss..."

Two Covenant destroyers begin to glass Harvest.

  • Cutter: "Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win..."

A surviving Marine attempts to crawl to safety when an Elite approaches and stabs him with his energy sword.

  • Cutter: "Into five years of hell."

Camera turns toward the skies and another ship appears and activates its energy weapon. White follows.

Transcript ends

Trivia[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Sources[edit]