Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn/Transcripts: Difference between revisions

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''Lasky's breathing gets louder, his eyes begin to look around the room. Cuts to Lasky opening his eyes as a teen, inside a cryo chamber. He coughs ''
''Lasky's breathing gets louder, his eyes begin to look around the room. Cuts to Lasky opening his eyes as a teen, inside a cryo chamber. He coughs ''


*'''Announcer''': "Cryo pods opening."
*'''[[Urlin]]''': "Cryo pods opening."


''Lasky falls out, vomiting [[bronchial surfactant]]. Next to him, [[Chyler Silva]] and [[Michael Sullivan]] are seen thawed out and vomiting surfactant as well.''
''Lasky falls out, vomiting [[bronchial surfactant]]. Next to him, [[Chyler Silva]] and [[Michael Sullivan]] are seen thawed out and vomiting surfactant as well.''
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''Lasky lies on the ground, breathing heavily. [[April Orenski]] appears from behind a reflective barrier.''
''Lasky lies on the ground, breathing heavily. [[April Orenski]] appears from behind a reflective barrier.''


*'''Announcer''': "Hastati Squad leader on the field. Exercise paused.''
*'''Urlin''': "Hastati Squad leader on the field. Exercise paused.''


''Orenski walks to Lasky, still laying on the ground, aiming her rifle at him.''
''Orenski walks to Lasky, still laying on the ground, aiming her rifle at him.''
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*'''Lasky''': ''(grunts in pain)''
*'''Lasky''': ''(grunts in pain)''


*'''Announcer''': "Game over."
*'''Urlin''': "Game over."


*'''Orenski''': "Shoulder your weapon, cadet."
*'''Orenski''': "Shoulder your weapon, cadet."
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*'''Vickers''' ''(in background)'': "Great job, Lasky."
*'''Vickers''' ''(in background)'': "Great job, Lasky."


*'''Announcer''': "Exercise complete. Zero wins. Hastati defaults."
*'''Urlin''': "Exercise complete. Zero wins. Hastati defaults."


''Lasky stops to look at his reflection on the wall of the opposing team's shelter.''
''Lasky stops to look at his reflection on the wall of the opposing team's shelter.''
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*'''Junjie Chen''': "My combat scores suck because of you."
*'''Junjie Chen''': "My combat scores suck because of you."


*'''Dimah Tchakova''': Don't bother, JJ, he's gone soft. He's an Innie-lover now."
*'''Dimah Tchakova''': "Don't bother, JJ, he's gone soft. He's an Innie-lover now."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Dimah...that order didn't make any sense."
 
*'''Dimah Tchakova''': "Doesn't have to make sense. Just follow it."
 
''Lasky takes that in and walks over to a locker next to Silva.''
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "I'm trying to survive here okay."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "You need to respect the chain of command. The UNSC isn't the enemy, the Innies are."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Spoken like a true believer."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Yeah, well, at least I believe in something these days."
 
''Silva walks away as Lasky looks at a picture of his brother [[Cadmon Lasky]].''
 
*'''Urlin''': "Cadet Thomas Lasky, report to [[Colonel]] [[Mehaffey]]'s office, immediately."
 
''Cut to Lasky walking through the courtyard briefly pausing at the statue of General Corbulo and continuing on. General Black is then seen giving orders to several Marines, while smoking a cigar the general looks off into the distance. An overhead view of the campus is shown passing by the space elevator as a car is sent up. Cut Lasky in Mehaffey's office, both of them are listening to a recording of the training earlier.''
 
''Recording reaches the point where Lasky disobeys orders.''
 
*'''Colonel Mehaffey''': "Pause. You don't care? You do realize your helmets transmit everything?"
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "No excuse sir."
 
*'''Colonel Mehaffey''': "You continue pulling down your squad you're going to end up with a lot of enemies."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Yes sir."
 
*'''Colonel Mehaffey''': "I served under [[Lasky (colonel)|your mother]], I know what she's like, and I sure as hell don't need me to tell you Colonel Lasky is not going to let a son of her's leave this academy without a diploma."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "I wouldn't know what my mother thinks sir, never see her."
 
*'''Colonel Mehaffey''': "It's been a long war, your mother holds a lot of hands."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "So I'm told sir."
 
''Mehaffey gets up and walks toward Lasky.''
 
*'''Colonel Mehaffey''': "You know Thomas, I've seen a lot of cadets come through here. Many have suffered like you, pain like that cannot be forgotten, but you can learn how to tolerate it."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "I'll do my best sir."
 
*'''Colonel Mehaffey''': "That will be all."
 
''Lasky salutes the colonel, who notices marks on his hand, Lasky leaves.''
 
''Cut to Lasky in a shower checking on his blisters.''
 
*'''[[Hughes]]''': ''(off-screen)'' "How long have you had those blisters?"
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': ''(off-screen)'' "Been on and off for a few weeks but...these are from yesterday."
 
''Cut to Hughes checking on Lasky.''
 
*'''Hughes''': "Any other symptoms?"
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "It's getting hard to breathe."
 
*'''Hughes''': "Okay well lets keep an eye on it."
 
''Cut to Lasky in the shower''
 
*'''Hughes''': ''(off-screen)'' "Cryo-training can take its toll."
 
''Cut to the space elevator, Lasky is sitting on a wall, thinking.''
 
''Cut to the barracks.''
 
*'''Male Cadet''': ''(off-screen)'' "Get out of my room! What the hell man?"
 
''Silva is seen viewing several updates on the Insurrection. One is about an attack on a civilian spaceport in [[Troisi City]], [[Lodestone]]
 
*'''Female Cadet''': ''(off-screen)'' "Darren get your filty hands off me or I will kill you."
 
''Another cadet sits next to Silva.''
 
*'''Male Cadet''': "Hey."
 
''Silva continues to read updates on the Insurrection, switching to an article about UNSC forces preventing a plot by the [[Bandusa Insurrectionist group]] on [[Mars]].''
 
''Cut to Dimah who is holding a stuffed animal until she notices Sullivan going through classified ONI videos, she then puts the stuffed animal back in a box and hides it away.''
 
*'''Dimah Tchakova''': "You really shouldn't be looking at that stuff Sully."
 
''Sullivan continues to go through the videos until he notices something and pauses it.''
 
*'''Michael Sullivan''': "Score."
 
''Sullivan than pulls the video on the left over to the one on the right.''
 
''Cut to Vickers doing handstand push-ups.''
 
*'''Announcer''': "The latest from [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]]. A pair of Insurrectionist operatives were apprehended while...''(continues indistinctly)''
 
''Cut to Chen checking on a video message from his father.''
 
*'''Chen''': (in Chinese) "Your academic performance is exemplary. However, your combat scores are disappointing."
 
''JJ is shown practicing combat moves, looking distressed.''
 
''Cut to Lasky in his room, he looks over his shoulder before activating a list of video messages from his brother, after hesitating he selects one.''
 
*'''Cadmon Lasky''': "Hey little bro! Hello from [[Jericho VII]], it's day 131 of deployment. Uh...so I gotta show you something. All right mom's gonna flip when she sees this. But whatever"
 
''Cadmon takes off his shirt and turns around, showing Thomas a helljumper tattoo. Thomas laughs.''
 
*'''Cadmon Lasky''': "It's still a little raw, but we got a drop on an Innie stronghold next week, and I wanted to get it done before then. Anyway..."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "You haven't been court martialed then."
 
''Thomas, surprised, pauses the video and slowly turns around. Silva walks over and sits next to Lasky.''
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "I'm not apologizing."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Yes you are."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': ''(repeating Silva)'' "At least I believe in something?"
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "I do believe in something."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Yeah, so do I."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Like what?"
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Just...not in stupid orders that lead to needless violence."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Negotiating isn't an option anymore Tom."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "So we're brainwashing kids and then sending them in to exterminate a bunch of overtaxed farmers."
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Farmers? That's what you think they are? You have no idea what the Innies are like."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "I have a pretty good idea."
 
''Lasky turns away.''
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Well then you should know how much they hate us and that they're not going to stop fighting until we're all dead."
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Can you blame them?"
 
*'''Chyler Silva''': "Yeah...I can, I blame them for a lot of things. And you should too."
 
''Lasky stares at the camera, Silva leaves, and Lasky returns to his brother's video message.''
 
*'''Cadmon Lasky''': "Uh...staying safe, doing my job."
 
''Thomas takes out a box and takes out a chess board. Thomas begins to place different kinds of bullets and shotgun shells on the board as pieces.''
 
*'''Cadmon Lasky''': "I just wanted to remind you to do your job. Oh, and by the way, nice checkmate bro, yet again. Okay, new game. Your move. And hang in there, I know it's tough with mom being gone all the time, being alone. She loves you, so do I. Miss you buddy"
 
''Video message ends.''
 
*'''Thomas Lasky''': "Miss you too."
 
*'''Urlin''': "Lights out. Doors closing."
 
''The lights go out, and the doors close. Thomas gets in his bed and stares at the [[Forward Unto Dawn (poem)|poem]] inscribed above him.''
 
''Cut to Silva who is doing the same, a knock is heard on the wall, it's Lasky. He knocks again before Silva answers with her own knock, Lasky closes his eyes. The light in his room goes out.''
 
''The camera drifts off to the window, the screen flashes briefly. An [[Covenant|unknown object]] is seen flying through the sky and turning sharply. Cut to black.''


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