Blue Team (level)

This article is about the campaign level. For the Spartan-II team, see Blue Team. For the soundtrack, see Blue Team (music).

Blue Team is the second campaign level of Halo 5: Guardians.

Transcript

{Cutscene}

John-117 is in the pilot seat of a Pelican and is looking at his helmet face to face. He then rotates it and prepares to put it on before pausing to look at the AI data crystal chip port in the back of his helmet.

Cut to the Pelican's exterior: it is flying towards UNSC Argent Moon.

Fred-104, Kelly-087 and Linda-058 are in the Pelican's troop bay preparing their gear.

• Fred-104: "I haven't seen Chief press himself like this since we were in boot camp."

• Kelly-087: "He's fine, Fred."

Kelly passes a DMR to Fred.

• Fred: "This many missions non-stop isn't fine."

John puts on his helmet and activates a COM link to the UNSC Infinity.

• John: "Sierra-117 to Infinity, Blue Team has located Argent Moon. Signs of hostile activity but she's still here."

• Infinity Comms (COM): "Copy that 117, eliminate all hostiles, secure Argent Moon, you may deploy when ready."

• John: "Affirmative Infinity, 117 out."

John-117 cuts the feed and slows the Pelican down. He enters the Pelican's troop bay.

• Kelly: "Here you go."

Kelly-087 passes John-117 an MA5D.

• John: "Thanks, Kelly. Everyone ready?"

• Linda-058: "Affirmative."

Linda opens the Pelican's exit ramp. John-117 starts to walk towards the rear of the Pelican.

• Fred: "You good?"

John nods. He then walks to the back of the Pelican.

• John: "Blue Team. Fall out."

Blue Team activates their thrusters and jump out of the Pelican. They maneuver through a cluster of asteroids and head towards Argent Moon.

Inside Argent Moon a group of Sangheili soldiers are inside a room. A Sangheili Storm walks up to his Commander.

• Sangheili Storm: "The Unggoy are resisting."

• Sangheili Commander: (growls) "Throw the Unggoy out the airlock!"

John fires his MA5D in space.

Blue Team approaches the large window that leads to the room with the Sangheili. As they get close John opens fire to weaken the window and they all manage to break the glass on impact and enter the room. They use their thrusters to slow themselves down and stop in front of the Sangheili Commander."

The Sangheili all activate their energy swords and run towards Blue Team but are blown out into space. The Spartans activate the magnet systems in the boots, which keep them attached to the floor. The Sangheili Commander lunges at the Spartans with his sword but they dodge the attack and the Sangheili is blown out into space. The window's blast door closes and the Blue Team prepares to move. Fade to black."

{Gameplay}

• System (PA): Hull breach contained. Re-pressurization of affected area completed.

• Fred: What do we know about Argent Moon?

• Linda: ONI research station. Went dark nineteen months ago. Last week, Kig-Yar scavengers found it, and sold the find to Jul 'Mdama's people.

• John: We clear the Covenant and return this station to ONI.

• Kelly: Fastest route to retrieval is to seize Central Control. Eliminate hostiles between here and there, then deactivate gravity and life support systems.

• Linda: Ship data center is just ahead. We can pull down Argent Moon's schematics there.

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• Fred: Impressive. Looks like they were designing a new stealth class vessel.

• Kelly: They lost years of expensive R&D with this station.

• John: Move toward the data center, Blue Team.

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• Unggoy 1: Why do we have to do downloading? So boring! Uh! It takes forever!

• Unggoy 2: Wish we were breaking glass. I like breaking glass.

• Fred: Hostile contact.

• Unggoy: Humans! How did humans find us?

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• John: Data center.

• Linda: We've got a complete set of datasec keys for this station. We should be able to pull down Argent Moon's schematics and find a path to Central Control.

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• PA: Datasec entry accepted.

• John: Accessed the databanks. Grab the data and current population map.

• Fred: Should be a straight shot to Central Control through the assembly bay ahead. There are still Prowlers in the hangar bays... Nobody from ONI got out of here alive, did they?

• Linda: No.

• John: Let's go.

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• John: Elevator.

• Fred: Central Control's straight across this bay.

• Linda: Everything's ripped up.

• Kelly: They must be stripping that experimental ship for parts.

• Fred: Scavengers. Taking what supplies they can find. The Covenant's war against the Arbiter must not be going well.

• Linda: Jul 'Mdama is a lot of things, but he's no Prophet.

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• Fred: Most direct route to the shipyard is through the wall ahead.

• John: Let's charge through.

• John: Let's go, Blue Team.

• John: Contact.

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• John: Hydra launcher.

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• Kelly: Push through this resistance and reach Central Control!

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• Fred: Nobody's left standing. Let's move on to Central Control.

• John: Central Control is through those doors.

A stack of crates go flying as a Mgalekgolo bursts out from a wall. The impact causes the walkway to shake and tilt.

• John: Hunter!

The Hunter slams its shield arm into the walkway, breaking it and sending John plummeting down.

{Cutscene}

John lands at the bottom of a dark rocky cave. Unharmed, he raises his assault rifle in prep for threats. Seeing nothing, he slowly lowers it.

• John: Blue Team, report. ...Sierra 117 to Blue Team, report. ...Sierra 117. Does anyone copy?

• Cortana: Chief...

John turns at the sound of a faint familiar voice. Behind him is a small blue light, coming from some rocks a few yards away. John walks to the light cautiously, a low hum heard from it. It appears to be a data chip, glowing brightly in the dark. John kneels to pick it up, and it vanishes. The humming stops.

• Cortana: John.

John looks to his right. There's more light coming from further in the cave. John follows it to its source, and comes to a cliff. A dark chasm is before him, with smoky clouds in the sky. John looks down the chasm, as small rocks fall. He cannot see the bottom; the clouds obscure his view.

• Cortana: Chief.

John looks up. At the other side of the chasm, he sees a rocky peak framed by a bright moon. A silhouette of a woman can be seen walking up the rocks.

• Cortana: The Domain is open. Meridian is next.

• John: Cortana?

• Cortana: John! The Reclamation is about to begin!

Cortana raises her arms, and a rumble is heard coming from deep beneath the chasm. John steps back as the rumble turns into a roar, and an enormous construct rises out of the abyss. It creates a dust cloud, blotting out the moon. John raises his assault rifle at the gigantic creature. The construct continues to rise, sprouting titanic spiked wings. John suddenly feels faint, and collapses.

• Kelly: Chief? What's wrong?

John comes to. He's on his knees, back on the Argent Moon. His teammates are with him standing guard. John gets back on his feet.

• John: She's on Meridian.

• Kelly: Who?

• John: Cortana.

{Gameplay}

• Fred: That's not possible.

• Linda: You said she was gone.

• Chief: I watched her die. We have a mission to focus on. We can talk about this later. Lights on. Frederic, get us back on course for Central Control.

• Fred: Bringing up schematics. There's an elevator we can use, but access is four levels down.

• John: Mark a path.

THAT FAIR AND WARLIKE FORM

• Grunt: Hardest part of fighting? Being bored.

• John: Hostile contact.

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• Kelly: Elite! Active camouflage!

• Sangheili: Kill the Demon and his allies! They must not interfere!

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• John: This area's clear.

• Kelly: Chief. What did Cortana say to you?

• John: Not enough. Something about Meridian.

• Fred: Meridian's a backwater. If she's active, what's she doing so far out on the frontier?

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• John: Hunters. They're keeping pace with us.

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• Fred: We've got a lot of ground left to cover. We should keep moving down.

• Grunt: Big ones gonna get you! Big ones gonna get you!

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• Sangheili Zealot: For the glory of 'Mdama!

• Fred: Zealot with an energy sword!

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• Kelly: Reach level three. One more level down to the elevator for Central Control.

• Kelly: Covenant battlenet just lit up.

• John: Covenant ships exiting slipspace.

• Fred: We're outnumbered here, Chief. A few thousand to one.

• John: Surrendering Argent Moon is not an option.

• Linda: Neither is fighting half the Covenant in close quarters.

• John: Then forget about reaching Central Control. The plan changes to asset denial. We scuttle the Argent Moon. Ship's reactor core is near here.

• Fred: Same plan as the Perpetual Devotion?

• John: We overload the reactor and evac. Ship explodes, destroying any ships nearby.

• Fred: The reactor is below the lab just ahead. We can use air ducts to travel between them. Marking the access panel.

• PA: Green Five clearance accepted. Authorizing entry.

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• Kelly: There's chatter about Jul 'Mdama on Covenant comms. The new arrivals say he's dead.

• Fred: Somebody cut the head off the Covenant. Bravo.

• John: Hunters...

• Fred: They're strong, but slow. Use the lab equipment to keep above them and out of their reach.

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• John: Hunters down.

• Fred: The reactor core is just below us. Let's go.

• John: Schematics show a path to the reactor through here.

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• PA: Venting system released.

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• Fred: Reactor room is just ahead. We can light this fuse and bolt.

• Linda: No salvage for the Covenant.

• Kelly: Right. Let's go.

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• Jackal 1: What is happening? Why has the fleet come?

• Jackal 2: Jul 'Mdama is dead! Regroup! Attack Sanghelios!

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• Kelly: Area's clear. Initiate the overload.

• PA: Reactor failsafe disarmed. Failure imminent.

• John: Got it. Reactor's overloading. Move for the hangar bay-

• PA: Containment protocol initiated.

• John: Containment?

• Fred: The station's going to try to cool the reactor.

• Kelly: I guess the UNSC has better reactor safety protocol than the Covenant.

• John: We can stop that. Board the reactor.

• Kelly: Board the reactor?

• John: If it's being moved, we should go with it.

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• PA: Coolant chamber readied. Stand clear of deployment bay.

• Fred: The safety systems are set to pump coolant to the reactor.

• Linda: This whole plan fails if that coolant gets a chance to work.

• Kelly: Shame to lose the Argent Moon, but I'd love to see the look on the Covenant's faces when she goes supernova.

• John: How do we stop it?

• Fred: There are sheds located on either side of the cooling chamber. Those are our targets.

• John: Reach the control sheds. Get the cooling system offline.

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• Fred: Shades are still closed on those coolant pipes. Find a way to open them.

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• John: Override controls.

• PA: Warning: security shutters disengaged.

• John: Override activated.

• PA: Warning. Cooling system shutters exposed to open space.

• Fred: Perfect. Coolant inner system workings are exposed.

• John: Eliminate the targets, Blue Team.

• Kelly: Grab Banshees. We can target the pipes more easily from the air.

• Fred: The armada's been alerted to our presence. Reinforcements inbound. They're sending Phantoms.

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• PA: Coolant system damaged. Pressure falling.

• Fred: It's working! Keep firing!

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• PA: Coolant system failing. Reactor core temperature rising. Evacuation advised.

• John: Blue Team, evac now.

• Fred: Banshees aren't fast enough to get clear of the reactor explosion.

• Kelly: Calling in the Pelican! ...No signal for our retrieval! Armada must've taken it out.

• John: Frederic, find the nearest hangar bay. We're taking a Prowler.

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• John: There's the hangar bay.

• Frederic: Prowler's just inside through an airlock.

• John: This station's about to be slag. Move to the Prowler.

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• PA: Reactor core temperature has exceed 1373 Kelvin. Failure imminent. Immediate evacuation advised.

• John: There's the Prowler.

• Linda: But the hangar's full of Covenant.

• John: Clear 'em out, prep for launch.

• Fred: Do it quick. I'd rather not be here when the station melts around us.

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• Linda: Marking the Prowler's control panel.

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• John: Launch controls are here.

• PA: Vehicle launch preparation. Fuel cells at zero percent. Initiating refueling.

• Fred: Hold off the Covenant while the Prowler preps for launch.

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• John: More Hunters.

or

• Kelly: More Hunters!

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• PA: Reactor containment failure. Immediate evacuation advised.

• PA: Prowler fuel cells at 25 percent.

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• PA: Prowler fuel cells at 50 percent.

• Fred: Covenant reinforcements inbound!

• PA: Prowler fuel cells at 55 percent.

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• PA: Prowler fuel cells at 100 percent. Launch is primed.

• Linda: Prowler is ready.

• John: Board now Blue Team.

• PA: Cascade failure. Fires on all decks.

{Cutscene}

Linda surveys the area with her sniper rifle.

• Linda: Clear.

John walks toward a terminal with a dead Unggoy on it.

• John: Time, Linda?

• Linda: 89 seconds.

John pushes the dead Grunt off and hits the "Launch" button on the screen. The floor rises to lift them into the Prowler.

Cut to fire bursting through hallway. John sees it and activates his comm.

• John: Sierra 117 to Infinity. Argent Moon scuttled. I've reassigned Blue Team, destination Meridian. Potential contact from Cortana.

• Infinity Comms: Negative, 117. Another team is already being prepped to deal with her.

Fred turns to face Chief, confused.

• Fred: What the hell...?

• Infinity Comms: You're to return to Infinity immediately.

• John: Negative, Infinity.

John presses a button to open the Prowler's bay door.

• John: I don't like it.

The Prowler's bay door opens. Kelly walks aboard up its ramp.

• Kelly: Whoever they are, let's get to Meridian before they do.

• John: Kelly. No.

Linda steps on as well.

• Linda: No need to do this by yourself, Chief.

John looks up, a little exasperatedly. More explosions burst in the room. The hangar starts to fall apart.

Fred enters the Prowler, patting Chief on the arm as he passes.

• Fred: They won't court-martial all of us, right?

John looks back, sighs, and then joins them in the ship. Arriving inside, he presses a button to close its bay door. John watches it close.

The security latches come off and the Prowler rises in the air. At full height it aims down a long runaway. Its engines charge and then blast, propelling it through and out of the exploding starship.

The Prowler flies out of the sinking Argent Moon, away from the expanding fireball, past exploding Covenant ships, through an asteroid field, and then vanishes as its cloaking activates.

Level ends.

Trivia

• The opening cutscene was first revealed as a trailer on September 23, 2015.

Gallery

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  Blue Team preparing to fall out from their Pelican dropship.

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  The Spartans land in front of the Sangheili Commander.

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  Blue Team boards the station.

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  Blue Team fighting onboard UNSC Argent Moon.

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  John encounters a Sangheili Zealot.

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  John fires his SAW at a Sangheili Warrior.

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  Fred fires his assault rifle at an Unggoy.

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  Kelly engages a pair of Mgalekgolo.

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  Kelly revives Linda.

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  A Sangheili Warrior and a Sangheili Commander fire their weapons.

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  Blue Team regrouping deep within Argent Moon.

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  Blue Team discussing their next move.