The Battle Begins

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The Battle Begins is a campaign-exclusive trailer for Halo: Reach. It was released on July 29th, 2010 and runs for 1:06. It has a more dramatic tone than previous trailers, focusing on parts of the campaign that contemplate the Covenant invasion and destruction of Reach.

Trivia

• Contributors at HBO have noted that the final image of Noble Six staring at a crashed Covenant vessel resembles Crashed, a piece of artwork from Marathon 2: Durandal that was drawn by Craig Mullins.
• It was revealed in a Bungie update that a specially designed 40-second short would be used in TV commericals.
• During this trailer there is a scene when Noble Six is holding a pair of dog tags. These could be another soldier's or another member of Noble Team.
• At exactly 33 seconds, the chainguns on the Warthogs are firing. However, the barrels are not spinning. This could be the gun spinning and warming up before it fires, as heavy-machine guns do.
• At 35 seconds, Jorge-052 is on the floor, not responding to the attacking Elites, possibly meaning that he will either be critically injured or killed in the game.

Gallery

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  A promotional image of the trailer.

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  Emile, Jun, Noble Six and Jorge watch as Kat formulates a plan.

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  Noble Six surveys the city of Manassas.

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  Noble Six looks out at a mountain range, where a Covenant ship lies in ruin.