<video name="Reach_VGA_Trailer" width="300" align="right"/> The Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer originally aired on Spike TV's Video Game Awards on December 12, 2009, and gave the first look at the graphics and characters of Halo: Reach.
Transcript
{From first-person view: A presumed SPARTAN stares into the visor of his helmet, before pulling it on}
{Zoom out to the Warthog the SPARTAN is riding in, on the surface of Reach, towards an outpost/camp, and two tiltrotor aircraft sing in above the Warthog}
{Both aircraft land in the camp/outpost, and the Warthog pulls to a stop. The unidentified SPARTAN gets out of the Warthog, and moves towards a building. Jun-266 watches him while placing rounds into a magazine. The unidentified SPARTAN reaches the door, and stares at Emile-239 sharpening a combat knife against his shoulder pauldron, and attempts to enter, before another SPARTAN wearing blue armor and a cybernetic arm stops him }
Kat-320: Commander.
{The SPARTAN Commander, without his helmet, looks up, and Jorge-052, in full gear, turns to look at the unidentified SPARTAN, who takes several steps inside the building}
Radio: Winter Contingency has been declared, all units are mobilized and ready.
Jorge-052: Didn't think anybody survived Pegasi, Sir.
Carter-259: SPARTANs never die, Jorge, they're just Missing in Action.
{The SPARTAN Commander starts walking towards the door and puts his helmet on, and all the SPARTANs turn to exit the building}
{Cut to the SPARTANs exiting the building, with the unidentified SPARTAN next to the SPARTAN Commander, with Kat-320, Unidentified Grenadier Spartan (who sheathes his knife) and Jorge-052 walking side by side in front of them, towards the aircraft}
Carter-259: I read your file, Lieutenant, even the parts ONI didn't want me to.
{The SPARTANs reach the aircraft, with the other three moving to one off screen, and the unidentified SPARTAN and the SPARTAN Commander getting into the one guarded by Jun.}
Carter-259: I'm glad to have your skill set, but you can leave that lone-wolf stuff behind.
Jun-266: This our new number six?
Carter-259: Affirmative.
Jun-266: You picked a hell of a day to join up!
{Carter signals for the aircraft to get airborne and the aircraft take off, moving into the horizon}
Kat-320: This is Sierra three-two-zero. Noble team is airborne and prepped for combat insertion.
{As the aircraft move into the distance, a colossal Plasma explosion erupts from the sky, and a CCS-class Battlecruiser looms in the clouds overhead. A static charge flies across the sky, and the scene whites out, showing the Halo: Reach logo. Cut to a dark room, with human blood on the floor, illuminated by an Energy Sword activating. There is a growl, then the camera turns towards an Elite, which roars at the screen. Bungie and Microsoft logos appear with Reach in the background.}