<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: Noble Six stares into the visor of a helmet, before pulling it on.
Zooms out to the Warthog Noble Six is riding in, on the surface of Reach, towards an outpost/camp, and two UH-144 Falcons sing in above the Warthog.
Both aircraft land in the camp, and the Warthog pulls to a stop. Noble Six gets out of the Warthog, and moves towards a building. Jun-A266 watches while placing rounds into a magazine. Noble Six reaches the door, and stares at Emile-A239 sharpening a combat knife against his shoulder pauldron, and attempts to enter, before being stopped by Kat-320.
Carter-A259, without his helmet, looks up, and Jorge-052, in full gear, turns to look at Noble Six, 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-A259: "SPARTANs never die, Jorge. They're just Missing in Action."
Carter starts walking towards the door and puts his helmet on, and all the SPARTANs turn to exit the building.
Cuts to the SPARTANs exiting the building, with Noble Six next to Carter, with Kat, Emile (who sheathes his knife) and Jorge walking side by side in front of them, towards the aircraft.
Carter-A259: "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 Noble Six and Carter getting into the one guarded by Jun.
Carter-A259: "I'm glad to have your skill set, but you can leave that lone-wolf stuff behind."
Jun-A266: "This our new number six?"
Carter-A259: "Affirmative."
Jun-A266: "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-B320: "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. Then, it cuts 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, clad in blue armor. The Elite looks up at the screen and snarls, baring its teeth. The Bungie and Microsoft logos appear with Reach in the background.
Trivia
- The Halo: Reach - Announcement Trailer has some of the same dialogue as this trailer, such as Kat's line and the Radio. This would imply the events in the announcement trailer and this trailer are close chronologically.
- Near the end of the trailer where Noble team takes off, in the background it seems that the hovering carrier starts to glass the "target" . This can be seen around 2:03 where the explosion erupts and a slighty visible stream of blue stream of plasma is seen at the center. Like the statement above, this event is similar chronologically to the announcement trailer.