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Template:Article Quote The Heretic is the first level of Halo 2, consisting entirely of the cinematics involving the Arbiter's punishment. <youtube width="300" height="300" float="left">uP1qMOPdaLA</youtube>
Transcript
{Fade in on the broken pieces of Installation 04, still burning. Groups of Covenant CCS-class Battlecruisers prowl among them.}
{An Assault Carrier flies by. The camera pans with it to a giant Covenant structure.}
Covenant Holy City, High Charity. Ninth Age of Reclamation
{Close up of High Charity. Hundreds of Covenant ships swarm around it.}
{Fade to a ledge across from tiers of stadium-like seats; several Banshees fly around. The camera slowly zooms toward a door on the back of the ledge.}
Elite Commander (voice over): "There was only one ship."
{Fade in to the Council Chamber. Rows of Honor Guard Elites stand at attention. A single Zealot stands at the end, facing two High Prophets.}
Prophet of Regret (voice over): "One? Are you sure?"
Elite Commander (voice over): "Yes. They called it the Pillar of Autumn."
(We see stadium seats filled with Elite and Prophet Councillors. They mutter amongst themselves.}
Prophet of Mercy: "Why was it not destroyed, with the rest of their fleet?"
Elite Commander: "They fled, as we set fire to their planet."
{Flashback: the Pillar of Autumn flees Reach as Covenant ships glass the planet}
Elite Commander (voice over): "But I followed with all the ships in my command."
{Flashback: a Covenant Battle Cruiser approaches Halo, several dozen smaller ships are already in orbit of it.}
Prophet of Regret (voice over): "When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?"
Elite Commander (voice over): "Blinded?"
Prophet of Regret (voice over): "Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?"
Elite Commander (voice over): "No."
{End flashback. We see Regret is not actually here, but rather speaking through a holographic image in his likeness. Next to it is the Prophet of Mercy.}
Prophet of Regret: "Yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring, (angrily) and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!"
Elite Commander: "Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked-"
{The Council members mutter angrily. The Commander looks around at them.}
Prophet of Mercy: "There will be order in this Council!"
(The Prophet of Truth comes forward and raises his hands. The room falls into complete silence.}
Prophet of Truth: "You were right to focus your attention on the Flood. But this Demon, this "Master Chief"...
{Flashback: the destruction of Halo}
Elite Commander (voice over): "By the time I learned the Demon's intent, there was nothing I could do."
{End flashback. The Prophet Councillors stand up and yell angrily. Elite Councillors mutter to each other. Tartarus, standing nearby, chuckles to himself.}
Prophet of Regret: " {whispers to Truth} Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler, the Council demands it."
{Truth holds up a hand, silencing Regret.}
Prophet of Truth: "You are one of our most treasured instruments. Long have you lead your fleet with honor and distinction. But your inability to safeguard Halo ... was a colossal failure."
Prophet of Objection: " {Stands up and shakes fist} Nay, it was heresy!"
{The Councillors yell. The Commander looks back and forth between them.}
Elite Commander: "I will continue my campaign against the humans!"
Prophet of Truth: "No! You will not."
{Truth glances at Tartarus, and the Brute Chieftain barks a command. Two Brutes approach the Commander and try to grab him, but he shakes them off and he starts walking to his fate willingly. They escort him out.}
Prophet of Truth (voice over): "Soon the Great Journey shall begin. (pause) But when it does, the weight of your heresy will stay your feet," {close up of Truth} "And you shall be left behind."
{Fade in, Truth's crown's holographic Halo fades into Earth's moon.}
{Pan down to three orbital MAC stations in Earth's orbit. A few UNSC ships fly past.}
Earth Defense Platform, Cairo. 10.20.2552 (Military Calendar)
{Cut to a close-up of the nearest platform.}
Master Gunnery Sergeant (voice over): "Your plating was about to fail, there's viscosity throughout the gel layer...
(Cut to the armory of Cairo Station. The officer handles equipment on a table.}
Master Gunnery Sergeant: "Optics, totally fried. And let's not even talk about the power supply." {we see the Chief's new helmet on the table} "You know how expensive this gear is, son?"
{The camera pans up the Chief's body, showing off his new armor. He fits his helmet into place just in time to block the camera's view of his face.}
Master Chief: "Tell that to the Covenant."
{fade to white}