Halo: Combat

Halo: Combat Part 1 is a short video created in collaboration with Bungie Studios, Neill Blomkamp, WETA Digital and Origami Digital LLC. It is roughly 1:33 minutes long and is the second in the trilogy, and was leaked on August 23, 2007. The video was officially released via WETA's website on August 28, 2007.

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Synopsis

Bravo-21, T. Rymarr, kills a Brute with a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle.

Bravo-22, S. Hartley, is wounded during Delta Team's escape.

The short film follows two United Nations Space Command Defense Force Orbital Drop Shock Troopers fighting across a wasteland, being engaged by Covenant Loyalist Brutes and Banshees.

The film starts off with two ODSTs of Delta Team, Bravo-21 (T. Rymarr) and Bravo-22 (S. Hartley), being tracked on an aerial camera as they move through a wasteland with gunfire going off around them along with several Banshee fuel rod strikes near missing them. Bravo-22 is tracking something on a hand-held scanner, and retrieves a elongated casing labeled "UNSC" from under a pile of debris while Bravo-21 gives him covering fire against fast-moving enemies. Superheated metal spikes impale the wall that they are near as a pair of Brute Minors open fire with Type-25 "Spiker" Carbine weapons. Bravo-21 squarely hits them both with a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, downing one as Bravo-22 calls for evacuation, prompting a Pelican to began its descent to their position as Bravo-21 kills the second Brute with his Battle Rifle.

"I'm hit!"

— Bravo-22, S. Hartley

"Suck it up!"

— Bravo-21, T. Rymarr

Bravo-21 is almost killed by a Fuel Rod Cannon strike from a strafing Banshee flier, and at this time, radar or radio dishes can be seen in the distance. The Pelican drops off a Warthog, prompting the ODSTs to make a run for it in the middle of an exposed area. Bravo-21 takes the driver's seat while Bravo-22 takes the passenger seat. Bravo-22 is then hit from an unknown source of fire, splattering smears of blood against the Warthog's windshield and the camera. The Warthog smashes through a wall then, shortly afterwards, the film ends with 'Transmission Terminated, End Part 1'.

Appearances

Characters

• Delta Team
  • T. Rymarr (Bravo-21)
  • S. Hartley (Bravo-22)
• Anonymous Pelican pilot
• Anonymous Brutes

Organizations and titles

• Covenant
  • Covenant Loyalists
• United Nations Space Command
  • United Nations Space Command Defense Force
    • United Nations Space Command Marine Corps
      • Orbital Drop Shock Trooper

Events

• Human-Covenant War

Species

• Homo sapiens (Human)
• Jiralhanae (Brute)

Vehicles and vessels

• Banshee
• M12 Warthog LRV
• Pelican Dropship

Weapons and technology

• BR55HB SR Battle Rifle
  • The HB SR's these ODST's were using equipped Flashlights and Laser Pointers onto the foregrip of their rifles. They also fired more than the standard 3 round burst, sometimes firing as many as 6 shots at a time.
• Type-25 Carbine (Spike Rifle)

Miscellaneous

• Unknown UNSC-labeled elongated casing (similar to SPNKr ammunition casing)

Trivia

• Although the battle takes place during the Covenant invasion of Earth, the date on the camera says that it is September 12th, 2534 at 1:00 AM, which puts it almost 20 years prior to the invasion of Earth.