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Subject: An Unofficial full-length analysis of the Halo: Reach trailer.

Posted by: ElementalRunner

Posted by: Commander Stroll
Still using a pump-action shotgun over 500 years in the future I see.

omg not realistic stop game production plz

Unofficial. Here we go. I'm going to start with quotes from the trailer.

Quotes

Let's look at a few.

Winter Contingency has been declared...

Winter Contingency? I'm thinking it's most likely a state of alert in code-form. Can't really comment on this much.

This is Sierra 320 prepped for combat insertion.

A new Spartan of Slavic descent, and obviously in space because she has to be inserted into combat (a.k.a taken to ground).

What the hell was that??

Either some type of powerful Covenant bomb, or something else. Halo Lore Expert Cheewawah, you've got to help me here!

We just lost our bird...

Either it's Fred talking about his pelican of Spartans being hit, or some pimps talking about how one of their hoes ran away.

There are people down here!

I swear Cheewawah explained this in a thread a while ago but I can't get it to spring to mind...something about the NOVA bombs, am I correct? (I'm going to have to give Cheewawah half the credit for this!)

(BACKGROUND VOICE, HARD TO HEAR) Dropped offline....

This is very hard to hear as I said in all caps - it can be hear at approx. 51 seconds of the trailer released by "Machinima" on Youtube. It's talking about the Orbital Defense Platforms (which get their power from grounf based generators).

We're over-run, we'll hold this position as long as we can -

Probably Marines who are waiting for Spartan support, trying to defend the last generators which are powering the Orbital Defense Platforms.

I need you in that fight, NOVA 1 do you read me.......Noble 1......Noble 1 do you copy?

This is a tricky one. On the first time, I'm sure he says "NOVA 1" but the other two times I'm posotive he says "Noble 1". Confuzzling, time will tell this one.

This is Sierra 259 sir. You've got Spartans on the ground sir. We're not going anywhere....

Epic quote....anyway, pretty obvious - the Spartans that survived the pelican crash have now established contact and are ready to do what they can (most likely look after the ODP generators, as the Marines were talking about a "position").

Time for some visual aspects.

Visual Aspects

So we see large, bluey-red explosions - the big question is, are these:

a. The Covenant's bombs
b. NOVA bombs accidentally exploding (unlikely)
or c. The generators being destroyed?

Not sure myself.

I'll add more to this thread later when more info comes along. For now, let's talk.

  • 06.18.2009 1:04 PM PDT

Its NOBLE-1. If your asking for help on half the quotes you should not be making an analysis of the trailer. But i'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

The explosions are hard to figure out because they don't look like the planet being glassed, they look more like bombs like when the UNSC carpet bombed to clear cov around the generators. That is why the marines on ground are saying "There are people down here" and seem surprised. Thats just my opinion.

[Edited on 06.18.2009 1:11 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 1:10 PM PDT

Posted by: ElementalRunner

Posted by: Commander Stroll
Still using a pump-action shotgun over 500 years in the future I see.

omg not realistic stop game production plz

Posted by: Skiracer93
Its NOBLE-1. If your asking for help on half the quotes you should not be making an analysis of the trailer. But i'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

The explosions are hard to figure out because they don't look like the planet being glassed, they look more like bombs like when the UNSC carpet bombed to clear cov around the generators. That is why the marines on ground are saying "There are people down here" and seem surprised. Thats just my opinion.


Half the point of the thread is to build up a factfile composed of knowledge of all the community, hence me saying "Here we go".

But the Carpet bombing thing rings a bell.

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Yeah I believe that those Explosions Are... :a Covenate Bombing.

also I pretty positive that its NOVA.1 due to the fact that's Book related that's my guess.

  • 06.18.2009 1:17 PM PDT

I downloaded the trailer and cranked up the sound, I clearly hear NOBLE-1. I don't really understand how everyone gets a -oble sound and -ova sound mixed up. I think its because one kid has earwax issues and said NOVA and know because it makes more sense people hear what they want to hear.

  • 06.18.2009 1:22 PM PDT

Yes, in the book the UNSC did carpet bomb some of the forests. Im wondering if this was the "Winter Contingency"

  • 06.18.2009 1:25 PM PDT

Posted by: Skiracer93
I downloaded the trailer and cranked up the sound, I clearly hear NOBLE-1. I don't really understand how everyone gets a -oble sound and -ova sound mixed up. I think its because one kid has earwax issues and said NOVA and know because it makes more sense people hear what they want to hear.



I downloaded it I hear Nova.

  • 06.18.2009 1:29 PM PDT

Posted by: Kaim858585
Yes, in the book the UNSC did carpet bomb some of the forests. Im wondering if this was the "Winter Contingency"

Thats what I think it is to because if the cov was glassing the place why would marines on the ground be radioing in like its UNSCs fault that it is happening. In the book when they bombed they killed a lot of their own soldiers for nothing.

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Posted by: Skiracer93
Posted by: Kaim858585
Yes, in the book the UNSC did carpet bomb some of the forests. Im wondering if this was the "Winter Contingency"

Thats what I think it is to because if the cov was glassing the place why would marines on the ground be radioing in like its UNSCs fault that it is happening. In the book when they bombed they killed a lot of their own soldiers for nothing.


perhaps the mean to the what the -blam!- was that! meaning lol

  • 06.18.2009 1:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kaim858585
Yes, in the book the UNSC did carpet bomb some of the forests. Im wondering if this was the "Winter Contingency"


I don't think those were carpet bombs. They were single large explosions that could be seen from space. It seems like the explosions were high yield bombs like the generators blowing up. If you look at the explosions, there not near eachother (relatively), so I would doubt the UNSC would put all the MAC generators close together.

[Edited on 06.18.2009 2:00 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 1:58 PM PDT