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Subject: Forward Unto Dawn Story Speculation *Possible SPOILERS*

Well I'm sure that most of you have all seen the Forward Unto Dawn trailer. As the big Halo nerd that I am, I've watched it like 5 times already. I'm really rtying to like it, but I'm still not sure.

So this is basically a break down of what's in the trailer. And I'm gonna speculate on what's happening.

So we start out with some kids in CAMS (Corbulo Academy of Military Science) learning about battle tactics. I also liked the Red vs Blue reference whether it was deliberate or not. We meet a few characters that are enrolled at the academy, at the center of which is Thomas Lasky. I'm assuming he'll be our main character.

The trailer as well as the behind the scenes videos suggest that Lasky is reluctant to come into his leadership role. The story will likely be a "coming of age/growing up" story. We also see a character named Chyler Silva who is played by Susan from Narnia. She would appear to be the love interest in the story.

Next we see some action-y parts where I'm assuming the Covenant show up. I'm assuming this takes place at the beginning of the human/covenant war since Lasky says "what are those things?". Either that or he was raised under a rock. They probably didn't play the line after that which was "its the covenant you dumb-blam!" lol jk.

Then MC shows up and says "Come with me if you want to live"... wait wrong movie. He saves the cadets and they all live happily ever after. except the ones that die an excruciating death at the hands of the covenant in the ensuing 25+ years of war.

My first issue comes with the MC showing up. Its cool that he's in it, but if this is Pre-war, then he shouldn't be by himself. Spartan II's never operate alone. It also would have been awesome if the entirety of Blue Team showed up to save the cadets. I also wish they used the Halo Wars Mk IV armor design. Say what you want about the game, but those Spartans look awesome. Instead they went with the one from The Package, the CG short from Halo Legends. Which is ok, I guess, I just wish they would have gotten rid of the white 117 and stripes. That's not exactly subtle in the field.

After the Title shows up, we hear Cortana say "Mayday, Mayday, Forward Unto Dawn... Immediate evac... 117". I'm sure the line is chopped up for time sake, but it's clear what she's saying. We then see an adult, Commander Lasky (Its true, it says lasky on his name badge and he has commander stripes and a silver leaf) as he says "play it again please".

I'm thinking he is in charge of the Spartan IV's (similar role to Colonel Holland in Reach). He probably intercepts the mayday message from Cortana, is totally stoked that the Chief is still alive ('cause remember, they're bff's now that MC saved him when he was a kid), then he convinces the captain of the Infinity to go find him.

That's all my speculation and break-down. Now its your turn. Tell me if you agree, disagree, and let me hear some of your speculation and thoughts. I think all in all it will be a cool watch.

[Edited on 07.15.2012 12:02 PM PDT]

  • 07.15.2012 11:58 AM PDT