00:00I don't know.
00:41I don't know.
01:08I don't know.
01:37I don't know.
01:41Watch your mouth, Sarn.
01:43This stuff is your history.
01:46It should remind you, Grunt, what we're fighting to protect.
01:50Hey, if the Covenant want to wipe out this particular part of my history, that's fine by me.
01:56Yeah, better it than us.
01:58You ask real nice next time you see them, Vicente.
02:01I'm sure they'll be happy to oblige.
02:07LZ looks clear.
02:08I'm bringing us down.
02:17Go, go, go!
02:36Stay close, Jenkins.
02:38Shendoza, move it up.
02:42Okay, let's move.
02:51Wait here for the captain and his squad.
02:53Then get your ass inside.
02:55All right.
03:15Sir!
03:16Right, let's get this door open.
03:18I'll try, sir.
03:19But it looks like these Covenant worked pretty hard to lock it down.
03:22Just do it, Moraine.
03:24Yes, sir.
03:35You better have a look at this, Sarge.
03:37What you got?
03:39Covenant.
03:40Lots of them.
03:41Except they're all dead.
03:42Show me.
03:44Which is weird, right?
03:45I mean, look at it.
03:47Something scrambled the insides.
03:50What's that?
03:51Phasmus Gorn?
03:53Yeah, I don't know.
03:54Maybe there was an accident.
03:56You know, friendly fire or something?
03:58What do we have, Sergeant?
04:00Looks like a Covenant patrol.
04:02Badass elite units.
04:04All KIA.
04:06Real pretty.
04:08Friend of yours?
04:09Nah, we just met.
04:11I got a bad feeling about this.
04:14Boy, you always got a bad feeling about something.
04:17What the?
04:18Captain, Sarge.
04:19Can you hear me?
04:20What's going on, soldier?
04:21We've got contact.
04:23Flaps them.
04:23But they're not coming.
04:25They're just staring through them.
04:28Put the phone down.
04:31Corporal, do you copy?
04:32Over.
04:36Mendoza?
04:37Get your ass back up to second squad's position and find out what the hell is going on.
04:41But...
04:42I don't have time for your lip, soldier.
04:44I gave you an order.
04:45But Sarge, listen.
04:50What is that?
04:53Where's that coming from, Mendoza?
04:55Everywhere.
04:56I don't...
04:57Above you!
04:58There!
04:58Get out!
04:59Let them have it!
05:01Get out!
05:02Get it out!
05:03Hold still!
05:04Hold still!
05:05God damn it, Jenkins.
05:06Buy your weapon!
05:07Sergeant, we're surrounded.
05:08We smother.
05:12There are too many, Sarge!
05:14Don't even think about it, Marine.
05:16Oh, this is loco!
05:17Get back here, Marine.
05:19That's an order.
05:23Jenkins!
05:24I have you!
05:26Ah!
05:27Ah!
05:29Ah!
05:31Ah!
05:33Ah!
05:34Ah!
05:36Ah!
05:36Ah!
06:06You
06:12Greetings. I am the monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Hiltys Park. Someone has released the plug. My function
06:22is to prevent you from leaving this installation, but I require your assistance. Come, this way.
06:30Chief, I've lost your signal. Where'd you go? Chief! Chief!
06:46If the flood escapes this halo, it will, of course, consume all viable hosts in this galaxy. Why, naturally, the
06:53flood is simply too dangerous to release, and mass sterilization protocols may again need to be inactive. Of course, samples
06:59were kept here after the last catastrophic outbreak for study. It seems that decision may have been an error.
07:05Chief, I would conjecture that the other species currently on the installation are responsible for releasing the flood. They seem
07:12most persistent in their attempts to access restricted areas. We must collect the Index before we can activate the installation.
07:19We are near the Index Chamber. Follow me.
07:32Chief, I would conjecture.
07:35Chief, I would conjecture.
07:52to infection. The index must not fall into the hands of the flood before we reach the
07:57control room and activate the installation. The flood is spreading. We must hurry.
08:12Which means that any organism with sufficient mass and cognitive capability is a potential
08:17back there. On that point, all the tests were conclusive. Is something wrong? No. Nothing. Splendid. Shall we?
08:45Unfortunately, my usefulness to this particular endeavor has come to an end. Protocol does not
08:51allow units with my classification to perform a task as important as the reunification of
08:55the index with the goal. That final step is reserved for you, Reclaimer.
09:26Odd. That wasn't supposed to happen. Oh, really?
09:39Cortana. Twelve hours. Twelve hours. I've been stuck in here, watching you cozy up to that
09:45thing while it sharpens the knife to slit our throats. Hold on. He's a friend. Oh, I didn't
09:53realize. He's your pal, is he? Your chum? Do you have any idea what that bastard almost
10:01made you do? Yes. Activate Halo's defenses and destroy the flood, which is why we brought
10:08the index to the control center. You mean this? A contract? In the core? That is absolutely unacceptable!
10:28And yet... What impertinence! I shall purge you at once!
10:41You sure that's a good idea? How... How dare you? I'll...
10:46Do what? I have the index. You can just float and sputter.
10:49Enough. The flood is spreading. If we activate Halo's defenses, we can wipe them out.
10:57You have no idea how this ring works, do you? Why the Forerunners built it? Halo doesn't kill
11:05flood. It kills their food. Humans, Covenant, whatever. You're all equally edible.
11:13The only way to stop the flood is to starve them to death.
11:19And that's exactly what Halo is designed to do. Wipe the galaxy clean of all sentient life.
11:27You don't believe me? Ask him.
11:34Is it true? More or less. Technically, this installation's pulse has a maximum
11:41effective radius of 25,000 light years. But once the others follow suit, this galaxy will be quite devoid of
11:48life. Or at least any life with sufficient biomass to sustain the flood. But you already knew that.
11:58I mean, how couldn't you?
12:03Left out that little detail, did he? We have followed outbreak containment procedure to the letter.
12:08You were with me each step of the way as we managed this crisis.
12:11Chief, I'm picking up movement. Why would you hesitate to do what you've already done?
12:16We need to go right now. Last time you asked me, if it were my choice, would I do it?
12:23Having had
12:24considerable time to ponder your queries, my answer has not changed. There is no choice. We must activate the
12:31ring. Get us out of here! If you are unwilling to help, I will simply find another. Still, I must
12:39have the
12:40index. Give your construct to me, or I will be forced to take it from you.
12:47That's not going to happen. Um, so be it. Save his head. Dispose of the rest.
13:03Let's find a ride and get to the captain. No, that'll take too long. You have a better idea?
13:08There's a teleportation grid that runs throughout Halo. That's how the monitor moves about so quickly.
13:13I learned how to tap into the grid when I was in the control section. Unfortunately, each jump requires
13:17a rather consequential expenditure of energy. Something tells me I'm not going to like this.
13:22I'm pretty sure I can pull it from your suit without permanently damaging your shield. Needless to say,
13:28I think we should only try this once. Do it.
13:38The Covenant network is absolute chaos. From what I've been able to piece together,
13:44their leadership ordered all ships to abandon Halo when they found the Flood, but they were too late.
13:50The Flood overwhelmed this cruiser and disabled it. The Covenant are terrified the Flood will repair this
13:56ship and use it to escape from Halo. They've sent in a strike team to neutralize the Flood and repair
14:01the ship for immediate departure. I've got a lock on Captain Key's CNI transponder signal.
14:05He's alive and the implants are intact. There's some interference from the cruiser's damaged reactor.
14:20Oh, I see. The Coordinate data needs to be... Right. Sorry.
14:52I'm sorry.
15:02Chief?
15:04Chief!
15:05How do we free you?
15:07It's not him.
15:10Not anymore.
15:12The captain, he...
15:14He's one of them.
15:30We can't let the flood get off this ring.
15:33You know what he'd expect.
15:36What he'd want us to do.
16:04It's done.
16:05I have the code. We should go.
16:51This thing is falling apart.
16:53It'll hold.
16:56We're not going to make it.
16:57We'll make it.
17:00Pull up! Pull up!
17:16You did that on purpose, didn't you?
17:19There must have been something wrong with the coordinate data.
17:39I leave home for a few days and look what happens.
17:42This won't take long.
17:46There. That should give us enough time to make it to a lifeboat and put some distance between ourselves and
17:50Halo before the detonation.
17:52I'm afraid that's out of the question. Really?
17:54Oh, hell.
17:56Ridiculous.
17:57That you wouldn't do a warship's AI with such a wealth of knowledge.
18:01Weren't you worried it might be captured or destroyed?
18:04He's in my data arrays.
18:06A local tap?
18:07You can't imagine how exciting this is. To have a record of all our lost time. Human history is fascinating.
18:15Oh, how I will enjoy every moment of its categorization. To think you would destroy this installation, as well as
18:23this record. I am shocked. Almost too shocked for words.
18:31He stopped the self-destruct sequence.
18:33Why do you continue to fight us, Reclaimer? You cannot win. Give us the construct, and I will endeavor to
18:39make your death relatively painless.
18:42At least I still have control over the comm channels.
18:45Where is he?
18:46I'm detecting taps throughout the ship. Sentinels, most likely.
18:50As for the monitor, he's in engineering. He must be trying to take the core offline.
18:55Even if I could get the countdown restarted, I don't know what to do.
19:01How much firepower would you need to crack one of the engine's shields?
19:05Not much. A well-placed grenade, perhaps. But why...
19:10Okay, I'm coming with you.
19:12Chief! Sentinels!
19:16Transfer me back to your suit. You need to go.
19:39We're cutting it close.
20:10Here we go.
20:18Let's go.
20:28We're cutting it close.
20:29Take it close.
20:43Hey, Sentinels!
20:46Corporation.
21:12Shut them down.
21:13We'll need them later.
21:22Did anyone else make it?
21:25Scanning.
21:31No.
21:32Just dust and echoes.
21:36We're all that's left.
21:39We did what we had to do.
21:42For Earth.
21:43An entire Covenant armada obliterated and the Flood.
21:49We had no choice.
21:53Halo.
21:55It's finished.
22:01No.
22:02I think we're just getting started.
22:10Come here, you mother.
22:18Those were the days.
22:25Those were the days.
22:41Get your ass out of here.
22:42Hmm.
22:55Oh, shit.
23:04Well...
23:06That's my cue.
23:27See you in the sea.
23:35See you in the sea.
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