Halo Reach Machinima – Defiant Team – Episode One
Distant Thunder
The first frame of the strip shows Jacks Gunginir helmet
Jack – *breathing deeply*
Jack stands holding his Gravity Hammer over his right shoulder surrounded by dead Spartans lying on the ground.
All the Spartans on the ground faze out and are shown to be holograms
Lord Marek – good, you are getting closer to your targets
Jack – im ready now!
Lord Marek walks up to Jack
Lord Marek – NO! you will be destroyed by them again and again, need we run the simulation again?
Jack looks down at the ground
Jack – no
Lord Marek turns away from Jack
Lord Marek – good, cause we have a new target for you to
Jack – im done following the covenant!
Lord Marek – no, this target is a training target, you will go to ______ there you will find a Spartan III base; I want you to kill them all
Jack – but, they’re Spartans? Why would I kill “them?”
Lord Marek – they’re expendable, they always where
Lord Marek walks away from Jack leaving him standing in the hologram room
Jack – *under his breathe* then what does that make me?
He drops his hammer and then follows out the hologram room.
The next frame changes to Josh, Gideon, James and Yuna in the cockpit of starship
Josh – starts with helmet on
Gideon – helmet off
James – helmet off
Yuna – helmet on
Josh pulls of his Mark VI helmet, which will reveal his purple plasma scar for the first time
Josh – Gideon where the hell are we?
The frame turns and shows Gideon, already with his helmet off
Gideon – I don’t know, we’re in uncharted space!
James – its not uncharted, you lost the charts
Gideon – there fore it is off the charts, as there is no charts, it must be off it off them
SFX – beeping on the ships computer
Gideon – I didn’t do anything
Yuna – we know, that’s some one hailing us
Josh – bring it up on screen
The frame changes to a computer screen coming up with an ODST trooper
ODST Alex – Attention, this is the UNSC frigate Skyline, you are entering a restricted site, please transmit clearance codes of we will open fire
The frame shows ships following the Defiant teams spaceship
Gideon – how can this be restricted? It’s not on the charts!
James – Gideon, go check the fuel gage or something
Yuna – Frigate Skyline, we’re survivors from Reach, currently MIA requesting permission to come aboard
SFX – radio silence
Josh – Yuna, what are you doing?
Yuna – they won’t know we’re rogue, we can get our bearings and get out of here before anyone even knows we’ve been here
James – its true, besides if this areas restricted, chances are they’re not gunna report on a random ship that comes their way
ODST Alex – clearance granted, docking co-ordinates are being sent now
Yuna – thank you frigate Skyline
The frame shows the spaceship coming into dock with the frigate
The frame goes inside the frigate as the space ship docks in the hanger
A group of ODST comes out to meet the Spartans as they come out the ship now all wearing there helmets
ODST Alex – Spartans?
The Spartans look at each other
ODST Alex – you didn’t say you had Spartans with you
Yuna takes off her helmet
Yuna – they’re with me, don’t worry, they won’t be any trouble
ODST Alex – don’t worry, you won’t be here long
The frame goes to a high window in the corner showing an EOD trooper looking down over the hanger
- EOD armor is at the bottom of the script -
The frame goes back down to the Spartans
ODST Alex – so, what do you need?
Josh – some minor repairs, and supplies too
James – and a new map card
Alex turns to the other ODST
Alex – get to work then
The other ODST’s move around the ship assessing the damage
Alex – you can stay in the barracks until you’re repairs are finished, just don’t go wondering. Got it?
Gideon – yes sir
The Spartans go past Alex and into the main part of the frigate through the door way.
The frame goes back to Jack now in a starship hanger walking towards a Girl ODST
Jack – Captain?
The ODST turns and stands at attention
ODST – Commander,
Jack – I take it you’re my new pilot
ODST – Captain Lightning Eclipse, and yes im you’re pilot
Jack – that’s an, unusual name, Lightning
Lightning – well, its not my real name
Jack – obviously
Lightning – I just prefer that name, sir
Jack – well, Lightning, is my ship ready?
Lightning – yes
SFX – hissing off screen
A pipe is shown off screen coming loose pouring smoke into the shot
Lighting takes off her helmet (concept art below)
Lightning – I can fix that
Jack walks past and onto his ship as Lightning runs to fix the pipe
The frame changes showing the ship taking off from the frigate (not the Skyline)
The frame goes inside the ship with Lightning and Jack in the cockpit
Lightning – so what’s the mission commander?
Jack – you don’t need to know that, all you need to know is where im going, that’s it. Now I need to go to _______ can you handle that?
Lightning turns back to the computer and puts her helmet back on
Lightning – yes, commander
The frame shows the ship flying off into slip space
The frame goes back to Yuna and Josh in the barracks together both with there helmets off
Yuna puts 2 fingers on the bottom of Josh’s scar and then turns around facing down the room
Yuna – so I was thinking about names for our baby
Josh smiles and then steps forwards closer to Yuna
Josh – any ideas?
He pushes his face into her neck kissing it, yuna closes her eyes
Yuna – hrmm, I want it to be something unique
SFX – alarm sirens ringing out followed by a huge explosion
Josh – what was that?!
Gideon and James burst into the room through the entrance (helmets off)
James – quick, the ships under attack
Josh puts his Mark VI helmet back on as does Yuna
The frame changes and shows the Spartans and Yuna running down a corridor
The frame shows a covenant ship attacking the Frigate Skyline outside
End
Credits
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