Defiant Team Episode Prologue

Defiant Team – Halo Reach Machinima – Episode Zero

Prologue

CE – camera opens up on a computer screen displaying the UNSC logo and Emblem (I think they’re the same thing to be honest)

The emblem disappears into the background and a new menu comes up on the screen with tabs labeled

“Spartan Teams Under ONI Directive on Reach”

“Noble Team”

“Defiant Team”

“Omega Team”

“Team Serenity”

The Defiant Team tab flashes with an orange and then the other tabs disappear, the Defiant Team tab comes to the top of the screen and sub tabs come out underneath reading

Defiant One – S182 Josh

Defiant Two – S340 James

Defiant Three – S341 Gideon

Defiant Four – S232 Chris

Defiant Five – S362 Jack

Each of the tabs has a picture of the helmets of each member of defiant team

Cpt. Price – Colonel, are you sure you want this team to take the spire mission

Colonel Ackers – yes captain, the Defiant Team is tend to rogue tendencies’ but they’re more effective than most Spartan teams

Cpt. Price – they’re a bunch of rejects that work, plus there command structures completely ruined , even the twins? I mean they should have been destroyed as soon as they contacted each other, plus Josh’s augmentation was even a partial --

Colonel Ackers *interrupting* – Captain, that’s enough, send them in

SFX – footsteps away from the computer screen

Cpt. Price – Yes sir,

The computer changes back to the first menu with each of the 4 Spartan Teams (noble, defiant, Omega and Serenity)

The tab on defiant team flashes red and a piece of red text reading “deployed”

The camera goes to a shot of the warthogs driving across Tempest

SFX – dramatic music (probably same as tip of the spear)

Dolly camera alongside the warthog showing billy driving the gauss warthog

Billy – hey guys!

Maiden – what?

Billy – I think we might have took a wrong turn

SFX – the music cuts off

Duckegg – what? When?

Duckegg turns on the warthog

Duckegg – urm… josh?

Andriarno – oh for gods sake what?

Andriarno stops the car and so does billy in the other warthog

The camera shows andriarno looking down into the steering wheel

Duckegg – you remember the massive army that was following us into battle?

Andriarno – yeah?

CE – camera cuts to a shot of the start cut scene of tip of the spear showing the whole army driving to the covenant (with the music playing)

CE – the camera goes back to Defiant Team on tempest

Duckegg – well, they’re not behind us anymore

Andriarno – *sigh’s heavily*

Andriarno gets off the warthog and walks to duckegg (on the turret)

Duckegg – hey, hey, hey don’t blame me

Maiden jumps out of the warthog passenger seat and walks over to duckegg and andriarno

Maiden – well where are we now?

Duckegg jumps off the warthog and stands beside maiden and Andriarno looking at the back end of the warthog

Post Production – import a crappy map effect over the back end of the warthog

Maiden – look where here right?

Andriarno – no we past that about 20 minutes ago, we must be back here

Duckegg looks around and then turns back to the map

Duckegg – you idiot, that’s a map of Paris! Look there’s the Eiffel tower

Maiden – god damn it Gideon!

Billy walks over to the back of the turret

Billy – what?

Duckegg – you brought the wrong map

Billy – no I didn’t, I was just preparing

Andriarno – anyway…

Paz gets out the warthog and walks beside maiden looking at the map

Paz – the spire’s here

Duckegg – wait what? That’s a map of Paris

Paz – yeah, but the scales there

CE – camera shows gideons face turning weirdly (I’ll film this on a local game for the lowered gun weird looking head turning)

Billy – huh?

Paz – yeah by using the scale and the position of the sun at the minute, obviously gotta compensate for the gravitational pull on reach and the fact we’re near the solstice and everything but yeah, we’re about 20 miles away from where we need to be

Maiden – ok, which way’s that then?

Paz – south west, about 398° from here

Duckegg – I thought there was only 360 degrees?

Billy – no way its about 17 here, 398? We’d be melting

Andriarno – he means directions Gideon

Billy – oh, right, I’d say left

Maiden – what?

Paz – anyway, let’s get moving

Duckegg – I guess that Spartan II training paid off

The defiant team members get inside there warthogs and drive off again

Maiden – you’re sure we’re going the right way now Chris?

Paz – yes

Maiden – ok good

Paz – wait, is it daylight saving times yet?

Maiden – huh?

Paz – urm…

  

Paz – we need to turn around, like now

Maiden – what, how long is daylight savings on Reach?

Paz – 32 hours… 3 times a year, all during October

Maiden – oh my god, who designed the time system for Reach?

Billy (shouting from other warthog) – Billy Mays *probably incorrect spelling*

The warthogs turn around and drive over towards the other side of the map

Duckegg – do you guys think we’ll actually fight the covenant on Reach?

Andriarno – probably not till the second episode

Duckegg – huh? Episode?

Andriarno – Skirmish, I mean

The camera shows the warthogs driving away from the camera

Credits role

To Be Continued

Defiant Team Episode Three Script

Having actually done some work i have finnished the script for episode 3, episode 4 will be finished tonight aswell

Team Defiant Team – Halo Reach Machinima – Episode 3

The Battle of New Alexandria Part One

CE – camera opens on Halo ODST with the drop pods coming down

Note – Dare / Buck will be removed with a video of a heart rate monitor with the name Yuna Burress written above.

Yuna – flyleaf leader, coming into land inside New Alexandria’s city limits. Advice?

SFX – radio silence

Yuna – come in command

SFX – radio silence

The covenant corvette comes into shot through the glass on the pod

Yuna – oh shit

Yuna’s heartbeat increases exponentially

SFX – engine powering up

A flash of white light blinds the screen leaving only the audio

SFX – explosion noise (high pitched ringing) I’m not sure what the actual word for it is but when the Halo ring explodes on RVB season 3, when Lopez and church blow up causing a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge explosion leaving that noise.

SFX – a large banging is heard as the drop pod hits the ground (still on white screen) The drop pod opens and footsteps can be heard.

CE – the camera then cuts to the 2 falcons flying over New Alexandria (right at the beginning)

CE – the falcons land at rally point bravo on New Alexandria

Note – as you will notice while filming this (max) the falcons won’t be able to have Spartans on them as they fly. Avoid looking through the falcons or at the gunners, when the falcons come down to land film from below to make the falcon land on the camera.

Note – for duckegg, his armor ability is available in campaign level either with the rally points or inside hospital

Paz walks out from the civilians and walks up to Andriarno on the turret

Paz – Commander, good to see you again

Andriarno – you to Chris, you ready to get back in the fight?

Paz – affirmative

Paz gets on the falcon gunner seat and acknowledges duckegg and billy

The falcon rises and watches the civilians get on the pelican

Note – there’s a scripted part during this scene where a marine says “city’s been under siege for the last 5 days… blah, blah, blah…” this will need to be removed during editing

Paz – the covenant showed up here about 12 hours ago, ONI wants us to assist in civilian evacuations

Duckegg – what? We’ve already lost?

Billy – I don’t know the meaning of the word lose

Duckegg – I bet that’s not the only word

Paz – they just said they wanted us to get them outa here, pilot get us moving

The falcon starts moving and flies lower allowing billy and Paz to shoot the brutes, grunts and elites

Andriarno – Jack, you managed to get anything from James

Duckegg – I’m still trying, nothing yet though

Andriarno – how long does a space jump even take?

The civilian evac sites come into shot from behind the ridge

Billy – hey, check it out

CE – camera shows the evac ships as the falcons fly past

Duckegg – there’s so many

Andriarno – that’s why they need our cover fire

The falcons come into land with the marines

Jerry (the marine) – Defiant Team, the covenant are deploying in front of us, we need to hold them at this line, we let them past the civilians are doomed

The falcon drops off Defiant Team and they walk into the group of marines

Note – audio dubbed over the marines talking to avoid talk about the anti-air guns

The 4 Spartan’s hold off the covenant for a while with assistance from the Marines

Ad lib some battle phrases do lay over the fight scene

Billy – oh god

Duckegg – what

Duckegg turns to look at what billy is looking at

Note this scene will have to be filmed before the prior scene

The civilian transport begins take off

Colonel Ackers – civilian evac number three, you are not cleared for launch

Pilot – screw this, we’re out if here

The ship begins to accelerate but gets hit by the covenant laser

Pilot – oh god help us!

The ship hits the water

Andriarno and Paz run to the water and look at the crash site

Paz – oh shit…

Command *over radio* – New Alexandria command requesting new evac bird at location 17B

Andriarno – That corvette’s got to go we won’t get anyone out of here with them waiting above us

Paz – you got a plan?

Andriarno looks down at the water and steps into it

Andriarno – maybe

The camera goes to duckegg and billy in the command centre

Duckegg – colonel, I strongly advise that we hold off on evacuations until that corvette is dealt with

Colonel Ackers – affirmative Defiant Five, over and out

Duckegg walks away from the radio back towards Billy

SFX – the radio starts beeping in the room

Duckegg turns and goes back to the radio table

Yuna *over radio* – come in, anyone, this is Flyleaf captain requesting assistance from anyone near Boardwalk

Duckegg *radio* – come in Flyleaf Captain, this is Defiant Five, what’s you’re situation

Yuna *radio* – I landed on the Alexandria Board walk, I was engaged by elites and I’m cornered in

Andriarno and Paz walk into the room

Yuna *radio* – I’m running out of ammo quick, I don’t stand a chance by myself

Andriarno runs up to the radio table barging past duckegg

Andriarno *radio* – Yuna?

Yuna *radio* – Josh, Is that you?

SFX – load booming noise down the radio

Yuna *radio* – oh god, Josh get here quick! Over and out

SFX – radio cuts off

Andriarno – Yuna? Yuna! Come in

Billy turns and walks out the door and looks around

Billy – Yuna, you can come in now,

Andriarno turns around

Duckegg – you know her?

Andriarno – did you get her co-ordinates?

Billy walks back into the room

Billy – she’s not outside

Paz – she’s on the boardwalk, I know where that is

Andriarno – take me there, you’re coming to

Andriarno looks at duckegg and billy

Billy – ok

Duckegg – right,

The Defiant Spartans leave the room in a hurry

CE – camera cuts to black

CE – camera shows a fire ball coming into New Alexandria airspace

The fire ball crashes into a building causing a massive secondary explosion

Maiden – ow, god damn it I hate that part of the job

Maiden steps out from the building and looks around

Maiden – I swear that’s the last time I do that

Maiden drops down out of the building and begins to walk forwards towards the camera

CE – camera goes to the New Alexandrian cut scene showing Noble Six (now maiden) walking down onto boardwalk

CE – when the cut scene shows the first person view of him dropping cut and replace it with maiden dropping down off the bridge in a 3^rd person view point

Game mode changes into custom game

Maiden takes a few steps forward and jumps up on the wall looking down the boardwalk

CE – camera looks at a first person zoomed in shot of the map, eventually turning and looking at a group of elites shooting at the building in the corner

CE – camera goes down to the building showing Yuna shooting out the window

The elites continue firing at the window as the door is barricaded

Maiden starts running over to the group of elites and begins firing

The elites turn and start shooting Maiden

Yuna starts shooting as well

Andriarno, Jack and Chris jump over the higher part of the boardwalk

Gideon jumps over at the same time but he jumps over facing the wrong way

Andriarno runs towards the elites and draws his sword killing one of the elites with a stab to the back

The fire fight continues for a few more seconds however 5 elites are no match for 5 Spartans

Yuna walks out the building onto the balcony looking down towards the Spartans

Yuna – thanks guys, I only had one mag left

Gideon – why where you reading magazines during a fight?

Yuna – huh?

Maiden – never mind, I’m James by the way

Yuna drops down off the balcony and stands in front of the Spartans

Yuna – where’s Josh?

Andriarno – I’m…

Billy – *interrupting* he’s over there, but I’m Gideon, the awesome one baby ;)

Yuna – uh huh

Yuna walks over to Andriarno

Billy turns slightly to Maiden

Billy – must be on the blob or something

Yuna – I missed you Josh

(Untested theory but if they both have empty swords and stand close enough to each other does it look like they’re hugging)

Camera looks at Duckegg and Paz who watch the hug and then look at each other and then back at Yuna and Josh

Andriarno – I missed you too

Yuna – I didn’t recognize you in the new armor,

Maiden – I don’t mean to interrupt but, well actually I do, we need to get out of here c’mon

The group moves out and starts walking towards the underground part of Boardwalk

Paz – so who’s the girl?

Duckegg – I dunno

The camera shows Andriarno and Yuna walking together

Billy – me neither but she’s got a fine ass

Andriarno turns, still walking alongside Yuna

Andriarno – next time turn off you’re radio *translated into Al Bhed

Once underground the Spartan’s stand around one another

Maiden – ok, what’s the situation here?

Andriarno – we’re trying to evac civilians, but the corvettes shooting any birds we get into the air

Duckegg – where’s the saber James?

Maiden – it blew up remember? When I was saving Yomary over here

Yuna – my names Yuna

Maiden – ok, whatever

Paz – we could board the corvette and overload the engines

Billy – over the city, are you mad?

Paz – we’ll we’ve gotta do something about it

Duckegg – why not fly it out from the city limits, then crash it into the hillside?

Andriarno – that’s actually not a bad idea

Maiden – yeah but how do we get up there?

Billy – we’ll just take a pelican

Yuna – the corvettes are shooting down anything non-covenant that gets within half a mile of it,

Duckegg – Brilliant

Billy – what about the covenant stuff flying around it

Maiden – they’re friendly, why would… they… shoot them. You guys thinking what I’m thinking?

Billy – yes we are

The team looks at Gideon

Billy – a rodeo! (Or funnier ad lib)

After an awkward silence, duckegg steps forwards

Duckegg – let’s go hijack a phantom

CE – camera cuts to black

CE – camera opens up on the night time version of New Alexandria with Andriarno, Duckegg and Paz on the landing pad (start of mission)

Andriarno *over radio* – Defiant Two, come in

Maiden *over radio* – go ahead Commander

Andriarno *over radio* – the covenant outpost is hidden inside one of the building’s, we’re gunna search via falcon. You, Three and Yuna look on ground level

Maiden *over radio* – roger that

Billy *over radio* – you forgot his name! its Josh

Maiden *over radio* – sighing

Andriarno – Defiant One out

Duckegg and Paz walk up onto the landing pad to where andriarno is standing

Duckegg – commander

Andriarno turns around and acknowledges duckegg and Paz as they get into the falcon

The falcon rises and hovers in place

Colonel Ackers – Come in Defiant One, we’re sending you co-ordinates to the first suspected site

Paz – I know that place

The falcon flies forwards towards the club errera

As the falcon comes into land the camera shows the fuel rod turrets firing at falcon

Duckegg – woah shit

The falcon quickly evades the fuel rod and allows duckegg and Paz to start shooting the turrets

Once the turrets have been destroyed the falcon comes into land

Paz – this place doesn’t look like a refueling station

Duckegg – yeah, tell me about it, commander, these co-ordinates are junk c’mon

Andriarno *over radio* – defiant two, any luck?

Maiden *over radio* – not so much, looks like the covenant has been deploying loads of scout camps over the city

Yuna *over radio* – shh! Patrol coming our way

Maiden *over radio* – ok, radio silence until I contact you boss

The falcon lifts off again and flies off into the distance

The falcon flies above a skyscraper and sees a phantom flying low around the city (driven by player 4 using phantom/pelican Easter egg

Duckegg – hey, check it out

The falcon turns and see’s the phantom

Paz – engaging target

Andriarno – wait, lets see where its heading, it might be refueling

Andriarno *over radio* – defiant two, we have eyes on a phantom, looks like its going to refuel we’re gunna tail it

SFX – silence

Andriarno *radio* – James… Yuna… Gideon?

SFX – radio silence

Duckegg – shit

The falcon continues to follow the Phantom

Andriarno – *radio* yuna can you hear me?

SFX – radio noise

Background static fills the silent audio

Arbiter – Blarg! Back down! These prisoners will be taken and interrogated

Elite 2 – we should kill the demons!

Arbiter – they have information we need, kill them later

Elite Pilot – refueling station coming up Arbiter,

Arbiter – good

SFX – radio cuts off again

Andriarno – tell me you can track the co-ordinates Jack

Duckegg – I don’t have to sir, look

The camera shows the falcon land on top of the hospital

Paz – I guess we’ve found the refueling station

Duckegg – well no shit

Andriarno – this isn’t a demo mission, it’s a rescue mission

Note – duckegg will be hidden by the camera angle for the next shot

The falcon begins to descend out of shot showing 2 banshees (driven by player 4 and duckegg) which clearly see the falcon and then fly off in different directions. The one on the right goes to the right and the left one goes to the left

End of Episode Three

Whoop Whoop time to start shipping

Yuna and Josh = Juna

Yuna and Gideon = Gidena

Jack and Yuna = Jana

James and Yuna = yumes

Yuna and Chris = chruna

Or the wild card

Gideon and Jack = gidack

Bet you can’t guess which ones the real one ^-6

Defiant Team – Halo Reach Machinima – Episode Two

Minimum Safe Distance

Camera opens up on Long Night of Solace with maiden coming out of the launch facility

Spartan Dante begins shooting the covenant and maiden joins in

Maiden – where are they?

Dante – they should be here any minute!

Dante uses his drop shield armor ability

Maiden – not a second to soon.

Maiden and Dante continue fighting the covenant as Noble Team advance up the beach

Dante – Spirit dropping troops to flank us, follow me James!

Dante turns around and runs through the launch facility along with Noble Team, maiden follows

Camera shows Dante firing out of the hole in the wall with maiden and the marines

Maiden – we’ve got to do something about that wraith

Dante jumps out the gap in the wall and begins fighting the wraith. Maiden follows

Once the wraith had been destroyed another spirit will drop off more troops

Maiden – how long before the sabers launch?

SFX – rumbling

AE – camera shakes a little

Camera cuts to the cut scene showing the saber’s launching

Dante – gods speed noble, gods speed

Maiden – Dante lets go

Maiden runs back to the launch facility into the control room where Jorge, Kat and Carter are standing looking at the window

Dante – James here look, the rest of Defiant are here,

Maiden – that’s Josh, Jack and Gideon, where’s Chris?

Dante – I don’t know, someone must of disabled his tracking chip.

Maiden – brilliant…

Maiden walks away from the table

Dante – James, do you want your brother’s location?

Maiden – huh? What?|

Dante – Gideon, your twin brother, I’ve got the co-ordinates here.

 Maiden – oh right yeah please

The camera zooms into the table and then fades into an aerial shot above the falcon on forge world

The falcon flies towards the ridge above the cave.

Camera shows andriarno in invisibility waiting on the ridge, As the 2 falcons come into land.

Andriarno – bout time,

Billy gets off the falcons turret and walks to Andriarno

Billy – yeah yeah whatever, at least “you’re” leading this mission, supprised you didn’t ask Jack

Duckegg walks around from the falcon before it flys off again.

Duckegg – yeah well we all know why you wouldn’t leave Gideon in charge

Billy looks at Duckegg sternly

Andriarno – anyway, the covenant have established a base at the end of this canyon, we need to infiltrate the base and set down the STPL.

Billy – STPL? What does the S stand for?

Andriarno – Space

Billy – the T?

Andriarno – To

Billy – the

Andriarno *interrupting* -- planet laser, space to planet laser, the Washington is waiting to fly over whipping out the covenant base

Duckegg – it’s reverse engineered from the covenant’s battle cruisers, basically we’e gunna glass the bastards like they glass us.

Billy – cool, let’s get to work then.

Andriarno – command left us some mongoose up on the ridge, it’s a short drive up there.

Billy, duckegg and Andriarno drive the mongooses down the hill, stopping at the edge of the cliff face.

Duckegg – great, a dead end.

Andriarno – right, everyone off the mongooses, that ridge is perfect.

Andriarno slides down the ridge followed by Billy and Duckegg45

Duckegg – how long till the convoy comes through?

Andriarno – any minute now c’mon

Andriarno, duckegg and billy sit on the ridge.

Billy – it’s a good thing I’m wearing yellow armor

Duckegg – yeah, *chuckles* wait… why?

Billy – camouflage

Duckegg stares at Billy

Duckegg – you stick out like a sore thumb, how are you camouflaged?

Duckegg looks at andriarno

Duckegg – josh’s armor would be camouflaged

Billy – yeah, but they’ll be looking for camouflaged Spartans

Duckegg – no, look, Gideon

Andriarno – shut up, look

The camera turns and see’s the wraith and revenants enter the rock field.

Andriarno – Gideon, you take the revenant out with you’re laser

Billy – got it

Billy switches to the Spartan laser

Andriarno – remember we need the wraith intact; I’ll take the wraith with my sword

Duckegg – what about me?

Andriarno – I dunno, distract them

Duckegg – ok, what are you gunna do?

Andriarno – just watch,

Andriarno turns invisible

Duckegg – how can I watch you, you just turned invisible

Billy – Attack

Andriarno attacks the revenant followed by Billy’s laser

Andriarno drops down and pulls out his sword

Camera follows andriarno as he runs towards the wraith

Billy destroys the revenant while andriarno jumps on the wraith and kills the elite inside.

Duckegg and billy drop off the cliff face and run to Andriarno

 Andriarno – Gideon, you get in this wraith, drive into the base and deploy the STPL beacon

Billy – ok

Billy gets in the wraith and immediately crashes into a rock

Andriarno – woah, woah, woah, woah.

Andriarno jumps on the wraith

Billy – what?

Duckegg – dude you hit the rock, the covie’s wont buy a damaged wraith driving into base

Billy – oh, right, lemme try again.

Andriarno – I don’t think so, I’ll deploy the beacon.

Billy gets out of the wraith

Andriarno – here, take the sniper rifle Jack,

Andriarno gets into the wraith and drives it out from the rock field

Andriarno – you guys hide in that cave up their, if something goes wrong… come rescue me

Billy – got it,

Duckegg – wait; rescue you, from an entire covenant super carrier battalion?

Andriarno – yep

Duckegg – brilliant…

Duckegg and Billy go and sit on the ridge watching andriarno drive the wraith

Billy starts charging his laser

Duckegg – hey what are you doing?

Billy – there’s a wraith there

Duckegg – that’s Josh’s wraith

Billy stops charging his laser

Billy – oh, right, whoops

Duckegg – *sighing*

Camera goes down to the wraith entering the covenant base

Duckegg *over radio* -- Josh, you’re about 200 meters from where we need the STPL

Josh *over radio* -- got it,

The wraith stops inside the covenant base below the building marked with a blue light.

Josh *over radio* -- ok I’m on the way out now

Andriarno jumps out the wraith and turns invisible and starts sneaking out the base

The camera changes to duckegg’s POV through the sniper rifle watching Andriarno’s invisibility

Duckegg *radio* – Josh, there’s a elite squad walking towards you

The invisible shimmer keeps walking towards the elites

Duckegg *radio* – Josh!

Camera shows the elites walk right into the shimmer

Andriarno – hey guys

Andriarno steps up behind Duckegg and Billy

Duckegg – wait, if you’re here, then what’s that?

Camera goes down to the elites walking through the shimmer

Elite 2 – *coughs* Blarg!

Elite 1 – blarg*

Elite 2 – blarg flies

Elite 1 – we should glass this planet and the flies

The 3 elites look at the 1^st elite

Elite 1 – I mean blarg blarg blargity blarg

The elites keep walking onwards

Camera goes back to andriarno, billy and duckegg

Duckegg – ok lets get out of here

Andriarno, duckegg and billy start walking away from the cliff face.

Once out the other side

Andriarno – Washington, this is Defiant One, you’re clear to engage on the Beacon.

Washington Control – affirmative Defiant One engad—

SFX – explosion over radio

Andriarno – Washington, come in

Washington Control – it’s the covenant, they must have followed the radio arrrgghhhh

SFX – small arms fire

Elite General – cleanse this heresy, leave none alive

SFX – radio silence

Duckegg – shit

Andriarno – Jarvis, what happened

AI – the Washington has been compromised, covenant troops are filtering out the remaining crew including ODST squadron, codenamed flyleaf.

Andriarno – Flyleaf?

Duckegg – c’mon we’ve gotta get away from the base

Duckegg starts running slowly away back to the falcon drop off site

Duckegg turns and looks back at billy and andriarno

Duckegg – c’mon, we’ve gotta go

Andriarno – right,

Andriarno and billy follow duckegg back to the falcon drop off point

Billy – what’s next boss?

Andriarno – I dunno, Jarvis what’s the crew count on the Washington?

Jarvis (AI) – 3,122 deceased, 511 still alive. Sierra 340 is providing cover fire from a saber fighter

Billy – that’s James’ tag

Jarvis – affirmative

Billy – what was he doing in a saber?

Jarvis – Sierra 340’s saber has just been destroyed

Duckegg – what? You mean he’s dead?

Jarvis – negative, Sierra 340 is now aboard the Washington, the civilian evac pods and ODST pods are set to land around New Alexandria

Andriarno – then that’s where we’re heading.

Camera cuts in front of Andriarno’s helmet

Andriarno – she always did like to make an entrance

Camera fades into andriarno’s visor into space

A saber flies past the screen

Maiden – this is sierra 340, engadging hostiles around you Washington,

Washington – affirmative sierra, keep them back as long as you can

Maiden – I’ll buy you what time I can, just evac as many as you can

Washington – affirmative

Maiden continues to kill banshees

Washington – ODST Flyleaf are holding back a boarding party, and 300 civilians have been loaded onto escape pods, firing now! Now! Oh fuck!

Maiden – Washington, Washington?

Washington – the escape pods aren’t working, oh shit,

Maiden’s saber swings around towards the frigate

Maiden – I’m coming aboard

Washington – sierra, are you crazy? We need cover fire

Maiden – Washington, if you can’t get those civilians off the ship then I’m just prolonging the inevitable, I’m boarding

Washington – the hangers have sustained damage, you won’t be able to dock the saber

Maiden – I wasn’t planning on it

Maidens saber flies at high speed at the ship and crashes into the side

Camera shows the explosion and then shows the space behind it (not showing maidens spinning corpse)

*game changes to anchor nine custom game*

Maiden drops through the force field and onto the ground, draws his shotgun and kills 2 of the elites who had also boarded the frigate (engaged with the ODST inside)

Kirstin – sierra this way

Kirstin and 4 other ODST lead maiden into the command room

Kirstin – sir, the Spartan is aboard.

Washington – thank you Kirstin, get your team ready for pod launches

Kirstin – yes sir

The ODST leave the room via another exit

Washington – sierra the civilians are ready and waiting,

Maiden – ok, get yourself on one,

Washington – but sierra

Maiden – that’s an order, we don’t need anymore dead here soldier

Washington – sir

Washington leaves the room while maiden fiddles with the computer

Maiden – c’mon……… and……. Override yes got it!

SFX – loud bang followed by camera shake

Maiden looks out the doorway and see’s a bunch of elites

Maiden runs back to the computer

Washington computer – civilian pods away, ODST deployed

Maiden then turns and runs down the stairs and kills an elite, the others (elites) seeing this turn and start shooting.

SFX – loud bang again followed by sirens blaring out

Camera looks at the force field on the hanger bay as the force field starts fading away and coming back into life

*filmed in forge by deleting the shield door, in editing just cut and paste in shots of it deleted and inserted creating the effect of it being disabled*

SFX – electricity crackling

The elites turn and look at the now disabled shield door

*game settings changed*

Low gravity – high jump height – slow movement – for elites

Low gravity – high jump height – fast movement – for Spartans

The elites begin to be sucked backwards out the hanger bay

*maiden would now be wearing a jetpack*

Maiden starts running towards the hanger bay door and shoots an elite before jumping outwards and into space

Maiden – I sure hope this re-entry pack works.

*game changes back to campaign long night of solace*

Camera looks at frigate savannah (from inside the covenant corvette) as it gets blown up

Camera goes down to forge world where andriarno, billy and duckegg are boarding escape falcons

Gideon – look

The camera looks up at the sky (avoiding looking at the halo ring) where a small glint can be seen

Duckegg – Jarvis?

Jarvis – confirm, the object in the sky is the Washington

Duckegg – well there goes are secret weapon

Camera shows andriarno getting on the falcon turret

Andriarno – *breathes deeply*

Camera looks deeper into Andriarno’s visor

Andriarno – something tells me our secret weapon will land in New Alexandria

Credit time =D

End

To be continued

Defiant Team Back Story 1 - 5

Halo Reach Defiant Team Back story

Spartan – 182 “Josh”

Defiant One

Home Planet

S182, Josh, was taken from New Paris on Mars by the UNSC for the Spartan III program. Born on September 14^th 2523 on Mars, Josh was 5 years old when “signed up” for the Spartan Army.

“We are the kids of war and peace, made into war machines to keep the peace” S-182 Josh

Training

Josh began a new life on Reach along with the other Spartan 3’s, it is there he developed an attachment to a young ODST trooper called Kirstin Rust, during training ops Josh would reject team work in favor of working alone or not at all, in fact during a search and rescue simulation Josh snuck out a prototype active camo attachment to sneak out the training base. The escape attempt was unsuccessful.

At the age of 16, when the augmentation process for Spartan 3’s undergoes, Josh managed to escape detection for a small amount of time to say goodbye to Kirstin knowing that it would probably be the last time he would ever be able to see her. During this heart-felt goodbye Kirstin would tell Josh that she would meet him after he had been “augmented” to say farewell properly.

Armor

Josh’s original armor consisted of the Operator helmet W/ Silver Visor, Commando Shoulder (left), CQC Shoulder (right), Commando Chest plate and FJ Para Knee pads. His armor was originally green with a black accent. He also was given a Tac Pad and a tactical hard case. Josh would go on to change his armor combinations through out his life time, the only parts of his armor that were the same during the fall of Reach was the Chest Plate. This may be down to personal preference or the fact that he is a commander.

After the augmentation process Josh met up with Kirstin, she gave Josh the rose emblem on his chest plate (which was black at the time) and she put one on her armor so that, if they ever met again in the future, they would be able to recognize each other, Josh simply replied to this gesture by saying “I wouldn’t need this to remember you” Kirstin smiled back at the new Spartan and nodded, the couple hugged awkwardly due to the heavy armor that Josh was now wearing and parted ways. Josh was deployed to the outer planets to fight rebels while she would continue her work on Reach with the Spartans.

Josh received 2 armor upgrades during the fall of Reach;

1) Josh had to change his chest plate during the battle of New Alexandria after it became dented by an elite generals gravity hammer (later procured by Jack). Josh’s chest plate was changed to a shotgun chest plate.

2) following a Banshee ambush Josh’s Mark V helmet was destroyed and so he returned to his original operator helmet.

Defiant Team

Josh was placed as the leader of Defiant Team, named for the team’s defiant nature towards the UNSC and Covenant, although he would routinely leave James, Defiant Two, in charge of ops and continue to work as a lone wolf. The Defiant Team was one of only a few Spartan teams that consisted of the same soldiers through out the human covenant war. Josh was trained in a number of extra weaponry usages such as Sniper Rifle, Grenade Launcher, and the M45 Shotgun as well as becoming one of the best Spartan drivers and falcon pilots. However the Spartan favored the use of covenant weaponry, especially the energy sword, during the fall of Reach Josh was seen using an energy sword he had taken from an elite field marshal that he had killed with his bare hands.

Reach

During the fall of Reach Josh was reunited with Kirstin, now an ODST team leader, during the battle of New Alexandria while Josh was on med evac following a banshee ambush while trying to intercept a covenant patrol. Josh’s helmet, which was a newly issued Mark 5 at the time, was completely destroyed and his right arm, from neck to for arm was scared as was his face with a purply black plasma burn down the left hand side of his face from the tip of his nose to the back of his head. The burn also blinded him in his left eye and damaged his arm so it had to be amputated and replaced with a robotic arm.

Following the crippling injury Josh was given a new helmet, the Mark 6, which he rejected straight away and announced he would return to his original Operator helmet. Despite his semi blindness Josh was cleared for combat again within a few hours after being injured. During this time, Defiant Two was at the secret Saber launch site assisting in “Operation Uppercut” by holding off the covenant while Noble Six and Noble Four launched to take out the Covenant supper carrier. Josh and Kirstin were accompanied by Defiant Three Billy and Defiant Five Jack and a “commandeered” pelican.

Josh was on Reach well past August 30^th, the listed date for the end of the fall of Reach, up until September 7^th. His last known location was on a UNSC frigate overlooking a burning reach during a battle with a corvette. Although the events leading up to this event are unclear at the moment, The UNSC is reviewing the recovered helmet cams of Defiant One, Two, Three and Five (the location of Defiant Fours is unknown), certain viddocs show elites fighting elites aboard the ship as well as the Surviving members of Defiant Team onboard.

The Stupid Stuff

The tag for S – 182 has 2 different meanings.

1)      Bungie’s rule of 7 = 1 + 8 – 2 = 7

2)      Blink 182 (the band)

Josh’s whole Spartan identity shares traits from RVB,

1)      Tex’s black armor

2)      Tuckers use of a sword

3)      The Meta’s constant armor changing

4)      Agent York’s Eye Scaring

The name Josh has been used for 3 separate machinima’s for the same voice actor / machinmator

The plasma scar that Josh receives on his face comes from the idea of Zuko’s scar (Avatar the Legend of Aang.)

The “rose emblem” has been a trait of Andriarno’s since Halo Reach’s launch date.

Josh’s active camo does seem to be a continuing story. This was seen when OPMF tried to create a halo 3 machinima created by Duckegg and also in Maidens “all for one” machinima.

The way Josh receives his Robotic arm is the same way that Kat from Noble team gets hers. Although Josh’s crippling must have been worse given the shattering of his helmet and blindness in one eye.

Spartan 340 – James

Defiant Two

Home Planet

Spartan James was taken from Reach in 2522, at the age of 6, and initiated into the Spartan III project along with his twin brother, Spartan Gideon S-341. The Spartan twins were deliberately separated during training ops to avoid a family connection that could jeopardize any combat mission’s effectiveness. The Spartan twins were both trained in different specialty’s, James was trained as a pilot, vehicle mechanic, computer hacking and advance driving while Gideon was trained in heavy weaponry, demolitions and gauss turret operation.

 

  “The 2 Spartan III twins are two halves of a Spartan II” Admiral Lee Ackers

Training

During James’ training he came into contact with Defiant Three, Chris, and quickly became friends. James was extremely talented at training ops such as capture the flag and king of the hill earning him notoriety amongst the Spartan III inspectors. James, during the Spartan 3 escape attempt by grey team, hacked into the Spartan records and realized the fact that he had a twin brother within the base. Although James’ hacking went unnoticed at the time, when he had snuck out of a training op and managed to find his brother in the Spartan camp, both were caught and (with no point hiding them from each other) they were placed in Defiant Team together along with S-182, S-232 and S-362 and S-352.

Armor

Unlike Spartan Josh, the supposed leader of Defiant Team, James kept his armor the same as it was issued. His armor consisted of the Air Assault helmet W/ black visor, JFO soldiers, extra storage chest plate, Tac pad, and FJ Para knee pads. He had Blue Armor with a red accent. During the fall of Reach James received an upgrade to his armor as he was part of Operation Uppercut along with Noble Four and Noble Six, James changed the Air Assault helmet to the Pilot variant. James was absent during the battle of New Alexandria which the rest of Defiant Team were all present for.

Reach

James was sent to the secret Saber launch site to help cover the launch of Noble Four and Six, after the 2^nd spire was taken down by Defiant Team. James was assisted in holding off 3 covenant battalions and a wraith allowing time for the launch by Spartan Dante, a fully equipped Recon soldier, who had white armor with a blue accent which matched his armor ability (drop shield).

After Operation Uppercut, and the arrival of the entire Covenant fleet, James managed to find the rest of Defiant Team shortly after the battle of New Alexandria. Josh quickly reverted to the old and made James in charge again. This was also the first time James would meet The ODST, Kirstin Rust, who had joined the Spartan Group following the death of the rest of her ODST team and Defiant Four – Chris (S – 232) in the radiation flare.

 After the Battle of New Alexandria, Admiral Lee Akers instructed James, Josh and Gideon to destroy a covenant landing zone near ONI Sword Base in response to the forerunner artifact within the bodbth ice shaft. Josh flew out earlier than the other two to scout ahead using his active camo armor ability, James and Gideon came in a few hours later on falcons. After ambushing a covenant patrol Josh took the wraith into the landing zone and placed a STPL (Space to Planet Laser) (pronounced staple). The UNSC ship Washington, which had been commissioned for use 4 hours before winter contingency had been declared, fired through the covenant landing zone allowing both Noble and Defiant team to finish their objectives.

Josh was injured by a banshee ambush just after escaping the Covenant landing zone and was med evaced from the site with Kirstin and James back to the ruins of New Alexandria where a small group of people had set up a secondary command centre after the loss of Sword Base. From there Defiant one, two and five were sent to destroy sword base (defiant team were “the others” who would handle the demolition as said by Dr Halsey) the falcon that Defiant One and Five were on was shot down before reaching the roof of sword base, Josh ordered James to start setting the charges while him and Defiant Five fought their way to the demo site.

James also survived past august 30^th into the 7 day skirmish after the fall, his camera was also found on the ship with Defiant one, three and five his body was not found on the ship. It was thought that after a battle the Spartans had their armor damaged and had to leave the damaged parts behind however that would be unlikely for all four Spartans on the ship. Another theory is that the Spartans went rouge and abandoned the UNSC leaving behind there tracking beacons and cameras behind.

Stupid Stuff

James is the voice actors name; every character that James Maiden has been written for is called James.

James in the machinima is a talented computer hacker, this comes from an inside joke within OPMF in that Maiden keeps hacking his Xbox to make him better at the games he plays.

James’ armor ability is sprint, this was maiden’s preference although it is never explained why, a reason might be that the air assault armor is light weight or that sprint is judged as a boring armor ability and suits maidens personality (:

The idea for the Spartan twins was casted for James (maiden) and Gideon (Billy) because they both come from Birmingham so they have a similar accent, Re-written as the accent for Reach’s city of New Honolulu.

James service tag is also under bungie’s rule of 7     –     3 + 4 + 0 = 7

Spartan Gideon – 341

Defiant Three

Home Planet

Gideon, the other Spartan III twin, was taken from the Reach city of New Honolulu in 2522 along with his twin brother James. The Spartan twins were separated during training to avoid risks of a connection that would jeopardize a mission’s success. While James was trained as a pilot and mechanic, Gideon, was trained as a heavy weapons specialist similar to Jorge from Noble Team.

Training

“The 2 Spartan III twins are two halves of a Spartan II” Admiral Lee Ackers

Gideon was a stereotypical jock quarterback during training making him very popular with the other Spartan III’s, a born leader through out the training he was able to take charge during games such as capture the flag even rivaling Sierra 117 during a game of King of the Hill, although 117 managed to win in the end.

Armor

Gideon’s armor consists of the JFO helmet W/ Silver Visor, CQC shoulders, Prototype Shield Chest plate, FJ Para knee pads. His armor was specifically designed to support usage of his rocket launcher, grenade launcher and Spartan laser. Gideon is also the only Spartan in Defiant Team that has a Silver visor, Spartan Chris (Defiant Four) also doesn’t have a black visor, and Chris has a blue visor on his Hazop helmet.

Gideon’s main armor color is yellow with a red accent; this way of standing out is also mirrored in his personality. Gideon is a hot head in battle often jumping into situations that he wouldn’t be able to get himself out of, Gideon is convinced in his own invincibility due to his Spartan armor and ability, armor lock.

During the fall of Reach Gideon managed to alter his armor lock ability so that he was able to utilize the lightning that came out of prolonged armor lock. This was first seen during the battle of New Alexandria when it was used on a Brute Chieftain. After Gideon killed the Chieftain he realized that the armor ability would not work at all after shooting lightning at the Brute, making the armor lock lightning a deadly ability that would only be used as a last resort.  

Reach

Gideon, and the rest of Defiant Team, was responsible for the fall of the second covenant spire on Reach. Gideon and Chris managed to set det chords around the base pillars of the spire while Josh, James and Jack went up the spire to deactivate the EMP shield around the spire. Following the destruction of UNSC frigate Grafton Defiant Team defied orders and destroyed the second spire before being split up to fight the covenant around Reach.

Defiant One and Three fly out to Highlands, a Spartan training site to assist in removing of UNSC classified Spartan technology. Defiant Two was taken on a classified mission, which later was revealed to be Operation Uppercut. Defiant Four and Five were flew back to Sword Base to assist in evacuations of critical ONI members. Defiant Four and Five were also the first meet Kirstin Rust at Sword Base.

Defiant Four was used during the covenant ambush as well as the demolition of sword base. Defiant Four’s helmet cam was found within the ruins of the UNSC ship along with the other members of Defiant Team (minus Defiant Four who was killed in New Alexandria)    

Stupid Stuff

The idea for the Spartan twins was casted for James (maiden) and Gideon (Billy) because they both come from Birmingham so they have a similar accent, Re-written as the accent for Reach’s city of New Honolulu.

Gideon’s tag also follows Bungie’s rule of 7.    3 + 4 ÷ 1 = 7

Gideon’s name comes from another inside joke from OPMF in that Billy’s name is really James but we know 4 James’ so he would be called Gideon.

Gideon’s armor was chosen by the voice actor as a joke at first, hoping that he would be told to change it, but the game started and recording began on Episode 5.

The machinimator that plays Gideon is the second highest ranking Halo Reach player (second to Andriarno who plays Josh)

Gideon was originally going to wear Gunginir however Billy bought some random armor to catch up with Andriarno’s armory completion shortly before production began. Following that moment of weakness, Billy could not afford Gunginir.

Billy (Gideon) and Duckegg (Jack) are currently in a race to reach Colonel rank in multiplayer so that they can buy Gunginir.

Spartan Chris – 232

Defiant Four

Home Planet

Chris the Spartan II of Defiant Team, making him technically the best Spartan out of the group which is shown through out the story, was identified for the Spartan II project in 2517 through civilian vaccination programs. Chris’ records were lost during the fall of Reach along with all the other Spartan II records. He was often quoted as saying that Reach was his home world however this may be because he was trained there for years rather than being born there.

Armor

Chris’ armor consists of the CQC helmet W/ Blue Visor, ODST shoulders, UA Counter Assault chest plate and FJ Para knee pads. He is the only Spartan on Defiant team that does not have the Tac pad attachment for his wrist. Instead he has the UA Wrist Bracer. His armor was black with a ice accent to match his visor color, Chris was the only Spartan in Defiant team with a blue visor.

Chris’ armor ability was the hologram, which he would use to distract unwary elites and then assassinate them from behind. It is a tactic he used during the 2^nd spire skirmish to great affect against the retaliate attack from the covenant. He would also use the hologram to create a weird effect as he ran towards an enemy for close quarters combat; this is first seen during the battle of New Alexandria.

“You can pin all you’re hopes on me sir” Chris 232

Reach

Spartan Chris, Defiant Four, was called away from the rest of defiant team after the fall of the second spire. The mission was classified for only Spartan II’s so it was never revealed to the public or to the rest of defiant team.

Chris returned to Defiant team during day 2 of the Battle of New Alexandria assisting in the evacuations of key UNSC members, unfortunately during a skirmish to disable one of the covenant corvettes over New Alexandria, the exit doorway lock became damaged so that it could only be closed from one side, he opted to stay behind despite the offer of Defiant One who claimed it was his responsibility due to the failure of the mission being his supposed fault. Chris replied that he had a duty to look after the team and Kirstin Rust.

Chris had obviously seen the infatuation between Josh and Kirstin despite the pair’s attempts to hide it, they had been hiding it from the rest of defiant team as well as the UNSC because after years of trying to find each other they were scared that they would be separated again incase the mission was “jeopardized”

Josh and Jack left the corvette and were picked up by James’ falcon which escaped just in time from the blast radius. Chris managed to hold off the covenant at the doorway long enough for the STPL to be activated bringing down a huge barrage of laser shots.

Chris’ camera was not recovered after the explosion.

Stupid Stuff

Chris’ service tag also follows bungie’s rule of 7    –      2 + 3 + 2 = 7

Chris is the only Spartan 2 in Defiant Team and also finds a similar fate to that of Jorge (the only Spartan 2 in Noble Team)

Chris is the real name of the voice actor however this is not on purpose like James Maiden being constantly casted as James.

Chris’ hologram running attack thing was discovered by accident during filming of episode one.

The machinimator that plays Chris is the lowest rank out of the OMPF cast.

Defiant Five

Spartan Jack – 362

Defiant Five

Home Planet

Spartan Jack, Defiant Five, was taken from his family on Arcadia in 2523, from this city of Theed at the age of 6, making him the same age as Defiant One. Jack was placed in the same training group as Josh, the pair first met on a warthog during a paint ball training exercise. Josh and Jack repeatedly tried to escape from the Spartan compound before the augmentation process; it goes without saying that the escape attempts were unsuccessful. The last attempt almost worked however, Josh was captured so Jack had to continue alone, he was eventually caught at gun point by 3 ODST teams, including one, Kirstin Rust.

Armor

Jacks armor consisted of a Grenadier helmet W/ black visor, FJ Para chest plate, Security (Right) and CQC (Left), and FJ Para knee pads. He also has the Tactical soft case on his left leg. His FJ Para chest plate made him ideal for using the jet pack though out missions, so he would often be used as a rifleman so he could fly up to hard to reach places for sniper support or recon. Jacks armor was white with a purple accent.

Reach

During the fall of Reach Jack plaid important parts in all of Team Defiant’s missions, during the 2^nd spire skirmish he was responsible for the deactivation of the shields surrounding the land, and during the battle of new Alexandria he was able to board the covenant corvette and allow defiant one, three and five onboard as well.

Upon the corvette Jack claimed a Gravity hammer, much like Josh and his energy sword, from a elite general. Unfortunately the general managed to damage the doors locking mechanism that eventually brought about the death of Defiant four.

Both Defiant One and Five took the death of Four very harshly, blaming themselves for he missions failure, it lead to more friction in between the group during the last day of the Alexandria battle. Even more so when the infatuation between Josh and Kirstin became more obvious, this lead to Spartan fight between defiant one and five, sword VS hammer.

Stupid stuff

Jack’s service tag complies with bungie’s rule of 7   –    3 + 6 – 2 = 7

 The way Jack and Josh meet is the same way that Andriarno (Josh) and Duckegg45 (Jack) met in real life, only it was a slayer game on Sand Trap

Jack was originally planned to also receive a robot arm after the Battle of New Alexandria, however, production started before Duckegg was able to buy it.

Duckegg and Billy (Gideon) are currently in a race to buy Gunginir helmet.

As seen in the Machinima Duckegg (Jack) often confuses Billy (Gideon) into doing stuff he’ll regret a few seconds later ie: buying random armor to keep up with Andriarno’s completion.

Duckegg lives in a part of England where Shameless is filmed, although there it is a documentary.

When the space time casual falls to Reach’s surface and is said to be full of stuff that was culturally relevant at the time (2011) Jack seems to enjoy listening to rap music. This comes from an inside “joke” that duckegg’s favorite band is Hollywood Undead. A fact he denies.  

Duckegg records and edits the episodes before they come out, Andriarno writes them so there is a lot of arguing between the pair about what camera angles to use or if something is feasible or not, that is where the idea for the Spartan fight scene came from.

Jack was taken from the City of Theed. This is a reference to Star Wars Episode 1; the capital of Naboo is Theed. 

Jack also shares traits with Bobba and Jango Fett, both from the Star Wars films.