[b] NOTE: Yes, I did write all this myself (4 hours, 20 pages) while watching every scene with subtitles in one huge Youtube video. If you see ANY (Even the slightest!) errors, inform me please! Thanks guys, enjoy. [/b] [b] PROLOGUE: [/b] Interrogator: Tell me about the children. Doctor Halsey? Dr. Catherine Halsey: You already know everything. Interrogator: You kidnapped them. Dr. Halsey: Children's minds are more easily accepting of indoctrination. Their bodies more adaptable to augmentation. The result was the ultimate soldier. And because of our success, when the Covenant invaded, we were ready. Interrogator: Doctor Halsey, you're bending history to your own favor and you know it. You developed the Spartans to crush human rebellion, not to fight the Covenant. Dr. Halsey: When one human world after another fell... When my Spartans were all that stood between humanity and extinction Nobody was concerned about why they were originally built. Interrogator: So you feel that in the end, your choices were justified. Dr. Halsey: My work saved the human race. Interrogator: Do you think the Spartans' lack of basic humanity helped? Dr. Halsey: What are you after? The others before you were Naval Intelligence, but you You're something else. Interrogator: Records show Spartans routinely exhibited mildly sociopathic tendencies: Difficulty with socialization Dr. Halsey: The records show efficient behavior operating in hazardous situations. I supplied the tools to maintain the efficiency. Interrogator: But do you believe the Master Chief succeeded because he was, at his core, broken? Dr. Halsey: What does John have to do with this? You want to replace him. Interrogator: The Master Chief is dead. Dr. Halsey: His file reads Missing in Action. Interrogator: Catherine? Spartans never die? Dr. Halsey: Your mistake is seeing Spartans as military hardware. My Spartans are humanity's next step. Our destiny as a species. Do not underestimate them. But most of all Do not underestimate him. [b] DAWN OPENING CUTSCENE: [/b] Cortana: Mayday Mayday Mayday this is UNSC FFG201 Forward Unto Dawn requesting immediate evac. Survivors aboard prioritization code victor zero five dash three dash sierra zero one one seven. Cortana: Wake up, Chief. I need you. [b] DAWN ENDING/REQUIEM OPENING CUTSCENE: [/b] Master Chief: Where are we? Cortana: Checking coordinate impact data. Dr. Halsey: We have asked you to give up your family, your childhood, your future- Master Chief: Cortana! Cortana: I'm sorry. It's the crash. I'm fine. Master Chief: Something was wrong even before we left the Dawn. Cortana: Chief, really. I'm fine. Master Chief: Cortana- Cortana: I was put into service 8 years ago. Master Chief: Eight years? Cortana: AIs deteriorate after 7, Chief. Master Chief: Halsey. Cortana: Chief- Master Chief: We need to find Halsey. Cortana: Chief- Please! Master Chief: She made you. She can fix you. Cortana: I won't recover from Rampancy, Chief. Master Chief: If we can just get back to Earth and find Halsey, she can fix this. Cortana: Don't make a girl a promise you can't keep. We need to move. [b] REQUIEM MID-GAME CUTSCENE: [/b] Cortana: The Cartographer keeps acting like the transmission is coming from everywhere on the planet at once. It doesn't want to triangulate Infinity's signal. Oh wait. I got it. Master Chief: That can't be right. Scan again. Cortana: We've already pass through one layer of the planet's surface. It's not crazy to think that someone else made it deeper inside than we did. Master Chief: You mean the planet's hollow? Cortana: Let me see if I can figure out a way to reach those coordinates that doesn't involve us digging a really big hole. There's a Terminus on the far side of the complex. We can portal to the planet's core from there. Master Chief: What? Cortana: I don't know. Master Chief: If we have a shot at getting you back to Infinity, we're taking it. Cortana: OK [b] REQUIEM MID-GAME CUTSCENE #2: [/b] Cortana: According to the Cathedral, this Terminus is just one node of a larger transit grid that spans the entire planet Master Chief: What? Cortana: When I tried to access the outlet closest to Infinity's transmissions, the system responded with this. Master Chief: What is it? Cortana: That's the kicker. It's the Forerunner symbol for 'Reclaimer'. Master Chief: Humanity. That's got to be Infinity. Can you get us to those coordinates? Cortana: Let me try to open a portal. Master Chief: Cortana? Cortana: I'm picking up unknown energy signatures. Master Chief: Where? Cortana: This can't be right. Master Chief: Set a waypoint out of the tower. Cortana. Cortana: How did Quick! Into the Portal. Chief. GO! [b] FORERUNNER OPENING CUTSCENE: [/b] Master Chief: Where's Infinity? Cortana: This is Requiem's core alright, but Infinity is definitely not here. That satellite in the center is amplifying the ship's broadcasts like a relay. Master Chief: Maybe we can use it to respond. Cortana: Perhaps. These beams coming off it are creating the interference we've been experiencing. We'd have to take them out to contact Infinity. Master Chief: Can you get us there? Cortana: Opening a gate to the first beam pylon. Pull me and let's go. [b] FORERUNNER MID-GAME CUTSCENE: [/b] Master Chief: Infinity! This is Sierra 117 of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn. Do you copy? Master Chief: Infinity, do you read? Cortana: Chief Chief, let go of the contacts Master Chief: Find us an exit. Cortana: Don't wait around on my account Didact: So fades the great harvest of my betrayal. Even these beasts recognize what you were oblivious to, Human. Your nobility has blinded you, as ever. The Librarian left little to chance, didn't she? Turning my own guardians my own world against me. But what hubris to believe she could her pets from me forever If you haven't mastered even these primitives, then Man has not yet attained the mantle. Your ascendance may yet be prevented. Time was your ally, Human, but now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners have returned. This tomb is now yours. Cortana: Slipspace rupture! Chief, move! [b] FOREUNNER ENDING CUTSCENE: [/b] Cortana: Whoa, Cowboy! Cortana: Chief there! Del Rio: [radio static] Mayday! Mayday! This is the captain of the UNSC Infinity. Unknown entity has seized control of our ship! We're without power, and on a collision course with an unidentified Forerunner planet! Master Chief: Track its descent. Cortana: Marking. Impact predicted 77.8 kilometers due north. Cortana: You know where he's heading. Master Chief: Same place we are. [Edited on 11.22.2012 11:43 PM PST]