Halo: Reach Cutscenes - Long Night of Solace Closing

Jorge makes the ultimate sacrifice. The Supercarrier is destroyed.

[@TheDisarminghinkle]

This scene is pretty much the ultimate in "you're pretty fucked" situations I've ever seen in any fiction. It took a noble sacrifice that couldn't be replicated and rendered it completely meaningless. I will never forget that feeling of hopelessness.

[@bencooke1201]

+TheDisarminghinkle He did kill about 7,000 Covies. That's alot of covies. lots.

[@bloodloon1]

+ey b0ss fuck you mang And then like 100k more show up because why not

[@bachri7721]

+Adolf Hitler I guess you would know about lots of kills. huh?

[@TheDisarminghinkle]

William Mosely Well that's sort of the whole point/message of the game is that while they didn't save Reach, their actions directly contributed to the situation being the way it was in Halo 1. And, Halo 1 ended in a (relative) success. If it weren't for Master Chief blowing up the Halo ring, it wouldn't have struck doubt in the minds of parts of the Covenant. That doubt lead to the civil war in the Covenant. And, that civil war was what opened the way to the eventual victory for humanity. And, it all started due to the actions of Noble Team on Reach.

[@claypidgeon4807]

+Adolf Hitler Still, I see what you're trying to say and agree with it.

[@davycannonhound9005]

Probably the scariest, and most defeating cutscene in all of FPSs.

[@nukacolacompany2534]

It’s expertly done

[@throwaway4827]

@@RampantBanana71The screams… the hopelessness that’s realized. Jorge died thinking he saved Reach and then, the fleet arrives and you realize you are fucked.

[@Bruh..669]

Nothing will ever top shepherd shooting roach and ghost, that cutscene filled me with endless amounts of hate and rage

[@nv_chino]

One of them.

[@SpartanNat]

Not a cutscene, but the part of the Falcon section in Exodus where the starliner evacuating civilians and wounded gets hit is one of the most chilling scenes in Reach. Moreso than any Noble Team death.

[@fot6771]

As soon as i saw Thel's fleet i was all like... WELL WE TRIED!

[@claypidgeon4807]

Yep. That was something like 20 Assault Carriers. For all we know multiple additional supercarriers were there as well.

[@TheDragonsPit]

*Destroys Supercarrier* "We are a Society" *THELS ENTIRE FLEET ARRIVES* "There was a Society."

[@eriksniped5111]

That is not The fleet of Particular Justice

[@mlgosiris6630]

It's not the fleet of particular justice. In the book, Reach fell within a day, that day being August 30th. The fleet of particular justice was the fleet that completely annihilated the UNSC that day. In the game, the fleet that pops up after you destroy the super carrier is the fleet of holy respite. The game contradicts the book in the sense that on August 14th, an entirely separate fleet assaulted reach (the fleet thats in this video), and the Fleet of Particular Justice still arrives on the 30th. So that means that multiple fleets were involved in the attack on Reach, and not just the Fleet of Particular Justice like the book says. So, book says August 30th, FoPJ arrives at reach, and annihilates the planet (one fleet of 314 carriers). The game takes place over the course of a month. And we can count three fleets that attack the planet (the fleet that arrives late July, the fleet that arrives on August 14th, and then the fleet that arrives on the 30th, which is the FoPJ (which wasn't retconned)).

[@eriksniped5111]

@@mlgosiris6630 the fleet in this is video is a support fleet under the command of The Ministry of Resolution

[@nathanaelperez5510]

I love how the.soundtrack and the covenant full scale invasion went well together. "The whole damn covenant fleet"

[@navb0tactual]

Oh how wrong he was...

[@neodarkknight42]

And to think, it's a pittance compared to the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity

[@NarrowKilla]

This is kind of scary knowing the fact that UNSC got no fleet or any decent orbital defense left to repel fresh arriving covenant fleet , and those continuing computer notifications , that how you build atmosphere in the games

[@Shinzon51]

That's because this game is not canon. Or hardly. The canon thing is in the book Halo: The Fall of Reach. 351 covenant ships... against half the numbers of human ships. Last stand of the fleet, sacrifice of Crab station... it's all there

[@nickescobar6610]

Shinzon this game IS canon dafuq are you talking about? If it wasn't canon why would it exist? Reach barely had any ships left like Narrow said, when the 2nd fleet arrived

[@untakenusername9504]

Shinzon I'm afraid to tell you bungie said that the game is cannon over the book :( but if you want you can watch halo cannons fall of reach time line where he fits all the events from the game and book into one!!

[@hoo-dini4494]

Mr comments guy both the book and the game are cannon, I think it's only the dates that are messed up

[@EthanThomson]

theres a lot of contradictions between the game and book, but as the game is bungie's intelectual property, as is halo, or was at the time, the games are canon over any book. halo: the fall of reach was rewritten in some parts to try and account for this, but yeah. games over everything else

[@Joyeuse_]

*SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED* “Gamma station control reading multiple pings below the orbital defense grid" *SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED* "Yeah, we’re picking up anamolies too" *SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED* "......damn that must be the whole covenant fleet.....aaaghhh" *SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED*

[@EthanThomson]

*gamme station control we're reading multiple pings below the ORBITAL DEFENCE GRID

[@Victor-056]

The one who said 'Covenant Fleet' may have been Sgt Johnson.

[@eriksniped5111]

Are you reading this?Multiple Covenant signitures THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!

[@Giratina575]

@@eriksniped5111 must be the whole damn covenant fleet!

[@eriksniped5111]

@@Giratina575 AAAAAAHHHHH!

[@thedashboard9562]

This is the ultimate example of "one step forward, two steps back."

[@AAhmou]

More like 300 steps back for each ship on that fleet

[@JorgeSilva-qf1mw]

Not really, Long night of solace was one of the two CSO- supercarriers, carrying like +100k covenants, so even if they lost REACH, Jorge Did a lot of Damage to the covenants

[@FreezyPop]

Jorge Silva yea but then when you think about it the covenant is so huge they have billions and maybe trillions of population so losing 100k soldiers is like losing one ant from a colony

[@floppydisksareop]

@@FreezyPop Well not quite, as that was an expensive ship to make, with trained soldiers, etc. Also the blow on morale after one of your two most advanced ships gets destroyed might be terrible, but yeah... Manpower is probably not that concerning for the CSO

[@FreezyPop]

Don Ficko but I was talking perspective on population loss not navy tech loss

[@ashhalcyon]

Sends chills through you as “SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED” is repeated and you see Particular Justice appear. All you hear after this is “Must be the whole damn Covenant fleet..!”

[@william_brobrine8975]

Ikr

[@Nephalem2002]

I played Halo 2 First and I went. *Boi* At this scene

[@malin6951]

Yes.. Me and my Brother Thel ordered that assault because we were looking at a hologram of the ship while it got destroyed! That was one out of 4 super carriers!!!

[@Giratina575]

That was actually a different fleet that showed. A support fleet of about sixty ships. The fleet of particular justice showed up near the end to finish the battle

[@nukacolacompany2534]

@@malin6951 stop role playing dude

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

"All our nukes are either out system or went down with the ships that carried them" - Carter at the beginning of this level.

[@stall_]

they set off a slipspace drive

[@miguelangellarioscoronado3636]

i remember watching my cousin finishing this mission and he was like "fuck yeah, we destroyed that super carrier" then the whole covenant fleet appeared and he said "after all that effort instead of being rewarded we are punished"

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

Yall mustve felt many emotions there

[@spartanhuntergaming]

My grandad and great grandad when they saw that and I thought that the UNSC had won the battle for Reach said "That's how it can be with war."

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

Before the Battle of Earth, the Fall of Reach was the Covenant's most phyrric victory to date. The Fleet of Particular Justice (the one that showed up just after the Supercarrier went down) lost two thirds of its vessels and the rest was destroyed at the Battle of Installation 04.

[@EthanThomson]

a pyrric victory is one where you win, but are completely devastated afterwards, like the kriegsmarine after Jutland in WWI. the covenant were more than capable of fighting afterwards as for the battle of earth, its more of a human victory considering earth survived the fall of the covenant

[@PlaidShirtGamer]

@@EthanThomson The history nerd in me wants to point out that the Kriegsmarine didn't exist during WWI; it was the Kaiserliche Marine

[@Arekkizu]

This wasn't the fleet of particular justice, it arrived on the 30th, it's the 14th on that day

[@quicke5486]

The German Navy wasn't exactly devastated at Jutland

[@faustinotrejo6062]

1:56 and so arrives Thel Vadame of the fleet of particular justice.

[@fot6771]

+Faustino Trejo Thel be like "DID YOU MISS ME?" nah nah more like "IM BACK"

[@sbraypaynt]

Faustino Trejo "There was only one ship... they called it the Pillar of Autumn... they fled as we set fire to their planet"

[@sbraypaynt]

P.O.M. Keeper "Blinded? No"

[@sbraypaynt]

P.O.M. Keeper Noble hierarchs, surely you understand that when the parasite attacked- *Booooo* *traitor* *fuck you split face*

[@darksuntoggafhd9947]

Truth: You were right to focus your attention on the flood, but this demon, this 'Master Chief'.

[@LaArmeriaYT]

I just don't get why a lot of people don't like Reach. For me, it's the best damn Halo game along with Combat Evolved.

[@thesparduck117]

I am sure 343 has changed peoples Indus about reach

[@3men219]

The problem is that Reach have cannon issues, many of the events in this game were an asspull from Bungie disregarding the already set cannon. Now with that said, as a die hard Extended Universe fan, i love Halo reach. The cannon problems that it had are irrelevant because at the end( Extended Universe and Game) Reach fell taking with it millions of people and the game definitely manage to set that tone, fighting a battle that was already lost from the very beginning, and for that i love reach.

[@aresgodofwar0422]

@@3men219 game cannon comes before anything else.

[@danieldorado390]

Que haces acá hace 8 añooooossss

[@crimsonlight4205]

Yoan Ramos how does it break from cannon tho? Reach was the most technologically advanced planet since that’s where they did their military research and Spartans would’ve been concentrated there because at the time they were still supposed to be a secret and reach fell to the covenant and master chief left reach in the pillar of autumn taking him to the first halo while the arbiter followed him but failed to stop the destruction of halo which is what led to halo 1 and 2 and cortana was made by Halsey using the forerunner artifact we see in halo reach and human dna which is also cannon and dr Halsey survived reach away from the chief because she had someone else getting her to safety I mean unless your just talking about the technology difference I don’t see how it strays from cannon at all

[@unweariedheart]

Technically, Jorge bought Reach plenty of time. Evacuating civilians that is. That glassing beam on the CSO would've ended up wiping out Reach in half the time Reach was fought for.

[@z3ny156]

No it wouldn't, a CSO cant just glass a whole planet just like that, it still takes a lot and I mean a lot of time to glass a whole planet, Reach's city defences would've shot down the CSO if it came too close to glass

[@Arinisonfire]

The city defenses couldnt hold back the rest of the Covenant fleet who would have arrived either way so I doubt they would have made much of a dent in the CSO. In the end, it still didn't make much difference considering that large Covenant fleet which managed to penetrate below the ODG and begin a full scale invasion immediately following the CSO's destruction as well as Thel's fleet which arrived sometime later and decimated the entire human fleet were made up of over 300 ships, more than enough to replace the supercarrier. I suppose it could have been a blow to Covenant morale, knowing that the largest ship in their entire fleet had been destroyed, and that WAS the only CSO that they had, or that we know of anyway. Its kind of like if in A New Hope, the rebels destroyed the death star, but then a big imperial fleet arrived right after and destroyed the rebel base anyway.

[@millymolly67]

there were other csos including one under construction in a novel

[@cutenessovrld448]

Z3nY you do understand the size of the LNoS? it’s massive, 27 kms in length, it definitely would have sped up the process of the fall of Reach, however because of Jorge’s sacrifice, we had more time. Also in the scene where the frigate, I think Savannah fires a MAC round at the covenant spire ground level, the glassing beam’s energy output from the super carrier was at a very low setting, meaning that the LNoS could have wiped out the entire ship with one massive beam, in stead of only a small beam through the middle of the frigate

[@thewifipassword3942]

Halo Nerds in there prime Habitat ↑

[@SheldonAdama17]

Humanity in 2020: Well, things can’t possibly get any worse - 2020: Slipspace rupture detected Slipspace rupture detected Slipspace rupture detected Slipspace rupture detected

[@muskatDR]

Covidnant forces detected

[@griffinreed9005]

Gamma station control. Reading multiple pings below the orbital defense grid.

[@RalseiSmokerOfBlunts]

@@griffinreed9005 are you reading this?!? Multiple covenant signets!

[@griffinreed9005]

@@RalseiSmokerOfBlunts does anyone have a visual?!? There everywhere!!!

[@RalseiSmokerOfBlunts]

@@griffinreed9005 must be a whole damn covenant fleet

[@BattleKid619]

I'll never forget the feeling I got when I heard the first slipspace rupture. Just when you thought you had a won the battle, that feeling of pure ecstasy which changed to complete horror with one sound effect. No Halo game has ever captured atmosphere and pure emotion quite like Reach and I don't think any ever will. To Reach! The most underappreciated masterpiece in gaming.

[@fluent4530]

What about ODST when the carrier started glassing Mombasa

[@keepyad0me852]

remember reach

[@thunder_wolf23]

Remember Reach

[@Pellaeon4587]

*supercarrier gets destroyed* Humanity: alright, we might actually stand a ch- *Thel's fleet of 60+ ships including several assault carriers drops out of slipspace* Humanity: .....never mind

[@Arbiter1223]

314 Covenant ships came out of slipspace that day... (or at least in the total time span of the fall of Reach) Reach never stood a chance... :(

[@sbraypaynt]

epic-troll Noble Six's mind "Jorge you saved us all, we may stand a cha- "SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED" "For fuck sake DOT"

[@ryancurcio7311]

If you read the books, the fleet protecting reach dealt huge casualties to the fleet. Both suffered huge casualties in the battle with the covenant only winning by being more powerful.

[@generalkenobi243]

The human ships weren't using shields. It's why covenant vessels are far more powerfull

[@ethancurtsinger172]

It's an invasion

[@BBQnapalm]

Prophet of truth was triggered after losing that supercarrier!

[@FireworksAndHurricanes]

headshot justin "Maybe I shouldn't go too hard on them." *Long Night Of Solace gets destroyed* "Alright, you know what you little shits?"

[@jordonturner9559]

Makes since they probably aren't easy to build and likely take a long time to build

[@dr.boring7022]

Regret: "Hmmmm, we raized their planet. Maybe you should cool down now..." *Installation 4 blows up* "I WILL PUT AN END TO THEM ALL" *charges with only 15 ships*

[@DylanClipz]

Edward Morra lol

[@minihalkoja590]

Elite commander: "Prophets, we just lost the Long Night Of Solace!" Prophet of Truth: "Fear not, we and our journey are not in any danger from these heretics." *Not that much later...* Installation 04: *Blows up*

[@user-ef9ig6gg9t]

Don't worry guys, my boy Jorge is in that slipspace cave chillin

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

hanging out with Forge

[@othernerd3841]

i love the cave memes heheh

[@richardlew3667]

Marines: "Its a good thing we have these Spartans aboard with us because I know they have a plan that will save us all. Oh look, Forge just threw Noble 6 out of the carrier."

[@SSM24_]

Inaccurate, the marines in this game never survive until the end of a mission.

[@crimsonlight4205]

SuperSupermario24 lmao give one a sniper rifle and the other keeps the assault rifle and they’ll destroy the covenant trust me

[@thecatfather857]

Forge??

[@takkarsasori8961]

"Good thing spartans came along, i dont know if we could'v...." *Jorge tosses Six outside*

[@halinaqi2194]

i mean canonically, they arent meant to survive, otherwise, it wouldve made more sense fore them t manually detonate the slipsapce drive and let jorge off the ship, but if the UNSC wanted to make sure that drive went off, i guess jorge wouldve stayed anyway, with the remaining airmen pilots staying with him.

[@Nostentegy]

Damn this scene gives me fucking goosepumps, every time, without fail. With this in question, it's hard for me to pick my favorite Halo game, but Reach falls in very closely to Halo 3 (or vice versa, since again, it's hard for me to pick lol)

[@Mr_Meatbox]

The Home - cjhrjone54 slipspace rupture detected.

[@celeb909h6]

Pretty much the same thing for me. But halo Reach is my favorite.

[@agnel47]

The camera angles in this game were mind blowing. Master class of cinematic story telling.

[@BayouBoy2443]

It’s absolute crazy that the fucker commanding that whole fleet that’s about to destroy Reach is the same one that’s fighting by your side escaping the Ark in Halo 3

[@theshipmasterbanished3902]

damn when the covenant where powerful and humanity feared them

[@tavianarmstrong974]

The Shipmaster not power. Numbers. Humanity would have defended reach if they had more ships. The fight was 150-200 human ships and 20 super Macs against 300+ covenant. 10 more super Macs would've guaranteed a win.

[@acrustykrab]

Tavian Armstrong imo the Covenant were more powerful at this point. Only effective weapons humanity had were MAC guns from orbital platforms and ships, Spartan IIs, and nukes at this point. Outclassed everywhere else.

[@tavianarmstrong974]

more powerful yes, but far from creative or strategic (beyond human displays of tactical brilliance like that of Keyes with the keyes loop or cole's final stand or even scumbags like ackerson proved otherwise). The arbiter himself was a better tactician than the heirarchs or any of his superiors. The only reason this invasion didn't falter was by his judgement (the fleet that pulled up after long night of solace was destroyed was his). Had anyone else had command, humanity would have triumphed with a near 95% casualty count, bloody but victors nonetheless. But hey if reach held, Earth was sure to fall right after as chief wouldnt have intercepted unyielding heirophant.

[@imperatorvegetarius]

The UNSC required a 3 to 1 numbers advantage in space combat to even approach the threshold of a fair fight. It's what won the Covenant the war (up until Earth). But yes, I do quite like that there's a lore explanation for some of the seemingly stupid disciplines and strategies of the Covenant. Putting your officers in progressively more ornate and unique armour, favouring combat up close and personal with your enemies, a dogmatic refusal to innovate or disseminate Forerunner technology on religious grounds (as is evident when Cortana takes contorl of a CCS class and realizes the covenant are using like a quarter of it's potential power output), refusal by the High Prophets to admit they fucked up according to their OWN RELIGION by attacking humanity and Harvest, and then declaring a xenocidal crusade to cover up the truth. It's all based in their rigid, overzealous religious doctrines, and therefore pretty much all the fault of the San'Shyuum. Not to say that there aren't geniune tactical geniuses like Thel and Rtas, particularly at the Battle of Installation 00 where the Separatist fleet was outnumbered by Truth's 3 to 1 and they still claimed a sound victory.

[@tavianarmstrong974]

that's the beauty of war if you ask me. nothing is set in stone. keyes took on two frigates and a destroyer, an even match for more than 10 ships whether they be frigates or destroyers, solo and won, yes at the cost of near self destruction but he practically the planet. War may be atrocious but i find it undeniable that it can bring out the absolute best in people, and equal bad as well.

[@owellwellwell2418]

I love how parts like this were just so soul crushing. George sacrifices his life to take down the covenant supership, you think the day is won and you have a chance thanks to the valient effort of George. And then an entire fleet of covenant ships you couldn't hope to tangle with leaves slipspace, showing just how devestating the covenant are.

[@gcwishbone]

This scene is maybe the best in all of halo. Maybe. There's a whole lot of good ones. I just remember feeling jorge's sacrifice, and like him I thought he'd won the war, killed off the main covenant ship at least... then the static came and "slipspace rupture detected", shit

[@zej8777]

Best scene is "wake me when you need me"... That should of been the end of Halo.

[@charizardag]

when I first saw this it, I actually shouted "JORGE!" as 6 got pushed out. He was my fav character, it was a shame he was the first to go. We'll miss you, Jorge

[@Apoc_Bone_Daddy]

That scene always gets me 1 small step forward 50 steps back

[@LouseGrouse]

This campaign nailed its tone perfectly. What a great scene.

[@RockLegend2A]

That over-the-shoulder look that Jorge gives to Six before slapping the console is fucking heartbreaking. Already, he's considered that either he or Six could die, but, even being a SPARTAN-II, more likely to survive against the Covenant, Jorge refuses to leave Reach. He knows that he'd either leave it or die on the surface, but he won't even take the chance of leaving, so he sacrifices himself. Even with a helmet on, you know exactly what he's thinking, but he gives Six his dogtags, reasoning, and final request.

[@swordtattoo]

I feel betrayed. I loved The Arbiter during Halo 2 and Halo 3, but when I played this game and looked at the comments saying that it's Thel's fleet, my heart broke. They're all great games though, and this one definitely gave me chills.

[@TundranTiconderoga]

Literally the first scene of 2 shows Arby bringing the hammer down on Reach. No hard feelings though, right humanity? ... Right?

[@Ninonybox]

I guess those 2 squad mates I had left didn't get a say in the matter.

[@MrRocksW]

RIP sniper rifle guy

[@supermalikXL]

Good lord the cinematography is so good for this game. Where were these director's for the show.

[@TheMinecraftCreep1]

The moment when humanity looks out the window and sees another fleet of Covenant ships ready to glass the entire planet.

[@TheDisarminghinkle]

My friends and I had a big LAN party in our college library. We played a lot of computer games. There was always at least one game of Starcraft going, usually 4v4s. There was one guy who (as we found out) was a fucking Masters player. I remember watching someone try to 1v1 him. He was fucking around and got out a Thor (this was back in Wings of Liberty days) ridiculously quickly. The other guy was so proud that he was able to fight off that Thor and the tiny army that was with it. By the time he finished fighting it off, the Masters guy had already built literally 10 Factories. He was already amassing a giant army of Thors. Less than a minute after the first one died, he sent 10 more Thors to his base. The guy was celebrating over killing one. I just shook my head and said, "Slipspace rupture detected." I don't know if anyone got my joke, but it just felt so right and satisfying to say there.

[@JorgeSilva-qf1mw]

i get it lol

[@linusmlgtips2123]

Nerd

[@enriquecortes4676]

Hahaha xD

[@Samanthnyaa]

@@linusmlgtips2123 you have mlg in ur name stfu

[@XandWacky]

It's been 11 years and this scene gives me chills every time I see it no matter how many times I see it.

[@adolfgaming1761]

Jorge wtf my dude you summoned like 1000+ more ships

[@korysimpson5716]

As a marine said in odst "just like reach all over again"

[@jennatolls904]

the thing about this mission is even though you took out a super carrier that was literally nowhere near scratching the surface of defeating the covenant.

[@TheVivapinsam]

2:01 Never realised that Johnson was there but it makes complete sense!

[@yisus4681]

I mean... he leaves in the pillar of autum later on lol so makes sense he was on reach

[@worsedoughnut]

Can't want to see this beautifully remastered on PC later this year. It's been a wild ride waiting this long...

[@emircanayyldz7814]

Coming here once every week. i think i wont be able to wait Man...

[@mrnohax5436]

Emircan Ayyıldız gentleman it has arrived

[@Ssjdragon]

1:54 this part ALWAYS gives me goosebumps.

[@muscleman6277]

Halo reach was my first halo that has a unique depressing campaign, the soundtracks, cinematics, storty delivery. The campaign was designed to make players interested and fall in love with the characters, because of their deaths

[@HoneyBadger363]

As badass as the scene was at 1:20, it was rendered hopeless when another Covenant fleet arrived, man the Fall of Reach was brutal.

[@chilkootsailor492]

Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941: Hanging out and chilling The lookouts: slipspace rupture detected slipspace rupture detected slipspace rupture detected

[@YolkiiGaming]

This scene still gives me goosebumps to this day. Every time the fleet arrives. God I love Halo

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

Even though from the beginning you knew the end. This is the point in time the game really hammers that point into your brain.

[@SpaceMonke99]

This cutscene encapsulates what I love about the gradual escalation of the Covenant presence on Reach, which started in Nightfall. At the end of every mission your supposed victory is repeatedly overshadowed by an even greater show of Covenant force, beginning with the reveal of the invasion army in Nightfall and ending with the glassing of New Alexandria. This game gives you a front row seat to an unwinnable fight, no matter how hard you rail against the Covenant.

[@masterchief5201]

When seeing this scene, I was drinking a beer. I held it up and said "He was a damn good man. This one is for you Jorge" and took big sip from it. It's one of my memories to be honest.

[@ProVision3187]

*FLEET OF PARTICULAR JUSTICE*

[@andyperrott4284]

This scene actually made me feel dread and fear. Jorge was a great character and I felt emotion when he sacrificed himself and then to take that moment and pretty much show that its all for nothing painted the human/covenant war in a better picture than the original series shown.

[@mmorpg1428]

Thel 'Vadam: *arrives* Humanity: Aw shit, here we go again.

[@tacticalrover6428]

Damn. The first time I saw this I was like “you gotta be kidding me”

[@tyvernoverlord5363]

Well the game's tagline was _From the beginning, you know how it ends_

[@Heyitzjames1776]

If “giving everything up for nothing” was a scene this would be the one

[@Otocol]

amazing how his sacrifice is instantly nullified

[@candlestyx8517]

"Tell em to make it count" The irony and sad part is that Jorge's death was in vain as the covenant glassed the planet anyways

[@Outpost38C]

"I THINK THEY NOTICED"

[@goatman9499]

1:57 Gamma station and the person talking sounds quite like Avery Johnson

[@Catalogue28]

I still remember my heart sinking during this cutscene. When Jorge sacrificed himself I was like "Damn, that's badass". Then the fleet came.

[@LaRedDeErudito]

I just got MCC on Steam and I played the campaing in Heroic difficulty. I was pleased when I saw that super ship getting destroyed. "Well, Kat's plan worked", I said. But when I heard "SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED" I thought: "w-what?". And then it starts to repeat... Big F.

[@SainrED]

UNSC: Ayyyy we took out their gigantic ship!!! Covenant: OH HELLLL NO! Computer: SLIPPACE RUPTURE DECTECTED... SLIPPACE RUPTURE DECTECTED.... SNIPPACE RUPTURE DECTECTED.. SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DECTECTED..

[@iliketrains0pwned]

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[@taelorpickel2830]

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[@nutcase202]

That WAS a warp drive, so TECHNICALLY, he could still be alive floating in space

[@alexlovel]

You still have to navigate in slipspace so that chunk might just be in another dimension

[@Golgari213]

Level by level you see how horrible a planet under Covenant siege is... at first it was a mission to save Reach, but after George, it became a simple mission to do anything they could to hold back the Covenant and give people time to leave the planet. And at the end, it simply became a mission to survive, no more.

[@dillonmurphy2394]

It's weird playing this game and realizing how much of an impact Thel had on the destruction of reach, then in Halo 3 he is my best friend.

[@Itsjustdoomed]

When I was younger and did my first playthrough of reach it never even occurred to me what was happening in the story until I got to the ending and saw my fully customized six in that fucking shitty black and red camo everyone would wear go down like an absolute unit.

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

Am I the only one who started to shed tears when I heard "Slipspace rupture detected" after Thel's fleet arrived?

[@ARGOS-THOR]

Every now and again i come back to this scene, and everytime i cry my eyes out.

[@broden4838]

When a roommate of mine saw this, he said that it sucked that Jorge had to die in order to destroy the supercarrier

[@noblevi3623]

Her shields were off because of the EMP from the glassing. That also being said, at least her death was quick and painless. If Jorge survived the incident he was screwed because his helmet was off and would have been cooked from radiation.

[@lewisfell2714]

UNSC: Destroys a single supercarrier Covenant: fleet of particular justice would like a word

[@JayLeo.]

I was devastated as a kid. Lost my favorite Noble Team member only to find out it was almost all for nothing.

[@theyoboygamer3754]

Jorge: *destroys 29 kilometer covenant ship* Covenant: Damn, I kinda have 300 more

[@jackpreacher6178]

When the covenant filled you with more despair than the flood.

[@FlowKio]

The amount of struggle just to take out one super carrier and dozens more FTL onto the scene made my heart drop back then

[@MJA-0330]

The Fleet of Particular Justice led by the Arbiter was about 750 ships when it showed up and attacked Reach.

[@Therealpresidentobama]

Imagine being a surviving marine after you and your squad just cleared a ship just to hear that the only way off is falling all the way to the surface

[@Giratina575]

that entire fleet was lead by a supercruiser . which destroyed numerous ships such as the musashi Herodotus and Trafalgar with a devastating energy projector.

[@tavianarmstrong974]

PhantomlordGiratina wrong ship. The one you're talking about was destroyed by the autumn

[@3men219]

@@tavianarmstrong974 one thing that allways bothered a little is that the Pillar of Autumn seemed to be in pristine condition at the end of this game and the beggining of CE considering the amount of damage she suffered at the battle of reach.

[@aqworldshayabusa1114]

Easily one of, if not, *the* most chilling cutscene in Halo

[@autello5300]

what if you wanted to go to heaven but god said "slipspace rupture detected"

[@Tallgeese03]

When that guy said "They're Everywhere" i remember how my jaw dropped. Felt so crushed

[@almighty5839]

0:22 never noticed that the slip space drive was shot up lol, 9 years later and I’m still seeing new stuff in reach

[@Haggysack2k8]

For someone, who did read "Fall of Reach" at a time, where Halo 2 wasn't even out... we learned about the individual, who was at the top of that fleet in Halo 2, the player *was* him in the campaign. And then some years later, Halo: Reach came out. I knew what was coming, but the moment it came, it did come hard. Jorge's sacrifice and then Thel jumped into the system. I went on a nostalgia trip just a few hours before writing this comment. Went through some of the most tragic scenes of all the good old Halo games, i even watched a "10 saddest death scenes" video, where Cortana was on second place and Johnson on the first. Echo 419 should have been 3rd, but wasn't. I first played Halo CE, when i was 9, hell this was 18 years ago and Halo CE, just like Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind were my first two XBOX games and i loved both. Please 343, don't fuck Infinite up, like Halo 5. I know it's just a video game, but Halo is part of my life and there is no doubt about that, same goes for Elder Scrolls. My most biggest fear? Dementia. If i would get diagnosed with dementia, i would be gone. My life is not the most perfect one, but nonetheless i had my memories of sheer fun with all the video games i played. For a normal person that sounds like BS, but not for me. Once gamer at heart, always gamer at heart.

[@anthonycolon2859]

I would love to experience falling from the sky like that with a parachute.

[@bozoforce]

One of the most ominous phrases in Halo: *Slipspace rupture detected*

[@86BullnoseOG]

This how Earth feels 3 months into 2020.

[@WarGrowlmon18]

One thing I never got: you take out the corvette's engines to prevent it from the reaching the Supercarrier too early. Yet when you activate the Refueling Track the ship heads for the Supercarrier on those very same engines. You can even see them glowing here as it approaches the enemy ship.

[@brandonaustin4154]

What was out was the engine gimbal, think of that as the main steering system for the ship, they were still moving, yes, but with very little control, to change course would have taken a lot of time and drawn a lot of covenant attention.

[@fourze6113]

Everyone gangsta till the A.I says “Slipspace Rupture Detected” Probably 4 years late so eh

[@nophlast4237]

Jorge: GET RECKT SON Covenant: OH HELL NO!

[@frodobaggins6684]

Honestly the most bone chilling scene from Halo. Shows the true fear the Covenant brings.

[@noobexclusivehd8709]

Wasn't The Vadam leading the attack against Reach before he became the Arbiter that we currently know?

[@hl2bigboss]

It's so beautiful when it explodes...

[@thewifipassword3942]

i was cheering when we destroyed the super-carrier. i was crying when the attack fleet came in.

[@Nephalem2002]

This was probably the most depressing scene in Halo.

[@Shalassaska]

slipspace rupture detected....slipspace rupture detected....slipspace rupture detected....slipspace rupture detected.... Shit sucks.

[@MK-ld6il]

I remember playing this as a kid so excited that I “beat the covenant” just to look up and see all those ships come in

[@sanlorenzo7896]

I saved all the Marines on Legendary during this level, so I thought it was ironic how none of them volunteered to trigger the explosion instead of Jorge.

[@iceclimberGD]

Everything about this part is amazing- the story, the way it was presented, the music..... Reach was definately the best halo

[@pizza-for-mountains]

Slipspace rupture detected. _Gamma Station control, reading multiple pings below the orbital defense grid--_ Slipspace rupture detected. _Yeah, we're picking up anomalies, too._ Slipspace rupture detected. _Are you reading this?! Multiple Covenant signatures!_ Slipspace rupture detected. _Does anyone have a visual--_ _THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!_ Slipspace rupture detected. _This can't be happening. This must be the whole damn Covenant fleet!_ Slipspace rupture detected.

[@Sojju7]

Halo Reach is the best Halo game in terms of storytelling

[@czdub7325]

This was always my favorite scene

[@dewittbourchier7169]

This hits you as not only is the sacrifice rendered utterly meaningless and you know you are going to lose, the cavalry is not going to come or not make any difference, but Jorge is the best, most empathic, most human of the Spartans, the best gave his life in defence of others, not just his squad or because 'it's the mission' but because it is his home and he genuinely cares about those weaker and not as strong as him - and the best of you is gone all for nothing.