Spartan Ops Episode 1: Departure

[@gettotheGate]

5:00 Zealot: CAPTAIN! shipmaster: Y- yeah? Zealot:LOOK!

[@CopperVulpine]

Underrated comment right here

[@keithstone8693]

Pirates of the Caribbean theme earrape plays

[@MrGrim-ck7qj]

This reference is huge.

[@David-fg4nu]

Dies*

[@symundin9754]

Holy shit Lasky: "show starts at 0500" And then they blast through a Covie ship at exactly the five minute mark. Never caught that before

[@MrAcerulez]

"The way I see it, if those freaks want to meet god, it's our DUTY to help them along!" *proceeds to help an entire ships worth of Covenant meet their god*

[@jenshep1720]

amen

[@StephenDelRosario777]

2 minutes later in heaven: Shangheli: *Wort wort* God: "Ughhh not another one of these"

[@Starman.2957]

MrAcerulez I really liked spartan ops

[@MrAcerulez]

@@Starman.2957 It was pretty great.

[@XIIIphobos]

such a fulfilling sight

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

So, basically Strident class frigates are bigger than the Forward Unto Dawn, and the Infinity can hold up to 10 of them. The Infinity basically has it's own little fleet included. Not to mention that Strident class also have shielding. During the human-covenant war, no UNSC ships had shields, just Titanium-A battleplates. Infinity has molecularly strengthened Titanium A-3 battleplates and Forerunner shielding. Talk about upgrades...

[@sans8946]

you have my thanks for aiding humanity onboard the shadow of intent in the battle of instillation 00

[@RevanStarrrR]

+Shipmaster Rtas Vadum Also the new ships probably have a bit more Tungsten on top of Titanium A since its much more resistant against plasma.

[@LIONtib]

2016's New Star Player And the Infinity's MACs blasted a respectable hole in Mantle's Aporoach. If that's not impressive I don't know what is.

[@ScantExponent61]

Not to mention the upgrades to the MAC

[@dr.boring7022]

And the fact that the Spartans are also better, In terms of armor, augmentation, and numbers.

[@craig8930]

This ship is basically a physical way of saying “your argument is invalid because I am bigger”

[@andrewsever4651]

Jacob ***** And because I’ve got 10 smaller ships here to back me up

[@jenshep1720]

@Ben van der Riet wtf is wrong with you? the infinity is the best space ship anyone has ever created in any videogame, book, movie, or tv series. and we have like, maybe 10 minutes of footage of it in total? hell na we wont destroy it like it that. i wanna see it blow shit up.

[@watyhu99]

@@jenshep1720 ok relax, I love the infinity as a ship, only second to the pillar of actumn. But it sure as hell isn't as amazing as you claim it to be, and is no where close to being the best ship in fiction. Your biased fanboy side is showing.

[@jenshep1720]

@@watyhu99 lol, i didnt claim to be objective. also, who said i was talking about stats? i was thinking of the mix of badass design, capabilities, how well it fits every possible sci fi scenario, what role it plays in its universe of origin, how well it would perform compared to other well known ships from sci fi, and its general uniqueness. i mean, no matter what you put her up against, the infinity will always come out on top. yes, she might not win every battle (for example im pretty certain if she fought a prolonged battle agaisnt the deathstar she would eventually lose), but she would never be destroyed. she is fast enough despite her enormous size for enemies to udnerestimate her speed when aiming the weapons who could actually oneshot her (for example the deathstars beam), giving her time to escape or use her own fleet that she carries with her as a diversion - and escape. this ship is badass and fit for every scenario. so yeah, i think shes the best ship. sue me i guess.

[@Dont_care_4_U]

@@jenshep1720 even if they destroy the infinity it will probably be replaced with the eternity which is still under construction ...... Just realized what an awesome level that might be in which that is left of the infinity’s cure lunch an all out assault in an attempt to liberate the eternity

[@derpdog3107]

Seeing the Infinity tear that Covenant Cruiser in half at 5:00 was awesome. Wanted to see a human ship do that for such a long time!

[@kylesaburao]

They've reached so far into "I don't give a fuck" that they could just make flying shielded walls with engines to destroy the Covenants. lol

[@SPACEHARICE]

Pfffft infinity is just a more expensive master chief

[@pranavghantasala6808]

"They probably came back to base and went, 'I hit a what?'" -Jeremy Clarkson (2018)

[@DevinEMILE]

I mean its not the first time in the lore they used a ship in a ramming maneuver

[@ConspiracyKhan]

derpdog The emperor would be proud.

[@stephenchow6749]

Roland: “Jump completed, Lasky. Detected one minor impact across the bow. No damage registered. Probably just debris, sir.”

[@aegisghost]

I got that Dreadnought reference!

[@liamh8593]

I miss dreadnought so much dude

[@daemonhunter100]

Frikkin Infinity rammed an RCS-class armored cruiser like it was nothing.

[@joshzamaki]

if you look closely the infinity must've activated some sort of shield to withstand the impact. probably a forerunner shield since the Infinity has some forerunner tech installed into it.

[@SaviourSword995]

+joshzamaki every ship has now shields. Autumn class cruisers, Paris class frigates and every other fucking ship has shields

[@robh9165]

Best oppurtunity for a awesome one liner: "Surprise!" or "I felt something..." or "pardon me coming through" or "SORRY!" or "woops". something like that

[@ChocolateMooseGaming]

Robin Bundles "like a knife through budda"

[@EthanThomson]

i think it was a CCS, not a CRS CRS's are much much smaller and can be seen flying around, but the ship that was rammed seemed to be fairly large compared to the infinity

[@darkwolfcz434]

4:58. some elite to the captain: Sir! Slipspace rupture right on right side of the ship! Captain: its okay. they wont get through our shields. *infinity smashes through the ship* captains last words: Never mind

[@sierrachief117]

Some elite: Wort did you say?

[@Neopyric]

WORT!?!?! FUCKIGN HALIOROUS

[@TechnicallyCalm]

I think it's cool that the humans now how those shielded hangers that hold atmosphere in but can let solid objects in and out, kinda like Star Wars.

[@sb7798]

They had in Halo Reach

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

Halo could totally be a movie and TV series.

[@MrShooter16]

If you love Spartans, yes. If you're up for a good story, you may not enjoy it. I'd love it, especially if it brought some musical boost like Halo 5 did ;)

[@marsbars4767]

Well you got your wish.

[@King-gv4lg]

2016's New Star Player They could be a good movie and tv series as long as they use the spartan armor art styles from spartan ops than the ones in game( The plasticy bullshit that everyones bitching about)

[@SPACEHARICE]

It is and it is

[@ghostsoldier7542]

I come from the future and now it almost is

[@erisoctavia3363]

4:55 gets me every time.

[@loganb7059]

Choo choo

[@DeviltoGeorgia34]

"Haha, we've reached Requiem!! Nothing can stop us now!!" -Covenant. "Hi." -Infinity.

[@808INFantry11X]

Eris Octavia we brake for nobody

[@Metroidfreek]

It's a good thing NNN's over

[@Kirbs1926]

I love how no one aboard infinity was phased that they just tore through a cruiser

[@HaloUP]

Spartans never die.... ...they respawn at the last checkpoint.

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

Please explain why don't you have any more likes for this awesome comment.

[@johnjacob5035]

*because he forgot to bold it*

[@masterchef9023]

no they have iron skull on

[@Myles452]

Yes

[@LetsPlayArcanium]

@@ColonelFrontline1152 cause it’s overused

[@centurionhs6593]

5:04 "Dont worry, we're still flying half a ship"

[@ItsErisContent]

Another happy ramming

[@samueljorgensen4901]

love the star wars references lol

[@HitInDAface]

Covenant battleship minding own business UNSC Infinity: I'm about to end this mans whole career

[@sean71300]

Carrier heh

[@greggeverman5578]

Truth

[@nikolai60]

Probably the only time in the entire series where one actually IS minding it's own business and not picking a fight with the UNSC.

[@Zalo91]

Wow. The UNSC Infinity's advanced hull and shielding tech is amazingly strong that it rammed a Covenant cruiser and just annihilated it without taking no damage to itself. Incredible.

[@shropshirec]

***** Wow, do you want it to be more specific?

[@themanclaw2]

You forgot a crucial alteration to the laws of physics that occur in all the Halos (aside from CE): the vehicle on the receiving end of the collision takes damage while the ramming vehicle does not. I guess it applies to spaceships as well.

[@shropshirec]

themanclaw2 Yeah, but the useable vehicles are way smaller than a warship. Also, Infinity has shields and has more mass than the cruiser.

[@AngryRockMan]

themanclaw2 Realistically if Infinity is much more massive and stronger than the cruiser then it'd be like a fly hitting a windshield: Equal force, but disproportionate damage

[@lego007guym8]

Yes. I love it.

[@JCAvenged]

The Spartan 4's try so hard to be badass like 2's and 3's.

[@everybodychillout]

and they never will be lol

[@InsidiakMFWA]

That because the program has come full circle, they're Sargent Johnson in power armor, fuck yeah

[@Spartan3101200]

Insidiak nah, they're regular marines in power armor, sadly none of these people will ever be as badass as Sergeant Johnson was. (R.I.P Johnson)

[@Spartan3101200]

Insidiak true, but they still aren't as badass as Johnson

[@Morally_Immoral2]

Insidiak we all agree there's badass and then there's SPARTAN level badass

[@AllknowingUnknown]

HOW THE HELL do you as the leader of your Spartan team NOT know who the X.O. of the most important Warship In your navy that you're assigned to is?!!! The second he saw Palmer he should've been at attention. At the very least he should've known the second she said her name!

[@halcionkoenig243]

Surprise casual sexism is surprise. Shouldn't surprise you seeing as to how Palmer publicly shames all the male Spartans in response: their entire team is unprofessional. Unprofessionalism = Surprise Death

[@theabstractchicken3998]

@@halcionkoenig243 what?

[@Broadica]

Because feminist pandering was considered more important than realistic portrayal.

[@dr.boring7022]

It's most likely because Spartan IVs don't have "nametags" on their undersuits, and their profile photos are just their helmets. 😂 Likewize, I'd smash Miranda over Palmer

[@gamingrex2930]

@@Broadica to be fair most Spartan IVs are cocky bastards, they were selected to become spartans cuz they were the best soldiers, so yeah arrogance is quite natural

[@IllusionistCard]

UNSC: "Commander Lasky they outnumber us, three to one." Lasky: "Then it is an even fight fight."

[@robertosabado4955]

4:54 Imperium of Man Admiral: Nods* I aprove of this tactics

[@sonsbury9855]

Infinity < phalanx

[@erika002]

@@sonsbury9855 I know I'm very late to say this by a year but... ...they aren't even the same category, nor people would normally compare anything automatically weaker than 40K

[@ronaldthompson4989]

Less an Imperium battleram and more a "bro i think there was something in our parking spot"

[@MKfan888]

Throwback to Halo Wars when a UNSC ship and Covenant ship scraped each other and the UNSC ship ate shit. Looks like the shoe is on the other foot now lol.

[@alexwhite2377]

Yes: I’m a traditional Halo player Yes: I do love Infinity ramming a Covenant cruiser Yes: we exist

[@dsdy1205]

Banished: Uno reverse card

[@BWEEOOP]

Caboose: "Not my fault. Someone put a ship in my way."

[@kerosoldier]

*Infinity exits slipspace and sees the covenant ship* Laskey: SHIP!!! *Infinity smashes through the ship. Infinity rocks alittle from the impact* Laskey: Who the hell is driving? *The helmsman turns around, staring crossed-eyed at Laskey* Helmsman: Sorry Sir, doing my best. *Laskey jumps back a little* Who made this man a pilot? *The officer next to the pilot, also crossed-eyed, turns and responds* I did sir, he's my cousin *Laskey looks to his XO* Who is he? XO: He's an asshole sir Laskey: I know that, what is his name? XO: that is his name sir, Asshole, Major Asshole Laskey: And his cousin? XO: He's an Asshole too sir, pilot first class Phillip Asshole Laskey: How many assholes do we got on this ship anyway? *everyone on the bridge stands and raises their hands* YO!!! Laskey: I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes. *lasky points his finger to the other covenant ships* keep fighting Assholes. *Onboard the Covenant ship, it witnesses the Infinity exiting slipspace. the shipmaster looks to his crew* Shipmaster: Well...we had a good run in life.

[@The.Stalker]

I was expecting a Spaceballs reference.

[@kerosoldier]

hehe yeah...truth be told, i thought about doing it...but it wouldve been too easy.

[@The.Stalker]

kerosoldier You should've done it. It'd have been comedic gold.

[@kerosoldier]

yea....i kno. too late to change it?

[@The.Stalker]

kerosoldier Ayep. Too late. XD

[@duncan343]

Im a big star trek fan I have to say. UNSC Vessels put starfleet ships to shame. Not even the largest vessel in starfleet could cuntpunt through a covenant vessel and live to tell the tale.

[@SkullCrusher-xk5wp]

Well, Starfleet vessels are pretty delicate if you think about it.

[@VunderGuy]

To be fair to Star Fleet, though, with Photon torpedoes they probably outgun even the Infinity. Yeah, proton torpedoes are consumables... but so are mac cannons and unlike the recharge times required for mac cannons, even the Inifnity's, a single Star Fleet capital ship could spam away and, considering Star Fleet ships are smaller, they gain an edge in maneuverability and being able to avoid the Infinity's main armaments. Of course, all of this is moot since neither a Star Fleet capital ship or the Infinity could withstand a ISD-1 or an ISD-1's FTL speed, but whatevs.

[@dwilson3297]

*super star destroyer enters the battle*

[@Dr.Pootis]

Well, there IS the Vengeance(which wiped out alcatraz island with its sheild generator)

[@thelvadam2375]

D Wilson *CSO carrier comes* hello

[@badfoody]

imagine how all the old marines who fought with chief reacted when they saw the new Spartans. Must have been laughing their guts out hahaha

[@imagurd]

truth.

[@tTaseric]

The old marines who fought with Chief probably *were* the new Spartans.

[@johnny44937]

Alot of the new spartans are literally former odst/marines from the human covenant war

[@ancaplanaoriginal5303]

the old marines were probably scattered around New Mombasa in pieces if not glassed

[@lego007guym8]

@@ancaplanaoriginal5303 The entire Marine core was not in New Mombasa.

[@joshuaskimore]

4:58 love to see the faces of the covenant when they see the infinity come out of slip space. unknown: knock knock. Covenant: who's there? UNSC Infinity: WE ARE!!!

[@TheFragrantGangsters]

It's not a USS.

[@joshuaskimore]

Sorry, meant usnc.

[@TheFragrantGangsters]

+Joshua Skidmore Not USNC either.

[@joshuaskimore]

Yeah it is. UNSC Infinity

[@TheFragrantGangsters]

+Joshua Skidmore You said USNC, not UNSC.

[@Write_Film_Edit]

Part of what makes the Infinity ramming that Covenant ship so badass is that Roland doesn't even mention it at 5:09. They just play it off super casual, like the obstacle wasn't even there

[@veQtr1]

5:03 And zero fucks were given that day. Nice work 343. THIS IS AWESOME.

[@TheDakkaman]

This glorious cutscene encapsulates what disappointed me about Halo 5 most. For the first 3 Halo games humanity is on the back foot. The Covenant wasn’t so much hunting us as meandering through and spraying us with Raid as they passed by, and there was usually arse-all to be done about it. Then Halo 4 comes along, and the UNSC is *finally* a force to be reckoned with. Infinity and another two ships of that class out and about, Forerunner tech being properly reverse engineered, and an army of Spartans that didn’t take a mass kidnapping plot to make. Wonders and real progress at the UNSC’s fingertips with Chief able to actually work alongside normal people again. Then 5 immediately slaps us back to “extinction is inevitable, know thy place Terran monkeys”, and we’re back to essentially where CE started us with a follow-up dose of insane Forerunner bots led by our former best buddy Cortana. Damned pointless waste of an epic situation in the Halo universe.

[@Kaiimei]

Watching those Strident-class Frigates drop then fan out is probably one of my favourite Sci-Fi scenes, seriously. Come on, the idea of this colossal ship acting like an aircraft carrier, but for other colossal ships? What's not to love!

[@DarkxLiMiTzZs]

2:44 trying to slides in them DMs and back out so quickly 😂😂

[@Rocinantus-]

Not funny, didn't laugh bucko

[@Kirbs1926]

@@Rocinantus- I did

[@KassidyJMoore]

Say what you want about 343i and Spartan Ops, but 4:50 onwards gives me goosebumps every time.

[@KillerOrca]

No lies!

[@thomasrodgers2291]

Oh, how far humanity has come since the beginning of the war. We now have a ship, with kinetic barriers powerful enough to smash through a Covenant Carrier, what a beautiful thing. Plus, the eight frigate drop ships, just beautiful. A few more of those ships there, and humanity will have no problem fighting a war. That's what made us a force to reckon with though, even back when we were with the precursors and such, our ability to adapt and create, our technological prowess...

[@Deltabravooxide]

>kinetic barriers lol mass effects shitty tech

[@thomasrodgers2291]

Kozak.Ghost Lol, kinetic barriers are used in much of sci fi, not just Mass Effect. Im simply referring to the fact that it was able smash through the ship as it did.

[@Deltabravooxide]

Kinetic barrier=/= shields like in Halo Kinetic barriers block out things with obviously high kinetic energy while ignoring objects with lower kinetic energy or stationary objects. If the Infinity had kinetic barriers instead of the shields it had, it wouldve sustained a lot more damage to its hull.

[@DTD0710]

Those covenant ships are not carriers they are cruisers and the UNSC Infinity has 10 frigates not 8

[@supermegadestroyerpoopmylo]

Imagine if precursors came back and rekt the covenant

[@MoonMoverGaming]

2:20 Maybe the Spartans should wear some sort of rank insignia?

[@TheAllKnowingGamer]

It's actually apart of the SPARTAN branch. While there is a hierarchy in place for logistical reasons, those in the SPARTAN branch are given no official rank in order for innovation and skill to shine through. Knowing that, you can see why Halsey thought Thorne is closer to being a Spartan than the others. DeMarco and the others still have it in their head to behave like a normal military unit. Like when Thorne had an idea to get out of Galileo base, but DeMarco attempted to order him to return to his position.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

That's actually really interesting.

[@TheAllKnowingGamer]

Yup. It's actually interesting because when people call Palmer, "Commander Palmer", the 'Commander' is actually a title, not a rank. Her official rank would just be Spartan Palmer.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

So is Master Chief not actually a Master Chief? Or did the Spartan II's follow different rules than the IV's in that regard?

[@TheAllKnowingGamer]

No, Master Chief is still a Master Chief Petty Officer. The Spartan-II program fell under the Navy. The Spartan branch was created when the Spartan-IV program happened in order to prevent a misuse of Spartan Deployments by different officers. With Spartans having their own branch, they can't be ordered around by others, making it so Spartans are utilized properly. As of 2553, all surviving Spartan-II and Spartan-III personnel were offered to join the Spartan branch. It is unknown how many, if any, joined. As for the Chief, he's still with the Navy under NAVSPECWEP. I can't say how likely it his he'll join the Spartan branch.

[@pIeasestand_by]

The parallel to this and the opening to halo infinite is crazy

[@arbitarious]

That was a hoe move by 343

[@CookiesUnleashed]

Infinity was on a skeleton crew and the UNSC as a whole was fragmented and in complete disarray because of Cortana and her guardians. All that led to the banished having a cake walk in their battle.

[@takedown205productions6]

@@CookiesUnleashed ... AKA, a lot of cut scenes that we couldn't see, and couldn't participate in, just to put Humanity back on the backfoot again. Probably the dumbest story writing in years, and poor management of story flow. It would've been awesome taking on The Banished, like Cutter's crew did!

[@CookiesUnleashed]

@@takedown205productions6 yeah a fully outfitted and ready infinity with all of her frigates and escorts would cream the banished.

[@thedeekabides]

Watching Infinity smash through a Covenant ship like that was just beautiful. Nothing says amazing like completely unstoppable firepower.

[@rapidthrash1964]

5:00 "Hey did we hit something?" "Nah don't worry about it."

[@ragemonkey117]

I get a tingly feeling in my loins when I watch that ship get ripped in half..

[@themanclaw2]

[DeMarco trying to flirt with Palmer] PALMER: I command *all* the fireteams. DEMARCO: ...I should go. PALMER: Who gave you authorization to use that line? DEMARCO: Sorry, Commander Sh- Palmer*. [Later, as the Infinity prepares to jump through slip space] PALMER: Alright, everybody, back aboard the Norm- Infinity*. Let's go, people! [At the helm of the ship, about to take off] PALMER: Punch it, Jok- Rollo! Through the Mass Re- slip space rupture. We can't let the Prometheans see us before we lose the element of surprise. ROLLO: Prometheans do not use windows. [Later, at flight command with Captain Lasky] LASKY: Commander. PALMER: Wr- Lasky*. ...I could do these all day. It's just too easy, given how Jennifer Hale plays two characters that are 90% the same in role, personality and (default) looks.

[@Eothr]

For nearly 30 years Humanity was on the ropes... 3 decades, numerous planets, and 23 billion human lives... Now, presenting Humanity's proverbial middle finger to the galaxy: UNSC Infinity. Oorah.

[@shropshirec]

Eothr ...Which get hijacked by Rebels, shot down by Didact, almost pulled into Requiem again by a Slipspace Anchor, boarded by the Prometheans and the Covenant, almost pulled into a star, got comms jammed multiple times, and recently got shot by a Covenant excavation beam that breached the shields and blew a hole clean through the ship.

[@themanclaw2]

shropshirec "blew a hole clean through the ship." UNSC Infinity doesn't give a shit. It's like the honeybadger; relentless.

[@NanoHorizon]

Eothr The UNSC Infinity was created by Halo's writers as the Judas goat. It is the personification of ignorance, arrogance, recklessness and unpreparedness. Along with lack of initiative, vision, or experience. It's very engines were stolen from the bowels of a forerunner. This is Halo's writers telling you to prepare for the fall of humanity. They are clearly students of history, and when do humans most often fail? after their proudest moment. They're setting us up for the fall of the UNSC, and humanity into the covenant. Because humanity is weak, and the covenant prays on the weak and vulnerable. It uses the strong. This is exactly what they're setting up for. And who do you think is going to be humanities only real chance? John, Thomas, Elizabeth. The ones that can would move forward alone if they had to. You're a fool for believing the UNSC pulled humanity through the war. The UNSC failed at every turn. It showed its true colors as its upper management turned on one another, lead its people astray. It's individuals like Thomas that kept humanity on the right track, and the writers (I thought) made this most obvious. And that when you need it the most, the UNSC will fail you.

[@themanclaw2]

NANOHORIZON I seriously, seriously doubt that 343 will kill off humanity; the Librarian making premonitions of humanity achieving the mantle and the narrative set up for that to be the case kind of proves your point to be wrong. Also, the idea that a completely shattered and broken covenant remnant is a threat to humanity and most Sangelli is preposterous. Obviously, you have some emotional bias against humanity and for the covenant, and it so severely distorting your perception of reality and response to others makes you look foolish.

[@theAverageJoe25]

I love that Infinity is so large that it can launch multiple frigates from its bays

[@Tarbtano]

Infinity -Armed with Chuck Norris's gun collection -Has thousands of soldiers on board -Probably took septillions of dollars to make 4:55 -Still get's used as a battering ram

[@MTKashSmash]

So now infinity has forerunner tech it's basically OP.

[@kineticdeath]

we'll have to see how it fares against a guardian, they ran away the first time they cant run forever though going to have to stop and fight sooner or later

[@Dr.Pootis]

Well its not really fair when they can knock out your systems with one superemp

[@mariobadia4553]

Dr. Pootis Yep.

[@ur-didact1991]

But its nothing compared to forerunners or ancient human ships tho

[@terryescajeda7881]

Well shit..

[@EmilZdi2]

When Infinity's docks I was expecting it to drop a few squadrons of Longswords and Sabres and stuffs. I did not expect FRIGATES to be docked within that humongous ship Humanity really has come so far

[@dialga367]

5:02 Waaaat dafuq... Infinity you're awesome...

[@Paul-A01]

5:00 BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKERS!

[@nighttracker1472]

TGGeko thus comment is 4 years old but I can't stop laughing after I said it with the video

[@sulijoo]

Wow, 343 really have done an amazing job with motion capture, skin texturing and character modelling. Other games need to follow suit.

[@louiswebtser]

Red Dead Redemption 2 has entered the chat

[@Mr.Massenko]

​@@louiswebtser RDR2 came out 6 years after spartan ops. And 4 years after this comment was written.

[@AngelOfTheMad]

I personally love how the Infinity can deploy a crap ton of Mother of Inventions from it's underbelly

[@Midironica]

With most sci-fi depictions of war between advanced alien civilizations and humans being depicted as laughably one-sided against the humans, I thoroughly enjoy the Halo depiction of human ingenuity coming out triumphant. I also like how Halo depicts the alien enemy as the irrational ones. Way to many sci-fi properties get preachy about humanity, as if only humanity wars with itself and produces pollution.

[@brazmann9571]

Looking back on this now somewhat nostalgic. This actually was pretty damn good and well put together, especially when compared to the story we got from Halo 5: Guardians.

[@christophermartin6778]

Rest in peace spartan griffin 💔

[@Cyro_2235]

5:00 Halo Infinite being like "yeah...lets just do the complete opposite". -.-

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

The first time I saw this, I thought it was stupid of the Infinity to hit the Covenant cruiser, but it has Forerunner shielding, so the Infinity was not directly damaged.

[@athenian9795]

Finally! A moment where UNSC shines brightly against the covenant, really enjoyed the battle scenes!

[@SheldonAdama17]

Demarco hitting on Sarah “we can still destroy the enemy core” Palmer 😂

[@ANarcolepticWalrus]

I feel like the point of Spartan Ops (aside from the main story) is to show the progression of the Spartan 4's... When they come on the ship most are undisciplined and unprofessional, but I have a feeling that as the season finishes up (and even next season) they'll grow up from interaction with Halsey and experiences on Requiem. Give someone super human abilities and it'll take time for the responsibility to sink in.

[@SkullCrusher-xk5wp]

So let me get this straight. You introduce Majestic and then dont use them for H5? Where is the logic in that?

[@alienayylmaogaming48]

SkullCrusher117 I know this is late, but Buck replaces him.

[@SkullCrusher-xk5wp]

***** do you mean Thorne? Then yeah, I know. I just wished it was Majestic rather than Osiris.

[@alienayylmaogaming48]

SkullCrusher117 Yea, for I second I though Majestic was his name.

[@SkullCrusher-xk5wp]

+AlienAyylmaoGaming well, that would be one hell of a name :D

[@sallyh1480]

As much as I dislike halo 4 and 5, the battle and small speech was really good I enjoy seeing how before, the covenant was the fearful enemy, but now the tables have turned and the hunters became the hunted It's nice seeing the infinity with 10 frigates and watching it fight while the pelicans and broadswords start going to requiem It's nice

[@angelod2]

Its incredible to think that the frigates have shielding now. How far humanity has come

[@BlueCadet3_]

i wish it was majestic that went after Chief in Halo 5- i wanted to see Thorn contemplate the fact that he had to go after Chief

[@NanoHorizon]

These Spartans will completely fall Apart in the next Halo installment. If they have any chance and any sense they would follow the chief.

[@zeroday5441]

Care to explain

[@Agnito2]

That awkward moment when you realize that the ship the Infinity rammed was a Covenant Super Carrier

[@rabbit6845]

It's not though. It's an RCS cruiser. The Covenant super carrier is much bigger than Infinity.

[@djcuevas1057]

Still that ship was almost twice the size of a star destroyer and about four enterprises long.

[@yanivgalmor1747]

@@rabbit6845 yea. 4 times bigger-ish

[@MrLim-wq2gn]

2:19 Those two Spartans are just Liabilities

[@Romanov117]

I like how the scene where Infinity destory a Covie cruiser by impacting it.

[@ChronoSerum]

Magnetic fields and gravitational fields, in my opinion, are both Newtonian forces that are within the gravitational spectrum except on different stages and configurations. For example, superconductors allow magnets to be held in place thusly changing the way gravity works on it. It doesn't fall on a magnetic field but aligns and fixes at a position relative. Which means radiation plays a role with magnetic fields and that magnets could be within the gravitational index.

[@DrDanik]

After watching this I am going to replay Spartan Ops.

[@freddyfrog70]

back here after infinite dropped ( it was amazing), sad to see the infinity get done in like that. that said, this is where i gained hope that we could have a AAA tier movie or series. i hope the coming series doesn't disappoint.

[@King-gv4lg]

Dam, I think 50% of the characters shown here including the extras are probably dead as of now

[@spartantrooper7]

Prettymuch yes please

[@AtomicBombadier]

This entire scene feels more halo than the entire paramount series, shouldve just went with this plotline.

[@TJmcbride049]

The fact that I was born and raised and still live in Phoenix Arizona and that the Didact attacked it in Halo 4 is still to this day crazy to think about 😂❤️🔥

Commander Palmer looks HOT without her armor ooohhh........yyyeeeaaahhh ;)

[@guilhermeroyama8842]

lol,I just love palmer's voice,remind me of the female commander shepard from mass effect

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

william ramos Same voice actress.

[@guilhermeroyama8842]

SinDawg030 I know

[@jackdugan5138]

Hey! Commander Shep- Plamer! I shoud go.

[@mariobadia4553]

Big D lol. I wonder how they would react having the same exact voice? Lol.

[@NillocsKeep]

gotta love that infinity is so big that it rammed right through the covie super carrier and then deployed frigates like they were just fighters.

[@Mikey111690]

It was when the Didact fired the composer at Earth in the last mission of the Halo 4 Campaign. The place he hit was New Phoenix and everyone there was killed. The place you see in the very last cutscene after the credits where the Marines walk off the Pelicans is New Phoenix.

[@Elkethuss]

i wish u guys could do a tv show made with those visual effect would be epic i would definetly buy it

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

They are. For starters, there's Jameson Locke's origin story, Nightfall. Ridley Scott directed it, which is ironic since Halo was partly based on the Alien series, which he directed the first movie of. Snake eating its own tail. They hired Steven Spielberg to get to work on a yet-unnamed live-action TV series for the Showtime channel as well. It's currently in production, scheduled to begin airing this fall. 343 Industries is really going all-out with this. They're trying to expand Halo past the games and a few novels, comics, and shorts. Trying to make a whole franchise out of it.

[@Elkethuss]

UnitDCCXXXI cool I hope to see that soon nightfall as ok but I was ecpect more I wish they could make tv serie with those graphics

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

Elkethus Degrace lauzon Actually, I was wrong. Ridley Scott didn't DIRECT it, he acted as a consultant. It wasn't all that good. It has some good ideas but executes them poorly. That said, Spielberg, I THINK, IS directing the TV series, so it should be better.

[@weasley0094]

Man, Palmer is so badass. I hope we get an expansion campaign for her in Infinite down the road.

[@ImSirWill]

ahhh we have come far since noble six and noble team

[@ImSirWill]

from the pillar of autumn to the infinity

[@peterwright5358]

Nice profile pic, Tenno.

[@SPACEHARICE]

This speech is the only Reason I give Palmer credit

[@alibibeats2]

At 2:34 that infinity split into the cruiser that blowed me up 😂😂

[@spikedpsycho2383]

5:17 A ship that shits out ships

[@DerexArchives]

that corridor was NOT clear

[@Shuhua1999]

5:01 Everybody gangsta until UNSC Infinity rolls up to the party!!!!!

[@bluechiefawesome5587]

I enjoyed Spartan Ops for what it was. Wish we could hear more about Team Majestic in the future. Or Sarah Palmer, for that matter.

[@III1IlIIlIllIl]

It might be some recent lore about the spartan team. I haven't been keeping up but it might be a youtube video explaining what happened to them. My guess is that the spartan team got split into other spartan teams. Its a chance that they are alive.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

Lasky: "Show starts at 0500." 05:00: Show actually starts

[@MartinSmithInterfaces]

Hmmmm, I've often wondered, it seems as though the suits the Spartan's are wearing right before having their armour plating put on is the part of the suit which has all the systems for movement and power. The armour plating put on top seems to be just that. SO! Wouldn't they have a higher speed, and higher power to weight ratio without the big Armour Plating. Yes admittedly, slightly less protection, and maybe not energy shields, but surely as Scouts, a Matte Black suit without heavy armour plating could be better suited to Recon missions. 

[@carloserica4550]

No it just makes the body compatible with the armor. Plus a Spartans abilities are obtained by a injection, not a suit. (Speed, strength, etc)

[@MartinSmithInterfaces]

But the suit still increases strength by a factor of 5 and increases already enhanced reaction time to nearly immeasurable. Take off the bulk of titanium armour and the power to weight ratio increases! Spartans are already incredible indeed.

[@carloserica4550]

Sources? And I get that having a black suit in the night is good but since knights have promethean vision I find this useless. And by a factor of 5?? Are we playing world of Warcraft or something??

[@MartinSmithInterfaces]

No not at all. Halo, fall of reach details MJOLNIR specifications as well as estimated Spartan physical capabilities. At least to do with Spartan II's. Now as I said before its the black undersuit contains an amorphous reactive metal liquid crystal layer and force multiplying circuits. So if the heavy armour plate were not in place, the reduction in weigh would result in higher power and speed. It'd be great to see what a Spartan II would be capable of like that. 

[@carloserica4550]

I didn't mention they would be that much weaker but that the camo aspect would be useless

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

"WHO IS PWNING WHO NOW?!" - UNSC Navy

[@legacyoftheash7327]

Hi, I'm Spartan Thorne. I've got a non-abrasive personality. La di dah. Blegh!

[@DrDanik]

This is still awesome to watch!

[@TheRandomGamer692]

The Infinity just rammed that Covenant like it wasnt even there

[@Bromu_]

RIP Infinity

[@LordStanleythe1st]

I'm so confused.... I thought Spartans were supposed to be not very social because they were basically built for fighting and not much else? Like the beginning cut scene of halo 4 talks about?

[@combinestrider117]

Those are and older generation of spartans, trained from childhood with the sole purpose of being the UNSCs best soldiers. Master Chief is part of that group. These are a newer generation that have the advanced armor and enhancements but weren't trained from childhood just to fight wars. They have the same training as any other UNSC marine.

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

Dylan V. Not exactly. Their training is more on par with high-level special forces. Many S-IVs are ex-ODSTs, who are stated to be similar to the real-life Special Air Service, or at least Force Recon. One does not simply become a Spartan, even in 2558.

[@combinestrider117]

UnitDCCXXXI By marine, I meant any part of the branch, including odsts and officers.

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

Dylan V. Except that the harsh training precludes run-of-the-mill Marines. Every ODST is a marine, but not every marine is an ODST: If they're anything like real-world special forces they have a very high washout rate and they're explicitly stated to be an all-volunteer outfit, which in military terms usually means you'd better be ready to worked half to death to get in. This is further borne out by how the Spartans are seen fighting in Halo 4: Their hand-to-hand combat skills and their high levels of proficiency with a wide variety of weapons are not the hallmarks of regular infantry training, but rather of the kind of training you see modern "Tier One" special forces receive. It's also worth noting that the Spartans in the UNSC post-Halo 3 are considered a separate branch of the military and not under the command of the Army, Navy, Marines, or Air Force. This is...not something you'll see in conventional real-life militaries but it would still be inaccurate to refer to them as "marines," as they technically aren't.

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

***** That's because the Chief and the S-IIs/S-IIIs were operating under Naval Special Warfare Command. The S-IVs aren't. They're part of a new branch, and the older Spartan generations were folded into their ranks. It's a stupid lore decision but hey, not like we can change it.

[@Tommybotham]

Finally we have a scene where Humans are just as ruthless as their alien counterparts. I don't know about you, but I'm getting bored of every Human vs Alien game where Aliens are portrayed as some ruthless and unstoppable enemy whilst the Humans mill around like lambs to the slaughter. Its just not accurate, not when our civilisation has 1000's of years warfare under our belts.

[@CrazyDutchguys]

its not like we were incompetent during the war. Its just that covenant ship tech was FAR beyond human tech and they just couldnt help but being hopelessly slaughtered. Humanity was very capable on the ground, but its also important to remember humanity had been at war with itself for the most part, not even knowing about the covenant untill they attacked without warning. Covenant was faster due to better slipspace drives, had many stealth capable ships and could block reinforcements coming from space. They just had the edge. They just didnt have Greeny McArmour and his blue waifu.

[@Captianmex1C0]

There's a story somewhere about how humans built a black and red dreadnaught that they used to fight Rebellions on Earth, It was massive and one day while Exploring the Galaxy, they Dropped a piece of debris that was hanging off the ship, It was a huge peace so it was like 100 nukes going off on the surface of an alien planet, and the Story is from the point of view of an alien kid who's planet was wiped out by that piece of debris, And how They see humans as Overpowered gods, When in reality The humans are now forced to defend themselves against a such a small threat that it seems like they are Commiting genocide on the daily

[@gavinlamp5426]

Seeing a human ship completely obliterated one of their own, must have really scared the shit out of the Covenant

[@goingblargh]

Infinity in one second just got every rank of muti-kill, killing spree, and splatter spree. Guys, I think infinity is OP, 343 needs to nerd it!

[@KillerOrca]

Halo: Escalation did just that.

[@ArcturusOTE]

I guess 343 took that message too literally now

[@applegmes]

is this before or after the events with master chef

[@grandmaster8825]

At the beginning it said New Phoenix Incident + Six Months New Phoenix is the city that gets Composed by the UR Didact at the end of the game.

[@DocRob23]

***** What he is trying to say is after, incase you didn't get that :p

[@orhengejews.1574]

Ladies and other spartans? I dont see feminists complain about the inequality here.

[@orhengejews.1574]

James Canlas So you dont see the blinding contradiction of the logic?

[@InsidiakMFWA]

Jeff Quartz Agreed, they want to be in the military yet don't bother to show the same respect or courtesy they fuckin ask for. Its hard for me to take Palmer seriously.

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

She's cracking a joke about how it would be inaccurate to call the men "gentlemen," especially after DeMarco's epic fail earlier in the episode. I don't see anything wrong with the occasional ribbing like that as long as it's not done explicitly to state some sense of superiority by one side or the other, which obviously wasn't the case here.

[@56bturn]

UnitDCCXXXI More or less a joke, similar to how a lot of drill sergeants call their trainees "ladies", among other less pleasant turns.

[@UnitDCCXXXI]

Gaden Kerensky Yup. Nothing serious is implied, it's just the usual military-style "rough treatment" trope. I might as well get offended at someone using the word "black" to describe a gun which is, in fact, colored matte black, because it can be twisted around to imply people of African descent are violent. This comment we're replying to is just seeing things which aren't there.

[@King-gv4lg]

watching this cuz I miss the infinity and now humanity sucks after halo 6

[@Cyro_2235]

yeah halo 6 campaign was really awful. hated it.

[@marshalsoult3860]

the story is a jumbled mess and halo 4s story is far better. infinites saving grace is gameplay but ofc fanboys prefer gameplay than balancing both good story and gameplays

[@Cyro_2235]

@@marshalsoult3860 Halo CE, 2, 3 and Reach mastered both.

[@Goatzies]

Can we all just shut up for a second on all the Spartan 2 vs. 4 arguments and admire how badass the video was?

[@FunkyDouch3000]

Many thanks my friend, that clears my confusion with why the Cruisers looked so small. Still, the CCS class cruiser looks a bit larger than it should, maybe that's just me. We all make mistakes.