ODSTs - The UNSCs Finest

[@pancreasnowork9939]

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[@patrickiamonfire965]

Imagine a Tempestus Karskin Warhawk with bit of Catachan. That is a ODST

[@cullenwalsh9733]

I would say that I'm not quite at the castle rates of the Imperial guard but closer to that of the tyrants legion from the bedard war

[@John2r1]

Next try Hellbringers. They also get dropped in on the enemy. But they have flamethrowers and a life expectancy that would give a Penal Legionary pause

[@Vanadium]

pHa deleting comments about oorah , fail my dude...

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Hate to break it to you but i very much “give a shit” about the Endless and they already have lots of consistent lore that do indeed paint an interesting picture. Even though I wanted the Endless to be fully revealed in Halo Infinite, I know why they didn’t do this: They wanted give players a more conventional Halo experience and work on the high concept Endless stuff long term.

[@noahnemec5711]

Man I clicked the video wondering “man I wonder when he’s gonna bring up Helldivers”

[@breldredtheemperor]

Right off the bat, mate! XD

[@Phireyon-Archives]

Same

[@jthencl]

You Are Not Alone on that my guy

[@swars4526]

Immediately

[@TrustedSmokie8829]

I would like to also mention: Same bro.

[@akumaking1]

“You have a fear of heights? Didn't you use to jump out of ships in high orbit during the war?” “And how do you think I developed that fear?”

[@PrimordialNightmare]

fair enogh.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Literally me with my developed fear of heights and jumping out of planes after jumping 51 times….

[@ArkoriusGhaul]

RvB references always make me smile

[@ryanbristol09]

Hahaha so true I wasn’t scared of heights till I became a paratrooper

[@DivideByBob]

"THERE'S A BIRD FUCKING WITH ME!!!"

[@ryankeith2712]

Before there was the up, right down down down, there was the “OD-O-ODS-Hell-OD-ODS-HellJumpers standing down” ALL UNITS Y BABY

[@ryan_1099]

Hope this comment gets a heart lul

[@LATF_Tango]

Halo wars me beloved

[@brightroot5719]

LOCAL UN- ALL UNITS

[@AJ_Sparten1337]

This comment is golden.

[@pjfiller7469]

Holy shit I love this

[@deadponic117]

"troopers, we are green, and very very mean!"

[@preknife]

" We are dropping into hell troopers , time to grow a pair "

[@SpoopySquid]

You heard the music, time to dance

[@firefang600]

​@@preknifedammit ya beat me to it

[@KarlB591]

"Pucker up, Marines. I sure as hell ain't hosing out your pod!"

[@comentnine1574]

“Lean mean fighting machines!”

[@kellenm.2990]

That ending gag is literally why my friends hated playing Halo Wars with me, and nicknamed me "Stalin". I may have had the most casualties but I also had the most fun.

[@spartanx9293]

Hey if it works it works

[@altechelghanforever9906]

God damn it, kellen. XD

[@AJ_Sparten1337]

That’s my cousin. Spams units endlessly until the objective is complete. Me on the other hand plays completely opposite. I had the least units created and the least units lost. I played defensively and unlocked all upgrades first then went on the attack in a very OP fashion.

[@fumarc4501]

Glorious overwhelming numbers!!!!

[@Bandit-by8kl]

The ODST spam is to be feared

[@CrayonosaurusRex]

I always pictured ODST recruiting as being like a modified version of the WWII recruiting for paratroopers.. "Hey marine, want an extra $100 a paycheck and almost non existent tattoo and hair policy? Sweet, sign here, your metal egg and suppressed SMG is over there"

[@marcantoinelab12321]

Reminds me of that interview with one of the guys of the 101st airborn. "I was told I could earn an extra 50$ a month which to me seemed like a lot at the time. But I soon found out that 50$ was....blood money."

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

​@@marcantoinelab12321 reminds me of that DJ Peach Cobbler line: "the system needed monsters to function. So they paid men, handsomely, to be monsters."

[@cameronnewton7053]

​@@marcantoinelab12321I believe they also had to take out a sizable life insurance policy for their families in case they bought it in a training accident, yes, they paid extra for the privilege of becoming red spray paint.

[@eddieford9373]

Back when I was in the army. I was in the gamestop on base and a soldier in training came up to me asked what my odst patch meant. I played it straight and told him it stood for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. He thought it was coolest thing ever and asked if I ever saw any action. I told him I dropped over Mew Mumbasa back in '09. He thought I was the coolest guy ever and asked to shake my hand when he left. The guy behind the counter and I laughed about how ridiculous it was. I guess the guy didn't have an Xbox.

[@donutlovingwerewolf8837]

Military bases have Gamestops? Sign me up!

[@eddieford9373]

@meatpilot5077 joint base Eustis Langly.

[@amog8202]

I wonder if he ever figured out...

[@eddieford9373]

@amog8202 he probably bragged about it and someone made fun of him. That's usually how the military works.

[@Billybobjoefromsc]

@@eddieford9373lmao

[@shadowdevil126]

i legitimately yelled in anger when i read the ex 343 dev say that they put an odst game exactly like helldivers a dozen times only to be shot down i got even more pissed when i saw that they also made suggestions for darker games which almost definitely meant a horrorish flood game which I've always wanted

[@no.notfromRDR]

It's almost like the higher ups on 343 were bad at halo when Young and decided to spend the rest of their lives destroying the game.

[@maddlarkin]

​@@no.notfromRDRsomething you could probably extrapolate to a large part of the wider gaming industry these days

[@nobleman9393]

I doubt that.

[@rhymenoceros3303]

@@no.notfromRDR Wouldn't that have been more of Microsofts call? Since they get final say on what the devs can't or can do?

[@thalastianjorus]

So, basically all current game devs?

[@JRock2007]

Back in my day we didn’t have no fancy-shmancy democracy. All we had was sad saxophone music and a sense of duty, the way the precursors intended.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

The Precursors are also responsible for making Humanity and the Forerunners separate species so don’t thank them for everything.

[@Destroyer_V0]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 That is lore I refuse to acknowledge. Halo 4 never happened after all.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@Destroyer_V0 Then the Halo Franchise becomes very confusing. So Chief is floating in space to Requiem, then suddenly he’s back with the UNSC, Blue Team, and Cortana is dead?? Halo 4 is kinda essential for the story.

[@Destroyer_V0]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 Allow me to rephrase. Halo 4, and everything that came after it. Doesn't exist. Much as I like lasky as a char, the rest of the game he is in is a CHORE, to play. I hate Prometheans, the knights in particular. They Throw your grenades back at you, melee is not an option since they can teleport away. Leaving you with just shooting. They then kill off cortana, AND SHE COMES BACK IN 5. THEN DIES AGAIN. Suffice it to say I can keep going with legitimate complaints about the halo series under 343. That isn't just her dur, 343 stupid bungie good. A shame, since I do like infinite's core gameplay. HELLDIVERS feels more like halo at times than halo does, and it wasn't trying to be halo!

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@Destroyer_V0 Mucho Texto, too long, didn’t read. Go dive into hell if that’s what you want. There’s nothing like Halo I’ve seen in Hazbin Hotel Divers, just Star Wars Battlefront + Tarkov + Warhammer 40K. Palworld is more revolutionary.

[@italyspit5192]

Long live the saxophone playing helljumpers of the UNSC. Holding the line where the Spartans couldn’t

[@FnRenner]

That is called weight of fire....

[@danielefabbro822]

Spartans are deployed where normal humans can't even hope to survive.

[@johnhalo-ug4go]

I really don't think spartans were ever meant to hold the line, but they do excel at that when they are told to.

[@danielefabbro822]

@@johnhalo-ug4go hold the line? No, of course not, while they can, they were meant to break enemy lines. Historically speaking, defense have stopped to be reliable since the invention of gunpowder weapons. From that point further, the best "defense" was attack. The best way to avoid enemy bullets was that of being mobile, tactile, evasive. Making the enemy miss the target. Otherwise every hit is a lethal hit. And that's valid also on the greater scheme. You can afford the luxury of losing a line, a city, a planet. It will reduce your military power. A factory less that was producing weapons, less workforce, less economic power and so on. Spartans was intended to hit enemy in that way, striking and obliterating enemy key assets in order to cripple their chance to sustain a war. If the enemy can craft guns, they can't shoot at you. Spartans was made to attack, as like the whole UNSC military. If the UNSC has lost so much in the war, it was due to the fact that they had no maps about Covenant space, no chances to hit their military-industrial complex and instead the Covenant had Forerunner technology able to track every single human in the galaxy... a sort of transponder of every human planet... They was forced into a defensive position and by that, into a weaker position. After the war, the UNSC got and gained lots of new toys. Covenant assets, technology, intel, also Forerrunner stuff... They had the maps, and still enough workforce and military and industrial capabilities. And they was so smart to go immediately to attack. No matter if the war was over, loyalist covenant remnants was wiped out, planets was burned, Forerunner tech and locations was seized. It just needed to the UNSC to take the initiative to turn the tide and dwarf those who before was considered unbeatable foes. Even the same Forerunners or the Created adopted the same strategy, but thanks to Master Chief, they was beaten. Why? Because in all the chapters of the saga, Master Chief and those forces that follows him are that single decisive tip of the spear that goes ruin the plans of the enemies going to strike first and with max damage behind enemy lines. At the end of the day, if it wasn't for Master Chief, carrying out such manuevers on the grand scheme battlefield would have required way more forces and coordination. Spartans simply make the whole thing way more easy and effective. And mostly because they are so powered up and their mindset is so far from that of average humans, that they can simply succeed where we normal humans will not have great chances to survive.

[@johnhalo-ug4go]

@@danielefabbro822 yes ik, spartan are the Ace up the sleeve UNSC needed and for one thing, UNSC used them damn well.

[@Predator20357]

The ODSTs are like Tien from DBZ, yah they aren’t as strong as the main guys but them being able to stick around and still do cool moments is great.

[@blueberry1vom1t]

just like Tien from DBZ you can forget they're strong, under estimate them and then be eating your teeth in your square shaped hole wondering what the hell is happening.

[@johnfkennedyinanopentopcar8976]

KI KO HO

[@noneedtoknow07]

Turning triangles in to fucking squares.

[@phoenixinvictus9880]

"YOU KNOW WHAT? F*CK POWER ARMOR! F*CK ENERGY SHIELDS!! AND. F*CK. YOU!!!"

[@guilliman1990]

I mean tien litterly does one thing the entire DBZ saga litterly his cell saga fight vs second stage cell is hes best moment

[@vibechecker3168]

The ODST: getting fired at the enemy in tuna cans since 2163. The can just got better. Slightly. It can brake now.

[@bananananananabatman8999]

Sorta

[@quantemwensday]

the UNSC's finest the ODST's until the spartans showed up

[@marseldagistani1989]

That is until they turned ODSTs into SPARTANs. But that feels kinda bleh, imho

[@a1saucin221]

@@marseldagistani1989never talk shit about Thorne or crimson ever again 🗣️🗣️🗣️ (S4s do suck ass on the whole though)

[@Bruhx10]

It's the space marines vs imperial guard, the former might be stronger but there's nothing finer than having the resolve to go up against monsters who can overpower you in every way and still fight to your last breath I mean sure in 40Ks case it's for a horrible fascist space empire but yknow the bravery it takes is commendable

[@snekkie117]

@@a1saucin221 they dont really suck people just hate them because of really dumb reasons that are pretty cringe and not cool

[@slueepy1232]

​@@a1saucin221 Thorne and Crimson are honorary Spartan-2s

[@michielayers3692]

Speaking of elite units that play second fiddle to the super solders, anyone else want to see him do a Sororitas do-or-don’t next?

[@Narpas313]

Yes

[@fumarc4501]

Yea

[@Incognitodotcom]

yes

[@guilliman1990]

The sisters of battle aye. The second line of second line I guess faith steel an marine emperor ju ju helps that.

[@magmat0585]

nuns with guns? Sign me up!

[@bobybimberbod8500]

3rd option: the spartan branch is disbanded as augmentations get more widespread and having literally every single infantryman in one branch of the military is a bad idea And then ONI kidnaps a bunch of kids to give them the kind of enhancements no one else can survive and we're back where we started

[@Sorain1]

I know not what augmentations the Spartan 5's will require, but the Spartan 6's will be 'recruited' before birth.

[@cameronnewton7053]

ONI: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@preknife]

One of my favorites ODST quotes/related terms is " We are the desperate messures "

[@Never_heart]

Anyone who is not a Halo fan who wants to get a quick but proper taste of the ODST. Look up the Halo 3 ODST live action trailer. And get ready to feel haunted

[@derigel7662]

i have that song on spotify on repeat

[@cm-pr2ys]

​@@derigel7662what song is that?

[@PrimordialNightmare]

@@cm-pr2ys lament by light of Aidan. Funny enough, it was also used in one king arthur movie, which made me chuckle a bit.

[@Nobody32990]

Man, I was not prepared for the feels of this magnitude. Fantastic trailer and music, enough said.

[@joeranadae3247]

Watching nearly a battalion of ODSTs just punch a covenant base to death was the best end joke I've thus far seen. Outstanding.

[@Evangel-aclr]

Don't forget how the odst laugh when the Covenant tried to torcher them

[@devildevious2646]

Yes! I love that part in the book. Literally getting shocked to shit and just laughing

[@Evangel-aclr]

@@devildevious2646 definitely a certified helljumper moment

[@user-mp9nn6fy1r]

When does that happen?

[@therobustempyrean1436]

Wait, what happened?

[@ryshengaming1803]

In the books a few space assault troopers from the 21st black daggers get captured after an operation and we're being tortured. But they mad lads in all their glory, just laughed in the face of the elites who tortured them. A pretty gangster moment among many in the books

[@SC052]

Even if they’re not as hardy as Spartans they’re arguable braver to go into impossible situations with unpowered armor and no augmentations

[@marcuspriest9570]

My favorite quote that i don't remember where it comes from for ODST "First to Hell; Last to Heaven"

[@altechelghanforever9906]

Reminds me of one of Sabaton's songs: Primo Victoria.

[@ace_ofchaos9292]

Odst complete an objective believing they’ve saved the day. “SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED.” “SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED.” “SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED.” “SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED.” “SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED.”

[@thewayfarer8849]

"Feet first into hell", like a lot of Halo phrases goes hard.

[@RiksGamingChannel]

ODST's are so damn cool, I use their armor every chance I get in the Halo games

[@CplHunter1027]

Same

[@HaloFTW55]

Halo Wars play through when?

[@TheNinjaGumball]

ODST's are infinitely cooler than Spartan-IV's and should never have been replaced, and I'll stand by that

[@noneedtoknow07]

They aren't outright replaced just yet, there is a mention of them in Infinite.

[@fumarc4501]

A lot of former ODSTs became Spartan-IVs…. Just saying.

[@graye2799]

They shouldn't have let everyone become a spartan 4. There should have still been strict genetic requirements.

[@kryvex4996]

They're definitely cooler, but from a logistics perspective, IVs are very practical to have. You can not tell me with a straight face that giving buck energy shields and boosting his physical capabilities was a bad decision.

[@guilliman1990]

Ill second this the onoy team of spartan that are actually baller is Nobel team peak squad goals

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

“Thank you halo legends for re-writing my brain chemistry” Same diabetes man, same. I am forever searching for a girl who can princess carry me. (I can bench 225lbs tho, so I’m no slouch myself)

[@snimon5824]

I too wish for a Spartan Mommy to princess carry me behind enemy lines.

[@phoenixinvictus9880]

You can keep her. Gimme that space jet-bike.

[@SpoopySquid]

Mood

[@halone4254]

I found one awhile ago but we seperated but idk if she's coming back ;^; she also loved halo

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

@@halone4254 that sucks, trust me I know how that feels lol. I’ve had comically terrible luck in relationships

[@botep5529]

God bless Heinlien or whoever first gave us the trope of dropping soldiers from orbit. Its just so damn cool and there is a reason why its been so popular in sci fi

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

The ICARUS troop transport was a real proposal for a giant rocket that would carry 12,000 troops from thr ground, to orbit, and then land them anywhere on earth within an hour. It never happened because it would have been insanely expensive, and the US already having friendly bases all over the world and a huge navy to travel between them was seen as being good enough.

[@insignificantgnat9334]

@@RipOffProductionsLLC That twelve thousand passenger payload seems unrealistically large for a rocket. Just how big was this monstrosity supposed to be?

[@Jet-ij9zc]

​@RipOffProductionsLLC still more reasonable than the Orion project lol

[@aizseeker3622]

And every Mobile Infantry were equipped with power armor and IFV level firepower/protection as standard issue. I pity for regular UNSC Army, Marines and ODST.

[@SuperODST1]

​@@insignificantgnat9334not 12,000, 1200. It was about the height of the space shuttle but designed primarily to be sub orbital. Sub orbital is a lot easier than orbital!

[@thejman4458]

"The ODSTs weren't the cutting edge hard-asses anymore. I'd just seen the future of warfare. I wasn't in it." -Gage Yevgenney after being saved by a Spartan II

[@notarealfirstnamenotareall746]

You see, ODST's are the finest because they don't get any fancy armor, super combat drugs, or special treatment. Instead they get two sticks and a rock, and they've got to share the rock.

[@RiksGamingChannel]

8:31 also you were so real for this, RIP Cal-141

[@83ATwo]

RIP Cal

[@HaloFTW55]

Rik, Halo Wars play through when?

[@RiksGamingChannel]

@@HaloFTW55 I already did one on my old channel tho lmao

[@nicksavelle9493]

I am forced to stop the video at 10:15 into it just to say this. Pancreas, I do understand how much you want to be that ODST, because I want it too.

[@NevarHtrad]

The Kilo 9 books cover the reaction of a couple of ODSTs to finding out the details of the spartan project if your intrested. I think its Mortal Dictata that goes fully into it

[@KillerOrca]

Mmm. Traviss "Bri'ish" Tart...

[@Calvin_Coolage]

The Kilo 9 books are fucking awesome and it really just makes the handling of Halo by 343 even worse. Jul 'Mdama's a fascinating character and all the stuff they set up with Halsey being a scapegoat for ONI authorizing the SPARTAN program in the first place but all of that is let down by the games.

[@NevarHtrad]

They did Jul dirty thats for sure@@Calvin_Coolage

[@Davis_237]

@14:50 More accurately, 343 was the Halo killer.

[@ThatGreyShark77]

Halo odst will always have a special place in my heart for being my first halo game and being my first person shooter game such a great story and characters.still mad at 343 for killing rookie in a fucking book

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

Never change, 343.

[@guilliman1990]

343 is dead they can't hurt you anymore. Given infinity is dead maybe someone who actually knows the lore can take over now.

[@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7]

@@guilliman1990343 is making the next game right now.

[@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7]

@@bruuuuuuuuhhhhbut they have changed recently.

[@doragonzx]

My first exposure with HALO in General was the animations with Cal 141 and since it awoke something in me.

[@Verminator4]

The first time I’ve was exposed to the trope of sci fi soldiers in drop pods was Tiberian Sun, GDI had drop pods as a special ability in that game. I think the codified was Starship Troopers (the novel,) and obviously 40K space marines have it too, but I think the OFSTs are the most memorable incarnation as things currently stand. Helldivers may overtake them if it keeps up this momentum, but the satirical tone of the game makes for a different feel, and hell, they’re standing on the shoulders of giants anyway

[@KillerOrca]

Elite soldiers dropping into war from above is an idea as old as the first man to throw themselves out of a perfectly good plane with a parachute and rifle to their chest. Its only expanded on since then.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

So long as the tradition continues, and in good measure, those that came before can rest easy.

[@hughsmith7504]

In one of my favorite D&D games I got to play in, we were on a spelljammer and needed to take out an elf base that was heavily defended from the ground. The way we did it was to give our Dwarf paladin a ring of feather fall, a helm that let him breath in space, and a cape of fireproofing. Then we dropped him from orbit. We named the order that was founded after him the ODSTs. For orbital dwarf shock troops!

[@theshamurai32]

"You cannot understand how badly I want to be this ODST." Me, remembering the tomboy PT stud I hung out with who might've had a thing for me in hindsight: "Nah, brother, I just might."

[@pancreasnowork9939]

My fellow bag fumbler

[@ForgottenHonor0]

He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright He checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar "You ain't gonna jump no more!" Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more "Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up Our Hero feebly answered "Yes, " and then they stood him up He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked And he ain't gonna jump no more Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop The silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs And he ain't gonna jump no more Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground And he ain't gonna jump no more Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind He thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they'd find And he ain't gonna jump no more Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled For it had been a week or more since last a 'Chute had failed And he ain't gonna jump no more Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high His comrades, they were heard to say "A hell of a way to die!" He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore And he ain't gonna jump no more Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots And he ain't gonna jump no more Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die He ain't gonna jump no more

[@derekdexter9075]

Whelp, I know what my squadmates are going to hear across comms during mission load screens. ... Wait... I've yet to see a hellpod fail and that doesn't sound very "mil-spec" to me...

[@ForgottenHonor0]

@@derekdexter9075 Ministry of Truth hard at work getting you "all" the information...

[@beltempest4448]

Grim

[@ForgottenHonor0]

​@@beltempest4448WW2 paratroopers had particularly dark gallows humor for a reason. 😅

[@HaloFTW55]

I had an instructor who is para qualified and he would hum that song whenever he isn’t shouting “airborne!”

[@DetectiveLance]

*was working on his first KZbin video script, hears notification beep, looks* FUCKING DAMNIT!! *throws out script*

[@starhammer5247]

What video?

[@BlackPhoenix13]

I was actually inspired to make a KZbin video because of this guy too

[@unclesamlore]

Hey, do what you want with it! I'm sure whatever you do will be great!

[@FrostbiteDigital]

Everyone's talking about Helldivers etc but nobody remembers Section 8, another sci-fi game that had an orbital dropping army

[@judahmarquis8702]

Odst and Spartans getting all the media reception while Marines and the army out here fighting for their lives

[@TodayLifeIsGoood]

One should remember that UNSC has wide access to incredible medical technology, medical technology that can fix most chronic medical problems that would prevent a person from becoming a soldier. So the UNSC had a lot of people that were physically absolutely capable of passing the training, but did not have the mindset, which is a generous way of saying they didn't have that special kind of brain damage that makes people wiling jump out planes on the regular, nevermind into enemy fire. The takeaway is this, you who are reading this, you could like have become an ODST if you really wanted to, because the UNSC had the medical technology to make you strong enough to actually do it.

[@DigitalApex]

In Halo 3, I always tried to keep the ODSTs alive for as long as possible. I also usually gave the officer (the guy with red markings) a power weapon or something. Always felt good if they made it to the end of the level with me.

[@Impartial_Sojourner]

A less famous cousin of the ODST are Army Paratroopers who field the AIR-ASSUALT helmet, itself a supposed improvement of the ODST helmet.

[@TheGundamDynames]

Before helldivers, we had the ODST. Before the ODST we had starship troopers. Man, the mobile infantry is such a good idea, such a scarily destructive idea, that it will never get its time on the silver screen or video game. Kudos to Halo for its Spartans. They come closest to what a mobile infantry can do.

[@LATF_Tango]

I would take an ODST over the finest guardsmen any day of the week

[@nunjabeeswaxs4686]

ODST are probably more comparable to Scions or maybe Solar Auxillia, they'd all have a guardsman no problem

[@altechelghanforever9906]

​@@nunjabeeswaxs4686Depends on the Guardsmen, in question, but yes.

[@fumarc4501]

ODSTs would be a special forces with better equipment than a standard guard regiment. Probably less vehicles, but that’s air support’s problem.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

@@fumarc4501 Again, depends on the Guardsman regiment, but generally yes.

[@guilliman1990]

Over guardsmen yes hands down. Over a solar auxilia? Not a chance in hell

[@spartanx9293]

21:33 That brings me back spawning, an entire army out of. Nowhere in immediately destroying a scarab

[@gareymarkley7450]

So happy you made another Halo video. They’re honestly my favorite. I got into your channel when first diving into warhammer, but Halo was my childhood and it’s awesome to hear and learn more about it.

[@gabepeterson6414]

I appreciate that RvB shot at 5:13 Pancreas! They were badass!

[@theblackswordsman3612]

I will never get tired of hearing halo legends pancreas i feel the same way toward cal 141. i will simp for her all day all night

[@rienstien1]

I can imagine, realistically, the ODST core remains into the halo timeline to deal with normal human threats, whereas the spartan IV's and beyond exist to take on alien threats.

[@slayer7242]

Gotta love ODST’s. I have a fondness to them due to the ODST game being released on my birthday. Edit: The end part though. Loved Cutter in Halo wars and would do that all the time in AI battles since I never had online play.

[@pyotk]

0:54 For any of you not well versed into Halo lore the Spartans IIs were in fact not orphans but literally taken from their families and replaced with clones, so the family wouldn't suspect their child was stolen to become jacked up super soldiers named after a warrior people who would throw their babies down pits if they were deformed, so take that the Info as you will considering just under half of the Spartan IIs died from the biological augmentation procedures. (They were teenagers)

[@Richard.Vox.]

All true. Thanks for telling the all the little zoomers what's up

[@tryhardowl]

In halo wars 1 they call themselves Hell Jumpers

[@scarecrow_3215]

Best thing in this video cal_141 my beloved

[@noahdaglio9362]

HELL JUMPER HELL JUMPER!!! WHERE YOU BEEN!!? STRAIGHT TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN!!!!

[@LAV-III]

WHEN I DIE PEASE BURY ME DEEP! PLACE MY MA5 DOWN BY MY FEET!

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

“Humanity’ best soldier they didn’t steal from an orphanage” 😂😂😂

[@ReinaSaurus]

05:16 hey, the mercenary odst squad from red vs blue! that throws me back! and Cal-141...not tough enough to see her hurt, not tough enough to see her dying without crying my eyes out

[@spiderz5145]

Your sense of humor is amazing lmao

[@dbl-j5185]

The fact that you mentioned The Cole Protocol is awesome. The whole tattoo thing was my favorite part of the entire book. "Hey man, did you know Captain Keys has street cred?"

[@Commander_Appo]

From an in-universe perspective ignoring fan love, I’d imagine that ODSTs end up becoming a subsection of Spartan IVs or maybe even Spartan Vs. While normal Spartan IV/Vs do normal Spartan things, the Spartan ODSTs do normal ODST things, but as Spartans. We’ve already seen some Spartan Helljumpers like Alpha 9, so the natural in-universe continuation would be Super ODSTs.

[@dhines1138]

I went immediately from this to the ODST trailer video. That thing went so freaking HARD and it came out of nowhere. Such a good ad. Man, those were the days.

[@ashen9381]

Dude. The fact that MS execs shot down an idea for a helldivers style game with ODSTs steams my ham so hard.

[@Satanperkele]

I named my ship The Prophet of Truth as a nod to arguably my favourite sci-fi setting

[@thewerdna]

Fun fact, a functional drop pod could be created with modern technology. NASA actually considered it to be used as escape pods on stations and/or shuttles in the case of emergencies. The only reason they were never made was cost, as the tech would be very very very expensive current day

[@tankbreaker8880]

ALRIGHT! Good to see these guys get some well-deserved recognition. Enjoying your content sir

[@echodelta2172]

the poster at 7:54 was a great item from the Forward Unto Dawn webseries and I got a printed version for my friend to take to college in 2013 Edit: extremely good discretion on ignoring the book that ruins characters we liked.

[@synth8519]

Oh hell yeah, we’ve been waiting for this! Everybody’s favorite Shock Troopers.

[@ajm2872]

The ODSTs will be to the Spartan 4 program what the space marine scouts are to the battle brothers in full ceramite plate.

[@beeno3487]

12:08 your doin gods work here. Thankyou. 13:38 wait I’m not the only one? I like dis channel.

[@bulattankman9907]

Love your Warhammer content but can’t say I haven’t missed the Halo stuff. Clicked the second I saw the Notification

[@double1777]

8:41 Very minor correction, I think he only killed 3 of them. The last guy was just very very very injured. And you didn’t mention this, but I find it interesting that John was not trying to kill them. He’d only recently been augmented, so he had no idea going into that fight the damage he would be doing.

[@T3nch1]

ODST was objectively the best Halo game. And it dropped at the best time between Halo 2 and 3.

[@TheDLK]

As a kid playing halo, I always thought the ODST were bonafide badasses even when compared to the chief

[@UGNAvalon]

I knew it was only a matter of time before we got some sweet sweet Helljumpers lore! Thanks for taking this opportunity to bring us back to the glory days! 😄

[@weatherreport9227]

This is honestly the best Halo content I've seen in years.

[@UnwashedNewspaper]

Dude you are straight up one of if not the best channel talking about space people killing space aliens or nagash

[@trebucheguevara1052]

Genuinely really happy to see more halo content. I’ve been watching and rewatching your other halo vids which persuaded me to play through the original trilogy over the last month and a half for the first time. I was very pleasantly surprised how well they hold up

[@bananakinflyswatter904]

Damn, that "They're probably not gonna be around long enough to annoy you for very long" part really kind struck a bitter chord in me. Never thought about that. Starting to see that black armor looking more like a suit and coffin all in one.

[@pyotrbagration2438]

Mister Pancreas ,you are the reason why I got interested into WHFH setting after being a 40k fan for 10+ years. God bless.😊

[@SVDassassin]

5:12 monty oums depiction of the ODSTs was absolutely goated

[@finnmeldrum7264]

without question one of the best lore channels on the internet. keep it up.

[@combatwombat2134]

The HALO TV series might be the hottest of hot trash, BUUUUUUUTTTT a while ago we got the largely okay Forward Unto Dawn. There's some talk about ODSTs in a tactical seminar but there's a brief moment (when the Covenant attack) that the ODST drop straight on the school. And for those several seconds, not only do the students know how bonkers they are, how chaotic it is them dropping here means the situation is, but the ODST just get the fuck to work. And I lose my goddamn mind every time.

[@RAMZAVFX]

Cole protocol is my 2nd favorite novel in the collection. The intro gives a fantastic view on how ODSTs theive in urban combat against rogue innie cells.

[@silvas6991]

you gotta check out the Kilo-Five trilogy, Glassland, Thursday War, and Mortal Dictata. takes place a few years after H3, and follows an ONI team of 3 ODSTs, a Spartan 2, an ONI Officer/Spook, and BB Oni's personal Smart AI (Like Cortana). They are tasked with fueling both sides of a civil war that breaks out on the Elites' homeworld. It shows a cool perspective of what ODSTs think of Spartans, especially when working together in the field. definitely worth a ready

[@WhenTheAdEnds]

The Ad Begins At 0:58, And Ends At 2:33.

[@ppk2823]

I imagine really strong potential for a story about ODST’s in 2560 who haven’t decided to be S-IV yet, for reasons we get to explore in game

[@christophervanoster]

5:18 a red vs blue screenshot? Pancreas I love you!

[@JasonAlexVoorhees]

My man Rookie got played dirty. Good thing I can't read and that he's actually okay and likely snoozing in a hammock or something. Mickey is likely chilling at home with family eating bagels. And Buck is busy being Buck.

[@joshuaolejasz9590]

ODST's, who's job isnt to go to hell, but making sure its full when you get there.

[@Necros212]

Always love the Halo Lore stuff. Made me start reading the books. Looking forward to any more in the future.

[@Lord_Nidus]

I have watched your videos for a few months. Recently subscribed. And now i have decided to come a member.

[@Mystyx-Sama]

Even back in the day, I always thought a Helldiver-like game for the ODSTs would have been freaking ballin'! Same goes for 40K, cause a game where you're an Astartes kill team being dropped into a Tyranid/Ork swarm would be freaking amazing. Either way I'm beyond happy Helldivers 2 has succeeded so damn well, but I do miss some ODST action T_T

[@DocLeQuack]

Worth noting 343i was fully ready to let Buck have his happy ending with Veronica Dare. Spartan Thorne was originally intended to be part of Osiris but due to scheduling conflicts they had to switch out their plans and brought Buck back.

[@dernwine]

Good video, I want to emphasise I enjoyed it, and even learned a few bits about the founding of the ODST's I didn't already know, but I have to nitpick: Calling ODST's "Special Forces Operatives" is kind of missing what Special Forces are. Effectively in reality you have two kinds of forces: Conventional and Special. Conventional Forces are designed to fight the enemy and destroy them, more or less openly, but crucially directly. Where Special Forces are meant to fight the enemy indirectly, either by enabling friendly nations forces in a deniable manner, targeting vital infrastructure while not engaging in combat, or by in reconnaissance in the enemies rear, with a side job of counter terrorism and direct action in insurgency ops. So how to ODST's fit into this? They are supposed to use direct insertion from space to take key operational objectives, and hold them until relieved by heavier conventional forces, or use their rapid insertion methods to outmanuever and destroy enemy conventional forces. In short: ODSTs are Conventional, not Special, Forces. Elite Conventional Forces, for sure (which in some ways makes them more bad ass since Special Forces are not designed to engage the enemy directly while ODST's *are*). Personally I blame FPS's for this, they tend to make Special Forces out to be "Conventional Forces" but "betterer" while missing the point that there are two very distinct mission sets that apply to both. Special Forces appeal to game developers because they have the best training, not because they're designed to take on the toughest defences the enemy has, but because if they get into trouble there usually won't be anyone around to get them out of it except themselves. But a video game isn't generally interested in portraying 40 days of driving civilian trucks around and hoping nobody notices your accents while training the insurgency, for good reason.

[@mekboy7403]

Part of that is ODSTs were somewhat retconned post Halo 3 ODST. Prior to that in the books they were portrayed as elite conventional forces. Back in the day we often compared them to Army Rangers. They'd deploy rapidly in a company sized element to engage the enemy directly. Post game they wanted to show them doing more traditionally Special Forces stuff too so Bungie had them listed as being trained to do every kind of mission imaginable which created some problems. Long range recon, counter insurgency, counter contraband, direct action, unconventional warfare, asset recovery, search and rescue, you name it they're suppose to do it. And it got even messier when it was stated that every ODST had to be a veteran of a special forces group. Later books make some adjustments to this but its still pretty sloppy.

[@dernwine]

@@mekboy7403 I think that's kind of two sides of the same coin: Creators not understanding what various branches actually do. Special Forces are the best of the best so if we want to make ODST's better then they need to have been Special Forces. (Frankly if every ODST had to have a Special Forces background they'd never be able to sustain the numbers needed for company actions that they've been portrayed mostly as doing, but you knew that). Plus, lets face it, post HALO Reach the HALO universe in general took a dive downhill.

[@buffboikade0452]

That ending summed up me playing halo wars multiplayer in a nutshell😂😂😂

[@enriquevalencia678]

Spartans 4's and ODST share parallels to MARSOC and Recon in the Marines. They actually did pull a lot of Recon Marines to become Raiders when it first stood up again and they share a rivalry mindset amongst each other. Served in both but still appreciated having them both on the same side.

[@jordanaston7031]

ODST game was fun AF 😅