Halo 4 - The Attack Begins

THE ULTIMATE BASS II

[@Taz20005]

Best line ever "ODST's dropping in is never good"...ODSTs are the "o shit" button

[@CrabKFP]

I love that the miniseries hyped them on as "the cavalry" and when you seem them jumping in, you know there is inminent danger, so the tension is rising until the covenant appears

[@davecrupel2817]

​​@@CrabKFP And then you realise the ODSTs weren't dropping to engage.... They were dropping to _escape..._

[@mattcallard721]

​@@davecrupel2817 it would've been a scary thought for any UNSC personell at the outbreak of the war that the ODSTs of all people were fleeing from something (by necessity of course).

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

Ostensibly Delivers Shit Time

[@UghHimAgain]

​They were actually dropping to buy time for the academy Evac.

[@Commander_Appo]

“ODSTs drop behind enemy lines” [ODSTs start dropping all around you] oh shi-

[@warithalghul4578]

you are dead my dude.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

Another fact, ODST procedure states that they drop single squads in designated zones... They dump all of their pods around you OH GOD OH FU-

[@Alec-jo7ic]

​@@tytoalbasoren9457alongside spartans being deployed. I can't exactly cite the sources but a lot of humans of insurrectionists and UNSC flew back to defend earth, side by side and even combining the remaining ships of both sides to make sure the infinity and chief escaped

[@The_Lunch_Man]

This scene never fails to really creep me out. The confusion, and the realization that the ODSTs were dropping because the space battle was likely already over

[@Arvyn992]

Yeah at this point in the war against the Covenant the only effective weapon the UNSC can use that somewhat pierce the shield of most Covenant ship's was the M.A.C's

[@ApexPheonixYT]

​@@Arvyn992 The cadets dont even know what the covenant are, which means this takes place towards the beginning of the war

[@jakehawk3772]

@@ApexPheonixYT MAC rounds were a thing before the Covenant was even discovered

[@ApexPheonixYT]

@@jakehawk3772 what?

[@slicer940]

No they were sent down to buy time to evacuate the students. It was a one way trip- The Academy is like West Point so all or nearly all of the UNSC’s best and future military leaders were there. It was actually pretty smart to eliminate the academy early on in the war. It would hurt future leadership in the years to come.

[@chrishamilton7516]

Fun fact (I was super impressed they included this): ODST drop procedure is to drop single squads in designated zones. So the fact that they “dumped” ALL of the pods in one place really conveys how awful the fight in orbit is going.

[@Gridlocked]

That’s Interesting. Was just thinking about how concentrated the drop pods were.

[@highmarshalsigismund2036]

The way they came in, to me anyway, signifies that the dropship was about to explode and so the ship dumped its contingent of ODSTs. It’s also likely that whatever fight was going on in orbit was already lost before they even got the Cadets to the tunnels.

[@jamesxiaolong2199]

It’s possible the ODSTs were just dumped in an abandon ship situation

[@Trumanluen1950]

The movie really portrayed the impending doom that awaits the cadets, the unknown threat and the bottom up view of odsts dropping in makes anyone feel their hearts sink

[@GugilusVugilusMagnus]

Ah, so navy got its butt kicked, again

[@ryanpeters5157]

For the budget it had, this Halo really caught the 'atmosphere' of an unkown alien invasion... it really feels HALO

[@aviatorhd9389]

Everyone’s talking about the ODSTs dropping but I just have to say that the part where the people are hitting the ground after falling out of the elevator is deeply disturbing and I LOVE IT! It took me off-guard because I never expected halo media meant to market the game to go so far as to include their screams of fear and wet crunching as they fall to their deaths. Incredible

[@Lunarcheese72]

That's the most spooky scene in Halo since the first contact with the flood in the first game. Those are ostensibly children screaming and splattering into the ceiling. That'd be fucked up in a horror movie, let alone Halo.

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

My favorite thing about Halo is it's not afraid to get really dark sometimes

[@alvarohuizar9221]

That's war man, belive it or not. During war people dont hug each other

[@AZjesse1]

Still get chills when the odsts are dropping and the line “ odsts dropping are never good” underrated series for sure

[@evancrum6811]

It's a great line

[@WarrinerAnimations]

It's the sort of thing the Innie's were supposed to say.

[@alvarohuizar9221]

I got chills too man, really good line

[@Aeioluz]

Way better than the halo TV series

[@Rebecca-330]

I fucking love this scene, beside me watching this movie the first time yesterday. I was watching this with my sister, her boyfriend, my boyfriend and a friend of mine (who hasn't know much of Halo, but from this part and throughout the rest he absolutly adored it) But yea I rather watch this movie again in the future.

[@jordangreene6408]

That’s not exactly a high bar to set. However this movie was extremely well done

[@adamc7779]

That's because the TV series wasn't even HALO related. They used the name and some main character names and slapped it on some generic bullshit.

[@CynicaIMaverick]

For fuck sakes all they had to do was make a proper halo show, they literally had the material already in place. This movie may not have been perfect but its leagues better than whatever the hell that other shit is

[@peacemaker9915]

It was because Microsoft wanted too much of the profits to have it made. Basically, they wanted the production studios to eat the cost at a loss.

[@helyrivera7328]

Now imagine this but helldivers like exactly this feeling

[@xgage24]

The human perspective of the covenant war before Spartans were introduced into battle

[@stubbornspaceman7201]

A human perspective *before humanity even knew about the war.* The attack on Corbulo Academy takes place in like 2526-2527.

[@manuelgonzalezrios1314]

@@stubbornspaceman7201hell, even in the movie when they hack the UNSC and see all the classified footage it’s stated that those videos are ONI and heavily classified. No one knew of the covenant or Spartans

[@manhphuc4335]

4:58 that officer got needlercombine, rip.

[@johnnyjustadude1999]

It took them 1 minutes and 30 seconds to fall, meaning they were at the normal height for jumping off plane for sky diving, that’s actually fucked up

[@shibe_on_the_bounce]

The first death you actually see and hear is also the most shocking out of all the falling people imo. The screaming, cut to the distinct, guttural "squish" and then the glass finally breaks. Horrifying.

[@ownlydown5933]

What were people doing up there? Im confused was it that Escape Plane they were trying to get on? Idk i figured if they got shot it would've blown up with them in it. Id rather die like that then fall

[@mako9324]

@@ownlydown5933 it was the people inside of the space elevator that got thrown out when it was destroyed

[@ApexPheonixYT]

​@@mako9324 dang that's messed up

[@aviatorhd9389]

@@ownlydown5933Yeah. They were using the space elevator to evacuate the planet. The space elevator would’ve had spacecraft docked with it to evacuate the students. The elevator got hit closer to its base. The elevator car was already high enough to reach cruising altitudes for planes. They would’ve been lucky if they got caught in the blast

[@warithalghul4578]

Has anyone else noticed how all the soldiers and odst point their weapons not completely forward but rather tilt them up a little? Let's remember that the smallest breed of the Covenant is almost the size of an average adult and the Jackals and Elites already exceed two meters, so it is a small detail but it is a plus point that it has been taken into account. Like here, in the minute 4:00 for example

[@UghHimAgain]

I mean yeah. Grunts were 5ft with jackals hitting 6'8 and elites averaging around 7'4 then you have brutes who averaged around 8 foot. Gives me a whole new respect for ODSTs because they dropped feet first into hell against behemoths that move like spiderman

[@Intrepid_Crusader1096]

@@UghHimAgain Not to mention that grunts are as strong as gorillas and tear a human to pieces.

[@BrowncoatGofAZ]

2:50 terrifying to anyone who had never even heard of the Covenant until that moment. And then you find out they have Bigger Ships Than That…

[@manhphuc4335]

Yeah those are CORVETTES, they are the same size as human FRIGATES.

[@bargainbin6162]

@@manhphuc4335 They are heavy corvettes. Around 900+ meters. They're easier to take out but they probably brought a fleet of over a dozen since 4 CCS Class Battlecruisers were glassing in the background with presumably more further beyond the horizon and had three corvettes focused on the military academy itself. I'd wager that the UNSC fleet had a couple dozen ships defending since this Circinius IV had an OCS Academy and was a habitable world.

[@ApexPheonixYT]

​@@bargainbin6162 why did the even attack the academy, why didn't they just glass it

[@BeefyTaco193]

Shit like high charity

[@getdragonfruit5252]

@@ApexPheonixYT some of the ground commanders probably were seeking personal glory or they figured that might be able to pull Intel from the place like the locations of other human planets

[@hahciman1728]

The odst drop scene is freaking cool 😮 never fail to amaze me

[@ebonkinght]

I still get Goosebumps every time I see this scene.

[@Lord_IckisDickus]

0:19 bro the raid sirens, the post guard hearing his composure starting to break... just chills from the get go,

[@slicer940]

The Academy is like West Point so all or nearly all of the UNSC’s future military leaders were there. It was actually pretty smart to eliminate the academy early on in the war. It would hurt future leadership in the years to come.

[@unusualusername8847]

What makes it worse is the Covenant likely didn't know this. They probably just found a Forerunners trash can. 😂😂

[@bigdawg77]

​@@unusualusername8847 Yeah, if they could roll up on Earth unaware that it's full of humans, I doubt they'd have enough Intel to seek out military academies.

[@unusualusername8847]

@@bigdawg77 I've been reading Halos expanded universe novels and the Covenants idea of the forerunners is so wild. They're surprised "gods" had toilets.

[@evancrum6811]

​@@unusualusername8847what?!?

[@unusualusername8847]

@@evancrum6811 Halo: The Broken Circle, when the Prophets species unified with the Elites, a splinter movement fled to a Forerunner Shield World to hide out and start a new Sangehelios as they didn't believe in the prophets message. One of the kids the book follows mentions doubts about the shield world being made by the Forerunners as it has bathroom facilities and he questions why Gods would need it.

[@Frybred88]

Such an underrated series/movie. Aged beautifully, just wish the fandom wasn’t so negative all the time, I’ll take this and more love action/ anime productions they’d want to cook up as long as there is no drought of halo media content.

[@durinsfolk95]

The people falling out of the elevator always gave me chills lol. Y’all should’ve stayed!

[@rsalceda]

Damn that 1 second scene of ODST dropping gave me chills!!! I hope we see more of them. Awesome movie!!!

[@ghostofk2]

I just love the ODST scene. It catches the essence of Halo. The new TV series is simply garbage compared to this.

[@masterarash7]

The dread this scene inspires.... I love it. This is when the story telling was at its strongest, with humanity on the back foot fighting tooth and nail for every small victory. The sacrifices, heroism, struggle, all that really made halo into the beautiful story it was.

[@vagabond142]

What is particularly horrifying is that between the time the Covenant shoot the orbital tether to the first cadets hitting to roof is roughly 50 seconds (taking into account about 20 seconds of slow-mo). If my math is right, and if the gravity is Earth-normal at 9.8 m/s2, and that the rough estimated weight of each cadet rounds out to about 70 kg (150ish lbs), that means that the first cadets to hit fell from 12.25 KM up reaching a terminal velocity of 490 m/s about 15 seconds into their fall. In 'Murican: they fell 7.62 miles at 1,608 ft/s. As the average cruise height of an airliner is between 35,000 to 45,000 feet... it would be similar to if you stepped out of an airliner and fell straight down, feet first. Yikes 😨

[@greenyrepublic5069]

If it makes it any better, the thinness of the atmosphere at that altitude would cause you to lose consciousness very quickly. You may regain consciousness soon before you hit the ground but you'd be incredibly disoriented and not really aware of what was going on. It makes me feel a little bit better when I read about air accidents involving mid-air breakups of the aircraft (though admittedly it's a small mercy).

[@tallAldiProduction]

Assuming the air has a similar density like on earth you can only reach a terminal velocity of around 200-500km/h which is about 50-130m/s as air resistance increases with your velocity and you reach an equilibrium at some point. And the way the bodies are oriented during the fall it's probably closer to 50m/s

[@celsetialarchives5909]

Man the way the covenant ships just float into view was perfect

[@Therealmoseslupai]

Them ODSTs are the definition of badass. Amazing!

[@danielsaurusrex8798]

Bruh that ODST drop scene will live in my head rent free for the rest of my life

[@Joseph-cr8wg]

Crazy how they showed people falling from the space elevator when the Covies destroyed it AND they gave us the audible splats when they hit the ground. Gruesome details.

[@biggeek2256]

Hell, the Covenant ship appearing adds TO IT

[@Comeasyouare77]

This show captured the grittiness of halo. That's why it was good. It seems like every other company turns it into some unrealistic joke.

[@Smokedship]

Forward Unto Dawn was a brilliant mini-show!

[@Silverboy_gaming_]

Old and still wayyyy better than the Halo tv show on Paramount plus.

[@jamesxiaolong2199]

Halo Legends did the story arc they wanted better in 1 11 minute episode than that abomination did in 8 hours

[@hannasalah1476]

​@@jamesxiaolong2199 Is this a show or a game???

[@PromptHorizon12]

@@hannasalah1476 its a collection of anime shorts of the halo series

[@jumper9108]

When they send in the Helljumpers you know shit is going down…

[@TheCrunchbite]

Apparently the ODST’s came down to get away from the space battle, not to reinforce the academy

[@geoffreyprior8931]

​@@TheCrunchbitenot much they could do in space. Might as well reinforce ground.

[@itsmike2736]

Halo really should have more visual material about the beginning of the war, its so cool to see how they learn that they are now at war with the Covenant. If i remember correctly, this movie takes place in 2526 so most colonies dont even know about the Battle of Harvest yet

[@abelmeza4257]

Everyone’s talking about the ODSTs giving chills, but not the people who were on the elevator falling from the sky screaming.

[@DutchGuyMike]

Eh, minor casualties. ODSTs are worth a hell of a lot more :p

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This movie is a keeper with repeat value. Some movies you can not stand to watch it even the first time to completion.

[@Destinylover14]

the elite was absolutely horrifying in this

[@lanceleader163]

God, I forgot how incredible this was. I remember liking the movie when it came out. Did you see that needler blow up that woman? Jesus. The ships, the Elites, the Jackals, all terrifying.

[@shooterDisease]

Holy shit I never noticed Mahaffy got super combined….

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

2:05 SOAP!!

[@ryanbrown4053]

Wait I think you're right! Holy crap that's awesome! I never noticed until now!

[@JayJay-yy5xz]

I don't get it

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

@@JayJay-yy5xz The actor playing as the marine (Neil Ellice) is the guy who played Soap in the MW reboot

[@JayJay-yy5xz]

​@@tytoalbasoren9457yeahhh I had a feeling that's who he was...but I wasn't entirely sure and didn't wanna look stupid since I haven't even played mw 2 and l 3 so I see less of the reboot Soap in like...my life since I'm not playing the game. Pretty cool to see Soap in Halo tho!

[@MikMoen]

"Why are ODSTs dropping here??" Because the situation in Orbit is most likely already FUBAR.

[@Zzims13]

Ever had that sudden feeling of awe in your chest and than terror creeps up from the pit of your stomach.

[@art-n-filmsam3844]

If ODSTs are the "In Case of Emergency - Break Glass" Spartans are the "The situation has now gone from prevention - to triage"

[@NomadTechRenew]

God what an intense scene. 10/10, thanks for uploading

[@yoshilu7451]

The super combine of the needler on their principal always gets me. Falling out of frame and then the explosion of viscera…

[@rippera45]

I still get a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush when the Covenant ships appear. It's the perfect "Oh shit, it's THEM" moment.

[@spaceman9599]

Military Cadet hears alarm "What is that?" No wonder humanity had a hard time at the start, with that high level of training ...

[@Alec-jo7ic]

Why did the UNSC Marines say it isn't a drill? Surely, as cadets to CAMS they've gone over a practice multiple times to make sure they evacuate through the elevator.

[@No0n3890]

The marine stopping the cadet is Soap....

[@Exilon0193]

They did an amazing job showing how terrifying The Covenant really are.

[@witherwolf3316]

Sound design, music, visuals, and especially acting was perfect in this movie. There were only a few parts where I think some things could have, or should have played out a little differently, like Hastati Squad should have grabbed more magazines from the armory earlier on, and Vickers might have been able to survive the zealot if he'd used the fire extinguisher to blind/disorient it, and John-117 had only reached the rank of Petty Officer First Class so him saying "call me Master Chief" doesn't make much sense. But other than that *this* is the perfect Halo movie, and I wish we'd gotten more of it. By the way, there are some bonus scenes after the movie ends where they have interviews of all the characters in Hastati squad and I think it might have been neat if they ended with an ONI/UNSC debriefing to mirror how those characters acted before and after the Covenant attack.

[@biggeek2256]

Seeing The Covenant ship appearing out of NOWHERE and BLOWING THE ELEVATOR up is STILL horrifying

[@chantawatchantarapanya8479]

This is ways better than Halo series.

[@internet__explorer]

2:07 wat dafaq it’s Soap!!!

[@foodpowerreviews7032]

Halo at its BEST!

[@WarrinerAnimations]

Anyone else notice the guy with a Rocket Launcher in the background at 4:51?

[@mrstupiduniverse731c]

This was the Halo TV series, that new one should be called "Corona World tale of Johnathan 771"

[@jaxd109]

Soap Mactavish was put into cryo freeze after mw3 and frozen 500 years so he could be a UNSC Marine

[@luwucian4497]

A memory that I will always live with affection, I saw this movie with my best friend, we were both little and knew a lot about the Halo saga, we barely saw 1:23 he said "wow they are deploying ODS..." he couldn't finish saying it when we heard 1:28 and we both looked at each other saying "ooooooooh" surprised but happy ​

[@bigwang2461]

Never realized that was Soap at 2:05😮

[@stephenbyrne2170]

Who's Soap?

[@blacklotus7143]

Seriously?! ​@@stephenbyrne2170

[@bigwang2461]

@@stephenbyrne2170modern Warfare character? Sgt. John “Soap” Mactavish. Task Force 141?

[@stephenbyrne2170]

@@bigwang2461 Oh yeah!

[@takirosh]

And to think these events lead to the the start of Lasky, a naval officer so badass only SSGT. Johnson is his better. And that is because three Spartan-II's inspired him to fight through an allergy to the suspension fluid considered so crippling that he would normally be excempt from service.

[@drewharding]

When watching the UNSC and Covenant fighting one another in this scene, I screamed shouted Colonel when Colonel Mehaffey tragically died during 4:54 there the first time, I watch on dvd the very first time, I hated it when she was murdered of there, I also felt so sorry for future Captain Lasky as well by the look on his face after she got murdered by the killing needles a part of him died that time during because he looked up to her like a mother figure in his life since he didn’t have too much connection to his real mom unfortunately at all since her job was way more higher then Colonel Mehaffey job for the UNSC security empire 100% man and losing his big brother was bad enough already for him then things get way worse for Captain Lasky later in the movie right fellow hero fans if you know, what, I mean there!

[@Arklay_98]

That shitty ass halo tv show really makes this even better.

[@jordanduran888]

Scenes like these always impress me. The covenant flying in and the fights always get me

[@christopherlng753]

Perhaps I was too harsh with this movie… I can see the love and lore they put into it more than the live action series…. Heck. Should have expected less combat till the end but that’s my bad. Good movie I wished I appreciated better

[@4K_J]

yep...difference between passion and money is huge right🤦🏾‍♂️

[@andresmatty3864]

skyscrapers give me anxiety now

[@itnotmeitu3896]

I love how this movie straight up goes from a coming of the age military officer movie to objectively a horror movie in a few minutes

[@jedi81311]

I think I know what I'm re-watching during my days off. It has been awhile since i watched this movie.

[@Kodaiva]

this movie's budget was the same as landfall.

[@ronbell3986]

I think i have watched this movie at least 6 times. It is awesome!

[@wethepeople7163]

Did anyone else realize that when the colonel got shot by the needler she blew up like would normally happen in the games?

[@squishyy5375]

yes the needler is a nasty little thing when the needles hit a target they stab what ever they hit then explode after a short amount of time

[@trenchgunnah5570]

You gotta remember, they didn’t know what the covenant was, and they didn’t know Spartans existed. ODST’s were like their super soldiers at the time. “The best of the best”. So when they say “wait, why are ODST’s dropping here?” And the realization sets in, it creates a beautifully dramatic and horrific scene

[@plamaus3289]

Is is peak halo tv

[@scott-gaming.8834]

Thank you.

[@alexisjavier84]

Still remember this scene to this day and thought it was so bad ass and scary at the same time. I wish the current show had this type of vibe and darkness

[@LtScarecrow87]

I forgot how this scene made me shit myself back in the day; watched it again and remembered…

[@joelmtz7253]

After the ODST started dropping “evacuation” should’ve stopped and start arming the students

[@Revkor]

cadets should have been evac logn before it got to the point.

[@xxskippernate409xx6]

Colonel was someone theyve always looked up to as a soldier. It must have been surreal to see their colonel in this situation knowing that they will be in the fog

[@cadendains8106]

to (semi)quote Isyander and Koda, "If the ODSTs are here then, oh no, I have become a rounding error."

[@escapetherace1943]

2:08 that'd make me tell her no

[@Mr.Massenko]

When I watched this movie I was thinking about the crew of the Spirit of Fire. This is literally their timeline.

[@benjiiosia8928]

ODST future paratroopers

[@tazbandz6688]

There’s been a major conspiracy theory lately about how Aliens have been on earth, but specifically the ships, like motherships or just ships in general like these, but disguised in clouds. I feel like this video portrays it so well. Imagine if that was the case? Imagine going outside one night and seeing a big ass ship just emerging from a cloud… The way my blood would stop running in my body. 😭

[@krashd]

Can't say I remember this from Halo 4.

[@bjornjoseph]

Why couldnt the tv show be like this? Action no feelings

[@epilepticgaming4417]

3:17. You’re welcome

[@DeionSC2]

"My mother is secretary of fleetcom" Actual Marine IRL: *looks around everywhere* sorry I couldnt find any fucks to give

[@Alec-jo7ic]

Imagine the person who stopped communicating in the entire fleet.

[@leonpetrak2302]

Is no one going to talk about the fact that the covenant cruiser that destroyed the elevator got wrecked by the same elevator once it started dropping 😂😂😂

[@JohnG44]

It had shield and stronger armor doubt it did anything to it.

[@xxskippernate409xx6]

The people falling has always been horrifyijg

[@jodyw]

This just made that poorly made TV series a freaking joke.

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

This scene alone justifies the entire Kilo Five trilogy and EVERYTHING that Oni did on Sanghelios. But the people falling for over a minute to their demise at 4:23... If something like the Bubonic Plague suddenly broke out on Sanghelios, I wouldn't bat an eye. I'd even help it spread...

[@jamesxiaolong2199]

There was never a need to Justify Kilo Five, humanity just got out of a genocidal war that killed over 25 billion out of 39 billion people and was only days away from from total extinction. If the elites want to wipe out humanity they could do it. They had no right to let those threats live.

[@Revkor]

Sangheli only followed the teachign of the covenant. and they did respect some humans and thought they should be absorbed into the covenant not eliminated. Even the arbitier said the title demon came with some respect.

[@MrIncendiarydevice]

It would be the equivalent of nukes

[@GabrielIseni]

What is this movie called

[@obsidianfury5133]

1:00

[@carloscorona6214]

ODST scene was the best

[@evancrum6811]

ODSTS dropping is never good

[@AndyDaxter]

Why?

[@knightofwind2929]

So the cutscenes in the game are better than the actual show?

[@Blockmount]

4:03

[@lukeskywanker7839]

I wish they finished this series man.

[@Revkor]

it was finished

[@lukeskywanker7839]

@@Revkor no. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn was meant to be a whole series. They released this, but never finished the rest.

[@Revkor]

@@lukeskywanker7839 No. this was meant to lead into Halo 4 where did this ever hint at a series beyond what we see?

[@lukeskywanker7839]

@@RevkorDon't be an idiot, and look it up. If you do the simplest of google searches it says "Season 1, Episode 1." and even "Webseries". God, it's like the magic of research was totally lost to human kind!

[@Matteus2109]

Tidy film. Don't know why more people don't give it credit.

[@danielpickrell8311]

You have a city of officer graduates that can be used for combat. Just saying

[@AndyDaxter]

Why ODST dropping around them is a bad thing ?

[@Alec-jo7ic]

Because the entire planet is under attack while the orbital battle may be suffering heavy losses. While odst doctrines show to deploy odsts in squads, in this clip they deployed a lot of odst personnel. The surrectionist war with the unsc didn't show anything but humans vs humans. When the covenant showed up it was insurrectionists alongside the unsc going against the covenant. 3? Survivors out of a billion planet species.

[@Sajasta]

Earlier in this movie it was also said that ODSTs are dropped behind enemy lines in some sort of pincer manuver with the main force during battle. But in this scene, they are being dopped haphazardly around the cadets or even around the entire academy, which perhaps, showed that the chain of commands or any structure and doctrine has slowly been broken after the defeat in the orbital battle

[@Alec-jo7ic]

It was the entire academy as the covenant glassed cities and neutralized nearby military infrastructure. If i read the comics right, the covenant had ships and cruisers at all 6 or 7 space elevators as multiple human ships were arriving into orbit. The UNSC Infinity and the pillar of autumn escaped. As far as i read there were humans or otherwise known as insurrectionists living inside meteors which the unsc couldn't track. That eventually came into clutch

[@gauthierdaviaultmathieu631]

Why they try to evacuate instead of fighting?

[@Jerent]

Because they are 90% rookie for 10% officer ans instructor for here. They have no 100k ammo. And if my memorie is good the covenant are destroy the Defense of the planet

[@maverick1046]

its a disgrace they name this squad after the romans and the most badass of all the space marines

[@Alec-jo7ic]

There's more lore around this movie and the unsc than what little boy romans did. Showing what true warriors are