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'''Arbiter Thel 'Vadam:''' And so... [[BondOneLiner you must be silenced!]]

'''Arbiter Thel 'Vadam:''' And so...you must be silenced!

* What about the fight between the TWO SCARABS? You get to ride in the little-used Hornet, drop into the Scarab, shoot out the energy core, and watch as it blows up fantastically...and THEN, you do it again. And all the while, some of the games most awesome music is playing, leading to pure, gut-wrenching awesome.

** Then when you kill them, you're called for extraction. The Pelican appears, heroic music swells, and at its apex... [[TheDayTheMusicLied the Pelican is shot down.]] It's hard to tell how many Covenant are swooping in on your position, but your handlers think it may be [[ZergRush every single Covenant stationed on Requiem.[[BolivianArmyEnding We don't see what happens to Crimson,]] but the ending shot of [[CoolStarship 3 Phantoms]] and Banshees flanking them shows that [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu you do NOT fuck with the Covenant and expect to get away with it.]] That Crimson Team survives and then is able to escape capture, proves just how awesome they are.]]

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* https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/detail/9f7d992e-b135-4e97-a7c8-df07c0d67051/my-great-journey#
* The release of ''Halo 3'' was so enormous that the sheer number of people going out to buy the game and play it was blamed for a drop of nearly 30% in the box office for the movies in theaters that week.
* [[https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/12/18261723/halo-the-master-chief-collection-pc-release-steam-halo-reach And now, Halo: The Master Chief edition is ''finally'' on PC as well.]]
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** Meta-Awesome: It is directed by Rupert Sanders, who later went on to direct Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman and Film/GhostInTheShell2017. Not bad.

* In a sense that also count as heartwarming and tearjerker, the meta-symbolism involving Noble Six, the Player, Bungie, and the Halo games. The games started with you as Master Chief fighting through the three Halo games. In Halo Reach, Noble Six represents you as your own super-soldier SPARTAN-III, complete with your own customizable armor and deliberately blank backstory for you to fill in the details, and Bungie makes YOU the superstar of the games, and it's thanks to you as Noble Six that Master Chief's journey begins.

*** And Will walking up to that Hunter and PUNCHING it to death... Nice.

*** This troper feels the above lacks the elaboration it deserves. These aren’t the regular piddly little drones that we see in the games that can be taken down with an overcharged plasma pistol shot. No these are ''Onyx Sentinels.'' The regular Agressor Sentinel has a beam that can vaporize organic matter to help contain The Flood. A group of Onyx Sentinels can focus their beams to take down ''starships''. Their shields are impervious to rockets and anti-tank mines. Not only are they lethal and tough to take down, but they ''think. '' Groups can band together and share data, forming strategies that render any successful attack against them useless in the future. But the worst part is [[spoiler: the entire planet of Onyx is made of them. It’s one massive Sentinel formation surrounding a Forerunner Dyson Sphere]].

*** But there are other options... I heard of one story about a guy who took down a Scarab by shooting it with a Hornet, but was badly damaged, and being pursued by two Banshees. What does he do? [[RammingAlwaysWorks Slam the Hornet into the second Scarab's power core, taking out the shield.]] The Banshees fire their FRG's, and they blow up the Hornet, destroying the core. [[UpToEleven Then before he hits the ground, he hijacks a Ghost and goes to town on the stragglers.]]

--> '''Johnson:''' Now, I know what you're thinking. "Sergeant Major Johnson, these sound like overwhelming odds. I don't wanna drop into hell without an airtight insurance policy!" Well, do I have an offer for you. Pre-order your copy of ''Halo 3: ODST'' at participating retailers now, and you'll get all the confidence you need: '''''[[PromotedToPlayable ME!]]''''' Heh heh, that's right! The toughest, cigar-chompinest marine there is, yours to play in Firefight!

--> '''Johnson:''' Now, I know what you're thinking. "Sergeant Major Johnson, these sound like overwhelming odds. I don't want to drop into hell without an airtight insurance policy!" Well, do I have an offer for you. Pre-order your copy of ''Halo 3: ODST'' at participating retailers now, and you'll get all the confidence you need: '''''[[PromotedToPlayable ME!]]''''' Heh heh, that's right! The toughest, cigar-chompinest marine there is, yours to play in Firefight!

** To emphasize on the situation, Chief manages to stop a bomb from detonating on board the Cairo Station and hgot an idea to take out one of the Covenant's carrier. Lord Hood takes a moment to realize what Chief is planning and grants him the permission. Chief pulls the bomb to the hangar and drops the bomb into space while directing it in zero gravity. As players sees a beautiful visuals of Earth and an epic space battle, Chief narrowly avoids an exploding cruiser and enters the Covenant's carrier, reactivates the bomb and exits the same way he enters. With the carrier destroyed, Chief safely lands on ''In Amber Clad''. Master Chief-1, Covenant cruiser-0.