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Considering the rapid bombardment of material by 343 Industries, I have decided to make yet another Halo 5: Guardians script. Keep in mind that although this will almost certainly become lore-unfriendly very quickly, I will finish it regardless just so you all know exactly how I'd like Halo 5: Guardians to go down. This will be in keeping with the lore and principles (such as Guardians being the darkest Halo game to date). 

 

Table of Contents

Prologue, Pt. 1

Prologue, Pt. 2

Segment 1: Locke

Mission 1: Landfall

Mission 2: City Center

Mission 3: Orbital Siege

Mission 4: To Kill a Rebellion

Mission 5: Homecoming

Segment 2: Inquiry

Mission 6: Line of Investigation

Mission 7: Amongst the Ruins

Mission 8: Faded Trail

Mission 9: Wreckage

Mission 10: Revalation

Segment 3: Reunion

Mission 11: The Portal

Mission 12: Installation 00

Mission 13: Distant Thunder

Mission 14: Heart of the Machine

Mission 15: Mendicant Bias

Segment 4: Forerunners

Mission 16: Emergence

Mission 17: Fallen Heroes

Mission 18: Into the Unknown

Mission 19: Fractured Loyalty

Mission 20: Spirit of Fire

Segment 5: Outbreak

Mission 21: Sanghelios

Mission 22: Downward Spiral

Mission 23: Siege of Vadam Keep

Mission 24: Global Evacuation

Mission 25: Janus Key

 

Epilogue

 

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Prologue, Pt. 1

 

FORERUNNER SHIELD WORLD 014

INTERGALACTIC SPACE

107,631 YEARS AFTER THE FORERUNNER-FLOOD WAR

 

A panoramic view of a Forerunner city under a brightly shining sun, bustling with activity. Three personal transports zoom past the camera.

Cut to a view of the central of three towers that crown the center of the city.

 

UR-DIDACT

And so...we meet again.

 

Cut to the interior of a dimly lit council chamber. The Ur-Didact, bound by energy restraints, is escorted into the chamber by three Warrior-Servants. At the head of the chamber stands the new Master Builder, Storm over Sunset, with the Iso-Didact on his right and Chant-to-Green on his right.

 

ISO-DIDACT

Are you satisfied now? The blood of countless innocents is on your hands. You have betrayed the Forerunners and all that we stand for. You may well have doomed-

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

That will do. The council will hear him out before they decide his fate. 

 

Cut to a closeup of Storm over Sunset's face, which shows signs of great age: loose skin, noticeably matted fur, pale, faded eyes.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

Didact, you are charged with abandoment of your people, the murder of seven-point-zero-zero-two-three million humans, unauthorized mass production of military units, and complete desertion of the Mantle of Responsibility. Should you make no attempt to justify your acts, the presently standing sentence is permanent exile within a Cryptum. 

 

Cut to a medium shot of the Ur-Didact, who casually, almost indifferently, shifts his weight.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

What say you in your defense?

 

The Ur-Didact regards the gathered Forerunners positioned in the stands at the edges of the chamber.

 

UR-DIDACT

My attack on the human homeworld was done purely in the interest of protecting the...other species that the humans had threatened to drive to extinction.

 

Surprise lights Storm over Sunset's face. The Ur-Didact presses on.

 

UR-DIDACT

I take no pleasure in slaughtering innocents. I acted out of pragmatism. The fact remains that the human leaders seek total dominion over the galaxy. 

 

The IsoDidact steps towards the Ur-Didact and addresses the council.

 

ISO-DIDACT

Councillors, the end does not justify the means. This Didact may have been well-intentioned, but the essences of the composed individuals are now forever lost. Even if we assume his accusations to be true, the vast majority of the individuals he targeted were innocents. I ask you, should the many be punished for the actions of the few?

 

The Iso-Didact steps back, allowing the Ur-Didact to speak again.

 

UR-DIDACT

In times such as these, councillors, where the existence of one species is threatened by another, the continuation of the species outweighs the survival of individuals. Had I done nothing, entire species would be lost to the humans over a simple matter of revenge. 

 

ISO-DIDACT

His argument is hollow. He would have you believe that his actions were done in defense of another species. You have no reason to believe this tale. Need I remind you that before the end of the war, he acted solely out of hatred towards humanity?

 

The Ur-Didact steps forward smugly.

 

UR-DIDACT

I am beginning to detect hipocrisy in the words of my counterpart. Did he not light the Halo array? Was he not responsible for the deaths of many more individuals than were indoctrinated by the Composer? The collapse of entire civilizations?

 

The Iso-Didact paces, his anger now detectable.

 

ISO-DIDACT

Councillors, you know very well that the activation of the Halo array was an act of pure necessity. I opposed their use myself, to begin with. I urge you to see the weakness of his argument.

 

UR-DIDACT

I had not intended to justify my actions by comparing them to the activation of the Array. I am comparing the activation of the Array to the needless slaughter of other civilizations by the humans. I have opposed the use of the Halos for far longer than my counterpart, and I know well that the council was somewhat...divided on the matter of their use. Yet I see no reaction to the news of the massacre that the humans prepare for as we speak. 

 

Murmurs spread throughout the council.

 

UR-DIDACT

Why is this, councillors? Why do you favor humans? Are they innately superior to the other civilizations we indexed? Does their alleged inheritance of the Mantle grant them the right to commit genocide?

 

The Iso-Didact prepares to respond, but Storm over Sunset gestures for him to step back, before addressing the Ur-Didact himself.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

Didact, if I may inquire, I very much wish to hear how you know of this plot.

 

UR-DIDACT

I retrieved data from a human vessel that became trapped on Requiem. I learned everything of the humans: their history, their present activities, their plans for the future.

 

Storm over Sunset steps back, concern etched on his face.

 

UR-DIDACT

They are more dangerous than you know. Their wrath is currently directed towards races that have done them wrong in the past, but when those species have been eradicated, I should presume the humans will turn on us. 

 

Another murmur spreads through the council.

 

UR-DIDACT

I assure you, the humans have no desire to share the galaxy with any other civilization.

 

Storm Over Sunset steps back towards the Ur-Didact.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

Will that be all, Didact?

 

UR-DIDACT

It will be, Master Builder.

 

Storm over Sunset addresses the council.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

You may now submit your votes...and decide the fate of the Didact.

 

The councillors each enter a response into a small data pad, which is transmitted to a terminal near Storm over Sunset. The Master Builder surveys the votes, pauses and then turns back to the Ur-Didact.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

Very well, Didact.

 

Cut to a close up of the Didact's face.

 

STORM OVER SUNSET

You are officially cleared of all charges.

 

Fade to black.

 

HALO 5: GUARDIANS

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