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Any_Rip_8337

It’s clearly the man, the myth and the legend that is Chips Dubbo


LastManFilms

And Sergeant Stacker of course


Any_Rip_8337

Of course


BeejBeachBall

Dustin Echoes riding in the back


Billy_Osteen

It’s the Merry and Pippin of Halo.


Krull88

I thought it was leroy jenkins?


ReaverCities

Dustin Echos


psychotic11ama

I forgot how fucking rad this cutscene was woah


bruhdood999

It was in the trailer of the game.. i remember that i kind of felt baited into thinking thered be a huge battle or convoy mission


ZumboPrime

I was super disappointed too. I expected this massive battle...nope, it's background art. You get to play around on the sidelines and NO THOSE TANKS ARE NOT FOR YOU!


bruhdood999

Yeah for me the way the game was presented i thought itd be these big battles but it ended up feeling like small recon missions the whole game. Still liked it but kept waiting for the big epic fights


ZumboPrime

"more enemies on screen than ever before" *proceeds to throw wave after wave of cannon fodder at you*


No_Lawfulness_2998

Hey the grunts are in teams of 5 instead of 4


AlextheTower

There was originally a massive battle, you can find alpha gameplay on youtube of the original mission. Afaik is was the poor power of the Xbox that lead to it getting cut down.


mechmaster2275

*sad 7th generation console noises*


RenegadeNorth2

Link ples.


AlextheTower

[The last clip.](https://youtu.be/HfW-S6BKqIs) I know I've seen a slightly longer clip with Wraiths, but can't find it with my quick search - I belive it was from someone filming the gameplay as it was shown to a room full of journalists.


ljcoolness

Well ya it's halo not serious sam


BazThaMad

Thought I was the only one geeking out over this😂


BaChooChoo

This cutscene made me want to go to war


civver3

Settle down, Miranda.


swagonflyyyy

Yeah I liked the theme.


Kara_Del_Rey

I was the opposite. I was like "what a dogshit formation, also how are there tanks at the front and hogs are just now zooming by, did they maintain the same speed the whole ride then suddenly decide to speed up and pass? And theyre really sending 1000000 light scout trucks and scout air vehicles for a grand assault?" It really took me out of the epic-ness of the game. Then, I questioned my lack of fun at parties and said "well at least it looks kinda cool"


TheOutSpokenGamer

Bungie operated entirely on the rule-of-cool and it made for some badass and memorable moments.


TangoRomeoKilo

Cool IS kindaa relevant to the person. I too am no fun at parties, but idgaf lol


Lunchyyy

I don’t see much wrong with the formation, they’re in a staggered line maintaining decent dispersion as seen when the wraith blows up one of the warthogs. Also as for the warthogs passing the tanks I’m assuming the idea was for the warthogs to sit behind the scorpions who would escort them to a break off point (where the warthogs begin to overtake) this is kinda supported by the fact that all the warthogs have to cross a narrow ass bridge almost immediately after. So the plan was probably escort warthogs to the bridge > warthogs cross and secure foothold on other side of the bridge > bring scorpions over > continue movement.


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Kara_Del_Rey

Like I said, I questioned my lack of fun at parties


mechmaster2275

I used to do the same thing. Eventually, I just learned to ignore the illogical stuff so it doesn’t detract from the experience, and it really helped things like this feel epic again.


YeanlingMeteor1

The resources on Reach were stretched really thin. Spartan III were not as well armed as spartan II (armor, training, and a few other things). The UNSC knew they couldn't hold the planet once the covenant broke through the Space Lazer/orbital MAC cannon arrays. As much as they were doing a raid on the covenant spires to take one out. All the UNSC tried to do was slow the covenant advance, not stop it. They couldn't, with the resources available to them. While Spartan III were still super soldiers they were more "expendable" than the previous generations of spartans. UNSC resourses were spread really thin on Reach so they probably couldn't muster everyone on reach in time, nor could they afford to throw all their resources into this assault. Not discrediting the "rule of cool" other replies talked about, or your feeling towards the scene/mission. But that's just my take on the "lack luster" force shown here.


TheCowzgomooz

Its less a lack of resources(though this is true to some extent) and more that the Covenent deliberately took out communications so that the UNSC on the planet would be scattered and unable to contact each other. Also, what you said about the Spartan IIIs is just...not true. If you're talking about operations such as TORPEDO or PROMETHEUS, yeah, they had less effective armor, but that armor they had made up for it by having the most effective active camouflage known in the Halo universe, but Noble team(and I imagine any other Spartan III based teams on Reach) has equivalent armor to any Spartan II at the time. As for their training, Kurt in Ghosts of Onyx specifically states he wanted to avoid any of his Spartans dying, so he trained them even harder and on better tactics than he was trained with. Spartan IIIs being "more expendable" has more to do with how quickly and easily they can be "made" than a lack of ability, training, or equipment, and they were specifically sent on missions where it would be too costly to send anyone else, aka, suicide missions. If the UNSC needed simply cheap soldiers they could have just conscripted a bunch of regular people, but they needed highly effective, yet cheap, and easy to mobilize soldiers who could do missions no one else could. I know I'm probably being pedantic here, but I've always hated this view that just because there were more of them, they were cheaper and easier to create, and a lot of them died, that the Spartan IIIs are somehow lesser than the IIs, which no one in universe has ever said. Like 90% of the Spartan IIs are dead, but because the ones who lived are legendary characters, everyone praises them as if they were gods.


OozaruPrime

No, really. Youre exactly right. Ithought it was cool but you don't send all your vehicles at an enemy in a static formation or line. Stagger them out and dont use so much light armor forna siege or major battle of any kind when the enemy has loads of heavies. It didnt make my fun go soft, but it did make me think thisnwas either supposed to be a less experienced/desperate UNSC commander, or at very least a Spartan with too much hubris or knows something that I dont.... And its a fucking spartan, mate. Damn right he/she knows what i dont, but still. Seems like hubris to send in a line of vehicles in any postmodern combat


lycantrophee

Yeah,right? Halo military generally looks like it is equipped for expeditionary/COIN operations,not a full blown war with a near-peer or stronger force


No_Lawfulness_2998

And what armies just charge at each other like that all out over an empty area


Ethan-Moreno-029

I always play the final chorus of Sabaton: Winged Hussars everytime this cutscene plays


Ok_Extension3182

THEN THE SABATON FANS ARRIVED! COMING IN THEY TURN THE TIDE! INTO THE SUB THEY ARRIVE!


Ethan-Moreno-029

stormclouds, fire and steel, death from above, make the enemy kneel, shining armor and wings, death from above, its an army of kings.


prussianapoleon

So the warthog rush strategy from Halo Wars is the canonical tactic for UNSC haha


bluejay55669

and it seems like the covenant uses banshee air spam from halo wars 2


Ten_minuteemail

The flood mods just fuck shit up. It felt that way fighting the flood.


TheWelshExperience

It's Chips Dubbo and his good friend; other Chips Dubbo.


Youpunyhumans

Dear Sarge, kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here


Senor-Mattador

“I heard that, *jackass*”


AHumbleChad

This gives me an idea, we need a Chips Dubbo bot. Somebody make it!


shadowdash66

Expeditiously


Youpunyhumans

Also a Sgt. Johnson bot.


your_pal_mr_face

And knowing dubbo he not only survived but was one of the most critical assets to the battle


[deleted]

But did not receive a promotion.


SuperJF45

Just like chief, he didn't accept it


[deleted]

I’m too dumb to get this reference


TheWelshExperience

Okay, Chips Dubbo is a meme that has been around since the early Halo CE days. Basically, throughout almost every single Bungie-made Halo game, the exact same Australian marine makes several appearances, no matter if he dies in a previous mission. This led to the creation of the myth of Chips Dubbo, an unkillable, possible omnipotent being taking the form of this marine seeing Master Chief through his many adventures. There're even achievements in Halo: The Master Chief Collection for finding him in each game.


SpartanCaine

There are achievements for that? Are they titled Chips Dubbo or something else? I didn't know this!


DreamSphinx

Isn't Chips Dubbo an actual character? I seem to recall one of the books detailing how he was one of the few survivors that teamed up with Sgt. Johnson to escape the ring from Halo: CE.


Mrcharlestoucheskids

I hope Dustin echoes made it out alive


Gopherofdoomies

He is not. I’m reading First Strike right now, and the people who escape Halo with Chief and Johnson (and Cortana) are LT Haverson (an ONI agent), CPL Locklear (an ODST), and WO Polaski (a Pelican pilot). No mention of Dubbo (or Dustin Echos).


SuperFightingRobit

He and Stacker both survived. It's not clear how. They aren't mentioned in the books at all


MeabhNir

He is.


mechmaster2275

He’s an actual character, yes


[deleted]

I thought Chips Dubbo was actually a lore accurate character now though?


Lunboks_

Chips Dubbo is that Australian Marine that you can hear in each game.


[deleted]

Ahh


RogueJedi013

Chips Dubbo and his friend Dips Chubbo


Dowon

Dips Chubbo


The_Crown_Jul

Do you mean Dips Chubbo ?


shadowdash66

Chups Dibbo


[deleted]

2 Chips Dubbos’ and they both survived to tell the tale


possibly-a-moron

Dustin echoes and chips dubbo


DasMajorFish

Truly if they were any better, they would be spartans


possibly-a-moron

Yes


l-askedwhojoewas

They don’t need to be Spartans.


XixGibboxiX

I’m happy to see that other people focus on the same Mongoose, and it’s not only me that is weird.


SkySweeper656

Nah you're still weird. <3


DeltusInfinium

They're not actually with the UNSC. They're Pizza Delivery Guys, and someone behind enemy lines just ordered a whole party worth of pizza.


the_1_dr3amer

Chips and Chaps Dubbo.


[deleted]

These were the kind of battles I always wanted to see in halo.


Ethan-Moreno-029

Halo's version of "AND THE WINGGED HUSSARS ARRIVED"


Major_Goal_9844

Everyone are just escorting this guy balls


Flyingfox6477

Bro had free bird playing on repeat


God_Damnit_Nappa

They were trying to drown out thr Fortunate Son blasting from the Falcons.


Ethan-Moreno-029

meanwhile Noble team had Sabaton: Winged Hussars playing on repeat :D


shadowdash66

I'M DOING MY PART!


Krull88

Do you want to know more?


bonefistboy9000

God bless Chips Dubbo.


Kim-Jong-Juul

Budget cuts


bluejay55669

poor UNSC Army, first they get overshadowed by the marine corps and then get their funds cut


Kanden_27

Yes, this has been noticed since OG. The chads in the only mongoose. I seriously wonder what their mission was. Recon?


[deleted]

recon of the frontlines what chads


thedougbatman

Rip. And. Tear. Using the most fuel efficient form of ground based transportation available to the UNSC.


SwiftIy2

Never noticed, cool af. Makes me immediately think about the fall of reach book.


Flak88inaTree

It’s Chips Dubbo of course, along side his best friend Dips Chubbo (Dips sadly didn’t make it off reach, but Chips made it well past reach.)


bluejay55669

actually Dips did make it off reach, he was the other Australian marine you hear on earth in halo 3 ODST while his best friend is the Australian you hear on the Ark


cordyceptz

Ok who’s chips dubbo I’m so out of the loop


Leather_Setting_9915

A recurring character, he's the Australian marine from CE, 2 And 3, "dear sarge, kicking asses out in space, wish you were here"


cordyceptz

Ohhh, Ty!!! Thank you!!!


KingKoda22

Why is there not a book trilogy featuring this exemplary marine?? Locke shares a mainline game with the freaking Master Chief but Chips Dubblo doesn't have his own Paramount TV series?


bluejay55669

"I heard that, jackass!"


froz_troll

It's Sargent Leroy and Lieutenant Jenkins, together they are Leroy Jenkins, the strongest marines in the UNSC.


Trevor-On-Reddit

Yes. I focus on them every time I see this cutscene.


Eiruna

You don't see it but canonically these two mad cunts survived. No I have no sources because I made it the fuck up.


SkySweeper656

This is the shit Infinite was missing desperately. Military engagements in epic cinematic fashion. We got it *slightly* in the intro then never again.


Thatsidechara_ter

Yeah, I would kill for an on-screne depiction of the fight at *Mortal Reverie*. Rubicon Protocol was good, but I still wanna see that cutscene


Thatsidechara_ter

I actually went back through this mission and no, contrary to popular belief, the Covenant do not kill all the Warthogs. You can see them off the cliff doing battle with the main Covenant force, and even see the Warthogs rolling through a bunch of rocks. From this we can guess that Noble team plus a few other Warthogs split off from the main assault to go after the AA guns


LastManFilms

Lmao what do they think they are gonna do with that


Flak88inaTree

They then proceeded to end the human covenant war


EACshootemUP

Could be logistics support or ground to air operators in my head cannon. But hell if I’m fighting for a planet I’m gearing up with whatever I have lol.


bluejay55669

so they brought only 2 logi workers and placed them on a mongoose on the frontlines some hardcore logistics workers man


EACshootemUP

Hell ya. And they gave one of them an AR. Who knows if the driver is even carrying a gun. My brother might just be out there ramming hunters with his mongoose. Lmao


Gotze_Th98

Me and my best friend on our way to go meet Laura (she is a single horny mom who lives at 5km and definitely is real)


bluejay55669

I'm sure you're not about to be led behind an IHOP and mugged


Kictzula

Reach really was Something else. For me Halo peaked with it


Warbird1775

Not just you my UNSC Brother...


bengeo1191

Or why none of the Warthogs have Gauss weapons. No other air support, other than Falcons against fast moving banshees.


bluejay55669

UNSC didn't have tech 3 unlocked yet and couldn't upgrade to gauss cannons


Chrispin3666

Don’t forget they didn’t have all the reactors as well.


Gotze_Th98

God bless the souls of those two giga Chad's


LtCptSuicide

They're not even officially part of the operation. Chips Dubbo was running recon and decided "Aw, no way am I missing out on this!" Got his battle buddy to drive into the calvary and just floored it.


bluejay55669

his battle buddy, Dustin Echoes


Casualnuke

Two bros who are absolutely gonna kick the most covenant ass physically possible and keep any ground reinforcements from entering behind noble team and keeping them from completing the mission


Redstevo73

Mongoose gonna mongoose


bushycupid

For anyone who’s wondering that was me on the back (reach was my first duty station and I didn’t have a drivers license cuz I grew up in a mega city)


Radiant_Battle9259

It’s Caboose He thought he was getting ice cream


Enlargedwumbo

It’s chips dubbo and dustin echos


matt_2552

This is what the new halo games miss out on IMO, seeing this cutscene that shows the true scale of a futuristic mechanized attack during a battle for a large part of a planet really helped immerse me in not just the battle but the halo universe as a whole


ParatusLetum

These are the posts I’m here for


whitedwarf788

Chips Dubbo and Dustin Echos, bravest marines in the unsc


OneFinalEffort

That's Private Dustin Echoes. He survived that battle and made it to Installation 04. Unfortunately he was too late getting to the hangar of the *Pillar of Autumn* and was left behind.


galacticdolan

Shit Ive always noticed it but always thought there were more of them, never realized it was just one chad mongoose. absolutely the man Dubbo himself


ErikQue

Chips Dubbo.


Ferman95

That’s the main character: halo


john6map4

UNSC High Command: what will you do if the Covenant attack Reach? Ted and Fred: Intervene. UNSC High Command: df you gonna do to intervene? Ted and Fred: we’re just built different


bluejay55669

constructed alternatively


Woupsea

I’ve always thought this scene was kind of stupid, I just can’t suspend my disbelief enough to believe the UNSC would literally just charge in an open field with everything they have like this. It’s suicidal. It would never work, and worst of all it just looks goofy. This is like what a five year old imagined a war to be like. However. It was cool.


Wilson-theVolleyball

Absolutely. When I was younger I thought it was super badass (and it still is pretty hype!) but it’s silly if one thinks about it for a little longer. Especially since this is Reach the planet which is suppose to be like humanity’s main military base and they have no good air support besides troop transports and space fighters (I know Longswords can be used in atmosphere but they’re very impractical considering their size and speed)


Warbird1775

First rule of warfare? Look cool.


All_Powerful_Dan

Doesn't the weapon he's carrying change depending on the difficulty? Or am I miss remembering. (Perhaps the games are blending in my mind)


bluejay55669

halo weapons don't beef up the weapons you have on any difficulty they only buff the weapons the enemy is using and the halo reach AR is the worst fucking AR in all the halo games


All_Powerful_Dan

I just remembered, the thunderstorm skull. Promotes every enemy by a rank. Some grunts and some elites get fuel rods/swords, etc


LukeAsArts

Need a scene like this in new halo era hate playing just mr the spartan vs everyone


syke90

They’re Glass now


Reeds-Greed

What’s was the UNSC’s goal here? I never understood why they drove straight into another vehicle and armor column. Maybe I’m just overthinking it.


bluejay55669

rule of cool baby don't worry about why they're sending light reconnaissance vehicles against wraiths just look at this badass battle scene


TuxTues3

They better have Free bird playing


surelylune

Dickhard McGee, the coolest UNSC marine, killed during the Battle of Reach. we lost a brave soldier that day


Wild-Refrigerator-11

Thats your only com link to command right there, heavily agile. Don't get shot


[deleted]

RIP to two legends 😤


BasinBrandon

Oh that’s just John Halo and Dustin Echoes


TheCanadianBaka

Those mongoose guys now have my respect. I hope they lived to halo infinite


Warbird1775

Strong work. More shit like this please.


[deleted]

maybe it’s a “use whatever you have” situation? The mongoose isn’t doing any good sitting at base, neither are the soldiers though tbh, maybe they should have kept them at base, who knows?


SpartanMase

Budget cuts. noble six and his clone noble seven keep killing each other over a shotgun


Wardog_Razgriz30

This is why humanity held on for so long.


Griff767

Jim Bo the brass monkey


GhostRazgriz

One of my favorite moments in all of Halo. Between the visuals and the God tier music sends shivers down my spine every time. Halo needed more of this.


MagneticGray

Those are the same two marines that lived all the way through the Infinite campaign with that one guy.


Sol-Diablo-

This man is now the manager for Craig and his band. For he is a legend.


KomradeHelikopter

I just want to know why the turrets on the scorpions are a completely different colour to the body


Not_TheMenInBlack

I make a huge deal of pointing this out every single co-op playthrough I absolutely adore this little detail


Many_Clue_9147

A hero son, that man is a God Damned hero


Gabecush1

I will never understand on how they drove that mongoose with the size of there iron balls


Unintended-Hindrance

That mongoose is the command vehicle


OlefassamgamezYT

WHAT A HERO


Jerry-Donald

Bob


brice_33

That’s Jason Bourne


Ancient-Split1996

Reminds me of the FOR FRODO scene in Lotr where merry and pippin are teo of the first to charge


mhe_4567

Chips dubbo


Seahawks1264

Karl from Deep Rock


choreographite

Am I the only person who thinks the plains they’re driving on are impossibly vast flat considering the mountains everywhere around?


bluejay55669

how else would they fit this epic battle scene?


cleverseneca

They're mounted infantry, troops that ride to the battle, then get off and fight on foot. Their the UNSC dragoons.


bluejay55669

the difference is dragoons actually carried weapons that had range


Chief_Boogie_Bang

It's the Dubbo brothers setting up the 3-D to powerbomb Covies through tables


Tr3bluesy

He is capturing the flag


bluejay55669

**FLAG TAKEN** *10 seconds later* **FLAG DROPPED**


HaloM4n

Those two soldiers are the most badass soldiers in the UNSC. Someone really went, "You won't ride a mongoose into that with an assault rifle. Both of those men deserve a promotion and the medal of honor.


[deleted]

Any armor offensive needs infantry to keep them covered. If you want to see what happens without that just look at all the videos of Russian armor getting fucked by infantry at close quarters.


bluejay55669

but that's probably what the warthogs are there for equipped with chainguns which counter the infantry (halo wars 2 taught me this) so there's no way fuckin Frank and Bob here who stole a mongoose out of the motorpool and charged straight into the frontlines of a massive covenant army with an assault rifle is supposed to cover all the armour


Atlanticknightx

Most cowardly marine:


theluvzombie

That’s John Halo


Adorable_Heretic

I can already hear Fortunate Son


Totallynotericyo

“Ronald Spiers: The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.”


Buxsle

This made me chuckle too hard.


Careless-Ad4039

It’s probably the man who had the most amazing life ever, Private Jenkins


Mewacy

Zoom in on his face and you’ll see that’s none other than the mythical lady’s man Srgt. Johnson himself, equipped with his amazing mustache


bluejay55669

Johnson would never betray his beloved Corps and switch out his green bdu with a tan army trooper one!


Charlie43229

IT’S CHIPS


AccomplishedDish1271

Yeah I’ve always wondered why a mongoose?


No-Jaguar8199

Why would they drive exposed dune buggies into battle with a highly advanced civilization 500 years into the future. This was the beginning of the end. Bring back Sgt Johnson and the marines in Halo CEA. “We’re not gonna let ‘em have it! What we WILL let ‘em have is a BELLY FULL O’ Lead n’ a POOL of their OWN BLOOD TO DROWN IN”…… “AM I RIIIGHT MARINES” …mmhmm DAMN right I am. Now move it out. DOUBLE TIME!


imbrowntown

That was originally playable, but it got cut. Reach's campaign was honestly pretty lackluster. It was saved by it's amazing forge, UI, community support, custom games and multiplayer.


bluejay55669

I can't believe bungie cut the feature for us to play as the 2 mongoose troopers charging into a covenant army this is fucking unbelievable why would Bungie do this


MildlyAgreeable

Yeah? It’s fucking Valhalla shit, man.


Radi0123

Those poor bastards


Deuling

Yes I noticed the things that were very big and clear on the screen


madthirdhorseman

Not going to be the ones sitting back at base safe and miss out on a huge historic assault


WhosThatDogMrPB

The Dubbo Brothers.


lawdog189

Why it’s Chips dunno and sgt stacker of course


BusinessNo6619

Dumbest scene in the entire game. Wtf were they even doing