Halo 3 Forward Unto Dawn

Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 3! One of the most jaw dropping scenes in the game!

[TonyHighwind]

The Forward Unto Dawn descending from on high, like God's own armory, granting firepower unending to weary soldiers in the hour of greatest need.

[seemslegit]

I cannot imagine how beautiful it would look in a remastered version

[TamptheChamp]

The one cutscene that's not a cutscene.

[superheavyxd]

The UNSC frigates really are big but in cutscenes they look so tiny. Damm can't imagine how big Infinity must be.

[tristen]

When I saw that as a kid, and all the Wraiths and Ghosts flew back againdt the rocks, it blew me away.

[KillControl]

Can we just talk about how the FUD pulled off a perfect landing from orbit to about 20 feet off the ground in 16 seconds flat with no AI assistance and at pretty much top speed?

That bridge crew is straight up god tier even by the standards of pretty much any universe.

[zqfmgb]

- Is the Dawn rated for atmosphere ?
- Well, yeah, we saw it earlier at Earth when we tried to destroy the Keyship.
- Oh, right.

[thirstysailor]

Everything on the ground: *gets blown away like leaves to the wind*

The Pelican: *doesn’t budge an inch*

[ZephyrusAsmodeus]

I'm just now noticing that the gust of wind when it lands is not only a super cool touch of realism and sense of scale, but it also clears the battlefield so the elevator platforms can lower and not clip anything, brilliant game design, decades after this game comes out and I'm still seeing cool new stuff in Halo games.

[Solomanon]

My reaction:
“The ship isnt that big!”
*ship actually lands*
“HOLY CRAP NEVERMIND THE SHIP IS GIANT!”

[absurdreference]

This scene was so badass, nothing from the new games ever comes close to this badass.

[NMetz]

Dude, when I played this when I was 8, the dawn landing had me shitting my pants with excitment.

[zachboyd]

More like “Chief watches the next 4 years of his life descending from the sky”

[theunderdog]

This is one of those moments that always makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Such a soothing atmosphere. The buzzing of Spark, the humming of engines, the dialogue and the god tier music. This was Halo at its finest. I always feel like taking on the whole damn Covenant with all of those tanks, warthogs and marines with me. Great stuff

[zeke]

The pilot of that pelican must've shat himself

[RoseSupreme]

Having an entire frigate soar overhead and stop quickly, blowing away all vehicles nearby is nothing short of epic. Especially when it's something you'd expect to play in a cutscene, but you're *PLAYING* the cutscene. The rearrangement of Halo 1's "Truth and Reconciliation Suite" just adds to the epicness.

[AllknowingUnknown]

I love when she drops into view like that!!!. Easily one of my favorite starship designs.

[Funk]

The music from this scene never fails to give me PAINFUL goosebumps

[Bthakillarilla]

This... like... 30 second moment is better than anything in Destiny

[seemslegit]

this is how you do a legendary cutscene