

As there was often no time to hold a proper funeral, this was used as a substitute. This was a common practice during the World Wars (1914–19–1945). In the scene where the ODSTs hold the memorial, their squadmate's grave was marked with a rifle with an ODST helmet atop it.The scene was filmed, but not included in the final version. The short was originally supposed to include a scene of Tarkov's squad storming the interior of a building, killing a Brute on their way in.The special effects studio, Legacy Effects, accurately replicated the armor, weapons, and enemies based on the models provided by Bungie, including a life-sized Brute Minor complete with remote-controlled facial expressions.The drill instructors in the short are actual Hungarian Special Forces soldiers. The battle scene was shot in the bottom of a strip-mining coal operation, and the final scene where the ODSTs hold a service for their fallen squadmate was filmed in an abandoned Soviet aluminum refinery. The funeral scene was filmed inside the cooling tower of a coal power plant, while the intense training scene was filmed just outside the tower.Bungie collaborated with the costume designer from the film Saving Private Ryan and the show Band of Brothers to design the UNSC Marine dress uniform depicted in the trailer, complete with the insignia and rank displays.No one can defeat us we are glad to plunge feet first into hell in the knowledge that we will rise." Trivia The actual translation of the original Welsh lyrics are : "We cheat Death from his rightful victory. Ni fydd neb yn ein Drechu, Falch ydy ni i drochu, Traed o flaen i'r Annwn, mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni." The lyrics of the song (in Welsh): "Gafflwn Dihenydd, o'r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd. Forced to abandon the service, the ODST's put their helmets on and move out. He and a number of other ODST's hold a small service for a fallen comrade killed during combat, and hear a distant explosion and plasma fire in the distance. The scene skips ahead to Tarkov again, now much older, the wounds on his face having become scars. The Brute closes in for the kill as Tarkov fires his pistol, but the Brute is killed by a crashing Banshee, saving Tarkov's life. Later, the video skips to a combat drop as Tarkov, now an ODST in an insertion pod, dropping towards a Covenant-held battlefield on an unknown planet, where he quickly encounters a Brute and is nearly killed, acquiring wounds to his face. Stark, with a young Tarkov watching, and then shows his recruitment and basic training to enlist as a Marine. The film starts with a military funeral held for SSGT K.
