Headhunters (Halo Evolutions: short story)
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- Headhunters is a short story in Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, a collection of short stories by a number of authors. It tells the story of a specialist team of SPARTAN-IIIs, mainly Roland and Jonah, two top echelon elite SPARTAN-IIIs who are selected by ONI Section Three for a special branch under the Beta-5 Division. Headhunters is written by Jonathan Goff.
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That's the problem with Halo. If there's a cool character and it's not the Chief, they may as well be dead already.
This story was created to show the kind of hardships UNSC special ops soldier went through without Mjolnir armor, kind of like Reach showing how bad the war actually was
locke, buck, and arbiter aren't dead.
Kage999 Nobody likes Locke
and nobody really likes buck ever since 343 decided to make him a spartan
hey 1337 isn't dead i think
4:30 "like picking on an emotionally stunted 12 year old. nice reference to the multipayer
Taylor Houle yes, yes it was
+Connor Holcomb COD's
LMAO
XD
Connor Holcomb what if the 12 year old is autistic well actually I'm 14 but still
"You're a government sanctioned sociopath, most would say that's far from okay..." xD
+Jack Podvin I'm just saying I wouldn't trust you with my kids.
+LocoMotion99 you don't have any kids.
+Slayer Seb well then we got nothing to worry about.
I wouldn't trust you with my kids. You don't have kids. then there's no problem.
That's why I love Spartan 3s. They got humor.
Dammit, it's always the cool characters that die
Chin Nation Spartans never die...they just go missing in action
Read First Strike. They do die. Be real like really?
Sierra 042 Douglas nah man spartans neva die
Jdog n gets it
jdog n they very much do die, read about the history of the Spartan III program
Green spartan: "kills the elite"
Red spartan:Dont you think thats-
Announcer: OVERKILL!!!
Giantdad You know what I’m about to say...
THE LEGEND NEVER DIES
the green one is jonah and the red one is roland
Jonah is the green one and Roland is the red one.
Fr though fuck that elite. He had that shit coming as soon as he went on that hypocrital rant.
why are people confused with how much they talk? spartan 3s were wayyyy more sociable and laid back than their spartan 2 counterparts, plus this is exactly the kind of banter we saw in halo reach, even jorge talked a lot. while they are all spartan they are stark differences between a spartan 2 and 3. 2s are your walking tanks who don't talk and live for war, 3s were a bit more complex in that they knew life outside of the program and grew up around many more peers. So it only makes sense they are more comfortable with each other and less stoic. Team dynamic was also a key in spartan 3 combat as opposed to 2s who could essentially be one man armies, so talking and interacting was paramount.
SIII fight to avenge their families, SIIs fight because ONI told them at 10 too
S2s were kidnapped at 4 or 6. Can't quite remember.
Spartan 3's were also not as effective as the 2's
Spartan 3's also were more animalistic, they were designed to revert back to being primitive humans and go savage on their enemies
George is a Sp2 dude
If 343 gives these guys there own game or spin off game I would forgive them for halo 5.
they made halo better WIY DO PEEPEL HAYT 343
How did they make halo better exactly? Cause from where i'm standing they have done nothing but ruin it
Yeah but I can dream, this short has a better story than all of halo 5
Halo 5s story was set up for the next game idk how so many people miss that, halo 4
5 and 6 are a trilogy basically and the 2nd is always setup for the 3rd
TargetFinder72
I know it was a setup but the story itself and characters were terrible and the gameplay is borderline call of duty. If you don't believe me watch The Act Man's videos on it.
"This ends one of two ways chief: either I walk outta here with your teeth hangin from a string around my neck, or I die with my fist down someone's thought.
Killer Joy "someone's thought" lol
fist down someone's thot lol
@@SorcererAC0 lol
Killer Joy *Throat
Ugh. How do you fuck that up?
This is badass. Loved the script. They are strangers yet at the same time family.
unlike the 2nd spartan, 3rd spartan are not that close.
This entire video is what spartan ops should’ve been
Vertutame 2nd 3rd? Dude, say SII and SIII, that’s just plain stupid.
@@NotARangerBoy and you're just plain "have no manner guy"
Vertutame grammar? Lol. Also how would you know if I have no manners? No point in arguing with someone who jumps to conclusions. Bye.
The Elite complained about the Headhunter's not being real warriors because they're assassin's yet the Shadow get a pass?
Hypocrisy at its finest
Dr. Bright not many knew of the Silent Shadow, and the way they act is more like an Inquisitorial role so...
Plus it's quite probable that more experienced Elites such as the Silent Shadow recognise there is practically no difference between themselves and the Headhunters and they tend to be more pragmatic types anyway compared to an typical honour obsessed Elite Minor
I wish this is what Spartan Ops was like
back when halo waypoint used to post some good shit.
He lost the bet they died in 2 minutes not 30 seconds 😂😂
Stalín shut up :(
@Guillaume why should he?
Wraith 117 stap it was sad
it was 30 seconds in real time, the 2 minutes is on video using slow motion and stuff.
The Turbanator *Spartan Time
I've read the book of this story and I'm glad the part where the elite slashes his blade across Jonah face wasn't in to much detail it had Jonah's eye sizzle and POP that would have given me nightmares
When the gren guy said that part about active camo and glassing lol
Did u copy my name or is it just coincidence?
coincidence
U misspelled green lol
@@jblumanog4291 grey*
11:16 he's probably talking about his home planet since he's a Spartan 3
Possibly
I dressed up as Jonah and my friend dressed up as Roland for comic con and we acting were jay and Rol were talking about stunned 12 year olds
Nice
13:19 that is actually the 2nd most graphic scene I have seen from Halo..... have me chills when i saw it some years ago
Name the first.
Recon guess you’re not gonna find out
@@usedplaystation3camera619 probably Mona Lisa
57 Pixels cnb elite torture
You haven't even seen last voyage of the infinite succor. That art is more brutal than Roland getting stabbed by an elite.
11:46. There is rage on that stab. If you read about the history of the Spartan IIIs, you can see why he would kill that elite instead of simply just shooting him at the head.
If it was an SII, they would do that.
RazgrizOne vengeful orphans
These two remind me of Locus and Felix. Anyone else?
Yah
Yeah me too
yeah just give Felix metas mask
yes
TheNukedNacho I know right
Man it really would have sucked for the Covvies if the UNSC had developed the cheap Gen 2 MJOLNIR mark 7 suits during the war instead of after it. The hundreds of Spartan 3's would have all been outfitted in real MJOLNIR suits and not the drastically inferior SPI Armor suits.
You must realize that 1.Only one set of Mk. VII armor exists and it's wearer is Naomi-010. 2. Mk. VII is GEN 1 armor, not GEN 2. 3. GEN 2 armor is all the same, just with different variants for different situations whereas GEN 1's armor(Mk. IV-VII), actually all had changes from the previous model and it wasn't until Mk. VI that variations of the armor for different environments existed.
Turbo furby Gen 2 armor is however more efficient and has a higher Speed/strength multiplier to the point Spartan IV`s can match Spartan II`s physical abilities wise (not so much in sheer skill, reflexes, experience and agility tho, and outside armor the IV`s would get raped).
The gen 2 armor is far newer afterall, so that was to be expected.
22steve5150 Spartan three's a throw away weapons so It would make sense to outfit them with more expendable equipment. at least that's what I got from Ghosts of Onyx
pantherace1000
A couple of things
1--They aren't throw away or suicide troops, they are simply considered much more expendable than previous Spartans while much, much more capable than ODSTs or Marines. In 2 cases they were deployed into suicide missions because there was no choice, it was either 2 dozen dead Spartan-2s along with their super expensive MJOLNIR armor gone, or several thousand ODSTs plus several thousand supporting Navy and Marine personnel and a dozen or so starships, or 300x Spartan-3's with the much more affordable training and armor (compared to Spartan 2s) in order to complete the high value objective.
2--Top Spartan 3 personnel were taken out of the Spartan 3 companies and placed in special units such as NOBLE and Headhunters, among some other groups, and either given MJOLNIR or highly upgraded versions of SPI armor. These units were never expended in suicide missions.
3--The original idea behind the Spartan 3 program was to expand it to eventually field tens of thousands of them. Yet they never did field numbers like that, possibly because it took longer than they thought to apply their genetic and implantation improvement technology to be usable on adults (up until Spartan IV program only pre-pubesent people could go through the process). By the time that technology had improved to augment adults, the technology to more cheaply mass produce MJOLNIR armor had also matured, resulting in the "best of both worlds" with the Spartan IV program.
22steve5150 I was just using what I learned from Ghosts of Onyx, after that point I stopped following the series for the most part.
Anyone else notice the guy with the domed helmet is the voice actor for Kenny in the walking dead video game.
i thought so
I thought so but wasn't sure
Never noticed that
Yup
The spartan III program also known as the last spartan program
Richard The Parachute Ninja the last good Spartan program the Spartan IV’s were shit
There are spartan 4s with much better armor to bring them close to 2s in fighting ability
Anjaney Asreet Rout no not really💀
@@anjaneyasreetrout2444 Nope Spartan 4's didnt mature with augmentations in them, they became them after they were adults. They all suck
@@Carbiniz3r dude I said "with armor". Go read halopedia...
their story is way better than halo 5 wish i could play as them
Imagine if in halo 5 had this pair of headhunters chasing down chief.
The dialogue is fucking masterful in this one
The very best sociopaths the galaxy has to offer.
15:10-15:35 well I'm going to find a reason to quote that
same
Ok who turned the difficulty to legendary at the end
How is thing not being made into a game. Obviously not this exact story, but something from the head hunters lore. Think a third person splinter cell meets metal gear, set in halo. You can customize your Spartan and you'd actually see them.
SAW The Spartan the RC staff helped make Halo 5???
SAW The Spartan wow 343 had so many good people and they still managed to produce a piece of shit. What pisses me off the most is how they just ignored the pretty decent story material they had in Halo 4.
ever played halo reach?
Yeah got him by the throat. Now we will proceed to wait here for no reason.
Exactly
I wish Elites could do something for once...
snark567 they planned to capture and interrogate him not kill him.
@@brandishaccount5439 But they couldn't have died since the cannon comic about them shows that they later joined the Banished under Atriox.
@@afroartist1086 You're saying there was only one team like this?
I love how well Kurt was able to train his Spartan III's
Even in his death, he made sure that the Covenant would not gain access to Onyx and its technology. He knew he wasn't going to make it with the injuries he sustained during the battle of Onyx, so he went with the only viable option he had left, nuke the Covies while sending the rest ahead. Great to see his sacrifice to save the lives of the SPARTAN IIs of Blue Team, Tom and Lucy of Beta Company, the remaining SPARTAN IIIs of Saber and Halsey and Mendez paid off.
Omg neptune
Elliot Britton you are half right... the Spartan twos were taken they didn't choose. The Spartan threes choose, they were orphaned kids from worlds that were destroyed by the Convenient ranging in a lot of ages (which they could because the augmentation was less severer) so they did have lives before the "Spartan life" that they would remember because they were regular kids.
***** halo nation and halopedia all describe this. The Spartan 3's were on average older than Spartan-2's when recruited but the ages did vary by quite a lot, and they consisted of orphans from planets glassed by the covenenant, not trained for nearly as long as Spartan-2's, given safer but slightly less effective augmentations, and given SPI Armor (basically heavily upgraded ODST armor with active camo ability and no energy shields or exoskeleton speed and power boost) instead of MJOLNIR armor since MJOLNIR was incredibly expensive at that point (shortly after the war the much cheaper Gen 2 suits make it affordable to outfit hundreds of Spartans in MJOLNIR).
Another key point is their motivation, revenge, something even the spartan IIs didn't have in such a way. The ones who actually survived their original mission usually became almost as good if not better than Spartan IIs.
I’ve played ODST and ngl that game had me hooked for a bit but do you think that also applies to ODST
To all those arguing about spartan 2's vs spartan 3's,
Spartan 3's were meant to be disposable heroes, they were supposed to die, and complete their mission, they received cheaper and less effective augmentations, and had worse armor.
Spartan 2's, while in far smaller numbers, were meant to survive. They would be sent on suicide missions, and they would survive. For example Kelly, could jump out a Pelican and survive and continue fighting.... With a collapsed lung and internal bleeding.
Why did the beam rifle sound like a carbine?
The TH-cam Rookie idk just role with it
The TH-cam Rookie artwork mistake. I'm the book it even says Roland picks up a carbine
7:53 Man, that grunt hitting that wicked dab.
I loved reading this story and they did a great job animating it. I gotta say they made the psychospartan alot more charismatic than how I Interpreted when I read it. My only complaint is that 343 always fucking leaves out the most epic lines. The spartan is supposed to say "6 of you 1 of me, that's a fair trade." Or something along those lines. I forget the exact quote.
Ah yes, from a time when Halo was rated M.
Mis those days. Instead we got this gay 343 halo.
Alexander Bourre wait isn’t this short made from the 343 era 🤔
@@calendarfactory8566 yes i am aware of that but the games are really childisch
@@ajavierb2078 halo 4 childisch?
I find it funny people said these guys don't talk like military. Hell I don't talk to my petty officers all formal all the time and these guys are basically a spec ops unit which means they tend to be alil less formal then the others. Also spartan III were the major spartan force on reach because noble six was a III and as the orion program progressed so did the tech to make Spartans which means they could have got these to at any age I would say around 12 to 14 and they are still kids in their training and kids can be assholes to each other don't bring the so and don't say well the beginning said this that doesn't mean its around that time.
+rannen woodworth 12-16 years of age.
rannen woodworth What? The Spartan-IIs were the major force on Reach, the majority of them died protection the ODP generators. The fuck are the talking about?
@The Random Gaming Box spartans IIIs that didnt live to the events of reach (alpha and beta company) all died under the age of 18. Any that lived til reach or after (gamma company being the exception as they were all under 18) were in their 20s. They were child suicide soldiers.
@The Random Gaming Box no problem
Also children
You do realise, that the IIs were the first spartans to have energy shields, so they most likely had uneffective shields, and just because the Master Chief was a II, doesn't mean there instantly the best.
Those covies really like waiting a long time before actually killing Spartans, and when they do kill one, they just stay in their position waiting for something to happen
Once we have carved your flesh and you have screamed your secrets to the stars....
Holy hell I got chills
I have the book for this and it is awesome can't believe they finally made a clip for it
So during Halo Infinite Jega ‘Rdomnai used to be the silent shadow so this is my theory that he’s in this show
Your theory is correct my friend because they confirmed it in the halo encyclopaedia
6:12 IMMORTAN!!! IMMORTAN JOE!!!!
Great short story. Definitely one of my favourite.
true spartan aim during multiplayer battles right here boys 13:58
Relatable
Crazy how 343 made this the backstory for Jega Rdomnai. He even lost a limb, just like the spartan said lol.
I wish we had a ONI spartan game this would be so much more brutal and vivid
The conversation that they have are the types I love to have
18:10 .
Jonah "Suicide is badass!"
"when in doubt, blow shit up."
Best last words ever
That moment, when he says "Clear.." Dammit Spartans has the same Mind!!! They really are, a Super Soldiers, Everything that humanity can offer!
Man this characterizes the Spartan III so much. They're human enough to form bonds and realize how messed up they are but detached enough to not care about a friend's death or their situation
This was really good I liked it a lot.
It has been several month since I've read Halo Evolutions, but as far as I remember, this actually followed the story of Head Hunters rather well. Head Hunters was one of my personal favorites, and it deserves it.
hes like Deadpool O.O... fricking awesome :)
Dude, Jonah is even more bad-ass on video. Wow, this was awesome, great job man, I didn't even know these existed.
This video always pissed me off. Why would EMP grenades not be standard issue on marines. Where they only for spartan III’s
big 131 I have to imagine they’re very expensive and complicated to mass produce. If the UNSC couldn’t afford to give the SIII’s proper armor they probably can’t afford to supply even a limited number of these to regular troops.
@@SergeantKillGore The UNSC produces its own money, thus simply making EMP’S cost nothing would be a lot better than not.
@@michaelterrell5061 The UNSC did have a limitless budget in theory, but they were still constrained by physical materials and manpower. There was most likely not a readily available supply of materials to mass produce the grenades for distribution to regular infantry.
@@SergeantKillGore ah I see that makes a lot more sense then now that you put it that way.
I can't believe the silent shadow have been around for eight years
7:51 HE DABBED! I KNEW IT!
11:11 and 15:25 Shows why this was so good. The shade being thrown in these conversations were real
Cameron Schmid Good one!
Fun fact: Noble six and Jun are Headhunters. Emile was a candidate to become one also
Imagine if there were SPARTAN-II’s who made it into the headhunter ranks
I honestly hope to see more of these types of animations
Suffer not the xeno to live!
I can't believe the silent shadow are in halo infinite
Spartan 3s were the ruthless animals of the the spartan family. They trained harder than any other set of Spartans and learned how to do massive damage with bare bones equipment as opposed to the spartan 2s shiney tech. I think of the spartan 2s as similar to Rangers, skilled efficient killers and highly disciplined and come at u with brute force and power spartan 3s are like Green Berets, more laid back and unconventional and rely on more tactics and guerilla warfare.
Spartan 3's are more like rangers since they're direct action and usually get killed more often. 2's are like devgru or delta
@@geekedonxans7795 what unit would u characterize Headhunters to? Lol
@@KillMonger592I consider headhunters/lone wolf the tier 1 ranger reconnaissance team,
@@brucewillis9095 I agree
that was a solid short, really enjoyed it, thx for the upload :)
I'm sure green guy is not dead. He is Missing In Action.
They're both missing in action.
Amen to that! TheSteelEcho666
Remember ghosts of onyx...
Sean Newton Yeah, one of the first things that came to mind when I saw these Spartan-IIIs.
UNSC Spartan-II exactly
It would be cool to get a halo game called
HALO
Head hunters
Honestly we need an animated series of halo thats multiple stories of the Human Covenant war
OMG, I THINK ONE OF THEM VOICED KENNY IN TWD
RelativelyNiceGamer What? It doesnt sound anything like kenny.
Aidan Dixon Pretty sure it is. The guy in the green armour.
Spartan Jonah is the one in the green Eva
I cried when Jonah died. I was 10 when I first saw this and I cried again today.
What percentage of Spartans or any main halo character die while causing an explosion that saves the day? Forge, Jorge, Carter, Col Ackerson, Preston Cole, Kurt-51. I feel like there is probably more too.
How could you leave out our boy Sergeant Major Avery Johnson?
9:33 taunt of the year
He was just aHEAD of the game there.
Noble 6 was a headhunter
people saying they talk to much?... you can mute the video and watch see how fun that would be.
Halo: Killing off all the likeable characters since 2001.
They need halo missions like this for the new halo infinity.
If I were a spartan I would’ve studied Sangheli to demoralize them even more. }|} “it was a rhetorical question, ASSHOLE” best part lol
This is why Emile-A239 wasn’t trusted around Insurrectionists
@@thatoneguy9291 could you explain that pls?
@@Grimmcatz Emile was a sadist, and would've put the UNSC in a negative light if it was known that their roided super soldier was brutalizing "freedom fighters" instead of the alien threat
7:52 Grunt dab. I fucking hate that trend, but this is mildly amusing.
TheFlyingDutchman you're not the only one who hates it.
Pretty sure that the dab wasn't even a thing when this animation was made.
11:50 did that elite just give him the finger?
How does an Elite give the finger without a middle finger
One of my favorite halo videos ever
I all the ingenious and well scripted shorts the professional quality is outstanding,so I would like to know if Mr Spielberg and 343 make a promise they're not going to keep by putting the Halo TV show I'm not getting any younger Mr Spielberg I'm 64 years young
You’re in luck now, my guy
*KURT-051, A LEGENDS*
I just noticed that they have kills scratched on their pistols.
A halo game with MGSV gameplay.
I WANT IT
“First we taught them to be quiet, then we taught them to be Spartans”
This makes me think of Felix and Locus from Red vs Blue
17:50
I agree, when in doubt blow s*** up
this has amazing dialogue "tend to to think I turned out ok
"Jay, you're essentially a government sanctioned sociopath.
That's not normal and some would say far from ok (all delivered
in this completely just another tuesday tone of voice I just love
it)"
Lets admit it though the S3's are suicidally bad ass...
One of the alien did a dab
lol they did 😂
Alfheim Online when
Grunt dabing deargod
when?
IT'S YOUR PET THE FREAKIN HEADHUMPER
69 people are glimmer shoppers
@midgetydeath nice
The silent shadows
Green Spartan:When in doubt..
Me:Segway Steve!
Haven’t heard that one in years lol
I like how the beginning has a little peice of the Mona Lisa music
I just saw at 7:53 a grunt did a dab 0-0
sorta
We need a Headhunter spin-off game or DLC or something that focuses on these badasses. The S-III Headhunters ofc is who I’m referring to. We’ve had a S-IV Headhunter game already (Spartan Strike).