The Package

The Package is one of the seven short films comprising the anime adaptation of the Halo universe, Halo Legends. A CGI-film, The Package is a two-part episode that takes place during an adventure as the Master Chief and an elite squad of SPARTAN-II super-soldiers perform a top secret mission to retrieve a highly valuable UNSC asset on a Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser.

Part One
Part one of The Package was released on the 5th of December, and details the initial deployment and infiltration of the mission by the Spartan team. Starting off aboard an unknown ONI stealth ship, the Spartans, consisting of John-117, Frederic-104, Kelly-087, Arthur-079 and Solomon-069 being briefed by an intelligence officer - a Covenant fleet is momentarily trapped in the system, and is carrying an important "package," which the Spartans must retrieve. The stealth craft de-cloaks and deploys the Spartans in Booster Frames. Solomon is lured into one of the ships, and killed by an Antimatter Charge. Arthur is killed trying to cover Kelly during the battle, as the Spartans lock onto the real target. The film ends with the three surviving Spartans aboard the fleet's flagship, momentarily protected by a Bubble Shield, and attacking the hangar-full of Covenant warriors.

Part Two
Making their way through thick Brute and Grunt defences, the Spartans are ambushed by a team of Elites. Fred parries a swipe from an energy sword with his Spartan Laser, and kills his attacker with a dagger, distracting John's own attacker, holding the Elites off long enough for John and Kelly to go on. The shipmaster gives the order to detach part of the hull, hoping to leave the Spartans stranded in space - Kelly manages to propel John back into the ship, but is left in the vacuum. John manages to recover the "package" - revealed to be Doctor Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, founder of the SPARTAN-II Program, but is stopped by the Major Elite, who challenges him to a sword duel. Despite getting the upper hand, the Shipmaster decides to detach the entire lower hull section and jump to slipspace now that the magnetic interference has cleared, leaving the Spartans and much of their fellow Covenant stranded. The Major Elite rages as he returns to the ship, but can do nothing as John and Halsey are sealed off from him. Now free of immediate Covenant danger, the two use a Covenant escape pod, and are promptly pursued by Seraph fighters - and are saved as Fred and Kelly use one of the Seraphs to cover them until they are recovered by the Stealth Ship they were deployed from and leave the system.

Characters

 * John-117
 * Frederic-104
 * Kelly-087
 * Solomon-069
 * Arthur-079
 * Thel 'Vadamee
 * Catherine Elizabeth Halsey
 * Unnamed ONI Commander

Organizations

 * Covenant Empire
 * Covenant Navy
 * United Nations Space Command
 * UNSC Navy
 * UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command
 * SPARTAN-II Program
 * Office of Naval Intelligence

Species

 * Human
 * Sangheili
 * Unggoy
 * Kig-Yar
 * Jiralhanae

Vehicles

 * Assault Carrier
 * Booster Frame
 * CCS-class Battlecruiser
 * Seraph-class Starfighter
 * Covenant Escape Pod
 * Unnamed Stealth Spacecraft

Equipment

 * Bubble Shield

Weapons

 * M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade
 * M7/Caseless Submachine Gun
 * M90A Close Assault Weapon System
 * MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System
 * Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword
 * Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol
 * Type-25 Grenade Launcher
 * Type-51 Carbine
 * Weapon/Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galileian Nonlinear Rifle
 * Type-25 Carbine

Trivia

 * An art gallery for "The Package" was released recently displaying a SPARTAN-II wearing the Mark VI MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/V variant, making this the first Halo film to feature this armor.
 * The art gallery also revealed an Elite wearing the Assault Harness armor. However, it is incorrectly referred to as the Flight Harness, another armor permutation of the Elites.
 * The equipment used in part one of The Package seems more advanced than the UNSC was previously thought to use. Rather than relying on photoreactive panels for optical camouflage, the Stealth ship actually uses a Covenant-style active camouflage system. Likewise, the Booster Frames seem to be at least partially protected by energy shields. It may be that both of these technologies were reverse-engineered from Covenant technology.
 * In Solomon's HUD it states that he is holding a Spartan Laser, and SMG, even though he is holding an Assault Rifle.
 * The Package is the first occurrence in the Halo franchise to depict Spartans previously introduced in the franchise's storyline without helmets on, as well as Dr. Halsey's face.