The Codex Series
By Edgeworks Entertainment
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Podcast Description
When the Covenant receive a transmission from an ancient Forerunner structure called the Codex, it sets in motion a race to capture it and unlock its secrets. While they work, though, the SPARTAN warriors resisting the invasion prepare a counter-assault designed to recapture the Codex ... or destroy it. This award-winning machinima rapidly became the most popular peer-produced machinima in history. Featuring a multi-layered story, characters with depth, and a moving original score, The Codex set a new standard for excellence in Halo machinima. The Heretic, the much-anticipated prequel to The Codex, began on February 9th, 2007.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 7 - Children of the Ark | As the Spartans fly down to the surface of a strangle jungle world, the Praetor and the Seraphim teleport onto the same one. As two armies rush to make contact with the renegade Elite and the Covenant Armada hovers in orbit, The Heretic builds to a stunning climax! | 5/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 6 - Follow The Fleet | While pursuing the defector, the Spartans decide to stop by and make contact with the Covenant Armada to spread some disinformation and attempt to throw the enemy off the trail. But what starts off as an in-and-out job quickly takes a turn for the worse, and soon the Spartans are in a fight for their lives... | 5/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 5 - Consorting with the Enemy | While helping the Seraph Captain search for Dove, the Praetor mysteriously disappears. The Seraphim are thrown into a panic, instantly convinced that the Praetor is helping the heretic. Meanwhile, in the Great Chamber of the Codex, the Praetor confronts his old friend, and is given knowledge that begins to change his attitude about the Covenant. | 4/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 4 - Rendezvous | While en route to rendezvous with the space station Livingston, the Mercury picks up a distress call indicating that it is under attack. After boarding the station and fighting their way through the Covenant raiding parties, the Spartans make contact with Lykurgus, and then have to make a quick escape aboard a captured Covenant capital ship. | 3/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 3 - Predator & Prey | In the aftermath of Dove Antenatee's flight, Kilrah Saburee, the Captain of the Seraphim, arrives on the island and begins preparing to hunt him down. Conflict immediately arises between the Praetor and his new commanding officer, but the Praetor is forced to help when the Seraph Captain tells him that Dove has been branded a heretic, and that he is in suspicion himself. | 3/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 2 - Mission Briefing | While training on Reach, the three teams of Spartans have a hard time working together. Meanwhile, responding to strange troop movements within the Covenant fleet, the Spartans are pulled away and given a new mission: make contact with a possible Covenant defector and escort him to UNSC-controlled space. | 2/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Heretic Episode 1 - Seeds of Doubt | Dove Antenatee, a High Cleric of the Holy Covenant, makes the discovery of a lifetime by finding the location of the Temple of the Guardian. But when he first makes contact with the presence inside the temple, he gains knowledge that plants a seed of doubt in his mind, and starts him on a journey that will change his life and could alter the future of the entire Covenant. | 2/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Heretic Action Trailer | The Action Trailer was the second of two trailers released for The Heretic, and focused on the epic battles and space sequences in the new series. The Action Trailer also unveiled the release date for Episode 1: February 9th, 2007... | 1/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe Heretic Drama Trailer | The Drama Trailer was the first of two trailers released for The Heretic, and focused on the epic score and sweeping story of the new series. The first video to be released since the Announcement Teaser, the Drama Trailer gave fans their first real look at The Heretic. | 12/12/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Heretic Teaser | The first Heretic video to be released, the Teaser Trailer gave audiences their first glimpse at what the new series would be like. Although it did not feature any characters or specific plot points, the prominent use of here-to unused maps and the cryptic titles gave many hints about the nature of the new series. | 4/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Codex Episode 20 - The End Of All Things | The Cleric enters the Great Chamber and is introduced to the Guardian. Meanwhile, Anda Sofadee hears of the Praetor's arrest and takes control of the Covenant Army, with the intention of resuing the Praetor and killing the Cleric. The Humans continue to fight into the caves, and sneak into the Codex through the ventilation shaft discovered by the Foreman. Three sides of a battle hurdle toward each other as The Codex reaches its stunning finale! | 8/12/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoThe Codex Episode 19 - Power Plays | The Praetor goes to personally command the defense of the city surrounding the Codex, and establishes the battle lines. Jack shows a little bit of tenderness toward Candy, but then rushes off into battle as the fighting begins. A hard fight begins through the city toward the Codex, but the Praetor is forced to return to the cave when he is told that the Cleric is about to enter the Codex without him. After an attempt to arrest the Cleric, the Praeceptor destroys the Praetor's warriors and arrests the Praetor. The Cleric enters the Codex at last, with the Praetor as his prisoner. | 8/5/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Codex Episode 18 - Rallying The Troops | The Chief examines the dead bodies of the ODSTs, and the Praetor realizes that the Humans are headed for the Codex. Lykurgus learns the function of the Codex: to activate the Halos and destroy all sentient life in the galaxy. Realizing the incredble danger that the Codex represents, the Humans decide to destroy it. At the same time, the Praetor and his troops prepare to defend it to the last man. The stage is set for the final battle for the future of the Codex. | 8/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoThe Codex Episode 17 - The Praeceptor | The Seraphim arrive at the Temple of the Holy Praeceptor. They are shadowed by ODSTs, who follow them inside the temple. Inside, they are slaughtered by the Seraphim, who then begin the activation of the altar and the summoning of the Praeceptor. Another group of ODSTs enter just in time to witness the Captain of the Seraphim become the Praeceptor himself. He then levitates up into the air and destroys the ODSTs with a huge blast of energy. The remaining Humans outside the Temple are no match as the Seraphim begin their journey back to the Codex. | 7/21/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe Codex Episode 16 - Betrayal | The Cleric chastises the Praetor about his loss at Mt Jefferson, then meets the Foreman, who is on his way to meet with the Praetor. The Foreman says that they have found an entrance to the Codex, and they only need to summon the Praeceptor to enter. The Cleric asks the Foreman to not tell the Praetor, but the Foreman refuses to conspire against his commanding officer. The Cleric then tells his Seraphim to kill the Foreman. However, Anda Sofadee hears of this plot and the Praetor orders her to have her Special Operations Elites shadow the Foreman and protect him. The Foreman begins to notice this, though, and thinks that the Praetor is trying to kill him. He goes to the Cleric for help, and is executed in secret. | 7/14/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Codex Episode 15 - Cry "Havoc!" | The Humans are holding the fortress against the relentless attacks by the Covenant, but Erda's forces tunnel under the wall and send several cloaked Elites into the fortress to open the gate. Jack realizes the plan, but is too late to stop the Elites from slaughtering the wounded Humans and opening the gate. Elites pour into Mt Jefferson, and Erda Renadee personally joins the fight, killing Sergeant Henderson with his own blade. He then sees Jack and immediately recognizes him as the reason for Erda's failure at Delta Base. Driven into a blood-rage, Erda attacks Jack and is killed. As Elites continue to fight through the open gate, the Chief is forced to order an evacuation of the fortress. The Humans flee through the tunnels in the back of the base, and some drive the Warthogs straight out through the Covenant army. They leave a little surprise behind them, though: a bomb which destroys Erda's army. | 7/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoThe Codex Episode 14 - The Calm Before The Storm | The Covenant are repelling all the Human attempts to destroy their tanks with anti-rocket guns. The situation is a stand-off, until the Covenant send out their Ambassador to try to negotiate the Humans' surrender. Sergeant Henderson does not take kindly to this and shoots the Ambassador in the face, thereby bringing the full retaliatory strike down upon the Humans. The battle is joined... | 6/16/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Codex Episode 13 - Cornered | Erda Renadee follows the Spartans to the crash site of the Human starship, killing the last few ODSTs left there. The Spartans arrive at Mt Jefferson and start to get set up, but before they know it, Erda's army appears outside the gates and begins the seige of Mt Jefferson. | 6/9/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Codex Episode 12 - Emergency Response | Responding to the Spartans' call for help, a small flotilla of UNSC ships appears in orbit. They are quickly destroyed by the Covenant fleet, but not before many ODSTs make it to the surface alive. Meanwhile, the Spartans return to Delta Base and find it occupied by Erda Renadee's Elites, and are forced to find a new home. After hooking up with the ODSTs and their leader, Sergeant Henderson, who were holed up in the wreckage of their destroyed ship, the Humans make their way to a remote mountain fortress called Mt Jefferson. | 6/2/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThe Codex Episode 11 - Balance of Power | The Praetor and the Cleric are fighting again, this time about whose fault it was that the prisoner escaped. The Foreman announces that he has found a potential entrance through a ventilation shaft, but the Cleric does not allow the blasting that would be required to open the tunnel. The Cleric then makes a chilling remark: if the Praetor does not act quickly, the Cleric will arrest him and take over the operations around the Codex. | 5/11/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoThe Codex Episode 10 - Rescue | After sneaking into the cave through an abandoned mineshaft, the Spartans get into position and launch the attack. They rescue Green 4 from his cell and fight their way out of the cave, but Green 2 sacrifices his life to buy them time so they can escape. | 5/3/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoThe Codex Episode 9 - Remembrance | Green 2 goes on a walk alone out in the field near Delta Base, remembering the day his whole team was killed. When asked about what he is thinking by Jack, he admits that he is having regrets about leaving his team. In the meantime, Lykurgus intercepts a Covenant signal hinting at a Human prisoner being held in the Olympia caves, and the decision is made to rescue him. | 4/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoThe Codex Episode 8 - Opening Moves | The Praetor delivers a welcome address to the Foreman and his Engineers, who have come to excavate the rest of the Codex and attempt to activate it. After his speech, the Praetor notices several of the Cleric's Seraphim guarding a door. He dispatches the Special Operations Commander to investigate, but she is blocked when the Captain of the Seraphim arrives on the scene. When she returns with a lance of her Special Operations Elites, she finds the room empty and abandoned. However, unbeknownst to her, the Cleric had already ordered that the contents of that room be brought before him for interrogation. It is a prisoner: a Spartan known as Green 4. | 4/6/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoThe Codex Episode 7 - The Siege of Delta Base | As waves of Elites assault the base, the Spartans inside are forced to fall back and relinquish the dock. Jack, who had been guarding the dock, looks out into the Covenant army and sees a Red Officer commanding the nearby forces. He quickly decides to eliminate that commanding officer, and starts a death-defying rampage across the field to get to him. After killing him, though, Jack is cornered by Covenant artillery and infantry. But just before they can fire, Blue Team miraculously appears in the Warthogs and slices through the Covenant lines, throwing the Elites into disarray. | 3/29/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoThe Codex Episode 6 - Ambush | As Blue 2 alerts the other Spartans to the presence of the Elites, the trap is sprung. Hordes of Covenant rush the Humans, who quickly fall back into a corner. As Blue Team prepares to make its last stand, they radio Delta Base for reenforcements, only to learn that Delta Base is itself under attack by a massive Covenant army. After a long bombardment, the Spartans at Delta Base retaliate with a volley of rockets and prepare to defend the base. | 3/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoThe Codex Episode 5 - Shadows in the Dark | The Praetor learns of Green 2's position, and thus the location of Delta Base, by tracking the captured Banshee. He orders an expedition be sent under Erda Renadee, the Battlefield Commander, to destroy the Spartan base. Meanwhile, Blue Team arrives at the dish at the top of the Codex, with a mission to encode a signal into the bursts sent out by the structure. Although they sense that something is wrong, they cannot find any Elites in the entire complex. The Elites are cloaked, setting up a checkmate move with which they can eliminate all of the Spartans at once, and thus minimize the casualties. Finally, though, Blues 1 and 2 manage to find two uncloaked Elites and reveal the potential ambush. An alarm is raised, and the Spartans prepare for battle. | 3/8/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoThe Codex Episode 4 - Regrouping | Back at Delta Base, the Chief and Red Team prepare to join the fight against the Covenant. Green 2 makes his way back to the base in the captured Banshee, but not before almost being shot out of the sky by Blue Team. As everyone arrives at the base, Jack comes out to meet Candy, and they have a less than warm exchange. Before they can really lay into each other, though, they are called into the Briefing Room to talk to Lykurgus and the Chief. The four of them discuss their options, and decide to attempt encoding a message into the energy bursts sent out by the Codex in an effort to contact Earth. Blue Team is given the mission, while Red Team is ordered to hang back and help plan future strategy against the Covenant. | 3/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoThe Codex Episode 3 - Aftermath | The Praetor moves his command headquarters into the Olympia cave sytem. Soon after settling in, he is alerted to the presence of a very high-ranking Covenant religious official: the Cleric. A member of the religious elite, the Cleric proves himself to be a magnanimous and complimentary person, until his authority is questioned. When the Praetor introduces the Cleric to the Special Operations Commander, Anda Sofadee, the Cleric directly insults her competence based on that fact that she is a female. This eruption of anger on the part of the Cleric almost leads to a brawl between the Cleric and the SpecOps Commander, but the Praetor seperates them. When the SpecOps Commander is dismissed, though, the Cleric turns his wrath against the Praetor and tells him in no uncertain terms that the Cleric will be watching his every move. After a cold but wrathful quarrel, the two seperate and the Cleric orders the Seraphim, his personal gaurd, to keep an eye on the Praetor. The stage is set for a power struggle within the Covenant hierarchy. | 2/22/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoThe Codex Episode 2 - First Strike | The Praetor, from the flagship of the Covenant fleet orbiting the planet, orders the invasion to begin. The plan calls for a Special Operations team to secure the cave in which the Codex is located, and then for a full invasion of the planet once the Codex is declared safe. Meanwhile, on the surface, Green Team is guarding the cave housing the alien structure when they are ambushed by the SpecOps Elites. After a quick but bloody struggle, Green 2 is ordered to flee from the cave to get re-enforcements. He protests, wishing to stay with his team, but is forced to follow orders. He makes his way out of the cave, fights through a nearby city, captures a Covenant Banshee, and heads back to Delta Base. | 2/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoThe Codex Episode 1 - The Gathering Storm | The Praetor, a high-ranking Covenant general, is brought before the Council to be interrogated after he rushed in to investigate a signal he believed was coming from the ancient Forerunner structure known as The Codex. His failure to alert the proper religious authorities made him the subject of great suspicion, but he is able to prove himself innocent of malicious intent. Due to his ledgendary skill, he is given command of the invasion of the planet Ariaos II and the capture of The Codex. Meanwhile, the Spartans detect the Covenant invasion force en route, and begin to make preparations for the defense of the planet. | 2/9/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 30 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
The Codex: A Review
The Codex is amoung many of the new machinema series based on Halo and Halo 2. Thousands people have been entertained by Red vs. Blue another series based on comedy in the army, while slightly similar this is much more serious and action oriented. Set as a parrallel to the storyline around Halo the videogame a small group of soldiers fight to maintain control of a planet. While the dialogue can get wordy and may be a bit dull it is well worth it for the action scenes alone. The original music is also pretty good, it sets the tone without you wodering if they are plugging their favorite band. If you have ever enjoyed Halo, Halo 2 or science fiction this is well worth the download. Since the company that made Halo (Bungie) will not let them release a DVD this may be the only major exposure, show your support!
beter than the halo 2 story it self!
omg first of all i love your use of all of the levels like sets this is like a profecional job and also i noteced that you did a great job using software to make things looking real like adding 4 tanks when you can onley have 2 i cant wait for these to be on dvd if that company will ever let you come out with a dvd and come out with a second season for goodness sake these here are the best and i say there ipod must haves if you dont have ipod video get them for your computor there really that good this is the best halo podcast
The Best
I like this better than RvB it was much more action orientated and serious than RvB which I liked about it
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