Last fall, within the run-as much as the November release of Halo 4, Microsoft Studios released a five-part live-action mini-series called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. The series provided some back story for the Halo 4 campaign and was an incredibly good live-action addition to the Halo lore.

The mini-series has now been nominated for an Emmy Award. The nomination isn’t for the series’ acting or computer graphics, though. Forward Unto Dawn was nominated for Outstanding Main Title Design. The opposite nominees for the award include the shows Elementary, The Newsroom, Vikings, Da Vinci’s Demons, and American Horror Story: Asylum. The award is given to primetime shows for his or her main title sequence, and up to now have been won by shows reminiscent of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, and 6 Feet Under.

Forward Unto Dawn follows a couple of weeks within the lifetime of Thomas Lasky, a recruit on the UNSC Corbulo Academy of Military Science. As component of Hastati Squad, Lasky deals with bullying, family issues, and a burgeoning romance with a squadmate played by Anna Popplewell (Susan from the Chronicles of Narnia movies). When the inevitable Covenant invasion occurs, Master Chief himself arrives to usher the cadets to safety. Forward Unto Dawn‘s main title sequences tie the events of the series into the start of Halo 4.