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When you begin the level, run out, fill up on goodies, and walk over near the bridge to trigger the dropship. Your escape pod cut a swath in the ground as it crashed. Follow the line of this smoking furrow back to the river. Soon two Elites and six Grunts will deploy from their dropship. You should be out of their range, but still close enough to snipe the Grunts with your pistol. Some of the Grunts will head straight across the bridge, so plug them before they get safely to the other side. There's plenty of ammo at the crash site, so go through as many rounds as you want. Once absolutely all the grunts are dead, we're ready to take out the Elites. Two against one isn't really fair odds, so we aren't going to play fair either. We're going to get our feet a little wet and sneak around behind them. Hop into the river and head back to the waterfall. Once you're far from the keen eyes of the Elites, turn right and hug the wall heading back west towards the escape pod. Keep yourself pressed against the wall until you reach the edge of the abyss, then follow the edge north out into the open in front of the escape pod. If all goes well, you should be staring at the backs of the two Elites who have no idea you're there. Now of course you should beat them to death. Quickly fill up your pistol, grab the secondary weapon of your choosing (I like the plasma rifle), scavenge for grenades, but don't get the health pack yet.

Cross the bridge and look out for any Grunts that might have gotten through your hail of bullets. Two Banshees will start making your life difficult right about now, but if you keep an eye on them and only run between cover when you're clear, they will turn around and just leave once you get far enough along. If you want to be extra thorough, use up all that Assault Rifle ammo on them. It will just go to waste otherwise. As you're making your way up the hill, stay relatively close to the right edge. When you're all the way up as far as the edge goes, turn left and look for a big rock against the wall to hide behind. There are four Grunts and an Elite frolicking in the rocks here. Peek out and snipe until all the Grunts are dead, then ruthlessly slaughter the single remaining Elite however you choose. A charged shot from a Plasma Pistol will drop his shields nicely and force him to run for cover. Don't forget the goodies back at the escape pod if you need anything at all before going on to the next area. Now you can get the health pack. After you're full, head out to save the Marines.

Cross the bridge and look out for any Grunts that might have gotten through your hail of bullets. Two Banshees will start making your life difficult right about now, but if you keep an eye on them and only run between cover when you're clear, they will turn around and just leave once you get far enough along. If you want to be extra thorough, use up all that Assault Rifle ammo on them. It will just go to waste otherwise. Don't bother trying to get one if you somehow kill the pilot though. Even if the Banshee is perfectly intact, the game does not let you pilot it. You can flip it over as much as you want, but there is no dialog to enter the Banshee. As you're making your way up the hill, stay relatively close to the right edge. When you're all the way up as far as the edge goes, turn left and look for a big rock against the wall to hide behind. There are four Grunts and an Elite frolicking in the rocks here. Peek out and snipe until all the Grunts are dead, then ruthlessly slaughter the single remaining Elite however you choose. A charged shot from a Plasma Pistol will drop his shields nicely and force him to run for cover. Don't forget the goodies back at the escape pod if you need anything at all before going on to the next area. Now you can get the health pack. After you're full, head out to save the Marines.

You should get a checkpoint just before you start the next fight. Save and quit when you hit it. Checkpoints have a nasty way of creeping up in this area just after you've shot your last bullet and have no health left. If this happens, just turn the machine off and restart your game. This area is the hardest part of the level. There are six dropships that will land in rapid succession at three different landing sites. You'll get a checkpoint after you've taken out each dropship's complement of Covenant, but only save it if you've killed all the Elites, most of the Jackals and Grunts, left the rest behind for the Marines, and are already in range of the next dropship's landing site.

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 When you begin the level, run out, fill up on goodies, and walk over near the bridge to trigger the dropship. Your escape pod cut a swath in the ground as it crashed. Follow the line of this smoking furrow back to the river. Soon two Elites and six Grunts will deploy from their dropship. You should be out of their range, but still close enough to snipe the Grunts with your pistol. Some of the Grunts will head straight across the bridge, so plug them before they get safely to the other side. There's plenty of ammo at the crash site, so go through as many rounds as you want. Once absolutely all the grunts are dead, we're ready to take out the Elites. Two against one isn't really fair odds, so we aren't going to play fair either. We're going to get our feet a little wet and sneak around behind them. Hop into the river and head back to the waterfall. Once you're far from the keen eyes of the Elites, turn right and hug the wall heading back west towards the escape pod. Keep yourself pressed against the wall until you reach the edge of the abyss, then follow the edge north out into the open in front of the escape pod. If all goes well, you should be staring at the backs of the two Elites who have no idea you're there. Now of course you should beat them to death. Quickly fill up your pistol, grab the secondary weapon of your choosing (I like the plasma rifle), scavenge for grenades, but don't get the health pack yet.
-Cross the bridge and look out for any Grunts that might have gotten through your hail of bullets. Two Banshees will start making your life difficult right about now, but if you keep an eye on them and only run between cover when you're clear, they will turn around and just leave once you get far enough along. If you want to be extra thorough, use up all that Assault Rifle ammo on them. It will just go to waste otherwise. As you're making your way up the hill, stay relatively close to the right edge. When you're all the way up as far as the edge goes, turn left and look for a big rock against the wall to hide behind. There are four Grunts and an Elite frolicking in the rocks here. Peek out and snipe until all the Grunts are dead, then ruthlessly slaughter the single remaining Elite however you choose. A charged shot from a Plasma Pistol will drop his shields nicely and force him to run for cover. Don't forget the goodies back at the escape pod if you need anything at all before going on to the next area. Now you can get the health pack. After you're full, head out to save the Marines.
+Cross the bridge and look out for any Grunts that might have gotten through your hail of bullets. Two Banshees will start making your life difficult right about now, but if you keep an eye on them and only run between cover when you're clear, they will turn around and just leave once you get far enough along. If you want to be extra thorough, use up all that Assault Rifle ammo on them. It will just go to waste otherwise. Don't bother trying to get one if you somehow kill the pilot though. Even if the Banshee is perfectly intact, the game does not let you pilot it. You can flip it over as much as you want, but there is no dialog to enter the Banshee. As you're making your way up the hill, stay relatively close to the right edge. When you're all the way up as far as the edge goes, turn left and look for a big rock against the wall to hide behind. There are four Grunts and an Elite frolicking in the rocks here. Peek out and snipe until all the Grunts are dead, then ruthlessly slaughter the single remaining Elite however you choose. A charged shot from a Plasma Pistol will drop his shields nicely and force him to run for cover. Don't forget the goodies back at the escape pod if you need anything at all before going on to the next area. Now you can get the health pack. After you're full, head out to save the Marines.
 You should get a checkpoint just before you start the next fight. Save and quit when you hit it. Checkpoints have a nasty way of creeping up in this area just after you've shot your last bullet and have no health left. If this happens, just turn the machine off and restart your game. This area is the hardest part of the level. There are six dropships that will land in rapid succession at three different landing sites. You'll get a checkpoint after you've taken out each dropship's complement of Covenant, but only save it if you've killed all the Elites, most of the Jackals and Grunts, left the rest behind for the Marines, and are already in range of the next dropship's landing site.