Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level): Difference between revisions

|game=''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''<br>

''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''

|Objective=Search for other [[bumblebee escape pod|lifeboats]] and protect the survivors until extraction arrives

*[[Sangheili]]

*[[Unggoy]]

*[[Kig-yar]]

*[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]

*[[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit]]

**[[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5B Assault Rifle]]

'''Halo''' is the second [[campaign]] level in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. Set on the morning of [[2552#September|September 19, 2552]], it gives the player the first "on the ground" view of [[Installation 04]]. As the only survivor from the [[Bumblebee escape pod]] crash, [[John-117]] fights against the marauding Covenant forces, while searching and rescuing other survivors from the ''Pillar of Autumn''. This is the first level in the game in which [[Kig-yar]] and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] are encountered.

 

In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', upon completion of this level on any difficulty rewards the player the [[achievement]] "[[Halo (achievement)|Halo]]" and 25 [[Gamerpoints|Gamerscore points]]. If the player destroys three of the Banshee fighters in this level, he/she will receive the achievement "[[No-Fly Zone]]" and 10 Gamerscore points. On [[Legendary]], players who complete the level without entering the Warthog receives the achievement "[[How Pedestrian]]" and 25 Gamerscore points.

*'''[[Cortana]] (COM)''': "We're coming in too fast!"  

''The Bumblebee flies over a cliff, trailing smoke. Switch to [[John-117]]'s point of view as he watches from inside as the craft heads towards the ground at an alarming rate.''

*'''Cortana''': "Chief? Chief! Can you hear me? At last! Are you alright? Can you move?"''

''All of the Marines sit dead on their chairs. A few of the bodies were thrown to the outside of lifeboat. Weapons and ammunition scatter around the the lifeboat's exit. The Master Chief exits the [[bumblebee escape pod|lifepod]].''

''If the player heads to the waterfall's direction:''

 

 

''The Chief approaches the bridge, the only way deeper into the valley.''

''As the Chief reach the other side of the bridge, a Spirit dropship flies over him.''

''If the player catches the attention of the Spirit or the troops:''

''A Covenant Spirit dropship lands and drops two Covenant [[lance]]. Two Banshee fighters patrol the area. The Chief either eliminates or evades dropped Covenant troops and proceeds through a canyon.''

''The Chief approaches the a large structure where a group of stranded [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] are battling the Covenant. He assists the struggling Marines and eliminates the Covenant troops. Two Marines approach him.''

*'''[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]]''': ''(sighs)'' "It's a mess, sir. We're scattered all over this valley. We called for evac, but until you showed up, I thought we were cooked."  

*'''Private [[Manuel Mendoza]] (COM)''': "Heads up! I got a Covenant dropship headin' in, over here!"  

*'''Mendoza (COM)''': "Look sharp! Covenant dropship on approach! I could use some help over here!"

''The UNSC forces deal with the next wave.''

*'''Mendoza (COM)''': "Uh-oh, another [[bandit]] droppin' in behind us! They're tryin' to flank us!"

''If the player begin to leave the area:''

''After a few more waves of Covenant, a Pelican dropship appears from the cliffs.''

*'''Flight Captain [[Carol Rawley]] ([[COM]])''': "This is [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] [[Echo 419]]. Anybody read me? Repeat: any [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel, respond."  

*'''Marine, Johnson or Cortana (COM)''': "Roger, Echo 419. This is [[Fire Team Charlie]]. We read you. Is that you, Foehammer?"

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Roger, Fire Team Charlie. Good to hear from ya!"  

*'''Marine, Johnson or Cortana (COM)''': "If you're not too busy, Foehammer, we could use a lift. We have survivors to transport to the [[Command Shuttle]]."  

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "I'm on my way."

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Roger, Cortana. Okay, Charlie Team, Warthog deployed. Saddle up and give 'em hell!"

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "That's affirmative. Echo 419 staying on station. Foehammer out."  

*'''Johnson or [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[M. Fitzgerald]]''': "Sure, Cortana. All right ladies, volunteers step up on the double! The rest of you, get to the drop ship."

''If the player walk away from the dropped Warthog towards the distant cave:''

''If the the player explores the area on foot or delays for more than five minutes:''

''A [[Navigation point]] appears on the distant cave.''

*'''Cortana''': I've hacked into the [[Covenant battle network|Covenant battlenet]]. They're actually broadcasting tactical data on unencrypted channels! We should show them who they're dealing with. Master Chief, I'm going to use your [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|suit]]'s transponder system to monitor their chatter.''"  

('''Note''': The cutscene mentioned will not occur unless the player kills all of the enemies in the area. However, the energy bridge will still activate in gameplay.)

''There are three crash sites, and different lines of dialogue are said depending on the order the player visit them in. The conversation between Cortana and Rawley is always said in the order shown here, irrelevant as to which order the player visits the sites in.''

''The Chief approaches the rock slide crash site. There are up to [[list of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] Marines that can be saved there.''

''If the player leaves the area before evac arrives:''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "''Echo 419'' to Cortana, come in."  

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "We read you, ''Echo 419''. We have survivors and need immediate dust-off."  

''This line changes to reflect which two pods the player haven't yet found:''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Roger, Cortana. On my way. I've spotted additional lifeboats in your area. One near the cliff edge ''or'' One near the rock slide (If the player takes the first priority to the Cliff Edge). And another near the head of the river. Hard to see from my altitude, but it looks like there are more survivors."

''If the player dawdles:''  

''The Chief makes his way up into the hills where the Marines are.''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "''Echo 419'' to Cortana, Foehammer's on station and ready for another pickup."  

''The Chief leaves the second lifeboat, searching for the third and the last lifeboat.''

*'''Fitzgerald''': "This lifeboat is trashed, Chief. There are weapons and supplies but...no bodies."  

*'''Fitzgerald''': "The lifeboat's totaled, sir. There are weapons and supplies everywhere, but I can't find any bodies. Maybe somebody made it out of here alive."

*'''Fitzgerald''': "What a mess! The weapons lockers must have broken open. There are weapons and supplies all over the place. Where's the bodies, though?"

''If the player leaves the area before finding the survivors:''

''The Chief locates a way into the structure, where he finds up to five Marines and naval crewmen battling the Covenant. He assists them in killing the Covenant forces.''

''If there are still Covenant in the area when the player emerges from the structure:''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Roger that. I'm on my way."  

*'''Cortana''': "New traffic on the Covenant battlenet. I've found Captain Keyes! He's being held on a Covenant [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruiser]], the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', a ship I disabled before we abandoned the ''Autumn''. The ''Truth and Reconciliation'' touched down on a desert plateau roughly three hundred kilometers up-spin."

Echo 419 ''arrives.''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Welcome aboard, Master Chief. Ready for dust-off."  

Echo 419 ''flies away from the area.''

*If the player stands under ''Echo 419'' when it lands near the cliff edge, the player will come up through the floor inside the Pelican. When this happens, jump up through the floor and the player would walk inside the drop ship. However, when it starts to fly away, the player willl fall through the floor, and to his/her death.

*At the end of the level, Cortana says, "We should move out, Lieutenant", even though Carol Rawley (Foehammer) is a captain. It is possible that she was talking to Rawley's copilot, [[Frye|Lieutenant Frye]], though this seems inconsistent with the rest of the game, as Cortana exclusively communicates with Captain Rawley on ''Echo 419''.

*While protecting the Marines at the river head crash site, the first Spirit bumps into a cliff as it leaves the area.

*In the ''[[Halo 3]]'' level, ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]'' John-117 visits a Halo for that last time, whereas in this level, he visits a Halo for the first time.

*Cortana's line "This cave is not a natural formation" was reviled by the [[Bungie]] staff and fans due to its blatant obviousness.<ref name="Essentials">'''[[Halo 3 Essentials]]''': ''Developer commentary''</ref> Originally, the cave to which Cortana refers looked natural, though Cortana could tell that it was not; the cave was changed to look artificial near the end of the level's development, and the line was kept.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1CGUnd3nw0 '''YouTube''': ''Halo Reach Legendary Edition'' Developer Commentary, Part 7]</ref> The statement serves as the namesake of a chapter title in the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' level [[The Package (level)|''The Package'']], in which [[Noble Team]] retrieves a fragment of Cortana from a [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|subterranean Forerunner complex]].

*[[Jen Taylor]], the voice actress of Cortana, also played the voice of the lifeboat pilot at the beginning of the level.<ref name="Essentials"/>

{{succession box | before = ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' <br />| title = [[Halo: Combat Evolved|''Halo'' Campaign Levels]] | years = '''''Halo''''' |after = ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''}}