The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level): Difference between revisions

|place = [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery|SinoViet]] [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship breaking facility]], [[Asźod]], [[Reach]]

|objective = Deliver the [[armored matrix|Package]] to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, then shoot down the Covenant {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} so that the ''Autumn'' can escape.

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{{Article Quote|Deliver Halsey's data package to the ''Pillar of Autumn''.}}

'''The Pillar of Autumn''' is the tenth campaign level of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. The level takes place on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], near and in the [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking yards]] at [[Asźod]].

The level opens with the remainder of [[Noble Team]] onboard a [[D77-TC Pelican]], on their way to deliver [[Cortana]] to the dry-docked {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. The Pelican is critically damaged and [[Carter-A259]] is badly wounded. Carter orders [[SPARTAN-B312]] and [[Emile-A239]] to complete the courier mission without him, while he lures the Covenant away from the pair by using the Pelican as a decoy. Emile-A239 and SPARTAN-B312 execute a low-altitude jump from the Pelican outside of the dockyard and are forced to fight their way to the facility. After battling through several Covenant outposts, the two SPARTAN-IIIs are forced to continue their journey through a cave system to circumvent a large group of Covenant forces. Upon reaching the other side, however, they are confronted by a Scarab. Realizing that the Scarab's presence prevents Emile and Noble Six from moving on, Carter rams it with the Pelican, knocking it off a cliff and sacrificing himself in the process. The two SPARTAN-IIIs continue their journey and eventually reach the Asźod ship breaking facility.

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Noble Leader, please respond."

''Cuts to the cockpit of the Pelican, with [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]] moving closer to the pilot seat. Suddenly, several plasma bolts hit the Pelican, impacting Noble Six, flickering the Spartan's shields. The view turns to the troop bay of the Pelican, and [[Emile-A239]] is seen firing his [[M319 Individual Grenade Launcher|Grenade Launcher]] at the two Banshees. Emile concentrates fire on a single Banshee. The grenade detonates close by, and the [[EMP]] disables the Banshee, which swoops up and crashes into its wingman. Both are taken out, but the Phantom still pursues. The view switches back to the cockpit, and moves in front of Six. Carter, critically wounded but still in the pilot seat, takes off his helmet and throws it onto the ground. Blood splatters cover the cockpit window.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Likewise... I'll do what I can to draw their fire."

''Six turns and walks to the troop bay.''

'''''Take the package and deliver it to the Pillar of Autumn while Carter covers you from the air.'''''

*'''Emile-A239''': "Still with us, Commander?"

*'''Carter-A259 (COM):''' "Stay low, let me draw the heat. You just deliver that Package."

''Emile indicates the ship in the distance.''

*'''Emile-A239''': "Six! Get back on to the Mon'!"

''Carter's Pelican reappears and distracts the Scarab by shooting its back.''

*'''Emile-A239''': "Commander, you don't have the firepower!"

''After noticing the two Spartans, the Scarab takes aim at Six and Emile as it charges its cannon. Carter's Pelican flies over and strafes it. The Scarab is distracted and stops charging its cannon.''

*'''Emile-A239''': "Buggers. Go quiet."

''[[Yanme'e|Drone]]s attack the duo, but with skill and superior firepower, the Spartans take the Covenant troops down. After taking down several [[Skirmisher]]s, Emile and Six find the cave's exit. The [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery|SinoViet]] facility is seen, with the grounded and scrapped UNSC frigate'' [[Commonwealth]] ''being an enormous battlefield between UNSC and Covenant troops.''

*'''Emile-A239''': "Understood. We've got to get to the dry dock - Priority One."

''They clear the front of the shipyards and proceed into the facility. Soon they link up with some [[UNSC Army]] troopers fighting another mass of Covenant.''

*'''Emile-A239''': "So far. TAC eval?"

*'''Emile-A239''':  "We'll find it. You just keep 'em busy."

''If Six stalls:''

''Six and Emile penetrate deeper into the facility, fighting past numerous Covenant soldiers. Along the way, they encounter a pair of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]].''

''A Phantom approaches and drops off enemy troops.''

'''''Keep heading east, no matter what they throw at you.'''''

''Noble Six and Emile link up with a Marine squad outside the warehouse.''

*'''Emile-A239''': "What's the situation?"

*'''Emile-A239''': "Noble to Keyes: we're at the pad."

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''Noble Six hands the Package to Captain Keyes.''

''Still alive, Emile pulls out his kukri from his shoulder pauldron sheath and stabs the Zealot in the throat before dragging them both to the floor and out of sight. Keyes' Pelican returns to Platform Delta. One of the Marines holds out his hand, gesturing for Noble Six to join them.''

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': ''(determined)'' "Negative. I have the gun. ''(to Keyes)'' Good luck, sir."

''If the player stalls even more:''

''If the player continues to stall:''

*'''Keyes (COM)''': "You're going to have to take down that cruiser, Spartan!"

''Six moves towards the building housing the mass driver, but is confronted by an [[Sangheili|Elite]] [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]] and an accompanying squad of three Zealots, all Devoted Sentries. The four Elites in turn are guarded by multiple [[Special Operations Unggoy]] and an Engineer (on higher difficulties). Noble Six fights his/her way through and mans the mass driver.''

[http://youtu.be/yZwFvarIV1Q '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''The magnetic fields guiding the plasma destabilize, causing a massive explosion that rocks the ship.''

==Gallery==

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File:ScarabNoble.jpg|Noble Six and Emile driving a Mongoose toward a Scarab.

File:Covenant_Fleet_Aszod.jpg|The Covenant fleet above Asźod.

File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|Noble Six disabling the battlecruiser with the Onager.

File:HaloReach - John117.png|The [[John-117 in cryo]] easter egg in the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s hangar bay.