Editing 343 Guilty Spark (level)

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In the swamps near a [[Flood containment facility]] on the surface of Installation 04, John-117 is dropped from ''[[Echo 419]]'' to search for [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] who has been out of contact for over 12 hours. Soon, the Master Chief stumbles upon a structure and ventures within it, only to find out that the Marines accompanying the Captain have been slaughtered by an [[the Flood|unknown force]]. After realizing the fate of the Marines, John fights his way out to the swamp and encounters [[04-343 Guilty Spark|a questionable ally]].

 

 

In ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', completing the level on any difficulty unlocks the "[[343 Guilty Spark (achievement)|343 Guilty Spark]]" achievement worth 10 Gamerscore. Riding the Pelican for several seconds at the beginning of the level will unlock the "[[Get Me Out of Here!]]" achievement, worth 5 Gamerscore. Beating the level's par time and par score will unlock the "[[Lightning in a Bottle]]" and "[[Circuit Breaker]]" achievements respectively, each worth 10 Gamerscore. Activating the [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal]] found on the level will unlock the "[[Bearly Contained]]" achievement worth 5 Gamerscore, while finding the [[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Skulls#Recession|Recession Skull]] will unlock the "[[Skulltaker Halo: CE: Recession]]" achievement, also worth 5 Gamerscore.

[[File:HCEA 343 Guilty Spark Intro.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''[[Echo 419]]'' arrives at the swamp.]]

''In certain parts of the level, the player can hear a radio transmission coming from a crashed human dropship and a [[Uplink Crate|Covenant communications terminal]]. As it repeats, static pervades the transmission, and the signal fades in and out of clarity.''

''John-117 quickly finds the crashed dropship sending the message. There are weapons and supplies piled nearby, but no signs of life.  An explosion in the distance throws the bodies of an Unggoy and a Kig-Yar through the air.  He heads off to investigate and finds a crashed Covenant [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit]].''

''When he reaches the other side, he hears [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] fire nearby. He investigates and sees a mob of Unggoy and Kig-Yar fleeing from a large entrance. A [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenade|frag grenade]] explosion throws a [[Type-29 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Shade]] turret through the air. The fleeing Covenant regroup nearby and attack him out of fear.''

[[File:343GS lvl 01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Chief arrives at the ominously empty facility.]]

*"[[Avery Junior Johnson|Sarge]]? [[Manuel Mendoza|Mendoza]]? [[Bisenti]]? Oh God...the things took them. Away, away, away, they went away... ''(mumbles and cries)'' They're gone! Get it? ''Gone''!"

[[File:JenkinsHelmetCEA.png|thumb|right|300px|Private Jenkins' discarded helmet.]]  

''The floor is covered in [[human]] [[blood]]. Discarded UNSC weapons litter the floor. John-117 also notices a helmet lying on the floor, and, crouching, moves swiftly towards it. Once there, he surveys the room one more time, places his rifle on the floor, and picks up the helmet. The name "JENKINS" is stamped across it. There is a large, jagged hole punched through the top of it. The Master Chief shakes his head. He then examines the helmet more closely and notices that the [[Helmet Recorder]], near the [[Heads-up display]], is still intact. He retrieves the [[Recorder Chip]] and inserts it into a socket in his helmet.''

[[File:SargeBisentiArguing.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sergeant Johnson arguing with Bisenti over flip music.]]

[[File:InfectedEliteCorpse.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The squad discovers an oddly-mutilated Sangheili corpse.]]

*'''Bisenti''': "What is ''that''?"

''Riley lies on the ground, one of the Pod infectors attached to his chest. Kappus tries to pull it off him.''

*'''Kappus''': "Hold still, hold still!"

''Kappus pulls the creature off of Riley, who goes limp. Kappus struggles with the creature, which is now trying to infect him.''

[[File:KeyesJohnsonCEA.png|thumb|right|300px|Sergeant Johnson and Captain Keyes fight back-to-back as their squad is overrun by the Flood.]]

[[File:Scrn 036.jpg|thumb|right|250px|John is about to be attacked by [[Pod infector]]s that broke quarantine in the containment facility.]]

''John-117 eventually sees two Marines armed with [[M90 Close Assault Weapon System|shotguns]] and assault rifles fighting the Flood.''

''John-117 reaches the top where a group of trapped 10 Marines are holding out.''

''It is obvious they used a lot of ammo to escape, and it is all stacked in a pile. Most Marines hold shotguns and assault rifles, one or two have [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|plasma rifles]].''

[[File:HCE_343GuiltySpark_SecondSquad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Corporal Lovik and the survivors of the second squad attempting to escape the Flood-infested swamp.]]

*'''[[Corporal]] [[Lovik]]''': "Sir! Thank God you're here. We've been lost out here for hours. After we lost contact with the rest of the mission, we, we headed for the RV point, and then these-these....these ''things''...they ambushed us. We've gotta get out of here!"  

[[File:ChiefSparkCEA.png|thumb|right|300px|The Chief and 343 Guilty Spark meet for the first time.]]

*When the Covenant run away from the structure early in the level, there are [[MA5B Assault Rifle|Assault Rifle]] shots coming from the structure. To see this fully, use the "Stay in Pelican Trick" to get to the higher level of the swamp. Walk towards the entrance and slide down. They will see three MA5Bs floating in the air pointing at different angles firing wildly for a few seconds before disappearing.

*It is possible to skip the entire Flood reveal and progress through the level directly from the first room after the first elevator. To do this when the player first enters the room they must drop down to the lower level and go left to the column with a light past the lockd door. There the player must grenade jump and move back but stop moving just in time; this allows the player to end up in the floor above and if done correctly the player should land on the beam. The player must then move past a bit of geometry (there is a line in the floor) but taking care not to move too far towards the wall or else the player will fall back down. From here the player must crouch, quickly release crouch and jump forward, then time the release of forward and crouch again; done correctly the player will land on another beam. The player must then move straight towards the back wall (where the door that later allows the player to progress is). Finally near the wall the player needs to jump diagonally through the wall and possibly crouch, avoiding the glass window at the right but not going too far left. From here the level can be continued as normal as despite the door to get in being locked the door to the electric room and the door after are not.

*Sometimes, after the Master Chief has left Dropship V933's crash site, the emergency distress call will start again prematurely, causing the message to overlap on itself.

*After encountering the Crazed Marine, there is a Plasma Rifle laying on the ground. There was supposed to be a dead Elite beside it but oddly it only appears in Jenkins' recording despite that same Elite being encountered by John-117 in ''Halo: The Flood'' as well. Another theory is that the Sangheili was infected by the Flood before John arrived on the scene.

*It is odd that the dead Marine in the recording cutscene is still there as the Flood infect anything they find. Of course, Bungie may have just put it there to increase the tense atmosphere that started at the beginning of the level. Furthermore, this dead marine has a hat on during the Cutscene, though during gameplay he doesn't.

*The date on the timestamp of [[Private Jenkins]]' footage is May 27, 2552; months before the game actually takes place, which is September. This is due to the Private not calibrating his helmet cam.

*During the Private Jenkins' helmet camera cutscene, when the Pelican dropship lands, crashed Pelican can be seen in the background. It is odd that the Marines do not inspect the downed Pelican. Though, an explanation could be that ''Victor 933'' is one of the other Pelicans that landed to drop off troops for the mission but, probably crashed. In addition, the Chief probably fast forwarded the recording before the player could see the squad inspect the crash site. Another sign of evidence supporting why the ''V933'' is different from Johnson's Pelican would be that the voice of the repeating recording left by the pilot of ''V933'' was male but, the voice of the pilot in the other dropship was female. One additional explanation would be that in the "Jenkin's recording" cutscene, Johnson orders several Marines to wait at the structure's entrance for when Captain Keyes and a "second squad" arrive. Another theory is that either ''V933'' was Second Squad's Pelican or Johnson's Pelican's wingmate.

*According to ''Halo: The Flood'', Jenkins was the one who tried to run, instead of Mendoza. Also, it is unknown how Jenkins helmet got damaged as according to the book, a Pod infector got Jenkins on the back.

*The Spoofer, which the Master Chief uses to open the door, only appears in the cutscene and not during actual gameplay.

*Sometimes Sergeant Johnson will be in the surviving second squad, even though he escaped the structure by himself.<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''</ref>

*It is actually possible to see the "chestbursted" Elite from Jenkins' recording during gameplay in both standard and anniversary editions. Simply play the recording cutscene, and then head back to the room you came from (the one with the crazed marine) and through the use of grenades and a Shade turret, you can clip through the door and head back into the room, where the Elite will be. The crazed marine will be gone, but the Elite will be present, along with several others like him littered across the room. It is possible to do this glitch on the original version, but thanks to the [https://www.halopedia.org/Halo:_Combat_Evolved_Anniversary_Skulls#Boom Boom skull] introduced in ''Anniversary'', it is significantly easier to pull off. To see it fully, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1fm41ouBfI&t=700s click here].

**The dead Elite bodies are not actual corpses, but collision less objects. This can be seen when throwing a grenade: whereas a normal corpse will be thrown away from the explosion, the dead Elites don't move.

**For an unknown reason, despite the fact that the room is not supposed to be accessible to the player following the recording cutscene, Flood combat forms spawn in the room regardless.

*The door that the Flood breaks open during the helmet camera cutscene is closed before triggering that cutscene. This can be seen through a window from the room before the cutscene triggers.

===Easter Eggs===

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*Occasionally a Sangheili Combat Form will jot across the player's path if he/she walks off the tree trunk.

*After seeing the fallen Spirit dropship, keep moving forward and advance to the fallen tree. Look up and use the pistol scope and a Flood Combat form can be seen. The Combat form can be shot and have pieces blown off, but it cannot be killed, as so not to spoil the surprise of the Flood.

*When inside the structure and when you get to the room with the gun turrets, throw a plasma grenade under one of the gun turrets. If you get it just right the gun turret will blast up to the higher level of the room. Then after you've gotten past the spooked marine and your on the higher level, melee the gun turret over to the door that you just came out of and get the back leg in the door. then proceed with the level. When you come back, the door you meleed the gun turret into will be partially opened. Give the gun one more melee and it will start shaking. get into the turret and turn it so that the right is facing the door then get out of the turret and you will be in a hallway (this might take a few tries) then go through the hallway to get to a secret room! (Warning: there is flood in here.)

*In the ''[[Halo 3]]'' level, [[Floodgate]], there is [[Suicidal Marine|another]] [[Crazed Marine]], though this one won't shoot at the player. Instead, he points the [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|pistol]] at his head occasionally, contemplating suicide.

*There was an idea for the Crazed Marine earlier in the development of this level in which he will stay alive, and when the player walks a distance away from him there was going to be a loud bang. If the player comes back, he would be found dead on the floor. This was revealed by [[Joseph Staten]] on the ''Halo 3'' Legendary Edition bonus disk.

*The Flood, despite being at the feral stage, does possess considerable intelligence; for example, they deliberately leave some bodies uninfected to lure others into an ambush. This befalls the Marine Squad who investigate dead Elites and Master Chief who investigates the Marines.

*The song playing during the Pelican ride with Sergeant Johnson and the Marines is titled [[Shreddin']], from the game ''Marathon: Durandal'' as "flip music", another Bungie creation rather than their previously planned licensed song which was going to be "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones. [[Martin O'Donnell]] stated this on the ''Halo 3'' Legendary Edition bonus disk.

*A Flash Parody was made about this level, titled "TISAH: Flood", it features almost each notable aspect of this level. In the part where the Master Chief first makes contact with the Flood, a reference is made about the survival horror game series ''[http://residentevil.wikia.com Resident Evil]''.

*If the player doesn't enter the installation in this level and choose to linger in the swamps, he/she can hear in the background Flood gurgles and howls.

*This level is one of the few rare mission levels with red team and blue team [[List of Forerunner Symbols|symbols]]. They can be found near the first Flood encounter area and at any similar areas in the level.

*Inside the building, one will see a Flood containment room blocked off by supply cases. Inside are dead Grunts and [[Kig-yar|Jackals]]. They were probably there because the Floods couldn't infect them as they didn't have enough calcium so they tossed them aside. There is also the possibility that the Jackals encountered moments before finding the containment room barricaded the gored Grunts and Jackals to prevent the risk of them becoming infected or because they were showing signs of progression towards becoming Flood. The weapons they had, that are now on the ground, are also fully charged.

*If the player returns to the elevator he/she entered the structure with after meeting the Flood, looking up to where the elevator is, the player can clearly observe that it is on fire and damaged. Activating it will result in debris of it falling down to the shaft, and the Halo soundtrack [[Lament for Pvt. Jenkins]] will play again.

*This is the final level of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' in which Marines are seen alive (with the exception of the non-canon Legendary ending on [[The Maw]] featuring [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] and an [[Elite]]).

*There is a unique Flood Pod infector used for Jenkin's recording cutscene. In the game's code, it is called a "nopop" and is specifically designed not to pop in the cutscene.

*Playing the level with the [[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Skulls#Grunt Funeral skull|Grunt Funeral Skull]] active in ''Halo Anniversary'' causes the Grunt corpses to detonate immediately after they spawn. This results in the player hearing explosions as they proceed further into the complex.

*Oddly enough, even though the Covenant are present in this level, there is no sign of Elites to fight except those who are already turned into Combat Forms. This, and the subsequent level The Library, are the only levels where the player will not encounter any Covenant Elites.

===Halo: Combat Evolved===

File:Fleeing.jpg|[[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] fleeing from [[the Flood]].

File:Swamps.jpg|[[John-117]] standing in the swamps of [[Installation 04]].

File:MarinePicture.jpg|The [[Hidden Marine Easter Egg on 343 Guilty Spark]].

File:Crazed Marine.jpg|John-117 being attacked by the [[Paranoid Marine]].

===Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary===

{{Succession box | before = ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]'' <br />| title = [[Halo: Combat Evolved#Campaign|''Halo'' Campaign Missions]] | years = '''''343 Guilty Spark''''' |after = ''[[The Library]]''}}