Editing Anders' Signal

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|player=[[Player_character#Real-Time_Strategy|UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'']]

|date=[[2531|February 23, 2531]]

|place=[[Trove]]

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{{Article quote|Forge and Recon Groups ECHO and INDIA start the search for Anders.}}

==Summary==

On [[Arcadia]], Professor [[Ellen Anders]] records the [[Arcadia Forerunner ruins]] and destroyed [[R'awuw-pattern Scarab|Super Scarab]] with a handheld camera while Sergeant [[John Forge]] horses around. Suddenly, the two are attacked by the cloaked [[Ripa 'Moramee|Arbiter]] who bests Forge in a fight and wounds him. Anders stops the Arbiter from killing Forge, promising to go quietly in exchange. As the two depart in [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|a Covenant dropship]], Red Team arrives in a [[Warthog]] in a failed attempt to stop the Arbiter's departure with Anders. Retreating to the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, Forge reports Anders' capture while [[Serina]] tracks her transponder signal which quickly goes to [[slipspace|lightspeed]]. With little time to make a decision and at the urging of Forge and [[Jerome-092]], Captain [[James Cutter]] orders the ''Spirit of Fire'' to pursue.

On February 23, the Covenant vessel emerges from slipspace followed by the ''Spirit of Fire'' in [[Korinth Prior system|uncharted space]] above [[Trove|a planet]]. Forge, Red Team and Marines are sent down with [[M312 Elephant|Elephants]] to secure a base, coming into contact with Covenant forces, including [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]]. As the teams clear the area, Recon Teams [[Recon Team Echo|Echo]] and [[Recon Team India|India]] come under attack by the [[Flood]]. Forge and Red Team must attempt to rescue Echo and India and retrieve their Elephants to bring them and Forge's Elephant to the newly constructed base.

''Fades into Professor Anders and Sergeant John Forge, who are at the remains of the destroyed {{Pattern|R'awuw|Scarab}}. Anders holds a small hand-held camera, documenting the Scarab's remains. Forge grabs a piece of debris and poses with it.''

[[File:HW2.png|thumb|300px|Forge draws his M6C and takes aim.]]

''The Arbiter grabs Anders by her throat and walks into the [[Gravity lift]] of a [[Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] dropship hovering above. The ship flies away as the Spartan Red Team arrives with a [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]] firing at it. After the ship goes away, the Spartans get off the Warthog and secure the area. One of them approaches Forge, who is still lying on the ground from the attack.''

''Fades in to two ships coming out of slipspace in orbit, as seen in the atmosphere of an unknown planet. A piece of the landscape twitches, then turns around towards the camera as three small tentacles twitch around its chest, revealing [[flood combat form|an unknown lifeform]] that resembles a Sangheili.''

'''[[Trove|UNKNOWN LOCATION]]'''

*'''Forge (COM)''': "Not Covenant, sir - something else, something worse. Much [[Flood|uglier]]."

* Sergeant Forge's report about the discovery of the Flood, ''"Not Covenant, sir - something else, something worse. Much uglier."'', is similar to dialogue between [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[John-117]] on the level ''[[The Storm]]'' in ''[[Halo 3]]'', when the Flood-captured {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' arrives over [[Voi]]: The Arbiter asks, ''"What is it? More Brutes?"'', to which the Master Chief replies, ''"Worse."''

* If the Spartans are used to hijack any of the Choppers at the beginning of the level, the player can not gain control of them until the hijacked Choppers have been destroyed.

* Serina's line ''"Well, this is new. And scary,"'' was first said in the original ''Halo Wars'' demo video. However, rather than the Flood, she was referring to the sudden appearance of a [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]].

* In the opening cutscene, [[Serina]] asks if they will be leaving a note. As seen in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' and ''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'' they did indeed leave a note behind in the form of a [[log buoy]] that was supposed to be recovered by the {{UNSCShip|Roman Blue}}. However, [[Captain]] [[Terrence Hood]]'s decision to attack the {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} ''[[Radiant Perception]]'' prevented this. It is recovered in [[2557]] by [[John Forge]]'s daughter [[Rion Forge|Rion]] as seen in ''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''.