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{{Status|Gameplay}}
{{Era|RW}}
{{disambig header|the campaign level|the soundtrack or the achievement, respectively|Arrival (music)|Arrival (achievement)}}
{{disambig header|the campaign level|the Halo 4 soundtrack|Arrival (music)}}
{{Level infobox
{{Level infobox
|pagegamelabel=H3
|prev = [[Halo 2 credits|''Halo 2'' credits]]
|prev=*[[Halo 2 credits|''Halo 2'' credits]] {{C|''[[Halo 2]]''}} {{C|''[[Halo 2 Vista|Vista]]''}}
*''[[The Great Journey]]'' (chronologically)
*''[[The Great Journey]]'' {{C|''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection|MCC]]''}}
|next = ''[[Sierra 117]]''
|next=''[[Sierra 117]]''
|game = ''[[Halo 3]]''
|name='''''Arrival'''''
|name = '''''Arrival'''''
|image=[[File:H3 Arrival Loadscreen.png|300px]]
|image = [[File:TrainingWheelsAchievementArt.jpeg|300px]]
|game=''[[Halo 3]]''
|player = [[John-117]]
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|date = [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]]
|player=[[Master_Chief_(gameplay)#Halo_3|Master Chief]]
|place = [[East African Protectorate]], [[Africa]]
|date=[[2552#November|November 17, 2552]]
|nowalk = 0
|place=[[East African Protectorate]], [[Africa]]
|nowalk=0
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{{Article quote|Brace for impact.}}
{{Article Quote|Brace for impact.}}
'''Arrival''' is the first [[campaign]] level of ''[[Halo 3]]''. It does not contain actual gameplay, consisting instead of a look inversion test on lower difficulties, and the game's opening cutscenes.
'''Arrival'''<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4OsnFQXJw</ref> is the first level of ''[[Halo 3]]''. It does not contain actual gameplay, consisting instead of a look inversion test on lower difficulties, and the game's opening cutscenes.


In [[Heroic]] and [[Legendary]], the only point in playing this level is because players cannot get the Campaign Complete for the Heroic and Legendary Achievements without doing so.
In [[Heroic]] and [[Legendary]], the only point in playing this level is because players cannot get the Campaign Complete for the Heroic and Legendary Achievements without doing so.
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==Transcript==
==Transcript==
[[File:Arrivaldepart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[John-117]] departs the Keyship.]]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4OsnFQXJw '''{''Cutscene''}''']
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4OsnFQXJw '''{''Cutscene''}''']


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*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "You know me. I did my research. Watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be."
*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "You know me. I did my research. Watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be."


''As the camera pans down, something comes into view entering the atmosphere, trailing flames splitting the night sky. Although it is not recognizable at this time, it is the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Anodyne Spirit|Dreadnought]].''  
''As the camera pans down, something comes into view entering the atmosphere, trailing flames splitting the night sky. Although it is not recognizable at this time, it is the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]].''
[[File:H3 ARRIVAL1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|As Cortana talks, we see a fireball enter the frame.]]
 
*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "Like the others, you were strong and swift and brave. A natural leader."
*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "Like the others, you were strong and swift and brave. A natural leader."


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''The Marines move closer to the object while one aims his gun to the left then the right of the camera watching for any sign of the enemy. The object is finally revealed to be the [[John-117|Master Chief]]. He lies at one end of the impact crater. The Marines move closer to the Chief, taking up combat positions. One sits down beside him and takes out a small computer.''
''The Marines move closer to the object while one aims his gun to the left then the right of the camera watching for any sign of the enemy. The object is finally revealed to be the [[John-117|Master Chief]]. He lies at one end of the impact crater. The Marines move closer to the Chief, taking up combat positions. One sits down beside him and takes out a small computer.''


[[File:H3_ARRIVAL2.jpg|thumb|300px|Sergeant Johnson examines an unconscious John-117.]]
[[File:Arrivalgather.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sergeant Johnson examines an unconscious Master Chief.]]


*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "[[Hospital Corpsman|Corpsman]]?"
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "[[Hospital Corpsman|Corpsman]]?"
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*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Radio for [[VTOL]], heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here."
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Radio for [[VTOL]], heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here."


''He looks down and realizes that the chip is empty. An armored hand reaches up and grabs Johnson's wrist.''
''He looks down and realize the chip is empty. An armored hand reaches up and grabs Johnson's wrist.''


*'''[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]]''': "Yeah. You're not."
*'''[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]]''': "Yeah. You're not."
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''The Chief pushes himself slowly to his feet.''
''The Chief pushes himself slowly to his feet.''


[[File:H3 ARRIVAL4.jpg|300px|thumb|right|John-117, thought to be dead, reawakens, pulling himself up on Sergeant Johnson's arm.]]
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(sighing)'' "Crazy fool! Why do you always ''jump''? One of these days, you're gonna land on somethin' as stubborn as you are! And I don't do bits and pieces!"


*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(sighing)'' "Crazy fool! Why do you [[Battle for Earth|always]] ''jump''? One of these days, you're gonna land on somethin' as stubborn as you are! And I don't do bits and pieces!"
''The Chief says nothing. Instead, he reaches down and takes Cortana's chip from the Sergeant's hand and lets go of his arm.''
 
''The Chief says nothing. Instead, he reaches down and takes Cortana's chip from the Sergeant's hand and let's go of his arm.''


*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Where is she, Chief? Where's [[Cortana]]?"
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Where is she, Chief? Where's [[Cortana]]?"
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''The Chief stares at the data crystal, and for a second, Cortana's face flashes across the screen, along with an echo from the previous game.''
''The Chief stares at the data crystal, and for a second, Cortana's face flashes across the screen, along with an echo from the previous game.''


[[File:H3 ARRIVAL5.jpg|thumb|300px|John-117 has a brief [[Character interludes|Cortana Moment]] while reminiscing of his departure with Cortana.]]
[[File:ArrivalCortanmoment.jpg|right|thumb|300px|John-117 has a brief [[Cortana Moments/Gravemind Moments|Cortana Moment]] while reminiscing of his departure with Cortana.]]


*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "[[High Charity (level)|Don't make a girl a promise...if you know you can't keep it]]."
*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "[[High Charity (Level)|Don't make a girl a promise...if you know you can't keep it]]."


''Johnson gives him a confused look.''
''Johnson gives him a confused look.''


*'''John-117''': "She [[Fall of High Charity|stayed behind]]."
*'''John-117''': "She stayed behind."


''The Chief inserts the chip into the port at the back of his helmet.''
''The Chief inserts the chip into the port at the back of his helmet.''
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'''{''Cutscene''}'''
'''{''Cutscene''}'''


''The Chief looks around, taking in his surroundings. Somewhere near him is a familiar sight...the heat-wave effect of a [[Covenant]] [[active camouflage]]. Johnson gives it a nod. A [[Sangheili]] decloaks, revealing itself to be the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]]. The Master Chief moves with fluid grace, brushing aside Johnson and another Marine next to 'Vadam, drawing Johnson's [[M6G pistol|pistol]] from its holster.''
''The Chief looks around, taking in his surroundings. Somewhere near him is a familiar sight... the heat-wave effect of a [[Covenant]] [[Active camouflage]]. Johnson gives it a nod. A [[Sangheili]] decloaks, revealing itself to be the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]]. The Master Chief moves with fluid grace, brushing aside Johnson and another Marine next to 'Vadam, drawing Johnson's [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|pistol]] from its holster.''


*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Chief, wait!"
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Chief, wait!"


''The Master Chief jams the pistol between 'Vadam's mandibles.''
''The Master Chief jams the pistol between 'Vadam's mandibles.''
[[File:H3 ARRIVAL6.jpg|300px|thumb|right|John-117 and The Arbiter standoff, 2 pinnacles of their species, 2 legends, 2 warriors.]]


*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "The Arbiter's with us!"
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "The Arbiter's with us!"
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*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "We got enough to worry about without you two trying to kill each other!"
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "We got enough to worry about without you two trying to kill each other!"
[[File:Arrivalwarning.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Thel 'Vadam warns [[First Squad]] that [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] have their scent.]]


''The Spartan slowly lowers his gun. 'Vadam clacks his mandibles together: a shrug.''
''The Spartan slowly lowers his gun. 'Vadam clacks his mandibles together: a shrug.''
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*'''Thel 'Vadam''': "We must go. The [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] have our scent."
*'''Thel 'Vadam''': "We must go. The [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] have our scent."


[[File:Arrivalma5c.jpg|thumb|300px|Sergeant Johnson gives John-117 an [[MA5C assault rifle]].]]
[[File:Arrivalma5c.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sergeant Johnson gives John-117 an [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C assault rifle]].]]


*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(Easy/Normal)'' "Then they must love the smell of green."
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(Easy/Normal)'' "Then they must love the smell of green."
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*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(Legendary, variant 5)'' "Then they must love the smell of [[Wikipedia:Bulgari|Bulgari]]. Yeah, I'm doing a little product placement! I gotta get paid, too!"
*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(Legendary, variant 5)'' "Then they must love the smell of [[Wikipedia:Bulgari|Bulgari]]. Yeah, I'm doing a little product placement! I gotta get paid, too!"


''He grabs an [[MA5C assault rifle|assault rifle]] from a nearby Marine and holds it out to the Chief. The Spartan snatches it swiftly, as if annoyed by 'Vadam.''
''He grabs an [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] from a nearby Marine and holds it out to the Chief. The Spartan snatches it swiftly, as if annoyed by 'Vadam.''


''Fades to black.''
''Fades to black.''


''Level ends.''
''Level ends.''
==Production Notes==
Early paper sketch design documents suggests the first section of the mission [[Sierra 117]] would function as a separate, small tutorial mission with the working title of "Kilimanjaro Jungle". After a short engagement with some Grunts, the player would then enter a Warthog that would transition to the full gameplay mission with the working title of "River". While this "training course" mission was dropped, the idea evidently evolved into what is in the final game, with the intro cutscene and look inversion tutorial being in this separate mission.{{Ref/Site
|Id=RobStokesH3|URL=https://rpstokes53.wixsite.com/work-of-rob-stokes/halo-3|Site=Work of Rob Stokes|Page=Halo 3|D=25|M=5|Y=2023}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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===References===
===References===
*The name may be a reference to Halo's predecessor, ''[[Marathon]]'', an earlier [[Bungie]] game, in which "Arrival" is also the name of the [[marathongame:Arrival (Level)|first level]].
*The name may be a reference to Halo's predecessor, ''[[Marathon]]'', an earlier [[Bungie]] game, in which "Arrival" is also the name of the [[w:c:marathongame:Arrival (Level)|first level]].
*The ''[[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]'' [[Bits and Pieces]] is a reference to a quote by Johnson during this level: "''And I don't do bits and pieces!''"
*The ''[[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]'' [[Bits and Pieces]] is a reference to a quote by Johnson during this level: "''And I don't do bits and pieces!''"


===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
*Arrival is the first tutorial level in the [[Halo universe|Halo Trilogy]] not to take place on a [[human]] space vessel orbiting a celestial body. ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'s'' very first level was on the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} orbiting the [[Installation 04|Halo]] mega-structure and ''[[Halo 2]]'s'' first level was set on the UNSC [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] defense platform [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]] in a geosynchronous orbit around [[Earth]].
*Arrival is the first tutorial level in the [[Halo universe|Halo Trilogy]] not to take place on a [[human]] space vessel orbiting a celestial body. [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'s very first level was on the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]] orbiting the [[Halo]] mega-structure and ''[[Halo 2]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first level was set on the UNSC [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] defense platform [[Cairo Station|Cairo]] in a geosynchronous orbit around [[Earth]].
*At the data pad the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] carries, one can see an X-Ray of Master Chief's helmet revealing his skull. To the left of the Master Chief's skull, there is a photo of what could be the Master Chief's face. However, the picture could be the Corpsman's for object identification purposes.
*At the data pad the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] carries, one can see an X-Ray of Master Chief's helmet revealing his skull. To the left of the Master Chief's skull, there is a photo of what could be the Master Chief's face. However, the picture could be the Corpsman's for object identification purposes.
*Contrary to what players might think, the Master Chief did ''not'' land on Earth using just his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] armor as protection. At the other end of the crater is a metallic object, suggesting the Chief ripped it out of the Forerunner Dreadnought and rode it down to [[Earth]]. A page in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'' supports this theory. Also, the metallic object appears to be a Forerunner door of some sort due to the support bracing on one side, as many Forerunner doors do seen in ''Halo 2''. And in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' it shows the Master Chief using a piece of metal for protection as he enters the atmosphere.
*Contrary to what players might think, the Master Chief did ''not'' land on Earth using just his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] armor as protection. At the other end of the crater is a metallic object, suggesting the Chief ripped it out of the Forerunner Dreadnought and rode it down to [[Earth]]. A page in [[The Art of Halo 3]] supports this theory. Also, the metallic object appears to be a Forerunner door of some sort due to the support bracing on one side, as many Forerunner doors do seen in ''Halo 2''. And in the [[Halo Encyclopedia]] it shows the Master Chief using a piece of metal for protection as he enters the atmosphere.
*The Master Chief appears for the first time in ''Halo 3'' at precisely 1 minute and 17 seconds into the cutscene, when the camera descends to reveal his outstretched arm. This is both a reference to his number (117) and to [[seven]] because it is 77 seconds in.
*The Master Chief appears for the first time in ''Halo 3'' at precisely 1 minute and 17 seconds into the cutscene, when the camera descends to reveal his outstretched arm. This is both a reference to his number (117) and to [[seven]] because it is 77 seconds in.
*It should be noted that in ''Arrival'', re-entry occurs before sunrise, and in the Landfall miniseries, re-entry occurs after sunrise (though they ''are'' in different places). The Landfall miniseries takes place in Pakistan, accounting for the time difference.
*It should be noted that in Arrival, re-entry occurs before sunrise, and in the Landfall miniseries, re-entry occurs after sunrise (though they ''are'' in different places). The Landfall miniseries takes place in Pakistan, accounting for the time difference.
*When the corpsman is inspecting John-117, Johnson addresses the corpsman as corporal. This is possibly an error as corpsman are Navy units, and the rank of corporal is Army/Marines. It is known that both Marine and Navy ranks are included in the game as John-117 is a Master Chief Petty Officer, and several other characters from the game also have Navy ranks (such as those about any UNSC ships like Lt. Commander Miranda Keyes.)
*When the corpsman is inspecting John-117, Johnson addresses the corpsman as corporal. This is possibly an error as corpsman are Navy units, and the rank of corporal is Army/Marines. It is known that both Marine and Navy ranks are included in the game as John-117 is a Master Chief Petty Officer, and several other characters from the game also have Navy ranks (such as those about any UNSC ships like Lt. Command Miranda Keyes.)


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Design Documentation===
<gallery>
File:H3_KilimanjaroJungleSketch.jpg|Early paper sketch titled "Kilimanjaro Jungle".
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H3 Menu 01 Arrival.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo 3'' menu.
File:Arrivaldepart.jpg
File:Arrivaldepart.jpg|John-117 departs the ''Anodyne Spirit''.
File:Arbiter Jungle2.jpg|The Chief accosts Thel 'Vadam.
File:Arrivalwarning.jpg|Thel 'Vadam warns [[First Squad]] that Brutes have their scent.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


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