Assault Ops
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Assault Ops, also known as Challenges in the Windows versions of Halo: Spartan Assault, are a optional challenges featured in Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike, which can be undertaken in order to earn currency to spend in the game's Armory. Assault Ops typically require the player to kill some number of a specific type of enemy, using a particular weapon, vehicle or grenade. In addition to each of three mission-specific Assault Ops per level, a rotating selection of three weekly Assault Ops was previously available, which could be completed on any mission. However, these have since been discontinued.[1][2]
Three achievements are tied to Assault Ops; Extra Credit and Thorough can be earned by completing all of the mission-specific Assault Ops in Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike respectively. The third achievement, A for Effort, can be attained in the Windows version of Spartan Assault by completing all of the Assault Ops for Operation F: Hydra.[1][2][Note 1]
In both Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike, progess in the game is shared across all versions of the game on Microsoft platforms, and as well as between iPhone and iPad (although not between the Microsoft and Apple platforms). As a result, progress towards Assaults Ops carries over between these platforms. The Steam versions of the games do not include this feature.[3]
List of Assault Ops[edit]
Halo: Spartan Assault[edit]
Halo: Spartan Assault features 90 mission-specific Assault Ops in total, three for each of its 30 solo missions. The cooperative Flood missions featured in the Xbox 360 and Xbox One ports of the game do not include Assault Ops. Assault Ops in Spartan Assault award the player with extra XP.
- Operation A: Umbra
- Operation B: Tempered Shield
- Operation C: Monolith
- Operation D: Captured Chance
- Operation E: Frostbite
- Operation F: Hydra
| Level | Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-1: Assault on CF-32 | Warm Up That Pitching Arm | Kill 3 Grunt Minors with Frag Grenades | 80 XP |
| Rookie Target Practice | Kill 20 Elite Minors | 170 XP | |
| Sidearm Slaughter | Kill 50 Grunt Minors with a Magnum | 164 XP | |
| A-2: The Mirror Mantle Counter-Assault | A Shady Detonation | Destroy 2 Shade Turrets with Plasma Grenades | 86 XP |
| Scorch Mark | Kill 20 Grunt Minors with a Plasma Pistol | 110 XP | |
| Taste Your Own Medicine! | Kill 40 Elite Minors with Plasma Repeaters | 300 XP | |
| A-3: Reinforcement of the Perch | Gung Ho! | Destroy 3 Shade Turrets with a Plasma Pistol | 88 XP |
| Expert Target Practice | Kill 30 Elite Minors with an Assault Rifle | 240 XP | |
| Sentry Post | Kill 40 Grunt Minors with a Shade Turret | 154 XP | |
| A-4: Live to Fight | Stick to This! | Kill 5 Elite Minors with Plasma Grenades | 104 XP |
| Burn Ward | Kill 30 Grunt Minors with a Plasma Repeater | 120 XP | |
| Wrath of the Wraith | Destroy 15 Wraiths with a Wraith | 314 XP | |
| A-5: The Last Stand | Meatgrinder Mayhem | Kill 15 Grunt Minors with a Machine Gun Turret | 104 XP |
| Sting Like A Bee | Destroy 4 Wraiths with a Magnum | 128 XP | |
| Stand-Off Shootout | Kill 100 Covenant with the Shotgun | 470 XP |
Halo: Spartan Strike[edit]
Halo: Spartan Strike also features three mission-specific Assault Ops for each of its 30 levels, making for a grand total of 90 Assault Ops. In Spartan Strike, Assault Ops award the player with additional CR.
- Operation A: Orphic Spear
- Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit
- Operation C: Valiant Hammer
- Operation D: Adamantine Shield
- Operation E: Brother's Keeper
| Level | Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-1: New Mombasa Nightmare | Assault Op 1 | Kill 3 Grunt Minors with melee attacks | 100 CR |
| Assault Op 2 | Kill 20 Grunt Minors with a Magnum | 250 CR | |
| Assault Op 3 | Kill 20 Elite Minors with a Plasma Repeater | 500 CR | |
| A-2: On Top of the World | Assault Op 1 | Kill 10 Drones with a Magnum | 100 CR |
| Assault Op 2 | Destroy 4 Shade Turrets with grenades | 250 CR | |
| Assault Op 3 | Kill 6 Elites with an Assault Rifle | 500 CR | |
| A-3: Conduit | Assault Op 1 | Kill 10 Drones with a Shotgun | 100 CR |
| Assault Op 2 | Kill 4 Elite Minors with a Shotgun | 250 CR | |
| Assault Op 3 | Kill 50 Grunts with an Assault Rifle | 500 CR | |
| A-4: Reversal of Fortune | Assault Op 1 | Destroy 2 Shade Turrets with the Warthog machine gun | 100 CR |
| Assault Op 2 | Kill 15 Grunt Minors with the Warthog | 250 CR | |
| Assault Op 3 | Destroy 8 Ghosts with the Warthog machine gun | 500 CR | |
| A-5: Wounded Quarry | Assault Op 1 | Kill 15 Grunt Minors with an Assault Rifle | 100 CR |
| Assault Op 2 | Kill 8 Elite Minors with a Needler | 250 CR | |
| Assault Op 3 | Destroy 10 Shade Turrets with Plasma Grenades | 500 CR | |
| A-6: Last Exit | Assault Op 1 | Kill 8 Grunt Ultras with the Warthog machine gun | 100 CR |
| Assault Op 2 | Kill 15 Jackals with a Battle Rifle | 150 CR | |
| Assault Op 3 | Kill 20 Elite Minors with a Battle Rifle | 500 CR |
Trivia[edit]
- Unlike challenges in previous Halo games, Assault Ops are not integrated with Halo Waypoint in any way.
- In contrast to Halo: Spartan Assault, the Assault Ops in Spartan Strike are not given unique names - instead, they are simply numbered "Assault Op 1" to "Assault Op 3".
- Many of the Assault Op names in Spartan Assault are references:
- Sting Like a Bee is a reference to a quote made famous by Muhammad Ali.
- Ring of Fire is likely a reference to the song of the same name.
- Up Close and Personal is a reference to the Halo 3 achievement.
- Dirty Davis is a reference to the film and character Dirty Harry.
- Premature Detonation may be a reference to a similar-sounding sexual disfunction.
- Hammer to a Gunfight may be a reference to the Halo: Reach achievement Knife to a Gunfight.
- Let It Rain! is likely a reference to the Halo: Reach achievement Let It Rain.
- Road Warrior is a reference to the film Mad Max 2.
- Perosus Latrunuculus Exterminatus, roughly translated, is Latin for "Hateful Bandit Exterminated". Perosus Latrunculus is the Kig-Yar's Forerunner designation.
- Great Balls of Plasma is a reference to the song Great Balls of Fire.
Gallery[edit]
The Assault Ops/Challenges menu in the Windows 8 version of Spartan Assault.
The Assault Ops menu in the Windows 8 version of Spartan Strike.
Notes[edit]
- ^ In the Windows versions of Halo: Spartan Assault, the Extra Credit achievement only requires the completion of 75 of the total 90 Assault Ops, as Operation F: Hydra and its additional 15 Assault Ops were added in a title update after launch. Another achievement, A for Effort, was added as a completion reward for these extra Assault Ops. The two Xbox versions of the game include these Assault Ops as part of Extra Credit, and do not feature an A for Effort achievement.
