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<center>''Were you looking for the base [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]]?''</center>

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|name= '''Crow's Nest'''

|image= [[Image:UNSC_Underground_Facility_Crow's_Nest.PNG|300px]]

|player= [[John-117]]

|date= [[2552#November|November 17th, 2552]]<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09 - Timeline'']</ref>

|place= [[UNSC]] [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Underground Facility "Crow's Nest"]]

|Objective= *Defend the Base from incoming [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] troops

*Rearm the bomb

*Escape the base

|enemies=

Troops:  

**[[Unggoy_Minor|Minor]]

**[[Kig-yar_Major|Major]]

**[[Kig-yar_Minor|Minor]]

*[[Type-52_Troop_Carrier|Phantom]]

{{Article Quote|Clear the [[Crow's Nest (Base)|base]], whatever it takes.}}

'''Crow's Nest'''<ref>Bungie Podcast, 8-10-2007</ref> is the third [[Campaign]] level of ''[[Halo 3]]''.

The level begins with the [[Master Chief]], the [[Arbiter (Title)|Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], and [[Sergeant Major|Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] landing in an underground [[Crow's Nest (Base)|UNSC base]]. When they disembark, several Marines are amazed to see a [[Spartan II]]. As they walk through hallways littered with wounded [[UNSC]] soldiers, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes|Keyes]] informs the Chief and Johnson that [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] has almost destroyed the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], and only a few ships are left. They soon reach the command center and speak with [[Lord Hood]], discussing a plan for an all out attack on Truth's army.

Unfortunately, the Covenant then jam the [[Human]] communications network along with the rest of the base, shutting off the power. Truth appears on the main view screen, telling the Humans that their world will [[Glassing|burn]]. The base is then attacked by a large contingent of [[Covenant Loyalists]]. The Master Chief helps rescue and evacuate as many marines as possible from the base. Unable to fight off the invaders, Keyes orders a [[Crow's Nest Bomb|bomb]] placed in the operations center. Covenant troops, however, overrun the operations center and manage to defuse the bomb. The Master Chief retakes the ops center by force and rearms the main charge. All remaining troops, including the [[Master Chief]], escape into the base's hangar, where they enter an elevator to attempt to escape the explosion.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUyLyfGWcc '''{''Cutscene''}''']

*'''[[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]] Flight Controller''': "Sorry for the tight squeeze. ''(to the other Flight Controller)'' Tell the [[Commander Miranda Keyes|Commander]] her ace is in the hole."

''[[Kilo 023]] touches down. Medics load an injured marine on a stretcher and move. The [[Master Chief]], [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] get off. [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] sitting by the landing pad see the Chief get out of the [[Pelican]].''

*'''Marine #2''': "No way! A [[SPARTAN-II|Spartan]]?!"

''Lieutenant Commander Miranda Keyes comes out onto the Landing Pad to meet Johnson, 'Vadam and the Master Chief.''

*'''[[Lieutenant Commander|Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes|Keyes]]''': "Where'd you find him?"

*'''[[Sergeant Major|Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]]''': "Napping. Out back."

*'''[[Master Chief]]''': "Likewise, ma'am."

*'''Commander Keyes''': "The [[Prophet of Truth]]'s ships breached the [[Luna]]r perimeter. Smashed what was left of the [[Home Fleet]]."

*'''Commander Keyes''': "We stopped it, but only temporarily. Now, the Prophet of Truth is looking for something called '[[Installation 00|The Ark]]', where he'll be able to fire all the [[The Halo Array|Halo Rings]]. If he succeeds, [[Human|Humanity]], The Covenant, every sentient being in the Galaxy..."

*'''Master Chief''': "The rings will kill us all."

*'''Technician''': "Ma'am, I have [[Lord Hood]]."

*'''[[Lord Hood]] (Video COM)''': "Good news, Commander Keyes?"

*'''Master Chief''': "Green. Sir."

*'''Commander Keyes''': "Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site. And his infantry has deployed [[Anti-Aircraft Battery|Anti-Aircraft Batteries]] around the perimeter. But, if we neutralize one of the batteries, punch a hole in Truth's defenses..."

*'''[[Prophet of Truth]] (Video COM)''': "You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your [[Earth|world]] will burn until its surface is but glass! And not even your [[John-117|Demon]] will live to creep, blackened from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage... the culmination of our [[Great Journey|Journey]]. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I? I ''am'' their instrument!"

 

*'''Master Chief''': "Does he usually mention me?"

*'''Commander Keyes''': "The wounded. We're getting them all out."

''Miranda walks up the stairs and draws a [[M6G Pistol|Pistol]]. She pulls the slide back.''

*'''Commander Keyes''': "Any of our [[Dropship-77 Heavy Troop Carrier/Infantry Pelican|birds]] squawking?"

*'''Technician''': "No ma'am. Wait, Overwatch has contacts. [[Phantom]]s, closing in on our position."

*'''All personnel''': "Yes, sir!"

''(Co-op Change)'' '''Sergeant Johnson''': "Chief, move out. You too, Arbiter. The Commander will brief you as you go."

*'''Marine''': "Follow me, sir."

*'''Marine''': "Perimeter's this way."

*'''Marine''': "Come on, sir. I'll show you the way."

*'''Marine''': "This base was built for some 20th-century war. It's full of old tech, like these door controls."

*'''[[Gunnery Sergeant (UNSC)|Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]]''': "Get those turrets up. You watch your fields of fire!"

or

*'''Gunnery Sergeant [[Pete Stacker (Marine)|Stacker]]''': "Get those [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun|turrets]] up! Watch your fields of fire!"

[[File:Marinescrowsnest.jpg|thumb|The Master Chief meets with some Marines on his way to the facility's hangar.]]

*'''Marine 1''': "How'd they find us?"

*'''Marine 2''': "Probably just smelled you, man."

*'''Marine 1''': "Hey, bite me. I'm sick of hiding anyways."

*'''Marine''': "What is it, Sergeant?"

*'''Marine''': "The hangar, Sergeant."

*'''Marine''': "Yeah, get some!"

*'''PFC Chips Dubbo: '''"Squad down in the hangar's real shorthanded, Chief."

*'''Marine:''' "If we don't get there quick, they're gonna get rolled."

''The Chief grabs some [[Fragmentation Grenade]]s from a weapons case near the door, then opens it, and lets the Marines lead the way.''

*'''Commander Keyes (COM)''': "Chief? Good, this channel is secure. My fire-teams are spread thin. We can't hold out forever. I need that hangar cleared for evac, ASAP."

*'''Marine''': "Those [[Brute]]s secure the hangar; we won't be able to get our birds out."

''The Marines find the vehicle access. A Warthog is in battle with many Covenant soldiers. [[Grunt]]s lob [[Plasma Grenade]]s and destroy it. The Chief and accompanying Marines engage and win, pushing onward. They reach an open door heavily guarded and defeat the Covenant there and continue through into the narrow corridors.''

''If the Master Chief continues to the end of the vehicle access, there is a Marine knocking on the door asking for the doorman to let him in. This is a Red vs Blue Easter Egg; the voices and the lines depend on the difficulty level. (See the [[Password-Lacking Marine]])''

''Soon the Chief and Marines reach the hangar.''

*'''Marine 1''': "Wipe those bastards off the deck!"

*'''Marine 2''': "Pelicans can't launch until the hangar's clear!"

''The Chief and Marines on the offense secure the deck. Multiple Phantoms drop troops into the hangar, attempting to take it. From a distance, [[Hornets]] and [[Banshees]] are seen to be engaged in an aerial fight near a [[CCS-class Battlecruiser|Cruiser]] which keeps supplying Covenant reinforcements to the base. The Chief and Marines take turrets and defend the hangar. The [[UNSC]] forces prevail. The Phantoms retreat and their troops fall.''

''The Pelican hanging on a crane in one of the docks slides out and is released. The Dropship lands to evac the Marines in the hangar, while the Master Chief restocks on weapons and ammo.''

*'''Pelican Pilot''' ''(if the Chief is in the way of where it lands)'': "Need you to step aside sir; can't land till you do."

''If you linger:''

*'''Sergeant Johnson (COM)''':"Come on Chief, hustle on back!"

''The Chief heads back to the Ops Center. Marines pass by for evac. Back in the vehicle access, two Marines, staying behind until the next evac, hear sounds of [[Drone]]s' wings beating and metal banging in the ventilation pipes.''

*'''Marine 1''': "Hey. You hear that?"

*'''Marine 2''': "Yeah. And I don't like it."

*'''Marine''': "Sir, this way."

''A Drone suddenly appears above him and picks him up. (The Drone can be killed before it picks up the Marine. If it does, he can still be saved by simply shooting the Drone, which will drop the Marine).''

*'''Female Marine''': "Look! Coming outta the vents!"

''A swarm of Drones starts pouring out the ventilation shafts, and engulfs the room.''

*'''Marine''': "Light 'em up! Light 'em up!!"

*'''Female Marine''': "What the hell are these things, Sergeant?!"

*'''Gunnery Sergeant (Reynolds or Stacker)''': "Drones! A whole swarm! Take 'em down! Short, controlled bursts!

''The Marines open fire on the swarm. The Chief finds a turret and unloads on them. The swarm eventually falls. Marines in the Ops Center open the doors, letting the Chief in.''

*'''Commander Keyes (Video COM)''': "Chief, have a look. [[Crow's Nest Bomb|A little going-away gift]] for the Covenant. We've linked it to smaller charges throughout the base. Johnson, soon as the evacuation is complete, start the timer."

*'''Commander Keyes (Video COM)''': "Good luck everyone. See you on the last Pelican out."

''Johnson leads the Chief to the back of the room, guarded by four Marines, and a Weapons Locker sits by it.''

''The Master Chief takes weapons and ammo from the locker.''

''If you stay near the bomb:''

*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "I'll guard the bomb Chief, get yourself to the Barracks."

''The Chief heads through the corridor to the Motor Pool. While down there, he spots a Brute Pack, lead by a [[Brute Chieftain]] with a [[Gravity Hammer]].''

*'''Brute''': "A fresh scent! Must be close."

*'''Brute Chieftain:''' "Spread out! Track it down!"

''The Brutes disperse; the Chief takes the pack and Chieftain head-on alone.''

''After wiping the Brute Pack out, the Master Chief continues on through a corridor, but it's caved in. Finding a hole in the floor, he jumps down into a shaft, and at the bottom are several pipe entrances, which Drones fly in and out of.''

*'''[[Cortana]] ([[Cortana Moment]]):''' "You have been called upon to serve."

''Master Chief jumps down through vertical shafts into a canal, where he finds Thel 'Vadam, fighting off another swarm of Drones.''

*'''Thel 'Vadam:''' "Half-wit insects! The [[Prophets]] use you like they used me! Reject their lies! Rebel, or ''all'' your hives will perish!" (Single Player Only)

''After 'Vadam takes care of the Drones, he and the Chief regroup.''

*'''Thel 'Vadam:''' "Spartan, the Brutes have taken your soldiers. As prisoners or meat for their bellies, I do not know. In case some yet live, let us be careful when we shoot."  

''The Master Chief and 'Vadam head through the door, seeing a captive Marine thrown hard into a pillar, where multiple Marine corpses lie. The Marine dies and falls limply to the ground, and the Chief and 'Vadam rush in. One Marine being held by a Brute begs for mercy as it decides to kill him, too.''

[[Image:Saved.jpg|thumb|The Master Chief about to save the Marine prisoner.]]

*'''Brute''': "Look, it has soiled itself! These are whelps, not warriors!"

If the camera is detached in theater mode, you can see that the barracks are filled with Brutes torturing Marines. For example, there is a Brute Captain holding a marine by the ankle.

''If the Chief fails to save him, the Brute breaks his spine and throws him on the ground behind him, laughing.''

''If the Chief saves the Marine:''

''The Chief and 'Vadam kill the Brutes and release the prisoners (optional). While the Marine rushes for a weapon, the Chief and 'Vadam save every prisoner they can.''

*'''Thel Vadamee''': "Again, the Brutes show their weakness."

*'''Female Marine:''' "Payback time! OO-RAH"

''Taking out the Brutes, the surviving Marines grab weapons from more piles of corpses, taking a second to grieve for their comrades while the Chief and 'Vadam resupply and reload. They continue their rescue throughout the barracks, defeating the Brutes and rescuing (a maximum of) seven Marines, including a Sergeant.''

*'''Thel 'Vadam:''' "We did all we could. Let us move the survivors to the landing pad. There is a lift outside."

*'''[[Hocus]] (COM)''': "What should I do, ma'am?"

''The Chief, 'Vadam and the Marines board the elevator back up to the flight deck. While heading up, Kilo 23 gets into trouble.''

*'''Hocus''': "Ma'am, I've got movement. Above and below. Brutes! They got jump-packs!"

''Kilo 23 takes off, getting out of the Brutes' reach. Noticing the Chief and 'Vadam, the Brutes attack them. After successfully retaking the flight deck, a door at the road below opens, and Johnson approaches them, holding an [[M7 SMG|SMG]]. Seeing Johnson and his surviving squad at the doorway under attack from Drones, the Chief and 'Vadam assist.''

''The few Drones are quickly eliminated. Kilo 23 returns for final evac. The barracks survivors and Johnson's squad board the Pelican dropship.''

*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Brutes. In the Ops Center. They disarmed the bomb. Sorry Commander, there were too many. Even for me."

*'''Commander Keyes (COM)''': "Chief, get back to the Ops Center. Kill those Brutes. Rearm the bomb. I've gotta get these men outta here. But I'll radio with another exit. Good luck."

''Johnson and Thel 'Vadam board the Pelican. The Master Chief goes along the road Johnson previously came from, passing by destroyed Warthogs and dead Marines. (In Co-op, 'Vadam will accompany the Chief)''

''The Chief walks on through to another roadway, with Covenant [[Plasma Cannon]]s set up. Using the Plasma Cannons and/or using all available cover, he gets back to the Motor Pool next door to the Ops Center.''  

''If the Chief is taking a while:''

''The Chief heads back up the corridor behind the Ops Center, and sneaks in and witnesses a Chieftain communicating with the Prophet of Truth using the Ops Center communications.''

*'''Brute Chieftain''': "We have taken their Command Center!"

*'''Brute Chieftain''': ''(nervously)'' "Not just yet, Noble Prophet."

*'''Truth (Video COM)''': "Find out what I need to know, or your place on the path is forfeit. Tell me you understand!"

*'''Brute Chieftain''': "Yes, Holy One. It shall be done."

*'''Brute Chieftain''': "Have the Drones scour these machines! Find out what these ''heathens'' know about the [[Installation 00|Ark]]!"

''As the two Grunts and [[Brute Captain]]s get busy, the Chief takes them by surprise and defeats them, taking back the Ops Center and the bomb.''

''If the Chief waits around a bit.''

''The Chief heads back into the cave, where Grunts run wildly, then through the corridors.''

''If the Chief takes his time'':

*'''Sergeant Johnson (COM)''': "South hangar, straight through the caves Chief."

*'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': "There will be a great deal of hardship on the road ahead."

''He continues back out to the vehicle access, where Drones, some Jackals and Grunts flee, and back down the corridors to the hangar.''

''The Chief gets to the hangar, where Phantoms flee, and Grunts run around in panic and some trying to catch the fleeing Phantom, holds up and looks miserable.''

''If the Chief takes his time.''  

*'''Sergeant Johnson (COM):''' "Bomb's about to blow! Go, go, go!"

''If it takes the Chief more time to get to the elevator.''

*'''[[Holdout]]''' - "Holdout" is an achievement earned by completing the level on the Normal, Heroic, or Legendary difficulty. It is worth 20 Gamerscore.

*'''[[Black Eye (Achievement)|Black Eye]]''' - "Black Eye" is an achievement earned for finding and claiming the [[Halo_3_Skulls#Black_Eye|Black Eye Skull]]. It is worth 10 Gamerscore.

*'''[[Demon (Achievement)|Demon]]''' - "Demon" is an achievement earned by accumulating 15,000 points in free-for-all meta-game scoring on this level. It is worth 10 Gamerscore.

*The [[Arbiter Eye Glitch]] occurs at the beginning of this level.

*Occasionally, you will see rats scurrying across the floor in some parts of the level. They appear on your [[Motion Tracker]] as small yellow dots -- friendlies. You can kill them and melee their dead bodies around. If you betray the Marines, your Motion Tracker will show the rats as enemies.

*If you open the door to the Motor Pool and don't go through, the door to Ops Center will remain open. If you hold position and snipe Brutes with a Battle Rifle, you can eventually lure the Chieftain up the ramp and into the Ops Center. However, he will not attack the Marines, and vice-versa. You can even lure him downstairs, though he will not chase you into the large cave area.

*There is a [[Infinite Weapons on Crow's Nest|glitch]] that allows you to get infinite weapons for the Motor Pool battle.

*By dropping a [[Deployable Cover]] in the small stairway that [[Johnson]] and his [[Marines]] use to get to the landing pad, you can block off the stairway and Johnson and his Marines will cease to move, stopping [[Miranda Keyes]]'s [[Pelican]] from taking off.

*The [["Friendly" Brutes]] [[Glitch]] can be performed on this level.

*You can get in the hanger where the pelican picks up the remaining marines and takes off.

* If you are playing Co-op on this level, the Arbiter has a melee animation even when he is unarmed. He will melee like a normal [[Elite]]. The melee attack does no damage. It is possible to disarm the AI Arbiter in single player by giving him a support weapon and getting him to ride in a vehicle or killing him and taking his weapon for a empty weapon. However, the AI controlled Arbiter's melee does damage. The same glitch can be performed if you use a glitch to allow an Elite character model to be unarmed in [[Forge|forge]]. Also, the Arbiter has a special grenade throw animation similar to the Halo: Combat Evolved Elites and Halo 3 level Floodgate Elites when he is unarmed. The grenade throw can be performed in multiplayer and Co-op if you are playing as a Elite character model. You don't necessarily have to be unarmed. You will need two weapons and grenades. Press the Y button to switch to your secondary weapon and quickly press the LT. If you did it correctly, you should have thrown a grenade like Floodgate Elites.

* Many of the Marines are the same models with different voices in the opening cutscene, such as one of the injured men and a technician that speaks with the Commander.

* After you come down from the elevator with the surviving Marines, finish off the [[Brutes]] and then when [[Miranda]]'s [[Pelican]] comes down, hop onto the viewport and you will see that Miranda is holding the controls of the Pelican like the controls of a [[Hornet]].

* Sgt. Johnson drops a cigar and steps on it when the player(s) first see the bomb. Upon closer examination, however, one can that the cigar is still lit. In fact, it is completely unaffected by being stepped on.

* If you manage to save every possible Marine being held captive in Barrack B, the evacuation [[Pelican]] will run out of seats leaving [[Thel 'Vadam]] with no other option but to sit in a seat already occupied by a Marine.

===Easter Eggs===

{{Main|Easter Eggs}}

*There is an argument between two [[marine]]s voiced by various [[Red vs Blue]] voice actors, which changes depending on difficulty level. See [[Password-Lacking Marine]].  

* In Theater mode, when Miranda Keyes tells Master Chief about their farewell party to the Brutes. Go upstairs next to the computer. It will say MAC and WAC and start playing the Halo theme song with beep sounds.

* If you look at the picture on the wrinkled newspaper laying between the generator and tarp covered crates at the beginning of Barrack B, it can be noted that the picture faintly displays the picture of a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V]] alongside a [[Grunt]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.

*The [[Screaming Miranda Keyes]] easter egg can be done in this level.

[[Image:Dead Rat.jpg|A dead rat, an example of many more that have bred within the base.|thumb|right|170px]]

*The men manning the computers at the beginning of the level are Naval personnel, which (aside from Crow's Nest) are only seen in-game in [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)|Halo]] and [[Pillar of Autumn (level)|Pillar of Autumn]].

*The Prophet of Truth's line, ''"...your destruction is the will of the gods. And I... I am their instrument!"'' is a rephrasing of the message sent to [[Battlegroup 4]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]]. The same line appears in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the [[Halo E3 2000 Trailer]], ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'', and ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''.

*There are references from [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] from Cortana as she makes multiple appearances nearing the end of the level. These quotes are from [[Doctor Halsey]] as she speaks with the Spartans about the project they are taking part in.

*On the boxes in the part of the room farthest from the monitors is the number 2401, the number of [[Installation 05]]'s [[2401 Penitent Tangent|Monitor]], and a factor of [[List of "Seven" References in Halo|7]]. Similarly, in the first hangar, there is a generator under the floor marked with the [[EMG 2401]] logo, likely in reference to said Monitor.

[[Image:Seven_Pillars.png|right|thumb|250px|The "Seventh Column" icons that appear on the computer readout.]]

*There are a total of [[List of "Seven" References in Halo|seven]] Marines you can save in the Barracks.

*When the Drones attack, Sgt. Stacker/Reynolds will say "Take 'em down, short controlled bursts!" This may be a reference to ''Aliens'', as the ''Halo ''series has had many [[List of References to Aliens in Halo|''Aliens'' references]], and possibly because the Drones and the Xenomorphs share more similarities more than any Covenant species (i.e. being insect-like in nature).

*The Banshees and Hornets outside the hangar aren't real. They lack a physical presence, you can move through them in Theater mode, they have scripted deaths, and they use very low-resolution textures applied to them. They are unaffected by the player's actions.

*If you take the camera in Theater mode outside the hangar, you can see the [[Portal Storm]] forming.

*The multiplayer level [[Rat's Nest]] draws many visual inspirations from the design of Crow's Nest.

*In the video "Et Tu, [[Brute]]", instead of fighting the Hammer Chieftain in the Motor Pool you would fight the Plasma Cannon Chieftain and vice versa

*After facing the jet-pack brutes, if you follow the hallway up to where they break out of, you'll find equipment and ammo. One of them is Cloaking, which will be effective during the fight with War Chieftain in higher difficulties.

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