Editing Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)

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{{Level infobox
|prev=''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''
|next=''[[Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|The Truth and Reconciliation]]''
|game=''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
|name='''''Halo'''''
|image=[[Image:Forkdropship.jpg|300px]]
|player=[[John-117]]
|date= [[2552#September 19, 2552|September 19, 2552]]
|place= On the surface of [[Installation 04]]
|Objective=
'''Part 01: Flawless Cowboy''' 
*Evade the [[Covenant]] patrols searching for you 
*Head for higher ground 
*Search for other [[Bumblebee Escape Pod|lifeboats]] 
*Stay with the survivors 
*Protect the [[human]] survivors 
*Wait for an [[Echo 419|evac dropship]] to arrive 
'''Part 02: Reunion Tour''' 
*Search for the three additional groups of human survivors
|enemies=
*[[Sangheili|Elites]]
**[[Minor Sangheili|Minor]]
**[[Major Domo Sangheili|Major]]
*[[Unggoy|Grunts]]
**[[Unggoy Minor|Minor]]
**[[Unggoy Major|Major]]
*[[Kig-Yar|Jackals]]
**[[Kig-Yar Minor|Minor]]
**[[Kig-Yar Major|Major]] (Xbox version Only)
*[[Banshees]]
}}

{{Article Quote|Seek out surviving Marines and help them fight the Covenant.}}

'''Halo''' is the second campaign level in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and it begins on the morning of September 19, 2552. It is the first "on the ground" view of [[Installation 04]]. As the only survivor from the [[Bumblebee Escape Pod]] crash, the Master Chief must fight against the marauding Covenant forces while searching and rescuing other survivors from the ''Pillar of Autumn''. This is the first level in the game in which [[Kig-Yar|Jackals]] and [[Banshees]] are encountered.

== Transcript ==
===Flawless Cowboy===

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fq9BNDOFvY '''{''Cutscene''}''']

*'''[[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]]''': "We're coming in too fast!" 

''The Bumblebee flies over a cliff, trailing smoke. The Chief watches from inside as the craft heads towards the ground at an alarming rate.''

*'''Bumblebee Pilot''': "Damn! Airbrake failure! They blew too early! I'm losin' her. Brace for impact!" 

''White out''

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

*'''Cortana''': "[[John-117|Chief]]? Chief! Can you hear me? At last! Are you alright? Can you move?"''

''As you exit the [[Bumblebee|lifepod]]:''

*'''Cortana''': ''(quietly)'' "The others...the impact...there's nothing we can do."

''As you exit the area''

*'''Cortana''': "Warning! I've detected multiple [[DX-class Dropship|Covenant Dropships]] on approach. I recommend moving into those hills. If we're lucky, the [[Covenant]] will believe that everyone aboard this lifeboat died in the crash." 

''If you start exploring:''

*'''Cortana''': "I'm reading thousands of types of flora. The [[Installation 04|ring]]'s ecosystem is incredibly sophisticated."

''If the Chief begins to cross the bridge:''

*'''Cortana''': "Alert! [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] dropship inbound! They must be looking for survivors. I recommend immediate evasion!"

[[Image:Scrn_092.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Two [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] above the mission start.]]

''If the Master Chief lingers:''

*'''Cortana''': "Alert! Covenant Dropship has detected us, here they come."

''A Covenant dropship arrives, accompanied by two [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]. The Chief either eliminates or evades dropped Covenant troops and proceeds through a canyon.''

*'''[[Cortana]]''': "I'm reading a lifeboat beacon over the next hill. We should check to see if there are any survivors." 

''The Chief approaches the surviving [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]].''

*'''[[Private (UNSC)|Private]] [[Bisenti]]''': "Good to see you, sir! Welcome to the party!"

''or''

*'''Private Bisenti''': "Thank God it's you, sir! I thought we were the only ones to make it off of the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''!"

''or''

*'''Private Bisenti''':  "Thank God you're here, Master Chief.  I thought we were in real trouble."


*'''[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]]''': ''(sighs)'' "It's a mess, sir. We're scattered all over this valley. We called for evac, but until you showed up, I thought we were cooked." 

*'''Cortana''': "Don't worry, Sergeant. We'll stay here until evac arrives." 

*'''Private [[Manuel Mendoza|Mendoza]] (COM)''': "Heads up! I got a Covenant dropship headin' in, over here!" 

''The Chief heads behind the structure to deal with the Covenant forces.''

*'''Private Mendoza (COM)''': "Look sharp! Covenant dropship on approach! I could use some help over here!"

''The Chief deals with the next wave.''

*'''Private Mendoza (COM)''': "Uh-oh, another [[bandit]] droppin' in behind us! They're tryin' to flank us!"

''If all of the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] are dead:''

*'''Cortana''': "We couldn't save them... I recommend to stay here and wait for extraction."

''If the Chief starts to leave the area:''

*'''Cortana''': "Where are you going? The lifeboat beacon is our only chance to getting reunited with the rest of the crew, we need to stay with it."

''After the final wave of dropships:''

*'''[[Carol Rawley|Foehammer]]''': ([[COM]]) "This is [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] [[Echo 419]]. Anybody read me? Repeat: any [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel, respond." 

*'''Marine, SSGT Johnson or Cortana''': (COM) "Roger, Echo 419. This is [[Fire Team Charlie]]. We read you. Is that you, Foehammer?"

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Roger, Fire Team Charlie. Good to hear from ya!" 

*'''Marine, SSGT Johnson or Cortana:''' (COM) "If you're not too busy, Foehammer, we could use a lift. We have survivors to transport to the [[Command Shuttle]]." 

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "I'm on my way."

[[Image:Halo final alt1 th.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Echo 419]]'' drops the Chief a Warthog. Three lifeboats can be seen flying across the sky, about to land.]]

*'''Cortana''': "Look, more [[Bumblebee|lifeboats]]! They're coming in fast. If those lifeboats make it down, the Covenant are going to be right on top of them. (COM) Foehammer, we need you to disengage your [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]]. The [[John-117|Master Chief]] and I are going to see if we can save some soldiers." 

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Roger, Cortana. Okay, Charlie Team, Warthog deployed. Saddle up and give 'em hell!"

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Roger, Foehammer. Stand by to evac survivors and transport them to safety." 

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "That's affirmative. Echo 419 staying on station. Foehammer out." 

*'''Cortana''': "The Master Chief and I need some backup, can you spare a few [[UNSC Marine Corps|men]]?"

*'''SSGT Johnson (''If you've kept him alive'') or [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[M. Fitzgerald|Fitzgerald]]''': "Sure, Cortana. All right ladies, volunteers step up on the double! The rest of you, get to the [[D77-TC Pelican|Dropship]]."

''If you walk away from the dropped Warthog towards the distant cave.''

*'''Cortana''': "We'll need that Warthog if we want to get to the other lifeboats in time."

''If you explore the area on foot or delay for more than five minutes''

*'''Cortana''': "Survivors would probably stick close to their emergency beacons. ''(drops a NAV point on the distant cave)'' We need to find where each lifeboat has landed."

''The Chief's Warthog approaches a large cave structure.''

*'''Cortana''': "This cave is not a natural formation. [[Forerunner|Someone]] built it, so it must lead somewhere.

''The Chief drives into the cave.''

*'''Cortana''': I've hacked into the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Battle Network|battlenet]]. They're actually broadcasting tactical data on unencrypted channels! We should show them who they're dealing with. Master Chief, I'm going to use your [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|suit]]'s transponder system to monitor their chatter.''" 

''After navigating the tunnels, the Chief emerges in a large cavern, with a chasm dividing the floor into two halves. There is no visible way to cross. Covenant forces occupy his side of the cavern. He kills all the Covenant present.''

*'''Cortana''': "There must be some mechanism to cross this caver.  Look for a control panel or switch."

''The Chief ascends to a balcony, finds a control panel, and activates it.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaJdoHy9h7M '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''When the Chief engages the panel, four giant silver beam-generating structures extend across the chasm, and an energy bridge slowly fades into coherence.''

(NOTE: The cutscene mentioned will not occur unless you kill all the enemies in the area. However, the energy bridge will still activate in gameplay.)

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

''The Chief crosses the bridge, and navigates through more tunnels.''

*'''Cortana''': "New traffic on the Covenant Battlenet... a lot more crew made it off the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Autumn]]'' than I had predicted - the Captain really gave them hell! If we can find [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]] and other survivors, we have a chance to coordinate an effective resistance."

''The Chief arrives at the exit to the cave.''

===Reunion Tour===

''There are three crash sites, and different lines of dialogue are said depending on the order you visit them in. The conversation between Cortana and Foehammer is always said in the order shown here, irrelevant as to which order you visit the sites in.''

''The Chief approaches the rockslide crash site.  There are up to seven Marines that can be saved here.''

*'''Cortana''': "Survivors detected. Marines are concealed in those rocks." 

*'''Marine Sharpshooter''': "Contact! Covenant Dropship, down there!"

''If the Covenant charges into the rocks:''

*'''Marine''': "Fall back! Fall back!"

''Marines will all get on top of the highest rock, where the sniper is.''

''If the Chief leaves the area before evac arrives:''

*'''Cortana''': "Where are you going? We need to stay with the Marines."

''The Chief fends off a few waves of Covenant Forces.''

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Echo 419 to Cortana, come in." 

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "We read you, Echo 419. We have survivors and need immediate dust-off." 

''This line changes to reflect which two pods you haven't yet found:''

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Roger, Cortana. On my way. I've spotted additional lifeboats in your area. One near the cliff edge. And another near the head of the river. Hard to see from my altitude, but it looks like there are more survivors."

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Acknowledged. We're on our way."

''If all of the Marines are killed:''

*'''Cortana''': ''(slowly)'' "No survivors..." 

''If the Chief dawdles:'' 

*'''Cortana''': "We need to find the other two lifeboats." 

''The Chief approaches the river head crash site.''

*'''Cortana''': "There are some Marines, hiding in the hills above the structure."

''The Chief makes his way up into the hills where the Marines are. There are three Marines that can be saved here.''

*'''Marine''': "You're a sight for sore eyes Chief. We're in a bad way. We've got wounded here."

*'''Cortana''': "I'll call in a [[Echo 419|dropship]] to pick them up."

''The Chief defends the survivors from more waves of Covenant dropships.''

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Echo 419 to Cortana, Foehammer's on station and ready for another pickup." 

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Affirmative, Foehammer. We're ready for dustoff, approach when ready. We're going to look for the last lifeboat, Echo 419, good luck."

''If all Marines are killed:''

*'''Cortana''': ''(bitterly)'' "They're all dead." 

''As the Chief leaves the second lifeboat:''

*'''Cortana''': "Warning! I've picked up reports that the Covenant have located and secured the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' crash site. The good news is the Captain's still alive. The bad news is that the Covenant has captured the entire surviving command crew. Let's hurry and find the final lifeboat, so we can link up with the rest of the survivors." 

''The Chief approaches a lifeboat near the river. There are no bodies nearby.''

*'''Cortana''': "Lifeboat detected. No sign of survivors..."

*'''PFC Fitzgerald''': "This lifeboat is trashed, Chief. There are weapons and supplies but... no bodies." 

''or''

*'''PFC Fitzgerald''': "The lifeboat's totaled, sir. There are weapons and supplies everywhere, but I can't find any bodies. Maybe somebody made it out of here alive."

''or''

*'''PFC Fitzgerald''': "What a mess! The weapons lockers must have broken open. There are weapons and supplies all over the place. Where's the bodies, though?"

''The Chief crests a hill and sees a structure on the cliff's edge.''

*'''Cortana''': "Maybe they took cover in that structure. Let's check it out."

''If the Chief leaves the area before finding the survivors:''

*'''Cortana''': "We should search the interior of those structures before we leave." 

[[Image:Scrn_009.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Master Chief watches a Beam Emitter fire.]]

''The Chief locates a way into the structure, where he finds up to five Marines and [[UNSC Navy|naval crewmen]] battling the Covenant. He assists them in killing the Covenant forces.''

*'''Cortana''': "I've called for evac." 

*'''Marine''': "Roger that. Marines! Assemble for evac, pronto!"

''If all of the Marines and techs are killed:''

*'''Cortana''': ''(sadly)'' "We weren't able to save any of the Marines. A one hundred percent casualty rate." 

''or''

*'''Cortana''': "Dead. They're all dead. Get to the dropship and let's get back to base."

''If there are still Covenant in the area when you emerge from the structure:''

*'''Cortana''': "We should secure the area before the dropship arrives."

''The Chief mops up the last of the Covenant in the immediate area.''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "That's the last of them."

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Roger that. I'm on my way." 

*'''Cortana''': "New traffic on the Covenant battlenet. I've found Captain Keyes! He's being held on a Covenant [[CCS-class_Battlecruiser|cruiser]], the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', a ship I disabled before we abandoned the ''Autumn''. The ''Truth and Reconciliation'' touched down on a desert plateau roughly three hundred kilometers upspin."

''Echo 419 arrives.''

*'''Cortana''': "There's our ride. Get aboard, and let's get out of here." 

*'''Foehammer (COM)''': "Welcome aboard, Master Chief. Ready for dust-off." 

''The Chief climbs on board the Pelican.''

'''{''Cutscene''}'''
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgUEhvyJMaE '''{''Cutscene: Cliffside''}''']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=329ecIgv6wA '''{''Cutscene: Rockside''}''']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky3OhCJcGCg '''{''Cutscene: Head of the River''}''']

*'''Cortana''': "We should move out, Lieutenant. And then we'll need your help on our rescue mission."

''Echo 419 flies away from the area.''

''Level ends.''

== Trivia ==
===[[Glitch]]es===
*If you stand under ''[[Echo 419]]'' when it lands near the cliff edge, you will come up through the floor inside the [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]]. When this happens, jump up through the floor and you can walk inside the dropship. However, when it starts to fly away, you'll fall through the floor, and to your death.
*Any [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] or Navy tech sitting in the innermost seats of the [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] will hold out their hands as if clutching an [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|Assault Rifle]] (even the techs armed with [[M6D Personal Defense Weapon System|Pistols]]) but will actually hold nothing.
*Although the Pelican has ten seats, only a total of six marines will ever board it at a time. The others will stay outside and wander around.
*Likely due to memory restraints, the wrecks of any Banshees you destroy will sometimes disappear, though the bodies of the pilots will remain.

===Mistakes===
*If you fail to protect the survivors around the first Forerunner structure you encounter on the level, Sergeant Johnson will die, although he still appears in later levels.  If he dies fighting the first wave of Covenant you encounter at the structure, his head will often appear to be stuck in the wall, with his neck and limp body sticking out from it.
*If you enter the structure where the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] don't encounter any [[Covenant]] dropships and jump off the shaft that shoots blue energy straight up, you will see a blue ball hovering in thin air when you reach the bottom (dead). This blue ball is actually the device [[Bungie]] uses to create the laser. Another way to see this is with a flycam.
*Cortana mentioned a Command Shuttle to Foehammer, when the actual meeting point for the UNSC forces is [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].
*Cortana asks Johnson if he can spare some men to accompany the Chief, but only ''one'' Marine from his group is actually needed since the Warthog comes with its own gunner.
*Johnson asks for volunteers to accompany the Chief, but sometimes ''he'' is the volunteer.

===References===
*The ''[[Halo 3]]'' level, ''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]'', is partially linked because the levels are both the first and last time you ever go on a Halo ring.
*[[Marty O'Donnell]] revealed in the [[Halo 3 Legendary Edition]] bonus disc that [[Jen Taylor]] (voice actress of Cortana), also played the voice of the lifeboat pilot at the beginning of the level. 
*The level was one of the inspirations for the design of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map, ''[[Valhalla (Level)|Valhalla]]'', since the environment is somewhat similar.
*The [[Bumblebee]] pilot's helmet has a resemblance to the helmet worn by the protagonist of the [[Marathon (Video Game Series)]], and the [[Security]] armor permutation helmet of Halo 3.

===Miscellaneous===
*It is possible to get a [[Banshee]] to crash and the pilot die at the beginning of the level but you will not be able to fly it.
*While protecting the Marines at the river head crash site, the first [[DX-class Dropship|Spirit]] crashes into a cliff as it leaves the area.
*If you jump the Warthog at the right angle in the chamber the light bridge is in, it is possible to hit the far wall and slide down to the bottom of the chasm, bypassing death from fall damage.
*If you make any [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] on board [[Echo 419]] turn on you at the end, you will not be able to board the [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] until you kill them all or until they trust you.
*If you go on a joyride after saving the last group of Marines instead of boarding Echo 419, after a minute the cut scene will play regardless of where you are.
*This level is the first level where Sergeant Johnson is officially met in terms of the Halo storyline.
*Although the three main areas where you encounter Marines have predictable numbers and types of Covenant, the areas in between are far more sporadic. Covenant vary greatly in numbers, types and often do not spawn at all. They are most likely to be encountered when back-tracking to areas you have already been.
*Each area presents a different strategy: ground combat for the rock slide, long-range combat for the cliff wall, and vehicular combat on the cliff edge (on the outside).
*This level is sometimes used as an alternative to [[The Silent Cartographer (Level)|Silent Cartographer]] for [[Warthog Jumping]], as it has an accessible Warthog and multiple Marines.
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