Editing High Charity (level)

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<center>''Looking for ''[[High Charity]]'', the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] Holy City, or [[High Charity (music)|High Charity]], a song on the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2 Original Soundtrack]]?''</center>

|game=''[[Halo 2]]''

|name='''''High Charity'''''

|image=[[File:City.jpg|300px]]

|player=[[John-117]]

|date= [[2552#November 3, 2552|November 3, 2552]]

|place=Inside ''[[High Charity]]''

|Objective=Stop [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] from reaching the [[Keyship|Dreadnought]].

|enemies=

***[[Kig-yar Sniper|Snipers]]

**[[Yanme'e|Drone]]s

|weapons=*[[M6C Personal Defense Weapon System|M6C Pistol]]

*[[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|Plasma Grenade]]

{{Article Quote|[[Cortana]] can handle the [[Activation Index|Index]] - stopping [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] is up to you.'''}}

'''High Charity''' is the penultimate ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[campaign]] level. As the [[John-117|Master Chief]], you must battle your way through the [[The Flood|Flood]]-infested [[High Charity]] to stop the [[Prophet of Truth]] before he boards the [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Forerunner Ship]]. This is the last level you get to play as the Master Chief in ''Halo 2''. This level is also the only time when Master Chief sees the Flood in combat in ''Halo 2'', and also the only level in the game where you have no allies aiding you. It is also the shortest (playable) campaign level. You can find the [[Halo 2 Skulls|Iron Skull]] on this level.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bwSucI4qzU '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''The Master Chief drops down a grav-lift just in time to see the Phantoms containing the Brute Chieftain [[Tartarus]] and the [[Prophet of Truth]] fly away. He walks over to the [[Prophet of Mercy|High Prophet of Mercy]], who has yet to be killed by the [[Flood infection form|Infection Form]].''

*'''[[John-117|Master Chief]]''': "Your pal. Where's he going?"

*'''[[Prophet of Mercy]]''': ''(weakly)'' "[[Earth]]... to finish what we started. And this time, none of you... will be left behind..."

''Master Chief pulls the Flood form off of Mercy and pops it. Mercy gives a strangled cry and dies.  [[Cortana]]'s hologram appears on Mercy's throne.''

*'''Cortana''': "That structure, at the center of the city... it's a [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Forerunner Ship]]! And Truth is heading straight for it! If he leads the Covenant fleet to Earth, they won't stand a chance. You have to stop him!"

 

 

*'''Cortana''': "If he does, I'll detonate ''In Amber Clad''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactor just like we did the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Autumn]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s. The blast will destroy this city and the ring. Not a very ''original'' plan, but we know it'll work."

''The Chief and Cortana then watch as a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] crashes on the platform, and soon the [[Flood combat form|Flood Combat Forms]] inside the dropship run out.''

*'''Cortana''': "Flood controlled-dropships are touching down all over the city! That creature beneath the Library... that '[[Gravemind]]'... used us. We were just a diversion. ''In Amber Clad'' was always its intended vector. There's a conduit connecting this tower to the ship. Head back inside. I'll lead you to it."

''If the Chief wastes time fighting:''

*'''Cortana''': "We don't have time for this, Chief. Truth's Phantom is nearing the [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Forerunner Ship]]."

''The Chief soon reaches a Gravity lift leading upstairs.''

''After the Chief reaches to the top:''

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "Shall we let the [[The Flood|Flood]] consume our holy city? Turn High Charity into another of their wretched hives? No enemy has ever withstood our might. The Flood too shall fail."

''As the Chief watches a skirmish between several Flood Combat Forms with a swarm of Drones and one Brute:''

*'''Cortana''': "I'll do what I can to slow the launch sequence, but there's [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|something inside the ship]]...a presence that's fighting back. For a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] construct, it's unusually formidable."

''Once the Chief leaves the room:''

 

''As the Chief makes his way through High Charity, he finds that the Flood have already begun to infest the city.''

''Once the Chief reaches a part of a tower.''

''Once the Chief reaches a lift:''

''The Chief enters the Inner Sanctum amidst a fight between Covenant and Flood forces.''

''Once the Chief reaches the top via another Gravity Lift:''

[[File:Forerunner Ship.jpg|200px|Cortana watches the Forerunner Dreadnought leave ''High Charity''.|thumb|right]]

 

''If the Chief continues to stall and not board the ship.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1bYEW-pc4 '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''The Chief enters the conduit on a large, green beam of light. The Forerunner Dreadnought starts to launch, and he enters through a large portal, landing with scrapes flickering off his armor.''

'''Cortana (COM)''': "Chief, when you get to Earth...good luck."

'''Master Chief''': "After I'm through with Truth..."

'''Cortana (COM)''': "Don't make a girl a promise..."

'''Cortana''': "...if you know you can't keep it."

''Cortana watches the ship rise, and exit through the top of High Charity, where Brute-controlled and Elite-controlled ships are continuing to destroy one another. Soon the Dreadnought enters slipspace, and vanishes.''

== Trivia ==

*If you knock a Combat Form off the side of the ramps of the Phantom dock, it will climb up the walls, similar to the ones that do the same during the elevator ride in The Oracle. But, they cannot jump into the deck.

*There is still a [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]] docked on the landing pad at the start of the level, but an energy field prevents you from walking on the back fins. It should also be noted that it has no weaponry.

===Easter Eggs===

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*The [[Halo_2_Skulls#Iron|Iron Skull]] can be found on this level.

*In the room with the glass shards hanging from the ceiling after the corridor where you first hear [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] over the loudspeaker, there is an unknown and hard-to-see switch that looks just like the switches used to activate the gondolas on the level [[Delta Halo (level)|Delta Halo]]. To see it (with the best view), bring a [[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System|Particle Beam Rifle]] and head to the platform on the other side of the chamber (across from where you entered). Once you get there, head to the glowing panel in the platform (it points to the center of the room). Look to your left at the platform and the door where the [[Yanme'e|Drones]] come from (when you reach the platform). Look at that platform's glowing panel, zoom in to 5x, and look up slightly. You should see the switch around there, and you can zoom in to 10x and see the switch in closer detail. However, there is no known way to get to it (unless by mod) and activate it, so its purpose is unknown.

*The Prophet of Truth talks over the loudspeakers from time to time during the level, one of these times he says that "one final effort is all that remains". This line is repeated by Admiral Hood in ''Halo 3''. This line originates from dialog recording sessions conducted pre-Halo where [[Jaime Griesemer]] is directing [[Jason Jones]] in a painful attempt at a Scottish accent. [http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/jasonjones.mp3 An mp3] of the clip is available on [http://www.bungie.net/News/Media.aspx?mid=13877 Bungie.net media player] Bungie.net News: [http://admin.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=922 Bungie Day Memories]. One Final Effort is also the name of a song on the [[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack|Halo 3 Original Soundtrack]]. It is played when you are on the snowy part of the level [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]] and when you are fighting the two Scarabs.

* The Flood mass in the Pelican's cockpit isn't a [[Proto-Gravemind]], it's just [[The Flood|Flood]] biomass. Although, there is a possibility that the biomass was a Proto-Gravemind due to the evidence that there are tentacles and roots protruding from it but it may have been destroyed during the Flood infected Pelican's rough landing. It is also suggested that this mass is in fact the pilot.

* In the beginning of the level, [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]] will appear around the area. They can be approached, jumped on, and shot at but not boarded.

* The [[Yanme'e|Drones]] that engage the [[Flood combat form|Flood Combat Forms]] have a unique brown exoskeleton.

* Just like in Gravemind, the spires that appear in the [[Sanctum of the Hierarchs]] can fall if the anti-gravity generator is destroyed. Like in Gravemind, this can not only be used to provide some cover, but also kill any [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]], [[Unggoy|Grunts]] or [[The Flood|Flood]] (with the right timing). You will also notice that one of them has already fallen, once the elevator reaches the top. (These will provide protection from [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] and Flood fire.)

*During the part where you reach a canyon-like indoor area, if you look out the window, you can see strange tentacles, said to be just another part of Gravemind.

* This is the only level where you can see a [[Flood combat form|Flood Combat Form]] with a [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shot]] and [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle/Jiralhanae variant|Brute Plasma Rifle]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''. It is also the only level where Flood can be fought with the Brute Plasma Rifle.

* On [[Legendary]], it is possible to see some invisible [[Flood combat form|Elite Combat Forms]] and [[Flood combat form|Human Combat Forms]] walking around. Typically during the fight in front of the Hierarchs' private quarters as one of the last waves of Flood coming from the elevated platforms. This is the second known instance of invisible Flood, first being the armory on [[The Maw]] in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.

*High Charity and [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]] are the only levels in which [[Yanme'e|Drones]] and [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] can be encountered combating the [[The Flood|Flood]].

<gallery widths="150" orientation="landscape">

File:Clad1.jpg|Cortana and John-117 look at the [[UNSC frigate|UNSC Frigate]] ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]''.

File:Ship6.jpg|The [[Forerunner]] [[Keyship|Dreadnought]] resting In ''[[High Charity]]''.

File:Ship7.jpg|The Forerunner Dreadnought leaving as Cortana watches.

File:Ship8.jpg|The ship outside of ''[[High Charity]]''.

File:High Charity Interior.jpg|The interior of ''[[High Charity]]''.

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