Editing Lone Wolf

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{{disambig header|the level|comic mini-series|Halo: Lone Wolf}}

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|prev=*''[[Halo: Reach credits]]'' {{C|''[[Halo: Reach]]''}}

*''[[Epilogue (Halo: Reach level)|Epilogue]]'' {{C|''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection|MCC]]''}}

*''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' {{C|''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection|MCC]]''}}

|name='''''Lone Wolf'''''

|image=[[File:HR LoneWolf Loadscreen.png|300px]]

|player=[[Spartan_(multiplayer)#Campaign_and_Firefight|Noble Six]]

|date=[[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]

|place=Near [[Asźod]] [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship breaking yard]], planet [[Reach]]

|objective=Survive as long as possible

{{Article quote|[[ONI Directive 930|Spartans never die]]. They're just [[missing in action]]...}}

''As two Banshees fly past, the camera pans down to Noble Six, standing alone on a raised platform. The sky is choked with smoke and ash from the ongoing glassing. With no means of escape, Noble Six is stranded on Reach as it burns. The Spartan watches as Banshees dominate the sky and Phantoms approach their position.''

''Waves of Covenant troops, including [[Sangheili]], [[Unggoy]], and eventually [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]] attack the lone Noble Six. Covenant aircraft from above, while initially ignoring the Spartan, also begin to fire on their position.''

[[File:HReach - Lone Wolf Closing.png|thumb|300px|Sangheili warriors attacking Six as seen through the Spartan's helmet.]]

''Scene switches to the discarded helmet's point of view, which sees Noble Six making a final stand against the Covenant. A [[Sangheili Ultra]] charges at the Spartan, firing a {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}, but Six calmly steps forward and guns it down with the assault rifle. A [[Sangheili General]] approaches from behind with an [[energy sword]]. Before it can strike, Six turns around and rams their elbow into the General's face, disabling its shields and knocking it to the ground. Six draws a [[pistol]] and kills the fallen General, then holsters the pistol and resumes firing the assault rifle. {{Pattern|Nakata'vho|plasma repeater}} fire from another Elite off-screen hits Six across the stomach. With their shields already down, the Spartan is severely wounded. Six reels from the attack, but remains standing.''  

''Holding the assault rifle at the hip in the right hand and the pistol in the left, SPARTAN-B312 continues firing, killing two more Sangheili before another Ultra shoves Six to the ground and pounces on them with an [[energy dagger]].  The Spartan kicks the Ultra backwards, causing it to stumble into the helmet. At the same time, a sword-wielding [[Sangheili Zealot]] appears and tries to kill the downed Spartan, but Six knocks the sword out of its hand.  The Zealot staggers backwards, its shields recharging. The Ultra again tries to stab Noble Six with its energy dagger, but Six rolls away from the stab and elbows the Ultra in the jaw. The Zealot ignites its own energy dagger and stabs downward towards the fallen Noble Six. The foot of a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]] steps into the frame as the Sangheili ignites its energy sword, blocking the view.

[[File:HR Screenshot Epilogue-After.jpg|thumb|300px|Six's sacrifice is remembered.]]

*'''Halsey''': ''(voiceover)'' "For you had already passed the torch. And because of you, we found [[Installation 04|Halo]], [[Battle of Installation 04|unlocked its secrets]], [[Great Schism|shattered our enemy's resolve]]. Our victory - your victory - was so close... I wish you could have lived to see it."

*An untextured Spartan [[Lone Wolf Spartan statue glitch|model]] can be found in this level using [[theater]] mode.

*Using the glitch that takes the player out of the map, the player can also come back to where they start off the level, and a trooper will still be alive.

*It is impossible to beat this level, no matter how skilled the player is.  

**All attempts to escape the level will result in death, as the map has boundaries just like any other.

***If the player dies outside the boundaries of the level due to the out-of-bounds countdown, the final cutscene will start to play with the player having all-white armor, but will then reset the player to the beginning of the level.

***Future spawns include Wraiths, Elite Generals armed with Concussion Rifles and Energy Swords, and a [[BOB]] with an energy sword with significantly more aggressive AI than the other Elites that will mostly ignore cover in favor of charging at the player.

**It is possible to hide for several minutes without any enemies firing at Six if the player goes to the cluster of barrels to the left (from the beginning spawn of the level) of the main structure. It is possible for the player to survive even longer if he hides between the crates in the garage building.

**Overall, this level is more similar to [[Firefight]] than a campaign gameplay wise. Unlike standard Firefight, players only have one life and no breaks between waves.

*''Halo: Reach'''s campaign begins with SPARTAN-B312 putting on their helmet and ends with them taking it off.

*The name of the level is ironic, especially since Carter told Noble Six to get rid of their "lone wolf" behavior upon joining Noble Team. However, at this point, due to the deaths of the rest of Noble Team except for Jun (who was sent away on assignment to watch over [[Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]), Noble Six is truly alone.

*The final fate of Noble Six echoes the [[Winter Contingency|first campaign level]] of ''Reach''; instead of being saved by [[Carter-A259]] from being killed in the hands of a Sangheili Zealot's [[Energy dagger]], Six meets their demise as another Sangheili Zealot ignites its Energy dagger and stabs them in the final cinematic.

**It is possible, at least on co-op, to hijack at least one of the Wraiths.

*Earlier in the development of ''Halo: Reach'', the game was going to end in a cutscene directly after the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} took off, with the camera resolving down onto Noble Six as they inserted their last magazine into their weapon and walked off into the oncoming Covenant threat that still exists on the planet. The idea of a gameplay sequence in the end came fairly late in the game's development.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/special_feature/reach_finalthoughts/image-feature/index.html?image=10 '''GameSpot''': ''Halo: Reach - Final Thoughts'']</ref>

*[[Thirteen dead Spartans]] can be found in this level. Two are inside the structure, while the rest are scattered throughout the area. Their armor permutations and color are randomly generated; their helmets have no attachments, their combat knives are missing, and some have non-accessible or glitched chest pieces, e.g: Assault/Sapper chest, but with only one grenade belt, or any chest with unknown attachments on the waist.

*According to the developer commentary, the Legendary ending of this level was supposed to depict an eagle landing on Noble Six's helmet, but this was cut from the game.<ref>[https://youtu.be/t_1LxdgGkOg?t=6880 '''YouTube:''' ''Halo Reach Developer Commentary (2010)'']</ref>

*In the cutscene where Noble Six dies and the camera is pointing towards their helmet, the helmet doesn't show any sign of the two cracks on the visor that Six receives before they take off their helmet. Instead, it is replaced with a big hole in the middle of the visor. However, the only two exceptions are the ODST, which if one looks closely, one can see two holes, and GUNGNIR, which uses a camera instead of a visor respectively, and shows a small hole in the helmet itself.

*Some helmets' visors are completely blackened during the final cutscene instead of the usual visor color, most notably HAZOP, Mark V, Security, and Military Police helmets. Others are slightly shaded while some are bright.

*This is the only playable level in ''Halo: Reach'' that contains just one [[data pad]], which is found when playing on the Legendary difficulty. All other playable levels have two data pads, one on Legendary, and another while playing any other difficulty.

File:Chiefstatue.jpg|The hidden Spartan statue in MJOLNIR Mark VI armor.

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