Editing Long Night of Solace (level)

{{Status|Gameplay}}

{{Title|Long Night of Solace (''Halo: Reach'' level)}}

{{disambig header|the campaign level|other uses|Long Night of Solace (disambiguation)}}

{{Level infobox

|prev=''[[Tip of The Spear]]''

|next=''[[Exodus]]''

|name='''''Long Night of Solace'''''

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

|game=''[[Halo: Reach]]''

|devname=<code>m45</code>{{Ref/File|Id=HREK|HREK|HREK\tags\levels\solo\m45\m45.scenario}}

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

|date=[[2552#August|August 14, 2552]]

|place=On the surface of and in orbit over [[Reach]]

*Sabre launch facility

*''[[Anchor 9]]''

*Onboard the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]''

|objective=Push forward to the [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|Sabre launch facility]], gain control of a [[YSS-1000|Sabre]], and initiate [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]

|partime=00:25:00 {{C|''Master Chief Collection''}}

|parscore=45,000 {{C|''Master Chief Collection''}}<br/>20,000 {{C|''Halo: Reach''}}

'''Long Night of Solace''' is the sixth [[campaign]] level in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1098266p1.html|Site=IGN|Page=E3 2010: Halo: Reach Campaign Preview}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 30.07.10}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/gaming/sneak-peak-of-halo-reach|Site=PopularMechanics|Page=Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Sneak Peak of Halo: Reach}} This was the first level in the ''Halo'' series to feature playable ship-to-ship combat in space.

The level opens a day after the events of [[Tip of the Spear]], with [[NOBLE Team]] making their way into a cave at [[Ütközet]]. While the UNSC appears to be helpless against the newly emerged [[Covenant]] [[Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', [[Catherine-B320]] comes up with a plan to destroy the ship by using a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] as a makeshift bomb. Requiring considerable support from UNSC fleet assets in the area to safely deliver the bomb to within range of the supercarrier in addition to a military-grade slipspace drive (a very expensive piece of equipment in itself), the rest of the team is skeptical of the plan, but [[Urban Holland|Colonel Holland]] approves it. NOBLE Team travels to [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|a Sabre launch facility]], currently under attack by the Covenant. Once they fight their way inside, [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]] and [[Jorge-052]] enter a Sabre that is immediately launched into the planet orbit, along with several other Sabres.

In orbit, they join the other [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces in defending the [[refit station]] ''[[Anchor 9]]'' until its defenses come back online. Meanwhile, the Slipspace drive of the [[Paris-class heavy frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} is removed in order to be used in the mission, codenamed [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]. After the Sabres successfully defend the station from waves of Covenant fighter craft, Jorge is dropped off at ''Anchor 9'', just in time to witness the Covenant glass large areas of the planet below.

Jorge then boards a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] transporting the slipspace drive, joining Six, the rest of the Sabres and the ''Savannah'' as they move to Covenant-occupied space over Reach to execute the mission. The plan is to board a Covenant {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}, place it on an automated refueling course with the supercarrier, and then activate the slipspace drive inside the corvette's hangar in close proximity of the supercarrier, effectively tearing most of the ship apart. Upon locating the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', the ''Savannah'' and the Sabres begin their assault on the ship.

After disabling its engines and eliminating its fighter escort, Six and the Sabre crews board ''Ardent Prayer'', disable its communications and make their way into the [[hangar bay|hangar]], allowing the Pelican carrying Jorge and the Slipspace drive into the ship. Six and the Sabre crews then make their way to the [[bridge]] of the ''Ardent Prayer'' and, after eliminating the command crew, initiate the corvette's refueling run with the ''Long Night of Solace''. Upon returning from the bridge, Six finds Jorge engaged against Covenant forces in the hangar. The Covenant are neutralized, but Jorge soon realizes that the Pelican was damaged in the fighting, leaving it unable to escape the ship. The Slipspace drive is also damaged, and has to be activated manually. Jorge decides to stay behind and activate the drive, sacrificing his own life but saving Noble Six by throwing them out of the corvette and down onto Reach, just before the corvette reaches its destination and the Slipspace drive is activated. The activation generates a Slipspace rupture that engulfs Jorge, the corvette, and the central section of the supercarrier and transports them into oblivion. For a very brief period of time, it is believed that the Covenant naval attack force at Reach was entirely neutralized by Jorge's sacrifice, but a massive [[Covenant fleet]] arrives in orbit over Reach just moments later.

[http://youtu.be/SjrzhkKwMWc '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Screen fades into a dust cloud as a [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] walks by. After passing offscreen, it can be heard firing its main cannon.''

''Noble Three, Five and Six arrive at a cave, [[Jorge]] carrying a large briefcase. [[Jun]] holsters his DMR as he finish securing their six. Noble One sits on the side of cave's opening while Two is standing in front of him.''

''Jorge tosses the briefcase at Emile's feet. Emile, sitting on the ground, looks up.''

*'''[[Warrant Officer]] [[Jun-A266]]''': "Forty-eight hours? ''(removes his helmet)'' That's ''imminent?''"

*'''Chief Warrant Officer [[Jorge-052]]''': "Her."

 

*'''[[Lieutenant Commander ]][[Catherine-B320]]''': "That thing's crushing us, and we're waiting for backup? They'll be backing up a graveyard."

*'''[[Commander]] [[Carter-A259]]''': "All our nukes are either out-system or went down with the ships that carried them. You're preaching to the converted."

*'''Kat-B320''': "How converted?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "You can say no."

*'''Kat-B320''': "You don't even want to hear it?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "Remember that accident a couple years back? Colony ship en route to [[Cygnus system|Cygnus]]. [[Seven]] hundred dead?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "Actually, it worked fine. The drive was mounted improperly after a service haul-out. When it fired, it...teleported half the ship to oblivion."

*'''Kat-B320''': "A certain Covenant supercarrier could, with some assistance, suffer the same unfortunate accident..."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Inspired?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "May I?"

*'''Warrant Officer [[Emile-A239]]''': "Don't cut yourself."

 

*'''Kat-B320''': "Objective? Destroy Covenant Carrier in geosynchronous orbit above us."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Method? A slipspace drive in lieu of the nukes we don't have. Delivery system? Us. Solvable? Getting us up there. That, and getting our hands on a slip-space drive."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Thank you for sharing."

*'''Kat-B320''': "As a soldier in the field I couldn't ''possibly'' have access to those kinds of resources - that said, a good place to look might be... I don't know, the nearest nonexistent launch site in the nonexistent [[Sabre Program]], dismissed by three administrations as preposterous rumor... And in which our [[Spartan-B312|newest member]] was ''certainly'' never a pilot."

*'''Emile-A239''': ''(to Kat)'' "You're scary, you know that?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "All we need is a green light from [[Urban Holland|Holland]]."

*'''Kat-B320''': "You're the one asking him."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Oh, there's no way in hell he's gonna go for this..."

''A [[UH-144 Falcon]] drops off Carter, Kat, Jorge, and Noble Six at a beach, downrange from the facility. Cuts to Six's point of view as the Falcon flies away.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Any closer's too hot to land."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Copy that, Commander."

''NOBLE team moves up the beach, eventually reaching an open area where a [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] Dropship is dropping off several Covenant troops. The launch station is now in view.''

*'''Kat-B320''': "Launch facility, dead ahead."

''Several [[Orbital Insertion Pod]]s hit the ground near Noble Team. After eliminating the enemy forces, Noble Team moves up the beach. As they do, a [[Type-31 Seraph]] fighter is shot down by an anti-air turret and crashes into the base.''

 

*'''Carter-A259''': "Root 'em out."

''Noble Team engages the Covenant reinforcements.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "We'll make short work of these targets! Keep it up!"

''Noble Team soon clears the area of hostiles.  They approach the facility's entrance where they are greeted by Army Troopers.''

*'''Army Trooper #1''': "Everybody inside, more hostiles on the way."

''A Pelican drops additional troopers to combat Covenant forces outside the gate.''

 

 

 

''Noble Team enters the base.''  

*'''Army Trooper #2''': "Spartans coming in! Watch your fire!"

*'''Army Trooper #3''': "Flight control's this way, they're expecting you."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Well, some plans are too good to say no."

 

*'''Army Trooper #3''': "Control's right through that door, Commander."

*'''Army Trooper #4''': "We got a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] on the lower platform!"

''After dealing with the Wraith, Noble Team heads for the control room. An Army trooper is thrown violently into a wall from a neighboring hallway. A [[Sangheili Officer]] emerges, and is quickly dealt with.''

*'''Base PA''': "Warning: launch facility has been breached. Covenant forces have entered the base."

''Noble Team reaches the control room, which is filled with dead troopers. A hologram of a Covenant {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}} hovers above a [[Holotank|holo-table]]. As they reach the far side of the room, a bulkhead opens to reveal the [[Sabre]]. The building shakes as a pair of Seraphs fly over it.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Jun's on his way with a Falcon, we'll exfil after you launch. Move!"

 

*'''Army Trooper #5''': "Launch teams, Sabre is prepped and ready for launch."

''If the player stalls:''

*'''Jorge-052''': "You first, Six. I'm just a passenger on this leg."

[http://youtu.be/DYcCuU4lrVw '''{''Cutscene''}''']

 

[[File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|thumb|300px|Noble Six's Sabre takes off from the launch facility.]]

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Stage separation in 3, 2, 1... Stage separation."

 

*'''[[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] (COM)''': "Noble Actual to Sabre [[Bravo 029|Bravo Oh-Two-Niner]], over."

''When [[Easy]] and [[Normal]] difficulty level tutorials are completed:''

*'''Jorge-052''': "You're all warmed up, Six; we should head for the ''Savannah''."

''Six arrives at the staging point. The'' Savannah ''docks with Anchor 9.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Multiple unidentified contacts."

*'''[[Kristòf Jen]] (COM)''': "Savannah Actual to Sabre teams, be advised: we have bogies inbound."

''Multiple [[Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshee Interceptors]] enter the area and are immediately engaged by the Sabres.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Sabre teams: use your guns to take down their shields, then hit 'em with your missiles!"

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to all UNSC ships: station defenses are back online. Clear the lane, and we'll light 'em up."

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to Sabre teams: Phantoms are inbound on vector Seven Mark Four Niner."

''After the last Phantom gunboat is destroyed, the remaining Banshees and Seraphs flee.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to UNSC ships: all targets neutralized. Bravo Oh-Two-Niner, you are cleared to dock. Activating marker."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Holland to Bravo Oh-Two-Niner. Noble Five, you ready to go?"

[http://youtu.be/pbvihWBj-bo '''{''Cutscene''}''']

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Warning: M-Spec Reentry- ''(cockpit opens)'' Cockpit depressurization complete. Canopy release lever: armed."

 

''Jorge exits the Sabre in zero-gravity and glides to an awaiting Pelican.''

*'''Jorge-052''': ''(Hungarian)'' "Megszakad a szivem..." ''(My heart breaks...)''<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]'''</ref>

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Gladly. ONI [[SWORD Base|Sword Base]]: [[Sector 18G]]."

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Noble Five, your pulse is elevated. There is nothing you can do for [[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Halsey]] and the others inside SWORD Base. The mathematics are determinate... Noble Five?"

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Bravo Oh-Two-Niner, you're cleared to re-engage thrusters."

 

*'''SPARTAN-B312 (COM)''': "Go ahead, Colonel."

''Jorge is readying the slipspace drive with two other Marines in EVA armor.''

*'''Jen (COM)''': "''{{UNSCShip|Savannah}}''. Our wings may be clipped, but we've got your back."

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "We'll get it done, Colonel. Six out."

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "We have visual. Target confirmed."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Frigate ''Savannah'' in position. Sabre teams: sound off."

*'''[[Echo 4]] (COM)''': "Echo 4, all systems online!"

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Solid copy. We are currently jamming the Corvette's comms. Hit it hard while it can't call for help!"

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Might wanna clip her engines, Colonel. See if we can slow her down."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Good thinking, ''Savannah''. That'll make boarding her a whole lot easier. Noble Six, I'm marking targets: take out the Corvette's main engines."

''Noble Six targets the main engines and disables all four of them. The other Sabres engage the Covenant escort fighters, while the ''Savannah'' circles the Corvette and harasses it and the Covenant fighter escort with gunfire. Any Seraphs that get close to the frigate are soon shredded by her defense guns.''

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Warning: energy pulses detected in the Corvette's aft launch bays."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Heads up, Sabres: multiple impulse drive signatures detected, more bogies incoming."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Must be squadrons coming back from patrol, Echo 2."

 

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Don't let any of them get away, Sabres! Kill them before they bug out and warn that supercarrier what we're up to."

[[File:UNSC Savannah Firing.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Savannah'' trading broadsides with the ''Ardent Prayer''.]]

[http://youtu.be/Ze7Z0j8hRpQ '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Noble Six arrives at the landing pad, along with three other Sabres. Noble Six gets out of the Sabre along with several [[UNSC Army]] [[pilot]]s in vacuum sealed suits from the other Sabres.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, the ''Savannah''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s countermeasures won't work forever. Find a way inside, and permanently disable the cruiser's communications."

''Two [[Sangheili Ranger]]s emerge from under the shield, and are quickly eliminated by Six and the pilots.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "As soon as we're sure the Corvette can't squawk, we'll initiate UPPERCUT - Phase Two."

''Noble Six and the pilots pass through the shield and enter the [[Zealot (map)|communication center]] of the Corvette, to find that the room's artificial gravity and life support are offline (most likely due to damage from the battle), and that any Covenant without vacuum-sealed armor have died, leaving only [[Unggoy Ultra]]s and more Sangheili Rangers. Noble Six and the strike team quickly dispatch them.''

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Copy that. Halting countermeasures, diverting all power and personnel to weapons."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Alright, Noble. Let's get that slipspace bomb on board. Six, head for the hangar."

''A door opens, with two Unggoy and a Sangheili Ranger behind it. The Unggoy are startled and easily eliminated. The Ranger is killed shortly after.''

*'''Army Pilot #1 (COM)''': "Colonel, on our way to the hangar."

''Six and the troopers engage a large number of enemy troops in the hangar, including an [[Engineer]] providing the Covenant with overshields. They are eventually neutralized; air and gravity subsequently returns to the interior of the corvette.''

[http://youtu.be/2BqzZdewnYk '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Jorge's Pelican enters the hangar. In the background, the UNSC ''Savannah'' can be seen engaging the Corvette. Jorge and several more Army pilots emerge from the Pelican.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Copy that. Six, get your fireteam to the bridge; the Corvette's refueling run with the supercarrier will have to be initiated manually."

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "Yes, sir."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Five, stay with the bomb...and discourage the curious."

''Six turns and joins the Army pilots who are securing the area.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, get that Corvette moving toward the supercarrier. Head for the bridge. Find the NAV controls."

''Noble Six heads for a door, finding ordnance and ammunition provided by the pilots.''

*'''Army Pilot #2''': "Got plenty of arms and ammo if you need 'em, Spartan."

''The door opens, and Six and the troopers find another surprised pair of Unggoy, and several Sangheili which are quickly neutralized.''

*'''Jen (COM)''': "''Savannah'' to Holland: sustaining major structural damage! We need to break off, Colonel!"

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Copy, ''Savannah''. Our team is in, disengage!"

[[File:UNSC Savannah moments before explosion.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Savannah'' explodes, being torn into multiple sections.]]

''Noble Six arrives at the plasma battery, finding a lone Sangheili gunner (or multiple gunners if playing Co-op). Outside the viewport, multiple plasma torpedoes can be seen impacting the fleeing frigate. Explosions blossom along the ''Savannah''{{'}}s hull.''

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Break off! Break off! Hull breach, reactors flaring! Dammit, I'm losing her!"

''Noble Six and the Marines head for another door, leading to a winding corridor.''

 

''Noble Six and the troopers enter the bridge, a holographic map of Reach at its center. The bridge crew are managing the controls, unaware of the human presence. The supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' can be seen outside the window. Noble Six and the Army pilots eliminate the bridge crew, including Shipmaster [[Ardo 'Moretumee]], to gain control of the bridge.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Move, Lieutenant! Put that Corvette on a refueling track to the supercarrier."

''Noble Six finds the navigation controls and sets a course for the supercarrier.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Well done, Noble Six. UPPERCUT initiated. Corvette is underway."

''A small Covenant lance return to the bridge and attempt to kill the boarders, but is quickly eliminated.''

''Noble Six makes it back to the hangar, and finds Jorge and the slipspace bomb under heavy attack. Six helps take care of the majority of the attacking troops.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Good of you to come, hostiles were pounding the hell outta the Pelican."

*'''Jorge-052''': "And stay down."

 

*'''Jorge-052''': "''Savannah'' did a number on the door. There's no way back up to the Sabres. Noble Six, form up on me."

[http://youtu.be/GSgGBrrgvek '''{''Cutscene''}''']

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Distance is closing on this vessel's refueling track with the Covenant supercarrier. Seventy-six seconds to endpoint."

''Jorge glances at Noble Six, and hits the timer in frustration. He turns and faces Six.''

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "And the good news?"

*'''Jorge-052''': "That ''was'' the good news."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Bad news is, timer's fried. I'm gonna have to fire it manually."

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "That's a one-way trip."

*'''Jorge-052''': "We all make it sooner or later. Better get going, Six. They're gonna need you down there. Listen, [[Reach]] has been good to me..."

''Jorge removes his dog tags and gives them to Noble Six, grasping their hand in farewell.''

 

''Before Six can protest, Jorge tightens his grip, lifts the Spartan up with one hand and carries them to the shield door. The screen switches to Six's point of view.''

''After Noble Six has fallen some distance, a purple spark appears on the mid-section of the Corvette; Jorge has activated the re-purposed slipspace drive directly under the supercarrier.''

 

''The view changes back to the camera of NAV Beacon RA-15, which shows a massive slipspace rift opening near the supercarrier's midsection. The corvette - and Jorge within it - disappears instantaneously, and the supercarrier is bisected as its entire midsection disappears into the slipspace rift. A shockwave of ionizing radiation passes over the beacon, causing electronic interference with the camera. The feed cuts out.''

<tt>'''SIGNAL LOST'''</tt>

[[File:Reach AssaultCarriers.jpg|thumb|300px|Another Covenant fleet arrives above Reach.]]

''Dot switches to a new NAV Beacon, which shows multiple Covenant capital ships dropping out of slipspace.''

*'''[[ATC 1]] (COM)''': "[[Gamma Station]] Control, reading multiple pings below the Orbital Defense Grid!"

*'''Sergeant (COM)''': "Yeah, we're picking up anomalies too-"

''More and more Covenant ships drop out of slipspace. Radio frequencies are flooded with panicked transmissions.''

*'''[[Air Control]] (COM)''': "They're ''everywhere!''"

<tt>'''SIGNAL LOST'''</tt>

*'''[[ATC 2]] (COM)''': "Oh, this can't be happening!"

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Must be the whole damn Covenant fleet!"

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Slipspace rupture detected."

''The screen abruptly cuts to black as screams are broadcast over the COM.''

*During "Operation: UPPER CUT", a Sabre pilot may be heard saying "In space, no one can hear you scream", a famous promotional tagline for the 1979 sci-fi horror film, ''[[wikipedia:Alien (film)|Alien]]''.

*ATC 1's exclamation, ''"They're everywhere!"'' is a [[List of Marathon references in Halo#Halo: Reach|reference]] to an iconic line of the [[Marathon|''Marathon'' trilogy's]] [[marathongame:BOB|BOBs]].

**Additionally, there are total of [[seven]] Thruster part to detach/separate before camera-mounting thruster is the last part to detach from Sabre.

*A section of the level, the Sabre launch pad, is the setting of the multiplayer map ''[[Countdown]]''. The maps ''[[Zealot (map)|Zealot]]'', and ''[[Corvette (map)|Corvette]]'' are also derived from this level. The map ''[[Anchor 9 (map)|Anchor 9]]'' is based on this level, though it is not included in any part of the mission.

*This level was the first campaign level of ''Halo: Reach'' to be unveiled to the public. A shorter version of the level was first showcased in the ''[[Halo: Reach E3 Campaign Demo]]'' during the [[Microsoft]] press conference at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 2010]]. Some minor parts of the level have changed, such as the player's initial weapons, Carter's line that was moved to ''[[Winter Contingency]]'' in the final game (''"We've been engaged!"''), and the {{Pattern|Karo'etba|Ghost}} dropped on the beach by the Spirit dropship.

*Spirit dropships will continuously drop troops outside the base, while Pelicans will continuously drop Army troopers to fight them. The Pelican will drop off a squad of eight troopers armed with assault rifles, DMRs, rocket launchers, sniper rifles, and shotguns. Typically, five of the troopers will move down to cover the beach, while the other three will move to defend the docks where the Wraith was deployed.

*This is the first and only level in the series where the player directly engages [[Morsam-pattern Seraph|Seraph]]s, [[Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Space Banshee]]s, and a Covenant starship, a Corvette.

*This level is also the only campaign level in which the player can receive the [[Unfriggenbelievable|Unfrigginbelievable]] medal due to the [[Unlimited enemies|unlimited amount of enemies]] being deployed in front of the Sabre launch facility.

*While flying the Sabre, players can knock into Phantoms, Seraphs, and Banshees. While this may destroy the smaller craft and leave the player's Sabre intact (and award the player a [[Splatter Medal]]), it will only send the Phantoms tumbling away through space.  

**Interestingly, colliding with or ramming an  [[Orbital insertion pod]] will destroy a fully-shielded Sabre and kill the player. The death will register as "Collision Damage" and the player will receive a "Collision Damage" kill, but will not receive a [[Splatter Medal]].

*On the underside of ''Ardent Prayer'', a large number of Space Banshees are docked which can be destroyed by the player, potentially earning large multi-kills. Once attacked, any surviving Banshees will launch and engage the player; if not attacked they will launch anyway when the player destroys the Corvette's engines. The number of Banshees varies depending on the difficulty level.

*There is a cancelled [[McFarlane Toys|McFarlane]] Boxed 3-Pack in the ''Halo: Reach'' [[McFarlane Toys/Halo: Reach Series 6|Series 6]] based on the ending section of the level. The set originally consisted of a replica of Jorge-052, without his helmet, equipped with a Machine Gun Turret replica, a replica of a BOB, and a replica of SPARTAN-B312, wearing the M-Spec reentry pack, with an M6G Magnum.

*During cooperate play, players killed during the Sabre segment would respawn with a new Sabre. However, their weapons would be reset to Assault Rifle and Magnum pistol upon landing the Sabre at the Corvette, as their weapons and Armor Ability can be shown scattered in space, making it impossible to retrieve them during Space Battle. This also applies to the Armor Ability, as it would also reset to Sprint as default instead of other abilities that were taken by the player prior to launch.

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===Screenshot===

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File:Level - LNoS.jpg|Preview of the level in ''Halo: Reach'' menu.

File:HR BeachFight1.jpg|NOBLE Team fighting a Sangheili Ultra at the beach.

File:HR BeachFight2.jpg|Noble Six prepares a frag grenade during the fight outside the launch facility.

File:Reach E310 Campaign02.jpg|A Spirit dropping Covenant reinforcements as Ghost passes SPARTAN-B312.

File:Halo- Reach - Noble Team Battle.jpg|NOBLE Team fighting their way to the launch facility.

File:HR SabreChasingSeraph.jpg|Three Sabres chasing a Seraph during the battle in space.

File:HR Anchor9Defenses.jpg|A Seraph under attack from the point defense guns on ''Anchor 9''.

File:HaloReach - Space Battle.jpg|A Sabre and the {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} attack the ''Ardent Prayer''.

File:Corvette - Banshee deployment.jpg|Space Banshees deployed from the ''Ardent Prayer''.

File:Covenant Corvette Bridge.jpg|A view of the bridge of the ''Ardent Prayer''.

File:HR CorvetteUltraTeam.jpg|A team of Sangheili Ultra launch the final assault on the hangar bay.

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