Editing Reactor (Halo Wars level)

{{Status|Gameplay}}
{{disambig header|the campaign level|other uses of "Reactor"|Reactor (disambiguation)}}
{{Level infobox
|pagegamelabel=HW
|prev=''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars Level)|Beachhead]]''
|next=''[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]''
|game=''[[Halo Wars]]''
|name=''Reactor''
|image=[[File:HW-14 Reactor.jpg|300px]]
|player=[[James Cutter]]
|date=[[2531|February 25. 2531]]
|place=[[The Apex|Apex Base Site]], inside [[Trove]], [[Korinth Prior system]]
|objective=*Build and attach Elephant to FTL Reactor Core
*Use an Elephant to tow the FTL Reactor Core to the Apex Base Site
'''Optional:'''
*Kill 20 Vampires}}
{{Article quote|Pull the reactor core to the Apex Site.}}
'''Reactor''' is the fourteenth [[campaign]] level of ''[[Halo Wars]]''.

By occupying one base site to the end of the level, the player will be given the [[achievement]] "[[Didn't Get To Second Base]]", worth 5 [[Gamerscore]].

==Summary==
After rescuing [[Ellen Anders|Anders]], the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} lay out a plan to destroy [[Trove]] and the fleet of {{Class|Sojourner|dreadnought}}s contained within it to prevent the [[Covenant]] from using them. They load the reactor from the ''Spirit of Fire's'' [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|FTL drive]] onto two [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]], intending to use them to ferry the drive to the installation's star for detonation, causing the star to go [[supernova]] and destroy the [[shield world]]. After [[Victor 397]] and another Pelican carrying the FTL drive core are shot down by [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]], [[James Gregory Cutter|Captain Cutter]] changes the task to a ground operation and UNSC ground forces are tasked with getting the core to the top of the Apex Base Site where it can be teleported to the [[the Apex]].

After an [[M312 Elephant|Elephant]] is attached to the core, Sergeant [[John Forge]] and other UNSC forces, including the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] from [[Red Team]] escort them from Covenant and [[Flood]] forces to top of the long slopes leading to the Apex [[teleporter|teleporter pad]] with success, allowing the reactor to be teleported to the Apex.

==Transcript==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAq_vZuxlDY '''{''I Doomed Humanity''}''']

[[File:Reaktor1.png|thumb|300px|Anders, Cutter and Serina discuss how to stop the Covenant from activating the Forerunner ships.]]

''Two Pelicans are shown lowering the Spirit of Fire's slipspace drive, while Marines are on the ground, ready to receive it.''

*'''Captain James Gregory Cutter''': "Is this really going to work, Professor?"

''Cuts to Anders' lab on the UNSC Spirit of Fire, where Cutter and Anders are overseeing the operation.''  

*'''Professor Ellen Anders''': "I believe this is our best hope. The overloaded FTL reactor will cause a chain reaction in the sun."

''They move to one of the monitors, which is analyzing the Forerunner star ships, the slipspace drive, and the Shield World.''

*'''Cutter''': "Enough to destroy all the ships here before the Covenant can get a chance to make anything of them."

*'''Anders''': "Well, put simply, Captain, our reactor will cause the sun to go supernova, leaving nothing here but dust."

''The Shield World window enlarges, and the artificial sun, represented by a white dot in a middle of a sphere, releases a few shockwaves, and the sphere disappears.''

*'''Serina''': "That's the weak part of this plan, if you ask me. We've no way home without that reactor."

*'''Cutter''': "One problem at a time, Serina. If the Covenant get their hands on these ships it will mean the end of the war. We'll take our chances here, to give humanity some hope."

*'''Anders''': "I know it's been a tough call, Captain, but it's the right one."

''Forge appears on the monitor, in front of the slipspace drive.''

*'''Sergeant John Forge (Video COM)''': "''Spirit of Fire'', this is Forge. She's buttoned up and ready to go!"

''Cuts to the ground, where Forge is. Marines are getting ready.''

*'''Cutter (COM)''': "Deliver that package safely, Sergeant."

''Forge points at the camera and shoulders his shotgun.''

*'''Forge''': "Keep the coffee hot. I'll be back before you know it."

''Cuts back to lab.''

*'''Anders''': "I'll be monitoring you from here, Sergeant."

''Captain Cutter leaves the lab.''

*'''Serina''': "Well, it'll be pretty obvious if he succeeds."

''Anders looks down at the floor and shakes her head, with a worried and sad look on her face.''
[[File:Reactor shot down.png|thumb|300px|The Pelicans carrying the FTL drive are shot down.]]
'''{''In-game Cutscene''}'''

''Two Pelicans, carrying the FTL drive, are being pursued by Banshees''

*'''Victor-397 Pilot (COM)''': "This is Victor-397. Stabilizers out, we can't carry her! Going down!"

''A Banshee scores a fatal hit on one of the Pelicans.''

*'''Victor-397 Pilot (COM)''': "Clear the area, we're dropping cargo!"

''The Pelicans drop the slipspace drive at the last second, both crashing soon after. The slipspace drive slides down a hill. Cuts to black.''

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

''Forge, Red Team, and two Wolverines regroup at the slipspace drive, which is in front of a newly established UNSC station.'' 

*'''Cutter''': "I don't want to take anymore chances flying that core in, we're changing this to a ground operation."

*'''Forge (COM)''': "The core is a heavy son of a bitch, use Elephants to drag it up those ramps. They're the only vehicle with enough torque to pull that damn thing."

''After the Elephant is deployed from the base:''

*'''Forge (COM)''': "Alright, let's hitch the Elephant up to the FTL core and go from there."

*'''Serina''': "If that Elephant gets destroyed on the ramp, the core will roll all the way back down. It's not going to be pretty."

*'''Serina''': "Once the core reaches a flat area, it will no longer be in danger of rolling back down the hill. Get the core to level ground, and do try to avoid any unnecessary jostling."

----
''From this point on, if the FTL drive is heavily damaged:''

*'''Serina''': "FTL core is severely damaged!"
----

''After fighting up several ramps, against the Flood, Sentinels, and three Covenant bases, the core finally reaches the top.''

*'''Forge (COM)''': "Spirit, we've reached the target site. Orders?"

'''{''In-game Cutscene''}'''

''The Elephant backs the slipspace drive onto a teleporter.''

*'''Cutter''': "Sergeant, engineers are on their way to rig the core. We're nearly there."

''The slipspace drive teleports away.''

''Level ends.''

==Trivia==
===Easter eggs===
*The [[Halo Wars skulls#Bountiful Harvest|Bountiful Harvest skull]] can be found northeast of the second Covenant base, and is only accessible after destroying 20 Vampires.
*The [[Black Boxes|Black Box]] in this level is hidden southwest of the first Covenant base, behind a wall, so it can only be collected by an air unit.

===Miscellaneous=== 
*In the beginning in-game cutscene, after the Pelicans crash and explode, part of the bottom area of the reactor merges to the ground.
*The teleporter site resembles the shape of a ''[[Marathon]]'' symbol.
*An Elephant cannot be healed by the "[[Heal and Repair]]" ability once it is attached to the Shaw-Fujikawa drive; the regeneration power has no effect.
*Strangely, when the Reactor is standing on a Base Building Pad without an Elephant attached, and the player builds a building there, the Reactor will move out of the way itself. This is technically impossible, but is included for gameplay reasons.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW Screenshots 002.jpg|A promotional image of the level featuring an early design of UNSC buildings.
File:Reactor map.png|A map of the level.
File:Reactor12.png|The FTL drive is lowered from the ship.
File:Forgecoffee.png|Forge tells Cutter and Anders to keep the coffee hot.
File:Reactor base site.png|The FTL drive being taken to the Apex Site by an Elephant.
File:HW Reactor.jpg|The stationary FTL Drive in game.
</gallery>
{{Succession box
|before = ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]'' 
|title = ''Halo Wars'' campaign missions
|years = '''''Reactor'''''
|after = ''[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]''}}
{{Levels|HW}}