Editing The Silent Cartographer

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{{disambig header|the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign level|other uses of "Cartographer"|Cartographer (disambiguation)}}

|image=[[File:HCEA TheSilentCartographer Loadscreen.png|350px]]

|player=[[Master_Chief_(gameplay)#Halo:_Combat_Evolved|Master Chief]]

|place= On the surface of [[Installation 04]], in and around the [[Cartographer#Installation 04|Silent Cartographer]]

|objective=Find and access the Cartographer

|partime=00:15:00 {{C|''Master Chief Collection''}}

'''The Silent Cartographer''' is the fourth [[campaign]] level in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.  

The [[Covenant]] believe that [[Installation 04|Halo]]'s map room, the [[Cartographer#Installation 04|Silent Cartographer]], is located somewhere under an island, with multiple structures concealing the installation. The [[John-117|Master Chief]] leads the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] in an [[Battle of the Silent Cartographer|assault]] on that island in order to locate the [[Control Room]].

[[File:PelicansAnniversary.png|thumb|300px|''[[Echo 419]]'' (front) and ''[[Bravo 022]]'' (back) approach the island.]]

[[File:HA SC 1.jpg|thumb|300px|A Forerunner structure on the beach.]]

''The Warthog proceeds to drive off around the island, encountering Covenant resistance. The vehicle approaches a structure protruding out of the cliff wall. A [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] dropship beside it takes off.''

''The Chief enters the structure and reaches the top of a slope that leads to an open door. A group of Covenant stand guard at the door, with a [[Sangheili Zealot]] blocking the way in.''

[[File:HA SC 2.jpg|thumb|300px|The Cartographer's security facility.]]

[[File:Cartographer Zealot.jpg|thumb|300px|As the door is unlocked, the Zealot guard charges out, sword at the ready.]]

[[File:CartographerCEA.jpg|thumb|300px|John-117 activates the Cartographer.]]

[[File:CartographerOutroCEA.jpg|thumb|300px|''Echo 419'' descends into the depths of Halo.]]

*It is possible to get on top of the island by grenade jumping, or via a Mgalekgolo melee boost.

*It is also possible to drive the Warthog into the door before it locks near the beginning of the level. The door will close through the midsection of the Warthog, with the driver and passenger seats on the other side of the locked door. The person driving is able to get out of the Warthog at this point and stay on the other side of the doorway, skipping a large chunk of the level. If done, the Zealot on the other side will not move or act, and can be killed easily, though he will appear again upon coming back up when exiting the Cartographer. This glitch is quite hard to do, requiring that the Warthog be driven at full speed and with perfect accuracy into the doorway, and requires a bit of luck and knowledge of the path. The trick also can be done as player can dismount quickly before the door closes without having a Warthog get past through the door.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=IGN}}

*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', the [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 4|fourth terminal]] can be found against the Marathon-symbol-shaped structure where the first pair of Mgalekgolo is fought, on the circular part and beneath the horizontal column.

*In ''Anniversary'', the [[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary skulls#Famine skull|Famine skull]] can be found on the small plateau where the Pelican ''Bravo 022'' crashed into. The skull is right on the corner in between three bushes.

*In ''Anniversary'', [[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary skulls#Bandanna skull|Bandanna skull]] can be found at the end of the tunnel, on the ceiling in the security console chamber. The player needs to use [[Explosive jumping|explosive jump]] to reach the column. An alternative method is for the first player to crouch on the window strip in the tunnel below the skull, then having a second player kill himself and subsequently respawn on top of the first player. The skull would then be instantly acquired.

*The level was recreated in the [[Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halo-mash-up-pack-available-now|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Mash-Up Pack Available Now}}

*Captain Keyes' quote "failure, people, is not an option" is a reference to the original quote by Ed Harris in the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''.

* This is the only level in ''Halo Combat Evolved'' to feature an ocean. Players will ''not'' drown if they drive a [[Warthog]] out into the sea, which extends out roughly half a kilometer in every direction from the shore before abruptly ending at an invisible wall. At these distances, the Warthog will be fully submerged, and underwater, there are odd effects on lighting, in that the flashlight has no effect and everything is pitch black, including most of the player's arm and gun. This lack of a kill-area also applies to NPCs; enemies lured out into the sea will not die, and any marines riding on the Warthog will not only survive being submerged, they can even freely speak underwater. This curious feature of ocean exploration remains fully intact in ''Anniversary''.

* At the flipped Warthog at the interior path there are four dead Marines, one more than the Hog can carry. This may have occurred through a similar circumstance to when [[Corporal Harland]] had [[Cochran|one of]] his soldiers lie under the LAAG during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Page=165}}

* This level is the most popular to perform [[Warthog jumping]] on, due to the large number of Marines, Warthogs, and the presence of rocket launchers. Its popularity lead to the creation of the flash game called Warthog Launch.{{citation needed}}

* If the player returns to the circular open area where the pair Hunters are confronted before boarding ''[[Echo 419]]'', there will be a landed Spirit dropship with a lance of Grunts and Jackals guarding it. These lances were probably part of the forces that overwhelmed the Marines guarding the beach.

* When entering the chamber of the unlocked door in the Cartographer building, there is a large locked vent-like installation in the wall of the first room with sleeping Grunts. This vent-like component may be some sort of inactive [[Sentinel launcher]].

* In ''Anniversary'', the beginning of the level during the ride on the Pelican is treated as a cutscene. On [[cooperative play]], the screen will remain as one HUD until the Pelicans land. This is similar to the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' campaign level ''[[The Package]]'', although the second player has no control of the HUD in this case.

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===Development images===

File:HCE TSC PelicanBeach.jpg|UNSC forces assaulting the Covenant on the beach.

File:HCE Warthog&Banshee.jpg|John and Marines in a Warthog as a cut [[Banshee]] flies by.

File:HCE Marines&Warthog.jpg|Marines and a Warthog on the beach.

File:HCE WarthogRolling.jpg|John flipping a [[Warthog]].

File:HCE WarthogCliff.jpg|John driving off a cliff.

File:HCE ChiefShafted.jpg|John looking down the large shaft in the Cartographer.

File:HCE ChiefVsEliteMinors.jpg|John fighting Elite Minors.

File:HCE ChiefCrouching.jpg|John crouching and looking down off a Forerunner ledge.

File:HCE GruntMinors.jpg|Two [[Unggoy Minor]]s.

File:HCE MC Burning Hunter.jpg|John uses a [[M7057 flamethrower]] against a Mgalekgolo.

 

===''Halo: Combat Evolved''===

File:HCE Menu 04 The Silent Cartographer.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' menu.

File:HaloCE-SilentCartographer-Island.jpg|The Cartographer island seen from a distance.

File:HCE Coop BeachAssault.jpg|Two Spartans and marines deployed to the beach during cooperative play.

 

===''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''===

File:HCEA-Concept-SilentCartographer.jpg|Concept art of the beach attack.

{{succession box | before = ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]'' <br />| title = [[Halo: Combat Evolved#Campaign|''Halo CE'' Campaign Missions]] | years = '''''The Silent Cartographer''''' |after = ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]''}}