Editing The Storm (Level)

{{Era|H3}}
{{Level infobox
|prev=''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]]''
|next=''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''
|game=''[[Halo 3]]''
|name='''''The Storm'''''
|image=[[Image:The Storm AA Gun.jpg|300px]]
|player=[[SPARTAN-117]]
|date= [[2552]]
|place=[[Voi]], near [[The Ark]], [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]]
|Objective= 
*Destroy Covenant anti-air wraiths
*Destroy pursuing [[Scarab]] walker
*Destroy [[Covenant Loyalist]] [[Covenant Artillery|anti-air emplacement]]
|enemies=
*[[Scarab]]
*[[Ghost]]s
*[[Mauler]]s
*[[Phantom]]s
*[[Wraith]]s
*[[Anti-Air Wraith]]s
*[[Brute]]s
**[[Brute Chieftain]]
*[[Hunter]]s
}}
{{Article Quote|Reclaim the [[Voi|City]]. Make a hole.}}
'''The Storm'''<ref>EGM Magazine, August 2007, page 62</ref> is the fourth [[campaign]] mission of ''[[Halo 3]]''.
Upon completing it on the [[Normal]], [[Heroic]], or [[Legendary]] difficulties, the player will earn the [[Assault (Achievement)|"Assault" achievement]] and 30 [[Gamerpoint]]s.

==Background==
[[Image:Anti-Air Fire.jpg|left|thumb|A [[Type-52 Anti Aircraft Artillery]] fires on a [[Hornet]].]]

It begins with  a [[UNSC]] [[Warthog]] convoy moving to [[Voi]], whose objective is to punch through the [[Covenant Loyalist]] anti-aircraft defenses that surround the [[Ark]] and allow [[Lord Terrence Hood|Lord Hood's]] small fleet of ships passage to the [[Prophet of Truth|Prophet of Truth's]] fleet. [[UNSC Marine]] forces, lead by [[SPARTAN-117]] get involved in several pitched skirmishes as they must fight through the industrial zone of Voi, through warehouses and factories and having to survive ambushes by both Covenant foot soldiers and Covenant armor. 

After breaking through the industrial area Master Chief met up with a brigade of approximatley 6 [[Mongoose|Mongoose ATVs]] and commandeered one with a Marine riding 'shotgun' using a [[M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher| M41 Rocket Launcher]]. They immediately engaged a squadron of [[Anti-Air Wraith]] tanks  to secure a landing zone as [[Brute]]s on [[Brute Chopper]]s and [[Grunt]]s on [[Ghost]]s attack them and are constantly reinforced by [[Phantom]]s. Above them [[Hornet]]s and [[Banshee]]s dogfight for control. Though they take the landing zone the victory was short lived as a [[Scarab]] arrived to crush the UNSC forces. After disabling it by boarding it then destroying its power core the UNSC forces prepared to push into a Brute controlled warehouse.

With reinforcements lead by [[The Arbiter (character)|The Arbiter]] and [[Sergeant Johnson]] along with [[Voi Factory Workers|volunteer civilians]] from a nearby factory, they pushed in, engaging nearly a dozen [[Brutes]] armed with [[Mauler]]s and [[Brute Shot]]s, a pair of [[Hunters]] and a [[Brute Chieftain]] wielding a [[Gravity Hammer]]. After that they pressed on to the AA site, engaging a small Covenant army defending it. Eventually they punch through, disabling the gun, allowing the UNSC Navy, along with Miranda Keyes, free rein. <ref>http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162238</ref>

== Transcript ==

'''''[[Voi]], [[Africa]], [[Earth]]'''''<br>
'''''[[Second Battle of Earth]]'''''

===01: Ghost Town===
''A convoy of three Warthogs: two [[M831 Troop Transport]]s and one [[M12 Warthog LRV]], rolls down a tunnel of [[Tsavo Highway (Location)|Tsavo Highway]].''

*'''[[Miranda Keyes]]''' (COM): [[SPARTAN-117|Chief]], the [[Prophet of Truth]] has found the Ark. Our only chance of stopping him is a surprise aerial assault. Clear this sector of Covenant anti-air defenses. Make a hole for the [[Lord Hood|Admiral]]’s ships. Good hunting. Keyes out.

<u>Location</u>: [[Traxus Heavy Industries]] [[Voi Traxus Factory Complex 09|Factory Complex 09]]

''The Warthogs emerge from the tunnel in a parking lot scattered with destroyed Warthog chassises and Marine and Grunt corpses. The Warthogs roll to a pause as the Marines and SPARTAN-117 walk out, and the Marines form a perimeter outside the locked door.''

*'''[[Marine]] [[Sergeant]]''': Ready to go when you are, Chief. Open the door and take point. We’ll cover you with the .50.

''SPARTAN-117 opens the door into an empty factory section and then into a next section with Covenant. An M12 Warthog LRV and a file of Marines follow him in.''

*'''Marine Sergeant''': Chief, open the door; we can roll on through!

''A set of doors is opened, leading to a factory tunnel laden with Brutes, Jackals, Grunts, and even a pair of Ghosts. Beyond that is another door that leads to Lake Bed A. After cleansing the tunnel, the UNSC forces open the next door, revealing a massive expanse with cruising Ghosts and a heavy Covenant garrison.''

===Ending Cutscene===

''SPARTAN-117 and the Arbiter stand on the cliffside to the [[Portal]] on the hill of the recently destroyed anti-aircraft emplacement. Multiple squadrons of [[Longsword]]s streak overhead, followed by three [[UNSC Frigate]]s, including the [[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn]], [[Lord Hood]]'s flagship. The Covenant fleet is hovering before them, with the [[Forerunner Dreadnaught]] centered below them at the center of the Portal.''

'''[[Lord Hood]]''': All ships, fire at will!

''The UNSC frigates engage the Forerunner Dreadnaught, [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s discharging in volleys, and explosions ripple on the dreadnaught's surface. The Forerunner structure begins to open like a starfish, focusing energy on the Dreadnaught, and fires off a beam of light. The screen blacks out.''

'''[[Cortana]]''': This is the way the world ends...

''Fade back in on the scene: a large glowing sphere of light has appeared in the sky above the artifact, and the vessels of both the UNSC and Brute fleets are drifting in the air, disorganied. The Arbiter roars loudly ashe Forerunner Dreadnaught rises into the sphere, followed in close order by the Covenant fleet.''

'''[[Lord Hood]]''': *coughs* What'd [[Truth]] just do? *coughs* Did he activate [[The Halos|the rings]]?

'''[[Miranda Keyes]]''': No, sir. But he certainly did something.

'''[[Lord Hood]]''': Evac the wounded and regroup. Wherever Truth went-

'''Naval Officer #2''': Sir, new contact slipping in.

''A [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] emerges from Slipspace to the east of Voi, and hurtles just overhead the Arbiter and SPARTAN-117. It is smoking with rancid fumes and is distraught: it has been infested by the Flood.''

'''[[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]]''': What is it? More [[Brutes]]?

'''[[SPARTAN-117]]''': Worse.

==Trivia==
*The [[Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher]] from the [[High Ground]] multiplayer level can be seen close by the Covenant Anti-Aircraft gun.

== References ==

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