Editing Winter Contingency

{{Title|Winter Contingency}}

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'''Winter Contingency''' is the second level in the [[campaign]] of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and the first level to feature gameplay.<ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=27328 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 07.16.10'']</ref> It immediately follows the first level [[Noble Actual]], which includes the game's opening cinematic.

==Summary==

==Transcript==

*'''[[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] Carter-A259''': "Listen up, Noble Team. We're looking at a downed relay outpost, fifty klicks from [[Visegrad]]. We're going to introduce ourselves to whoever took it out, then Kat's going to get it back online."

*'''[[Warrant Officer|Chief Warrant Officer]] [[Jorge-052]]''': "Sir, why would rebels want to cut off Reach from the rest of the colonies?"

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': "Noble Leader, I'm seeing heat-sigs in the structure ahead."

''Six goes up a short flight of stairs and emerges on the other side of the house. The second Falcon lands in the courtyard long enough to drop Jorge off, then takes off. A door in the house opens, and a male civilian steps out. Other civilians can be seen remaining inside.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Noble Two, move up to the west. We're about to be flanked."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Huh?"

*'''Pilot (COM)''': "Banshees! Heads up, ''[[Charlie 1]]''!"

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': "Noble Leader, enemy dropships inbound!"

*'''Carter-A259''': "Roger, Three. We're en route."

''The team moves on to the next location. The Spartans clear the area of Covenant.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Everybody inside! Go, go, go!"

''If the player stalls:''

'''''You've arrived at the Visegrad Relay Outpost. Advance inside.'''''

'''''Note''': Carter may not always say this; it is unknown why this happens. He always says this if the player starts the level Rally Point Bravo.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Negative, Four, stay on the entrance! Two, handle her! Five and Six, clear the hole!"

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

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Come again, Noble One? Did you say ''Covenant?''"

*'''Holland (COM)''': "''May God help us all.''"

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===Mistakes===

*Upon exiting the abandoned building at the beginning of the level, the player can hear an Elite growl. However, if the player manages to catch a glimpse of the fleeing Covenant, it is revealed that it is actually a [[Skirmisher]]. This can easily be seen in [[Theater]] mode.

===Glitches===

*When Jorge tells the farmer to get back inside, the player can block the door (which would automatically close regardless), preventing him from entering. He would now speak in English when touched or shot at like a normal civilian, despite appearing to only speak Hungarian previously.

*Just after Rally Point Alpha, the player can use a [[Plasma Pistol]] to disable and steal Jun's [[Falcon]], holding position above a hill. The invisible "driver" of the Falcon will be ejected when it is upside down (an Assault Rifle will drop out of the cockpit). The player can then fly the Falcon around the level, but numerous invisible barriers will make travel difficult. If the player does not dismount before rescuing the Troopers, the player will be stuck inside the Falcon (the player wasn't supposed to exit the Falcon until it has reached the relay outpost). Because only an AI driver could bypass invisible barriers, the player must restart to proceed. Alternatively, they may continue until the dropships are assaulting the troops, and park the Falcon in the energy field in between the drop ship's prongs. Eventually, the ship will fly away, taking the Falcon with it. About five seconds after the dropship moves past the ruined bridge, the player is now past the invisible wall. They can then release themselves from the dropship and fly to the Relay Station by following the road, continuing the mission normally. However, it's possible to get past the invisible barriers while still in full control of the Falcon. The player must fly it into the forward section (inside the U) of a Spirit dropship and getting the Falcon somewhat locked into it, so that when the Spirit eventually flies away, it takes the Falcon (and thus the player) with it. The tricky part is keeping the Falcon still locked into the forward section while the Spirit often wobbles around and can sometimes shake the player off, forcing him/her to start over. When the Spirit hits the invisible barrier, still with the player's Falcon locked into it, the Falcon will be pushed through the barrier with the Spirit, although the player will take extreme damage (to the point of no health bars even left) from the pressure of breaking through the barrier, but will not die as the Falcon is fully indestructible. The Falcon at a point through the break-through may be dislodged and unsuccessful in getting past the barrier, but if successful, the player will be past the barrier and is now fully free to fly throughout the entire map without the fear of any more barriers. Do note that the entire map is extremely large end to end and transversing it may take a very long time, and it can be very easy to get lost if the player wants to fly back to where the game is supposed to take place.

*It is possible to prevent Carter from getting into the Falcon after rescuing the troopers by parking the Spade on the Falcon's landing site. If the Falcon is rammed at the right time neither of them will get in and they appear at the outpost alongside Emile and Kat.  Carter will not be heard responding to other NPC's dialogue, until he reappears at the relay outpost.

*It is possible for Carter and other members of Noble Team (except Six) to get shut out of the outpost when the door seals. Despite this, Carter will still be heard saying "[I]'' Can't see a thing... Noble Six, turn on your night vision''," as if he was right next to the player.

*This level marks the first appearance of [[Skirmisher]]s in the ''Halo'' franchise.

*This is the second time in the ''Halo'' series where the first playable level features drivable vehicles.

*When playing on Legendary difficulty, a cloaked [[Special Operations Sangheili|SpecOps Elite]] will spawn near the start of the level, fleeing from the site of the distress beacon to the bottom of the first hill. It holds a [[Data pads|data pad]], which can be accessed if the player kills the Elite. To keep to the storyline consistent, Noble Team will not react to its death.

*This is the first of the four levels (the others being [[ONI: Sword Base]], [[Tip of the Spear]], and [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]) where the [[MA37 Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] Six starts with has more than the usual 288 rounds. In this case, it carries 600 rounds. This could be a possible homage to the [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', which also had a capacity of 600 rounds.

*If the player were to kill the farmer while he was being interrogated, the player will die instantly.

*It is possible to kill the Skirmisher that is seen early in the level if the player runs out quickly and fires on it with their [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|pistol]]. Noble Team may even react to this kill with combat dialog (e.g. Good shot, Six!) that severely contradicts the fact that they are unaware of the Covenant presence.

*One of the Zealots can be seen fiddling with the junction that the player later has to reset.

*The Zealot who attacks Noble Six in the cutscene hits his head on the doorway just as his shields recharge.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgzBUhTQKo '''Youtube:''' ''Halo Reach Legendary Edition - Developer Commentary Part 2'']</ref>

==Gallery==

File:HR_PioneerFarm_Concept.jpg|Concept art of one of the level's small pioneer farms.

File:HR PioneerKiva Concept.jpg|Concept art of a damaged kiva interior.

File:HR_PioneerLab_Concept.jpg|Concept art of a wrecked science lab.

File:HR_WinterContingency_Landscape_Concept_1.jpg|Landscape of Reach.

File:HR_WinterContingency_Landscape_Concept_2.jpg|Landscape of the level.

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===Screenshots===

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File:HR Winter Contingency Falcons.jpg|Two Falcons dropping off Noble Team.

File:NobleteamWINTERCONTIGENCY.jpg|Emile finds the distress beacon from the missing troopers.

File:HR NobleSprinting.jpg|Carter, Kat, and Six sprinting.

File:HR NobleDefendsLZ.jpg|Carter, Jorge, and Six fighting Covenant in the valley.

File:HaloReach - Visegrad.png|A Falcon preparing to deploy Noble Team into the communication outpost.

File:HR RelayDefense.jpg|NOBLE Team defends the entrance of the outpost.

File:Reach "The Battle Begins"-Elite.png|[[Sangheili Zealot]]s preparing to attack Noble Team.

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