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{{Disambig header|the level|the [[UNSC]] protocol of the same name|WINTER CONTINGENCY}}

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{{Level Infobox

|prev = ''[[Noble Actual]]''

|next = ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''

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

|name = '''''Winter Contingency'''''

|image = [[File:Level - WinterContingency.jpg|300px]]

|player = [[SPARTAN-B312]]

|date = [[2552#July|July 24, 2552]]

|place = [[Visegrad]], [[Reach]], [[Epsilon Eridani System]]

|Objective = Eliminate hostiles in [[Visegrad]] and re-activate the [[Visegrad Relay|Relay]].

|weapons=[[Human]]

*[[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|Plasma Grenade]]

|enemies = *[[Sangheili]]

|armorabilities=*[[Armor abilities#Sprint|Sprint]]

{{Article Quote|There's a disturbance on the frontier.}}

'''Winter Contingency''' is the second level in the [[campaign]] of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and the first level to feature gameplay.<ref name="bnet">[http://www.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.

 

Upon completing this level on [[Normal]], [[Heroic]], or [[Legendary]] the player will unlock the "[[We're Just Getting Started]]" [[achievement]] and 10 Gamerscore.

In the level, [[Noble Team]] is sent to [[Visegrad]], a remote agricultural region of the planet [[Reach]], to investigate a disturbance in the [[Visegrad Relay|communications relay]] responsible for the planet's communications to the rest of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], and the disappearance of the [[UNSC Army|Army troopers]] sent in to investigate before them.<ref>[http://www.totalvideogames.com/Halo-Reach/preview-15533.html Total video games.com]</ref> Sabotage by [[insurrectionist]]s is suspected, but the cause of the disruption is revealed to be a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] advance infiltration force.<ref name="GI">[http://gameinformer.com/mag/haloreach.aspx '''GameInformer''']: ''February 2010 issue''</ref> At the Visegrad relay, Noble Team finds the corpse of a [[Laszlo Sorvad|researcher]] alongside his surviving [[Sára Sorvad|daughter]]. Shortly after, several [[Zealot|Elite Zealots]] attack the Spartans, and after a brief scuffle they retreat deeper into the facility. Eventually Noble Team brings the relay back online, and contact [[Urban Holland|Colonel Holland]], declaring [[Winter Contingency]].

==Transcript==

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_xbIWXyQP4 '''{''Cutscene''}''']

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Commander, we just lost our signal with HQ."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Searching... Nada. Can't say what's jamming us."

*'''Pilot''': "Yes, sir!"

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Reading a distress beacon."

''Six follows Noble Team down the hillside. Emile swiftly jumps on to the top of a boulder and checks the surrounding.''

''Soon they come to a burning vehicle next to a small building. There are blood spatters on the ground nearby the wreckage. Emile begins inspecting a broken pallet on the ground and removes a red object from it.''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Negative, but it's military."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Why are we not seeing explosives residue?"

''If Noble Six shoots at the gas tank nearby, detonating it:''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Smoke at the next structure, boss."

''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 civilian male steps out. Other civilians can be seen remaining inside.''

*'''Farmer''': ''(Hungarian)'' "Én nem csináltam semmit!" ''(I didn't do anything!)''

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': "Commander, be advised. I'm reading heat signatures at the structure directly east from your position. Over."

''A new waypoint appears on the building in question. The farmer gets back inside as Noble Team sprint east toward the building.''

''The Spartans find several human corpses, including two uniformed ones hanging from pegs on the wall. The ground is covered with blood.''

''Carter stands back up and signals the team to keep moving. They enter an adjacent room with another dead body. Movement is suddenly heard on the roof, and a brief hostile contact is detected on the [[motion tracker]].''

''Noble Team moves to a set of windows, where they see the contacts: [[Unggoy|Grunts]] and [[Skirmisher]]s. One of the Skirmishers sees Noble Team and begins squawking in alarm.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "''Damn it!''"

''Noble Team engages the Covenant forces. Several Banshees begin to move in and are engaged by the Falcon.''

*'''Pilot (COM)''': "Banshees! Heads up, Charlie One!"

''Noble Team clears out the Covenant near the farm, while the Falcon shoots down the Banshees. A Spirit dropship touches down across a nearby bridge and begins deploying troops.''

''Noble Team heads across the creek to engage [[Sangheili Ultra|Ultra]] [[Sangheili|Elites]], eventually defeating them.''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Noble Three, requesting air-lift."

''Noble Six, Carter, and Jorge head to a flatbed truck, with Carter taking the passenger seat and Jorge standing in the truck bed, using his gun as a makeshift turret. Noble Six drives.''

''Noble Six, Carter, and Jorge drive around, eliminating all Covenant they come across.''

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': "Noble Leader: I'm picking up a distress signal."

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': "No disrespect, but don't we have better things to do than round up strays?"

''If Six takes time finding the Troopers:''

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': "Noble Leader: I'm seeing possible friendly forces under attack, north-east of your position, over!"  

''Six, Carter, and Jorge spot gunfire and explosions from a Covenant landing site. Several Army troopers are pinned down by the Covenant forces. The three Spartans move to intervene and get out of the truck.''

*'''Jun-A266 (COM)''': Solid copy, Commander. Recalling Falcon Charlie 2. Hold that evac position."

''Noble Team and the troopers engage the Covenant.''

*'''Travis''': "Spartans? Corporal Travis, 3 Charlie, sir. It's the Covenant..."

''Noble Team and 3 Charlie engage the Covenant, eventually clearing them out.''

''If Six stalls:''  

''If Six further stalls:''

''Two Falcons land. The troopers get into one and fly away, and Noble Team departs for the relay in the other.''

*'''Catherine-B320 (COM)''': "We're at the relay outpost. Door's locked. Mechanism's been flash-fused."

*'''Catherine-B320 (COM)''': "I dialed up my torch, cut a way through. Going to take some time."

''Noble Team reaches the relay, finding Covenant in the courtyard. Kat and Emile are pinned down inside the outpost.''

*'''Pilot''': "We're approaching the com outpost."

*'''Pilot''': "LZ's a little hot, sir-"

''Noble Team engages the Covenant in the courtyard.''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Taking a little longer than I hoped, Commander. I've cut about halfway through the door."

''Noble Team engage Covenant infantry, but more and more troops are dropped in via [[Spirit]] dropships.''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Just about...there! We're in!"

*'''Carter-A259''': "We need to find the control room. From there, Kat can get the relay back online. Emile, post here. If we flush any hostiles, they're yours. All right, let's do this."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Control room. Go easy."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Noble Six, search that body."

''If Six stalls:''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Lieutenant, check that body for ID!"

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=512R-Kk4BwA '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Six begins to search the body. Carter attends a wounded trooper leaning against the wall.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "All right, Corporal, stay put. We'll get you a combat surgeon."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Damn. Plasma damage!"

*'''Noble Six''': "Found something..."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "I'll take that, Six. Not your domain."

*'''Jorge-052''': "I've got her."

*'''Civilian''': ''(Hungarian)'' "Még... Itt vannak." ''(There's more...)''

''Jorge stiffens in alarm just as a [[Sangheili Field Marshall|Field Marshall]] jumps down from an upper floor and ignites its [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]]. The Elite slashes at Jorge, but he dodges the strike, pulling the civilian to the ground and covering her with his body. The Marshall growls a challenge at the rest of Noble Team and charges. Two more Zealots jump down to support the Marshall.''

''Carter and Noble Six fire their Assault Rifles at the charging Elite, but his shield absorbs the fire. The Marshall slashes at Kat, slicing through the monitors on the wall, but Carter knocks her out of the way just in time. The Field Marshall's shields collapse under the sustained fire of Noble Six. The Elite charges Noble Six and, unable to bring his sword to bear, knocks the Spartan over before running towards the exit.''

''One of the Zealots grabs the fallen Noble Six by the neck and extends an [[Energy Dagger]]. The Zealot attempts to stab Noble Six, but Six blocks the strike and punches the Zealot across the face, stunning him momentarily. The Zealot recovers and roars in Six's face, but Carter kicks him off and Kat opens fire with her pistol. The Elite's shields flash and it scrambles back to escape. Carter then kicks an assault rifle to Six. The two Zealots head for another door leading deeper into the facility, one holding the wounded corporal as a shield and forcing Noble Team to hold their fire. The civilian girl begins screaming while the Zealots head through the door, taking the screaming corporal with them. The corporal tries to grab the doorjamb in a desperate attempt to break free, but the Zealot holding him easily drags him out of sight.''

''Noble Six reloads, Jorge and Noble Six head into a room, which Jorge then seals shut behind them.''

 

''Jorge and Six clear the room, heading down a corridor into another large room.''

''Noble Six eliminates one of the Zealots and Grunts and Jackals accompanying it. The second Zealot charges Six with an Energy Sword. Six kills this Zealot as well.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Noble Five reporting. Contacts neutralized."

*'''Carter-A259 (COM)''': "Kat needs you to reset a junction. Do it and get back up here."

''Noble Six resets the junction.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrB2ACDNkHM '''{''Cutscene''}''']

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Question of my life. If the question is when will this station be back online, two weeks, earliest. This is plasma damage. All major uplink components are fried."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Which is why I'm splicing into the main overland bundle to get you a direct line to Colonel Holland... You're in my light, Commander."

*'''Jorge-052''': What's your name? Do you live around here?"

*'''Jorge-052''': ''(Hungarian)'' A nevem Jorge. ''(My name's Jorge.)''

*'''Jorge-052''': ''(Hungarian)'' "Sára... Szép határozott név. ''(...You're pretty strong.)'' Your accent sounds familiar. Sopron?"

*'''Sára''': "Tengeri."

*'''Jorge-052''' "Friend of yours?"

*'''Jorge-052''' ''(Hungarian)'' "Sajnálom. I'm sorry."

*'''Jorge-052''': ''(to Emile)'' "''She just lost her father.''" ''(to Carter)'' She needs a full psychiatric workup."

''Jorge turns furiously to Emile, but Carter intervenes.''

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Signal! It's patchy, but it's there."

*'''Catherine-B320''': "Best not touch anything. You wouldn't want to ground this place."

'' Noble Team, with the exception of their leader, leave the room. Holland's image appears on the screen.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Affirmative. It's the [[Winter Contingency]]."

*In the opening cutscene, both Falcons are armed with side mounted machine gun turrets. However, during gameplay, the Falcons are only armed with forward mounted turrets. This is to prevent the second, third and fourth player to fire the turrets, as they sit on the gunner seats in co-op.

*Several seconds before the player exits the Falcon (at the beginning of the level), if he/she keeps on looking left they will notice that the Falcon flies right through the trees.

*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 edventually 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 wabbles 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 indestructable. 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 suppossed to take place.

*The level is named after [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]], a UNSC contingency plan that is declared in case Covenant forces have discovered a UNSC colony world. Indeed, the first evidence of Covenant ground activity on Reach is discovered in this level.

*The [[Firefight]] map [[Overlook]] is based on a section of this level, but has different weather conditions.

*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.

*A "Micro" Skirmisher can be seen on top of a barn in this level. It will not try to escape and will recoil if shot. If killed, it will drop a needle rifle. This can be seen [http://www.bungie.net/Silverlight/bungiemediaplayer/embed.aspx?fid=9538411 here].

*There are eagles or possibly another bird of prey flying around the landscape. They can be shot and will react similar to the seagulls on ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[multiplayer]] map [[Last Resort]].

<gallery widths="150">

File:Winter Contingency.JPG|Noble Team's Falcons.

File:ostrichesWEINTERCONTINGENSY.jpg|A flock of [[Moa]].

File:5.jpg|Two Falcons dropping off Noble Team.

File:NobleteamWINTERCONTIGENCY.jpg|Emile inspecting a pallet.

File:1INSURGENTWINTERCONTIGENCY.jpg|Noble Team meeting a civilian suspected of being an insurgent.

File:Reach-m10_evironment.jpg|Rain-soaked landscape late in the level's development.

File:Enviro 02.jpg|An Alpha build view of a Covenant [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit dropship]], with the communications array seen in the background.

File:ReachCampaign m10 Skirmishers2.jpg|An Alpha build screenshot of Skirmishers near a homestead.

File:Reach-m10 3rdperson.jpg|Noble Six engages several Unggoy and a Kig-yar.

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

File:Reach "The Battle Begins"-Elite.png|Elite Zealots preparing to attack Noble Team.

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