Halo: Spartan Strike: Difference between revisions

As with ''Spartan Assault'', ''Spartan Strike''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign employs the [[UNSC Tactical Simulator]] as a fictional framing device. The story is set in two primary points in the [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]] timeline, beginning during the [[Battle of Mombasa|events]] of ''[[Halo 2]]'' in [[New Mombasa]] in the year [[2552]]. The narrative centers around a [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]] and the struggle between the [[UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]] for control of the relic. The player controls a [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]]<ref name="Waypoint"/><small><ref group="note">It should be noted that the game itself involves a Spartan-IV (the player) participating in a tactical simulation of the Battle of Mombasa. Canonically, a Spartan-IV could not have participated in the ''actual'' Battle of Mombasa, as the SPARTAN-IV program only came into fruition ''after'' the Human-Covenant War.</ref></small> under the command of [[Kwon|Lieutenant Kwon]]. After the first operation set in New Mombasa, the narrative jumps five years forward to the year [[2557]]. The Spartan is deployed onto [[Installation 03|Gamma Halo]] to reacquire the Conduit from the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant forces]] who have taken the artifact to a Forerunner site they refer to as the [[Altar]]. After the player is successful, they must deliver the Conduit to an [[ONI]] facility in [[New Phoenix]] on [[Earth]] in hopes of using the artifact to close a [[slipspace portal]] that has unleashed a [[Promethean]] invasion upon the city.<ref name="IGN"/>