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*This level has similarities to the levels ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]'', ''[[The Silent Cartographer]]'', and ''[[ | *This level has similarities to the levels ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]'', ''[[The Silent Cartographer]]'', and ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]'', in that the player begins the level as a stealth mission, armed with a sniper rifle (''The Truth and Reconciliation''), then spending the better part of the level searching for the map room, shutting down security systems, and fighting Covenant (''The Silent Cartographer''), and ultimately acquire a tank, and lead an armored assault convoy against an entrenched enemy position swarming with Covenant (''Assault on the Control Room''). | ||
*Whilst it is more likely a coincidence than not, the opening cinematic shares some similarities with the ending cutscene of ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' - several Marines and the Chief escape a space battle (The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} against the Covenant armada and the Covenant loyalist and separatist battles) by flying a small craft (A Bumblebee escape pod and Pelican dropship) towards a Forerunner installation (Installations 04 and 00 respectively). A further similarity is in transit, John-117 looks over the shoulder of the pilot at the approaching structure. | *Whilst it is more likely a coincidence than not, the opening cinematic shares some similarities with the ending cutscene of ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' - several Marines and the Chief escape a space battle (The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} against the Covenant armada and the Covenant loyalist and separatist battles) by flying a small craft (A Bumblebee escape pod and Pelican dropship) towards a Forerunner installation (Installations 04 and 00 respectively). A further similarity is in transit, John-117 looks over the shoulder of the pilot at the approaching structure. | ||
*The first cinematic section, just before gameplay begins but after the cutscene, bears a solid resemblance to the opening of ''The Silent Cartographer''; the Chief (and several Marines) stare out the back of a Pelican as it approaches a Forerunner structure crawling with Covenant. | *The first cinematic section, just before gameplay begins but after the cutscene, bears a solid resemblance to the opening of ''The Silent Cartographer''; the Chief (and several Marines) stare out the back of a Pelican as it approaches a Forerunner structure crawling with Covenant. | ||