The Truth and Reconciliation: Difference between revisions

|player=[[John-117]]

|objective=Board the [[Covenant]] [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] and rescue [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]]

''The view pans across a plateau with a Covenant {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} above it.''

*'''Cortana''': "Stick to the higher ground on the right. We should be able to recon the Covenant position without being spotted. I'm detecting Covenant [[Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Stationary Guns]] near the next pass. I recommend using your [[SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle|Sniper Rifle]] to take out the gunners while I call for Marine support."  

[[File:TRGravLiftCEA.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[John-117]] and his Marine squad boards the gravity lift.]]

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Wait a moment. I'm going to access the [[Covenant Battle Network|Covenant Battlenet]] and locate an override code to open a door."

[[File:Keyes Needler.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Captain Keyes arms himself and prepares to fight his way out of the Covenant cruiser.]]

[[File:TREscapeCEA.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hijacking a Spirit dropship, Captain Keyes and the Chief escape the ''Truth and Reconciliation''.]]

During the initial design, there were concerns for the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' model in the skybox due to engine limitations, and [[Jaime Griesemer]] believed the level would be split into two levels.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=IGN}} Early design of the level also involved a ramp the player would walk up to access the ship, intended to be low to the ground. However, the art team didn't want to have the player be able to inspect the ship up-close due to the low resolution of the in-game asset, so the [[gravity lift]] technology was conceived to to help provide the player with a way of entering the ship while keeping the vessel airborne. This idea proved to be more visually interesting that the level was structured around the gravity lift.{{Ref/Book|The Art of Halo: Creating a Virtual World|Page=85}} The gravity lift had also allowed Bertone to spawn in enemy reinforcements after artist Stephan Okasaki developed animations for Covenant troops being deployed from the lift. After his rescue, Captain Keyes was deliberately given a Needler, so players can easily locate Keyes without giving Keyes a high damage output.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=IGN}} A bug was present during the development in which Keyes had the AI behavior to "taunt enemy corpse". Being armed with the Needler, he would fire it into a dead Covenant soldier, which would explode and kill himself.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Commentary}}

| title = [[Halo: Combat Evolved#Campaign|''Halo'' Campaign Missions]]