The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level): Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:Autumn_Arrival.png|375px]]

|game=''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' (<small>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Anniversary]]''</small>)

|player=[[John-117]]

|place=Aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}

|enemies=

**[[Sangheili Minor|Minor]]

**[[Unggoy Major|Major]]

|weapons=

**[[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|Plasma Pistol]]

**[[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|Plasma Rifle]]

'''''The Pillar of Autumn''''' is the first level in the [[campaign]] mode of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and the [[Halo Trilogy]]. The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, having escaped [[Fall of Reach|the destruction of Reach]], has arrived near a [[Installation 04|strange object]]. Unfortunately, the [[Covenant]], who are here as well, attack the ship. [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN]] [[John-117]] is awakened from his cryo-sleep and makes his way to the bridge of the titular ship to be debriefed by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] about their current situation. After the brief meeting, the Master Chief, with his [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] companion [[Cortana]], makes his way off the ship via a [[Bumblebee]] escape pod.

 

 

 

*On Easy and Normal, when you walk through a hallway, a [[Sangheili]] will appear to attack you. However, before he can do anything, a squad of marines will gun him down.

[[File:PoA Reach.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.]]

 

*'''Cortana''': "But I've isolated approach signatures from multiple [[CCS-class battlecruiser|''CCS''-class]] battle groups, make it three capital ships per group. And in about 90 seconds they'll be all over us."

[[File:Johnson&marines.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Johnson giving his speech]]

*'''Johnson''': ''([[Legendary]])'': "Men, we led those dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep 'em from gettin' their ''filthy'' claws on [[Earth]]. But we stumbled onto somethin' they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine, or a giant hula hoop, we're not gonna let 'em have it! What we ''will'' let 'em have...is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in!" ''(turns around)'' "''Am I right, Marines?''"

[[File:ChiefThawing.png|thumb|right|300px|Technicians awakening the Master Chief.]]

[[File:MasterChiefExitCryoPod.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Master Chief exits his cryo pod.]]

*'''Shephard''': "I gave you a double dose of the wake-up stim. Take a quick walk around the cryo bay and join me at the optical diagnostics station when you're ready."

[[File:HCEA Targeting test.png|thumb|right|300px|The targeting test.]]

*'''Shepard''':"Stand on the yellow square. This'll just take a second."

[[File:2817468-gallery.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Chief and Captain Keyes, discussing the situation.]]

*'''Keyes''': "Alright then. I'm initiating [[Cole Protocol#Article_2|Cole Protocol, Article 2]]. We're abandoning the ''Autumn''. That means you too, Cortana."

*'''Cortana''': "With all due respect, sir, this war has ''enough dead heroes''."

*'''Keyes''': "...which is where you come in, Chief. Get Cortana off this ship. Keep her safe from the enemy. If they capture her, they'll learn everything. Force deployment, weapons research... ''[[Earth]]''."

[[File:KeyesChipCEA.png|thumb|right|300px|Captain Keyes gives Cortana's data chip to the Chief.]]

 

''Keyes hands his [[M6D Personal Defense Weapon System|pistol]] to the Chief.''

''If the player lingers next to Captain Keyes:''

''If the player stays on the bridge but not next to Captain Keyes:''

''If player uses the Pistol to kill Captain Keyes or any crewmen:''

''When the player moves away from Keyes, the PA announcements Cortana was doing is replaced by PA announcements by Keyes. These loop till the end of the mission.''

''The Chief steps over a body of a dead Marine and picks up an [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|Assault Rifle]].''

''From here to the end of the level, if the player takes a hit with his shields down:''

''An explosion comes from the airlock, caused by a [[Covenant boarding craft|Covenant boarding vessel]] crashing into the ship, killing the two Marines standing guard next to it. Covenant troops pour into the corridor.  The Chief and the Marines eliminate them.''

 

*'''Cortana''': "They're using ''our'' lifeboat airlocks to attach their boarding craft. We go out and they come in! Clever bastards..."

[[File:ChiefEliteCEA.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Chief engages a [[Sangheili Minor]].]]

''After the battle on the ledges, the Chief climbs the staircase to the second floor.''

 

''The Chief sees a [[lifepod]] launching with pulse lasers bursting all around the airlocks.''

[[File:AutumnDamagedCEA.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Bumblebee]] lifeboat [[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43|LFA-43]] speeds away as the ''Autumn'' burns.]]

[[File:LFA-43 Halo.png|thumb|right|300px|John-117's lifeboat approaches [[Installation 04]].]]

*'''Cortana''': "I knew it! The ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s accelerating. Keyes is going in manually!"

''The ''Autumn'' accelerates and flies over the life pod (past the pod's starboard side in ''Anniversary''). It is struck by multiple [[plasma torpedo]]es.''

[[File:BumblebeeAnniversary.png|thumb|right|300px|The Bumblebee lifeboat hits Installation 04's atmosphere.]]

*There is a glitch in the level that allows the player to [[Three Weapons Glitch|carry three weapons]] instead of only two. Get off the bridge very fast after Keyes gives the player the pistol.

*In the cinematic when the player goes to the bridge for the first time, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' is hit by an antimatter charge, and the bridge will shake. Captain Keyes and Master Chief will fall on the bridge, but the crewman behind them are not affected in any way.

*The ''Autumn''<nowiki/>'s main view screen has a diagram on it, with an annotation displaying, 'Trajectory FD: Halo,' yet nobody on board the ''Autumn'' knows the ring's name. It isn't found out by any of the human characters until Captain Keyes overhears the guards on the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' talking about it.

*If one strafes right-to-left on the ''Autumn's'' bridge, one can see that [[Installation 04]] only has a diameter of about 50 meters with a width of only a couple feet, while in reality the ring is approximately 10,000 kilometers in diameter and quite a few kilometers in width.

*When given the pistol from Captain Keyes, he is talking with the side of his mouth open as if he was smoking his pipe.

*Sometimes, in the cafeteria area, there are two Johnsons among the Marines. One of them comes out of the door where the Sangheili Minor is as normal. The other one is where the rest of the Covenant forces come out of the two doors at the other side of the cafeteria. The second Johnson is pointing his weapon at a pillar that's next to a table. He doesn't attack the Covenant or the player when the rest of the marines think of the player as a traitor. He won't budge unless the player or the Covenant kill him. He'll still do his speeches as normal.

*If the one looks closely, the Master Chief's escape pod launches, it still has its rear hatch open.

===Easter Eggs===

{{Main|Easter Eggs}}

*In ''Anniversary'', the introductory cutscene is more faithful to the original version on [[Legendary]] difficulty: camera angles for the ''Autumn'''s arrival, Johnson's speech, and the cryo tube's unsealing, as well as the music, is nearly identical to the original ''Halo''.

*In ''Anniversary'', the [[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Skulls#Blind Skull|Blind Skull]] can be found in the cryo bay, behind a stack of crates that are at the left of the targeting lights.

*In ''Anniversary'', the [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#The Terminals|first terminal]] is one of the computer consoles located on the left side of the Autumn's bridge. All of the console's screens flash "INCOMING MESSAGE" in red, and a crewman is standing beside it instead of manning the console.

**In the remastered version of the billboard on the ship's bridge, there is a movie poster titled ''Dark Planetoid Rising'' with an image of the [[Requiem|planet the appeared in the Legendary ending of ''Halo 3'']] - a reference to [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9274467&postcount=33832 a 2008 NeoGAF meme]. In addition, in the lower left corner there is an image of the "Troll Face" easter egg, which is a widely known internet meme.

*In the remastered version of the monitors in the cryo chamber control room, in is shown in a schematic that [[Linda-058]] is present.

*Sergeant Johnson appears a few times in this level. Firstly, when he is giving his speech to the line of Marines and also appears as the driver of the Warthog in the background at times. He is always in the mess hall fighting Covenant. He then sometimes appears guarding a lifeboat airlock, and then is killed in an explosion, and finally appears in the battle with the Covenant on the landing.

*Markings seen on the monitors at the front of the bridge and the tactical monitors at the center of the bridge bear strong resemblance to the [[reticule]] for the [[Type-51 Carbine|Covenant Carbine]] in ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 3''.

*In the ''Anniversary'' version of this level, the Bumblebee pilot is a female Marine model from ''Halo 3'', as opposed to a repurposed UNSC Army Ranger model from ''Halo Reach.''

File:AnniversaryCoop.png|The second cutscene during cooperative play, as shown in ''Anniversary''.

File:2817467-gallery.jpg|The Master Chief charging through the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s corridors in ''Anniversary''.

File:2817470-gallery.jpg|Two Unggoy near a set of blast doors in ''Anniversary''.

File:2817466-gallery.jpg|The Chief and a Marine engaging Sangheili Minors in ''Anniversary''.

===Concept art===

File:HCEA-Concept-PoA-Chief-Profile.jpg|Concept art of [[John-117]] aboard the ''Autumn'' in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.

File:HCEA AutumnInterior Concept 1.jpg|Concept art of the ship's interior in ''Anniversary''.

File:HCEA AutumnInterior Concept 2.jpg|Concept art of the ship's interior in ''Anniversary''.

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