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| |game=[[Halo 2]]
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| |name='''''The Arbiter'''''
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| |image=[[Image:The Arbiter Official.png|300px]]
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| |player=[[Thel 'Vadamee]]
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| |date= [[2552#October 20, 2552|October 20, 2552]]
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| |place=[[Gas Mine]], planet [[Threshold]]
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| |Objective=*Locate the Heretic Leader
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| *Pursue the Heretic Leader
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| |enemies=
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| *[[Heretic Elite]]s
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| *[[Heretic Grunt]]s
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| *[[Sentinel]]s
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| }}
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| <center>''For other uses of the word "Arbiter", see [[Arbiter|Arbiter (disambiguation)]]''.</center>
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| {{Article Quote|Infiltrate a [[Forerunner]] [[Gas Mine|facility]], quell the [[Heretics (Faction)|heresy]] therein.}}
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| '''The Arbiter''' is a ''[[Halo 2]]'' campaign level which introduces the [[Arbiter (rank)|Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] as a playable character for the first time. You must assassinate the [[Heretic Leader]] on a [[Forerunner]] [[Gas Mine]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere.
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| The mission involves neutralizing [[Heretic]] forces. Along the way, the player will have to open a hangar door for reinforcements, fight, for the first time in Halo 2, [[Sentinel]]s, and fly a [[Banshee|Heretic Banshee]] to escort a friendly [[Phantom]] that is looking for where the Heretic Leader escaped to.
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| This is also the first time in Halo 2 you are able to use the [[Covenant Carbine]], the [[Sentinel Beam]], and the [[Fuel Rod Gun]]. It is also the first time members of the Covenant aid you. Your allies are [[Special Operations Elites]] and [[Special Operations Grunts]], meaning that you start off with rather powerful allies.
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| ==Transcript==
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| ===The Arbiter===
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| [[Image:Caged.jpg|thumb|Jailed Jackals.]]
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| ''The scene opens up with a blurry camera shot focused on the floor, before clearing and focusing on the back of [[Tartarus]]. The shot then changes to show [[Tartarus]] walking down a hallway in ''[[High Charity]]'', two [[Brutes]] behind him, carrying [[Thel 'Vadamee]] on their shoulders. They are walking through a prison.''
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| *'''[[Brute]] 1''': "How much further must we heft this baggage? Any cell will do."
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| *'''[[Brute]] 2''': "Why not toss him in with this lot?"
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| ''The Brutes pass a cell containing three hungry [[Jackals]], which hiss and growl as they reach out through the bars at the [[Brute|Brutes]] passing by.''
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| *'''Brute 2''': "They could use the meat."
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| *'''Brute 1''': "Them? What about ''us''? My belly aches - and his flesh is seared just the way I like it."
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| *'''[[Tartarus]]''': "Quiet! You two whimper like [[Grunts]] fresh off the [[Food Nipple|teat]]. He's not meant for the jails. The [[High Prophets|Hierarchs]] have something special in mind."
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| ''The [[Brute|Brutes]] and their cargo move out onto a platform overlooking the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]]. They ride a [[Gravity Lift]] down to the walkway leading up to it and pass dozens of [[Elite]] [[Honor Guard]]s standing at attention, staves ready. They enter the Mausoleum, where the [[Prophet|Prophets]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] await. The [[Brute|Brutes]] and [[Tartarus]] bow.''
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| *'''Tartarus''': "Noble [[Prophet|Prophets]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]], I have brought [[Thel 'Vadamee|the incompetent]]."
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| *'''[[Prophet of Truth]]''': "You may leave, [[Tartarus]]."
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| ''Tartarus looks up, surprised.''
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| *'''Tartarus''': "But... I thought—"
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| ''Prophet of Truth interjects''
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| *'''Prophet of Truth:''' "And take your Brutes with you."
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| ''Tartarus hesitates and then bows again.''
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| *'''Tartarus''': "Release the prisoner."
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| ''The Brutes drop 'Vadam to his knees and rise, leaving the room. The [[Sangheili]] touches the [[Mark of Shame]] on his chest.''
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| *'''Prophet of Truth''': "The [[High Council|Council]] decided to have you hung by your entrails and your corpse paraded through the [[High Charity|city]]. But ultimately, the terms of your execution are up to me."
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| *'''[[Thel 'Vadamee]]''': "I am already dead."
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| *'''Prophet of Truth''': "Indeed. Do you know where we are?"
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "The [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]]."
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| *'''Prophet of Truth''': "Quite so. Here rests the vanguard of the [[Great Journey]]. Every [[Arbiter (rank)|Arbiter]], from first to last. Each one created and consumed in times of extraordinary crisis."
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| *'''Prophet of Mercy''': "The [[Taming of the Hunters]], the [[Grunt Rebellion]] - were it not for the [[Arbiter (rank)|Arbiters]], the [[Covenant]] would have broken long ago!"
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "Even on my knees I do not belong in their presence."
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| *'''Prophet of Truth''': "[[Installation 04|Halo]]'s destruction was your error, and you rightly bear the blame. But the Council was... overzealous. We know you are no [[heretic]]. This is the true face of heresy, one who would subvert our faith and incite rebellion against the High Council."
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| [[Image:1221858138 Truth and heretic.jpg|thumb|right|[[Truth]] and a miniature hologram of [[Sesa 'Refumee]].]]
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| ''Truth presses a button on his chair and a miniature hologram of an [[Elite]] in abnormal equipment appears.''
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| *'''[[Sesa 'Refumee]]''': "Our [[Prophet|Prophets]] are false! Open your eyes, my brothers! They would use the faith of our forefathers to bring ruin to us all! [[The Great Journey]] is a l-"
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| ''Truth cuts off the hologram.''
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| *'''Prophet of Truth''': "This heretic, and [[Heretics|those who follow him]], must be silenced."
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| *'''Prophet of Mercy''': "Their slander offends all who walk the Path."
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "What use am I? I can no longer command ships, lead troops into battle—"
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| *'''Prophet of Truth''': "Not as you are, no. But become the [[Arbiter (rank)|Arbiter]] ... and you shall be set loose against this heresy, with our blessing."
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| ''A large container pod floats into the center of the room, opening to reveal a suit of ancient armor surrounded by white light. 'Vadam stares at this for a moment, before turning back to [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]].''
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "What of the Council?"
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| *'''Prophet of Mercy''': "The tasks you must undertake as the Arbiter are perilous, suicidal. You will die, as each Arbiter has before you. The Council will have their corpse."
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| ''Thel 'Vadamee rises, and walks toward the armor. He pauses before it, and looks to the pods containing the corpses of the Arbiters who fell before him. He reaches up and takes the helmet of the Arbiter, and places it upon his head, then looks to the [[Prophet|Hierarchs]].''
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "What would you have your Arbiter do?"
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| ''The scene changes to show the outside of [[High Charity]], the fleet surrounding it. Three [[Phantom|Phantoms]] fly past the camera and swoop past the ruins of [[Halo]], a large piece of it still intact and with landscape and clouds still visible. As it flies, the voice of [[Rtas 'Vadum|Rtas 'Vadumee]] can be heard.''
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| *'''[[Rtas 'Vadumee]]''': "When we joined the [[Covenant]], we took an [[Writ of Union|oath]]!"
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| ''The scene cuts to the inside of the center [[Phantom]], where [[Special Ops Elites]], along with the new Arbiter, line the walls, with a line of [[Special Ops Grunts]] in the center. An [[Ultra Elite]], the [[Special Operations Commander|SpecOps Leader]] [[Rtas 'Vadumee]], walks among them.''
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| *'''[[SpecOps Elites]]''': "According to our station! All without exception!"
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons, we swore to uphold the [[Covenant]]!"
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| *'''SpecOps Elites''': "Even to our dying breath!"
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "Those who would break this oath are [[Heretic|Heretics]], worthy of neither pity, nor mercy! Even now they use our lords' creations to broadcast their lies!"
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| ''A [[Grunt]] fumbles with the methane tank of another Grunt, some air is released, the second Grunt mutters angrily at the first.''
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| *'''SpecOps Elites''': "We shall grind them into dust!"
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| ''Note: the [[Hidden Subtitle On The Arbiter|Hidden Subtitle]] appears here. It is "And scrape them as excrement off our boots!"''
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| '' 'Vadumee turns his head to face the camera, revealing he is missing the mandibles on the left side of his head.''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "And continue our march to glorious salvation!"
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| ''The Spec Ops Leader approaches 'Vadam. They stare each other down.''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "This armor suits you. But it cannot hide that mark."
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "Nothing ever will."
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "You are the [[Arbiter (rank)|Arbiter]], the will of the [[Prophet|Prophets]]. But these are my Elites. Their lives matter to me. Yours does not."
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| *'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "That makes two of us."
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': (respectful) "Hmmm...."
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| ''The [[Phantom|Phantoms]] fly over a [[Forerunner]] structure and descend toward another structure dangling below it on a long cable, a [[Gas Mine]]. An intense storm swirls below the structure.''
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| *'''[[Phantom]] Pilot''': "Leader, there is no doubt: the storm will strike the facility!"
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "We'll be long gone before it arrives."
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| ''The [[Phantoms]] fly lower, near the top of one of several towers sticking out from the center of the main structure. One deposits a group of Grunts and an Elite, followed by a second one that drops two [[Elites]] and 'Vadamee.''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "Warriors, prepare for combat!"
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| '' 'Vadamee ignites his [[Energy Sword]] and looks at it.''
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| '''(''Gameplay'')'''
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| ===A Whisper in the Storm===
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee (COM)''': "We are the arm of the [[Prophets]], Arbiter, and you are the blade. Be silent and swift, and we shall quell this heresy without incident."
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| ''As 'Vadumee approaches the doors where the rest of the team is waiting to enter''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee (COM)''': "The storm has masked our approach, and it should have their local [[Battle-net]] in disarray. We have the element of surprise... for now."
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| '' 'Vadumee enters the airlock beyond, with a team of [[Special Operations Grunt|SpecOps Grunts]] and [[Special Operations Elite|Elites]].''
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| *'''SpecOps Elite''' "Engage [[Active Camouflage]]! Reveal yourselves only after the Arbiter has joined battle with the enemy!"
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| ''The Grunts and Elites fades in to their surroundings as their [[Active Camouflage]] is engaged.''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee''': "You may wish to do the same, Arbiter, but take heed: your armor's system is not as...''new'' as ours. Your camouflage will not last forever."
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| ''The team enters the next room. If you wait without being seen for a moment, the two [[Heretic Elite|Heretic Elites]] in this room will talk to one another.''
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| *'''[[Heretic Elite]] 1''': "Any word on our missing brothers?"
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| *'''Heretic Elite 2''': "Still nothing. Given what we have learned, I fear they are lost."
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| *'''Heretic Elite 1''': "Maybe the [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|Oracle]] will protect us..."
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| *'''Heretic Elite 2''': "Perhaps. But his [[Sentinels]] are too few. Better we protect ourselves!"
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| ''Later, the team enters an elevator and descends into a hangar containing a [[Seraph]]. A new enemy appears: the familiar [[Sentinels]].''
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| *'''SpecOps Elite''': "[[Sentinels]], the holy warriors of the [[Halo|Sacred Rings]]. Why have they sided with these [[Heretics]]?"
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| ''(During the battle in the hangar)''
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| *'''[[Phantom]] Pilot (COM)''': "Arbiter, clear the hangar and open this door, so I may drop the second [[Lance]]!"
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| '' 'Vadam opens the door.''
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| *'''[[Phantom]] Pilot (COM)''': "Hold position, I am making my approach."
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| '' 'Vadamee descends through the facility eventually entering a room featuring a window looking out onto a landing pad with three [[Heretic Banshee|Heretic Banshees]]. The Heretic Leader, [[Sesa 'Refumee]] appears.''
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| *'''[[Sesa 'Refumee]]''': "Deal with him, my brothers! I will defend the [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|Oracle]]."
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| ''He hops onto a [[Heretic Banshee]] and flies off.''
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| *'''[[Heretic Elite]] 3''': "His truth must not be silenced!"
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| ===To The Hunt===
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee (COM)''': "The [[Heretic|Heretics]] are mobilizing their air forces, [[Arbiter (character)|Arbiter]]. Get after their [[Heretic Leader|leader]], but watch your back. I'm sending one of our [[Phantom|Phantoms]] to support you."
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| ''After the first wave of [[Heretic Banshee|Banshees]] is eliminated.''
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| *'''Phantom Pilot (COM)''': "The [[Heretic|heretics]] have weapons emplacements all over the facility, Arbiter. We'll take them out, one by one, until we find the [[Heretic Leader]]."
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| ''If you take too long to head for the final emplacement.''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee (COM)''': "No sign of the [[Heretic Leader]] or his [[Heretic Banshee|Banshee]]. We must keep searching!"
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| ''Alternately:''
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| *'''Phantom Pilot (COM)''': "That was the last of them - but there are more ahead."
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| '' 'Vadam nears the final emplacement.''
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| *'''Rtas 'Vadumee (COM)''': "We've tracked the [[Heretic Leader|leader]] to this part of the station. Clear that landing zone and get inside."
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| ''The Arbiter clears the platform and arrive at the door. Fades to white.''
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| ''Level ends.''
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| == Trivia ==
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| ===[[Glitch]]es===
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| *At the beginning of the level, there will be an Elite punching buttons to open a door. If you push him away, he will continue to punch buttons in mid air, and when he is done, the door will still open.
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| *If you hide in the hangar and watch the Sentinels you will see one firing a greenish beam at the Seraph, like the beams of the Constructor Sentinels on the Sacred Icon level.
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| *When you get to the hangar part go to the ledges on the sides of the rooms jump to get on them and when you move around you could hear the sounds of the doors opening.
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| *When you open the hanger for the [[Phantom]] you could get on top of it but you will be pulled back into the level because it won't let you leave the boundaries.
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| *The [[Heretic Leader Glitch]] can be performed on this level.
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| *It is possible to make a Grunt invincible if he survives your first encounter with the Flood, he can accompany you all the way to Heretic Leader's Banshee, push him over the edge onto a small ledge area, and he will be invincible, you can even test him against other enemies by skyjacking a lured Banshee to the ledge area, and kicking him out, resulting in the Grunt fighting the Heretic. Note: If he is given a weaker weapon, and fires at the Heretic, the Heretic's shield will recharge quickly, resulting in a possibly endless battle.
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| *If you get your allies to turn against you at the beginning of this level, the Elites will try to kill you, but the Grunts will just stand there waiting for the door to open, even though they are shown as enemies.
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| *When you are in the [[Banshee]] you can hop out onto the [[Phantom]]. This is recommended for near the end were you can kill the Heretic Grunts from afar, or destroy Banshees if you have a Fuel Rod Gun. This is not highly recommended however as it is easy to get shot down or simply just fall off the vehicle.
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| *If you kill the Elite that opens the door before he gets a chance to finish, the door will immediately open.
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| *Going down the lift to the hanger with the Seraph fighter, you can throw plasma grenades and they will bounce without exploding. However, the grenades do explode when the elevator reaches the ground or if they stick to you or an ally.
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| *At the beginning of the level, when the Elite is pressing the buttons to open the door, when looking closely at his finger, you can see that it is just slightly moving around the control panel.
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| *At the beginning of the level, if you kill your allies before the elevator descends, no enemies will appear until you reach the elevator.
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| ===[[Easter Egg]]s===
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| *The [[Grunt Birthday Party Skull]] can be found on this level.
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| *If you manage to skyjack a Banshee or blow another Banshee up, you will notice the Heretic Elite has a Plasma Rifle equipped, instead of the Covenant Carbine. This could just be a weapon change for the pilot, maybe because he needed a lighter weapon to fly in the Banshee so it doesn't make it too uncomfortable for him. However, there's an equal chance its an Easter Egg, since not many players would pay attention to the actual dead body.
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| ===References===
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| *The song from the soundtrack of the game, "Follow" by Incubus, can be heard on this level although without any vocals, shortly after you are able to get in a Banshee.
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| *The map [[Colossus]] is also located at the gas mine area, where the storm could be seen.
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| *When the [[SpecOps Grunt]] says, "Shh! Me hunting He-wa-tic.", he's making a reference to the famous Looney Tunes quote, "Shh! Be vewy vewy quiet! I'm hunting wabbits!".
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| ===Miscellaneous===
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| *During the Phantom cutscene if you have subtitles enabled, there is a deleted line of dialogue that is never spoken, but wasn't removed from the subtitles. The line reads: "Scrape them as excrement from our boots".
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| *During the [[Banshee]] part, you can get out of your Banshee and land on the [[Phantom]]. This is hard to balance on, and is recommended to use at the end of the part as there is a high possibility to fall off. Once you're on, you can snipe out [[Heretic]]s.
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| *During the Banshee fight, it is possible to exit your Banshee and immediately board an enemy heretic Banshee. This however, is quite a difficult tactic.
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| *Should the player watch the Phantoms that drop off the troops at the beginning of the level when they go out of view zoom in with your binoculars they will fall and spin out of control and hit the lower part of the level.
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| *Many of the Grunt dialogue in this level is some of the most strange and humorous, Including ''If we stand here any longer, we be on date!'' and ''Hard to tell, but me no female''. Its the first official time you can hear them clearly, and can listen to the strange things they say, because up until now, Grunts have been against you.
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| *Originally, this level was suppose to take place on Threshold's moon, [[Basis]].
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| *[[Joseph Staten]] revealed on the Halo 3 Legendary Edition bonus disk that originally the Heretics including the Heretic Leader were all going to be [[Hunters]].
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| *Only two [[Elites]] will accompany you into the gas mine. The two that descend from your [[Phantom]] will wait outside the door. But you can push the one next to the door into the airlock with one melee and running into him.
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| *There is only one [[Heretic]] with an Energy Sword on this level.
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| *This level has more [[Fuel Rod Gun]]s than any other level in the [[Halo]] trilogy.
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| *If you search around the station, you can find the bridge that leads from the labs to the central part of the station, which is the same that you use in the next level.
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| *This is the first level of the Halo series that you can play as the ''[[Arbiter (character)|Arbiter]]'' and use the Sentinel Beam.
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| *The green cryo-tubes seen in the chamber where you first fight the [[Flood]] are the same type as the cryo-tubes seen on [[Lockout]].
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| *This is the first level that includes [[Heretics]].
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| *The music that plays near the end of the level when the Heretic Leader escapes(before you take off in the Banshee) was not included on the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|OST]]. It somewhat resembles the last part of [[Sacred Icon Suite]].
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| *The large windows in the last room of the level are actually shut outside and you can't see through them even though that from the inside you can see. Also, on the outside of the window your reticule will still change color between the normal color to green and red between friendlies and enemies even though you can't see through the windows.
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| *The best skulls for this level are the [[Halo 2 Skulls|Sputnik]] and [[Halo 2 Skulls|Catch]] skulls. This is because a lot of fighting takes place in hallways so 3 grenades can take down a squad of [[Heretic]]s easily, especially if you keep the Special Operations [[Unggoy|Grunt]] alive.
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| *At the part with the Banshee, you can skip the long air battle with the Heretics and go directly to the area where the level ends.
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| *At the [[Banshee]] part, more Banshees can be seen on platforms with Heretics on them. This is probably so that if the player makes it there with the Banshee destroyed, then he/she won't get stuck.
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| *This is one of the few levels in the franchise in which Elites and Grunts can be seen leaping over obstacles (the conveyor belts).
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Homeofarbiter.jpg|The Mausoleum Of The Arbiter.
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| Image:Gasmine.jpg|The [[Gas Mine]].
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| </gallery>
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| {{succession box | before = ''[[Metropolis (Level)|Metropolis]]'' <br />| title = [[Halo 2 Campaign|''Halo 2'' Campaign Missions]] | years = '''''The Arbiter''''' |after = ''[[The_Oracle (Level)|The Oracle]]''}}
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