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| <center>''For the artificial weather phenomenon, see [[Portal Storm]].''</center>
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| {{Level infobox
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| |image=[[Image:Covenant Anti-Air gun.jpg|300px]]
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| |prev=''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]]''
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| |next=''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''
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| |game=''[[Halo 3]]''
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| |name='''''The Storm'''''
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| |player=[[SPARTAN-117]]
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| |date=[[2552|November 17th, 2552]]<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989</ref>
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| |place=[[Voi]], near [[The Portal]], [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]]
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| |Objective=
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| *Destroy [[Covenant]] [[Anti-Aircraft Wraith]]s
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| *Destroy pursuing [[Scarab]] walker.
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| *Destroy [[Covenant Loyalist]] [[Covenant Artillery|anti-air emplacement]]
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| |enemies=
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| *[[Brute]]s
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| *[[Grunt]]s
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| *[[Jackal]]s
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| *[[Yanme'e|Drone]]s
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| *[[Hunter]]s
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| }}
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| {{Article Quote|Reclaim the [[Voi|city]]. Make a hole.}}
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| '''The Storm'''<ref>EGM Magazine, August 2007, page 62</ref> is the fifth [[campaign]] mission of ''[[Halo 3]]''.
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| ==Background==
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| It begins with a [[UNSC]] [[Warthog]] convoy moving to [[Voi]], its objective to punch through the [[Covenant Loyalist]] Anti-Aircraft defenses that surround the supposed [[Ark]] and allow [[Lord Terrence Hood|Lord Hood's]] small fleet of ships passage to the [[Prophet of Truth|Prophet of Truth's]] fleet in order to kill Truth and stop the firing of the halo rings. [[UNSC Marine]] forces, led by [[SPARTAN-117]], fight through several pitched skirmishes through the industrial zone of Voi.
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| After breaking through the industrial area, [[SPARTAN-117]] meets up with a group of approximately five [[Mongoose|Mongoose ATVs]] and commandeers one with a [[Marine]] riding 'pillion' using a [[M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher|M41 Rocket Launcher]]. They immediately engage a squadron of [[Anti-Air Wraith]] tanks to secure a landing zone as [[Brute Chopper]]s and [[Ghost]]s attack. The Covenant are being consistently reinforced by [[Phantom]]s. [[Hornet]]s and [[Banshee]]s fly above, vying for control of the skies. Although they manage to take the landing zone, the victory ends up being short-lived as a [[Scarab]] arrives to crush the [[UNSC]] forces. After destroying the massive construct, the UNSC forces prepare to push into a Brute controlled warehouse.
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| With reinforcements led by [[The Arbiter (rank)|the Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Sergeant Johnson]] along with [[Voi Factory Workers|volunteer civilians]] from a nearby factory, they push onwards, engaging nearly a dozen [[Brutes]] armed with [[Spiker]]s and [[Brute Shot]]s, a pair of [[Hunters]] and a [[Brute Chieftain]] wielding a [[Gravity Hammer]]. They finally press on to the Anti-Aircraft battery site, engaging a small Covenant force defending it including another chieftain. Eventually they destroy the gun, hopefully enabling the UNSC Navy, along with Miranda Keyes, to attack Truth's ship.
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| ==Trivia==
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| ===[[Glitch]]es===
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| *It is possible to [[Flying Dumpster Glitch|fly a dumpster]] on this mission by getting a second player and have them both jump rapidly to make the dumpster ascend. It is possible to steer if both players jump in the same direction.
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| *If you use a [[Power Drain]] or an over-charged [[Plasma Pistol]] shot, you can take down a [[Hornet]] but you can not fly it or use the passenger seats. If you do this while fighting the [[Scarab]] you can stand on top of the [[Hornet]] and jump on to the [[Scarab]] after the [[Hornet]] can fly again and gets close enough to the [[Scarab]].
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| *The [[Banshees]] at the anti-air defense guns fly around for no reason. They can be shot down for some points. But sometimes one or two will shoot at you for a second. If you manage to catch one in a [[Power Drainer]], or use a [[Plasma Pistol]] on one of them, they can be boarded and you can fly around the place. The player will, however, die if they pass beyond the map borders.
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| *A rare glitch occurs where you can exchange a [[Gravity Hammer]] with a dockworker, though they cannot use it in battle. You can also trade them an [[Energy Sword]] or [[Brute Shot]]. They will hold the sword in their right hand, and hold the brute shot with one, but with it down, unless they get hit, they will hold it like a rifle. They can also shoot the brute shot.
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| *Oddly, at the start of this level the marine who weilds the battle rifle and the sargent will not follow you into the structure, unless they get in the warthog.
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| *If you are wielding a turret, and drop it before the [[Cortana Moment]] occurs, then the turret will disappear.
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| ====Mistakes====
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| *Despite entering the city from the Southeastern edge, the turn off to Arusha calls for a right turn, while in reality the city of Arusha is on the other side of Kilimanjaro with respect to Voi. This would logically place the turn off on your left.
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| *If you look at the name of the UNSC frigates firing on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] they all say ''[[Forward Unto Dawn]]'' and the ships' numbers are the same as well. Furthermore, on close observation of the cutscene, one can see that one Frigate actually fires its MAC gun twice.
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| *There is a Marine in the workshop that is typing on a computer. If you melee the computer away, he will still keep typing.
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| *When you leave Lake bed A and enter the area with the marines on the machine gun, the female Marine cries "We'll nail them with the .50". However, the gun that the marine is using is the [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]], which, in fact, uses .374 cal ammunition.
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| ====[[Easter Egg]]s====
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| * If you manage to get into the boat either in theater or somehow in actual gameplay, there is a blurry picture of a pirate with writing under it in Swahili that says "Pimps at Sea", an April Fool's Day joke that Bungie made up.
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| * The [[Halo 3 Skulls#Catch|Catch Skull]] can be found on this level.
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| ===References===
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| *When IWHBYD is active, if you listen to one of the construction workers as they are fighting, every now and then, they might say "I'm a cowardly fool!". This is a reference to a Pillar of Autumn Command Crewman in their fetal position in Halo: Combat Evolved. It's even the same recording/voice.
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| *The last portion of the level is called "Scarab. BFG. End of World" in the level select. The [[wikipedia:BFG|BFG]] is a weapon in the Quake and Doom games whose name is short for "Big Fucking Gun" or, in the Doom motion picture, "Bio Force Gun."
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| *The last cutscene of the level has clear resemblance to the [[Halo 3 Announcement trailer]], right down to the music.
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| ===Miscellaneous===
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| *The [[Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher]] from the [[High Ground]] multiplayer level can be seen close by the Covenant Anti-Aircraft gun.
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| *During this level, one of the wounded marines is voiced by TV personality, [[Jonathan Ross]].{{fact}}
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| *This is the only level in the trilogy that features real civilians.
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| *In [[Theater|theater mode]], when you get to the second lake bed, you can see over the wall to the part at the end of the level and see ''two'' Anti-Aircraft guns. The one on the left is inactive.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Image:1216052769 Anti-Aircraft Battery destroyed.jpg|An [[Anti-Aircraft Battery]] destroyed.
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| Image:Storm3.jpg|The [[UNSC]] initiates an attack on the Forerunner Dreadnought.
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| Image:Storm2.jpg|Prophet of Truth activates the Portal structure.
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| Image:storm.jpg|The Loyalist Fleet follows the [[Prophet of Truth|Prophet Of Truth]] into the Portal.
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| Image:boat.jpg|The Boat that resembles Master Chief's Helmet. You can see it better if you look at the bottom upside down.
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| Image:Warthog Convoy.jpg|A [[UNSC]] [[Warthog]] convoy en route to the [[Traxus Factory Complex 09]].
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| Image:Anti-Air Fire.jpg|A [[Type-52 Anti Aircraft Artillery]] fires on a [[Hornet]].
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| {{succession box | before = ''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]]'' <br />| title = [[Halo 3 Campaign|''Halo 3'' Campaign Missions]] | years = '''''The Storm''''' |after = ''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''}}
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