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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
===Characters and setting=== | ===Characters and setting=== | ||
As with ''Spartan Assault'', ''Spartan Strike''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign employs the [[UNSC Tactical Simulator]] as a framing device. Set in two time periods, the story centers on a [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]]. The game begins during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] [[2552#October|October 2552]]. The player assumes to role of a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] who is placed into the simulation in lieu of the [[ODST]] fireteam who actually carried out the mission.<ref name="Waypoint"/> After the first operation the narrative jumps to [[2557#July|July 2557]]. The Spartan is deployed onto [[Installation 03|Gamma Halo]] to reacquire the Conduit from the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant forces]] who have taken the artifact to a Forerunner site they refer to as the [[Altar]]. After the player is successful, they must deliver the Conduit to an [[ONI]] facility in [[New Phoenix]] on [[Earth]] in the hope of using the artifact to close a [[slipspace portal]] that has unleashed a [[Promethean]] invasion upon the city.<ref name="IGN"/> | As with ''Spartan Assault'', ''Spartan Strike''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign employs the [[UNSC Tactical Simulator]] as a framing device. Set in two time periods, the story centers on a [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]]. The game begins during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]]. The player assumes to role of a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] who is placed into the simulation in lieu of the [[ODST]] fireteam who actually carried out the mission.<ref name="Waypoint"/> After the first operation the narrative jumps to [[2557#July|July 2557]]. The Spartan is deployed onto [[Installation 03|Gamma Halo]] to reacquire the Conduit from the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant forces]] who have taken the artifact to a Forerunner site they refer to as the [[Altar]]. After the player is successful, they must deliver the Conduit to an [[ONI]] facility in [[New Phoenix]] on [[Earth]] in the hope of using the artifact to close a [[slipspace portal]] that has unleashed a [[Promethean]] invasion upon the city.<ref name="IGN"/> | ||
===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
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File:Halo-SpartanStrike-Icon-With-Logo.jpg|The ''Spartan Strike'' logo and icon. | File:Halo-SpartanStrike-Icon-With-Logo.jpg|The ''Spartan Strike'' logo and icon. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== |