Pelican Down (Halo Infinite level)

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Pelican Down
Game:	Halo Infinite
Player:	John-117
Date:	2560
Location:	Installation 07
Objective(s):	Destroy the three AA guns Defeat Hyperius and Tovarus
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Pelican Down is the ninth campaign level in Halo Infinite.

Transcript

{Cutscene}

• John-117: "Upload the Spire locations."

The Weapon's avatar materializes in his hand.

• Weapon: "All of them?"

• John-117: "All of them."

Multiple holograms of Spires appear around the Pelican's troop bay.

• Ship AI: "Coordinates received."

• Pilot (COM): "Ummm... it looks like someone has marked forty-two locations, which, would be crazy, right?"

All but one of Spires disappears. The Weapon pulls the remaining Spire hologram towards them.

• John-117: "This one?"

• Weapon: "It was the source of the attack."

• Pilot (COM): "Attack?"

The cockpit door opens and the Pilot looks out at them.

• Pilot: "What's she talking about, Chief? Is everyone trying to kill you?"

• Weapon: "It kinda seems like it. (realizes) Oh, wait... (cheerfully) You're being sarcastic. (to the Chief) He's fun. I like him."

An alarm blares as a series of explosions erupt outside.

Zoom in on the Pilot.

• Pilot: "Am I dead already? I-I mean I must be. I mean this is a punishment, right?"

• Ship AI: "WARNING. WARNING. WARNING."

The Chief enters the cockpit. Outside, more explosions burst around Echo 216 as Banished anti-aircraft guns continue to fire upon the Pelican.

• Pilot: "Yep. This is death."

An AA gun directly in front of them opens fire and scores a direct hit on the Pelican.

• Pilot: "No! No!"

The Pelican banks to port and we swing to see the Pilot in his seat as sparks fly from the forward console.

• Pilot: "No no no no!"

The Pelican levels out right in front of another anti-aircraft cannon. It fires, hitting the Pelican. The Pelican makes a half-roll to starboard as the camera swings around to show the pilot.

• Pilot: "This isn't happening...!"

The camera swings around to show the Pelican coming in for a crash landing in a river .

• Esparza: "I'm going to have to make an emergency landing!"

Water splashes up over the cockpit window as the Pelican lands in the shallow river.

• Pilot: "Hold on, Chief."

Out the window, we see the Pelican headed straight for a large piece of debris. As it collides with the debris, the camera swings around to show the Chief and the pilot. The pilot grits his teeth and we hear a faint thud. The screen cuts to black.

We hear another faint thud and a soft ringing of the ears. As the screen fades back in, the pilot is unconscious, leaning forward in his seat. The Chief grabs his shoulder and pulls him back. The pilot regains consciousness with a heavy gasp.

• Ship AI: "WARNING. CRITICAL MALFUNCTION. ATTEMPTING RECONSTRUCTION."

• Pilot (angrily): "No! Get...! No! You! I can't! Stand this! Oh, you are...!"

• John-117 (calmly): "Breathe."

• Pilot (irritated): "No! You don't get to tell me what to do! You don't get to tell me anything! We're..."

• Ship AI: "079 Reset 18%"

The pilot looks at the Chief.

• Pilot (irritated): "Are you even listening?!"

The Chief is staring out the cockpit window.

• John-117: "I count three anti-aircraft cannons."

• Pilot: "Three what?!"

The Chief turns to leave the cockpit.

• John-117: "You'll be safe here."

• Pilot: (irritated) "Oh? I'll be safe?!"

He lets out a mirthless chuckle. The pilot's seat slides back as he unbuckles. He gets out of the seat to follow the Chief to the troop bay.

• Pilot: (irritated) "Safe?! I haven't been "safe" since I found you! I found you, remember?!"

The camera pans around the Chief to the aft of the troop bay.

• Pilot: (irritated) "You were out there on your own, and you'd still be there if it wasn't for me! I thought I was going home!"

The camera pans around to face the Chief.

• John-117: "There won't be a home if we don't stop the Banished."

The camera continues around behind the pilot.

• Pilot: "You keep saying that. We're outgunned, outnumbered."

The pilot turns to point.

• Pilot: "I know I saw Condors over there."

He pivots back around, clenching his fist.

• Pilot: "I'm going to dig through them and find one with a working Slipspace drive, and when you're done with this war we'll get away from here."

As the pilot finishes speaking, the Pelican's bay door opens. Light floods the troop bay.

• Pilot: "Far away."

• John-117: "Wait here."

The Chief heads for the exit. The pilot quickly catches up, grabbing the Chief's arm.

• Pilot: "Woah, woah. Please."

He lets go of the Chief's arm.

• Pilot: "Let me see what I can find."

• John-117: "Cannons first. When I get back...we can look. Together."

The pilot lets out a small huff through his nose and walks back towards the cockpit.

• Pilot: "Okay, big guy."

The Pilot retreats back into the Pelican.

{Gameplay}

The Banished have three AA guns: one to the East, one to the North, and one to the West. The Chief heads out to destroy them in whatever order he chooses. The Western gun is immediately accessible via its gravity lift, but the Northern and Eastern guns need to have their gravity lifts reactivated before they can be entered.

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The dialogue triggered when the Chief reactivates either the Eastern or Northern gun's gravity lift changes slightly depending on the order he destroys the guns.

If the Chief heads to the Eastern/Northern gun first:

• Weapon: "That's it. The gravity lift's online. Let's get inside and shut this gun down."

If the Chief heads to the Eastern/Northern gun second:

• Weapon: "Second AA gun is open for business. And by open, I mean-"

• John-117: "Let's go."

If the Chief heads to the Eastern/Northern gun last:

• Weapon: "There we go. Last gun open."

• John-117: "Let's go fire it."

• Weapon: "So, let me get this straight. It's okay for you to make jokes..."

• John-117: "Correct."

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If the player kills Hyperius first:

• Tovarus : The coward deserved what he got! Now face me, Spartan!

If the player kills Tovarus first:

• Hyperius: Brother! I'll kill you slowly for that, Spartan!

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Production Notes

An in-development version of this level was used in the Halo Infinite Campaign Gameplay Premiere trailer.

Gallery

Development images

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  Audio placements for the level area.

Pre-release

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  John and Esparza in the Pelican troop bay.

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  A view of a Mulsanne-class frigate wreckage.

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  Esparza looking out to a destroyed Condor.

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  A early version of the TACMAP view of the area.