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{{disambig header|the campaign level|other uses of "Reactor"|Reactor (disambiguation)}} | |||
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|date=[[2531|February 2531]] | |date=[[2531|February 2531]] | ||
|place=[[The Apex|Apex Base Site]], [[Shield 0459]] | |place=[[The Apex|Apex Base Site]], inside [[Shield 0459]], [[Korinth Prior system]] | ||
|objective=*Build and attach Elephant to FTL Reactor Core | |objective=*Build and attach Elephant to FTL Reactor Core | ||
*Use an Elephant to tow the FTL Reactor Core to the Apex Base Site | *Use an Elephant to tow the FTL Reactor Core to the Apex Base Site | ||
'''Optional:''' | |||
*Kill 20 Vampires | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Article Quote|Pull the reactor core to the Apex Site.}} | |||
'''Reactor''' is the fourteenth [[campaign]] level of the real-time strategy game, ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | |||
After rescuing [[Ellen Anders|Anders]], the crew of the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' lay out a plan to destroy the [[Shield 0459|Shield World]] and the [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]] contained within it to prevent the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] from using them. They load the ''Spirit'''s [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|FTL drive]] to two [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelicans]], intending to use them to ferry the drive to the installation's star for detonation. After [[Victor 397]] and another Pelican carrying the FTL drive core are shot down by [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]], [[James Gregory Cutter|Captain Cutter]] changes the task to a ground operation and UNSC ground forces are tasked with getting the core to the top of the Apex base site where it can be teleported to the [[The Apex|Apex site]]. After an [[M312 Elephant HRV|Elephant]] is attached to the core, Sergeant [[John Forge]] and other UNSC forces including the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] from [[Red Team]] escort them from Covenant and [[Flood]] forces to top of the long slopes leading to the Apex [[Teleporters|teleporter pad]] with success. | After rescuing [[Ellen Anders|Anders]], the crew of the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' lay out a plan to destroy the [[Shield 0459|Shield World]] and the [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]] contained within it to prevent the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] from using them. They load the ''Spirit'''s [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|FTL drive]] to two [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelicans]], intending to use them to ferry the drive to the installation's star for detonation. After [[Victor 397]] and another Pelican carrying the FTL drive core are shot down by [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]], [[James Gregory Cutter|Captain Cutter]] changes the task to a ground operation and UNSC ground forces are tasked with getting the core to the top of the Apex base site where it can be teleported to the [[The Apex|Apex site]]. After an [[M312 Elephant HRV|Elephant]] is attached to the core, Sergeant [[John Forge]] and other UNSC forces including the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] from [[Red Team]] escort them from Covenant and [[Flood]] forces to top of the long slopes leading to the Apex [[Teleporters|teleporter pad]] with success. | ||
By occupying one base site to the end of the level, the player will be given the [[achievement]] "[[Didn't Get To Second Base]]", worth 5 [[Gamerpoint]]s. | |||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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[[File:Reaktor1.png|thumb|Anders, Cutter and Serina discuss how to stop the Covenant from activating the Forerunner ships.]] | [[File:Reaktor1.png|thumb|Anders, Cutter and Serina discuss how to stop the Covenant from activating the Forerunner ships.]] | ||
''Two Pelicans are shown lowering the Spirit of Fire's slipspace drive.'' | ''Two Pelicans are shown lowering the Spirit of Fire's slipspace drive, while Marines are on the ground, ready to receive it.'' | ||
*'''Captain James Gregory Cutter''': "Is this really going to work, Professor?" | |||
''Cuts to Anders' lab on the UNSC Spirit of Fire, where Cutter and Anders are overseeing the operation.'' | |||
*'''Anders''': "I believe this is our best hope. The overloaded FTL reactor will cause a chain reaction in the sun." | *'''Professor Ellen Anders''': "I believe this is our best hope. The overloaded FTL reactor will cause a chain reaction in the sun." | ||
''They move to one of the monitors, which is analyzing the Forerunner star ships, the slipspace drive, and the Shield World.'' | |||
*'''Cutter''': "Enough to destroy all the ships here before the Covenant can get a chance to make anything of them." | *'''Cutter''': "Enough to destroy all the ships here before the Covenant can get a chance to make anything of them." | ||
*'''Anders''': "Well, put simply, Captain, our reactor will cause the sun to go supernova, leaving nothing here but dust." | *'''Anders''': "Well, put simply, Captain, our reactor will cause the sun to go supernova, leaving nothing here but dust." | ||
''The Shield World window enlarges, and the artificial sun, represented by a white dot in a middle of a sphere, releases a few shockwaves, and the sphere disappears.'' | |||
*'''Serina''': "That's the weak part of this plan, if you ask me. We've no way home without that reactor." | *'''Serina''': "That's the weak part of this plan, if you ask me. We've no way home without that reactor." | ||
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*'''Anders''': "I know it's been a tough call, Captain, but it's the right one." | *'''Anders''': "I know it's been a tough call, Captain, but it's the right one." | ||
''Forge appears on | ''Forge appears on the monitor, in front of the slipspace drive.'' | ||
*'''Forge''': "''Spirit of Fire'', this is Forge. She's buttoned up and ready to go!" | *'''Sergeant John Forge (Video COM)''': "''Spirit of Fire'', this is Forge. She's buttoned up and ready to go!" | ||
''Cuts to the ground, where Forge is. Marines are getting ready.'' | |||
''Forge points at the | *'''Cutter (COM)''': "Deliver that package safely, Sergeant." | ||
''Forge points at the camera and shoulders his shotgun.'' | |||
*'''Forge''': "Keep the coffee hot. I'll be back before you know it." | *'''Forge''': "Keep the coffee hot. I'll be back before you know it." | ||
''Cuts back to lab.'' | |||
*'''Anders''': "I'll be monitoring you from here, Sergeant." | *'''Anders''': "I'll be monitoring you from here, Sergeant." | ||
''Captain Cutter leaves.'' | ''Captain Cutter leaves the lab.'' | ||
*'''Serina''': "Well, it'll be pretty obvious if he succeeds." | *'''Serina''': "Well, it'll be pretty obvious if he succeeds." | ||
''Anders looks down at the floor and shakes her head, with a worried and sad look on her face'' | ''Anders looks down at the floor and shakes her head, with a worried and sad look on her face.'' | ||
'''{''In-game Cutscene''}''' | '''{''In-game Cutscene''}''' | ||
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''Two Pelicans, carrying the FTL drive, are being pursued by Banshees'' | ''Two Pelicans, carrying the FTL drive, are being pursued by Banshees'' | ||
*'''Victor-397''': "This is Victor-397. Stabilizers out, we can't carry her! Going down!" | *'''Victor-397 Pilot (COM)''': "This is Victor-397. Stabilizers out, we can't carry her! Going down!" | ||
''A Banshee scores a fatal hit on one of the Pelicans'' | ''A Banshee scores a fatal hit on one of the Pelicans.'' | ||
*'''Victor-397''': "Clear the area, we're dropping cargo!" | *'''Victor-397 Pilot (COM)''': "Clear the area, we're dropping cargo!" | ||
''The Pelicans drop the | ''The Pelicans drop the slipspace drive at the last second, both crashing soon after. The slipspace drive slides down a hill. Cuts to black.'' | ||
'''{''Gameplay''}''' | '''{''Gameplay''}''' | ||
''Forge, Red Team, and two Wolverines regroup at the slipspace drive, which is in front of a newly established UNSC station.'' | |||
*'''Cutter''': "I don't want to take anymore chances flying that core in, we're changing this to a ground operation." | *'''Cutter''': "I don't want to take anymore chances flying that core in, we're changing this to a ground operation." | ||
*'''Forge''': "The core is a heavy son of a bitch, use Elephants to drag it up those ramps. They're the only vehicle with enough torque to pull that damn thing." | *'''Forge (COM)''': "The core is a heavy son of a bitch, use Elephants to drag it up those ramps. They're the only vehicle with enough torque to pull that damn thing." | ||
''After the Elephant is | ''After the Elephant is deployed from the base:'' | ||
*'''Forge''': "Alright, let's hitch the Elephant up to the FTL core and go from there." | *'''Forge (COM)''': "Alright, let's hitch the Elephant up to the FTL core and go from there." | ||
*'''Serina''': "If that Elephant gets destroyed on the ramp, the core will roll all the way back down. It's not going to be pretty." | *'''Serina''': "If that Elephant gets destroyed on the ramp, the core will roll all the way back down. It's not going to be pretty." | ||
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*'''Serina''': "Once the core reaches a flat area, it will no longer be in danger of rolling back down the hill. Get the core to level ground, and do try to avoid any unnecessary jostling." | *'''Serina''': "Once the core reaches a flat area, it will no longer be in danger of rolling back down the hill. Get the core to level ground, and do try to avoid any unnecessary jostling." | ||
''After fighting up several ramps, against Flood | ''After fighting up several ramps, against the Flood, Sentinels, and three Covenant bases, the core finally reaches the top.'' | ||
*'''Forge''': "Spirit, we've reached the target site. Orders?" | *'''Forge (COM)''': "Spirit, we've reached the target site. Orders?" | ||
'''{''In-game Cutscene''}''' | '''{''In-game Cutscene''}''' | ||
''The Elephant backs the slipspace drive onto a teleporter.'' | |||
*'''Cutter''': "Sergeant, engineers are on their way to rig the core. We're nearly there." | *'''Cutter''': "Sergeant, engineers are on their way to rig the core. We're nearly there." | ||
''The | ''The slipspace drive teleports away.'' | ||
''Level ends.'' | ''Level ends.'' | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The | ===Easter Eggs=== | ||
*The | *The [[Halo Wars Skulls#Bountiful Harvest|Bountiful Harvest skull]] can be found northeast of the second Covenant base, and is only accessible after destroying 20 Vampires. | ||
*An Elephant cannot be healed once it is attached to the Shaw-Fujikawa drive; the regeneration power has no effect. | *The [[Black Boxes|Black Box]] in this level is hidden southwest of the first Covenant base, behind a wall, so it can only be collected by an air unit. | ||
===Miscellaneous=== | |||
*In the beginning in-game cutscene, after the Pelicans crash and explode, part of the bottom area of the reactor merges to the ground. | |||
*The teleporter site resembles the shape of a ''[[Marathon]]'' symbol. | |||
*An Elephant cannot be healed by the "[[Heal and Repair]]" ability once it is attached to the Shaw-Fujikawa drive; the regeneration power has no effect. | |||
*Strangely, when the Reactor is standing on a Base Building Pad without an Elephant attached, and the player builds a building there, the Reactor will move out of the way itself. This is technically impossible, but is included for gameplay reasons. | *Strangely, when the Reactor is standing on a Base Building Pad without an Elephant attached, and the player builds a building there, the Reactor will move out of the way itself. This is technically impossible, but is included for gameplay reasons. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== |