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*'''Johnson (COM)''': "How's it going, ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]''?" | *'''Johnson (COM)''': "How's it going, ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]''?" | ||
*'''''Malta'' Defense Coordinator (COM)''': "Stand-by... they're latched! Check your targets and watch the crossfires. They're in standard formation: little bastards up front, big ones in back... Good luck, ''Cairo''." | *'''''Malta'' Defense Coordinator (COM)''': "Stand-by... they're latched! Check your targets and watch the crossfires. They're in standard formation: [[Unggoy|little bastards]] up front, [[Sangheili|big ones]] in back... Good luck, ''Cairo''." | ||
''Outside, a Covenant Boarding Craft latches onto the hull, causing the station to shake. Weapons fire is soon heard from outside the doorway.'' | ''Outside, a Covenant Boarding Craft latches onto the hull, causing the station to shake. Weapons fire is soon heard from outside the doorway.'' | ||
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*'''''Cairo'' Defense Coordinator (Loudspeaker)''': "Quick response teams to Security Station 3!" | *'''''Cairo'' Defense Coordinator (Loudspeaker)''': "Quick response teams to Security Station 3!" | ||
''(Later)'' | ''(Later)'' | ||
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*'''Cairo Defense Coordinator (Loudspeaker)''': "All non-combat personnel to pressure zones." | *'''Cairo Defense Coordinator (Loudspeaker)''': "All non-combat personnel to pressure zones." | ||
''As the Chief returns to the armory, he finds the Master Gunnery Sergeant | ''As the Chief returns to the armory, he finds the Master Gunnery Sergeant firing a [[M90 Close Assault Weapon System|shotgun]] at a pair of Elites. Exactly what he says to them differs depending on what the difficulty level is set to.'' | ||
*'''Master Gunnery Sergeant ([[Easy]] or [[Normal]])''': "Get the hell out of my armory, split-lip! Oh God—!" | *'''Master Gunnery Sergeant ([[Easy]] or [[Normal]])''': "Get the hell out of my armory, split-lip! Oh God—!" | ||
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*'''''Cairo'' Defense Coordinator (Loudspeaker)''': "Hang on, everyone!" | *'''''Cairo'' Defense Coordinator (Loudspeaker)''': "Hang on, everyone!" | ||
'' | ''The station shakes again, as another Boarding Craft is attached.'' | ||
''(Later)'' | ''(Later)'' | ||
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*'''Fleet Admiral Harper (COM)''': "First Echelon, you're with me, blanket those cruisers, take ‘em out one by one. Second Echelon, keep those carriers busy." | *'''Fleet Admiral Harper (COM)''': "First Echelon, you're with me, blanket those cruisers, take ‘em out one by one. Second Echelon, keep those carriers busy." | ||
*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Registering all hostile vessels inside the kill zone. Thirteen [[ | *'''Cortana (COM)''': "Registering all hostile vessels inside the kill zone. Thirteen [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruisers]], two [[Covenant assault carrier|Assault carriers]]. I'm going loud!" | ||
''The station's MAC gun begins firing at the Covenant fleet'' | ''The station's MAC gun begins firing at the Covenant fleet'' | ||
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[[File:Covenant bomb and core.jpg|thumb|right|Master Chief giving the Covenant back their bomb, and turning the tide of the Battle of Earth.]] | [[File:Covenant bomb and core.jpg|thumb|right|Master Chief giving the Covenant back their bomb, and turning the tide of the Battle of Earth.]] | ||
''In free-fall, the Chief descends in the general direction of northern Africa. The first carrier is miles below him, too far to reach. The second carrier passes right below his position, and opens up with | ''In free-fall, the Chief descends in the general direction of northern Africa. The [[Solemn Penance|first carrier]] is miles below him, too far to reach. The second carrier passes right below his position, and opens up with an energy projector, narrowly missing him. A [[marathon-class cruiser|cruiser]] rockets below him, takes an [[Energy projector]] round right through its spine, explosions lighting all over its hull. The Master Chief plummets past it, watches as its engines fail and try to relight themselves.'' | ||
''A pair of Longsword fighters dive past him, and make a strafing run on the carrier. They open fire on the | ''A pair of Longsword fighters dive past him, and make a strafing run on the carrier. They open fire on the carrier, and make a staccato beat of fire along the back of the carrier, allowing the Chief to slip through the narrow hole the blasts have created.'' | ||
''The Carrier's center is a huge, open chamber, a massive fusion core casting white light across its inner surface. The carrier has taken a lot of abuse; the far side of the chamber is torn open, showing the Earth outside. Master Chief crawls up the bomb, presses its activation panel, and spins around. His legs flex, and he vaults off the bomb, aiming for the split in the carrier's armor.'' | ''The Carrier's center is a huge, open chamber, a massive fusion core casting white light across its inner surface. The carrier has taken a lot of abuse; the far side of the chamber is torn open, showing the Earth outside. Master Chief crawls up the bomb, presses its activation panel, and spins around. His legs flex, and he vaults off the bomb, aiming for the split in the carrier's armor.'' | ||