Assault on the Control Room (Level)

This article is about the Halo: Combat Evolved level. For the Installation control room, see Control Room.

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Assault on the Control Room
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Game:	Halo: Combat Evolved
Player:	SPARTAN-117
Date:	September 20, 2552
Location:	On the surface of Installation 04, in and around the control room.
	Halopedia has a walkthrough guide for this level; see Assault on the Control Room (Level)/Walkthrough.

Assault on the Control Room is the fifth and longest campaign level in Halo: Combat Evolved. The level follows John-117 on a mission to reach the Control Room of Installation 04. The Covenant are deployed in greater numbers and in a superior force than previously seen in the game, using Wraiths, Ghosts and Banshees.

The majority of the level is set in a snowy, outdoor environment. Although the level seems to be natural, there are networks of tunnels and elevators built by the Forerunners that connect sections of the constructs into the Control Room. The level is known for its variety and well roundness. It allows the player to use every weapon and vehicle in the game (except the Shotgun and Fuel Rod Gun), and is the only stage in Halo: Combat Evolved that allows Master Chief to use a Scorpion tank. Although the level is famous for its snowy outdoor battles and large bridges, there are also a variety of indoor skirmishes, including standoffs with Zealot Elites. There is a mix of vehicle, long-range, and close quarters combat. The player is assisted by a handful of Marines after their Pelican crashes, but the level is mostly a solitary experience.

At the end, Master Chief reaches the control room and Cortana interfaces with the computers. She is horrified to learn that Halo houses the Flood, and the weapons cache that Captain Keyes is looking for will lead him straight to the parasite. Cortana elects to stay behind, while Chief rushes off to find Captain Jacob Keyes.

Allies

• Marines
  • Fire Team Zulu
• Echo 419
• AI
  • Cortana

Weapons

• Pistol
• Assault Rifle
• Sniper Rifle
• Rocket Launcher
• Fragmentation Grenade
• Plasma Pistol
• Plasma Rifle
• Needler
• Plasma Grenade
• Shade
• Energy Sword (non-usable)

Vehicles

• Warthog
• Scorpion Tank
• Ghost
• Banshee
• Pelican (non-drivable)
• Spirit (non-drivable)
• Wraith (drivable with mod only)

Equipment

• Active Camouflage
• Health Pack

Transcript

Part 01: I Would Have Been Your Daddy...

{Cutscene}

{Fade in to the interior of a large Forerunner dome, pan down to a long shaft, a Grunt paces on an open platform}

{Close up of the walking Grunt, other Grunts around him are asleep, he stops as he hears jets, he sniffs the air, and yelps as a Pelican rises up from the chasm in front of him, screams and runs towards the door}

{Gameplay}

Foehammer (O.S.): "This is as far as I can go."

Cortana (O.S.): "Roger that, we can find our way to the Control Center from here."

Foehammer (O.S.): "Good luck, Foehammer out."

{the Pelican hovers at the