Long Night of Solace (level)

Long Night of Solace^[1] is the fifth campaign level in Halo: Reach.^[2]^[3]^[4] and is set in the beginning of the battle for the planet.^[4]

Summary

The Covenant invasion of Reach is in full force, and Catherine-B320 has come up with a plan to take the fight to the enemy. Noble Team, minus Emile-A239 and Jun-A266, are dropped off to a beach by a UH-144 Falcon, and they must fight their way into a UNSC Sabre launch facility that is under attack by Covenant ground and air forces. Once inside, Noble Six and Jorge-052 enter a Sabre that is immediately launched into the planet orbit along with at least one other Sabre. Once in space, they join the other UNSC forces in defending the station Anchor 9 and assist the UNSC Savannah in attacking a Covenant Corvette.^[3]

This level was the first campaign level of Halo: Reach to be unveiled to the public. A shorter version of the level was first showcased in the Halo: Reach E3 Campaign Demo during the Microsoft press conference at E3 2010.
This is the first level in the Halo series to feature playable ship-to-ship combat.^[3]
Jun and Emile are noticeably absent in this mission.
In the first part of the space battle, it looks as though the Banshees and Seraphs are exiting Slipspace.
It is possible that the multiplayer map Countdown is based on a section of this mission.
The objectives for the Corvette are to take down its shields and destroy the engines while the UNSC Savannah attacks.
It is interesting to note that this mission has been reported as the fourth mission (during E3), fifth mission and sixth mission.