Composer

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This article is about the Halo 4 level. For the achievement, see Composer (achievement); for the machine, see Composer.

Composer is the seventh campaign level of Halo 4. Completing the level on any difficulty grants the player the Composer achievement, while killing both Hunters in the level using only the Sticky Detonator unlocks the Give Him the Stick achievement.

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{Cutscene}

Cut to an asteroid belt with a large planet in the background. A Slipspace portal suddenly appears in the foreground and the Mantle's Approach comes out, along with several Covenant remnant Liches and Phantoms. They all move away from the belt.

Cut to the Master Chief, under cover in one of the last Liches. The shields protecting the ship from Slipspace fade away.

• Master Chief: "Cortana?"

• Cortana: "Still here."

More Phantoms and Liches cross in the background as the Master Chief gets us from his cover and looks up. He sees a Halo installation.

• Master Chief: "A Halo?"

• Cortana: "Installation 03. It's where Infinity found the coordinates for Requiem."

Cut to a front view of the Master Chief, looking up at the Halo.

• Master Chief: "They why are they bypassing it?"

Cut to a rear view of the Master Chief. The asteroid belt is visible, along with a human station built into one of the asteroids.

• Cortana: "Because the Composer's not ON the ring."

Numerous Phantoms and Liches approach the station. Cut to a front view of the Master Chief again.

• Cortana: "What are you waiting for? That station's not going to save itself."

Fade to black. A moment later, a gunshot can be heard. Cut to the inside of the Lich. A Sangheili's shields flare as he collapses on the floor, the entry wound in the head still smoking. The Master Chief steps over the body, carrying a Covenant carbine, as he walks toward the control panel.

• Cortana: (voice distorted) "Put me into the console."

The Master Chief steps up to the panel and inserts Cortana into the console. A hologram of the station comes up.

• Master Chief: "This is UNSC Master Chief to base. Do you read?"

• Sandy Tillson: "Yes! I hear you! This is Sandy Tillson of Ivanoff Station! We're under attack!

• Master Chief: "They're after a Forerunner artifact you took from the Halo ring."

Cut to an outside view. The Lich approaches the station.

• Sarah Tillson: "How do you know about that?"

• Master Chief: "Doctor. I need you to protect that artifact until we arrive. Send whatever-"

The hologram of the station flickers and disappears completely, replaced by the figure of Cortana, who's undergoing another rampancy fit.

• Cortana: (voice distorted and high-pitched) "Do you know what that condescending bitch said to me after our first game of chess?"

• Master Chief: "Cortana..."

• Cortana: "Even I don't call him by name anymore."

A red signal flashes on the screen as the Lich flies toward the station on a collision course.

• Master Chief: "Correct your approach."

• Cortana: "Yes, well he also said he works better alone."

The Lich flies dangerously close to the station with no deceleration. The red signal continues to flash.

• Cortana: "I can see why you chose him, Catherine."

• Master Chief: "Cortana!"

• Cortana: "I'm your greatest achievement and you detest me!"

• Master Chief: "Pull up! NOW!"

The Lich crashes just below the open landing bay. Fade to black.

ANY LANDING YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM

{Gameplay}

The Master Chief wakes up on the floor of the landing bay. The wrecked Lich is nearby, aflame. An Assault Rifle lies near the Chief.

• Cortana: "I'm sorry- I just... can't stop them!"

The Master Chief gets up. His HUD flickers.

• Cortana: "It's like a thousand of me arguing all at once!"

The Master Chief grabs the assault rifle.

• Master Chief: "Doctor Tillson, are you there?"

• Sandy Tillson: "Oh, thank God! When your signal cut off I di-"

• Master Chief: "Doctor, listen to me. You have to issue the order to evacuate the station."

• Sandy Tillson: "We've been trying! The Covenant... they've already taken over the landing bays!"

• Master Chief: "Send me your coordinates. I'll see what I can do about clearing an evac route on my way to you."

The Master Chief runs to the end of the landing bay, where there several supplies in crates. As he approaches the exit, the doors are blown off. A security guard is thrown violently against the wall, killing him. The Master Chief walks to the hallway, picking up a nearby Sticky Detonator. He runs down the hallway and around some corners, arriving at another doorway. It opens to a hanger.

• System: "Emergency quarantined released."

A security guard is jumped by a Kig-yar and is killed. Two scientists run past, attempting to escape. The Chief kills the Jackal and enters the hanger. Two Phantoms are dropping off Covenant remnant forces. The Chief takes care of them and pushes on, running into another squad of Covenant soldiers. He takes them out and and moves on. Some security guards and scientists are making a stand nearby.

• Master Chief: "What can we do to keep the Covenant out?"

• Cortana: "The Harbormaster controls can erect a barricade over the bay, but we'll have to locate them."

• Scientist: "Where's Jesse? JESSE!"

An infinite amount of Phantoms arrives to reinforce Covenant positions. The Chief begins assisting the pressured security forces.

• Scientist 2: "How'd the UNSC get here so fast?"

The Chief begins taking out the Covenant remnant forces on the platforms, eliminating several Elites on the way.

If the Chief approaches the wrong platform:

• Cortana: "Wrong platform, Chief! Dock controls are on the other one!"

The Chief gets to the controls and activates the system.

• System: "Warning. Emergency Harbor Barricade engaged. Enacting in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."

• Cortana: "Doctor Tillson. Bay 7 is secure and we're moving to your position now."

A blue barrier activates and blocks the hanger from any more Phantoms.

• Sandy Tillson: "Really? Oh- that's incredible! Thank you!"

The Master Chief quickly runs to a door leading toward the doctor, which opens up to reveal more Covenant soldiers. The Chief eliminates them. Inside the room, two security guards are taking cover behind crates and engaging more Covenant soldiers.

• Scientist 3: "Where are the other station cops?"

• Security guard: "We need backup! Bay 7 Duty Port Baker!"

• Security guard: "Spartan? How many of you are there?"

• Security guard 2: "Guys, we can't hold this position!"

• Security guard: "Fall back! Fall back!"

The Chief assists the security guards, killing the enemies in the area after a lengthy battle. He runs to the end of the room and into a large staircase, where two more security guards are holding the bottom floor. Several Unggoy make their way down the stairs. The Chief and the security guards eliminate them, joined by the two others behind them. The group begins pushing up the stairs, engaging more enemies on the floor above.

Suddenly, an orange scan line from the Mantle's Approach moves through the station.

• Cortana: "Didact doesn't know where the Composer is! Just that it's on the station."

• Tim: "Attention! Station's security's just broken through to Emergency Station 12, A-11. Lifeboat access there is limited but functional! ES12, A-11!"

Trivia

References

• The Halo Theme's chant is heard when Installation 03 is revealed at the beginning of the level.
• Inside one of the display cases in the Hunter occupied laboratory, the Activation Index of Installation 03 can be seen on display.
• In the room with the Composer, a Marine squad assigned to guard it can be overheard getting orders, all the members of this squad are named after designers of Halo 4.
• The bay that the Master Chief fights in and closes off from Covenant forces is Bay 7, a possible reference to Bungie's favorite number, 7.

Mistakes

• Some of the alert screens throughout Ivanoff Station display the UNSC Infinity's hull classification symbol, INF-101. This is a result of reusing textures created for the interiors of the Infinity in the levels Infinity and Shutdown.
• At the end of the level, after the Didact takes the Composer, the screen inside the elevator will still indicate that the Composer is in a "stable" condition.

Miscellaneous

• In the hangar, if the player activates the barrier while a Phantom is still inside the station, the vehicle will explode once it comes in contact with the barrier.