Spire (Halo Infinite level)
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| “ | Pursue the Harbinger into this mysterious Forerunner structure. | ” |
Spire is the eighth campaign main mission in Halo Infinite, under the third campaign section "Connections".
OverviewEdit
| “ | On the trail of the Harbinger, Chief and the Weapon exit the Conservatory into a Forerunner construct called the Spire. There they meet submonitor Adjutant Resolution, who guides them through the ancient structure and reveals its purpose: the reconstruction of Zeta Halo. Master Chief orders the Weapon to halt the Reformation, enraging Adjutant Resolution and inciting a battle with the submonitor. Victorious, Chief and the Weapon initiate shutdown of the Spire, revealing a network of structures like it across the Ring. As the Spire collapses around them, the duo resolve to locate and neutralize the remaining Spires before Halo is once again made operable. | ” |
Pelican Down immediately begins when this mission is complete.
TranscriptEdit
{Gameplay}
The Chief heads off towards the spire.
If the Chief stalls or does some other activity:
- Weapon: "Look, I'll just admit it: I'm REALLY curious about what's inside that Forerunner structure. Let's go find out."
or
- Weapon: "Can't stop thinking about all the cryptic stuff the Harbinger said. Whatever "the Endless" is... I think we'll find out in that Forerunner structure."
The Chief arrives at the structure and engages the Banished troops guarding the outer perimeter. After dealing with the garrison, as well as the reinforcements that arrive, he heads to the base of the structure where he encounters a Mgalekgolo pair.
- Weapon: "Who are these guys?"
- John-117: "Hunters."
- Weapon: "And what do they do? Don't answer that. Just get rid of them so I can get us in."
After a lengthy fight, the Chief eliminates the Hunters.
- Weapon: "To get in we need to activate the grav-lift."
The Chief deploys the Weapon onto a nearby terminal.
{Cutscene}
The Weapon studies the terminal's data.
- Weapon: "Hmm. The protocol's not Banished in origin. It's... sturdier than I expected."
The Weapon begins hacking the terminal.
- John-117: "Problem?"
The Weapon snaps her fingers, activating the gravity lift.
- Weapon: "No problem."
The Chief uploads her back into his armor.
{Gameplay}
The Chief steps onto the grav-lift and ascends into the structure.
Fade to black
Level resumes after loading screen
{Gameplay}
The Chief gets off the grav-lift.
- Weapon: "We're in."
The Chief begins to explore the structure, which is completely devoid of Banished troops.
- Weapon: (excited) "Wow! This place is... exactly what you'd expect."
- John-117: "What does it do?"
- Weapon: "Unknown. Find me somewhere to plug in and I'll try to find out."
After a bit of searching, the Chief finds a terminal.
- Weapon: "There we go. Plug me in over there."
The Chief deploys the Weapon onto the terminal.
{Cutscene}
The Weapon looks around.
- Weapon: "Interesting. This structure has been activated using a protocol that's far older than anything I've ever seen. It... it knows we're here."
Scene rotates to reveal a blue-eyed Monitor approaching them.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Welcome, welcome. Oh. Hello. I am Adjutant Resolution, Sub-Monitor of this installation, loyal servant of Despondent Pyre who must be indisposed if I have been activated. Have you seen her?"
- Weapon: "Kinda..."
She turns to the Chief.
- Weapon: "Do you want to tell him?"
- Adjutant Resolution: "Tell me what?"
- John-117: "The Monitor is gone."
- Adjutant Resolution: (stunned) "Gone? Gone? Gone?"
- Weapon: (nervously) "It wasn't us."
- Adjutant Resolution: (suspiciously) "Are you sure?"
The Weapon holds up her hands.
- Weapon: "Of course it wasn't us."
- Adjutant Resolution: (relieved) "Good. Good. Good. I was worried you were perhaps unfriendly. As you can see, this Spire has been successfully deployed."
He "gestures" to them.
- Adjutant Resolution: "This way. I presume you wish to see the Observation Platform."
Without waiting for a response, the Sub-Monitor floats off to a locked door. The Chief and the Weapon exchange looks before he uploads her back into his armor.
{Gameplay}
- Weapon: "See? He seems friendly."
- John-117: (skeptically) "We'll see."
- Adjutant Resolution: "Did you say something? (pause) No? Then come, come. There is much to see."
The Sub-Monitor fires a blue energy beam at the door, unlocking it.
The Chief follows the Monitor through the Spire.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Come along, please."
- Adjutant Resolution: "This situation is most unexpected... and illuminating."
- Adjutant Resolution: "I was created by Despondent Pyre as friend... not a replacement. Strange times."
They reach the end of a corridor.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Oh. I am sorry. The portal should have been activated. One moment."
He fires his repair beam into the floor, activating the portal.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Please... step into the portal."
The Chief steps onto the portal and is teleported to another corridor. Adjutant Resolution teleports in as well. The Sub-Monitor leads the Chief down the hallway.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Right this way."
The doors at the end of the corridor open up to a large, hollow chamber. The Chief steps out onto a ledge overlooking a deep chasm. The chamber is empty, save for an elevator platform at its center. The Sub-Monitor flies over to it, apparently unaware that the Chief can't follow.
- Adjutant Resolution: "There's something missing? (realizes) Oh, yes. A bridge. One moment."
He flies back over and fires his repair beam at the ledge the Chief is standing on. A light bridge materializes, allowing access to the elevator.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Let us proceed."
The Chief crosses the light bridge.
- Adjutant Resolution: "It is very exciting. Soon the sequence will be sent and the Reformation can begin."
The Chief reaches the elevator. Adjutant Resolution fires his beam at the elevator's control terminal. The elevator begins its ascent.
Fade to black.
Level resumes after loading screen.
{Gameplay}
The elevator brings the Chief to the Observation Platform. As its name indicates, up here one can see the whole of the Zeta Halo fragment, as well as the smaller surrounding fragments.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Here we are. As you can see we are ready to progress as soon as..."
Something catches his attention.
- Adjutant Resolution: "Please excuse me. I shall return."
Adjutant Resolution teleports away.
- Weapon: (hushed voice) "Get me to that terminal."
The Chief heads over to a terminal at the edge of the Observation Platform and plugs the Weapon in.
{Cutscene}
The Weapon begins studying the data.
- Weapon: "Oh. That's not so bad. This structure's purpose is simple: Rebuild the Ring. Well... more specifically, create the materials needed to repair it."
- John-117: (bluntly) "Not gonna happen."
- Weapon: "Why? It's such a beautiful... (realizes) Oh, the Banished. Sorry. I was distracted for a second. There's so much to learn here."
- John-117. "Shut it down. Permanently."
Adjutant Resolution suddenly flies out from behind him.
- Adjutant Resolution: (alarmed) "No, no, no!"
His eye turns red as he prepares to open fire on the Weapon. The Master Chief steps in front of her, deflects the Sub-Monitor's energy beam, and quickly uploads the Weapon back into his armor.
- Adjutant Resolution: "What are you doing?! This is not acceptable!"
Adjutant Resolution flies over to the center of the platform. A heavily armed and armored Sentinel-like chassis emerges from the floor.
- Adjutant Resolution: (angrily) "You were supposed to be friendly."
He enters the chassis, which powers up its weapons.
{Gameplay}
Despite Adjutant Resolution's superior technology, he's not programmed for warfare and is outmaneuvered by the more experienced Master Chief. Eventually, the Chief damages the Sub-Monitor's armored chassis badly enough that it crashes and explodes. Adjutant Resolution does not emerge from the wreckage. Presuming the Sub-Monitor to have been vanquished, the Chief returns to the terminal and deploys the Weapon again.
{Cutscene}
The Weapon starts hacking the Spire's systems.
- Weapon: "I have good news and bad news."
- John-117: (already knowing what the bad news is) "How many?"
- Weapon: "Okay, straight to the bad news. A lot. I count nine... no, ten Spires. More being deployed all the time."
- John-117: "Active?"
- Weapon: "No... not yet at least. They appear to be waiting for an initialization sequence. Something is flooding the network trying to start it but there's resistance."
- John-117: "Why?"
- Weapon: "The protocol that triggered all this wasn't exactly correct. It worked... well, it started the process."
She turns to the Chief.
- Weapon: "There's more bad news. I can't shut it down exactly, but I can remove it from the network."
She turns back around and starts hacking the terminal.
- Weapon: "Of course. I can find the source of the attack. I just need to-"
- John-117: "Wait. Is it safe?"
- Weapon: (smiles and laughs) "C'mon. It's me. An infiltration program designed-"
A flash of bright yellow light interrupts her.
- The Harbinger: "Who are you?"
The Weapon's smile vanishes.
- Weapon: "Oops. I think she knows I'm-"
- Harbinger: "How are you doing this?"
The Chief looks around, trying to see where the voice is coming from. The Weapon begins pulling at invisible strands of data.
- John-117: (turning back to the Weapon) "Disconnect."
- Weapon: "Give me one second to get it-"
- John-117: (sharply) "Now!"
Stunned by his tone, the Weapon turns to him.
- Weapon: "It's done. Why don't you trust me?"
The Spire suddenly shakes violently.
- John-117: "What was that?"
The ceiling begins lowering itself. There's a low whining sound as the Spire's systems start deactivating.
- Weapon: "Maybe taking it offline wasn't such a great idea. We need to go. Like now."
The Chief uploads her into his armor and walks towards the edge of the Observation Platform, which is quickly disassembling itself.
- John-117: (to Echo 216) "Immediate extraction. My location."
- Pilot (COM): "Oh, God. It was you, wasn't it."
The shield around the Platform deactivates.
- John-117: "Now!"
- Pilot (COM): "I'm coming. I'm coming."
Zoom in on Echo 216 as it approaches the Observation Platform. Scene shifts back to the Chief, who takes a few steps back to get a running start before leaping off the Spire.
- Pilot (COM): (exasperated) "Oh, c'mon..."
The classic Halo Theme plays as the Master Chief descends in free fall.
The Pelican swoops down in front of the Chief.
- John-117: "Open up."
The Pelican's bay doors open. Some loose containers and other objects fly out as the Chief drops into the troop bay. He grabs onto one of the troop seats.
- John-117: "Go!"
The Pelican pulls up and away from the Spire, which is now retracting its fins and lowering itself back onto the ground. Blue energy pulsates out of the structure, shaking the ground and kicking up dust clouds around the base. The Pelican's troop bay doors close as it returns to normal orientation.
- John-117: "Upload the Spire locations."
The Weapon's avatar materializes in his hand.
- Weapon: "All of them?"
- John-117: "All of them."
Multiple holograms of Spires appear around the Pelican's troop bay.
- Ship AI: "Coordinates received."
- Pilot (COM): "Ummm... it looks like someone has marked forty-two locations, which, would be crazy, right?"
All but one of the Spires disappear. The Weapon pulls the remaining Spire towards them.
- John-117: "This one?"
- Weapon: "It was the source of the attack."
- Pilot (COM): "Attack?"
The cockpit door opens and the Pilot looks out at them.
- Pilot: "What's she talking about, Chief? Is everyone trying to kill you?"
- Weapon: "It kinda seems like it. (realizes) Oh, wait... (cheerfully) You're being sarcastic. (to the Chief) He's fun. I like him."
An alarm blares as a series of explosions erupt outside.
Zoom in on the Pilot.
- Pilot: "Am I dead already? I-I mean I must be. I mean this is a punishment, right?"
- Ship AI: "WARNING. WARNING. WARNING."
The Chief enters the cockpit. Outside, more explosions burst around Echo 216 as Banished anti-aircraft guns continue to fire upon the Pelican.
- Pilot: "Yep. This is death."
An AA gun directly in front of them opens fire and scores a direct hit on the Pelican.
- Pilot: "No! No!"
The Pelican banks to port and we swing to see the Pilot in his seat as sparks fly from the forward console.
- Pilot: "No no no no!"
The Pelican levels out right in front of another anti-aircraft cannon. It fires, hitting the Pelican. The Pelican makes a half-roll to starboard as the camera swings around to show the pilot.
- Pilot: "This isn't happening...!"
The camera swings around to show the Pelican coming in for a crash landing in a river .
- Pilot: "I'm going to have to make an emergency landing!"
Water splashes up over the cockpit window as the Pelican lands in the shallow river.
- Pilot: "Hold on, Chief."
Out the window, we see the Pelican headed straight for a large piece of debris. As it collides with the debris, the camera swings around to show the Chief and the pilot. The pilot grits his teeth and we hear a faint thud. The screen cuts to black.
Level ends
AchievementsEdit
The following achievements can be unlocked on Spire across the all editions of Halo Infinite.
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Hunter. Killer. | Defeated the Hunter pair stationed at the base of the Spire. |
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Pelican Down | Shut down the first Spire and stopped Zeta's Reformation. |
CollectiblesEdit
- Audio logs (1): The Prisoner 04 - Easy To Break
GalleryEdit
The Hunter pair guarding the Spire's gravity lift.
The gravity lift needed to enter the Spire.
A viewscreen within the Spire.
Some platforms within the Spire.
The Chief follows the sub-monitor to the elevator.
A view of the Reformation Spire's observation platform.
Adjutant Resolution confronting the Chief and the Weapon after he learns they plan to halt the Reformation of the Halo.
The Chief shields the Weapon from Adjutant Resolution's attack.
Adjutant Resolution in his Eradicator Sentinel combat chassis.
Adjutant Resolution's Eradicator damaged.
The burning remains of Adjutant Resolution's Eradicator.
The Chief in free fall after jumping off the Spire as Echo 216 catches up to him.
The Chief escapes as the Spire violently shuts itself down.
The Chief and the Weapon looking at holograms of Reformation Spires.
The Pilot operating the Pelican.
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