Long Night of Solace (level)

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

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 a UNSC Frigate in attacking a Covenant Corvette.^[2]

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, and only level in the Halo series to feature playable space combat.^[2]
Jun and Emile are noticeably absent in the demo version of this mission, although it is unknown if this will stand in the retail version.
In the first part of the space battle, it looks as though the Banshees and Seraphs are exiting Slipspace.
It is possible that the multplayer map Countdown is based on a section of this mission.