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'''Arrival'''<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4OsnFQXJw</ref> is the first level of ''[[Halo 3]]''. It does not contain actual gameplay, consisting instead of a look inversion test on lower difficulties, and the game's opening cutscenes.

The Master Chief crashes in an African jungle near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] and is eventually recovered by [[Thel 'Vadam]] (the [[Arbiter]]), [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]], and several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]].

''As the camera pans down, something comes into view entering the atmosphere, trailing flames splitting the night sky. Although it is not recognizable at this time, it is the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]].''

 

*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "But you had something they didn't. Something no one saw, but me."

''The Sergeant in the hat turns around and takes a long drag on his cigar.''

''The Marines move closer to the object while one aims his gun to the left then the right of the camera looking for any sign of the enemy. For the first time, it can be seen that it is the [[John-117|Master Chief]]. He lies at one end of a crater, the result of his impact. The Marines move closer to the Chief, taking up combat positions. One sits down beside him and takes out a small computer.''

[[File:Arrivalgather.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sergeant Johnson examines an unconscious Master Chief.]]

*'''[[Unidentified Corpsman|Marine Corpsman]]''': "His [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|armor]]'s locked up. Gel layer ''could'' have taken most of the impact..."

*'''Marine Corporal''': "I don't know, Sergeant Major."

*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Radio for [[VTOL]], heavy lift gear. We're ''not'' leaving him here."

''He looks down and realize the chip is empty. The Chief reaches up and grabs Johnson's wrist.''

*'''Master Chief''': "Yeah. You're not."

''He pushes himself slowly to his feet.''

*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(sighing)'' "Crazy fool! Why do you always ''jump''? One of these days, you're gonna land on somethin' as stubborn as you are! And I don't do bits and pieces!"

''The Chief says nothing. Instead, he reaches down and takes Cortana's chip from the Sergeant's hand and lets go of his arm.''

[[File:ArrivalCortanmoment.jpg|right|thumb|300px|John-117 has a brief [[Cortana Moments/Gravemind Moments|Cortana Moment]] while reminiscing of his departure with Cortana.]]

*'''Cortana''' ''(V.O.)'': "[[High Charity (Level)|Don't make a girl a promise...if you know you can't keep it]]."

*'''Master Chief''': "She stayed behind."

*'''Marine Corporal''': "Sorry, sir. ''(to Master Chief)'' Your armor's still in partial lockdown."

*'''Marine Corporal''': "Up here sir."

*'''Marine Corporal''': "Good." ''(to Johnson)'' Everything checks out, Sergeant Major."

''The Chief looks around, taking in his surroundings. Somewhere near him is a familiar sight... the heat-wave effect of a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Active camouflage|Active Camouflage]]. Johnson gives it a nod. An [[Sangheili|Elite]] decloaks, revealing itself to be the Arbiter, [[Thel 'Vadam]]. The Master Chief moves with fluid grace, brushing aside Johnson and another Marine next to 'Vadam, drawing Johnson's [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|pistol]] from its holster.''

'''Vadam glares at the Master Chief, showing no sign of discomfort or making any move to point the gun away from himself. The Chief hesitates to lower his gun.''

''Johnson grabs the Chief's shoulder.''

*'''Sergeant Johnson''': "We got enough to worry about without you two tryin' to kill each other!"

 

*'''Thel 'Vadam:''' "Were it so easy."

''Thel Vadam makes to move past the Master Chief, but the Spartan pushes him back, and 'Vadam turns and walks away.''

*'''Thel 'Vadam:''' "We must go. The [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] have our scent."

[[File:Arrivalma5c.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sergeant Johnson gives John-117 an [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C assault rifle]].]]

*'''Sergeant Johnson''': ''(Legendary, variant 5)'' "Then they must love the smell of Bulgari. Yeah, I'm doing a little product placement! I gotta get paid, too!"

''He grabs an [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] from a nearby Marine and holds it out to the Chief. Swiftly, the Spartan snatches it, as if annoyed by 'Vadam.''

*The name may be a reference to Halo's predecessor, ''[[Marathon]]'', an earlier [[Bungie]] game, in which "Arrival" is also the name of the [[w:c:marathongame:Arrival (Level)|first level]].

*Arrival is the first tutorial level in the [[Halo universe|Halo Trilogy]] not to take place on a [[human]] space vessel orbiting a celestial body. [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'s very first level was on the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]] orbiting the [[Halo]] mega-structure and ''[[Halo 2]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first level was set on the UNSC [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] defense platform [[Cairo Station|Cairo]] in a geosynchronous orbit around [[Earth]].

*Contrary to what players might think, the Master Chief did ''not'' land on Earth using just his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] armor as protection. At the other end of the crater is a metallic object, suggesting the Chief ripped it out of the Forerunner Dreadnought and rode it down to [[Earth]]. A page in [[The Art of Halo 3]] supports this theory. Also, the metallic object appears to be a Forerunner door of some sort due to the support bracing on one side, as many Forerunner doors do seen in ''Halo 2''. And in the [[Halo Encyclopedia]] it shows the Master Chief using a piece of metal for protection as he enters the atmosphere.

*The Master Chief appears for the first time in ''Halo 3'' at precisely 1 minute and 17 seconds into the cutscene, when the camera descends to reveal his outstretched arm. This is both a reverence to his number (117) and to [[list of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] because it is 77 seconds in.

*It should be noted that in Arrival, re-entry occurs before sunrise, and in the Landfall miniseries, re-entry occurs after sunrise (though they ''are'' in different places). The Landfall miniseries takes place in Pakistan, accounting for the time difference.

*When the corpsman is inspecting John-117, Johnson addresses the corpsman as corporal. This is possibly an error as corpsman are Navy units, and the rank of corporal is Army/Marines. It is known that both Marine and Navy ranks are included in the game as John-117 is a Master Chief Petty Officer, and several other characters from the game also have Navy ranks (such as those about any UNSC ships like Lt. Command Miranda Keyes.)

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