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Home On The Range
Upon arriving on Halo the defenses are very high so the Marines take pods to the ground to come in without be noticed. You land in a large canyon area between massive, steep mountains and go forward with a variety of vehicles that detach from pods, including a Hornet, a new Marine vehicle that flies similar to the Banshee.
You and your band of Marines charge forward, coming into quick conflict with the Covenant Troops within the canyon walls. You break out into a large field area where there are a great deal of Covenant forces with their weapons and vehicles. You notice three massive plasma turrets which are creating an impasse to the cavern which leads to the base. They are spread out over the battlefield, and in order to proceed to the Covenant base it is imperative to take out these out. If you don’t have a vehicle it’s in your best interest to get one, and head to the nearest turret. Using grenades, missiles and other firepower at the rear-power-generator of each turret will take it out after a while. Once the three are down the Marines will give you the go ahead to leave, and Cortana will guide you to the Covenant base. As you approach the Covenant base alone you find that it is heavily fortified with huge walls. This fortress is located next to a vast body of water, and there is an abundance visible snow falling within the walls of the base. Cortana directs you to a side entrance with minimal guards and you make your way into the outer wall fortification carefully. In the dark recesses of the outer Covenant base you trail your way through the generator rooms and using several elevators make your way onto the top of the bases’ walled defense. Taking out enemies as you go you clear the top sections of the walls and avoid firing from various turret points below. When you reach the end of the wall on the far side of the base, you drop below and down into the wall's interior structure, and back to the ground level. There you and Cortana get communication from the Marines that reinforcements are on its way, and they request that you open the main entrance gate. Cortana leads you to a power generator switch for the gate within a structure in the main court yard, and after dispatching Covenant troops you can open the gates and allow the Marines to enter. You exit the structure and continue down through towards the interior of the Covenant base. The Covenant Troops barricade the rear entrance of the base with their forces and there are two more turrets, which pose a similar threat. Once the issue with them is resolved as before, you and the remaining Marine forces continue through the Covenant base, which is by in large forged of rocky structures similar to the original Halo’s bases. Throughout the rear sections of the base you meet more resistance but eventually find you way into the main interior structure of the base, via a ramp down into Halo. Level 06
Burn Baby Burn
With the base you find that it’s extremely dark and cold, with snow and ice in large quantities throughout the facility. You and any remaining Marines begin your trek into the depths of Halo, meeting with resistance in small pockets. You travel through corridors and tunnels, across familiar bridges and large landings. You come to another circular clearing outside the complex within a very large canyon. Above is an assortment of Banshees swirling about, and fortunately a pair of Hornets and a Warthog lie nearby a fallen Pelican that had somehow made it into this portion of the base. You can take any of the crafts and make your way to the far side of the canyon section, but it usually is more prudent to take out the Banshees first, as you have to unlock the entrance gate to continue to the next side, which is guarded by three more turrets. Find a quick way into the unlocking room in a central bunker in the canyon or take out the Banshees and then the turrets, and locate the unlocking room. With the gate open, Cortana tells the remaining Marines to fortify the area, and that you will proceed alone from there. You enter the gate. As you enter, you see a dim light at the end of this long tunnel. Moving forward the light gets bigger and soon, as Cortana explains, this is the central core of Halo, essentially it’s power source. You move into a large cavern, brightly lit by large lakes and pools of lava and magma. The walls are rock and natural formations, with strange writing on the walls.
Cortana is curious and as you get deeper and deeper into the core she begins to decipher the writing. She advises you that the writing, strangely familiar, was made by another civilization, which had discovered space travel a long time ago. They created Halo originally as a system with which to make sure the systems and planets followed their rule, creating the mythos that they were gods. She says this is how the notion of religion came into being. The virus later named the Flood, wrought havoc on them and eventually, Cortana believes, caused them to become extinct. Which, she says, is where the Covenant stepped in, a pact made between several of the strongest worlds, set to channel the power of Halo. They stopped and held the Flood at bay, presenting a formidable threat to the rest of the galaxy and then went off, conquering to conquer in the footsteps of the creators of Halo, their gods.
After penetrating a large section of the core, you come in contact with new Covenant enemies, some which appear strictly robotic, and they begin to attack. They pose a unique threat as they can only be destroyed in the back of their necks, which Cortana points out immediately. You dispatch these enemies, and head deeper into the caverns. As you travel further into the core, taking out hordes of enemies as they appear, Cortana guides you to what she believes in the source, a place the Covenant refer to as The Sanctuary. The deeper you travel the more violent the lava reacts and the more erratic the cavern shakes, with rocks and debris falling from inside. The last trek is across a long bridge, which leads to another white light. Cortana advises you that the bridge appears to be a trap and will begin to fall as you attempt to cross it. She tells you to run, which you do, and you enter the lit doorway at the end of the bridge, if you pass without falling..”
Interlude
Within the white light are a group of Covenant aliens called the Prophets, being guarded by other robotic soldiers all surrounding a black, endless chamber in the ground with a white light hovering above it. Although they prepare to attack, raising their weapons, they do not. Cortana explains that this is the center of Halo, the control center chamber that activates its weapon systems and if it was destroyed this particular Halo would be rendered inoperable. The Prophets begin to attack, and she translates the Prophets words to you. They tell you they are the leaders of the Covenant and that the gods have granted them the power to use Halo. They said for thousands of years no one has been able to present a worthy threat to them, and they have been told that one day an enemy would, and that enemy would be from the blood of their gods. They tell you that you are that enemy, and explain that you must be a god as well. They show you a hologram of the Halo being constructed many millennia ago, by the “gods.” When the hologram becomes clearer the faces of these gods are evident. They are humans. Cortana believes it to be impossible, but the Prophets go on to claim that they have never known the true face of the creators of Halo, but now it is apparent to them. They tell you it’s your destiny to join them and continue their reign of terror until the entire galaxy belongs to the Covenant. You ask them what happens if you don’t, and they tell you that you must be destroyed if you refuse. You tell them you’ll take the chance and drop an incendiary grenade (fire bomb, a new type of grenade that bursts into flames) in the control center chamber. You fling some plasma grenades at the closest robotic enemies, and the incendiary grenade ignites flashing light out of the chamber and upward. Cortana tells you to get down, and you turn to run as the robotic soldiers explode and the Prophets cry out in fear. You’re able to escape the initial explosion and Cortana directs you to a protective wall. The explosion shakes Halo, and the wall you’re behind is propelled out of Halo’s surface and into space. You fly teamxboxd towards the nothingness of space, with Cortana sarcastically advising that this is a bad situation. As you fly further, at unimaginable speed, you see something in distance coming towards you, and then you realize what it is. It’s the other side of the Halo ring. Unable to look back, only to cling onto the wall, of which both you and it are burning in fire. The fire stops and you’re in space, still heading towards the other side of Halo. As you approach the other side of the ring, Cortana whispers that you’ll never make it. Heading towards the dark blue oceans of the other side of Halo the screen goes black.
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