Editing 343 Guilty Spark (level)

{{Title|343 Guilty Spark}}

{{Level infobox

|pagegamelabel=CE

|prev=''[[Assault on the Control Room]]''

|next=''[[The Library]]''

|name='''''343 Guilty Spark'''''

|image=[[File:HCEA 343GuiltySpark Loadscreen.png|300px]]

|date= [[2552#September|September 21, 2552]]

|place= On the surface of [[Installation 04]]

'''343 Guilty Spark''' is the sixth [[campaign]] level in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.  

==Transcript==

===Well Enough Alone===

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLRoDjCxe4I '''{''Original Cutscene''}''']

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "When you locate Captain Keyes, radio in, and I'll come pick you up."

*'''Dropship [[Victor 933]]'s Pilot (Recording)''': "Dropship [[Victor 933]]-(static)-''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''-(static)-need assistance. We are under att-(static)-attack by some new kind of hostile-(static)-isn't [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. (Static) Captain Keyes has been captured by hostiles. (static) -dug in at a large structure in a swamp-(static)-We need to pull out. Please-(static)-I will set this message to repeat at-(static)-regular intervals. Dropship Victor 933, clear."

''The Chief also encounters a small group of Unggoy and Kig-Yar, which he quickly eliminates, before crossing a log bridge. As he moves across the bridge, he sees several [[Flood combat form|shadowy figures]] running around on the top of the cliff to the right. Also, his [[motion tracker]] shows seemingly friendly units in the swamp not too far from his location, but they suddenly disappear off radar.''

''John-117 kills the Covenant and hurries to the entrance, but finds no one there. A lift arrives for him. He takes the lift down into the depths of the structure.''

''John-117 passes through several large rooms and many smaller ones inside the structure, filled with Unggoy, Kig-Yar, empty Shade turrets, discarded weapons, and dead bodies - both Marine and Covenant.  Curiously there is no sign of any [[Sangheili]], alive or dead. In some rooms, Kig-Yar and Unggoy gather at the doorways as if expecting an attack. In one room, the Chief discovers a strange green-yellow substance falling from the ceiling.''

''As the Chief comes into an area blasted with gunfire and scorch marks, there is the sound of shattering glass. A lone Marine sits leaning against a wall, [[M6D magnum]] pointed at him. The Marine shoots at the Spartan if the Chief comes too close, while screaming at the top of his lungs the following phrases. He also fiddles around with his pistol a lot, checking to see if the magazine is full.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVAb6vkNd4 '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''John-117 approaches the door cautiously and listens for any movement inside. Just as he is about to type a command into the spoofer, there is a noise behind him. He turns around, gun ready to shoot, but sees nothing. After a moment, he turns back to the door, places his gun on his shoulder and opens the door. When it opens, the body of a Marine falls into his arms. He advances a few paces, places the body on the floor gently while making sure nobody follows him through. He sweeps his assault rifle about the room.''

<tt>'''> OPEN RECORD VIEW [2552.5.27.5:52:56 L]'''</tt>

<tt>'''> PLAY >'''</tt>

''The view switches to a [[Night vision device|night vision]]-enabled recording. Jenkins looks around the inside of a Pelican. There are several other Marines seated in the dropship with him. [[Flip music]], Johnson's favorite genre, blares over the cabin speakers.''

<tt>'''> PLAY >'''</tt>

''Inside the room where John-117 encountered the Paranoid Marine, the squad stands around a [[Sangheili]] carcass. Its chest is torn wide open. Private Mendoza is examining a similar corpse on the left hand side of the screen.''

''The odd hissing noise grows louder and louder. Everyone scans the room, trying to find the source of the strange sounds.''

*'''Johnson''': "Where's that coming from, Mendoza?"

*'''Private [[Riley]]''': "Ahh...augh! Get it out! Get it out- augh!"

*'''Johnson''': "Let 'em have it!"

''John-117 escapes the facility, encountering Flood forms and some Covenant infantry struggling to survive.''

''John-117 tries to take the elevator he entered with, but while he waits for it to come down, it suddenly falls down and crashes down to the bottom of the facility.''

''After some fighting, John-117 arrives at another elevator, but it goes deeper underground and Unggoy blood is seen painted on the elevator's shaft. At the bottom of the shaft, he's attacked by armed combat forms - both infected Sangheili and humans. This detour forces him to fight his way back up.''

''Although their weapons give them a distinct advantage, a single Pod infector or a single combat form attack can kill them.''

*"I'm outta here!"

''John-117 reaches the final elevator and rises to an exit from the structure.''  

''John-117 reaches the top where a trapped group of 10 Marines are holding out.''

*'''[[Chips Dubbo]]''': "Sir! Thank God you're here. We've been lost out here for hours. After we lost contact with the rest of the mission, we, we headed for the RV point, and then these-these....these ''things''...they ambushed us. We've gotta get out of here!"  

===343 Guilty Spark===

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NVtAPwE7Fc '''{''Original Cutscene''}''']

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzZsrfYu0ZI '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''John-117 suddenly finds himself enveloped in [[Teleportation grid|a bright gold light]], and then appears on top of one of the legs of the tower. The blue object hovers in front of him. The Chief instinctively points his weapon at it.''

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! scope="col" style="width:135px;text-align:center;" |'''''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' (Xbox 360)'''

! scope="col" style="width:135px;text-align:center;" |'''''Halo: MCC'' (Steam)'''

! scope="col" style="width:175px;height:20px;text-align:center;" |'''Title'''

|[[File:HTMCC HCEA Achievement Steam SkulltakerRecession.jpg|center|64px]]

|<center>'''[[Skulltaker Halo: CE: Recession]]'''</center>

|<center>''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''</center>

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==Production notes==

{{Main|Development of Halo: Combat Evolved}}

There was an idea for the Paranoid Marine earlier in the development of this level in which he will stay alive, and when the player walks a distance away from him there was going to be a loud bang. If the player comes back, he would be found dead on the floor.{{Ref/Film|Id=Commentary|[[Halo 3 Legendary Edition|''Halo 3'' Legendary Edition]], Halo: Combat Evolved developer commentary}}

The events of the level were later expanded in the novel ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'':  

==Trivia==

===Glitches===

{{Main|Glitches}}

*If the players play in co-op and use the [[Riding a Pelican#343 Guilty Spark|stay on Pelican]] glitch, then leave one player in the upper swamp and the other player walks along the tree trunk, then the player that is above can see the Flood up close and kill them easier.

*If look closely at the dead Marine before John-117 lays him on the floor in the cutscene, one can see that the Marine will blink about two to four times despite the fact that he's supposed to be dead.

*If the player pushes the Shade turret in the way of Jenkins's scripted walk path prior to entering structure beforehand, he will get stuck in the spot where the turret was placed but continue his scripted movement while the rest of the squad moves ahead of him into the structure due to the fact that the recording takes place in the exact same places that the player previously traveled. This is because the game doesn't "clear out" the room and return it to the state that it was in when Jenkins and his companions were in it.

*It is possible to skip the entire Flood reveal and progress through the level directly from the first room after the first elevator. To do this when the player first enters the room they must drop down to the lower level and go left to the column with a light past the locked door. There the player must grenade jump and move back but stop moving just in time; this allows the player to end up in the floor above and if done correctly the player should land on the beam. The player must then move past a bit of geometry (there is a line in the floor) but taking care not to move too far towards the wall or else the player will fall back down. From here the player must crouch, quickly release crouch and jump forward, then time the release of forward and crouch again; done correctly the player will land on another beam. The player must then move straight towards the back wall (where the door that later allows the player to progress is). Finally near the wall the player needs to jump diagonally through the wall and possibly crouch, avoiding the glass window at the right but not going too far left. From here the level can be continued as normal as despite the door to get in being locked the door to the electric room and the door after are not.

===Mistakes===

*Sometimes, after the Master Chief has left dropship V933's crash site, the emergency distress call will start again prematurely, causing the message to overlap on itself.

*In Jenkins' helmet cam, the Marines exit the Pelican from at least 10 feet off the ground.

*The spoofer, which the Master Chief uses to open the door, only appears in the cutscene and not during actual gameplay.

*During the ending cutscene, the Monitor can be seen flying around the tower as well as talking to the Chief. Similar to the previous error, this is because the Monitor is in the level before the cutscene, but isn't removed when the cutscene starts.

*There is a hidden [[Active Camouflage]] in this level. After killing the Kig-yar on the tree trunk that goes to the next part of the level, get onto the tree trunk. Once in the middle, stop and turn right. Jump down. There is a pipe leading up to a small ledge that is too high to jump to. There is a ramp. Go up it. Go as far back as one can on the ledge, and inside a bush there is an Active Camouflage power-up.

*Private Jenkins' chip says "Do Not Eat". However it is only visible if the map is opened with HMT and look at the Bitmaps tab.

*This level makes several references to the movie ''Aliens'', such as the banter between the marines witnessed by observing Jenkin's recording.

===References===

*The line "I have a bad feeling about this" is another homage to ''Aliens'' or ''Star Wars''.

*The swamps are covered by some kind of glowing plants. Similar plants may be seen in ''[[High Charity]]'' in ''[[Halo 2]]''.

*During the first chapter of the level, corpses will spawn in the swamp when the player is at some point of the inside of the installation. Walk back outside before the Private Jenkins helmet cam cutscene and bodies of Marines will be scattered through the lower level of the swamp. If one can make it to the upper level of the swamp (around Mendoza and such), one will find corpses of Covenant and Human Flood Combat Forms.

*If players examine the floor to the right of the unlocked containment door, the player can find the neural chip that the Master Chief tossed aside after the "last recording" cutscene. However, it will disappear as if it was a particle over a short period of time.

*This level is one of the few rare campaign levels with red team and blue team [[List of Forerunner Symbols|symbols]]. They can be found near the first Flood encounter area and at any similar areas in the level.

*This is the final level of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' in which Marines are seen alive (with the exception of the non-canon Legendary ending on [[The Maw]] featuring [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]]).

*The swamp area in the end of the level was later re-used for the multiplayer map ''[[Backwash]]'' in ''Halo 2''.

==Gallery==

<gallery>

File:HCE Menu 06 343 Guilty Spark.png|Preview of the level in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' menu.

File:Crazed Marine.jpg|John-117 being attacked by the [[Paranoid Marine]].

File:Jackal blooshed.png|A corridor of the facility, drenched with Unggoy and Kig-Yar blood.

File:Flood attack.jpg|John-117 being attacked by [[Flood combat form]]s.

</gallery>

<gallery>

File:HCEA-Concept-Chief-Flood.jpg|Concept art of the level for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.  

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