H3ODST:Data Hive

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Data Hive
Game:	Halo 3: ODST
File name (?):	l200
Player:	Rookie (player 1) ODST (co-op)
Date:	October 20–21, 2552
Location:	Data Center, New Mombasa, Earth
Objective(s):	Find Dare and secure the Superintendent.
Par Time:	00:16:00 (Master Chief Collection)
Par Score:	8,000 (Master Chief Collection) 50,000 (Halo 3: ODST)
	Halopedia has a walkthrough guide for this level; see H3ODST:Data Hive/Walkthrough.

This article is about the level. For the soundtrack, see Data Hive (music).

“

Find Dare, secure the Superintendent.

”

Data Hive is the penultimate campaign level in Halo 3: ODST. It is set in the immense data facility below the city of New Mombasa, where the Covenant are trying to gain access to the Superintendent's data core. It is the first linear level in the game after the hub.

Completing this level on Normal or higher unlocks the Chasm Ten Firefight map, which is based on this level.

Summary

The Rookie, having found Dare's distress signal after exploring the city, descends down an underground elevator shaft into the Superintendent's Data Center. He arrives at sub-level 7 of the complex and must fight his way down to sub-level 9, where Dare is hiding. On the way down, the Rookie has to defeat a range of Covenant, including Brutes and Drones. During this time, the Rookie runs into an NMPD Officer searching for his men. He follows the Rookie until he is killed by either the Drones or the Rookie (Depending on the number of audio logs found). Once the Rookie and Dare are reunited, Dare informs the Rookie of the true nature of their mission. The two then fight through a Drone hive to the Superintendent's core to secure its data as well as "the asset," revealed to a rogue Huragok named Quick to Adjust that has taken refuge there. Quick to Adjust has assimilated the Superintendent's data with its own knowledge, particularly the Superintendent's Vergil subroutine, making it an extremely valuable defector to the UNSC and a major liability for the Covenant. Buck fortuitously arrives just as Covenant reinforcements attempt to secure the complex, and with his help Dare and the Rookie escort Vergil safely to the surface through heavy resistance.

Transcript

{Cutscene}

View of a dimly-lit room in the Superintendent's Data Center is shown, with an elevator car on the bottom of its shaft. Jonathan Doherty descends from the elevator shaft, and drops to the top of the elevator car.

• Captain Veronica Dare (COM): "(Static) They've got me cornered! I'm low on ammo! If you can hear me, I'm on sub-level nine, near station t-"

As Dare is cut off by static interference, the Rookie clicks his comlink with his fingers, and glances at the wall to his right, where the text "SUBLEVEL 07" is written, accompanied by the Superintendent's avatar.

{Gameplay}

After going down the first service corridor for some time, the Rookie can overhear a brief conversation between two Grunts before they spot him.

• Grunt #1: "Why Yanme'e not yet seal this entrance?"

• Grunt #2: "Too busy building fancy spit house!"

• Grunt #1: "Nah. If traitor escape, it their fault, not ours."

• Grunt #3 (After spotting the Rookie): "Alarm! Intruder, in tunnels!"

The Rookie traverses through the facility, encountering small amounts of Covenant resistance. He then starts to pick up a conversation between the Superintendent and a lone survivor.

• Brute: "This way! We have it trapped!"

• Survivor: "Do it Vergil, now!"

• Superintendent: "CONSTRUCTION AHEAD. EXPECT DELAYS."

• Survivor: "I'm gonna die, you hear me!"

As the Rookie pushes through a few Covenant lances, he rescues the survivor, who turns out to be an NMPD Officer.

• NMPD Officer: "Thanks, Trooper, they almost had me. I'm trying to get down to the next level checking my team, but...this stack is locked down tight."

The Data-Stack suddenly activates when the Rookie approaches it.

• Superintendent: "WELCOME. ACCESS GRANTED."

• NMPD Officer: (whispering) "Well, guess you have something I don't."

or

• NMPD Officer: (whispering) "Well, looks like you got the magic touch."

or

• NMPD Officer: (whispering) "Guess you have the magic touch."

Drones suddenly fly out of the shaft.

• NMPD Officer: "Buggers, look out!"

The duo quickly dispatch the Drones.

• NMPD Officer: "What's wrong with you, Vergil? You trying to get me killed?"

• Superintendent: "WARNING! HITCHHIKERS MAY BE ESCAPED CONVICTS!"

The two descend down into the stack. They drop into a circular room. The Rookie heads through a door.

• NMPD Officer: "Can't see a damn thing. You go first."

The Rookie can see Drones eating some bodies.

• NMPD Officer: "Son of a bitch! These are my guys. Buggers got all of them! (whispers) Now I'll have to check on the Doc myself..."

• NMPD Officer: (to the Rookie) "What are you doing down here, anyway? Don't want to tell me? That's all right...we all have secrets."

The two continue through many locked data stacks filled with Covenant.

• Brute: "Seal all exits from the lower levels!"

The two defeat the Covenant forces. They eventually hit a dead end with a Data Stack.

• NMPD Officer: "You going down to Level 9 too? Guess I could use some backup..."

• Superintendent: "WELCOME. ACCESS GRANTED."

• NMPD Officer: "Go ahead, trooper, raise the stack."

With 29 Audio Logs

If the player does have 29 of the Audio Logs, the Officer jumps down with the player.

After heading through the door, the two emerge into an icy hallway, with Covenant patrols and a War Chieftain ahead. The two kill all of them.

• Jiralhanae War Chieftain: "Kill it! Don't let it get past!"

• NMPD Officer: "Trooper, hold up a sec. I got to check on a…personnel issue."

The Officer walks up to a door on the left side of the frozen room.

• Superintendent: "CRIME SCENE. RESTRICTED ENTRY."

• NMPD Officer: "Shut up, Vergil! You hear me?"

• Superintendent: "ICY CONDITION. CHAINS REQUIRED."

• NMPD Officer: "Freaking machine! The whole city's gone to hell... Wait here, watch for hostiles! I'll be back."

If the player follows him:

• NMPD Officer: "What are you, stupid?! I told you, wait outside!"

In front of him, a frozen body is crouched against the wall.

When the Rookie approaches the body:

• NMPD Officer: "Step away from there. This ain't none of your business!"

If the player approaches the body, the NMPD Officer will step aside.

• NMPD Officer: "Kinsler gave me real specific instructions: Make sure the Doc's dead, and make double sure no one knows about it."

• Superintendent: "CAUTION, TRAVELER! CAUTION!"

• NMPD Officer: "Sorry, friend… You know way too much."

The Officer fires on the player. The Rookie kills the traitor.

• Superintendent: "CRIME DOESN'T PAY. GOOD CITIZENS DO THEIR PART!"

If the Rookie approaches the telephone next to Sadie's father, he can download the last part of Sadie's Story.

Without 29 Audio Logs

Alternatively, if the player doesn't have 29 of the Audio Logs, the Officer will stay up as Drones appear.

• NMPD Officer: "You hear that? Buggers! Down at your level. Oh no! They're up here too! Coming out of the damn vents! Get back! No! Ahhh!"

The stack closes as the officer is killed by the Drones.

• Superintendent: "CRIME DOESN'T PAY!"

After heading through the door, the Rookie emerges into an icy hallway with Covenant patrols and a War Chieftain ahead. The Rookie kills all of them.

• Jiralhanae War Chieftain: "Kill it! Don't let it get past!"

The door into Endesha's office will remain shut:

• Superintendent: "CRIME SCENE. RESTRICTED ENTRY."

• Sadie Endesha (recording): "Can you get dad for me? Vergil can't reach him! Something's wrong…"

The Rookie (leaves the room and) continues to a crossroad. To the left is a dead end with a Flamethrower in the corner. Up ahead is a path. The hall starts to go from frozen to normal temperature.

• Dare (COM): "Buck? Who knows if he can hear me but... I'm sorry. I should have told you more about this mission, more... about everything."

At the end of the hallway is a Covenant lance, trying to break through a locked door. The Rookie kills them. The door at the end of the hallway opens.

• Superintendent: "WELCOME. ACCESS GRANTED."

The door leads to a narrower hallway, with a locked door at the end. The Rookie knocks on the door.

{Cutscene}

The Rookie meets Dare.

The Rookie approaches the door cautiously, watching the hallway, SMG at the ready. He lowers it and knocks on the door two times. He readies his SMG again. The door opens and Dare pulls the lever on her pistol. Seeing the Rookie there, she looks surprised.

• Dare: "It's you! I thought..."

• Dare: "Never mind... What was your name again?"

The two hear a Drone's screeching coming from the hallway.

• Dare: "Inside! Now!"

The Rookie enters the room. Dare hits a button and the door closes and locks. Cut to one of the Superintendent's cameras.