The Maw

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The Maw
Game:	Halo: Campaign Evolved
Player:	John-117
Date:	September 22, 2552
Location:	UNSC Pillar of Autumn crash site, Installation 04
Objective(s):	Destroy Halo and escape
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The Maw is the tenth and final campaign level in Halo: Campaign Evolved. It is a remake of a level of the same name originally in Halo: Combat Evolved.

Plot summary

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Differences from the original game

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The Master Chief makes a new sarcastic response to Cortana claiming he crashed the Banshee on purpose, a jab at Cortana teleporting him upside-down in the previous mission.
There is an entirely new Legendary ending in which Avery Johnson is relaxing on the beach on an unknown island on Installation 04, watching footage of himself in the original game’s Legendary ending and reminiscing about the “old days” before noticing the distant explosion of the Pillar of Autumn, evacuating on a Pelican dropship (likely that of Sheila Polaski) and breaking the fourth wall, directly teasing a sequel.
The Longsword is boarded directly through the cockpit similarly to the Sabre, rather than in an underside ramp in the original.
Instead of running directly into the Longsword and escaping, the Master Chief is ambushed in the cockpit by a Flood Tank, ultimately killing it in the struggle by a shot to the mouth with the custom pistol given to him by Jacob Keyes.
The final cutscene ends right as the Master Chief’s helmet lifts off, thus preventing his face from being seen.
The route to engineering will take the player directly through the armory, making stocking on explosives easier. However, there is no longer an encounter with active camouflage combat forms.
Cortana contacts Echo 419 as soon as the last engine reactor is destroyed rather than when the Master Chief enters the elevator, which is instead where Echo 419 contacts Cortana a second time.
Echo 419 now makes two appearances during the Warthog run, the first being in a new outdoor area being pursued by two Banshees, where she evades and is chased off, she can be heard attempting to evade unsuccessfully. The second is nearly identical to the original, where she is shot down while attempting to pick up the Master Chief at the external junction, but her final moments can be heard on the radio.
The Warthog run remains largely the same, but the appearance has changed greatly for consistency with the structure of the Pillar of Autumn. Much of the run is made of wreckage and there is an outdoor section where the ship has fractured virtually in half, and the “bridge” where Foehammer attempts to extract the Master Chief is now an area that is opened by large openings caused by damage to the ship’s hull.
In the post-credits scene, 343 Guilty Spark is shown leaving the space around Halo and approaching the Threshold gas mine.
When 343 Guilty Spark collects the ship’s recording of human history, stills from the first Terminal from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary can be seen on the terminal screen, particularly those seen as he sees a historical montage while scanning the approaching Pillar of Autumn.

Achievements

The following achievements and trophies can be unlocked on The Maw across all editions of Halo: Campaign Evolved.

Xbox	Title	Unlock requirement
File:CEV Achievement DustAndEchoesEvolved.png	Dust and Echoes Evolved	Complete The Maw.
File:CEV Achievement NoRush.png	No Rush	Find all skulls and terminals in The Maw.
File:CEV Achievement CleanLap.png	Clean Lap	On The Maw complete the warthog run without being forcibly ejected from your vehicle

Production notes

A few of the cutscenes in the level are inspired by the Halo: Combat Evolved storyboards created by Lee Wilson during the development of Halo: Combat Evolved. The scene that begins on the Flood combat form's face before rotating around is based on the X70 12 storyboards; the scene of John-117 and Cortana in cockpit of the Longsword breaking out of the atmosphere is also loosely based on the X70 13 storyboard, while the scene of the Longsword avoiding the debris from the exploding ring is also loosely based on the X70 16 storyboards.

The X70 12 storyboard that would inspire the scene of the Flood.
The X70 13 storyboard that would inspire the shot of Cortana and Master Chief breaking the ring's atmosphere.
The X70 16 storyboard that would inspire the shot of the Longsword avoiding the ring's debris.

Gallery

Concept art

Concept art for Flood forms on the Pillar of Autumn crash site.

Cinematics

The crashed Pillar of Autumn.
The bow of the crashed Pillar of Autumn.
The crashed Pillar of Autumn, bisected by the crash.
John-117 holding to the ledge.
John-117 standing in front of Soell being eclipsed by the ring.
John-117 and Cortana in th ebridge.
Cortana initiates the self-destruction sequence.
The Autumn's engine room.
343 Guilty Spark looking at human history on a computer.
John-117 holding a frag grenade.
An Aggressor Sentinel appears at the bridge's window.
John-117 being attacked on the bridge of the Autumn.
John-117 takes cover behind the bridge console.
The Pillar of Autumn exploding and wiping out Flood combat forms approaching the wreck.
A Flood tank form attacks John-117.
John-117 holding Keyes' M6G magnum.
John-117's Longsword prepares to take off.
Flood combat forms approach the crashed Autumn.
The Longsword escapes from the Autumn.
The Autumn detonates.
The Longsword makes a steep ascent.
The Longsword leaves the ring's atmosphere.
A series of explosions rock the ring.
Installation 04 beginning to break apart.
A shard breaks from the ring's main structure.
The ring breaks apart.
Cortana speaking to John-117.
John-117 prepares to takes of fhis helmet.
343 Guilty Spark flies towards Threshold.
343 Guilty Spark approaches the Threshold gas mine.