Foundation (Halo Infinite)

This article is about the Halo Infinite campaign level. For the Halo 2 multiplayer level, see Foundation.

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Foundation
Game:	Halo Infinite
Player:	John-117
Date:	May 28, 2560
Location:	Underneath Outpost Tremonius, Installation 07
Objective(s):	Retrieve the Weapon Follow the signal Reach the surface Defeat Tremonius
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Look for a weapon in the broken section of the Halo.

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Foundation is the second campaign main mission in Halo Infinite, under the first campaign section "Ringfall".

Overview

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The Master Chief descends into the underbelly of Zeta Halo searching for the weapon that ended the war. The weapon, an AI created by Dr. Halsey for the express purpose of infiltrating the Ring and neutralizing Cortana, tells Chief that though her primary mission was successful, her self-deletion protocols failed. Chief informs the Weapon of the new mission: to stop the Banished from taking control of Halo by any means necessary. Chief and the Weapon fight their way to the surface of the Ring.

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Outpost Tremonius immediately begins when this mission is complete.

Transcript

{Cutscene}

Scene begins inside Echo 216's troop bay.

• John-117: "Locate UNSC Infinity."

A hologram of the Infinity appears before him. Scene rotates around John-117 as he studies the hologram.

• Ship AI: "UNSC Infinity. Class: Supercarrier. Crew size: 7150. Not found."

• John-117: "Near-field perimeter scan."

The holo-image changes to that of Echo 216, with hundreds of UNSC IFF tags surrounding it.

• Ship AI: "1,986 UNSC tags detected."

• John-117: "Status."

• Ship AI: "Deceased."

All UNSC tags turn red and are marked "Deceased".

Scene continues to circle around the Chief as it fades to black.

Scene opens on War Chief Escharum and another Jiralhanae watching a hologram of the exploding Ghost of Gbraakon.

• Tremonius: "The Master Chief lives? Atriox assured us of his death! Are you not angered?"

• Escharum: "No..."

The hologram disappears.

• Escharum: "I feel... invigorated."

Tremonius voices his anger.

• Tremonious: "You promised us revenge! Superiority! Renewal!"

Tremonius slams a fist down on the holotable.

• Tremonius: "He threatens everything-"

• Escharum: "Do you question my leadership? Atriox's vision?"

• Tremonius: "Atriox is dead! It is his fault that we are stuck here!"

Escharum slams his fist on the holotable.

• Escharum: "The Banished will never bow..."

Something invisible grabs Tremonius from behind and shoves his head onto the holotable.

• Escharum: "To anyone again!"

Hologram of a trio of Covenant Ket-pattern battlecruisers appears.

• Escharum: "Not the Covenant."

Hologram changes to that of the Prophets of Truth, Mercy, and Regret.

• Escharum: "Not the Prophets."

A triangular device appears below the Prophets, who vanish as the device splits into three individual pieces. A sarcophagus-like Forerunner artifact with a humanoid figure engraved on its surface appears above the pieces. The damaged Zeta Halo surrounds the artifact.

• Escharum: "Not her."

The holograms dissolve. Tremonius' attacker decloaks, revealing itself to be a sinister-looking Sangheili with a robotic left arm and a pair of artificial left mandibles. The Sangheili ignites a red energy blade mounted on his artificial arm and holds it to Tremonius' throat.

• Escharum: "This Ring will be operational."

Tremonius gasps pitifully.

• Tremonius: "Please..."

Satisfied, Escharum smiles and gives the Sangheili a nod. The Sangheili withdraws his blade and releases Tremonius.

• Escharum: "Then you will have your revenge."

Escharum gives his instructions to Jega 'Rdomnai.

Humbled, Tremonius rubs his throat, then turns and leaves without another word.

• Escharum: (to Jega) "Blademaster. Follow the Spartan. From a distance. I want to know everything about him."

The Sangheili bows his head obediently, then leaves.

Escharum growls softly as the scene rotates around him before fading to black.

Scene cuts back to Echo 216. John-117 starts heading over to the cockpit.

• Ship AI: "Armor link connection requested."

John stops at the door to the cockpit.

• John-117: "Accept."

A hologram of a green swirling spiral of data appears.

• Ship AI: "Encrypted message found."

• John-117: "Read."

• Ship AI: "Attempting decryption."

The hologram freezes, turns red, and disappears.

• Ship AI: "Decryption failed."

John turns around.

• John-117: "Locate message source."

The Pilot and the Chief looking at a hologram of the ring.

A hologram of Zeta Halo appears. The Ship AI begins scanning the Ring.

• Ship AI: "Triangulation in progress."

The cockpit door opens and the pilot walks out.

• Ship AI: "Triangulation in progress."

• Pilot: "We're done, right, Chief? If we stay out here any longer they're gonna come back. They'll find us, and they'll kill us."

The Chief doesn't answer.

• Ship AI: "Triangulation in progress."

• Pilot: "What is it you're searching for?"

Scan finishes. The damaged section of the Ring gives off a red ping.

• Ship AI: "Match found. Signal located. Waypoint uploaded."

Hologram changes to a cluster of structures. A red triangle hovers above a circular platform, indicating the source of the message.

• Pilot: (annoyed) "There's nothing there. You're looking in the wrong direction. We need to go home."

• John-117: (to the Ship AI) "Plot the waypoint."

• Ship AI: "Requesting manual flight control override."

• John-117: "Do it."

• Ship AI: "Autopilot engaged."

• Pilot: "Wait, what?!"

The pilot waves his arms frantically as the hologram deactivates and the autopilot takes control.

• Pilot: "Are you kidding me? Why would we go down there?"

• John-117: "The Banished plan to wipe us out. All of us."

• Pilot: (angrily) "And what? You think we can stop them on our own?!"

Frustrated, he punches the Master Chief in the chest with both fists. The Chief doesn't budge. The pilot recoils from the impact and grunts in pain. He then turns away, shaking his head.

• Pilot: "I told you. We lost."

He turns back to the Chief.

• Pilot: "We need help, not heroics."

• John-117: "No. We do our duty. Protect Humanity. Whatever the cost."

The pilot paces about.

• Pilot: "I can't be the only-"

Echo 216 shakes violently. An alert blares.

• Ship AI: "Entering atmosphere. Autopilot disengaging in five..."

• John-117: "We have a new mission, soldier."

• Ship AI: "Four..."

• Pilot: "What is it? What's down there?"

• Ship AI: "Three..."

• John-117: "A Weapon."

• Ship AI: "Two..."

• Pilot: (confused) "A weapon? How many guns do you need?"

• Ship AI: "One..."

The Pelican's bay door opens. John-117 walks over to the entrance.

• Pilot: (exasperated) "What is wrong with you?! Remind me to never pick up a Spartan! This is a terrible idea! They're coming for us! All of them!"

The Chief gives him a brief glance, before turning his attention to the scene outside. The Pelican is now hovering above a damaged Forerunner structure. An Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom arrives. The Chief sees it and promptly jumps out of the Pelican.

John-117 lands. At the same time, the Phantom drops off a single Sangheili Mercenary before taking off.

{Gameplay}