Battle of Sunaion

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Battle of Sunaion
Game:	Halo 5: Guardians
File name (?):	w2_tsunami
Player:	Jameson Locke (Fireteam Osiris)
Date:	October 27, 2558
Location:	Sunaion
Objective(s):	Defeat the Covenant and reach the Guardian before it leaves Sanghelios.
Par Time:	00:29:00
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This article is about the campaign level. For the battle, see Battle of Sunaion.

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Osiris races to reach the Guardian before it leaves Sanghelios.

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Battle of Sunaion is the twelfth campaign level of Halo 5: Guardians.

Completing the level unlocks the achievement "Civil War", worth 10 gamerscore points. Killing a Grunt and smashing a grate with a Ground Pound unlocks "Death from Above", worth 10 gamerscore points. Forcing two Hunters to fall to their death into the Csurdon Sea unlocks "Worms Don't Surf", worth 10 gamerscore points.

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{Cutscene}

Swords of Sanghelios forces heading towards Sunaion.

It is nighttime. Cut aircraft of the Swords of Sanghelios flying over the Csurdon Sea. They are headed for the city of Sunaion. Covenant ships are holding guard over it.

Cut to aboard a Sword Lich. Spartan Jameson Locke walks past allied Sangheili Storm to address his team.

Locke: "Osiris. Form up."

His Spartans turn to face him.

Locke: "Everyone ready?"

Spartan Buck stands up, carrying his helmet and assault rifle. Spartan Tanaka walks by him.

Buck: "Actually... Tanaka, if I could ask a favor... would you say a word or two?"

Tanaka smiles and faces her team.

Tanaka: "Come a long way together. Long way yet to go. Let's make a good jump like we meant to, and handle fools like we need to."

Sangheili: "90 seconds to insertion point."

Tanaka: "And may Buck buy the first round when we get back."

Buck chuckles. The Spartans put on their helmets and head for the edge of the Lich's deployment bay.

The Swords' air fleet approaches the landing site.

Cut to an outside view of the Lich. Allied aircraft, including Phantoms and Banshees, speed past. The Spartans and Sangheili, including the Arbiter, gather on the edge.

Fireteam Osiris and the Sangheili gather on the Lich.

Buck: "We get through this, I'll buy the whole damn bar."

Cut to the city of Sunaion. Explosions blast across its buildings as the Swords' aircraft fly by.

Cut to a building's deck. Covenant Elites and Grunts fire at the aircraft, but are shot down by the Lich and Banshees' weapons.

Cut back to Locke on the ship.

Locke: "Fireteam Osiris..."

More Covenant are blasted off the balconies.

Locke: "The light is green!"

The Spartans, and the Arbiter leap off the Lich and land on a building below. They ready their weapons.

Cut to black.

FALL OF THE COVENANT[edit]

The Spartans and the Swords Sangheili rush at the Covenant infantry at their landing site.

Arbiter Thel 'Vadam: "Swords of Sanghelios, with me! Target the air defense! Clear landing zones! For Sanghelios!"

Sangheili: "For Sanghelios!"

The remaining infantry are defending a firing Shrike turret.

Locke: "There's the first of the air defenses. Push forward. Take it out."

The infantry are all killed.

Locke or Thel 'Vadam: "All clear."

The humans and Elites open fire on the turret.

Thel 'Vadam: "Disable the air defenses. Target either the cannon itself or the power supply."

The Shrike turret is destroyed. The Arbiter rallies his Elites.

Thel 'Vadam: "Excellent."

Thel 'Vadam: "Spartans, the Guardian is at the far end of the city. There are more anti-air emplacements in that direction."

Locke: "We'll clear out air defenses as we go."

Thel 'Vadam: "Good luck to you, Spartan."

Locke: "And to you, Arbiter."

Thel 'Vadam: "Swords of Sanghelios, today Sunaion will fall, and with it the Covenant!"

The Arbiter raises his sword Prophets' Bane.

Thel 'Vadam: "To me, brothers!"

The Swords Elites head back to the landing site. The Arbiter vaults up a wall, using his sword to pierce it and climb over, leaving the site.

Locke: "All right, Spartans. There's ground to cover between here and the Guardian. Move out."

Several Grunts attack from an opening door.

Locke: "Hostiles coming through the door!"

or

Buck or Tanaka: "Hostiles in the doorway!"

The Spartans kill the Unggoy and head through.

Buck: "How do we know if Doctor Halsey's plan worked and the Constructor did its job?"

Tanaka: "Guardian'll start moving."

Olympia Vale: "Just need to be close enough to jump onboard when it does."

Flight Leader (COM): "Swords of Sanghelios! All ships report in!"

Siqtar Two (COM): "Havoc on station."

Lar Leader (COM): "Onslaught on station."

Jardam Leader (COM): "Revolution on station."

Flight Leader (COM): "All ships, focus fire on Covenant air forces! Send them crashing to a watery grave!"

Locke: "The Arbiter's fleet is arriving. Bring down the air defenses so they stand a chance."

The Spartans head into a courtyard, where another Shrike is active.

Locke: "Visual on anti-air emplacement."

or

Buck: "Eyes on anti-air emplacement."

or

Vale: "I have eyes on anti-air emplacement."

or

Tanaka: "Anti-air emplacement here."

Locke: "Shut it down. Give the Swords of Sanghelios some airspace."

If the player approaches the Shrike's power source.

Locke: "That's the air defense power core. Destroy it to disable the cannon."

When the turret is destroyed.

Any member of Osiris: "Cannon's offline."

If the power core is destroyed instead:

Locke: "Power core destroyed."

Locke: "Spartan Locke to Swords of Sanghelios. Air defenses down on my position."

Flight Leader (COM): "Confirmed, Spartan. Sending air support."

Locke: "Keep moving. There's plenty more to do."

Fireteam Osiris heads to the next turret. Covenant drop pods land nearby. In the background, a cruiser is badly damaged and starts plummeting towards the sea.

Tanaka: "Damn!"

Buck: "Sonuva-!"

Vale: "Whoa!"

Locke: "Covenant insertion pods!"

A Banshee crashes nearby, and the platform begins to shake.

The team moves on toward their next target.

The next turret is visible.

Any member of Osiris: "More air defenses here."

Locke: "Get them offline."

When the second turret falls.

Any member of Osiris: "Cannon destroyed."

Locke: "Swords of Sanghelios, another cannon down on my position."

Flight Leader (COM): "Affirmative, Spartan. All ships, the Spartans have opened more airspace. Move in and make your presence felt!"

Enemy reinforcements arrive at the courtyard.

Tanaka: "Covenant at the door!"

or

Locke or Vale: "Reinforcements at the door!"

The Spartans defeat them and move on.

If the player stalls.

Tanaka: "Think the Constructor found its way through this chaos?"

Buck: "If it didn't, someone better come up with another solution real quick."

Locke: "Doctor Halsey said the plan would work. I trust her."

If the player stalls again.

Buck: "If we miss this Guardian, what's plan B for catching up to Chief?"

Locke: "This is plan B. It's the only Guardian we know of."

Vale: "If we miss it, we'll just have to hope the Master Chief can stop Cortana from doing any more harm."

Tanaka: "Less talking and more running then."

Multiple Shrike turrets are in the next area.

Any member of Osiris: "Three cannons here!"

Locke: "Take them down quick! Our ride's going to leave without us!"

If the player stalls:

Locke: "Take the cannons offline. Find their power source or target the cannons themselves."

If the player stalls further:

Flight Leader (COM): "Spartans, what is your status clearing the turrets?"

Locke: "Stand by. We're on it."

Nearby is a building with its door blocked off by a shield barrier. Grunts are inside, singing to a hologram of a Guardian.

Buck: "Shield! Can't get in!"

or

Vale: "Entrance of the building is shielded!"

If the player approaches a nearby battery

Locke: "Plasma battery!"

Vale: "That should take the shield down! Let's hack it!"

Locke scans it with the Artemis, and the shield dissipates. The Grunts inside panic.

Alternatively, Locke can get inside through an alternate route from above and destroy the shield generator from within.

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