HW2:A New Enemy
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| “ | Captain Cutter dispatches a strike team to launch an attack against Atriox's lieutenant, Decimus. | ” |
A New Enemy is the second campaign level in Halo Wars 2.
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{Cinematic Cutscene}
The Pelican carrying Jerome and Douglas returns to the UNSC Spirit of Fire.
- Jerome-092 (COM): "Alice is MIA. She'll stay silent down there until she has a good shot at getting back to us."
Jerome arrives on the bridge and places a data chip on the bridge's holotable.
- Jerome-092: "Sir."
Isabel's avatar appears, sitting on the holotable and facing away from the two. She remains silent.
- Jerome-092: "Isabel, this is Captain Cutter."
- Isabel: "I know who you are. James Cutter. Captain of the Spirit of Fire. You're supposed to be lost with all hands."
- Cutter: "Not so lost, it seems. What happened down there? I need to know what we're up against."
Isabel scoffs and stays silent, refusing to answer.
- Cutter: "Isabel."
Another pause as Isabel stays silent.
- Cutter: "Isabel. Report."
Isabel disappears momentarily, and reappears standing.
- Isabel: "Sir. Five months ago the portal from the Ark to Earth shut down without warning. A month later, he arrived."
- Cutter: "He?"
The bridge falls silent as the crew listens to her.
- Isabel: "The Brute. Their leader. His name is Atriox."
Atriox's past begins to be revealed through flashbacks.
- Isabel: "During the war, the Covenant used his clan as expendable muscle. Told them dying in battle would "speed their holy journey"."
A silhouette appears and the sound of a Gravity Hammer being dragged can be heard.
- Isabel: "Forty at a time they carelessly sent them in. Forty to break the front lines... forty to die for beliefs not their own... and none ever returned. Until he did."
Atriox, alone, reaches a Covenant outpost.
- Isabel: "And so, battle by battle.. war by war... thirty-nine brothers at a time..."
His fellow Brutes start to stand up, watching him. Ahead are three Sangheili awaiting Atriox.
- Isabel: "...Atriox was born."
Atriox tosses his Gravity Hammer away.
- Isabel: "With every victory his legend, and his hatred of the Covenant, grew."
Atriox kneels in front of the Sangheili.
- Isabel: "Eventually both were impossible to conceal."
A red Energy Sword ignites, preparing to execute him.
- Isabel: "And they tried to banish him."
One of the Sangheili is poised to execute Atriox.
- Isabel: "In everything we know about the Covenant's thousand-year history..."
Atriox suddenly grabs the grip to defend himself from execution.
- Isabel: "...Atriox was the first to defy the Covenant... and live."
The Sangheili executioner collapses to the floor. Atriox holds the helmet in his right hand and the red Energy Sword in his left hand. Other Sangheili draw their swords in an attempt to kill him.
- Isabel: "And his defiance inspired others."
The other Brutes in the outpost start fighting the Sangheili, while Atriox remains standing still silently. His fellow Brutes kill every one of the Sangheili in the outpost.
The scene changes to Atriox and his Brutes opening a vehicle bay, full of Zurdo-pattern Wraiths.
- Isabel: "Atriox and his Banished raided Covenant resources, cutting a swath across the galaxy; growing in strength with each attack."
A group of Sangheili mercenaries pledge their allegiance to Atriox. Enduring Conviction can be seen overshadowing them from the background.
- Isabel: "Gathering killers and mercenaries to his side. The Covenant had two targets in those years. Humanity and Atriox. They almost got us. But Atriox? They never came close."
The Banished army is seen, with hordes of various vehicles, aircraft and infantry units gathering at one location.
- Isabel: "The whole damn Covenant couldn't contain him at the height of their power."
The music climaxes and the flashback ends. The scene returns to the bridge of the Spirit of Fire.
- Isabel: "That's what you're up against. And all you've got is one old ship and half of crew to staff her. We need to run. As far and as fast as we can."
- Cutter: "We are just one ship. And an old one at that. But here we are.. thirty years past what anyone could ask of us."
Crew members stand up one-by-one.
- Cutter: "Our war is gone."
All the crew stand, listening to his speech.
- Cutter: "The lives we had are gone. The worlds we knew... have moved on. And now all that we may have left are those standing beside us... And the DUTY that defines us battle after battle, fighting side by side."
Cutter looks at Isabel with a commanding gaze.
- Cutter: "Together. Where you see half of a crew, Isabel... I see family, courage. And a thousand heroes who swore to fight their way through hell before they'd ever... EVER turn their backs and run. And where you see one old ship, I see home. And that is always worth fighting for."
Cutter smacks the table. The ship is brought up to Red Alert status.
- Bridge Crew: "Ooh-Rah!"
The crew starts working again and a siren can be heard. Isabel looks around the bridge, stunned to see the crew is fully prepared for battle.
Cutter opens an inventory hologram on the holotable. It displays a Marine , a M850 Grizzly and a Spartan.
- Cutter: "If we don't stop Atriox now, we leave the galaxy at the mercy of a monster."
Cutter nods to Jerome, who immediately leaves the bridge.
- Cutter: "So no, Isabel, we won't be running anywhere today."
Isabel hears this. She offers a small smile to Cutter.
- Isabel: "Sir. Yes, sir."
SOUTH SPIRE / SHIP GRAVEYARD
A NEW ENEMY
Mission Briefing
- Isabel: "Captain, I appreciate a good rousing speech as much as the next AI, but Atriox has had months to set up his forces on the Ark. Even if we could find him, attacking him head on would be suicide."
- Captain Cutter: "That's why we have to fight smart by hitting Atriox's chain of command first. Isabel, you know the Banished and their operations here. Where do we start?"
- Isabel: "Decimus, he's one of Atriox's chief lieutenants and the one who led the attack on my outpost. He oversees a Banished salvage operation near the outpost.
- Captain Cutter: "We need to hit the Banished with a surprise attack to put them on the back foot, then move south and establish an HQ. Once we have a base, we can begin our attack on Decimus."
- Anders: "Captain, Isabel said the portal her outpost was using to contact Earth closed without warning. Once we start this fight, we have no way of calling help if we need it."
- Captain Cutter: "That's what you'll be working on, Professor. I need you to find us a way to get word back home. In the meantime, it is up to us to hold the line here. Let's show them what the Spirit of Fire can do."
Mission Summary
Lead the UNSC in an assault against Decimus' salvage operation.
Scouting report
Hellbringer infantry are standing by to clear Banished defenses.
{In-game Cutscene}
Two Pelicans arrive and prepare to drop troops on the ground.
- Cutter: "Listen up, team. The Banished are dug in deep and dead set on controlling this installation, and we cannot allow that to happen.
The hatches on the Pelicans open, dropping Jerome and several squads of Marines. The Pelicans leave the LZ once the troops are dismounted.
- Cutter: "Strike One, your job is to establish a forward base. Expect resistance."
- Jerome-092: "You heard the captain, Strike One. Hit them hard, Marines."
Gameplay Jerome leads the Strike One squad to the Banished camp.
- Jerome-092: "Spirit of Fire Actual, we have eyes on the Banished camp, over."
- Cutter: "Roger that, Strike One. Take them out.
Jerome and the Marines assault the camp. Six Hornets arrive on the scene, assisting them in destroying the camp along with the units stationed there with ease.
- Jerome-092: "Camp is clear, area secure."
A Pelican arrives and drops two squads of Hellbringers.
- Cutter: "Jerome, the enemy has troops garrisoned up ahead. I'm dropping in support to help you clear them out.
Spartan Jerome, Marines and Hellbringers continue until they find a garrisoned area ahead.
- Jerome-092: "Burn them out, Hellbringers!"
After the Banished inside the Garrison have been cleared out, Anders speaks over the comm, having spotted a Forerunner Power Node ahead.
- Anders: "The Forerunner Tower up ahead is generating an incredible energy signature. If you can secure it, we might be able to tap into their power."
- Jerome-092: "Got it, Professor. Capture that power node, team!"
Jerome leads the Marines to wipe out the Banished forces defending the Power Node ahead of them, allowing them to capture the structure.
- Anders: "Looks like the Banished are using those nodes to pull power from the Ark - but now i can reconfigure them to supply our bases on the ground."
- Jerome-092: "Thanks, Professor. I'll keep an eye out for more. Now let's find a way to get across that canyon."
Four Pelicans arrive. One drops two Hellbringer squads, while the other three drop a Kodiak each. The Kodiaks soon move into position and start firing. Jerome then activates the light bridge ahead.
- Jerome-092: "Bridge is up, let's go."
- Isabel: "Jerome, the captain is deploying heavy forces across the target area, keep an eye out for opportunities to coordinate fire."
Jerome leads the infantry across the bridge. They encounter anothe