Reach:ONI: Sword Base
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Defend Sword Base from the Covenant |
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Halopedia has a walkthrough guide for this level; see Reach:ONI: Sword Base/Walkthrough. |
| “ | Covenant are attacking a vital ONI base. Drive the bastards off." | ” |
ONI: Sword Base is the third level in the campaign of Halo: Reach. Upon completing this level on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary the player will unlock the "Protocol Dictates Action" Achievement and 10 Gamerscore.
This is the first and only level the Target Locator can be used, the only level on Reach to feature the Gauss Warthog, and the first level to feature the Revenant, Mgalekgolo, and the Fireteam gameplay mechanic.
Plot[edit]
The level begins on July 26, 2552, near Sword Base, an Office of Naval Intelligence research facility. The facility is located on the Babd Catha Ice Shelf in Eposz, near one of the poles of the planet. NOBLE Team is deployed to Sword Base after a Covenant corvette begins attacking the facility. Due to the sensitive nature of the facility, orbital MAC rounds are prohibited, forcing Noble Team to go groundside to defend the facility.
Two Falcons drop Noble Team around Sword Base. After Kat and Noble Six clear the courtyard outside the facility, they are ordered by Sword Control to proceed to the main gate. After Six eliminates two Wraiths outside the gate, a Pelican drops off a Warthog, which Kat and Noble Six ride to reactivate a COM array at Farragut Station to contact Command and an M71 Scythe anti-air gun at Airview Base to help clear the skies. After completing their task, they meet up with the rest of the team at Sword Base. They fight their way up through the atrium to the top floor, where Noble Six assists Emile in driving off several Phantoms and Banshees. A pair of Longswords are then able to push through and chase off the corvette. As the corvette distances itself from Sword Base and begins to climb, the Longswords break off and the corvette is brought down by a slug from an ortillery strike.
Noble Team is called back into Sword Base by Dr. Halsey, who reprimands Carter for not pursuing the Sangheili Zealots at the Visegrad Relay. She explains that the Sangheili were most likely part of an artifact retrieval strike team, and that the notes stored at the Visegrad Relay held very important information. Kat then hands over the data module she retrieved from the station. Carter and Halsey exchange barbs, and Noble Team leaves as Dr. Halsey examines the data module.
Transcript[edit]
Screen fades into Babd Catha Ice Shelf, two UH-144 Falcons head toward the coast. Noble Two slips the chip taken from Visegrad Relay into a data pad and activates it.
Sword Base, Babd Catha Ice Shelf, Eposz
July 26, 2552, 11:26 Hours
- Sword Control (COM): "Be advised, Kilo 33 and Kilo 34, your current LZ is too hot!"
- Commander Carter-A259: "Roger that. Dot, standby to receive and respond."
The Falcons pass a large island. A Covenant corvette holding position comes into view.
- Auntie Dot (COM): "Yes, Commander... coordinates received. Initiate immediate course correction. The Office of Naval Intelligence Sword Base is presently under siege from a corvette-class Covenant vessel. Due to the sensitive nature of this facility, use of orbital rounds has been, for the moment, prohibited. Regrettably, my efforts to obtain relevant data on enemy forces have been unsuccessful. However, current defensive forces are insufficient. ONI has requested Team Noble's direct intervention to help secure Sword Base."
- Carter-A259: "All right people, we're stuck with that ship for the time being. Let's focus on the hostile infantry - give those troopers a hand."
A base security camera shows Covenant ground forces engaging UNSC Army troopers, as the Falcons fly overhead.
Cut to Noble Six's point of view. Kat, sitting opposite of them, cocks her pistol as the Falcon approaches its landing zone.
- Lieutenant Commander Kat-B320: "Let's move, lieutenant."
The Falcon lowers close to the ground. Kat and Six jump out. Kat scans the area with her pistol and holsters it.
{Gameplay}
The Best Defense...[edit]
The Covenant are assaulting the entrance to Sword Base. Confront them before they can breach it.
- Carter-A259 (COM): "Kat, Six: push back the attack on Sword Base, find out what we're dealing with."
- Kat-B320: "Roger that, we're your strike team."
Kat, Six, and a few troopers engage and eliminate some Covenant troops on an upper walkway.
- Sword Control (COM): "Spartans, hostiles north."
The two Spartans head north to a courtyard, where they engage a significant number of Covenant troops, including several Elites.
- Kat-B320: "Let's knock some heads, Lieutenant!"
- Sword Control (COM): "You've got enemy contacts, Spartans."
After clearing the courtyard, the Spartans head down a ramp where they engage several Skirmishers, eventually making it down to a gate.
- Kat-B320: "Noble Two to Sword Control: courtyard is clear, over."
- Sword Control (COM): "Head to the main gate to the east, I'll brief you as you go."
The two Spartans enter the main gate, coming across several ordnance packs.
- Kat-B320: "Sword Control, I see a Target Locator. Any artillery support in the area?"
- Sword Control (COM): "Limited, but we'll prioritize whatever you need, ma'am."
Get the Hell Off My Lawn![edit]
Two outposts are under attack to the east and west. Get them both up and running.
Noble Six takes the Target Locator, and the Spartans then head out of the base. The Covenant Corvette opens fire on the base. A damaged M831 Troop Transport is seen attempting to escape from two enemy Wraiths.
- 3 Echo 57 (COM): "3 Echo 57 heading back to base, we got enemy tangos on our six. How copy?"
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