Protocol Dictates Action

Halo: Reach

Protocol Dictates Action is an achievement in Halo: Reach and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It is awarded for completing the level ONI Sword Base on Normal or harder.^[1]

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The achievement's name is a direct quote from 343 Guilty Spark, when attacking John-117 in Installation 08's Control Room.^[2]

Sources[edit]

^ Bungie.net - Bungie Weekly Update 07/30/10
^ Halo 3 level Halo

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Campaign	The Soldier We Needed You To Be • Folks Need Heroes... • Gods Must Be Strong • A Monument to All Your Sins • We're Just Getting Started • Protocol Dictates Action • I Need a Weapon • To War • You Flew Pretty Good • Into the Howling Dark • Dust and Echoes • This is Not Your Grave… • Send Me Out... with a Bang • They've Always Been Faster • Two Corpses in One Grave • Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet • Banshees, Fast and Low • If They Came to Hear Me Beg • ‎Wake Up, Buttercup • Tank Beats Everything • Lucky Me • ‎KEEP IT CLEAN • I Didn't Train to Be a Pilot

Firefight	Crowd Control • Knife to a Gunfight • Score Attack • Firestarter • Blaze of Glory • Heat in the Pipe • Game, Set, Match

Multiplayer	Be My Wingman, Anytime • Skunked! • What's a Killing Spree? • Yes, Sensei

Noble Maps multiplayer	Both Barrels • Cross-Mappin' • Offensive Driver • Poppin' & Lockin' • Totally Worth It • You Ate All the Chips • You Blew It Up!

Defiant Maps multiplayer	Candy from a Baby • Crackin' Skulls • Return to Sender • All Alone • Don't Touch That! • Paper Beats Rock

Anniversary Maps multiplayer	Top Shot • Emergency Room • Stick it to the Man! • Dive Bomber • License to Kill • Bounty Hunter • From Hell's Heart

Training	Doctor, Doctor • That's a Knife • I See You Favor a .45 • An Elegant Weapon… • Swap Meet • A Spoonful of Blamite

Player Experience	Make It Rain • A New Challenger • The Start of Something • An Honor Serving • A Storage Solution • Make it Drizzle • Cool File, Bro • Lemme Upgrade Ya • One Down, 51 to Go

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Achievements in Halo: The Master Chief Collection (List)

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Campaign completion	We're Just Getting Started • Protocol Dictates Action • I Need A Weapon • To War • You Flew Pretty Good • Into The Howling Dark • Dust And Echoes • This Is Not Your Grave • Send Me Out... With A Bang • Welcome to Reach • The Soldier We Need You To Be • Folks Need Heroes... • Gods Must Be Strong • A Monument To All Your Sins

Campaign time	Winter Urgency • Just Like Storming a Castle • Now Just You Gúta Minute • Generous Tipper • Sabre Metrics • Quicker Than Reading the Book • One For the Record Books • Speedy Delivery • Wait, How'd the Ship Get Down Here? • Fast Fall

Campaign score	Ice In Your Veins • Still Sharp • Moon's Out, Goons Out • Bake That Cake • Insomnia • Parting the Sea • Nine Lives Are a Myth • How Did I Lose All My Fingers? • Precious Cargo • We'll Be Back • Left Behind • One Final Firefight

Collectibles	Hey, You Dropped This • Read Halsey's Journal • Meeting of the (Artificial) Minds • Rampant Speculation • Minority Report • Info Dump • Paper Trail • Terminal Conditions • Digital Destinies • Clear and Present Danger • Unreliable Narrator • What Does It All Mean? • Unsolved Mysteries • Meddling and Madness • The Answer is Simple • Of Patience and Partiality • Curious Composition • Silent Shepherds • Assembled the Majority • Yes No You Decide • Canonical Conundrum

Easter eggs	Forza in the Fall • HBOrg Special • Play Us a Sad Song, Claude • We're Gonna Need a Bigger Ship • Front Page News • The Humble Beginnings of Wiljax Brantley • Did You Major in Marine Bio? • Fly, You Fools! • This is Not the Greatest Lab in the World… • Jorge Can't Have All the Big Guns • I'm Sorry, Dave • Collection Eligibility Confirmed • Mind the Skill Gap • Easy to Overlook • New Ways to Save a Quid • Confused Callouts • No Picnic • What About Bob?

Miscellaneous	T'vaoan Terminator • Chol Von's Not Gonna Like This • Keep It Clean • They've Always Been Faster • Wake Up Buttercup • Two Corpses In One Grave • Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet • I Didn't Train To Be A Pilot • Tank Beats Everything • Swift and Shallow • Why Do This To Yourself? • Reach Has Been Good to Me • Who Needs Red Flag? • Remember Reach • Keep Your Foot on the Pedrogas • Enemies Everywhere! • Negative, Ghostrider • Skunked • Workers' Compensation • Capacious Cartography • Requiescat in Pace • Run and Gunned • Game Breaker • Because It Wasn't Hard Enough • Classic Completion

For a complete list, check out our Master Chief Collection Achievements directory.

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