Editing Reach:Long Night of Solace

{{Status|Gameplay}}
{{Title|Long Night of Solace (''Halo: Reach'' level)}}
{{disambig header|the campaign level|other uses|Long Night of Solace (disambiguation)}}
{{Level infobox
|pagegamelabel=HR
|prev=''[[Reach:Tip of the Spear|Tip of the Spear]]''
|next=''[[Reach:Exodus|Exodus]]''
|name='''''Long Night of Solace'''''
|image=[[File:HR LongNightOfSolace Loadscreen.png|300px]]
|game=''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|devname=<code>m45</code>{{Ref/File|Id=HREK|HREK|HREK\tags\levels\solo\m45\m45.scenario}}
|player=[[Spartan_(multiplayer)#Campaign_and_Firefight|Noble Six]]
|date=[[2552#August|August 14, 2552]]
|place=On the surface of and in orbit over [[Reach]]
*Sabre launch facility 
*''[[Anchor 9]]''
*Onboard the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' 
|objective=Push forward to the [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|Sabre launch facility]], gain control of a [[YSS-1000|Sabre]], and initiate [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]
|weapon=
|partime=00:25:00 {{C|''Master Chief Collection''}}
|parscore=45,000 {{C|''Master Chief Collection''}}<br>20,000 {{C|''Halo: Reach''}}
}}
{{Article quote|Move up the beach and secure the launch facility. Take the battle to the Covenant Super Carrier.}}

'''Long Night of Solace''' is the sixth [[campaign]] level in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1098266p1.html|Site=IGN|Page=E3 2010: Halo: Reach Campaign Preview}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 30.07.10}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/gaming/sneak-peak-of-halo-reach|Site=PopularMechanics|Page=Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Sneak Peak of Halo: Reach}} This was the first level in the ''Halo'' series to feature playable ship-to-ship combat in space.

==Summary==
The level opens a day after the events of [[Reach:Tip of the Spear|Tip of the Spear]], with [[NOBLE Team]] making their way into a cave at [[Ütközet]]. While the UNSC appears to be helpless against the newly emerged [[Covenant]] [[Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', [[Catherine-B320]] comes up with a plan to destroy the ship by using a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] as a makeshift bomb. Requiring considerable support from UNSC fleet assets in the area to safely deliver the bomb to within range of the supercarrier in addition to a military-grade slipspace drive (a very expensive piece of equipment in itself), the rest of the team is skeptical of the plan, but [[Urban Holland|Colonel Holland]] approves it. NOBLE Team travels to [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|a Sabre launch facility]], currently under attack by the Covenant. Once they fight their way inside, [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]] and [[Jorge-052]] enter a Sabre that is immediately launched into the planet orbit, along with several other Sabres.

In orbit, they join the other [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces in defending the [[refit station]] ''[[Anchor 9]]'' until its defenses come back online. Meanwhile, the Slipspace drive of the [[Paris-class heavy frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} is removed in order to be used in the mission, codenamed [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]. After the Sabres successfully defend the station from waves of Covenant fighter craft, Jorge is dropped off at ''Anchor 9'', just in time to witness the Covenant glass large areas of the planet below.

Jorge then boards a [[D77 Pelican|Pelican]] transporting the slipspace drive, joining Six, the rest of the Sabres and the ''Savannah'' as they move to Covenant-occupied space over Reach to execute the mission. The plan is to board a Covenant {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}, place it on an automated refueling course with the supercarrier, and then activate the slipspace drive inside the corvette's hangar in close proximity of the supercarrier, effectively tearing most of the ship apart. Upon locating the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', the ''Savannah'' and the Sabres begin their assault on the ship.

After disabling its engines and eliminating its fighter escort, Six and the Sabre crews board ''Ardent Prayer'', disable its communications and make their way into the [[hangar bay|hangar]], allowing the Pelican carrying Jorge and the Slipspace drive into the ship. Six and the Sabre crews then make their way to the [[bridge]] of the ''Ardent Prayer'' and, after eliminating the command crew, initiate the corvette's refueling run with the ''Long Night of Solace''. Upon returning from the bridge, Six finds Jorge engaged against Covenant forces in the hangar. The Covenant are neutralized, but Jorge soon realizes that the Pelican was damaged in the fighting, leaving it unable to escape the ship. The Slipspace drive is also damaged, and has to be activated manually. Jorge decides to stay behind and activate the drive, sacrificing his own life but saving Noble Six by throwing them out of the corvette and down onto Reach, just before the corvette reaches its destination and the Slipspace drive is activated. The activation generates a Slipspace rupture that engulfs Jorge, the corvette, and the central section of the supercarrier and transports them into oblivion. For a very brief period of time, it is believed that the Covenant naval attack force at Reach was entirely neutralized by Jorge's sacrifice, but a massive [[Covenant fleet]] arrives in orbit over Reach just moments later.

==Transcript==
[http://youtu.be/SjrzhkKwMWc '''{''Cutscene''}''']

'''[[Szurdok Ridge]], [[Ütközet]]'''

'''August 13, 2552 20:07 Hours'''

''Screen fades into a dust cloud as a [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] walks by. After passing offscreen, it can be heard firing its main cannon.''

*'''[[Auntie Dot]] (COM)''': "Our foe is more devious than we imagined. That spire was indeed a teleporter linked to a cloaked, [[Covenant]] [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]]... A grave threat."

''Noble Three, Five and Six arrive at a cave, [[Jorge]] carrying a large briefcase. [[Jun]] holsters his DMR as he finish securing their six. Noble One sits on the side of cave's opening while Two is standing in front of him.''

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Thankfully, help is imminent. Sixty percent of the UNSC fleet is en route to Reach from existing deployments. The first battle group should arrive within forty-eight hours."

''Jorge tosses the briefcase at Emile's feet. Emile, sitting on the ground, looks up.''

*'''[[Warrant Officer]] [[Jun-A266]]''': "Forty-eight hours? ''(removes his helmet)'' That's ''imminent?''"

''Jun brushes off Jorge's shoulder pauldron, which has been charred by a plasma hit.''

*'''Jun-A266''': "Uh-oh. Who's your money on this time?"

*'''Chief Warrant Officer [[Jorge-052]]''': "Her."

''Jorge takes off his helmet.''

*'''Jun-A266''': "You always pick her."

*'''Jorge-052''': "She's always had him dialed in."

[[File:Noble 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Kat proposes a plan to take down the Covenant supercarrier.]]
''The two look at Carter and Kat.''

*'''[[Lieutenant Commander ]][[Catherine-B320]]''': "That thing's crushing us, and we're waiting for backup? They'll be backing up a graveyard."

*'''[[Commander]] [[Carter-A259]]''': "All our nukes are either out-system or went down with the ships that carried them. You're preaching to the converted."

*'''Kat-B320''': "How converted?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "I know that look, Kat."

*'''Kat-B320''': "You can say no."

*'''Carter-A259''': "No."

*'''Kat-B320''': "You don't even want to hear it?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "Fine. I'll hear it."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Remember that accident a couple years back? Colony ship en route to [[Cygnus system|Cygnus]]. [[Seven]] hundred dead?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "Vaguely. A slipspace drive malfunction, right?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "Actually, it worked fine. The drive was mounted improperly after a service haul-out. When it fired, it...teleported half the ship to oblivion."

*'''Carter-A259''': "And this is relevant...how?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "A certain Covenant supercarrier could, with some assistance, suffer the same unfortunate accident..."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Even for you, Kat, that's-"

*'''Kat-B320''': "Inspired?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "Not the word I would use."

''Jorge and Emile walk up to them.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "What's going on?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "Go ahead. Explain."

''Kat reaches for Emile's kukri, but he grabs her hand to prevent her from taking it. Kat is unfazed.''

*'''Kat-B320''': "May I?"

''Emile allows her to take it.''

*'''Warrant Officer [[Emile-A239]]''': "Don't cut yourself."

[[File:Noble Team Reach.jpg|thumb|300px|The rest of NOBLE Team listens to Kat explaining her plan.]]

''Kat begins scratching a rough diagram into the dirt floor.''

*'''Kat-B320''': "Objective? Destroy Covenant Carrier in geosynchronous orbit above us."

*'''Jorge-052''': "This sanctioned, sir?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "What do you think?"

*'''Jorge-052''': "Oh."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Method? A slipspace drive in lieu of the nukes we don't have. Delivery system? Us. Solvable? Getting us up there. That, and getting our hands on a slip-space drive."

''Kat gives Emile back his kukri.''

*'''Kat-B320''': "Thank you for sharing."

*'''Carter-A259''': "So... All we need is orbit-capable transport, and [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|the single most expensive piece of equipment made by man]]?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "As a soldier in the field I couldn't ''possibly'' have access to those kinds of resources - that said, a good place to look might be... I don't know, the nearest nonexistent launch site in the nonexistent [[Sabre Program]], dismissed by three administrations as preposterous rumor... And in which our [[Spartan-B312|newest member]] was ''certainly'' never a pilot."

''All the Spartans look at Noble Six, who displays no visible reaction.''

*'''Emile-A239''': ''(to Kat)'' "You're scary, you know that?"

*'''Kat-B320''': "All we need is a green light from [[Urban Holland|Holland]]."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Good luck with that."

''Kat hands Carter a data pad.''

*'''Kat-B320''': "You're the one asking him."

''Carter reluctantly takes the pad, and turns away.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Oh, there's no way in hell he's gonna go for this..."

''Fade to black.''

''Screen fades back to a lake.''

'''[[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]], [[Farkas Lake]], [[Eposz]]'''

'''August 14, 2552 12:48 Hours'''

''The screen moves to show the launch facility.''

''A [[UH-144 Falcon]] drops off Carter, Kat, Jorge, and Noble Six at a beach, downrange from the facility. Cuts to Six's point of view as the Falcon flies away.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Bit of a hike to the launch facility..."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Any closer's too hot to land."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Copy that, Commander."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Move up the beach, Noble!"

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

===First Floor: Aliens, Beaches, Secret Launch Stations===
'''''Reach the Sabre launch facility.'''''

[[File:NobleBeach.jpg|thumb|300px|NOBLE Team charging up the beach.]]
''NOBLE team moves up the beach, eventually reaching an open area where a [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] Dropship is dropping off several Covenant troops. The launch station is now in view.''

*'''Kat-B320''': "Launch facility, dead ahead."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Hostile transport coming in!"

''Noble Team eliminates the first wave.''

''Several [[Orbital Insertion Pod]]s hit the ground near Noble Team. After eliminating the enemy forces, Noble Team moves up the beach. As they do, a [[Type-31 Seraph]] fighter is shot down by an anti-air turret and crashes into the base.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "More hostiles in the rocks to the south."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Root 'em out."

''Noble Team engages the Covenant reinforcements.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "We'll make short work of these targets! Keep it up!"

''Noble Team soon clears the area of hostiles.  They approach the facility's entrance where they are greeted by Army Troopers.''

*'''Army Trooper #1''': "Everybody inside, more hostiles on the way."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Inside, Six, let's go!"

''A Pelican drops additional troopers to combat Covenant forces outside the gate.''

''If the player stays outside the facility, stalling:''

*'''Army Trooper #1''': "Get inside, and I'll seal this entrance."

''Noble Team enters the base.'' 

*'''Army Trooper #2''': "Spartans coming in! Watch your fire!"

*'''Army Trooper #3''': "Flight control's this way, they're expecting you."

''Noble Team arrives at the area where the Seraph crashed earlier.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Still can't believe Holland said yes to this..."

*'''Kat-B320''': "Well, some plans are too good to say no."

*'''Carter-A259''': "Let's get that Sabre airborne before he changes his mind."

''They walk past the area damaged by the downed Seraph earlier.''

*'''Army Trooper #3''': "Control's right through that door, Commander."

*'''Army Trooper #4''': "We got a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] on the lower platform!"

''After dealing with the Wraith, Noble Team heads for the control room. An Army trooper is thrown violently into a wall from a neighboring hallway. A [[Sangheili Officer]] emerges, and is quickly dealt with.''

*'''Base PA''': "Warning: launch facility has been breached. Covenant forces have entered the base."

[[File:HR LaunchFacilityControlRoom.jpg|thumb|300px|NOBLE Team arrives at the facility's control room.]]
''Noble Team reaches the control room, which is filled with dead troopers. A hologram of a Covenant {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}} hovers above a [[Holotank|holo-table]]. As they reach the far side of the room, a bulkhead opens to reveal the [[Sabre]]. The building shakes as a pair of Seraphs fly over it.''

*'''Carter-A259''': "Jorge, Six: get to the Sabre before the Covenant wreck it."

*'''Jorge-052''': "What about you and Kat?"

*'''Carter-A259''': "Jun's on his way with a Falcon, we'll exfil after you launch. Move!"

*'''Jorge-052''': "You heard him, Six, let's go."

''Six and Jorge head off to the Sabre, passing by an Army Trooper who is kicking a Sangheili Ultra's corpse. The Spartans approach the ramps leading to the Sabre's cockpit. Two Army troopers stand near the ramps, and one of them salutes to Six.''

*'''Army Trooper #5''': "Launch teams, Sabre is prepped and ready for launch."

''If the player stalls:''

*'''Jorge-052''': "You first, Six. I'm just a passenger on this leg."

''Noble Six heads up the ramp to the Sabre's cockpit.''

[http://youtu.be/DYcCuU4lrVw '''{''Cutscene''}''']

[[File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|thumb|300px|Noble Six's Sabre takes off from the launch facility.]]

''Six and Jorge climb into the cockpit, and the ramp detaches.''

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Struts disengaged. Commencing launch in T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2..."

''The Sabre's engines ignite, and the fighter lifts off from the facility. Sabres from other parts of the facility soon follow.''

*'''Sabre Computer''': "First stage engine burn nominal."

''The Sabre leaves the upper atmosphere and enters low orbit.''

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Stage separation in 3, 2, 1... Stage separation."

''The Sabre's booster rockets detach from the fighter. The Sabre immediately heads for [[Anchor 9]] with afterburners active.''

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Second stage ignition confirmed."

''While on the way to the station, several views of Reach are shown from the Sabre, one showing a hurricane. Six and Jorge soon arrive at Anchor 9.''

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

===Operation: UPPER CUT===
'''''Defend Anchor 9 until the defensive batteries come back online.'''''

*'''[[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] (COM)''': "Noble Actual to Sabre [[Bravo 029|Bravo Oh-Two-Niner]], over."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Copy, Actual. Colonel Holland?"

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Affirmative, Noble Five. Welcome to [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]. I'll be your control from here on out."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Understood, Colonel."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, these Sabres have been customized for orbital defense; you may need to get reacquainted. Rendezvous at Anchor 9 with the frigate [[UNSC Savannah|''Savannah'']] and the other Sabres as soon as you're ready. Holland out."

''When [[Easy]] and [[Normal]] difficulty level tutorials are completed:''

*'''Jorge-052''': "You're all warmed up, Six; we should head for the ''Savannah''."

''Six arrives at the staging point. The'' Savannah ''docks with Anchor 9.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Multiple unidentified contacts."

*'''[[Kristòf Jen]] (COM)''': "Savannah Actual to Sabre teams, be advised: we have bogies inbound."

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to all UNSC ships: station defenses are down, requesting combat support until we can bring them back online."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Here we go, Six. Show them what you can do."

''Multiple [[Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshee Interceptors]] enter the area and are immediately engaged by the Sabres.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Defensive batteries are at 56%. Hang in there, Sabre teams."

''The Sabres quickly eliminate the Banshees.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to UNSC ships: impulse drive signatures detected. Fighter-class. Heads up, Sabres!"

''Multiple Seraphs soon enter the area.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Sabre teams: use your guns to take down their shields, then hit 'em with your missiles!"

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Defensive batteries at 79%; buy us another minute, Sabre teams."

[[File:Reach E310 Campaign10.jpg|thumb|300px|Cannon and plasma fire flood the void as Sabres defend Anchor 9 from swarms of Covenant craft.]]
''The Seraphs prove to be more of a threat but are soon destroyed as well.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to all craft in the vicinity, be advised: we show a large attack force inbound. Combat air patrol and Sabre teams are directed to engage and defend the station."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Is there any place the Covenant isn't?"

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to all UNSC ships: station defenses are back online. Clear the lane, and we'll light 'em up."

''A large number of Seraphs and Banshees enter the area. A dogfight between the Covenant and UNSC fighters ensues, while Anchor 9's point defense guns assist.''

''Many Banshees and Seraphs are destroyed by the combined firepower of the Sabres and Anchor 9.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to Sabre teams: [[Phantom]] signatures detected on a forward facing vector."

''or''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to Sabre teams: Phantoms are inbound on vector Seven Mark Four Niner."

''Soon, several heavily-armed [[Phantom Gunboat]]s enter the area.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to all UNSC fighters: multiple inbound Phantoms headed straight for our defensive batteries. Sabre teams, marking high-value gunboat targets - now."

''If any Phantoms get close enough to fire their torpedoes:''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Gunboats are in position, damage control teams at the ready."

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Phantom torpedoes away; brace for impact! Collision alarm."

''After the last Phantom gunboat is destroyed, the remaining Banshees and Seraphs flee.''

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Anchor 9 to UNSC ships: all targets neutralized. Bravo Oh-Two-Niner, you are cleared to dock. Activating marker."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Holland to Bravo Oh-Two-Niner. Noble Five, you ready to go?"

*'''Jorge-052''': "Affirmative, Colonel."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, head for the marker. Initiate docking procedure."

''Noble Six pilots the Sabre to the marked hangar.''

[http://youtu.be/pbvihWBj-bo '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Noble Six's Sabre docks just outside the hangar.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "I'm out here, Six."

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Warning: [[M-Spec Reentry Pack]] disengaged."

*'''Jorge-052''': "I need your override."

*'''Sabre Computer''': "Warning: M-Spec Reentry- ''(cockpit opens)'' Cockpit depressurization complete. Canopy release lever: armed."

[[File:HaloReach - Uppercut Slipspace Drive.jpg|thumb|300px|Jorge and two marines prepping the slipspace drive.]]

''Jorge exits the Sabre in zero-gravity and glides to an awaiting Pelican.''

*'''Jorge-052''': ''(Hungarian)'' "Megszakad a szivem..." ''(My heart breaks...)''{{Ref/Game|HR|Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack|Original Soundtrack}}

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Noble Five? Please repeat."

*'''Jorge-052''': "Pull up surface grid, [[Reach/Grid 19 x 22|19 by 22]]."

''An orbital view of Reach is shown from a camera.''

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Gladly. ONI [[SWORD Base|Sword Base]]: [[Sector 18G]]."

''Explosions from plasma bombardment occur on the surface.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "Thermal enhance."

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Noble Five, your pulse is elevated. There is nothing you can do for [[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Halsey]] and the others inside SWORD Base. The mathematics are determinate... Noble Five?"

''The view now changes back to Noble Six, who looks over at Jorge.''

*'''Jorge-052''': "I know."

*'''Anchor 9 (COM)''': "Bravo Oh-Two-Niner, you're cleared to re-engage thrusters."

''Noble Six presses a button in the cockpit and his Sabre leaves the hangar.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, this is Holland."

*'''SPARTAN-B312 (COM)''': "Go ahead, Colonel."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "We've flagged a Corvette-class vessel on a predicted docking track with our target."

''Jorge is readying the slipspace drive with two other Marines in EVA armor.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Get our makeshift bomb on that Corvette, and we have our delivery system. Noble Five will escort the bomb. I need your Sabre team to clear the way for boarding."

*'''Noble Six (COM)''': "Understood, Colonel."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "As she's already donated her slipspace drive to the cause, the ''Savannah'' will be joining you to provide local fire support."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "''{{UNSCShip|Savannah}}''. Our wings may be clipped, but we've got your back."

''The ''Savannah'' and the Sabres depart from Anchor 9.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "I've stuck my neck out for Noble on this one, Lieutenant."

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "We'll get it done, Colonel. Six out."

''Fade to black.''

''The screen fades back to the point of view of a UNSC satellite near the Covenant corvette.''

[[File:HaloReach - Nav Beacon RA-15.jpg|thumb|300px|NAV Beacon RA-15 observing the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]''.]]

'''Covenant-occupied space, Reach orbit'''

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Target Corvette sighted within visual range of [[Navigation Beacon RA-15|NAV Beacon RA-15]]."

''The satellite's camera zooms in on the ''Savannah'' and the Sabres, approaching the Corvette.''

*'''SPARTAN-B312''': "We have visual. Target confirmed."

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Frigate ''Savannah'' in position. Sabre teams: sound off."

*'''[[Echo 1]] (COM)''': "Echo 1, all systems nominal."

*'''[[Echo 2]] (COM)''': "Echo 2, good to go."

*'''[[Echo 3]] (COM)''': "Echo 3, systems green."

*'''[[Echo 4]] (COM)''': "Echo 4, all systems online!"

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Solid copy. We are currently jamming the Corvette's comms. Hit it hard while it can't call for help!"

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Agreed. Sabre teams, clear a path to that Corvette."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Might wanna clip her engines, Colonel. See if we can slow her down."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Good thinking, ''Savannah''. That'll make boarding her a whole lot easier. Noble Six, I'm marking targets: take out the Corvette's main engines."

''Noble Six targets the main engines and disables all four of them. The other Sabres engage the Covenant escort fighters, while the ''Savannah'' circles the Corvette and harasses it and the Covenant fighter escort with gunfire. Any Seraphs that get close to the frigate are soon shredded by her defense guns.''

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Warning: energy pulses detected in the Corvette's aft launch bays."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Heads up, Sabres: multiple impulse drive signatures detected, more bogies incoming."

*'''Echo 2 (COM)''': "Echo 2 to ''Savannah'' Actual. Where are the reinforcements coming from? I thought the target was jammed."

*'''Jen (COM)''': "Must be squadrons coming back from patrol, Echo 2."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Don't let any of them get away, Sabres! Kill them before they bug out and warn that supercarrier what we're up to."

[[File:UNSC Savannah Firing.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Savannah'' trading broadsides with the ''Ardent Prayer''.]]

''The Corvette deploys a wave of Banshees to reinforce the Seraph escort, but the Sabres and the ''Savannah'' destroy the reinforcements as well. All the Corvette's escort fighters are soon destroyed.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Dot, analyze all available data on that Corvette. Find a way inside."

*'''Auntie Dot (COM)''': "Scans indicate a structural weakness surrounding a platform on top of the vessel."

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, set down immediately on that Corvette's topside landing pad."

''Noble Six approaches the landing pad.''

[http://youtu.be/Ze7Z0j8hRpQ '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Noble Six arrives at the landing pad, along with three other Sabres. Noble Six gets out of the Sabre along with several [[UNSC Army]] [[pilot]]s in vacuum sealed suits from the other Sabres.''

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

===And the Horse You Flew In On===
'''''Enter the Corvette through the energy shield breach and kill the remaining comm center crew.'''''

''The ''Savannah'' is seen engaging the Corvette, which returns fire. Seraphs and Sabres continue to chase each other around the two starships.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "Noble Six, the ''Savannah''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s countermeasures won't work forever. Find a way inside, and permanently disable the cruiser's communications."

''Two [[Sangheili Ranger]]s emerge from under the shield, and are quickly eliminated by Six and the pilots.''

*'''Holland (COM)''': "As soon