Reach:Nightfall

This article is about the Halo: Reach level. For the digital feature, the armour set, or the music track, see Halo: Nightfall, Nightfall armor, and Nightfall (music).

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Nightfall
Game:	Halo: Reach
File name (?):	m30
Player:	Noble Six
Date:	August 11, 2552
Location:	Viery Territory, Reach
Objective(s):	Recon Covenant-occupied dark zone with Jun-A266.
Par Time:	00:10:00 (Master Chief Collection)
Par Score:	7,500 (Master Chief Collection) 10,000 (Halo: Reach)
	Halopedia has a walkthrough guide for this level; see Reach:Nightfall/Walkthrough.

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Move in behind enemy lines and evaluate the opposition.

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Nightfall is the fourth campaign level of Halo: Reach.

Summary

The mission involves Noble Six and Noble Three engaging in a recon mission on Covenant forces in the colloquially named "Dark Zone", a Covenant-occupied region in the Viery Territory. They first eliminate a few guards posts, and then encounter a native creature of Reach, the Gúta. They then meet a few militia troopers attempting to recover smuggled UNSC weaponry at a waterfront. The militia troopers tell the Spartans about a hydro plant further into the dark zone. At the hydro plant, they discover a Covenant stealth pylon, which Jun places a remote detonator charge on after a few firefights. After proceeding further into the dark zone and eliminating the Covenant troops in the area, the two Spartans discover a Covenant invasion force and a landing zone. Kat receives the visual and tells them to retreat so they will be prepared for the next day.

Transcript

{Cutscene}

Fades in on a cliffside at night. Reach's moons, Csodaszarvas and Turul, are hanging in the night sky.

26:30 Hours

A Phantom dropship flies by with its search light on. Jun-A266 emerges from a concealed position behind a rock as the dropship passes. He signals to Noble Six with his head. Six follows him along the cliff edge.

• Warrant Officer Jun-A266: "Recon Team Bravo reporting: Three and Six in position. It's starting to get crowded up here, Kat."

• Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320 (COM): "Then we're closing in. Report any Covenant structures or devices. Direct action may be necessary."

Six joins Jun at a cliffside overlooking over a mountainside.

• Jun-A266: "Copy that. (chuckles) When Kat runs an op, direct action is always necessary."

Jun passes a magazine of sniper rounds to Six.

Jun hands Six a magazine of 14.5×114mm sniper rounds.

• Jun-A266: "Here. You may need these. High velocity, armor-piercing. They'll take the hat off an Elite at two thousand yards. And they ain't cheap."

Jun and Six head further along the ledge, Jun reaches a boulder and starts to climb it.

• Jun-A266: "Hmm. I'll be in touch."

Noble Six slides down the ledge to the ground below. Cuts to their point of view as they reach the ground.

{Gameplay}

...Too Quiet

Infiltrate the Covenant dark zone and determine the Covenant's combat capabilities.

Another Phantom dropship flies pass Six with its search light turned on.

• Catherine-B320 (COM): "Recon Bravo, the sector ahead is dark to electronic surveillance."

• Jun-A266: "Covenant can block our instruments?"

• Catherine-B320 (COM): "So it would seem, and Command wants to know what they're hiding."

Six heads up along another ledge. A Sangheili stands watch over the area, back facing them, while a few Unggoy sleep nearby.

• Jun-A266: "Elite. He's yours, do it quiet."

Noble Six assassinates the Sangheili quietly using a combat knife or by breaking its neck.

• Jun-A266: "Not bad..."

Six eliminates the Unggoy and continues forward, eventually reaching a Covenant-controlled complex.

• Jun-A266: "Recon Bravo to Noble Two, stand by for contact report."

• Catherine-B320 (COM): "Standing by to copy, over."

• Jun-A266: "We have eyes on multiple hostiles patrolling a settlement. This what we're looking for, Kat?"

• Catherine-B320 (COM): "Negative, too small, you're not in the dark zone yet. Engage at your own discretion, but keep moving."

• Jun-A266: "You heard her, Six. Drop those tangos."

If the player engages before Kat responds:

• Jun-A266: "Already engaged."

A Phantom arrives as Recon Team Bravo advances.

After eliminating a few of the Covenant troops, a Phantom shows up.

• Jun-A266: "Incoming. Looks like we really pissed them off."

Jun and Six eliminate the rest of the Covenant in the area and continue on a trail behind the buildings, going further into the complex, soon finding an area with more Covenant troops.

• Jun-A266: "We got hostiles near."

The Covenant in the area are quickly eliminated. Jun and Six find a trail leading away, with still more Covenant troops advancing.

• Jun-A266: "Visual on targets."

After dealing with the enemy troops, Jun and Six continue down the trail.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Move on from the settlement by taking the southern path out of the silo area.

Jun and Six reach a clearing where some enormous native creatures are attacking Covenant troops. A Phantom dropship hovers overhead, pointing its searchlight at the creatures.

• Jun-A266: "Look at that!"

Six fires his weapon at the charging Gúta.

After laying waste to the Covenant, the creatures notice Jun and Noble Six, and begin to charge them.

• Jun-A266: "Major enemy, incoming."

The creatures take sustained gunfire from both Jun and Six, but eventually fall.

• Jun-A266: "Kat, pick any of that up?"

• Catherine-B320 (COM): "Affirmative, Recon Bravo. It's an indigenous creature, called Gúta."

Jun and Six continue on, soon finding another trail.

• Jun-A266: "Six, there's a trail up ahead through the rocks. Let's take it."

While taking the trail they come across several Moa. Soon they hear gunfire.

• Jun-A266: "Gunfire. Magnums. Security sidearms, standard issue."

The trail opens up to a pumping station. Several militia are under attack by Covenant forces.

• Jun-A266: "Noble Two, we're at some sort of pump station. Got eyes on civilians, I'm thinking more local militia. They've engaged hostiles."

• Catherine-B320 (COM): "Move to assist. They may have intel we need."

• Jun-A266: "You heard her, Six. Keep those civilians alive."

• Militia trooper: "Give us a hand! Bastards just keep comin'."

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If civilians die anywhere between now and end of level:

• Jun-A266: "Recon Bravo to Noble Two. We've lost the civilians."

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After the Covenant troops in the area are eliminated, the group gathers around a couple briefcases.

• Militia trooper: "Little more action than we're used to. You Spartans are good in a fight."

• Jun-A266: "What are you doing here? Whole area's supposed to be evacuated."

• Militia trooper: "Didn't like leaving it to someone else to protect our home. So we came back, for this. (indicates briefcases holding a SRS99-AM sniper rifle, an M41 SPNKR, an M392 DMR, and an MA37 assault rifle) We have 'em hidden all over the territory."

The troopers reveal the weapons inside the cases.

The briefcases open electronically to reveal various UNSC weapons.

• Jun-A266: "You know this stuff is stolen?"

• Militia trooper: "What? You gonna arrest me?"

• Jun-A266: "No. Gonna steal it b