Silent Auditorium
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This article is about the Halo Infinite campaign level. For the location, see Silent Auditorium (location).
Silent Auditorium is the sixteenth and final campaign level in Halo Infinite, under the seventh and final campaign section "Endless". ContentsOverview[edit]
Transcript[edit]{Cutscene} Scene opens up to the Master Chief standing inside Echo 216's troop bay.
The Pelican trembles ominously.
The Weapon's avatar materializes in his hand.
A small blue cloud of data suddenly appears and starts flying around them.
Another ball of data appears and flies in a circle directly in front of the Chief before fading away.
The Weapon raises her hands in realization.
She turns towards the closed troop bay door.
The blue cloud of data flies by and more ghostly voices are heard.
The Chief and the Weapon watch the data cloud continue flying around the troop bay.
The troop bay's interior lights turn red and an alarm sounds.
The Weapon's avatar vanishes and the Chief turns to face the bay doors as they open up. He leaps out of the Pelican and onto a platform, where Banished troops are already waiting for him. {Gameplay}
The Chief engages the Banished troops, who are led by a Sangheili Warlord, along with an Ultra, and are backed up by a pair of Shades.
The Banished, aware of Escharum's death, invoke their fallen War Chief's name throughout the mission.
The Chief defeats the enemies on the platform. He then accesses a terminal and opens a door leading inside the structure. The Chief enters and soon encounters another group of Banished. After these enemies have been eliminated, he finds a locked door with an empty Crucible nearby.
After a quick search, the Chief finds and retrieves a power seed, which he inserts into the Crucible. The door opens and he steps through. Upon entering the next room, he's met by the ghostly echo of Cortana, who walks towards him.
The echo vanishes. The Chief heads down a ramp and enters an observation room.
If the Chief looks through the observation window, he can see an Ardent Mgalekgolo pair patrolling the chamber below. The Chief heads downstairs and enters another observation room. Row upon row of Cylixes are visible behind the glass windows here. The image of Cortana once again materializes before the Chief upon his entry.
She puts her hands on her hips defiantly.
She turns around to find Atriox standing behind her.
The memory dissolves. The Chief continues heading downward.
The Chief enters the room with the Ardent Hunters. A lengthy battle ensues, with the Chief ultimately coming out on top. Once both Hunters are dead, the Chief accesses a terminal to leave the room.
The exit door opens.
The Chief continues his search for the Auditorium. If the Chief takes a detour into a small armory:
The Chief enters another observation room, and another one of Cortana's memories begins playing. In this one, a triumphant Atriox paces around her.
Atriox growls with pleasure.
The image of Atriox vanishes and is replaced with that of the Master Chief's seemingly lifeless body floating in space.
Cortana lowers her head in sadness as the memory dissolves. The Chief continues his journey through the facility. The Chief encounters a group of Banished led by a Sangheili Ultra.
The Chief eliminates the Banished and proceeds into the next room, where he encounters more Banished troops led by another Sangheili Ultra. A squadron of hostile Sentinels is also present. He fights his way through these enemies.
The Chief arrives at a ledge overhanging a chasm. He accesses a nearby terminal to activate a light bridge. Doing so triggers another one of Cortana's memories. Again, Atriox is shown confronting Cortana.
He stops to stare down at her directly.
He chuckles and turns away. At the same time, the light bridge is activated.
He throws out his arms in dramatic fashion.
The memory fades. The Chief crosses the light bridge.
The Chief passes through a Banished armory.
The Chief encounters more Banished in the next chamber (potentially including a Jiralhanae Chieftain armed with a Shea'p-pattern plasma cannon).
The Chief eliminates the enemy troops. He exits through a door and goes up a ramp.
The Chief engages a small group of Banished led by yet another Sangheili Ultra. He defeats them all and proceeds up another ramp leading to a hallway.
As he approaches the door at the end of the hallway, it opens to reveal Adjutant Resolution waiting for him on the other side. The Sub-Monitor is not here to fight, however.
The Chief follows him into the next room.
The Sub-Monitor unlocks a door for the Chief.
The Chief heads through the unlocked door, while Adjutant Resolution stays behind.
If the Chief hangs around, he can hear the Sub-Monitor talk to himself.
If the Chief hangs around longer, the Sub-Monitor will tell the Chief the following:
The Chief heads through another door.
The Chief activates a light bridge (or uses his Grappleshot) to cross a chasm and reaches another bridge, this one physical.
The Chief heads down the bridge and arrives at an elevator platform.
The Chief steps onto the elevator and deploys the Weapon onto the control terminal. The elevator activates and starts to ascend. A ghostly echo of Cortana appears in front of them.
She vanishes but instantly reappears on the left.
She vanishes again, only to reappear on the right this time.
With every utterance, she vanishes and simultaneously reappears elsewhere, almost as if there are multiple Cortanas talking to each other.
The elevator arrives at its destination. {Cutscene} The Chief reaches to retrieve the Weapon but stops when another memory begins playing. Atriox approaches Cortana.
She starts walking forward, her back to the Banished leader.
She turns to him.
She turns back around.
She resumes walking towards something unseen.
A white light engulfs everything.
The sound of an explosion is heard. The memory ends. Scene pans down on the Chief and the Weapon as they take in what they've just witnessed. Balls of data appear and drift around them before fading away.
The Chief doesn't answer. He just uploads the Weapon back into his armor and turns towards a set of doors in front of him. {Gameplay} The doors open. The Chief steps through, entering a hallway.
The Chief exits the hallway and enters an antechamber.
The doors at the end of the antechamber open and the Chief enters the Silent Auditorium itself. It is a magnificent, circular chamber with a trio of giant, cubic Forerunner statues mounted on the walls. A great seal of The Eld lies at the center of the floor surrounded by six appendage-like pillars. Rows of Cylixes can be seen behind triangular glass windows at the back of the Auditorium. The Chief uploads the Weapon to a terminal by the seal. {Cutscene} The Weapon accesses the terminal.
The Chief looks up as golden energy starts flowing from the pillars surrounding the seal.
A sphere of golden light appears high above the seal. It grows larger and brighter as it draws energy from the pillars.
Zoom in on the sphere as it erupts in a flash of blinding white light, and the Harbinger herself emerges. Close-up of the Harbinger's face.
Zoom out as the Harbinger fires an energy blast into the seal. The Chief steps back and the Weapon disappears into the terminal. The Auditorium trembles as a bubble of golden energy forms around both the seal and the Harbinger. {Gameplay} For the Harbinger's dialogue during the fight, see here.
The energy bubble is maintained by a transmitter embedded in one of the giant Forerunner statues. Nothing can pierce the shield. The Harbinger teleports herself onto the center of the seal.
The Harbinger calls out to her troops. Immediately, Banished and Skimmers, led by a Jiralhanae Chosen Warrior, pour in from multiple doors around the Auditorium. After the Chief eliminates them, the energy bubble surrounding the Harbinger dissipates. The Forerunner statue that was maintaining the bubble now belches smoke from its disabled transmitter.
With her minions dead, the Harbinger herself now enters the fray. She's unlike any foe the Master Chief has fought, being able to teleport at will and hurl orbs of devastating energy. Nonetheless, the Chief manages to deplete her personal energy shields, causing her to fall to the ground, paralyzed and vulnerable. After taking enough physical damage, the Harbinger teleports away. Energy flows from a second Forerunner statue, reactivating the protective bubble around the seal. The Harbinger reappears in the center.
More Banished and Skimmers, led by a Jiralhanae Captain, enter the Auditorium and try to stop the Chief. After the Chief kills them, the Weapon disables the second transmitter and the bubble dissipates again.
The Chief engages the Harbinger in combat again. He disables her shields and inflicts more damage, causing her to teleport away again. The third Forerunner statue restores the protective bubble, its energy now orange instead of gold. Again, the Harbinger reappears in the center of the seal.
Even more Banished and Skimmers, now led by a Warlord Chieftain wielding a Gravity Hammer, enter the Auditorium. The Chief eventually kills them all.
The bubble dissipates. The Chief and the Harbinger clash one last time. Despite the Harbinger using all of her powers against him, the Chief manages to wear her shields down and finishes her off. {Cutscene} The Harbinger screams as she falls to the floor. The Chief approaches her, the Weapon in hand. Scene zooms in on the Harbinger.
The Harbinger pulls her headdress off.
The Auditorium begins to collapse around them.
The Harbinger rises into the air, a bluish-purple light radiating from her body.
She lets out a dying gasp. The light flickers out and she falls lifelessly to the floor. The Weapon turns to the Chief.
The Chief looks up. The voice is coming from nearby.
He slowly turns around and sees Cortana approaching him.
She laughs.
The Chief takes a few steps towards her. He holds the Weapon out in front, so that Cortana now appears to be looking at both of them.
Scene briefly shifts towards the Chief and the Weapon, before shifting back to Cortana.
She smiles.
Scene pans to the Chief, then to the Weapon, then back to Cortana.
She turns around.
She throws her arms out for emphasis.
She turns back to face the Chief and the Weapon.
Scene slowly revolves around the three of them.
The Chief watches as the final echo of Cortana disappears.
Before the Chief can respond, the Auditorium starts collapsing again. The Weapon's avatar vanishes into his armor.
Huge pieces of rubble come crashing down all around the Chief. He starts running but is cut off by the falling debris.
He turns and starts running in the opposite direction, only for more debris to block his path.
The Chief hears something behind him. He turns around and finds that a portal has been opened.
The Chief runs into the portal.
Cut to white. Scene fades in on the Chief being thrown out of the portal. He lands hard on his back and rolls across the ground before finally coming to a rest on his side. Grunting, he slowly picks himself back up and looks around. They're on the opposite side of the Ring now, the damaged section visible in the distance.
The Chief looks around some more.
Scene rotates to reveal that the Chief is standing underneath a row of seven Ring artifacts.
The Chief takes a moment to process this revelation.
The Weapon's avatar appears in the Chief's hand. Scene slowly closes in on them.
They hear the rumble of an approaching Pelican.
The Pelican appears in front of them.
The Chief withdraws the Weapon into his armor, then dashes towards the Pelican as it turns its open troop bay to him. He jumps inside and is immediately greeted by the Pilot.
He hugs the Chief, who doesn't seem to know how to respond.
He lets go of the Chief, then bends down to pick up an MA40 assault rifle propped against one of the troop seats.
He hands the Chief the assault rifle. The Chief takes the weapon.
The Pilot gives a triumphant laugh and salutes the Chief.
He heads back to the cockpit. The Chief follows him.
Her avatar appears in the Chief's hand.
Esparza nods.
Scene shifts to the Chief and the Weapon.
Caught off guard by this question, the Weapon looks up at the Chief.
The Chief nods.
Zoom in on the Weapon.
Scene shifts back to Esparza as he gets into the pilot's seat.
He gives an excited laugh and looks over his shoulder at the Chief and the Weapon as they join him inside the cockpit.
The Pelican takes off, the trio onboard ready to finish the fight. Cut to black. Credits roll. {Post-Credits Scene} Scene opens somewhere inside Zeta Halo. A door opens and the scene moves down a dark corridor. The sound of heavy footsteps is heard as someone approaches the control terminal at the end of the corridor. A Jiralhanae's hand enters the frame, holding a triangular device in his palm. It is the same type of device depicted on Escharum's holotable during his argument with Tremonius. The device splits itself into three pieces, just as it did in the hologram, except this time a sphere of golden energy - like that of the Harbinger - materializes in the center, holding the three pieces in place. The device floats out of the Brute's hand and over to the terminal, positioning itself inches above the terminal's interface. The energy sphere hums and pulsates, while the sounds of something being unlocked are heard. The wall behind the terminal slides open. Within the yellow-hazed chamber on the other side, countless Cylixes begin rising from a chasm below. Each Cylix is engraved, not with the outline of a humanoid figure, but with what appears to be an unknown symbol. Scene rotates away from chamber and back to the Jiralhanae standing outside, before panning up to reveal his identity: Atriox, his face scarred and disfigured from Cortana's sacrifice, but still alive. He bares his teeth menacingly. Cut to black. {Post-Credits Scene - Legendary Only} Note: This scene is identical to the one above, except that it now has the following voiceover:
{Post-Main Campaign Gameplay} The Master Chief is now back at Outpost Tremonius. If all side quests have been completed:
If there are any side quests remaining:
Achievements[edit]The following achievements can be unlocked on Silent Auditorium across the all editions of Halo Infinite.
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Production notes[edit]A part of the level was revealed in the April 2021 issue of Inside Infinite, though without any story or other narrative information. It was used as a demonstration of the various resolution settings.[2] Trivia[edit]
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