The Pillar of Autumn
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Deliver the Package to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, then shoot down the Covenant Ket-pattern battlecruiser so that the Autumn can escape. |
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Halopedia has a walkthrough guide for this level; see Reach:The Pillar of Autumn/Walkthrough. |
| “ | Deliver Halsey's data package to the Pillar of Autumn. | ” |
The Pillar of Autumn is the tenth campaign level of Halo: Reach. The level takes place on August 30, 2552, near and in the ship-breaking yards at Asźod.
Summary[edit]
The level opens with the remainder of Noble Team onboard a D77 Pelican, on their way to deliver Cortana to the dry-docked UNSC Pillar of Autumn. The Pelican is critically damaged and Carter-A259 is badly wounded. Carter orders SPARTAN-B312 and Emile-A239 to complete the courier mission without him, while he lures the Covenant away from the pair by using the Pelican as a decoy. Emile-A239 and SPARTAN-B312 execute a low-altitude jump from the Pelican outside of the dockyard and are forced to fight their way to the facility. After battling through several Covenant outposts, the two SPARTAN-IIIs are forced to continue their journey through a cave system to circumvent a large group of Covenant forces. Upon reaching the other side, however, they are confronted by a Scarab. Realizing that the Scarab's presence prevents Emile and Noble Six from moving on, Carter rams it with the Pelican, knocking it off a cliff and sacrificing himself in the process. The two SPARTAN-IIIs continue their journey and eventually reach the Asźod ship breaking facility.
The two SPARTAN-IIIs are then hailed by Captain Jacob Keyes, whose cruiser, the Pillar of Autumn, is moored at the facility, and are ordered to clear a landing zone for the Captain, who will use a Pelican to retrieve the Package himself. Emile mans the facility's mass driver to provide covering fire against incoming Covenant Phantoms, while Noble Six and surviving Marines engage the Covenant on the ground. Once cleared, Keyes' Pelican arrives and Captain Keyes retrieves the Package from Noble Six. As the package is handed over, a Ket-pattern battlecruiser is revealed to be moving in on the Pillar of Autumn. Keyes orders Emile to fire on the advancing battlecruiser, however, before Emile can oblige a Phantom attacks the landing zone, destroying one Pelican and deploying a group of Sangheili warriors onto the mass driver. Emile successfully kills one of the Sangheili with his shotgun before a second sneaks up behind him and impales him with an energy sword. Emile manages to draw his kukri and fatally stab the Sangheili in the neck before he expires.
Keyes returns to the landing platform and offers Noble Six transportation to safety. The SPARTAN-III refuses and offers to defend the Captain as he heads towards his ship. Using the mass driver, Six defends the site and shoots down the Covenant battlecruiser just as it is about to glass the area. After successfully halting the battlecruiser's attack, Noble Six looks on as the Pillar of Autumn takes off and heads towards space to escape Reach, leaving Noble Six stranded with no way off of the planet.
Transcript[edit]
Auntie Dot's satellite view shows Noble Team's Pelican being pursued by two Banshees and a Phantom.
Asźod, Eposz
August 30, 2552 16:52 Hours
- Auntie Dot (COM): "Noble Leader, seek immediate medical attention."
The view zooms in and follows the Pelican.
- Auntie Dot (COM): "Noble Leader, please respond."
Cuts to the cockpit of the Pelican, with Noble Six moving closer to the pilot seat. Suddenly, several plasma bolts hit the Pelican, impacting Noble Six, flickering the Spartan's shields. The view turns to the troop bay of the Pelican, and Emile-A239 is seen firing his Grenade Launcher at the two Banshees. Emile concentrates fire on a single Banshee. The grenade detonates close by, and the EMP disables the Banshee, which swoops up and crashes into its wingman. Both are taken out, but the Phantom still pursues. The view switches back to the cockpit, and moves in front of Six. Carter, critically wounded but still in the pilot seat, takes off his helmet and throws it onto the ground. Blood splatters cover the cockpit window.
- Auntie Dot (COM): "Please respond, Sierra Two-Five-Nine. You are alarming me."
Carter-A259 turns back to Noble Six. His face is bloodied, and his armor is charred from plasma fire.
- Commander Carter-A259: (strained but calm) "Not sure how long she's gonna stay together. Skies are jammed up anyways. Gotta get you off here, Lieutenant."
The view faces a critically injured Carter. Noble Six, grabbing the pilot chair, looks up.
- SPARTAN-B312: "Sir, you-"
- Carter-A259: "Don't wanna hear it. Get the Package to the Autumn."
- SPARTAN-B312: "Done."
- Carter-A259: "Not yet, it's not... Emile, go with him/her. It's a ground game now."
The view switches to Emile, who drops his emptied Grenade Launcher and makes a fist-to-chest salute. In the background, two more Banshees appear.
- Warrant Officer Emile-A239: "It's been an honor, sir."
- Carter-A259: "Likewise... I'll do what I can to draw their fire."
Six turns and walks to the troop bay.
- Carter-A259: "Six. That AI chose you... She made the right choice."
The Pelican turns and make the pursuing aircraft out of sight. Six and Emile position at the Pelican's tail, ready to jump off. Holding the AI Package tight, Six crouches down as Emile grips the Pelican. Carter counts down with his fingers.
- Carter-A259: "On my mark."
Carter counts down to zero.
- Carter-A259: "Mark!"
Six and Emile jump out, and the view switches to Six's point of view. They slide down a canyon, energy shields depleting. They come to a rough stop by impacting the ground. Six looks up as their and Emile's shields recharge. Carter's Pelican flies over them, Banshees in hot pursuit. Six turns back, checks the armored matrix for damage, then places the AI data storage unit on their back. They look up to the road ahead.
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Once More unto the Breach[edit]
Take the package and deliver it to the Pillar of Autumn while Carter covers you from the air.
Six and Emile continue through the narrow crack until they reach a cliff edge, overlooking a large area. Two Banshees are still in pursuit of the Pelican. Far in the distance, the UNSC Pillar of Autumn can be seen.
- Emile-A239: "Still with us, Commander?"
- Carter-A259 (COM): "Stay low, let me draw the heat. You just deliver that Package."
