Expendable/Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business is the first chapter of Spartan Ops ' eighth episode, Expendable.

Transcript
{Cutscene}

''An aerial pan of Apex, where some Covenant Grunts and Jackals are seen being led by an Elite. A Pelican is seen in the sky and the camera zooms in on it as it lands.''


 * Miller: "Spartans don't leave unfinished business, so it's back to Apex. Once the area is cleared, Fireteam Lancer is scheduled to babysit."

{Gameplay}


 * Miller: "Looks like the Covies knew we were coming. They've got portals set up for bringing more troops in; let's take them down!"

The player engages some Covenant infantry and two Ghosts.


 * Palmer: "Miller, I'm back. Status?"


 * Miller: "Crimson's on the march, Commander. Just about to clear out a Covenant camp."


 * Miller: "Uh..umm hold on. I've located a maintenance panel for the shields. If Crimson can overload the fusion coils, the whole thing will go down."


 * Palmer: "Do like the man said, Crimson."


 * Miller: "Marking the panel."

The player overloads the panel.


 * Miller: "Heat signature increasing...move, Crimson! It's gonna blow!"

The shield explodes and the barrier disappears.


 * Miller: "That did it! Shields down."


 * Miller: "The first of the portals is just through this passage."


 * Palmer: "Eyes sharp, Crimson."

Crimson finds the first portal


 * Miller: "There's the first portal."


 * Palmer: "Shut it down."

First portal is shut down:


 * Palmer: "Good work, Crimson."


 * Miller: "The second and third portals are up ahead."


 * Palmer: "Let's get to it."

''Crimson heads through the tunnel in search of the remaining portals. They encounter Covenant resistance along the way, including a cloaked Zealot. They come to an open area.''


 * Dalton: "You've got drop pods heading Crimson's way."

Covenant drop pods deploy additional enemy troops into the canyon.

Second portal is shut down:


 * Miller: "Excellent work. Second portal's down!"


 * Palmer: "Nicely done."


 * Miller: "Marking the next terminal's location now."

Third portal is shut down:


 * Miller: "Excellent work. That's the last of the portals!"


 * Palmer: "Then let's clean up these Covenant and-"


 * Dalton: "Dalton to Commander Palmer: You've got a Wraith inbound on Crimson's position."


 * Palmer: "I see it! Thanks, Dalton. Crimson, ready up!"

A Covenant Phantom deploys a Wraith, backed up by infantry.

When the Wraith is destroyed:


 * Palmer: "Nicely done. Miller, we set for the babysitters?"


 * Miller: "Fireteam Lancer is ready to move in as soon as we give them the sign."


 * Palmer: "Crimson, mark a landing area for Lancer."

''Crimson head to the designated area. They clear out the remaining Covenant and mark the area.''


 * Palmer: "Nice work, Crimson. Take 'em out and prep for extraction."

Crimson moves out, neutralizing any remaining Covenant they find.


 * Miller: "Weird... Commander, did you see that?"


 * Palmer: "I missed it. Educate me."


 * Miller: "There was a blip on the low end Covie frequency. Something turning on and off in a pattern. Then it disappeared."


 * Palmer: "Pattern?"


 * Miller: "Let me check... Morse code! An SOS!"


 * Palmer: "Covies don't use Morse code."


 * Miller: "I'll keep an eye out to see if it happens again."

Crimson reaches the extraction point.


 * Dalton: "This is Dalton. Drop pods inbound."

Covenant drop pods deploy more enemy troops.

After the last of the Covenant are defeated:


 * Miller: "That's the last one. Let's head home. Dalton, Crimson's ride ready?"


 * Dalton: "On station and ready to fly."

Crimson marks the extraction point.


 * DeMarco: (gunfire in the background) "Majestic to Infinity! We've got some overexcited Covies shelling our position! Any chance we could get 'em off our backs?"


 * Palmer: "That can be arranged, DeMarco. Ready for more, Crimson? Let's go give Majestic a hand."

CHAPTER COMPLETE

Level ends.