The Storm (Level)

The Storm is the fourth campaign mission of Halo 3. Upon completing it on the Normal, Heroic, or Legendary difficulties, the player will earn the "Assault" achievement and 30 Gamerpoints.

Background


It begins with a UNSC Warthog convoy moving to Voi, whose objective is to punch through the Covenant Loyalist anti-aircraft defenses that surround the Ark and allow Lord Hood's small fleet of ships passage to the Prophet of Truth's fleet. UNSC Marine forces, lead by SPARTAN-117 get involved in several pitched skirmishes as they must fight through the industrial zone of Voi, through warehouses and factories and having to survive ambushes by both Covenant foot soldiers and Covenant armor.

After breaking through the industrial area Master Chief met up with a brigade of approximatley 6 Mongoose ATVs and commandeered one with a Marine riding 'shotgun' using a M41 Rocket Launcher. They immediately engaged a squadron of Anti-Air Wraith tanks to secure a landing zone as Brutes on Brute Choppers and Grunts on Ghosts attack them and are constantly reinforced by Phantoms. Above them Hornets and Banshees dogfight for control. Though they take the landing zone the victory was short lived as a Scarab arrived to crush the UNSC forces. After disabling it by boarding it then destroying its power core the UNSC forces prepared to push into a Brute controlled warehouse.

With reinforcements lead by The Arbiter and Sergeant Johnson along with volunteer civilians from a nearby factory, they pushed in, engaging nearly a dozen Brutes armed with Maulers and Brute Shots, a pair of Hunters and a Brute Chieftain wielding a Gravity Hammer. After that they pressed on to the AA site, engaging a small Covenant army defending it. Eventually they punch through, disabling the gun, allowing the UNSC Navy, along with Miranda Keyes, free rein.

Transcript
Voi, Africa, Earth Second Battle of Earth

01: Ghost Town
A convoy of three Warthogs: two M831 Troop Transports and one M12 Warthog LRV, rolls down a tunnel of Tsavo Highway.


 * Miranda Keyes (COM): Chief, the Prophet of Truth has found the Ark. Our only chance of stopping him is a surprise aerial assault. Clear this sector of Covenant anti-air defenses. Make a hole for the Admiral’s ships. Good hunting. Keyes out.

Location : Traxus Heavy Industries Factory Complex 09

''The Warthogs emerge from the tunnel in a parking lot scattered with destroyed Warthog chassises and Marine and Grunt corpses. The Warthogs roll to a pause as the Marines and SPARTAN-117 walk out, and the Marines form a perimeter outside the locked door.''


 * Marine Sergeant: Ready to go when you are, Chief. Open the door and take point. We’ll cover you with the .50.

''SPARTAN-117 opens the door into an empty factory section and then into a next section with Covenant. An M12 Warthog LRV and a file of Marines follow him in.''


 * Marine Sergeant: Chief, open the door; we can roll on through!

''A set of doors is opened, leading to a factory tunnel laden with Brutes, Jackals, Grunts, and even a pair of Ghosts. Beyond that is another door that leads to Lake Bed A. After cleansing the tunnel, the UNSC forces open the next door, revealing a massive expanse with cruising Ghosts and a heavy Covenant garrison.''

Ending Cutscene
''SPARTAN-117 and the Arbiter stand on the cliffside to the Portal on the hill of the recently destroyed anti-aircraft emplacement. Multiple squadrons of Longswords streak overhead, followed by three UNSC Frigates, including the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, Lord Hood's flagship. The Covenant fleet is hovering before them, with the Forerunner Dreadnaught centered below them at the center of the Portal.''

Lord Hood: All ships, fire at will!

''The UNSC frigates engage the Forerunner Dreadnaught, Magnetic Accelerator Cannons discharging in volleys, and explosions ripple on the dreadnaught's surface. The Forerunner structure begins to open like a starfish, focusing energy on the Dreadnaught, and fires off a beam of light. The screen blacks out.''

Cortana: This is the way the world ends...

''Fade back in on the scene: a large glowing sphere of light has appeared in the sky above the artifact, and the vessels of both the UNSC and Brute fleets are drifting in the air, disorganied. The Arbiter roars loudly ashe Forerunner Dreadnaught rises into the sphere, followed in close order by the Covenant fleet.''

Lord Hood: *coughs* What'd Truth just do? *coughs* Did he activate the rings?

Miranda Keyes: No, sir. But he certainly did something.

Lord Hood: Evac the wounded and regroup. Wherever Truth went-

Naval Officer #2: Sir, new contact slipping in.

''A CCS-class Battlecruiser emerges from Slipspace to the east of Voi, and hurtles just overhead the Arbiter and SPARTAN-117. It is smoking with rancid fumes and is distraught: it has been infested by the Flood.''

Arbiter: What is it? More Brutes?

SPARTAN-117: Worse.

Trivia

 * The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher from the High Ground multiplayer level can be seen close by the Covenant Anti-Aircraft gun.