Long Night of Solace (level)

Long Night of Solace is the fifth campaign level in Halo: Reach. and is set in the beginning of the battle for the planet.

Summary
The Covenant invasion of Reach is in full force, and Catherine-B320 has come up with a plan to take the fight to the enemy. Noble Team, minus Emile-A239 and Jun-A266, are dropped off to a beach by a UH-144 Falcon, and they must fight their way into a UNSC Sabre launch facility that is under attack by Covenant ground and air forces. Once inside, Noble Six and Jorge-052 enter a Sabre that is immediately launched into the planet orbit along with at least one other Sabre. Once in space, they join the other UNSC forces in defending the station Anchor 9 and assist the UNSC Savannah in attacking a Covenant Corvette.

Trivia

 * This level was the first campaign level of Halo: Reach to be unveiled to the public. A shorter version of the level was first showcased in the Halo: Reach E3 Campaign Demo during the Microsoft press conference at E3 2010.
 * This is the first and only level in the Halo series to feature playable ship-to-ship combat.
 * Jun and Emile are noticeably absent in this mission.
 * In the first part of the space battle, it looks as though the Banshees and Seraphs are exiting Slipspace.
 * It is possible that the multiplayer map Countdown is based on a section of this mission.
 * The objectives for the Corvette are to take down its shields and destroy the engines while the UNSC Savannah attacks.
 * It is interesting to note that this mission has been reported as the fourth mission (during E3), fifth mission and sixth mission.