Long Night of Solace (level)

Long Night of Solace is the fifth campaign level in Halo: Reach. This is the first and only level in the Halo series to feature playable ship-to-ship combat in space.

Upon completing the level on Normal, Heroic or Legendary difficulties, the player will earn the "You Flew Pretty Good" achievement and 10 Gamerscore.

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 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.
 * Noble Team members Jun and Emile are noticibly absent in this mission.
 * In the first part of the space battle, it looks as though the Banshees and Seraphs are exiting Slipspace.