A New Enemy

A New Enemy is the second campaign level in Halo Wars 2.

Transcript
{Cinematic Cutscene}

A Pelican carrying Jerome and Douglas returns to Spirit of Fire.
 * Jerome-092: "Alice is MIA. She'll stay silent down there until she has a good shot at getting back to us."

Jerome arrives on the bridge and places a data chip on the bridge's holotable.
 * Jerome-092: "Sir."

Isabel's avatar appears, sitting on the holotable.
 * Jerome-092: "Isabel, this is Captain Cutter."
 * Isabel: "I know who you are. James Cutter. Captain of the Spirit of Fire. You're supposed to be lost with all hands."
 * Cutter: "Not so lost, it seems. What happened down there? I need to know what we're up against."

Isabel stays silent, refusing to answer.
 * Cutter: "Isabel."

another pause as Isabel stays silent.
 * Cutter: "Isabel. Report."

Isabel disappears momentarily, and reappears standing.
 * Isabel: "Sir. Five months ago the portal from the Ark to Earth shut down without warning. A month later, he arrived."
 * Cutter: "He?"

The bridge falls silent as the crew listens to her.
 * Isabel: "The Brute. Their leader. His name is Atriox."

Atriox's past begins to be revealed through flashbacks
 * Isabel: "During the war, the Covenant used his clans as expendable muscle. Told them dying in battle would "speed their holy journey"."

A silhouette appears and the sound of Gravity Hammer being dragged can be heard.
 * Isabel: "Forty at a time they carelessly sent them in. Forty to break the front lines... forty to die for beliefs not their own... and none ever returned. Until he did."

Atriox, alone, reaches a Covenant outpost.
 * Isabel: "And so, battle by battle..war by war..thirty-nine brothers at a time..."

''His fellow Brutes start to stand up, watching him. Ahead there are three Sangheili awaiting Atriox.''
 * Isabel: "...Atriox was born."

Atriox tosses his Gravity Hammer away.
 * Isabel: "With every victory his legend--and his hatred of the Covenant--grew."

Atriox kneels in front of the Sangheili.
 * Isabel: "Eventually both were impossible to conceal."

A Red Energy Sword ignites, preparing to execute him.
 * Isabel: "And they tried to banish him."

One of Sangheili is poised to execute Atriox.
 * Isabel: "In everything we know about the Covenant's thousand-year history..."

Atriox suddenly grabs the grip to defend himself from execution.
 * Isabel: "...Atriox was the first to defy the Covenant and survive."

''A Sangheili is seen to be slain. Atriox holds the helmet in his right hand and the Red Energy Sword in his left hand. Other Sangheili draw their swords in an attempt to kill him.''
 * Isabel: "And his defiance inspired others."

''The other brutes in the outpost start fighting the Sangheili, while Atriox remains standing still silently. His fellow Brutes are killing every one of the Sangheili in the outpost.''

The scene changes to Atriox and his Brutes opening the vehicle bay, full of Wraiths.
 * Isabel: "Atriox and his Banished raided Covenant resources, cutting a swath across the galaxy; growing in strength with each attack."

A group of Sangheili mercenaries pledge their allegiance to Atriox. Enduring Conviction 's fleet can be seen.
 * Isabel: "Gathering killers and mercenaries to his side. The Covenant had two targets in those years. Humanity and Atriox. They almost got us. But Atriox? They never came close."

The Banished Army is seen, with the hordes of various vehicles, aircraft and infantry units gathering at one location.
 * Isabel: "The whole damn Covenant couldn't contain him at the height of their power."

''The flashback ends. The scene is back to showing the bridge of the'' Spirit of Fire.
 * Isabel: "That's what you're up against. And all you've got is one old ship and half of crew to staff her. We need to run. As far and as fast as we can."


 * Cutter: "We are just one ship. And an old one at that. But here we are.. thirty years past what anyone could ask of us."

One crew member starts to stand up.
 * Cutter: "Our war is gone."

''All the crew stand, listening to his speech."
 * Cutter: "The lives we had are gone. The worlds we knew.. have moved on. And now all that we may have left are those standing beside us... And the DUTY that defines us battle after battle, fighting side by side--"

Cutter looks at Isabel with a commanding gaze
 * Cutter: "Together. Where you see half of a crew, Isabel... I see family, courage. And a thousand heroes who swore to fight their way through hell before they'd ever...EVER turn their backs and run. And where you see one old ship. I see home. And that is always worth fighting for."

''Cutter smacks the table. The ship is brought up to Red Alert status.''
 * Bridge Crew: "Ooh-Rah!"

''The crew starts working again and a siren can be heard. Isabel looks around the bridge, stunned to see the crew is fully prepared for Battle.''

Cutter then opens every inventory on the ship that was avaiable for the fight and the hologram shows Marines, Grizzly and Spartan appears.
 * Cutter: "If we don't stop Atriox now, we leave galaxy at the mercy of a monster."

Cutter nodded to Jerome and he immediately leave the bridge.
 * Cutter: "So no, Isabel, we won't be running anywhere today."

Isabel hears that and makes a small smile to Cutter.
 * Isabel: "Sir. Yes, sir."

Mission Briefing
 * Isabel: "Captain, I appreciate a good rousing speech as much as the next AI but Atriox has had months to set up his forces on the Ark. Even if we could find him, attacking him head on would be suicide."
 * Captain Cutter: "That's why we have to fight smart by hitting Atriox's chain of command first. Isabel, you know the Banished and their operations here. Where do we start?"
 * Isabel: "Decimus, he's one of Atriox's chief lieutenants and the one who led the attack on my outpost. He oversees a Banished salvage operation near the outpost.
 * Captain Cutter: "We need to hit the Banished with a surprise attack to put them on the back foot, then move south and establish an HQ. Once we have a base, we can begin our attack on Decimus."
 * Anders: "Captain, Isabel said the portal her outpost was using to contact Earth closed without warning. Once we start this fight, we have no way of calling help if we need it."
 * Captain Cutter: "That's what you'll be working on, Professor. I need you to find us a way to get word back home. In the meantime, it is up to us to hold the line here. Let's show them what the Spirit of Fire can do."

Mission Summary

Lead the UNSC in an assault against Decimus salvage operation.

Scouting report

Hellbringer infantry are standingby to clear Banished defenses.

{In-game Cutscene}

Two Pelicans arrived and preparing to drop the troops on the ground.
 * Cutter: "Listen up, team. The Banished are dug in deep and dead set on controlling this installation, and we cannot allow that to happen.

The hatch open, dropping Jerome and several squads of Marines and the Pelicans leave the LZ once the troop are dismounted.
 * Cutter: "Strike One, your job is to establish a forward base. Expect resistance."
 * Jerome-092: "You heard the captain, Strike One. Hit them hard, Marines."

Gameplay Jerome leads the Strike One squad and he lead the way until they encounter the Banished camp.
 * Jerome-092: "Spirit of Fire Actual, we have eyes on the Banished camp, over."
 * Cutter: "Roger that, Strike One. Take them out.''

Jerome and the Marines assault their camp, Six Hornets arrived on the scene assisting them and destroyed the Camp along with units stationed there.
 * Jerome-092: "Camp is clear, area secure."

A Pelican arrives and drops two Squads of Hellbringers.
 * Cutter: "Jerome, the enemy troops has troops garrisoned up ahead. I'm dropping in support to help you clear them out.''

Jerome and the Marines continues until they find garrisoned area ahead.
 * Jerome-092: "Burn them out, Hellbringers!"

Anders spot some Forerunner Power Node ahead after the Banished inside Garrison has been cleared out.
 * Anders: "The Forerunner Tower up ahead is generating an incredible energy signature. If you can secure it, we might be able to tap into their power."
 * Jerome-092: "Got it, Professor. Capture that power node, team!"

''While waiting for the capturing process completed, Jerome lead the Marines wipe out the Banished camp ahead of them. They finally able to secure Power Node.''
 * Anders: "Looks like the Banished are using those nodes to pull power from the Ark - but now i can reconfigure them to supply our bases on the ground."
 * Jerome-092: "Thanks, Professor. I'll keep an eye out for more. Now let's find a way to get across that canyon."

''Four Pelican arrives, one is dropping two Hellbringers while the other three drops Kodiak each. The Kodiak soon moves into Artillery Position and start firing. Jerome then activates the light bridge ahead.''
 * Jerome-092: "Bridge is up, let's go."
 * Isabel: "Jerome, the captain is deploying heavy forces across the target area, keep an eye out for opportunities to coordinate fire."

Jerome leads the Infantries cross the bridge and they encountered another Banished camp.
 * Jerome-092: "Enemy infantry ahead. Hellbringers, you're up."

The Banished on the camp spots them and open fire.
 * Banished: "Humans! Stop them or Decimus will have our heads!"

The Kodiak supports the UNSC by firing the artilleries to the Augmented Excavators and Structures around the Camp.
 * Jerome-092: "Look what we have here. The Banished have been collecting supplies."
 * Cutter: "Collect what you can, we're going to need all the help we can get."

The units take some damage but they are be able to clear the camp and destroyed the structure.
 * Cutter: "Strike One, you're closing in on Decimus salvage operations, so i'm sending in some Warthogs to help you scout ahead."

''The Pelican lands and drops off Two Warthogs before flies away. Anders notice some of his troops takes some damage.''
 * Anders: "Jerome, it looks like some of your troops have taken damage. I've made the Spirit of Fire's restoration drones avaiable so you can call them in for help."

The Warthogs scout ahead while Jerome and his units recuperate themself from damage using Restoration Drones and the Warthogs found large group near the bridge.
 * Cutter: "Jerome, we're detecting a high number of hostiles beyond that wreck. Use your Warthogs to scout out a flanking path."

Jerome and Marines hold position while Warthogs takes the flank route which encounters more camp and smaller units.
 * Isabel: "Those wrecks are from the last days of the Covenant. The Banished are repurposing what's left to build new weapons. Scavangers picking from the bones of the dead."

''The Warthogs flank them and with support of Kodiak, the area is cleared from Banished. They advanced ahead until they found Decimus' base.''
 * Cutter: "Strike One, Decimus' salvage operation is just up ahead."
 * Jerome-092: "Spirit incoming, get ready!"
 * Cutter: "Move some troops into those empty garrisons, Jerome. They'll be better protected against the Banished base there."

UNSC Forces and Banished clashed around the base.
 * Cutter: "Jerome, use your Hellbringers' flamethrowers to burn down that base."
 * Jerome-092: "Watch out, team. Enemy reinforcements incoming!"

More Banished dropships inbound as the fight kept carried on.
 * Jerome-092: "There's another dropship on its way!"

Six Hornets arrived to assist UNSC Ground Units, the Base eventually destroyed.
 * Jerome-092: "Spirit of Fire Actual, we've destroyed the base. Awaiting new orders."
 * Cutter: "This is a good location to establish a base of our own. It's the heart of your operation and once it's constructed you can call in more structures to build an army."

Jerome start calling the Condor Dropship to transport the Firebase while Isabel intercepts the transmission from the Banished.
 * Isabel: "Captain, I'm picking up a broadcast to local Banished channels."
 * Cutter: "Can you intercept, Isabel?"
 * Isabel: "Routing to you now."
 * Decimus (VOICE COM): "Salvage teams, this is Decimus! Why have you ceased production? Explain yourselves!"
 * Jerome-092: "Sounds like we got his attention."
 * Cutter: "We won't have long before he realizes what's happened. Isabel, keep intercepting those transmissions and sending them through. Jerome, get that base up and running."

The Condor arrives and dropping the Firebase and the structure is finally completed with five sockets avaiable.
 * Cutter: "Now that the base is constructed, Supply Pads are online. Build one now."

Player calls the Supply Pad for construction.
 * Cutter: "Supply Pads will bring in a steady stream of supplies to help you build your army."

The Pelican arrives dropping the Supply Pad into one of the sockets.
 * Cutter: "Now call in a Generator so you can start producing power."

Player then calls the Generator.
 * Cutter: "You'll need power as well as supplies to build more specialized units."

Pelican arrives and dropping the Generator into one the sockets.
 * Cutter: "Now that we've got resources coming in, build a Barracks to field advanced infantry squads."

Player start calling the Barracks.
 * Cutter: "Infantry are your frontline in battle and one of your most adaptable units on the field."
 * Isabel: "Marine Infantry squads now avaiable from your main HQ building. Marines are solid all-purpose combat units which can capture objectives and gather resources on the field."

The Pelican arrives carrying the Barracks and dropping it on one of the empty sockets.
 * Cutter: "You've got a good baseline now, Jerome. Bring in more resources, Barracks or set up some automated turrets to help protect your base as you see fit."
 * Jerome-092: "Thanks, Captain. It's about time we did some damage of our own."

Player start building force but suddenly Isabel got significant energy build up in orbit above the base.
 * Isabel: "Captain, I'm detecting a significant energy build up in orbit above our base!"
 * Cutter: "Plasma bombardment on the way! Take cover Strike One!"

The screen moves to the base where Plasma Bombardment commences then hits the HQ.
 * Decimus: "So, you've crawled out your hiding places for another battering? I thought we bloodied you enough last time."

The Bombardment stops afterwards and the base has been damaged severely.
 * Decimus: "That was the taste of our power, humans. If you want more, I'll be waiting."
 * Jerome-092: "We can't turn down an invitation like that. What's the damage?"
 * Isabel: "Nothing our restoration drones can't repair, we were lucky this time. That plasma beam came from the Banished's carrier ship, the one that attacked my outpost! The rest of Decimus' salvage operation is north of your position marked on map. Make him pay."
 * Jerome-092: "We'll be happy to deliver, Isabel. Now let's get going."

After building up army, Jerome start leading the troops and encounter barrier shield.
 * Isabel: "Jerome, your vehicles won't be able to get past that shield. You'll need to destroy its power supply with your ground troops."

The UNSC destroys the power supply and encountered another Power Nodes.
 * Jerome-092: "Another power node, if we can take it, we'll be starving Decimus of resources."
 * Cutter: "Not to mention bolstering our own income. Secure as many as you can find."

'The UNSC then spots several wreckages while capturing the Power Nodes.
 * Jerome-092: "Isabel, where did all this wreckage come from?"
 * Isabel: "There was a battle here near the end of the war. The Master Chief saved us all."
 * Jerome-092: "It's good to know John's still out there."

Decimus then realize the UNSC start capturing his Power Nodes.
 * Decimus: "Do NOT let the humans interfere with our power supply! Get down there and END THEM!"

UNSC later seizes all the Power Nodes from Decimus.
 * Decimus: "Atriox shouldn't have let you escape at the human base! He may have thought it enough to toy with you, but i won't be so kind!"

UNSC Start pushing again however Isabel got new readings of another Plasma Bombardment.
 * Isabel: "I'm detecting another energy build up, take cover!"

The Plasma Bombardment commences again but this time it went towards UNSC Forces.
 * Jerome-092: "Everyone, take cover!"
 * Decimus: "Run as you did before! You will burn like all we killed here!"

The UNSC won't budge instead they avoid the Plasma Bombardment and continue pushing forward until they encounter Hunters on Decimus' base.
 * Jerome-092: "They got Hunters! Hellbringers, take them out before they can destroy our Warthogs!"
 * Cutter: "Remember your marines are equipped with grenades, use them to destroy that base."

The UNSC encountered more resistance but they manage to destroy the base and Decimus appeared from Portal.
 * Jerome-092: "I'm guessing that's Decimus."
 * Isabel: "He looks bigger than the last time i saw him."

The battle then starts between UNSC and Decimus.
 * Decimus: "I will hollow out your skulls and let the short one use them as toys!"

UNSC keep breaking his armor.
 * Jerome-092: "We've damnaged his armor! don't let up!"

His Power Armor finally breaks but Decimus instruct the Orbital Strike right at his position causing the alarm to rang.
 * Decimus: "Shipmaster! Put and end to these creatures!"
 * Cutter: "Decimus is ordering a bombardment on his own position from the carrier! Fall back!"

Decimus cover himself with shield while the bombardment commences and strike right at his own position while UNSC move away from Bombardment range.
 * Decimus: "The Ark is ours, humans, and no one will stand before the might of the Banished!"

Banished reinforcements inbound but immediately annihilated by UNSC forces, after Decimus' health goes to 2/3 of his health he issue another Orbital Strike.
 * Decimus: "Orbital strike on my mark!"

''UNSC move away from Orbital Strike radius again while Decimus shield himself from the blast once again. After the Orbital Strike, UNSC continue to battle Decimus again while the reinforcements from Banished inbound but UNSC manage to repel the reinforcements.''

When Decimus' health dropped to 1/3 of his health, he order another Orbital strike again.
 * Decimus: "Shipmaster! Keep firing! Incinerate them!"

UNSC clears away once more and once the Orbital strike finished, the battle continues once more.
 * Jerome-092: "We have him on the ropes! One last push!"

UNSC then succeded in beating him down.

{In-game Cutscene}

Two Kodiaks bombarding Decimus while two Grizzlies moves to attack Decimus while the UNSC forces are engaging Banished squad by squad.
 * Cutter: "Watch out, you've got incoming!"

A Plasma Bombardment destroys a Grizzly and Decimus make his escape through the portal.
 * Decimus: "I'm impressed, humans..but we'll meet again."

He disappears from the Portal while the Plasma Bombardment eliminates units around him and the portal.
 * Jerome-092: "Now he's bombing his own base?"

The Plasma Bombardment did not eliminate the UNSC but also fellow Banished on the battlefield.
 * Isabel: "Monster. Killing his own as casually as he kills us."
 * Cutter: "Decimus must be trying to hide something. Search what's left."

After the Bombardment ends, a Nightingale arrives while the Marines search what was left of Decimus while evacuating the casualties.
 * Jerome-092: "We've found something, Captain. Uploading now. Isabel, can you decrypt this for us?"
 * Isabel: "Oh, this isn't good. I'm only recovering bits and pieces of data, but it all points to a Cartographer."
 * Jerome-092: "The Cartographer? Who's that?"
 * Isabel: "Not 'Who'. 'What'. I'll debrief you when you're back on the ship. This is going to take a lot of explaining."

A Warthog arrives while Nightingale leaves.

{Level ends}

Trivia

 * When Decimus issues Orbital Strike for the first time, the UNSC Base's health was capped to half regardless any remaining Health Points on UNSC base.
 * Player can found another base if player went south-west from Decimus' base and can be utilized as Player's Battle Base to make a faster reinforcement.

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