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{{Title|Dawn}}

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{{Article Quote|After four years adrift in space, Cortana awakens the Master Chief to investigate a disturbance on the Forward Unto Dawn.}}

[[File:H4fudback.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The ''Forward Unto Dawn''{{'}}s remains.]]

''A field of debris surrounds the rear half of the UNSC'' [[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]].

[[File:H4 Chief in cryochamber.png|thumb|right|300px|John-117, moments before his reveille.]]

''Muffled explosions can be heard, signalling multiple decompression events - the ship is being boarded. Increasingly agitated, Cortana brings up the cryo chamber's control interface. A schematic of a modified [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI MJOLNIR armor]] is displayed, alongside life signs and cryo-tube diagrams. A single prompt appears on-screen.''

[[File:H4 Chief thaw.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cortana awakening the Master Chief.]]

[[File:Chief Cortana.jpg|thumb|300px|John-117 and Cortana prepares to leave the cryo bay.]]

''John pulls Cortana out of the holo-tank and inserts her into his neural interface. John raises his [[MA5D assault rifle|MA5D assault rifle]], readying for combat.''

''Below the walkway leading out of the cryo chamber, a single computer terminal containing John-117's service record can be found. The terminal displays a picture of technicians assembling the Chief's [[MJOLNIR Mark V]] armor.''

* '''System''': ''Frigate ''[[Dawn_(level)#Mistakes|[sic]]]'' ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' discovers [[Forerunner]] [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]], and deploys SPARTAN-117 to protect UNSC AI Cortana. Chief uncovers a plot to fire the weapon, and sacrifices the ''Autumn'' to destroy the Halo ring. Pursuing the [[Solemn Penance|Covenant flagship]] after [[Battle of Earth|an attack on Earth]], SPARTAN-117 arrives at Halo [[Installation 05]] to find the Covenant [[Great Schism|erupting into civil war]]. After preventing the Covenant from firing the ring, 117 followed them back to Earth in search of a Forerunner installation that can activate all the galaxy's Halos. The Covenant arrive at Earth, and open a [[The Portal|portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], an extragalactic Forerunner installation that can fire the Halo array. SPARTAN-117 unites a joint [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sangheili]]/[[UNSC]] team to pursue the [[Covenant]] to the Ark, where he successfully destroys the Installation and prevents the rings from being used. When SPARTAN-117 attempts to escape from the Ark aboard the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} the slipspace portal that the ship is passing through collapses. Aboard the aft section of the Dawn, SPARTAN-117 is placed into cryo-sleep pending recovery by UNSC forces. AI Cortana to remain active [[rampancy|as long as is technically feasible]]. End of service record.''

[[File:H4-Dawn-OperationsRoom.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The ''Dawn''{{'}}s operations room.]]

* '''John-117''': "I thought we had [[Swords of Sanghelios|a truce]] with the [[Covenant]]."

* '''Cortana''': "[[Blooding Years|A lot can happen in four years]]. Either way, he's probably not alone. We should be careful."

* '''Cortana''': "The good news is these Covenant aren't outfitted like [[Covenant military|standard military]]. It's possible we just came across a rogue salvage ship."

''The blast shields fully open, revealing a {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}} fleet moving closer to the ''Dawn''. Behind the fleet, a [[Requiem|mysterious world]] ominously looms. A formation of [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee]]s rapidly scream past the observation deck's windows.''

* '''Cortana''': "...''Or'' we might have stumbled into an ''entire'' [[Covenant fleet]]."

''Two [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]], equipped with boarding arms, descend into view.''

[[File:H4 - Cov Explosion.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|The Chief kills Covenant boarders with a grenade.]]

* '''John-117''': "[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|These Covenant]] seem more fanatical than the ones we've fought before."

''After fighting his way through more Covenant, including a [[Sangheili Commander]] wielding a [[Type-50 concussion rifle|concussion rifle]], John reaches an airlock.''

[[File:H4_campaign_dawn.jpeg|thumb|300px|The Covenant fleet around the ''Dawn''{{'}}s wreckage.]]

* This level is reminiscent of the level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'': both levels involve the Master Chief awakening from cryo-sleep, retrieving Cortana, and defending a ship from Covenant boarders before crash-landing on a Forerunner installation. It is also similar to the level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'' from ''[[Halo 2]]'', in which John repels boarders, fights on the eponymous station's outer hull, and destroys a Covenant ship with explosives.

* John-117's service record misidentifies the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} as a frigate.

* John's grapple with the Sangheili Storm is similar to a vignette from ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. In the level ''[[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]'', [[SPARTAN-B312]] punches a Sangheili Zealot while pinned to the ground, narrowly saving him/herself from being stabbed by an [[energy dagger]]. In both cases, the Elites' shields do not flare when punched.

 

=== Concept Art ===

File:Halo4conceptart3.jpg|Concept art of the ''Dawn''{{'}}s wreckage.

File:H4-Concept-Dawn-Cryo.jpg|Early concept art of the cryo bay, with Covenant boarders surrounding the Chief.

File:Halo4conceptart16.jpg|Concept art of the ''Dawn'' dissolving as the ship enters Requiem's gravity well.

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