The Maw: Difference between revisions

{{disambig header|campaign level|other uses of "The Maw"|The Maw (disambiguation)}}

{{Level infobox

|prev=''[[Keyes]]''

|name='''''The Maw'''''

|date= [[2552#September 20, 2552|September 22, 2552]]

}}

==Transcripts==

''The view skims low over a large body of water, tinted gold by an oncoming sunrise.''

*'''[[Cortana]]''': "This thing is falling apart!"

*'''Cortana''': "We're not gonna make it!"

''The Banshee drops just before reaching the Bumblebee slip and smashes into the side of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', sending debris and fire hurling out madly.''

*'''Cortana''': "You did that ''on purpose'', didn't you?"

'''{''Gameplay''}'''

*'''Cortana''': "We need to get to the bridge. From there, we can use the [[Jacob Keyes|Captain]]'s neural implants to initiate an overload of the ship's fusion engines. The explosion should damage enough systems below it to destroy the [[Installation 04|ring]]."

*'''Cortana''': "The bridge. We made it. Let's get to work."

*'''Cortana''': "I need you to upload me into the control systems. The terminal is located next to the main view screen."

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfE0FRSpD4 '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''The Master Chief takes Cortana's chip from his helmet and inserts it into the cylindrical terminal near the front of the bridge. Cortana's avatar appears above it. She looks around.''

*'''Cortana''': "I leave home for a few days, and look what happens. This won't take long."

<tt>'''SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATED'''</tt>

*'''[[343 Guilty Spark]] (COM)''': "I'm afraid that's out of the question, really."

*'''343 Guilty Spark (COM)''': "Ridiculous! That you would imbue a warship's AI with such a wealth of knowledge! Weren't you worried it might be captured? Or destroyed?"

''343 Guilty Spark flutters around Engineering, as groups of [[Sentinel]]s hover around in the background, and scans another console.''

''Cuts back to the bridge. A tone sounds over the ship's speakers. The countdown timer freezes.''

*'''Cortana''': "He stopped the self-destruct sequence..."

*'''343 Guilty Spark (COM)''': "Why do you continue to fight us, [[Reclaimer]]? You cannot win! Give us the construct, and I will endeavor to make your death relatively painless, and -"

*'''Cortana''': "Not much. A well-placed grenade perhaps, but why-"

*'''Cortana''': "Okay, I'm coming with you."

*'''Cortana''': "Chief! Sentinels!"

*'''Cortana''': "The ship was heavily damaged when it crashed. Head to the cryo chamber. We should be able to get to the engine room through there."

===Light Fuse, Run Away===

*'''Cortana''': "Alert! The Monitor has disabled all command access. We can't restart the countdown. The only remaining option is to detonate the ship's fusion reactors. That should do enough damage to destroy Halo. Don't worry; I have access to all of the reactor schematics and procedures. I'll walk you through it. First, we need to pull back the exhaust couplings. That will expose a shaft that leads to the primary fusion drive core."

''The Chief opens one of the manifolds.''

''The Chief knocks out the first reactor.''

''The Chief takes out the final reactor.''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Cortana to ''[[Echo 419]]'': come in, ''Echo 419''!"

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "''Echo 419'' to Cortana. Things are gettin' noisy down there. Everything okay?"

''The Chief reaches the top of the elevator.''

===Warning: Hitchhikers May Be Escaping Convicts===

*'''Cortana''': "Analyzing... We have six/five minutes before the fusion drives detonate. We need to evac, ''now''!"

*'''Cortana''': "Activating final countdown timer. When it reaches zero, the engines will detonate. The explosion will generate a temperature of almost 100 ''million'' degrees. ''Don't'' be here when it blows."

*'''Cortana''': "We can't make it on foot, we need a vehicle!"

''The Chief drives down the corridor. Flood, Covenant, and Sentinels are fighting all around him. Eventually he nears the site where Foehammer is supposed to extract him. A Spirit flies over and lands.''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Affirmative, Cortana. Foe Hammer inbound."

''If the Chief waits for Rawley:''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Cortana to ''Echo 419''! Two Covenant Banshees are approaching on your six! Evade! Say again, evade!"

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "''I'm hit!'' Mayday! Mayday! Airfoil structures have been shot to hell! I can't hold her! I can't hold her!"

*'''Cortana''': "She's gone... Calculating alternate escape route."  

''The countdown timer resumes.''  

''If the Chief hurries past the platform, Cortana's message is cut short.''

''If the Chief enters one of the maintenance tunnels, he will find [[Thirsty Grunt|a lone Covenant soldier]]:''

''The Chief comes around the final S-curve in the corridor.''

''The Chief clears the massive gap, and proceeds to his destination. In Launch Bay 7, Flood and Covenant remnants fight for supremacy. The Longsword fighter is docked at the bay's far end. A barricade forces the Chief to dismount from the Warthog and finish the journey on foot.''

''If the timer runs out before the Chief reaches the Longsword:''

''Fades to an exterior shot of the ''Autumn'' as it explodes.''

''If the Chief makes it to the Longsword:''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSxFKf7kugQ '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

*'''Cortana''': "We're cutting it close!"

''Cuts to an exterior view of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', as it burns and explosions flare all along its length. A horde of Flood stumble slowly towards it, and the Longsword arrows from the starboard side of the ship away into the sky. The view cuts to follow the Longsword, looking back towards the ''Pillar of Autumn'' as the explosions intensify.''  

''On Legendary difficulty:''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLz8yIe8zW0 '''{Anniversary ''Legendary Cutscene''}''']

*'''Staff Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson''': "C'mere you motherf-! I'm gonna... Grrr... ah."

''The two embrace and the Sangheili additionally places his right hand on Johnson's bottom. In ''Anniversary'', Johnson places his left hand on the Sangheili's bottom, and the Sangheili reacts uncomfortably.''

''The Longsword clears the atmosphere, flying away from Halo. The Master Chief stares straight ahead, piloting the fighter as quickly as he can.''  

<tt>'''ENGINE TEMP CRITICAL'''</tt>

''The Master Chief shakes his head and moves back to his seat.''

*'''John-117''': "No... I think we're just getting started."

''[[Halo: Combat Evolved credits|Credits]] roll.''

''Game ends.''

==Trivia==

===Glitches===

*If the player opens the exhaust vent and jump inside it before firing the rocket, the vent will close on the player. The player will take damage and die from the heat. This is easier on co-op, when the second player can fire the rocket.

*During the Warthog escape on co-op, the weight of the second player manning the turret can cause difficulties making jumps on the large ramps, causing the Warthog to flip over backwards in the air. Having the second player in the passenger seat, however, will keep the Warthog balanced.

*If the player continues driving after the pick up point where ''Echo 419'' is shot down by Banshees, Cortana will say her line even if Rawley hasn't crashed yet (this is actually a time-saving strategy, but one won't get a checkpoint).

*The Banshees that attack and follow ''Echo 419'' have open cockpits so they look like no one is piloting them. The Banshees do not actually fire shots that destroy ''Echo 419''. If the player fires at the Banshees, they will not receive any damage and cannot be destroyed until after ''Echo 419'' has passed over the extraction point.

*In the level's Warthog Run, there is a room under one of the runways that has the word "[[Rex|REX]]" written in [[human]] blood splatters and bullet holes.

===References===

===Miscellaneous===

*In the cutscene where the Chief takes off his helmet, he actually has a second helmet on underneath, because [[Bungie]] didn't model a face for him. This can only be seen with the proper modding tools required to alter cutscenes. This was also revealed in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' Legendary Edition bonus disc.

*If one skips the bridge cutscene before the Sentinels shatter the main display, the display will not be shattered when gameplay resumes, and will not shatter no matter how long the Sentinels or the player shoots at it. This can actually be quite advantageous as it provides the player with additional cover when fighting the Sentinels. If the Sentinels kill the player, the glass may reappear when they respawn.

*This is the only level where Sangheili Combat Forms will use [[Active Camouflage]]. They will come in from the locked door in the armory, along with several regular Combat Forms. There will sometimes also be several human Combat Forms that have Active Camouflage activated, although there is no known reason for this. Since feral Flood are non-sentient, it is unlikely that they share equipment. The Sangheili Combat Forms are referenced as "floodcombat elite stealth unarmed" in the code, and can be seen in HMT, and with the default tagset of the Halo Editing Kit, and states that these are likely infected Stealth Sangheili.

*When Halo explodes, it sometimes makes the same gurgling noise made by Flood Combat Forms.

*Apart from the Legendary ending, the only way one can actually see the ''Pillar of Autumn'' explode is to let the timer run down to zero. A cutscene will show it exploding.

==Gallery==

File:Ship20.jpg|Echo 419 gets shot down by a pair of [[Banshees]].

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