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*[[Brutes]]

*[[Grunts]]

*[[Jackals]]

*[[Drones]]

{{Article Quote|Clear the [[Crow's Nest (Base)|base]], whatever it takes.}}

The level begins with the [[Master Chief]], the [[Arbiter (Title)|Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], and [[Sergeant Major|Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] landing in an underground [[Crow's Nest (Base)|UNSC base]]. When they disembark, several Marines are amazed to see a [[Spartan II]]. As they walk through hallways littered with wounded [[UNSC]] soldiers, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes|Keyes]] informs the Chief and Johnson that [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] has almost destroyed the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], and only a few ships are left. They soon reach the command center and speak with [[Lord Hood]], discussing a plan for an all out attack on Truth's army.

Unfortunately, the Covenant then jam the [[Human]] communications network along with the rest of the base, shutting off the power. Truth appears on the main view screen, telling the Humans that their world will [[Glassing|burn]]. The base is then attacked by a large contingent of [[Covenant Loyalists]]. The Master Chief helps rescue and evacuate as many marines as possible from the base. Unable to fight off the invaders, Keyes orders a [[Crow's Nest Bomb|bomb]] placed in the operations center. Covenant troops, however, overrun the operations center and manage to defuse the bomb. The Master Chief retakes the ops center by force and rearms the main charge. All remaining troops, including the [[Master Chief]], escape into the base's hangar, where they enter an elevator to attempt to escape the explosion.

*'''[[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]] Flight Controller''': "Sorry for the tight squeeze. ''(to the other Flight Controller)'' Tell the [[Commander Miranda Keyes|Commander]] her ace is in the hole."

''[[Kilo 023]] touches down. Medics load an injured marine on a stretcher and move. The [[Master Chief]], [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] get off. [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] sitting by the landing pad see the Chief get out of the [[Pelican]].''

*'''Marine #2''': "No way! A [[SPARTAN-II|Spartan]]?!"

*'''[[Sergeant Major|Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]]''': "Napping. Out back."

*'''[[Master Chief]]''': "Likewise, ma'am."

*'''Commander Keyes''': "The [[Prophet of Truth]]'s ships breached the [[Luna]]r perimeter. Smashed what was left of the [[Home Fleet]]."

*'''Commander Keyes''': "We stopped it, but only temporarily. Now, the Prophet of Truth is looking for something called '[[Installation 00|The Ark]]', where he'll be able to fire all the [[The Halo Array|Halo Rings]]. If he succeeds, [[Human|Humanity]], The Covenant, every sentient being in the Galaxy..."

*'''Technician''': "Ma'am, I have [[Lord Hood]]."

*'''[[Lord Hood]] (Video COM)''': "Good news, Commander Keyes?"

*'''Commander Keyes''': "Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site. And his infantry has deployed [[Anti-Aircraft Battery|Anti-Aircraft Batteries]] around the perimeter. But, if we neutralize one of the batteries, punch a hole in Truth's defenses..."

*'''[[Prophet of Truth]] (Video COM)''': "You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your [[Earth|world]] will burn until its surface is but glass! And not even your [[John-117|Demon]] will live to creep, blackened from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage... the culmination of our [[Great Journey|Journey]]. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I? I ''am'' their instrument!"

''Miranda walks up the stairs and draws a [[M6G Pistol|Pistol]]. She pulls the slide back.''

*'''Commander Keyes''': "Any of our [[Dropship-77 Heavy Troop Carrier/Infantry Pelican|birds]] squawking?"

*'''Technician''': "No ma'am. Wait, Overwatch has contacts. [[Phantom]]s, closing in on our position."

*'''[[Gunnery Sergeant (UNSC)|Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]]''': "Get those turrets up. You watch your fields of fire!"

*'''Gunnery Sergeant [[Pete Stacker (Marine)|Stacker]]''': "Get those [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun|turrets]] up! Watch your fields of fire!"

''The Chief grabs some [[Fragmentation Grenade]]s from a weapons case near the door, then opens it, and lets the Marines lead the way.''

*'''Marine''': "Those [[Brute]]s secure the hangar; we won't be able to get our birds out."

''The Marines find the vehicle access. A Warthog is in battle with many Covenant soldiers. [[Grunt]]s lob [[Plasma Grenade]]s and destroy it. The Chief and accompanying Marines engage and win, pushing onward. They reach an open door heavily guarded and defeat the Covenant there and continue through into the narrow corridors.''

''The Chief and Marines on the offense secure the deck. Multiple Phantoms drop troops into the hangar, attempting to take it. From a distance, [[Hornets]] and [[Banshees]] are seen to be engaged in an aerial fight near a [[CCS-class Battlecruiser|Cruiser]] which keeps supplying Covenant reinforcements to the base. The Chief and Marines take turrets and defend the hangar. The [[UNSC]] forces prevail. The Phantoms retreat and their troops fall.''

*'''Commander Keyes (Video COM)''': "Chief, have a look. [[Crow's Nest Bomb|A little going-away gift]] for the Covenant. We've linked it to smaller charges throughout the base. Johnson, soon as the evacuation is complete, start the timer."

''The Chief heads through the corridor to the Motor Pool. While down there, he spots a Brute Pack, lead by a [[Brute Chieftain]] with a [[Gravity Hammer]].''

*'''[[Cortana]] ([[Cortana Moment]]):''' "You have been called upon to serve."

*'''Thel 'Vadam:''' "Half-wit insects! The [[Prophets]] use you like they used me! Reject their lies! Rebel, or ''all'' your hives will perish!" (Single Player Only)

[[File:Marineprisoners.jpg|thumb|right|Marines being held prisoner by [[Brutes]].]]

''Kilo 23 takes off, getting out of the Brutes' reach. Noticing the Chief and 'Vadam, the Brutes attack them. After successfully retaking the flight deck, a door at the road below opens, and Johnson approaches them, holding an [[M7 SMG|SMG]]. Seeing Johnson and his surviving squad at the doorway under attack from Drones, the Chief and 'Vadam assist.''

''The Chief walks on through to another roadway, with Covenant [[Plasma Cannon]]s set up. Using the Plasma Cannons and/or using all available cover, he gets back to the Motor Pool next door to the Ops Center.''  

''As the two Grunts and [[Brute Captain]]s get busy, the Chief takes them by surprise and defeats them, taking back the Ops Center and the bomb.''

*'''[[Black Eye (Achievement)|Black Eye]]''' - "Black Eye" is an achievement earned for finding and claiming the [[Halo_3_Skulls#Black_Eye|Black Eye Skull]]. It is worth 10 Gamerscore.  

*'''[[Demon (Achievement)|Demon]]''' - "Demon" is an achievement earned by accumulating 15,000 points in free-for-all meta-game scoring on this level. It is worth 10 Gamerscore.

*Occasionally, you will see rats scurrying across the floor in some parts of the level. They appear on your [[Motion Tracker]] as small yellow dots -- friendlies. You can kill them and melee their dead bodies around. If you betray the Marines, your Motion Tracker will show the rats as enemies.

*By dropping a [[Deployable Cover]] in the small stairway that [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] and his [[Marines]] use to get to the landing pad, you can block off the stairway and Johnson and his Marines will cease to move, stopping [[Miranda Keyes]]'s [[Pelican]] from taking off.

*The [["Friendly" Brutes]] [[Glitch]] can be performed on this level.

* If you are playing Co-op on this level, the Arbiter has a melee animation even when he is unarmed. He will melee like a normal [[Elite]]. The melee attack does no damage. It is possible to disarm the AI Arbiter in single player by giving him a support weapon and getting him to ride in a vehicle or killing him and taking his weapon for a empty weapon. However, the AI controlled Arbiter's melee does damage. The same glitch can be performed if you use a glitch to allow an Elite character model to be unarmed in [[Forge|forge]]. Also, the Arbiter has a special grenade throw animation similar to the Halo: Combat Evolved Elites and Halo 3 level Floodgate Elites when he is unarmed. The grenade throw can be performed in multiplayer and Co-op if you are playing as a Elite character model. You don't necessarily have to be unarmed. You will need two weapons and grenades. Press the Y button to switch to your secondary weapon and quickly press the LT. If you did it correctly, you should have thrown a grenade like Floodgate Elites.

* After you come down from the elevator with the surviving Marines, finish off the [[Brutes]] and then when [[Miranda]]'s [[Pelican]] comes down, hop onto the viewport and you will see that Miranda is holding the controls of the Pelican like the controls of a [[Hornet]].

* If you manage to save every possible Marine being held captive in Barrack B, the evacuation [[Pelican]] will run out of seats leaving [[Thel 'Vadam]] with no other option but to sit in a seat already occupied by a Marine.

*There is an argument between two [[marine]]s voiced by various [[Red vs Blue]] voice actors, which changes depending on difficulty level. See [[Password-Lacking Marine]].  

* If you look at the picture on the wrinkled newspaper laying between the generator and tarp covered crates at the beginning of Barrack B, it can be noted that the picture faintly displays the picture of a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V]] alongside a [[Grunt]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.

*The third part of this level (Last One Out, Get The Lights) could be a reference to the Season One finale of Red vs Blue (Last One Out, Hit The Lights). It is seen in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' ViDoc ''[[ViDoc: Et Tu Brute|Et Tu Brute]]'' around the 5 minute mark.

*There are references from [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] from Cortana as she makes multiple appearances nearing the end of the level. These quotes are from [[Doctor Halsey]] as she speaks with the Spartans about the project they are taking part in.

*On the boxes in the part of the room farthest from the monitors is the number 2401, the number of [[Installation 05]]'s [[2401 Penitent Tangent|Monitor]], and a factor of [[List of "Seven" References in Halo|7]]. Similarly, in the first hangar, there is a generator under the floor marked with the [[EMG 2401]] logo, likely in reference to said Monitor.

*There are a total of [[List of "Seven" References in Halo|seven]] Marines you can save in the Barracks.

*When the Drones attack, Sgt. Stacker/Reynolds will say "Take 'em down, short controlled bursts!" This may be a reference to ''Aliens'', as the ''Halo ''series has had many [[List of References to Aliens in Halo|''Aliens'' references]], and possibly because the Drones and the Xenomorphs share more similarities more than any Covenant species (i.e. being insect-like in nature).

*In the video "Et Tu, [[Brute]]", instead of fighting the Hammer Chieftain in the Motor Pool you would fight the Plasma Cannon Chieftain and vice versa

{{succession box | before = ''[[Sierra 117 (Level)|Sierra 117]]'' <br />| title = ''Halo 3'' Campaign Missions | years = '''''Crow's Nest''''' |after = ''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]]''}}