Halo 3: ODST: Difference between revisions

Six hours after the drop (10:02pm), the Rookie awakens to the sound of two [[Phantom]]s flying nearby. He soon regains his situational awareness, but is unaware of the fact that his drop pod is lodged in the side of a building, ten to twenty feet above the ground. He tries to exit, and is slightly injured by the fall. After combing the area for medical supplies, he heads in to the city to find his squad.

Six hours earlier, Buck had landed somewhat safely and made radio contact with Dare, who told him that she had been trapped in her drop pod. With the assistance of two Marines, Buck attempted to fight his way to her position. Along the way, he noticed a "family feud" within the Covenant as many [[Elites]] were found dead and seemed to have been killed by the Brutes. By the time Buck got to Dare's pod, she was nowhere to be found. Buck noticed a [[Huragok]], and saw that it was holding Dare's helmet in one of its tentacles. Curious, the alien began to examine Buck. Having mistaken its curiosity for hostility, Romeo sniped it from afar. The Huragok's explosion threw the helmet out of sight, although the Superintendent recorded a video showing where it landed. Romeo and Buck regrouped, the former stating that Dare was dead. The Rookie later finds the helmet.

Meanwhile, Dutch landed in the Uplift Wildlife Reserve, where he led a [[Warthog]] charge in an effort to breach Covenant defenses and secure the long-departed carrier's landing zone. Mickey had landed nearby, and stumbled upon retreating Marines from the [[405th]]. Mickey used a [[Scorpion]] to bring the Marines to their rally point: the entrance to [[ONI Alpha Site]]. There, he and Dutch regrouped and found a desperate [[NMPD|police]] officer.

The two ODSTs worked with the officer and several Marines to defend the ONI complex. Dutch and Mickey used explosives to destroy the bridge leading to the base, but the Covenant countered by using Phantoms to land troops past the broken bridge. The courtyard was quickly overrun by Covenant forces, prompting the besieged humans to retreat to the structure's interior. The humans are eventually forced to retreat from the building using a police [[Pelican]], as they fled, they destroyed the base using remotely-detonated explosives, [[Wikipedia:scorched earth|preventing the Covenant from using the structure and its contained information]]. While in flight, Dutch and Mickey managed to re-establish communication with Buck; they headed to the NMPD Headquarters.

Upon arriving and attempting to land on the rooftop, Mickey, Dutch and their Police allies were attacked by [[Banshee]]s. They made radio contact with Buck and Romeo, who fight their way across the rooftops to the downed Pelican and their Squad mates. There, the four ODSTs used [[missile pod]]s, heavy machine guns, and [[rocket launcher]]s to defend the building from Banshees and Phantoms with their landing parties. They were successful in repelling the Covenant assault, but in the process, Romeo was badly wounded by a [[Brute Chieftain]], and their Pelican was damaged and left inoperable.

Buck led the group to Kikowani Station, planning to use the tram system to escape the city. On the way there, the ODSTs stabilized Romeo using [[biofoam]]. Upon arrival, however, the group discovered that the tram system has been severely damaged. They proceeded to hijack a Phantom and escape the city, fighting their way past enemy Banshees and even a [[Scarab]] in the process. Along the way, they noticed the increasing number of Phantoms and Covenant aircraft moving toward the crater left by the Assault Carrier's Slipspace jump. Buck then figured out where Dare is, and ordered Mickey to turn back.