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{{Big Quote|''Brace for impact.''}} | {{Big Quote|''Brace for impact.''}} | ||
'''Arrival''' <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAASM944nTo</ref> is the first level of ''[[Halo 3]]''. It | '''Arrival''' <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAASM944nTo</ref> is the first level of ''[[Halo 3]]''. It does not contain actual gameplay, consisting instead of a look inversion test on lower difficulties, and the game's opening cutscenes. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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''{Johnson kneels by the side of his fallen friend and places a hand on his chest, feeling for breath, or any sign that the man is alive. After a few seconds, he sighs sadly, reaches behind the Chief's head and pulls [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]]'s empty chip out of his helmet.}'' | ''{Johnson kneels by the side of his fallen friend and places a hand on his chest, feeling for breath, or any sign that the man is alive. After a few seconds, he sighs sadly, reaches behind the Chief's head and pulls [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]]'s empty chip out of his helmet.}'' | ||
'''Sergeant Johnson''': "Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. | '''Sergeant Johnson''': "Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're ''not'' leaving him here." | ||
''{An armored hand reaches up and grabs his wrist. It is the Master Chief's.}'' | ''{An armored hand reaches up and grabs his wrist. It is the Master Chief's.}'' | ||
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====External Glitches==== | ====External Glitches==== | ||
*You can get your gamercard to say that you're playing the campaign on [[Legendary]] if you set the difficulty on Legendary, complete the level and quit out.'' ''''Note: this will not work if you have completed the campaign''. | *You can get your gamercard to say that you're playing the campaign on [[Legendary]] if you set the difficulty on Legendary, complete the level and quit out.'' ''''Note: this will not work if you have completed the campaign''.''' | ||
====[[Easter Egg]]s==== | ====[[Easter Egg]]s==== | ||
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*Arrival is the first tutorial level in the [[Halo]] series not to take place on a [[Human]] space vessel orbiting a celestial body. [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'s very first level was on the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]] orbiting the [[Halo]] mega-structure and [[Halo 2]]'s first level was set on the [[UNSC]] [[MAC]] defense platform [[Cairo]] in a geosynchronous orbit around [[Earth]]. | *Arrival is the first tutorial level in the [[Halo]] series not to take place on a [[Human]] space vessel orbiting a celestial body. [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'s very first level was on the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]] orbiting the [[Halo]] mega-structure and [[Halo 2]]'s first level was set on the [[UNSC]] [[MAC]] defense platform [[Cairo]] in a geosynchronous orbit around [[Earth]]. | ||
*If you look closely at the data pad the [[Marine]] carries, you can see an x-ray of [[Master Chief]]'s helmet revealing his skull. To the left of the [[Master Chief]]'s skull, there is a photo of what could be the Master Chief's face. | *If you look closely at the data pad the [[Marine]] carries, you can see an x-ray of [[Master Chief]]'s helmet revealing his skull. To the left of the [[Master Chief]]'s skull, there is a photo of what could be the Master Chief's face. | ||
*Contrary to what players might think, the Master Chief did ''not'' land on Earth using just his [[MJOLNIR]] armor as protection. At the other end of the crater is a metallic object, suggesting the Chief ripped it out of the Forerunner Dreadnought and rode it down to [[Earth]]. A page in [[The Art of Halo 3]] supports this theory. | *Contrary to what players might think, the Master Chief did ''not'' land on Earth using just his [[MJOLNIR]] armor as protection. At the other end of the crater is a metallic object, suggesting the Chief ripped it out of the Forerunner Dreadnought and rode it down to [[Earth]]. A page in [[The Art of Halo 3]] supports this theory. Also, the metallic object appears to be a Forerunner door of some sort due to the support bracing on one side. | ||
*The Master Chief appears for the first time in Halo 3 at precisely 1 minute and 17 seconds (1:17) into the cutscene, when the camera descends to reveal his outstretched arm. | *The Master Chief appears for the first time in Halo 3 at precisely 1 minute and 17 seconds (1:17) into the cutscene, when the camera descends to reveal his outstretched arm. | ||
*The [[IWHBYD]] skull does not affect what Johnson says in the level, only the difficulty. | *The [[IWHBYD]] skull does not affect what Johnson says in the level, only the difficulty. | ||