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<center>''This article is about a campaign level. For other uses, see [[Exodus (disambiguation)]].''</center>

{{Level Infobox

|next = ''[[New Alexandria (level) |New Alexandria]]''

|image = [[File:HReach - Exodus Header.jpg|300px]]

|place = [[New Alexandria]], [[Eposz]], [[Reach]]

|Objective = Link up and assist [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces in evacuations.

|enemies =Troops:

Vehicles:

*[[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]]

|weapons =[[Human]]

*[[Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel|SRS99AM Sniper Rifle]]

*[[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon|M41 Rocket launcher]]

{{Article Quote|All is not lost. Evacuate civilians from an occupied city.}}

 

The level opens with [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]], having fallen from orbit in the conclusion of the previous level, waking up on a mountain range and beginning his/her journey to link up with UNSC forces. On August 23, 2552, after wandering through the wilderness, Six arrives at [[New Alexandria]], [[Eposz]], which is under siege by four [[Covenant corvette]]s. Noble Six then finds his/her way through the city and links up with [[UNSC Army|Army]] forces to assist in the evacuation of [[Traxus Tower]], while fighting [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] for the first time during the invasion. However, they arrive too late, as one of the corvettes has already moved into position on top of the tower.

Noble Six then acquires a [[portable jump-jet|jetpack]] and joins a group of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] specialists known as the [[Bullfrogs]], enacting an emergency plan to capture an executive landing pad. Six then proceeds to Traxus Tower, where he/she, several Army troopers and the ODSTs take the landing pad, allowing a group of civilians to evacuate in a Pelican.

Noble Six then rides in a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]] to provide air cover for evacuation crafts leaving the city. They take an alternate route to avoid the Covenant forces clustered in the middle of the city. After [[6 Echo 2|an evacuation transport]] is shot down by a corvette, Noble Six assists Army forces in clearing the way to [[unidentified UNSC missile battery|missile batteries]] further in the city. The missile batteries disable the corvette's weaponry, allowing the remaining transports to slip past and escape into orbit.

''Noble Six is alone on a snowy mountain range, holding his/her injured left arm. He/she slowly limps back to the discarded [[M-Spec reentry pack|Reentry Unit]] to acquire a [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|pistol]]. The Spartan cocks the pistol and turns around to look up at the remains of the [[Long Night of Solace|Covenant Supercarrier]] that [[Jorge-052]] destroyed, now lying shattered on a nearby mountain. Debris continues to plummet into the atmosphere, creating an artificial meteor shower. Displaying a noticeable limp, Six begins to walk away down the mountain.''

''Fades out.''

[[File:Noble Six City.jpg|thumb|200px|Six arrives at New Alexandria.]]

''Fades in. Noble Six, now in a more temperate landscape, jogs up a hill, having recovered from the limp. He/she stops at the top, and the city of [[New Alexandria]] comes into view. Three Covenant Corvettes dominate the skyline of the burning city. Smatterings of anti-aircraft fire and explosions fill the sky, and the sound of intense combat is heard in the distance.''

''Six lets Jorge's [[Dog Tags|dog tags]] slip slightly from his/her hand and places them in a chest pouch.''

''Cut to a building's rooftop. Occasional turret fire can be heard in the background. Six, still holding the pistol, creeps beside the edge, jumps down, and staggers slightly on his/her injured leg. The Spartan walks past plasma scarring on the wall and readies the pistol. He/she jumps down again onto a walkway.''

''Switches to Six's point of view: He/she lands safely on the [[Boardwalk]] and looks toward the road up ahead.''

''Two [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcons]] fly overhead, towards Traxus Tower.''

*'''[[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Stacker]] (COM)''': "Copy, Dispatch. What's the status of the tower pad?"

''A [[Navigation point]] appears on Traxus Tower. After walking past numerous dead civilians in a square, Noble Six enters a damaged building, and exits from the other side, engaging a small group of Skirmishers, then enters another building nearby.''

*'''[[Kilo 26]] (COM)''': "Copy, Kilo 40. FPF-1 at your command."

''Six enters the basement and engages more suicide Grunts. The Spartan easily dispatches them and exits the building. Outside, a Spirit dropship open its troop bay, revealing [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] inside. The Brutes fire their Spikers at the civilians and at the UNSC forces before being carried away on the Spirit. ''

*'''Civilian''': "Help! Somebody help us!"

*'''Civilian''': "They're coming! They're after us!"

*'''Trooper''': "Come on! Let's go!"

*'''Trooper''': "Brutes! Move to cover!"

*'''Trooper #2''': Picked up a friendly!"

*'''Trooper #3''': "A Spartan? Where the hell did he/she come from?"

*'''Trooper''': "Who cares? Spartan, assist!"

*'''Kilo 26 (COM)''': "Copy, Evac Team 7. Move to assist the evac."

*'''Trooper''': "Elevator in the atrium goes down to the cargo port. Cargo port goes to the tower."

*'''Trooper''': "Contacts, to the west!"

*'''Trooper''': "Okay. Lets move in, and find that elevator."

*'''Trooper''': "Somebody shut that damn thing off!"

*'''Trooper''': "What the hell's taking this thing so long?"

*'''Trooper''': "Dropships deploying to the courtyard, watch your flanks! Okay, everyone find some cover. Stay sharp! We need to hold this position."

*'''Trooper''': "Damn, Lieutenant... Glad you're on our side. The elevator will get you to the tower."

''Six walks past the wounded civilians and out the door. Some ODSTs are attempting to clear the skies.''

[[File:Reach Cargo Port.jpg|thumb|right|New Alexandria Cargo Port]]

*'''ODST''': "Hey, there he/she is, that's the one they're talking about!"

*'''ODST''': "Radio's buzzing about you, Spartan. You feel like jumping?"

*'''ODST''': "We've got an extra jetpack. Go ahead and try it on, Spartan."

*'''ODST''': "Welcome to the Bullfrogs. Other side, on my mark! 3, 2, 1 - jump!"

*'''ODST''': "We're gonna capture the landing pad on the executive wing so the evac birds can land. Try and keep up, Spartan."

*'''ODST''': "Death from above!"

''More ODSTs assist Six. They defeat all the hostiles on the port. Six advances to Traxus Tower.''

*'''ODST''': "Head up to the roof level, Spartan."

''The Spartan jumps on a walkway in the tower.''

*'''ODST''': "There's the pad, east end of that tower!"

*'''ODST (COM)''': "Other side, other side! Entrance is on the other side!"

''Six gets to the top, where he or she exits the tower. There, two ODSTs and some Troopers are engaging Covenant forces, while civilians stay behind cover.''

*'''ODST''': "Spartan, over here!"

*'''ODST''': "Clear that pad, Spartan!"

''Six and the troopers engage the troops inside and finally destroy the two turrets outside, securing the landing pad.''

*'''ODST''': "Pleasure jumping with you, Spartan. We'll hold this location. You get on that Falcon, make sure those transports get out in one piece."

*'''ODST''': "This is your ride, Spartan!"

*'''Pilot''': "City's been under siege for the last five days. Thought we had it in hand, then those corvettes showed up. Our fleet's scattered, pulling back. Hell, we all got orders to evacuate. Guess some of us just don't like leaving a job half-finished..."

*'''[[Delta 15]] (COM)''': "Evac transport Delta 15 to Evac Dispatch: loaded up, ready to go!"

*'''Pilot (COM)''': "Midtown airspace is way too hot, gonna take an alternate route."

*'''Delta 15 (COM)''': "Delta 15 to dispatch: Banshee squadron on my tail! Taking fire!"

*'''Delta 15 (COM)''': "Mayday! Port engines hit, we're going in! I'm going to try to set her down!"

*'''{{UNSCship|Stalwart Dawn}} (COM)''': "Solid copy, Fox Actual. Longswords unavailable at this time, over."

*'''[[6 Echo 2]] (COM)''': "This is civilian transport 6 Echo 2, I need to go ''now'', Sergeant Major!"

*'''Duvall (COM)''': "Hold on, Echo 2. ''Stalwart Dawn'', I have multiple personal craft loaded with civilians. I have ''got'' to get them out of this city. I need air support, ''now''!"

*'''6 Echo 2 (COM)''': "I've got six hundred souls on board, Sergeant Major! I can't wait any longer!"

*'''6 Echo 2 (COM)''': ''Damn it!''

''As the Falcon gets closer to the starport, 6 Echo 2 takes off regardless of orders. The Corvette over the starport instantly fires on the transport's port side with a [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo]], crippling the craft.''

*'''Pilot''': "Oh my God!"

*'''6 Echo 2 (COM)''': "Mayday! Mayday!"

*'''6 Echo 2 (COM)''': "Negative! We're going down...!"

*'''Pilot''': "''Son of a bitch!'' I can't watch this..."

*'''Duvall (COM)''': "Spartan! Sergeant Major Duvall. Hell of a day so far... Let's keep it from getting any worse, huh? Covies are all over my missile batteries, and I got five thousand civilians across the bay waiting for passage out. I need you to arm those batteries and fire those missiles from the central terminal. Understood? Corvette's been a pain in my ass for too damn long. Give it hell, Spartan!"

''Six and the troopers advance to the beach.''

''Six pushes forward to one of the batteries.''

*'''Duvall''': "First battery is armed! Other one's to your north/south."  

*'''[[7 Echo 3]] (COM)''': "This is 7 Echo 3 - I need to go now, Sergeant Major!"

*'''Duvall''': "That's it, batteries primed! Now get over to the East Compound, and fire those missiles!"

*'''Duvall (COM)''': "Missile defense online. All evac transports, you are cleared for takeoff! Repeat, you are clear for takeoff! Go, ''now''!"

''Six walks to an open area as the three transports speed over him/her and into space.''

*'''Catherine-B320 (COM)''': "We picked up your transponder about an hour ago, but we could not risk open comms. Covenant have this city sealed tight. We're getting nothing from Jorge."

*'''Catherine-B320 (COM)''': "...Understood. What's the situation at starport exit?"

*'''Catherine-B320 (COM)''': "Alright. We're bringing you to us."

*During the part where Noble Six and several troopers are leading civilians to an elevator, they will strangely not get on, even if the player stalls.

===Reference===

*Noble Six's pistol has [[List of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] rounds in its magazine at the beginning of this level.

*SPARTAN-B312's line ''"The last transport is away,"'' is likely a reference to ''[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''. A similar line, ''"The first transport is away,"'' is said when an orbiting Star Destroyer is disabled by a land-based ion cannon, allowing a transport vessel to evacuate [[w:c:starwars:Echo Base|Echo Base]].

===Miscellaneous===

*In the beginning [[cutscene]], Noble Six looks at his/her wrist before leaving the snowy mountain. This is because the original version of Six wore the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Tactical#Tactical/UGPS|Tactical/UGPS]] wrist  attachment, and that is what the SPARTAN would be using to figure out where to go.

*This is the only level the player will start with a wounded status as one will notice the health bar is 5 blocks from the center. This is to make it more realistic to the fact that Six got hurt when he/she fell from space.

*This is the first level in ''Halo: Reach'' in which the player fights Brutes, the first level where the Spiker and Gravity Hammer are usable, and the only level where no Elites are encountered.

*At the beginning of the level, Brute and Kig-Yar footprints can be found in blood around dead civilians.

*At the start of the level, several crows can be seen flying around. If the player fires on them, they have no death animation or corpse and will simply disappear.

*The same [[Forerunner]] symbol seen on the gate in ''[[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]'' can be found on this level. In the room before the one full of Suicide Grunts (the one with laundry in it) there is a bottle of cleaning fluid with the symbol on it. As one enters the room, it's on a shelf on the left. The bottle is blue with a white label. The symbol can only be seen while using night vision.

*If the player kills a civilian in this level, even accidentally, the player will die instantly. This is similar to the level ''Winter Contingency'', where killing a farmer will kill the player.

*Sometimes, the Bullfrogs may jump off the building after aiding the player with fending off the Brute lance. It is unknown if this action is scripted as usually two of the ODSTs can be seen jumping off the building as if scripted.

*Sergeant Major Duvall is invincible, as he is considered a plot-critical character due to his radio exchanges with the evacuating civilian transports. However, he remains in the staging area and doesn't participate in the battle, unless he is ordered into a Warthog by the player. He will eventually disappear if left in the staging area.

<gallery widths="160" captionalign="left">

File:SiegeNAConcept.jpg|Concept art of the level.

File:Exodus_Intro.jpg|The remnants of the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' on Reach.

File:Dog_Tags.jpg|Noble Six, holding [[Jorge-052]]'s dog tags.

{{Succession box | before = ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]'' <br />| title = ''Halo: Reach'' Campaign Missions | years = '''''Exodus''''' |after = ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''}}

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