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====The Drop==== | ====The Drop==== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H3 ODST - Buck Dare Argument.png|thumb|250px|Gunnery Sergeant Buck and Captain Dare arguing.]] | ||
{{quote|no=three|[[Michael Crespo|Private First Class Michael Crespo]]|[[Taylor H. Miles|Corporal Taylor Miles]]|[[Kojo Agu|Lance Corporal Kojo Agu]]|q1=The Navy put up a good fight.|q2='Course they did. It's Earth.|q3=Better late than never.|An exchange between PFC Michael Crespo, Cpl. Taylor Miles and LCpl. Kojo Agu prior to the drop.}} | {{quote|no=three|[[Michael Crespo|Private First Class Michael Crespo]]|[[Taylor H. Miles|Corporal Taylor Miles]]|[[Kojo Agu|Lance Corporal Kojo Agu]]|q1=The Navy put up a good fight.|q2='Course they did. It's Earth.|q3=Better late than never.|An exchange between PFC Michael Crespo, Cpl. Taylor Miles and LCpl. Kojo Agu prior to the drop.}} | ||
The game begins at around 4:00pm, [[2552#October|October 20th, 2552]]. The majority of an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] [[Buck's squad|squad]] are preparing for [[Operation: BUMRUSH|the mission]] on board the {{UNSCShip|Say My Name}} orbiting high above [[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]. They are grouped around a [[Holotank|holo-table]], which shows the [[Covenant]] [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Covenant assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', hovering near the city's [[Mombasa Tether|space tether]]. [[Taylor H. Miles|Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles]], [[Kojo Agu|Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu]], and [[Private First Class]] [[Michael Crespo|Michael "Mickey" Crespo]] are gathered around the holo-table. [[Rookie|Lance Corporal "Rookie"]] is asleep in his [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV drop pod]] at the back of the room. | The game begins at around 4:00pm, [[2552#October|October 20th, 2552]]. The majority of an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] [[Buck's squad|squad]] are preparing for [[Operation: BUMRUSH|the mission]] on board the {{UNSCShip|Say My Name}} orbiting high above [[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]. They are grouped around a [[Holotank|holo-table]], which shows the [[Covenant]] [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Covenant assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', hovering near the city's [[Mombasa Tether|space tether]]. [[Taylor H. Miles|Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles]], [[Kojo Agu|Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu]], and [[Private First Class]] [[Michael Crespo|Michael "Mickey" Crespo]] are gathered around the holo-table. [[Rookie|Lance Corporal "Rookie"]] is asleep in his [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV drop pod]] at the back of the room. | ||
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The ODSTs endure multiple Covenant attacks while waiting for Mickey to arrive. When Mickey and the rest of the squad reach their position, the group boards their captured Phantom, narrowly avoiding a Covenant carrier's glassing beam. They escape the city as more and more Covenant ships arrive to excavate the portal. | The ODSTs endure multiple Covenant attacks while waiting for Mickey to arrive. When Mickey and the rest of the squad reach their position, the group boards their captured Phantom, narrowly avoiding a Covenant carrier's glassing beam. They escape the city as more and more Covenant ships arrive to excavate the portal. | ||
[[File: | [[File:ONI orbital facility.png|thumb|250px|Sergeant Johnson and Captain Dare arrive to interrogate the Huragok held in the facility.]] | ||
A month later, Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] has given [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] clearance to interrogate Vergil on an [[ONI orbital facility]]. Dare warns Johnson to be careful. As the two enter the room, they see Vergil toying with the optics of a drone fighter. The squad is clustered around the Huragok, with the Rookie asleep in a corner. Johnson casually tosses his lighter to the delicate (and flammable) creature, much to Dare's alarm, which Johnson ignores. Johnson expresses the mutual loathing that humans and the Huragok share towards the Brutes, and appeals to Vergil to help the human cause, stating that "You're (Vergil) gonna tell me exactly what they're looking for. And then, you're gonna help me stop 'em." Vergil raises the lighter, flicks it open, and lights the cigar that Johnson just placed in his mouth, suggesting that the Engineer is friendly and willing to cooperate with the humans. | A month later, Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] has given [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] clearance to interrogate Vergil on an [[ONI orbital facility]]. Dare warns Johnson to be careful. As the two enter the room, they see Vergil toying with the optics of a drone fighter. The squad is clustered around the Huragok, with the Rookie asleep in a corner. Johnson casually tosses his lighter to the delicate (and flammable) creature, much to Dare's alarm, which Johnson ignores. Johnson expresses the mutual loathing that humans and the Huragok share towards the Brutes, and appeals to Vergil to help the human cause, stating that "You're (Vergil) gonna tell me exactly what they're looking for. And then, you're gonna help me stop 'em." Vergil raises the lighter, flicks it open, and lights the cigar that Johnson just placed in his mouth, suggesting that the Engineer is friendly and willing to cooperate with the humans. | ||
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''ODST'' has the main protagonist, the Rookie, searching for beacons across the city of New Mombasa.<ref name = "Game Informer December '08 page 3">''Game Informer: December 2008'', page 3</ref> It is up to the player on how to get to any specific location, giving an open-world feeling to the game; this is in contrast to the main trilogy, which has a more linear gameplay style. The "beacons" are various objects, each linked to a particular squad mate in some way. Finding one of these objects sends the player back in the game to find out what happened to one of his five squadmates ([[Edward Buck|Buck]], [[Veronica Dare|Dare]], [[Taylor H. Miles|Dutch]], [[Kojo Agu|Romeo]], and [[Michael Crespo|Mickey]]).<ref name = "Game Informer December '08 page 3"/> Once you go back in time for a short period, you will take control of the player for a single mission, and play the situations that the particular character went through. Unlike the overall game, these flashback scenes go along the path of the linear gameplay that has been common throughout the original trilogy of ''Halo''. | ''ODST'' has the main protagonist, the Rookie, searching for beacons across the city of New Mombasa.<ref name = "Game Informer December '08 page 3">''Game Informer: December 2008'', page 3</ref> It is up to the player on how to get to any specific location, giving an open-world feeling to the game; this is in contrast to the main trilogy, which has a more linear gameplay style. The "beacons" are various objects, each linked to a particular squad mate in some way. Finding one of these objects sends the player back in the game to find out what happened to one of his five squadmates ([[Edward Buck|Buck]], [[Veronica Dare|Dare]], [[Taylor H. Miles|Dutch]], [[Kojo Agu|Romeo]], and [[Michael Crespo|Mickey]]).<ref name = "Game Informer December '08 page 3"/> Once you go back in time for a short period, you will take control of the player for a single mission, and play the situations that the particular character went through. Unlike the overall game, these flashback scenes go along the path of the linear gameplay that has been common throughout the original trilogy of ''Halo''. | ||
Due to the fact the player is an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]], the motion tracker and shielding featured in the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] battle armor suit are not available and the player must instead rely on a more traditional health bar/medkit system. The shielding is replaced with stamina through breathing intervals but it can still take damage from falling down from heights naturally. On some levels, the player is able to receive energy shielding on top of their stamina and health bar if they are close enough to the [[Huragok]] [[Quick to Adjust|Vergil]], similar to ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' where Huragok provide the [[Sangheili]] extra shielding aside from their own energy shield. The Rookie and his squadmates are not able to dual-wield weapons, such as the [[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun]] and the | Due to the fact the player is an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]], the motion tracker and shielding featured in the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] battle armor suit are not available and the player must instead rely on a more traditional health bar/medkit system. The shielding is replaced with stamina through breathing intervals but it can still take damage from falling down from heights naturally. On some levels, the player is able to receive energy shielding on top of their stamina and health bar if they are close enough to the [[Huragok]] [[Quick to Adjust|Vergil]], similar to ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' where Huragok provide the [[Sangheili]] extra shielding aside from their own energy shield. The Rookie and his squadmates are not able to dual-wield weapons, such as the [[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun]] and the {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}. They also cannot use the [[equipment|deployable equipment]] featured in ''Halo 3''. | ||
On the other hand, the player receives a helmet-integrated data management system known as the [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance]] (or VISR), which includes a low-light vision mode which identifies allies and enemies through the HUD on his helmet's visor by illuminating and classifying objects; green outline for allies, red outline for enemies, blue for scavengable weapons, vehicles, ammo and grenades, and a thick yellow outline for important objects. Outlines of scenery and objects that will block weapons-fire have a thinner yellow outline. The VISR can also be used to manage waypoints, mission objectives, and information which will help the player. The squad has two new weapons, the [[M7S Caseless Submachine Gun|M7S Submachine Gun]] and the [[M6C/SOCOM]], which the protagonist and most of his comrades land with in Mombasa during the initial drop. Also, the grenade limit has been increased to 3 per grenade type. Crouching now causes the player's camera to slightly bob. | On the other hand, the player receives a helmet-integrated data management system known as the [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance]] (or VISR), which includes a low-light vision mode which identifies allies and enemies through the HUD on his helmet's visor by illuminating and classifying objects; green outline for allies, red outline for enemies, blue for scavengable weapons, vehicles, ammo and grenades, and a thick yellow outline for important objects. Outlines of scenery and objects that will block weapons-fire have a thinner yellow outline. The VISR can also be used to manage waypoints, mission objectives, and information which will help the player. The squad has two new weapons, the [[M7S Caseless Submachine Gun|M7S Submachine Gun]] and the [[M6C/SOCOM]], which the protagonist and most of his comrades land with in Mombasa during the initial drop. Also, the grenade limit has been increased to 3 per grenade type. Crouching now causes the player's camera to slightly bob. | ||
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#[[Kizingo Boulevard]] - ''"Scorpion rampage through the heart of the city."'' | #[[Kizingo Boulevard]] - ''"Scorpion rampage through the heart of the city."'' | ||
#[[ONI Alpha Site]] - ''"Fall back, deny access to this vital facility."'' | #[[ONI Alpha Site]] - ''"Fall back, deny access to this vital facility."'' | ||
#[[ | #[[NMPD HQ]] - ''"Pelican down. Keep your sniper rifle handy."'' | ||
#[[Kikowani Station]] - ''"Aerial combat in the flooded city."'' | #[[Kikowani Station]] - ''"Aerial combat in the flooded city."'' | ||
#[[Data Hive]] - ''"Find Dare, secure the Superintendent."'' | #[[Data Hive]] - ''"Find Dare, secure the Superintendent."'' | ||