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[[File:Halo- Reach Multiplayer Invasion.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A group of players in Invasion in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''.]]

Invasion is a team-based gametype and can be described as a large vehicular-based firefight.<ref name="1UP"/> The default Invasion gametype is broken into three phases; successfully completing an objective in one phase will unlock the next phase. If the Spartans can hold out during any one phase, the game is over and they score a victory. As a result, UNSC [[Longswords]] will fly overhead and clear the zone with a tactical strike, rendering any and all data stored on the core completely destroyed. Should the Elites be in control of the current objective, the game will go into Sudden Death mode where respawning is disabled.

[[Invasion Slayer]] is a 6 vs 6, [[Spartan]]s-vs-[[Elite]]s slayer variant where players will eliminate the opposing team in order to score points; obtaining a total of 100 kills will end the game.<ref name="slayer"/> Similar to the default Invasion gametype, the slayer gametype will be regulated through Phases which can be unlocked by either acquiring a specific amount of kills or surpassing a specific time.<ref name="slayer"/>

''Standard Invasion'' mode is the default Invasion feature. Currently, the feature is playable on three maps; [[Boneyard]], [[Breakpoint]], and [[Spire]]. Boneyard's version of Invasion features the Elites on the offensive, trying to obtain a [[data core|UNSC data core]] with valuable information on it, while the Spartans are tasked with defending it. In Breakpoint's version of Invasion, the Spartans are required to prevent the Elites from extracting a data core from an ONI science facility. In Spire's version the roles are reversed: Spartans must recover a data core being held by the Elites at the top of the spire.

Phase 1 is the first phase of the Invasion Slayer gametype and ends once the scoring reaches 25 kills or the timing reaches four minutes.<ref name="slayer"/> The next phase will be unlocked if any of these markers are surpassed.

Phase 2 is the next phase of the Invasion Slayer gametype and ends once the scoring reaches 50 kills or the time limit reaches eight minutes.<ref name="slayer"/> The next phase will be unlocked if any of these markers are surpassed.

In Phase 3, the attackers must retrieve the data core and deliver it back to the Phantom or Pelican hovering onto the scaffolding near the ridge. Elites will have four loadouts. Spartans will have four equally powerful choices.<ref name="invaders"/> Elites will unlock a Banshee in this phase, and Spartans unlock a Scorpion Tank (''Boneyard'') or a Falcon (''Breakpoint'' and ''Spire''). The attackers win when they successfully deliver the data core to the Phantom, also ending the game. If the Elites fail to capture the data core after four minutes, the round ends with the Phantom being destroyed by Longswords.

Phase 3 is the final phase of the Invasion Slayer gametype and ends once the scoring reaches 100 or the match's time limit runs out.<ref name="slayer"/> Surpassing either of these markers will officially end the game.<ref name="slayer"/> There are also several areas to capture, once captured reinforcements will be dropped to your base. The higher your score the better the reinforcement.

''Reversed Invasion'' is essentially an Invasion mode with reverse roles; Spartans will be on the offensive trying to capture a [[Covenant power module]] from a [[Covenant Spire|Spire]] defended by the Elites. [[Spire]] is the only known map to feature this invasion mode.

Phase 2 requires the Spartans to activate the Spire, again by securing one of two designated areas for twenty seconds. In this phase, the Spartans will be provided a Warthog to assist them in their objective. Power weapons begin to spawn on the map in this phase. The Spartans obtain a sniper rifle, a rocket launcher, and a shotgun. Elites obtain a [[Focus Rifle]] and a [[Plasma Launcher]]. Loadouts are broadened to include medium range weapons such as the DMR and Needle Rifle for Spartans and Elites, respectively. If the Spartans successfully activate the Spire, the match will proceed to Phase 3.

*In the Halo: Reach Beta, SPARTAN command was voiced by [[Paul Eiding]].

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