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''John passes through the portal at the end to another room with several portals.'' | ''John passes through the portal at the end to another room with several portals.'' | ||
*'''Cortana''': "''Can't fight...'' '''''Didact'''''... ''and...'' '''''myself'''''... ''si-mul-ta''-neously!'' Opening another portal..." | *'''Cortana''': "''Can't fight...'' '''''Didact'''''... ''and...'' '''''myself'''''... ''si-mul-ta''-neously! ''Opening another portal...''" | ||
''John travels higher up into the room until he reaches it. The next room is an armory. A whispering Cortana can be heard in the background. For a few seconds the incoming transmission, instead of having the name "Cortana", has "Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]".'' | ''John travels higher up into the room until he reaches it. The next room is an armory. A whispering Cortana can be heard in the background. For a few seconds the incoming transmission, instead of having the name "Cortana", has "Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]".'' | ||
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*'''John-117''': "Where are you?" | *'''John-117''': "Where are you?" | ||
*'''Cortana''': "The Didact's ''cloaking'' the Composer from me! | *'''Cortana''': "The Didact's ''cloaking'' the Composer from me!" | ||
''Promethean troops arrive.'' | ''Promethean troops arrive.'' | ||
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*'''Cortana''': "I'm taking control of the local defense turrets." | *'''Cortana''': "I'm taking control of the local defense turrets." | ||
''Two [[beam turret]]s slowly charge and fire at the Crawlers. Cortana finishes and her image appears for the player to reclaim her.'' | ''Two [[Z-510 focus turret|beam turret]]s slowly charge and fire at the Crawlers. Cortana finishes and her image appears for the player to reclaim her.'' | ||
*'''Cortana''': "''I've got it. I locked him'' out of the system but I don't know for how long!" | *'''Cortana''': "''I've got it. I locked him'' out of the system but I don't know for how long!" | ||
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*'''Cortana''': (whispering) "Place the bomb in the core." | *'''Cortana''': (whispering) "Place the bomb in the core." | ||
''John returns to the original platform via a man cannon and fights off more Prometheans. Midway through, his HUD flickers more violently than | ''John returns to the original platform via a man cannon and fights off more Prometheans. Midway through, his HUD flickers more violently than before.'' | ||
''The current objective notice appears on John's HUD, but rather than an objective, it is a message from Cortana: "It's alright. But you must hurry…" John reaches the gravity lift at the end and is lifted to the light bridge. He runs down it to reach the machine at the end.'' | ''The current objective notice appears on John's HUD, but rather than an objective, it is a message from Cortana: "It's alright. But you must hurry…" John reaches the gravity lift at the end and is lifted to the light bridge. He runs down it to reach the machine at the end.'' | ||
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[[File:The Didact (player view).png|thumb|275px|John-117 faces the Didact.]] | [[File:The Didact (player view).png|thumb|275px|John-117 faces the Didact.]] | ||
''John struggles to climb up the edge. His shields are down and don't recharge. After looking down at the Composer's energy below, he pulls himself up and pulls out a [[Z-040 | ''John struggles to climb up the edge. His shields are down and don't recharge. After looking down at the Composer's energy below, he pulls himself up and pulls out a [[Z-040 pulse grenade|pulse grenade]]. The Didact is still struggling to free himself.'' <br /> | ||
''(If the player fails to climb up in time, the Didact breaks loose from his restraints and telekinetically pushes John off the bridge, and the game reverts to last checkpoint. If the player does not even attempt to climb, John automatically dies after a certain amount of time and the game resets.)'' | ''(If the player fails to climb up in time, the Didact breaks loose from his restraints and telekinetically pushes John off the bridge, and the game reverts to last checkpoint. If the player does not even attempt to climb, John automatically dies after a certain amount of time and the game resets.)'' | ||
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=== Glitches === | === Glitches === | ||
* If the player destroys the particle cannons before destroying the shield generator, the cutscene and dialog caused by their destruction will not start. Destroying the generator will cause the dialog to play with several seconds between lines; after the last line the cutscene will start. This can be accomplished by shooting through the hole that the energy beam goes through toward the particle cannons. To get a sightline and survive, the player must be just below the cannon and fire as soon as the target is about two meters wide, then pull up. | * If the player destroys the particle cannons before destroying the shield generator, the cutscene and dialog caused by their destruction will not start. Destroying the generator will cause the dialog to play with several seconds between lines; after the last line the cutscene will start. This can be accomplished by shooting through the hole that the energy beam goes through toward the particle cannons. To get a sightline and survive, the player must be just below the cannon and fire as soon as the target is about two meters wide, then pull up. | ||
=== Mistakes === | |||
* While this level takes place in July, the northern URNA, primarily [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], is clearly covered in snow. This is likely a developer oversight as Earth's [[wikipedia:Terminator (solar)|terminator line]] is inconsistent with the summer months. In July, the terminator runs northwest to southeast across North America in the morning, with the northernmost regions experiencing 24-hour sunlight. In-game the terminator runs northeast to southwest with the North Pole bathed in shadow, a phenomenon which occurs only in winter. | |||
* At roughly 30 miles (48.3 km) long,<ref>[http://www.polycount.com/2012/11/20/the-environment-art-of-halo-4/2/ '''Polycount''' - The Environment Art of ''Halo 4'']</ref> the distance from the level's starting point near the top of the ship to the Composer's location near the bottom is far shorter than the vessel's canonical height (371 kilometers) would entail.<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 193</ref> This is likely because the ship was not intended to be so large prior to the official establishment of its size, as evidenced by its scale against other vessels in the game's cutscenes. | |||
* In the cutscene in which Master Chief crashes the Broadsword, he picks up an assault rifle after attaching the warhead to his back. When gameplay begins, however, he is wielding a [[BR85HB battle rifle|battle rifle]] and a [[M739 SAW|SAW]]. There are also no assault rifles in this mission, and this is the only mission in ''Halo 4'' where he does not start with an assault rifle. | |||
* [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] is written as "Fleetcom" in subtitles when spoken, but as "FleetCom" when being spoken to. | |||
* In the Master Chief Collection version, a glitch randomly caused the prompt for planting the grenade in the Didact's chest to read "Press RT to fire machine gun."<ref>{{Plain|[https://youtu.be/zWhQ6RIPW38 '''YouTube''' - ''PRESS RT TO FIRE MACHINE GUN'']}}</ref> The correct (default) control is LT to throw a grenade. | |||
** As of the August 27, 2018 update, this bug has been fixed. | |||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
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* The scene in which the Didact falls into the slipspace portal is reminiscent of the death of [[wikipedia:Palpatine|Emperor Palpatine]] in ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]''. | * The scene in which the Didact falls into the slipspace portal is reminiscent of the death of [[wikipedia:Palpatine|Emperor Palpatine]] in ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]''. | ||
* The man cannon that launches John into the final section of the level is reminiscent of the end of the level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]'' from ''Halo 2''. In that level, John enters a gravity conduit to board the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Keyship]]. | * The man cannon that launches John into the final section of the level is reminiscent of the end of the level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]'' from ''Halo 2''. In that level, John enters a gravity conduit to board the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Keyship]]. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||