The Heretic: Difference between revisions

{{Era|RW}}

|prev=''[[Halo: Combat Evolved credits]]'' (<small>''[[Halo PC credits|PC]]''</small>) (<small>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary credits|Anniversary]]''</small>)

*''[[The Maw]]'' (chronologically)

|image=[[File:H2A-HighCouncilSession.jpg|375px]]

|date=*Post-war (<small>''Anniversary''</small>)

|place=Aboard ''[[High Charity]]'' and ''[[Cairo Station]]''

{{Article Quote|For failure such as this, no punishment is too great.}}

'''{''Anniversary-only Cutscene''}'''

[[File:Locke&SangheiliMajor.png|thumb|250px|Locke converses with a Major.]]

''Opens to an orange sky. A [[Type-56 Lich]] flies among the clouds. Cut to the inside of the Lich. A [[Sangheili Major]] faces [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan-IV]] [[Jameson Locke]].''

*'''Sangheili Major''': "I do not trust you. He may... but I do not."

''Spartan Locke stares back sternly. Behind him stands three other Spartan-IVs.''

''Locke turns to a figure approaching him. The Major walks off. Locke faces to figure, who is revealed to be Thel 'Vadam.''

*'''Thel 'Vadam''': "It is my trust you must earn."

'''Vadam passes by Locke and inspects a hologram of a Forerunner construct.''

''Locke presents a small pad on his palm that shows a spinning hologram of John-117. Arbiter growls.''

''Locke glances at the nearby Sangheil Majors and [[Sangheili Ultra|Ultras]].''

*'''Locke''': "May I ask you something? You people used to call him "[[Covenant religion#Demons|Demon]]." Was that an insult or a complement?"

''Arbiter glances at the Sangheili and turns back."

*'''Thel 'Vadam''': "He was indeed my enemy. But in time, I named him ally, even friend."

 

*'''Thel 'Vadam''': "The events which forged this bond were... (''looks briefly at Locke'') complicated."

[[File:H2A - Alpha Halo remains.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The burning remnants of Installation 04 as the Covenant armada converges on Threshold.]]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP1qMOPdaLA '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Fade in on the broken pieces of [[Installation 04]], still burning. Groups of [[The Covenant|Covenant]] {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}s prowl among them.''

''Fade in to the [[Council Chamber]]. Rows of [[Honor Guard]] [[Sangheili]] stand at attention. A single [[Sangheili Zealot]] stands at the end, facing two [[High Prophet]]s.''

''The stadium seats are filled with Sangheili and [[San 'Shyuum]] [[Councilors]], who are muttering amongst themselves.''

*'''[[Prophet of Mercy]]''': "Why was it not destroyed, with the rest of their fleet?"

''Fades to white and to a flashback: the UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'' escaping from Reach as Covenant ships surround it.''

*'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "But I followed with all the ships in my command."

*'''Prophet of Regret''': ''(angrily)'' "Yet the humans were able to [[Battle of Installation 04|evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps]]!"

''Cuts back to the Council Chamber. The San 'Shyuum Councilors stand up and yell angrily. Sangheili Councilors mutter to each other. [[Tartarus]], standing nearby, chuckles to himself.''

*'''Prophet of Regret''': ''(whispers to Truth)'' "Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it."

*'''[[Prophet of Objection]]''': ''(Stands up and shows a fist)'' "Nay, it was heresy!"

*'''Thel 'Vadamee''': ''(to the Hierarchs)'' "I will continue my campaign against the humans!"

''Truth glances at Tartarus, and the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]] barks a command. Two Jiralhanae warriors approach 'Vadamee and try to grab him, but the Sangheili shakes them off and he starts walking to his fate willingly. They escort him out of the chamber.''

''View fades to a new background. The circular ornament on the Prophet of Truth's headpiece is replaced by Earth's moon.  The view then pans to [[Earth]] itself, focusing on three orbital [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] [[Orbital Defense Platform|stations]] in orbit. A few [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ships fly past.''

'''Earth Defense Platform, [[Cairo Station|Cairo]]'''

*'''[[Unidentified Master Gunnery Sergeant|Master Gunnery Sergeant]]''': "Your [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|plating]] was about to fail, there's viscosity throughout the [[Hydrostatic Gel|gel]] layer..."

[[File:H2A - Tell that to the Covenant.jpg|thumb|200px|right|John-117 with his new armor.]]

The UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'' is represented by the {{Class|Marathon|cruiser}} model, despite the fact that it is a {{Class|Halcyon|cruiser}}. This was likely done to conserve resources during the development of the game; The vessel is properly represented as a Halcyon once more in the remastered ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''.

 

*This level is one of the only four levels in the entire ''Halo'' series in which there is no gameplay; the others being ''[[Noble Actual]]'', ''[[Prologue]]'', and ''[[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue ]]''.

*The two Jiralhanae that accompany Thel 'Vadamee varies in rank during each playthrough. They could be both [[Jiralhanae Major|Major]], both [[Jiralhanae Minor|Minor]], or one Major and one Minor.

File:Battle of Reach.jpg|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escapes Reach as the Covenant glass the planet. NOTE: Here it is incorrectly represented as a Marathon-type in ''Halo 2''.  

===Halo 2 Anniversary===

File:H2A - Armory sergeant.jpg|''Cairo Station'''s Armory Sergeant assesses the damage on the Master Chief's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V armor]].  

{{Level|H2}}