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{{disambig header|campaign level|other uses of "The Maw"|The Maw (disambiguation)}}

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|pagegamelabel=CE

|prev=''[[Keyes]]''

|name='''''The Maw'''''

|image=[[File:HCEA TheMaw Loadscreen.png|300px]]

|date= [[2552#September 20, 2552|September 22, 2552]]

|place=Inside the crash site of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}

The [[John-117|Master Chief]] makes his way through the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'s wreck in order to detonate the ship's [[Fusion drive|fusion reactors]] and destroy Halo, the [[Flood]], and the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] armada, thus preventing the destruction of humans and potentially, all sentient life in the galaxy. Just like the previous two levels, the player has no allies.  

==Transcripts==

*'''[[Cortana]]''': "This thing is falling apart!"

*'''Cortana''': "We're not gonna make it!"

''The Banshee drops just before reaching the Bumblebee slip and smashes into the side of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', sending debris and fire hurling out madly.''

*'''Cortana''': "You did that ''on purpose'', didn't you?"

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfE0FRSpD4 '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''The Master Chief takes Cortana's chip from his helmet and inserts it into the cylindrical terminal near the front of the bridge. Cortana's avatar appears above it. She looks around.''

*'''Cortana''': "I leave home for a few days, and look what happens. This won't take long."

<tt>'''SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATED'''</tt>

''343 Guilty Spark flutters around Engineering, as groups of [[Sentinel]]s hover around in the background, and scans another console.''

*'''343 Guilty Spark:''' "Oh, how I will enjoy every moment of its categorization! And to think that you would destroy this installation, as well as this record... I ''am'' shocked. Almost too shocked for words."

*'''Cortana''': "He stopped the self-destruct sequence..."

*'''343 Guilty Spark (COM)''': "Why do you continue to fight us, [[Reclaimer]]? You cannot win! Give us the construct, and I will endeavor to make your death relatively painless, and -"

*'''Cortana''': "Not much. A well-placed grenade perhaps, but why-"

''Cortana turns to see the Master Chief, who is calmly tossing a [[M9 fragmentation grenade|fragmentation grenade]] up and down. She nods reluctantly.''

*'''Cortana''': "The ship was heavily damaged when it crashed. Head to the cryo chamber. We should be able to get to the engine room through there."

===Light Fuse, Run Away===

*'''Cortana''': "That did it! The engine's gone critical! Based on the current rate of decay, we should have fifteen minutes to get off the ship; we don't have much time! We should move outside and signal for evac. Accessing schematics... There's a service lift at the top of the engine room! It leads to a [[Class Seven service corridor]] that runs along the ship's dorsal structure. Hurry!"

''The Chief reaches the elevator. A [[Covenant Special Operations]] team, led by [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], descends to meet him. He defeats the Covenant and starts the long ride up.''

''The Chief drives down the corridor. Flood, Covenant, and Sentinels are fighting all around him. Eventually he nears the site where Foehammer is supposed to extract him. A Spirit flies over and lands.''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Affirmative, Cortana. Foe Hammer inbound."

''If the Chief enters one of the maintenance tunnels, he will find [[Thirsty Grunt|a lone Covenant soldier]]:''

''The Chief comes around the final S-curve in the corridor.''

*'''Cortana''': "That's the ship! ''Move''! We need to get aboard, ''now''!"

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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSxFKf7kugQ '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''The Chief, with no weapon in hand, makes a break across the platform for the Longsword, masses of Flood combat forms closing in behind him. He makes it through the open door just before them, and slams the hatch shut.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLz8yIe8zW0 '''{Anniversary ''Legendary Cutscene''}''']

''[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] struggles with an uncloaked Stealth Sangheili ([[Sangheili Zealot]] in ''Anniversary'') for an assault rifle. A multitude of dead Flood forms surround them, with the ''Pillar of Autumn'' in the background.''

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''The Longsword clears the atmosphere, flying away from Halo. The Master Chief stares straight ahead, piloting the fighter as quickly as he can.''  

''Game ends.''

==Trivia==

===Glitches===

*If the player opens the exhaust vent and jump inside it before firing the rocket, the vent will close on the player. The player will take damage and die from the heat. This is easier on co-op, when the second player can fire the rocket.

*During the Warthog escape on co-op, the weight of the second player manning the turret can cause difficulties making jumps on the large ramps, causing the Warthog to flip over backwards in the air. Having the second player in the passenger seat, however, will keep the Warthog balanced.

===Mistakes===

*The Banshees that attack and follow ''Echo 419'' have open cockpits so they look like no one is piloting them. The Banshees do not actually fire shots that destroy ''Echo 419''. If the player fires at the Banshees, they will not receive any damage and cannot be destroyed until after ''Echo 419'' has passed over the extraction point.

*In ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'', after completing the level the carnage report will show that 4 Brutes were killed. This is because the engines that the player destroys are actually invisible AI that can only be "killed" by explosives. This is how the game detects that an explosive was used and triggers the resulting explosion. The game doesn't know what to classify the AI as in the carnage report, so Brutes are chosen. This may be due to the fact that Brutes are first in an alphabetical list of enemies, so they are chosen by default.

*In the level's Warthog Run, there is a room under one of the runways that has the word "[[Rex|REX]]" written in [[human]] blood splatters and bullet holes.

*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', the [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 10|tenth and final terminal]] can be found in the Cryo Bay's second floor, where Sentinels are fighting a large Flood force. The terminal is a computer screen on the wall, similar to the first terminal.

===References===

*Part of the opening dialog in which Cortana says "We're not going to make it!" which the Chief replies with "We'll make it" is repeated in the end cutscene of the level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]'' in ''[[Halo 3]]''.

*When the player has destroyed the engines, Cortana will say, "it leads to a class '''[[Seven|7]]'''-service corridor that runs along the ship's dorsal structure."

*The dialogue of Cortana where she warns the player about the gap in the trench starts when the player is exactly [[Seven|700]] meters away from [[Launch Bay 7]].

===Miscellaneous===

*In the cutscene where the Chief takes off his helmet, he actually has a second helmet on underneath, because [[Bungie]] didn't model a face for him. This can only be seen with the proper modding tools required to alter cutscenes. This was also revealed in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' Legendary Edition bonus disc.

*If one skips the bridge cutscene before the Sentinels shatter the main display, the display will not be shattered when gameplay resumes, and will not shatter no matter how long the Sentinels or the player shoots at it. This can actually be quite advantageous as it provides the player with additional cover when fighting the Sentinels. If the Sentinels kill the player, the glass may reappear when they respawn.

*This is the only level where Sangheili Combat Forms will use [[Active Camouflage]]. They will come in from the locked door in the armory, along with several regular Combat Forms. There will sometimes also be several human Combat Forms that have Active Camouflage activated, although there is no known reason for this. Since feral Flood are non-sentient, it is unlikely that they share equipment. The Sangheili Combat Forms are referenced as "floodcombat elite stealth unarmed" in the code, and can be seen in HMT, and with the default tagset of the Halo Editing Kit, and states that these are likely infected Stealth Sangheili.

*When Halo explodes, it sometimes makes the same gurgling noise made by Flood Combat Forms.

*Apart from the Legendary ending, the only way one can actually see the ''Pillar of Autumn'' explode is to let the timer run down to zero. A cutscene will show it exploding.

*Aggressor Sentinels will start coming through Bumblebee airlocks if the player hangs around the airlocks long enough at the beginning of the level.

File:HCEA_TheMaw_Hangar_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the Longsword hangar bay.

File:HCEA_TheMaw_Pillars_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the various ramps and pillars in the Warthog run.

File:CEAJC.jpg|John-117 and Cortana in the bridge.

File:HCEA LegendaryEnding.jpg|Johnson prepares to hug the Zealot in the Legendary ending.

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