The Silent Cartographer: Difference between revisions

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|name='''''The Silent Cartographer'''''

|image=[[File:HCEA TheSilentCartographer Loadscreen.png|350px]]

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

|place= On the surface of [[Installation 04]]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Qy8gX3XmM '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''Two [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] dropships, [[Echo 419]], in front, and [[Bravo 022]], in back, approach an island, low over the water. The Master Chief is inside Echo 419.''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "You know [[23rd Naval Air Squadron|our]] motto: We Deliver."

''As the Chief boards the driver seat of the Warthog, two Marines occupy the passenger seat and the turret.''

*'''Cortana''': "Okay, let's move out. Let's go find the map room that will show us the location of Halo's control center."

*'''Cortana''': "There, in the cliff wall; I'll bet the Silent Cartographer is somewhere inside that facility."

*'''Cortana''': "We need to find the security override to get this door open."

''The Chief returns to the surface and explores the island on the Warthog. He eventually passes the substation, which juts out of a cliff.''  

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMyV9cjfBEc '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''The previously locked door opens to reveal the Sangheili Zealot, who dashes out of the door in surprise, his [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]] at the ready.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xmwc7J8uys '''{Anniversary ''Cutscene''}''']

''The Cartographer hologram display begins to spin, and the diagram of Halo begins to break into sections.''

*'''Rawley (COM)''': "Uh, Cortana - these coordinates are underground!"

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "The Covenant did a thorough seismic scan. My analysis shows that Halo is honeycombed with deep tunnels - which circle the whole ring."

*If the player doesn't move from the very beginning of the level until the Marines have cleared the beach and the Warthog is down, the normal dialogue will start with Cortana saying to move up the beach, without you being there to start it by getting in the driver seat of the Warthog.

*The Zealot in the first part of level who stands behind the door can be killed using several Magnum magazines or a lucky plasma grenade; however, he will still appear later in the level.

*It is also possible to drive the Warthog into the door before it locks near the beginning of the level. The door will close through the midsection of the Warthog, with the driver and passenger seats on the other side of the locked door. The person driving is able to get out of the Warthog at this point and stay on the other side of the doorway, skipping a large chunk of the level. If done, the Zealot on the other side will not move or act, and can be killed easily, though he will appear again upon coming back up when exiting the Cartographer. This glitch is quite hard to do, requiring that the Warthog be driven at full speed and with perfect accuracy into the doorway, and requires a bit of luck and knowledge of the path. The trick also can be done as player can dismount quickly before the door closes without having a Warthog get past through the door.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=IGN}}

*A Warthog can be driven down into the main structure to where the locked door is. If the Marines in the Warthog stay in the tunnels they will survive the [[Covenant]] attack at the end of the level. If the player manages to get the Warthog even further into the tunnel, where they first met the Zealot, and get inside, the Marines will freeze.

* On Easy and Normal difficulties, in the initial Pelican ride, the Chief sits next to Sergeant Waller on ''Echo 419''; however, on Heroic and Legendary difficulties, the Chief sits next to an Asian Marine.

* This level is the most popular to perform [[Warthog jumping]] on, due to the large number of Marines, Warthogs, and the presence of rocket launchers. Its popularity lead to the creation of the flash game called Pelican.{{citation needed}}

* If the player returns to the circular open area where the pair Hunters are confronted before boarding ''[[Echo 419]]'', there will be a landed Spirit dropship with a lance of Grunts and Jackals guarding it. These lances were probably part of the forces that overwhelmed the Marines guarding the beach.

* When entering the chamber of the unlocked door in the Cartographer building, there is a large locked vent-like installation in the wall of the first room with sleeping Grunts. This vent-like component may be some sort of inactive [[Sentinel launcher]].

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