The Master Chief makes a crash landing in a snowy canyon near the Control Room. The rear port engine is too damaged for a normal landing. The Pelican arrives at Halo flying over unfinished terrain.
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Master Chief, the Arbiter, and Cortana passing over the Shadow of Intent.įades in to the Pelican John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Cortana are on board and heading towards Installation 08. When you need me." On Legendary difficulty, the rear half of the Forward Unto Dawn is shown drifting towards an unknown planet. The Master Chief goes into cryosleep to await rescue, ordering Cortana to " wake me. The Chief uploads Cortana to another holotank and she promises to drop a distress beacon, but warns that it could possibly be years before anyone finds and rescues them. This time, the Master Chief agrees with Cortana that their work is finished. In a post-credits scene, its revealed that the Master Chief survived, but is trapped in the rear half of the Forward Unto Dawn which was dropped out into unknown space when the Portal at Voi shut down from the damage caused when the Halo fired and "did a number on the Ark." Much like after their victory at the first Halo ring, Cortana lists their accomplishments - stopping the Covenant and the Prophet of Truth and the Flood - and believes that they are finished. 'Vadam then leaves for Sanghelios with Rtas 'Vadum on board the Shadow of Intent to ensure that their own world is safe. Lord Hood, though unable to forgive the Arbiter for what his species did to humanity, shakes hands with his former enemy and thanks him for standing by the Master Chief until the end. As a result, the Master Chief has been officially declared missing in action, though both Lord Hood and the Arbiter, the only Sangheili present at the memorial, express doubt over the Chief's presumed death.
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In March 2553, Lord Hood delivers a speech commemorating the fallen combatants of the battle, and reveals that the Chief, with Cortana in his helmet, did not return to Earth with the front half of the Forward Unto Dawn. The Chief, stuck in the cargo bay as they enter the portal, relaxes as the Halo fires and then explodes, killing the Gravemind and the Flood upon the Ark. After entering the frigate, the Arbiter heads to the bridge while the Chief uploads Cortana to a holotank and she proceeds to fire up the frigate's engines. Outside the Control Room, the Chief and the Arbiter battle their way to Johnson's Warthog, and race their way to the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn. He then says farewell to Johnson who dies from his injuries, and activates the ring with Cortana. The Chief, after firing 3 shots at the monitor, finally kills the rampant AI unit. He then hands the weapon to John-117 and faints. Just as Spark is about to kill the Spartan-II, Johnson, barely alive, fires his Spartan Laser and damages the monitor. The monitor then locks the Arbiter out of the Control Room and corners John-117. When Spark realizes that they are going to activate the unfinished Halo, which will destroy the Ark and the new installation, he fatally injures Johnson, who was activating the ring. After holding outside the Control Room for a while, 343 Guilty Spark opens the door and they reach the Control Room. However, the Gravemind sends Flood combat forms (and later pure forms), carried by Flood dispersal pods, to try to stop them.
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In this level, John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Sergeant Johnson make their way towards the Control Room in order to activate the ring using the Index from the first Halo encountered.