Take a right and continue walking down the hallway until a closing boarding door prevents you from continuing. Continue down the hallway, walk through a door, and crouch under the next jammed boarding door. To the left of you, there is a large tube, jump over it. He will die in a freak explosion in his attempt to guide you to the cockpit, which jams the door he was bringing you through. Once he is done, or if you chose a higher difficulty level, he will tell you that Captain Keyes expects to see you at The Bridge-The Pillar of Autumn's cockpit.įollow him. He will also enable and test your shield. Tech Officer Marcus (COM): 'Affirmative.Once you exit the Cryo-Tube, an engineer will conduct some basic tests to ensure your controls are configured as you like them and their accuracy.You'd better get to your evac group, Sam!' I'll leave the self-diagnostics running, at least.' (to the Chief) The skipper seems jumpy, we'd better get moving. Captain Jacob Keyes (COM): 'On the double, crewman.'.Tech Chief Shephard: 'Captain, we'll have to skip the weapons diagnostics and I-'.Send the Master Chief to the bridge immediately.' Captain Jacob Keyes (COM): 'Bridge to Cryo 2, this is Captain Keyes.Sam Marcus is shot and killed by an Elite. Tech Officer Marcus (COM): 'Recharging normal.The Chief's shields get depleted, and recharge themselves again.

Bring them down to test the automatic recharge.' The Chief's shield meter appears, and charges to full. Tech Chief Shephard: 'Okay, bring his energy shields online please.'.Tech Chief Shephard: 'Stand on the yellow square.The Chief looks at Thom, but isn't on the square between the shield testers:' Sensors show inbound Covenant boarding craft. Cortana (COM): 'Fire teams: Report to defensive positions Alpha through Sierra.Tech Chief Shephard: 'Please follow me to the energy shield test station.'.(pause) I'm ready for the energy shield test now.' But if you want, you can change it yourself later. Tech Officer Marcus (COM): 'OK, I'll leave the pitch normal/inverted.Tech Officer Marcus: 'Is that better or should I switch it back?'.Tech Officer Marcus: 'Try targeting the flashing lights again.'.I'm going to invert your looking pitch, so you can see if you like it better that way.' Tech Officer Marcus: 'Sir, I'm getting some calibration errors.Tech Chief Shephard: 'Okay, that looks good.'.Just look at each of the flashing panels to target them. Tech Chief Shephard: 'I know the ordnance techs usually take care of your targeting sensors, but we're short of time, Chief.When the Chief faces Thom and stands on the square: Tech Chief Shephard: 'Stand on the red square, please.'.Tech Chief Shephard: 'Sir, I need you to look at me so we can begin.'Ĭhief turns to look at Thom, but isn't standing on the square:.If the Chief does not face Thom or begins to wander: Thom walks over, soon Master Chief follows him and stands on a red square. Take a quick walk around the cryo bay and join me at the optical diagnostics station when you're ready.' Tech Chief Shephard: 'I gave you a double dose of the wake-up stim.The Master Chief gets out of the cryotube. On Heroic and Legendary, they can be used right from the start. On Easy and Normal difficulty, the motion sensor and grenades are disabled until certain moments in the level. In Heroic and Legendary difficulty, this is automatically skipped and the player immediately heads out to find Captain Keyes. In Easy and Normal, the player goes through a testing diagnostic showing the bare basics of controls. Sergeant Johnson makes different speeches at the beginning of the level, one for each difficulty. This level is modified depending on the difficulty chosen. The main objective of the mission is escaping the ship. This level is set in the UNSC Pillar of Autumn and mainly consists of training (below Heroic, or when the player first plays the game).

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