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*** TABLE OF CONTENTS ***
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1. Hints & Tips               [HNTTP]
2. Story Walkthrough          [WLKTH]
2.0  Prepare to Drop     [TUTRL]
2.1  New Mombasa Streets [NWMBS]
2.2  Tayari Plaza        [ACT01]
2.3  Uplift Reserve      [ACT02]
2.4  Kizingo Boulevard   [ACT03]
2.5  ONI Alpha Site      [ACT04]
2.6  NMPD HQ             [ACT05]
2.7  Kikowani Station    [ACT06]
2.8  Data Hive           [ACT07]
2.9  Coastal Highway     [ACT08]
3. Audio Logs                 [AULGS]
4. Firefight Tips             [FRFGT]
5. Unlockables                [UNLKB]
6. Achievements               [ACHMT]
7. Avatar Awards              [AVAWR]
8. Special Thanks             [THNKS]
9. Contact                    [CNTCT]
10. About Me                   [INTRD]
11. Version History            [VERHI]
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***   HINTS & TIPS    *** [HNTTP]
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- In close quarters combat, you should always attempt to melee, it is instant
and usually fatal. Trying to shoot up close is usually inaccurate and much
less effective
- Always take cover when the screen begins to turn red and let your stamina
regenerate. This is especially important on Heroic and Legendary difficulties
- ODSTs may not have motion trackers like the Master Chief but they do have the
VISR map. Here you can track enemy locations within a reasonable distance and
see approximately where they are. This makes it much easier to plan out an
attack.
- Subtlety is sometimes the key to getting through certian areas, if you can
sneak past a fight you should do so, as it will greatly reduce the amount of
frustration you will encounter on the higher difficulty settings.
- practice with different combinations of weapons, each has its own strengths
and weaknesses for you to experiment with.
- Explore each area to the fullest, you never know when you will stumble upon
some of those power weapons (rockets, spartan lasers, flamethrowers etc...)
hidden in the most unlikely places.
- Use the plasma pistol! The primary fire is next to useless, but hitting an
enemy with the secondary overcharge function is a sure fire way to take down
a brutes armor or destroy a jackals shield, leaving them open for a nice.
clean headshot.
- Use the plasma pistol overcharge feature on an occupied vehicle and watch it
short circuit for a few seconds. Ehilst the vehicle is unable to move, take
out an alternate weapon and pop the driver before functionality is restored.
- Hijack vehicles when you can, sometimes keeping a little bit of technology
between your enemies and the seat of your pants can make all the difference
on the difficulty of a particular fight.
- If you can get up close and personal with a shotgun, fire away, then
immediately follow up with a quick melee attack and then fire once again.
This is an instant kill on most enemies, even on legendary.
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***     WALKTHROUGH   *** [WLKTH]
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This walkthrough will provide players with the fastest route for each level
from beginning to the end. Although I have done my best to emit them, there
may still be a few spoilers floating around below. If so I apologise in
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***   Prepare to Drop  *** [TUTRL]
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You will gain control of your character sitting in his crashed pod above the
city streets. You will be prompted to look around the pod to set up your
inverted/un-inverted controller settings. When you are happy with your
settings, when prompted use the RB button whilst looking at each of the four
lights to open the pod and drop down to the street.
This mission acts as a bit of a tutorial, you will be in a small segment of New
Mombasa, after this mission the rest of the city will become accessible. You
will need to kill all the enemies in the area, so have a good look around and
eliminate everything you see. Once this is complete, you will be encouraged to
get a copy of the city map. Press up or down on the d-pad to place waypoints to
your destination. Use the console to connect to the superintendent.
Complete your VISR training, and then follow the waypoint to the first point of
interest in Tayari Plaza. Enter the building here and head upstairs to find an
ODST helmet stuck in a television. Use it to complete the training and start
the Tayari Plaza mission.
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*** New Mombasa Street *** [NWMBS]
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Occupied City Center
Rookie,
6 hours after drop
At the beginning of the game and in between missions, players take up the role
of the Rookie. The Rookie's task is to cruise around New Mombasa and try to
locate his scattered squad mates. This level is essentially a free-roam mode in
which you can wander around the city to explore, locate the various mission
starting objectives and pick up the audio logs. After completing the game, you
will unloack the replay mission option from the campaign menu. From here you
will be able to choose the New Mombasa Streets level.
To find the mission start points, you will need to look at your map. From the
map you will see six small circular beacons constantly pulsing away. The game
will list the various locations of the ODST beacons for you on the left of the
screen. Pressing up or down on the D-pad will move your targeted location
between beacons and update your compass accordingly. After selecting the beacon
you are interested in, return to the game and follow the waypoint to the
location. When you arrive, you will have to search around the area for an ODST
relic.
If you have your VISR on, the mission-starting objects will be outlined with
bright yellow. Simply walk up to them and use the interact button to start the
mission. Here's a list of the Rookie's objectives and where to find each of
them.
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Objective 1: Search Tayari Plaza for ODST squadmate
Make your way to the Tayari Plaza beacon and find the large pit. From the pit,
turn completely around and look at the building directly across from it with
the glowing red doors. Make your way to the left hand door, find the stairs
leading upwards and follow the hallways until you arrive at a room on the top
floor. You will see an ODST helmet embedded in a television monitor on the left
wall. Use it to start the Tayari Plaza mission.
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Make your way upsatirs and find the helment embedded in the monitor.
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Objective 2: Search Uplift Reserve for ODST squadmate
Make your way to the Uplift Reserve beacon and find the large roundabout in the
open square here. From the center of the area, turn your compass to face
directly South West. Turn on your VISR and you should see the mission staring
item - "Drone Fighter optics" at the right hand side of the foot of the
stairs leading up to the building with the space elevator logo above the door.
Inspect the object to begin the Uplift Reserve level.
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THe object is sitting at the foot of the stairs leading into the building
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Objective 3: Search Kizingo Boulevard for ODST squadmate
Make your way to the Kizingo Boulevard beacon and find the large roundabout in
the open square here. Look directly to the North West and walk towards the
building with the stairs facing you on the corner of the street. Look up to the
second level of the building to see a yellow outlined turret. We need to
inspect this to start the mission, enter the building and work your way through
the various rooms, up the stairs and out onto the balcony. Use the turret to
start the Kizingo Boulevard mission.
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On the second floor balcony you will find the turret that will start the
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Objective 4: Search ONI Alpha Site for ODST squadmate
Activate the ONI Alpha Site beacon and follow the waypoint, through the long
tunnel to reach it. You will exit into a small square area overlooking a body
of water below, across the other side of the water is a flaming building.
Follow the road out of the tunnel towards the water, you will see the mission
starting object slightly to your right as you approach. Inspect the object to
start the ONI Alpha site mission.
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Follow the tunnel out to the small tunel overlooking the water
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Objective 5: Search NMPD HQ for ODST squadmate
Make your way to the NMPD HQ beacon and move to the large statue in the centre
of the square. From the statue, look towards the West and upwards. You will
find the ODST item hanging from powerlines above the square. Inspect it to
start the NMPD HQ level.
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Objective 6: Search Kikowani Station for ODST squadmate
Activate the Kikowani Station beacon and follow the waypoint until you reach
the surrounding area. Look for the large sign that reads Kikowani Station. The
object you will need to investigate is under the awning with the sign upon it.
Once you find it, check it out to start the Kikowani Station mission.
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Objective 7: Search for the city underground
After completing all six of the missions that are initiated by the ODST items
lying around New Mombasa, you will notice that a new beacon appears on the VISR
map to find the CITY UNDERGROUND. It is very close to Kikowani Station and if
you follow the road to the north you will enter a large open square with a
small army of covenant. Kill them all and then find the open door in the area
to beging the Data Hive mission.
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Eliminate the covenant forces then enter this door to start the Data Hive
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Mission Location as Rookie:
Make your way to the Tayari Plaza beacon and find the large pit. From the pit,
turn completely around and look at the building directly across from it with
the glowing red doors. Make your way to the left hand door, find the stairs
leading upwards and follow the hallways until you arrive at a room on the top
floor. You will see an ODST helmet embedded in a television monitor on the left
wall. Use it to start the Tayari Plaza mission.
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Buck,
Tayari Plaza,
Immediately after drop
Level Specific Achievement: None!
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Objective 1: Find Dare's Crash Site
As you gain control of buck, you will see a phantom dropping off troops
directly in front of you. It will drop quite a few grunts and a brute. Slowly
make your way around the sandbags to the right and pick off the grunts as they
run up towards your location. Make your way down the ramp and eliminate the
brute still prowling around.
Head past the covenant barricade and continue down the street, shortly
thereafter you will encounter a small covenant patrol consisting of a brute and
a few more grunts, floor them and continue to follow the road around to the
left. You will encounter a group of UNSC marines. They will give you a hint
about heading indoors to flank the covenant in the next area. Find the nearby
alley and step inside the red door.
Head through the building and ascend any stairs you encounter until you exit
out onto a second floor balcony. From here, assist the marines below in
eliminating the group of 4-5 brutes below. The fighting will alert another
group of grunts a little further up the road, kill as many as you can before
hitting the bend in the road. At the curve, take cover as there is a covenant
turret on a raised platform in the distance to the right. If possible take out
the gunner before mopping up the rest of the grunts in the area and one final
brute.
Once the area is clear, continue up the road and make your way to the right
hand side of the next area behind the set of stairs, turn left to see a patrol
of grunts and jackals in the distance. Using your weapon of choice, try to pick
off as many of the baddies in this group as possible before they get into
cover, attacking them will warn the next patrol of your presence. Just around
the next corner are a covenant sniper tower and another large group of jackals
and grunts. Try to stay in cover as you move towards the hover platform as
there is a pair of jackal snipers hanging out on the ground behind it who will
do a good deal of damage if they get you in their line of sight.
When everything is dead or dying make your way through the door at the back of
the area. In the open area here you will join a small skirmish between a group
of marines and a good number of covenant troops. There is a patrol of grunts, a
pair of brutes and some jackals running around at street level, and another
couple of brutes and several jackal snipers sitting on a raised crosswalk in
the middle of the area. You are able to enter the buildings on either side of
the crosswalk and the large building on the opposite side of the area from
where you enter.
Use the buildings to your advantage, surprising bad guys where you can whilst
your UNSC buddies keep them occupied. Once the majority of the covenant in the
area have been killed, a few of them will try to retreat up the ramp to the
exit leading to the next area, as they do, the doors will open and a pair of
hunters will come through. Again, use the buildings to your advantage to make
your way behind the hunters and exploit the weak spot on their backs, or avoid
fighting them all together and continue up the ramp and onwards to the next
area.
Objective 2: Open the crashed drop pod
As you enter the area, a phantom will deposit a few more bad guys into the
open, sunken plaza-like area to your right. The drop pod is sitting at the back
end of this area, so jump down into the area, eliminate the covenant forces
shooting at it, and then move in to open the pod to complete the objective and
the mission.
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Mission Location as Rookie:
Make your way to the Uplift Reserve beacon and find the large roundabout in the
open square here. From the center of the area, turn your compass to face
directly South West. Turn on your VISR and you should see the mission staring
item - "Drone Fighter optics" at the right hand side of the foot of the
stairs leading up to the building with the space elevator logo above the door.
Inspect the object to begin the Uplift Reserve level.
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Dutch,
Uplift Reserve,
30 minutes after drop
Level Specific Achievement: Wraith Killer (Kill all 6 wraiths)
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Objective 1: Link up with friendly forces
After regaining control, continue along the beach and follow the path upwards
into a large open area. As you enter some marines will ask for some assistance
in reclaiming a warthog nearby. Approach it and flip it over, and hop in the
driver's seat. Make sure to wait for a marine or two to jump in with you and
man the turret. This area has several patrols usually consisting of a group of
grunts with a brute or two. There is also a pair of brute choppers and a ghost
or two getting around to look out for. On the far end of the area, blocking the
path leading out is a wraith (1/6) that will shoot at you constantly.
Objective 2: Find marine second platoon
Try to stay away from the wraith, whilst splattering all the covenant infantry
you can. Let your marines destroy the choppers with the mounted turret, just
make sure that they don't ram you head on, likewise eliminate the ghosts. A
good tactic is to cut large laps around the central rock structures, swerving
to hit any infantry that gets in the way, whilst letting the marines do their
thing.
When everything is dead bar the wraith, focus your attention on it. To destroy
it, either get behind it and let your UNSC team mates go to town on its weak
spot, or jump out, board it and plant a grenade (not recommended on higher
difficulties!). Keep an eye on the dirt path behind the wraith as by now there
will likely be another wraith (2/6) within striking distance and it is not
uncommon for an additional vehicle or two to come and give you a little grief.
Once the first wraith is down, the second will proceed forward into the open
area and a phantom will come to drop of some fresh ghosts and some more covies
to crush. Repeat the process and once the second tank is down, continue along
the dirt path until you reach the next area. As you reach a tunnel, there is a
free unoccupied ghost sitting nearby, so switch if you feel the need.
Continue through the tunnel into another open area. As you enter there is a
large group of covenant and a sniper tower on a ridge to the right, eliminate
them if you would like or you can skip them by following the beach and cutting
inland when required. There will be a couple of ghosts and brutes rolling
around the area and some banshees flying overhead, which you should eliminate
before proceeding too far. Approaching the far wall from where you entered, you
will see the covenant have fortified a road running the length of the wall in
front of you.
As you approach it, several covenant turrets will fire on you and any remaining
vehicles in the vicinity will start heading your way. Take out the turrets and
the covenant patrols, to make this easier you can boost or drive past
everything and follow the road into a shack at the end containing some
additional ammunition for your Spartan laser. A fully charged shot from this
will destroy any vehicle or turret it touches so use it wisely!
Once the area has been cleared, follow the road to the left until it ends. Find
the dirt path leading up upwards into the rocks on the left. Continue along the
path here until you reach another open area.
Objective 3: Find Colonel across bridge
This place is similar to the previous open are with a few ghosts and choppers
trying to get up close and personal whilst a pair of wraiths (3/6, 4/6) in the
background rain explosive plasma down on your head. There is a structure in the
centre of the zone opposite a covenant sniper tower flanked by turrets. Try to
eliminate the vehicles and covenant ground troops first before taking the
wraith head on.
To make things a little easier, make your way into the large central structure.
Here you will find a rocket launcher, Spartan lasers and a sniper rifle with an
abundance of ammo. The lengthy raised balcony provides ample opportunities to
snipe the ground enemies and turret jockeys opposite, and use the rockets or
Spartan laser to blow up any vehicles that get too close.
Once again, eliminate the wraiths last and continue on up the path. Drive
through the structure and across the bridge into the next area.
Objective 4: Drive up and out of park
Continue along the dirt path until you reach a covenant sniper position,
eliminate the ground forces hear and continue up the ramp, destroying the
covenant turrets as you go. Follow the road until you reach a large purple
covenant staging platform. There is a large contingent of covenant infantry
here, which should be no match for our vehicle of choice and another wraith
(5/6) to eliminate. Once clear, continue along the path and up the mountain.
Splatter any baddies getting in your way as you climb the hill and stop when
you reach the covenant barricades, make a sexy left turn and head down the path
towards the final wraith (6/6) in the distance. If you destroyed the previous
five wraiths, you can eliminate this one for an achievement. If not, simply
drive your vehicle over the cliff facing the city in the back right hand corner
of the area to complete the mission.
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Mission Location as Rookie:
Make your way to the Kizingo Boulevard beacon and find the large roundabout in
the open square here. Look directly to the North West and walk towards the
building with the stairs facing you on the corner of the street. Look up to the
second level of the building to see a yellow outlined turret. We need to
inspect this to start the mission, enter the building and work your way through
the various rooms, up the stairs and out onto the balcony. Use the turret to
start the Kizingo Boulevard mission.
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Mickey,
Kizingo Boulevard,
90 minutes after drop
Level Specific Achievement: Both Tubes (Kill 10 enemies with rockets)
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Objective 1: Save Marines and scorpion tank
To start the mission, your objective is to help fend off the covenant from
killing the nearby UNSC troops and their pet scorpion tank. Starting the
level you are faced head-on with a wraith. This is bad! Turn around and see the
marines have holed up on a small traffic island. Make your way to them, the
wraith is only one of the dangers you will have to face.
The scorpion will retreat to the far side of the square, and several covenant
patrols will emerge from the tunnels to the left of the traffic island. There
is a good assortment of grunts, jackals and brutes, so sort them out as you see
fit after killing a good number of them, one of the other marines will tell you
to get in the scorpion tank before the wraith blows it up.
Quickly run across the square towards the scorpion tank, making sure to kill
any bad guys that come in between you and your destination. Enter the tank
and quickly take out the wraith from the start of the level. A second wraith
will approach from down the street to your left. Using the scorpion kill it and
the ground forces nearby.
Objective 2: Drive tank to rally point
Follow the road past the dead wraith and kill anything and everything that gets
in your way. After a couple of corners you will encounter your first couple of
ghosts, smash them and as you continue along the road, keep an eye on the
rooftops for brutes with brute shots which will put a quick dent in your health
and jackal snipers willing to take pot shots at you as you continue to the next
large area.
The next open area contains a group of marines pinned down and waiting for
assistance. There is a group covenant infantry on street level to the left as
you enter, with a covenant turret on the wall above them. To the right there is
a sniper tower, with a second group of infantry behind it and another turret on
the wall above them. Try to take out the tower and the infantry first as they
both contain brutes toting brute shots. Next focus on destroying the turrets
to pacify the area.
Once the area is clear, providing they are still alive, the marines will come
and join your push into the next area. You can either continue along the same
road as you entered, or make your way down the ramp to the right of the
entrance and take a different road to the next area. Both play out essentially
the same and are fairly uneventful.
The next open area is set around a heavily fortified roundabout; grunts are
manning three turrets placed around its circumference, ghosts patrol around the
outside and a covenant infantry unit is in the centre. On the right side of the
area, another covenant patrol will run down the road into the area when they
hear a commotion going on and another turret will fire up from the window of an
overpass.
During this fire fight several fuel rod cannon wielding covenant troopers and
snipers will appear on various rooftops around the square and they will need to
be taken out of action ASAP. A phantom will also appear to drop ghost
reinforcements at some point. Once the zone has fallen silent, you are able
to trade in your scorpion for a fresh one if you like and when ready, roll on
through the door to the next area.
Objective 3: Rescue Dutch
Continue down the road towards the small objective triangle representing Dutch.
As you do several banshees will attack, blow them out of the sky and continue
down the street, eliminating any covenant forces that come into your line of
sight. Entering the next roundabout, will force an encounter with another
pair of wraiths, these are so much easier to kill with scorpions! Let them have
a couple of rounds each and ignoring the phantoms, cruise over to reunite with
Dutch.
Unfortunately it is now time to say goodbye to the scorpion tank. Follow the
road up the ramp to join Dutch. As you do, the blast door behind him will open
and a group of grunts and jackals will pour out with a brute or two. Use the
crates here for cover and eliminate the threat before heading into the next
area. Make your way along the road eliminating any enemy resistance as you go.
Continue straight along the road and up the ramp to regroup with a good-sized
contingent of UNSC troops.
Objective 4: Help Dutch defend rally point
Once you have met up with the marines, you will have a few seconds to look
around, restock your ammo and grab a health pack if needed. In this section,
the covenant will continue to roll on in with phantoms periodically dropping
10-15 covenant troops at a time and the occasional wraith. The good news is you
have the high ground and have a good deal of space up here to move around in,
the tactic here? Let the covenant come to you, you can easily take out half of
the grunts and jackals before they get close, then take out the brutes and mop
up any stragglers.
The covenant are not stupid and will attempt to flank you at every opportunity,
so stay vigilant and make sure you don't forget to occasionally scan the
balconies to the left and right for covenant troops trying to pull off a sneak
attack.
Once you have eliminated three phantom loads worth of covenant forces, the
objective and the mission will be complete.
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Mission Location as Rookie:
Activate the ONI Alpha Site beacon and follow the waypoint, through the long
tunnel to reach it. You will exit into a small square area overlooking a body
of water below, across the other side of the water is a flaming building.
Follow the road out of the tunnel towards the water, you will see the mission
starting object slightly to your right as you approach. Inspect the object to
start the ONI Alpha site mission.
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Dutch,
ONI Alpha Site,
2 hours after drop
Level Specific Achievement: Laser Blaster (Kill 10 enemies with spartan laser)
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Objective 1: Arm all charges on bridge
You will start the mission about halfway across a bridge, with some friendly
faces on one side and a huge number of covenant with a pair of wraiths on the
other. Your task is to activate the three remaining charges on the bridge on
your way to rendezvous with the UNSC forces waiting at the close end of the
bridge. As soon as the mission starts the covenant forces will start to pour
onto the bridge. IF you are quick, you can hit the three switches without
having to fight any covenant. When they are ready to go, make your way to the
marines.
Objective 2: Use detonator in watch tower
After crossing the bridge, climb the ladder into the watchtower on the left and
activate the console at the back of the room. Keep your eyes on the bridge for
a pretty cool scene. There is a sniper rifle in the tower if you fancy taking
it and it might come in handy in the next area if you have exhausted your
Spartan laser ammo. Exit the tower and mop up any covenant forces that managed
to reach your side of the area before proceeding down the ramp, under the wall
into a large open zone at the foot of the ONI building.
Objective 3: Defend inner courtyard
As you enter the area a phantom will have just dropped off a fresh batch of
troops in a clearing at the foot of several flights of stairs heading up to the
building in the distance. Amongst their numbers will be a pair of hunters, a
couple of brutes and a small army of grunts and jackals. As you enter, the bad
guys should be facing in the opposite direction, this is a perfect opportunity
to pull out your sniper rifle or Spartan laser and hit the pair of hunters in
the weak spots on their backs. Once they are down, proceed to eliminate the
remaining covenant forces in the area.
Ascend the first flight of stairs, as you reach the level ground, a pair of
phantoms will zoom in and deliver a large number of grunts 5-6 brutes and a
pair of wraiths to the small courtyard at the bottom of the stairs. Try to
put a dent in their numbers as they run up the stairs to meet you. As the
numbers start to become a little overwhelming, begin to slowly retreat
backwards up the hill whilst facing the hostiles and eliminating as many of
them as you can.
When you hear the marine yelling to fall back to the ONI building, most of the
UNSC forces will retreat further up the next flight of stairs to the area
directly below the ONI building. Quickly run up the stairs and join them.
Defend the top of the stairs from any attackers, being sure to watch your
flanks as the covenant forces will try to get the drop on you by heading up the
ramps either side as well as the stairs leading up the centre of the area.
After a third phantom arrives to drop off even more enemy troops, continue to
defend the courtyard and listen out for Dutch telling everyone to run inside
the building. As he does, continue inside the building and make your way to
the central platform within.
Objective 4: Retreat, defend ONI building interior
From the middle of this platform you should see four sets of stairs leading to
the circular room surrounding the platform. Behind two of the sets of stairs
are the doors from which you can enter the building from the previous area, the
other two lead outside. The game is about to become a survival mode for the
next few minutes, and enemies will be coming in from all four directions.
The covenant will first appear from the doors used to enter the area and will
come in waves alternating between the right and left hand sides. Ensure that
you continue to check on the status of the enemies at both doors and eliminate
the easier threats (jackals and grunts). You will also need to keep an eye out
for suicide grunts who will charge at you with active plasma grenades, they
appear frequently in the starting portion of this section of the level. To
eliminate the brutes easier, try to pick up a plasma pistol and use its
overcharge function to completely remove a brutes armour, then quickly switch
weapons and take them out quickly - this tactic is invaluable in this section
as you will have to face large numbers of brutes at a time and you will need
every little advantage you can to survive.
To start the event, covenant will bust on through the right-hand door, with a
force of grunts and jackals. Try to take them down ASAP as another group of
grunts, jackals and a brute or two will emerge from the left hand door shortly
after you engage the first group. As you turn to fight these foes, another
group of brutes will enter through the right hand door and shortly thereafter a
small group of jackals will join them. The game will now stop spawning enemies
until you have eliminated everything in the room, so take your time and leave
one or two baddies alive and well whilst stocking up on some ammo and weapons
before taking them out.
You will enjoy a few moments of peace before you hear the drone of a phantom
coming in.The next section is essentially the same as the previous segment
at the doors. This time, you will need to focus on the two doors leading
outside. As a phantom will be flying in and dropping reinforcements on the
balconies here. Same tactics as above apply, keep an eye out for flankers,
eliminate the smaller threats first, and use explosives or the plasma pistol
combo to eliminate brutes in a hurry.
Looking from the centre of the room, the first load of covenant will be dropped
on the left hand balcony. This group will consist of around 4-5 brutes,
supplemented by a small number of jackals and grunts. The phantom will then
head around to the right hand balcony and drop off the remaining covenant,
another 4-5 brutes and some more jackals and grunts.
Because of the large number of enemies, try not to stray too far from the
central area, eliminate what you can and if the numbers get too great, fall
back to the central platform. Eventually they will come down to get you and
will be forced into a narrow corridor where a couple of well placed grenades
can take out several enemies at once. When their numbers dwindle, cruise on
into the next area and mop up any stragglers.
Objective 5: Take elevator to roof for evac
When the ordeal is over, Mickey will tell you to return to the central
platform. Restock on plasma pistol ammo, grenades and something else that takes
your fancy and then return to the centre. Upon reaching Mickey's position an
elevator should conveniently appear and open, get inside and hit the console to
activate it. As the elevator rises you will be attacked by a swarm of
buggers, try to used the raised section of wall where the door was as cover and
kill them all.
At the top of the building, the elevator will stop and let you out onto the
roof, unfortunately a phantom has just dropped off a load of 5-6 brutes
(including some jet-pack troopers), some grunts and a few jackals to deal with
you. After the previous section, this encounter should hardly prove a
challenge.
Once everything is dead or dying a pelican will appear. Simply walk up and use
it to complete the level.
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***       NMPD HQ      *** [ACT05]
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Mission Location as Rookie:
Make your way to the NMPD HQ beacon and move to the large statue in the centre
of the square. From the statue, look towards the West and upwards. You will
find the ODST item hanging from powerlines above the square. Inspect it to
start the NMPD HQ level.
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Romeo,
NMPD Headquarters,
3 hours after drop
Level Specific Achievement: Dome Inspector (15 headshot kills)
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Objective 1: Find Mickey and Dutch's Pelican
From the start, get off the helipad and enter the building at the end, make
your way upstairs and out of the exit on the upper level. As you leave the
building look to the right, you will see a number of covenant oblivious to your
presence for the moment. There is a brute and several grunts on the balcony on
the right and a similar make up of bad guys in the lower area on the left.
Watch out for the covenant turret located at the far, back corner of the area.
Whilst you are undetected, try to snipe the grunt out of the turret and one of
the brutes if you can, as the other covenant are alerted to your presence,
eliminate them accordingly. As you clear the area, sometimes a pelican will
arrive and deliver a brute and a few grunts on a landing pad below, they will
come up a ramp and exit into the area via a small tunnel to the right of the
turret. If they arrive, take them out before proceeding through the door to the
left.
The next room is essentially the same as the previous one. This time you will
need to head up to the back left corner of the room to proceed onwards. As you
enter, take out the grunt on the turret on the raised platform to the right,
watch out as there are several jackal snipers up on the highest segment of the
room to the left so try and stay in cover as you kill any jackals/grunts in the
courtyard directly in front of you. Once the ground level is clear, pick off
the jackals up top and mop up any remaining enemies in the area.
Head through the door on the top tier of the area into the next building,
restock on any ammo you may need or switch weapons if you wish. When ready to
continue proceed through the door on the opposite side of the room.
Once again, this area is very similar to the previous two outdoor zones. As you
exit the door immediately look up and slightly to the right to see two jackal
snipers on balconies overlooking the area. Pop them, and then turn further to
your right to see another two snipers on a sky bridge above the area, in the
far left corner, similarly to the first outdoor area you will see a covenant
turret, kill the occupant if possible.
As this is going on, in the distance, you will see a phantom dropping off some
fresh troops onto the helipad below, this group of covenant is made up
primarily of jetpack brutes, which can be eliminated in the same way as normal
brutes, keep in mind that shooting their jetpacks is another way to bring them
down pretty quickly. As they jump everywhere, it can be pretty hard to track
all of them at once, so make it a habit to look around a little bit whilst
fighting them to make sure none of them have managed to sneak behind you and
that you are not getting flanked.
Enter the door next to the turret, continue through the indoor section and out
the other side into the next helipad area. Directly to the left of the exit on
the top tier of the area is another covenant turret, just to the left of it on
a balcony is a jackal sniper. It is a little difficult to focus on these two
dangers now as there is a large population of grunts in the small courtyard in
front of the exit and a couple of brutes to boot, back yourself into the indoor
section and lure the nearby enemies into coming to you. You should try to
eliminate most of these enemies from the relative safety of the indoor area to
minimise the risk of added turret and sniper damage.
Once the bottom area is clear, pick off the sniper on the balcony and the grunt
on the turret to your left, now that the two major hazards have been removed,
you can enter the room and finish off any remaining covenant forces in the
zone. As you approach the top level, a few more brutes will come through the
door, including a particularly nasty one carrying a hand-held turret, take
cover and use whatever you have at your disposal to take them down. Restock on
ammo and head for the exit on the top level of the room on the left.
Once inside, take the ramp down and kill the pair of grunts. Continue through
two sets of doors until you reach the outside area again. Head down the ramp
onto the helipad and eliminate the jackal snipers and fuel-rod grunts attacking
your buddies on a nearby rooftop. When they have taken a few rounds and have
bitten the dust, jump down onto the nearby girder and run across the gap,
ignoring the banshees for now. Jump down onto the rooftop and fight your way up
the stairs to the pelican crash site to rendezvous with Dutch and Mickey.
Objective 2: Defend pelican crash site
Like the previous two levels, this section of the level becomes a survival mode
of sorts. There will be lots of banshees flying around the area taking pot
shots at you where they can and several phantoms will fly into the area and
drop various collections of brutes, grunts and jackals who will endeavor to
assault your position. The trick here is to try and eliminate the turrets on
the underside of the phantoms to minimize damage, shoot down banshees when the
opportunities arise and deal with the ground troops accordingly.
There are plenty of rocket pods lying around, a Spartan laser at the back of
the area and several rocket launchers in weapon racks around the crash site.
Grab your weapon of choice and try to eliminate a couple of the banshees flying
around before the first phantom arrives. If you can, acquire a rocket pod and