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Game:	Halo 4
The Challenge
Player:	Member of Fireteam Crimson
Date:	February, 2558
Place:	"Fortress", Requiem
Depicts:	Second Battle of Requiem
Objective:	Work in tandem with Fireteam Majestic Investigate Area Destroy Jammer Turn Off Arrays Turn Off Main Power Move To Evac Zone Clear Evac Zone
Enemies:	Prometheans Promethean Crawlers Promethean Watchers
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Spartan Fireteams are engaging enemy forces across Requiem. Enemy forces are surprisingly resilient.

The Challenge is the third chapter of Spartan Ops Episode 1.^[1] In this chapter, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic compete to see who can clear their towers first.

TranscriptEdit

{Cutscene}

Open to shot of an Alpha Crawler walking on the surface of a Forerunner structure.

• CDR Sarah Palmer (COM): "Spartans, you're being deployed to a pair of identical structures located north of primary operations."

Camera shifts to show the Crawler is actually upside-down and zooms out to reveal more Crawlers.

• Palmer (COM): "Here's a challenge for you: who can clear their base of Prometheans first?"
• Paul DeMarco (COM): "Yeah? And what do we win if we beat Crimson, Commander?"
• Palmer (COM): "The respect of your peers, DeMarco. That should be an exciting new experience for you."

{Gameplay}

• DeMarco (COM): "DeMarco to Commander Palmer. Hello?"

Crimson moves forward to engage Promethean forces.

• DeMarco (COM): "Crimson! Are you there?"
• DeMarco (COM): "I can't hear anybody."
• Gabriel Thorne (COM): "Maybe everyone's ignoring you, DeMarco."
• DeMarco (COM): "Shut it, Thorne. Get on point and take down that comm jammer."

Crimson advances towards the waypoint.

• Jared Miller (COM): (garbled) "Crimson, Majestic, can anyone hear me?"

Promethean reinforcements arrive and engage Crimson.

• DeMarco (COM): "Taking down the jammer cleared up the signal. Crimson, if you can hear us, hit any jammers you see!"

Crimson clears the area and deactivates the jammer.

• Miller (COM): "Commander! Majestic and Crimson comm signals are back."
• Palmer (COM): "About time! Good work, teams. Now then, let the games begin."
• Miller (COM): "Marking first targets for each team, Commander."

Crimson advances towards the first target as more Prometheans arrive.

• Palmer (COM): "Show me what you've got, Spartans."
• Miller (COM): "Crimson, looks like your first contact with the Prometheans. These are crawlers, fast and mean, but pretty easy to deal with."

A portal opens and dispenses Watchers.

• Miller (COM): "You've got Watchers in the area, Crimson."

Crimson engages the enemy.

• DeMarco (COM): "Commander, we're moving to the next target."
• Palmer (COM): "Crimson, pick up the pace. DeMarco's team is making you look bad."

A Watcher spawns a turret.

• Miller (COM): "Crimson, that Watcher's bringing a turret online!"

Crimson disables the first objective.

• Miller (COM): "Crimson's cleared their tower, Commander."
• Palmer (COM): "Next tower, then. Show some hustle."

Another portal opens and more Watchers arrive.

• Miller (COM): "Watch out for… um, the Watchers, actually."
• Palmer (COM): "Take out the Watchers, Crimson."

Crimson makes it to the second tower.

• Palmer (COM): "Haven't heard from you in a while, DeMarco."
• DeMarco (COM): "Just having a discussion with the locals, Commander."
• Palmer (COM): "FYI. Crimson's gaining on you."

A Watcher spawns another turret.

• Miller (COM): "Crimson, watch out! Another turret coming online."

Crimson disables the second tower.

• Miller (COM): "Crimson's got their second tower down, Commander."
• Palmer (COM): "Nicely done. Painting a waypoint for your third target."

More Promethean reinforcements arrive as Crimson advances towards the central structure.

• DeMarco (COM): "Second tower down, Commander."
• Palmer (COM): "Crimson's way ahead of you, DeMarco."
• DeMarco (COM): "We'll catch up, Commander."

Crimson advances to the top of the structure.

• Palmer (COM): "Crimson, there's your next target."

More Watchers arrive.

• Palmer (COM): "You've got Watchers."

Crimson disables the final target.

• Miller (COM): "Crimson has disabled all systems, Commander."
• Palmer (COM): "Good show. Marking an evac location for you now."
• DeMarco (COM): "Oh, come on! Crimson's base can't have had the defenses our's did!"
• Palmer (COM): "You're right, DeMarco. Crimson had more to deal with than you."

Additional Prometheans arrive and engage as Crimson moves to the evac zone.

• Robert Dalton (COM): "Crimson, Dalton in Transport. You need to secure that location before your ride out can land."
• Miller (COM): "There's still some Prometheans left to clear out. Marking them now."

As Crimson engages the enemy, yet another portal opens and more Watchers join the fight.

• Palmer (COM): "Dalton, Crimson could use some new toys."
• Dalton (COM): "I can arrange that, Commander."

Two ordnance-pods bearing Rocket Launchers land.

• Miller (COM): "Got it."

More Watchers arrive.

• Palmer (COM): "Send Crimson some resupply, Dalton."
• Dalton (COM): "Already on its way, Commander."

Two more Rocket Launchers are dropped.

• Miller (COM): "Ah! There it is!"

Crimson eliminates all hostiles.

• Miller (COM): "Dalton, Crimson has secured the location."
• Dalton (COM): "Affirmative. Pelican inbound."

A Pelican arrives to collect Crimson.

• Palmer (COM): "Nice work down there, Crimson. Maybe next time, eh Majestic?"
• DeMarco (COM): "You know we will, Commander."

Fade to black as the level ends.

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Halo Waypoint - Spartan Ops

v • d • e   Spartan Ops v • d • e Season One Departure Land Grab • Sniper Alley • The Challenge • Sacred • Core Artifact Clean Up • For Science • Hacksaw • Pelican Down • Gagarin Catherine The VIP • Galileo • Spartan Mountain • Shootout In Valhalla • Hunting Trip Didact's Hand Hairy Call • Rally Point • Random Transport • The Chase • The Didact's Gift Memento Mori Spartan Miller • Nothing Can Go Wrong • Everything Has Gone Wrong • The Cauldron Base • Spartan Thorne Scattered Escape Plan • All The Secrets • Need To Know • Shut Down • Switchback Invasion Backup • Home Field • Engine of Destruction • The Guns of Infinity • Victory Lap Expendable Unfinished Business • Majestic Rescue • Lancer • Crystal Ball • Glassman Key The Search for Halsey • Clean Up • Science Mountain • Revenge • The Hammer Exodus Artifact • In One Way • Sieze the Power • Out the Other • One Last Time

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