User:Impurest Cheese/Task 4 - The Cistern


 * The Cistern is the fourth task in Halo: Hostilities

Time Available

 * Easy/Normal - 60 Minutes
 * Easy/Normal w Coronus Skull Activated - 30 Minutes
 * Heroic/Legendary - 50 Minutes
 * Heroic/Legendary w Coronus Skull Activated - 25 Minutes

Level Walkthrough

 * At five hours twenty minutes the city AI Kestrel will inform you of a blockage in the city’s Cistern that is causing the lower areas of the city to begin flooding in the Entertainment Centre. Head towards the Entertainment Centre to reach an entrance to the Cistern.


 * Task Part 1 – Infiltrate the Sewers


 * Climb down the ladder in the alley behind the cinema and get ready to fight off the Jackal waiting at the bottom. Head down the pipe taking out the grunt squad from behind and pick up a Needler to deal with the pair of Brutes round the corner. Head towards the intersection and kill the Jackals and Brutes in the area and then go down the left fork to reach a small control room. Kill the Drones inside which are gutting the control console and pick up the Shotgun and some grenades before heading back to the intersection. Head across the Intersection and drop down into the dark tunnel underneath. Turn on your flash light and take out the grunts and Brutes that are in the area. Continue down the path and get ready to deal with the Hunter Predators that attack from the ceiling and behind. Deal with them with and head into the Cistern Area.


 * Task Part 1 Complete – Infiltrate the Sewers


 * Task Part 2 – Locate the Blockage


 * Ambush the Jackal Snipers on the ledge and take a Beam Rifle for your Shotgun and take out the Infantry including the Brute Chieftain with a Fuel Rod Gun and Drones on the ledge below you. Drop down and deal with the remaining infantry and man the Plasma Cannons to deal with the Drones that are swarming up through the Cistern. Once they are dealt with climb back up the ladder and take out the Grunts and Jackals that are coming out of the pipe you were in earlier. Once they are dealt with head into the small room on the left and activate the Bridge Controls to reach the Cistern. Head back outside and kill the Drones that attack from the air as well as the Drone Workers that come crawling down the side of the Cistern before you enter the Cistern.


 * Task Part 2 Complete – Locate the Blockage


 * Task Part 3 – Find a way to remove the Drone Hive


 * As you enter the Drone Hive you will be attacked by Drone Workers rushing out of the tunnel. Once they are dealt with enter the tunnel head down towards the centre of the hive but avoid the puffs of spores from the Symbiotic Fungus that is part of the walls. As you get to the end of the tunnel you will encounter a pair of Hunters and some Jackals that are guarding a waxy slide down to the lower level. Head down the slide and head towards the open area up ahead. Head clockwise around the room down the spiral defeating the Drones, Fungal Spores and a Rorax Beetle that comes running up the path. Go into the tunnel and head into a corridor with huge crystals that more Drones are secreting onto the walls. Don’t shoot them as they won’t attack unless you pose a threat to them. In the Next room you will find some Grunts including one manning a Shade Turret. Once they are defeated man the turret and use it to destroy the central support strand allowing the Hive to be moved.


 * Task Part 3 Complete – Find a way to remove the Drone Hive


 * Task Part 4 – Open the Cistern to flood the Drone Hive


 * Head back to the Spiral Room and head back upstairs killing the Drones and Beetles that come down to deal with your intrusion. When you reach the place where you slide down head to the place where some Workers are secreting a crystal and throw a grenade at it to clear a path into the room behind the spiral room. Inside you will find several Drone Praetorian Guards armed with Plasma Rifles as well as an almost constant stream of Drone Workers coming from the holes in the wall. Once the path is clear pick up the Rifle and head up the mound of Fungus dealing with any more Drones that appear until you reach the summit. On the Summit of the mound deal with the small group of Brutes and the Chieftain with a Gravity Hammer guarding what looks like a tube drilled into the fungus.

Once the Brutes are dead jump into the tube that takes you down into the Fungus where more Drone Praetorians are located as well as a pair of Beetles are waiting for you. As you battle in this area you will constantly be showered in spores even after the fight is ended. Next shoot the Eye Spots of the Fungus that are all around the circumference of the room once the last spot has been targeted the whole fungus will shake with rage. In response a large number of Drones and Grunts will come up the lift. You can generally avoid this conflict by jumping into the lift. The tube takes you up to the room above where you entered the Hive. Slide down the waxy slide and take out the Jackals in the chamber. Head back over the Bridge avoiding the Hunters and run into the room on the right. Activate the lift killing the Brute inside and activate the Cistern Controls.


 * Task Part 4 Complete – Open the Cistern to flood the Drone Hive


 * Task Part 5 – Escape the Flood Zone


 * Head through the torrent of water and head back to the dark tunnel. Run back through pursued by a huge amount of Drones. Keep going until you reach the place you dropped down to face the Drones. After you have killed the front runners a blast of water will break through and lift you up to the area above. When you reach the intersection head down the right fork to reach a long control room that leads back to the surface. Unfortunately there is a Brute Chieftain plus his entourage guarding the exit (as well as a Shade Turret on Legendary) that you need. Try using the tactics you would use in the Motor Pool section in the Crow’s Nest Level in Halo 3 to defeat your foes before exiting and emerging into another room guarded by a single Drone Praetorian. Access the console to finish the level.


 * Task Part 5 Complete – Escape the Flood Zone

PDA Updates

 * Weapons
 * UNSC
 * Shotgun


 * ’’’Covenant’’’
 * Plasma Canon


 * Enemies


 * Drones
 * Drone Worker
 * Drone Praetorian Guard


 * Other
 * Rorax Beetle
 * Symbiotic Fungus

Campaign Scoring

 * Score - 15000 Points


 * Time Bonus
 * 0 - 10/0 - 10 minutes - 2.5x
 * 10 - 20/11 - 19 minutes - 2x
 * 20 - 34/20 - 24 minutes - 1.5x
 * 35 - 60/25 - 50 minutes - 1x