Halo: First Strike/Deployment (Level)

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Plot
The Covenant have arrived at Reach. The SPARTAN-IIs mission to capture a Covenant Prophet has been scrapped, and all UNSC forces have been called upon to defend the planet. While Captain Jacob Keyes engages in a space battle with the rest of the fleet, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 orders twenty-seven Spartans to head groundside to defend the generators that power the UNSC's Orbital MAC guns. As leader of the ground team, the player heads towards the surface in a Pelican dropship. However, the vessel was severely damaged during its drop, forcing the occupants to bail out. If the mission is played on Easy or Normal in single player, then Kelly-087 will run a starting diagnostic. If played on Heroic, Legendary, or Cooperative, then a cutscene will mark the end of the level after the drop and player 2 will assume the role of SPARTAN-087 for the next mission.