Move forward up the hill toward the waypoint.
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Your objective will update to ‘Locate Missing Trooper Squad’. Once everything here is dispatched you will get some radio chatter about the Covenant being on Reach and a red waypoint will appear over the hill at the far end of this area from where you came down the hill. Once the area on this side of the river is clear, cross the river for another fight in the courtyard on the far side. This area is another potential location to nab a MOA kill or two. Pick up the needle rifle from the dead Jackal and use it to snip some Grunts to the right when you reach the bottom of the hill if you like. Look out for the Needle Rifle wielding Jackals in the distance. Eit the rear of the building after everything is dead and move forward down the hill.
If you take damage to the point where your shields go down and your health is damaged past the point of auto-regeneration, look inside the building for a health pack. There will be several Covenant to battle in the other buildings here. Halo: Reach: Find Data Pad on 1 Winter Contingency Look inside the very first building on the right for a dead body and Data Pad #1 (2/19) beside it. If not there will still be a couple more later on.Ĭontinue along that right fork (toward where the Jackals were and the MOAs ran) and around a bend to the left to reach a small building where you’ll be notified of heat signatures inside. It is possible you will already have 7 of them by now (2-3 in the first area, and as many as 5 potential ones here). There are also a couple of Jackals off to the right, so be wary of them as you kill the MOAs. Depending on how fast you get here, they may be coming from the left or may already be further down the path on the right. Move along the right side here and look for more MOAs coming down the path from the left. Just up ahead after the vehicle you will see a split in the path, with the ‘dirt road’ going left around a large rock formation and a grassy area going to the right. Pass by the transport and continue straight ahead along the path. Again, bypass this vehicle and stay on foot if going for the achievement for not using vehicles. When they land and begin shooting at you, activate your sprint and continue along to the right of that metal barrier until you drop down over the hill to see a vehicle ahead. A couple of Elites will arrive off to your left. You should see a short metal barrier up ahead. At the far end of this area when you’re going uphill, sprint across the bridge at the top, then save your sprint and hug the right side.
While under the covered area/awning, don’t use your sprint so that it’s fully charged when you exit, then sprint along the right edge of the area and on up the path to avoid taking much fire from the enemies if playing on Legendary. I suggest getting the 7 MOA kills on a later EASY playthrough while going for Par Time. NOTE: If you restart a checkpoint AT ANY TIME during this mission before killing the 7th MOA in one non stop run, it voids the achievement as all kills prior to the checkpoint reload do not count. You can skip this fight entirely if you’re quick by sprinting into the covered area to the right and continuing to hug the right side of the area. Pass through it and across a courtyard to the next building, where you’ll need to go downstairs to the right and exit out into an open area with your first contact with the Covenant. Continue forward along the path and up into the next building. Kill these for progress toward the ‘Keep it Clean’ achievement. As you reach the bottom, you should see two or three of the MOA creatures (ostrich-looking wildlife). Restart the checkpoint and move down the hill but hug the right side. You also get Clear and Present Danger when you kill him. When that is out of ammo, finish it off with the assault rifle to find Data Pad #10 (1/19) by its body. Begin shooting it from as far away as you can when you first see it with your Magnum. Straight ahead at the base of the hill, you should just barely make out an invisible Elite that will start running away as you come to the base of the hill (he only shows up on Legendary). If you enter a vehicle by accident, reload your last checkpoint. Stay on foot for this entire mission if you want to get the “They’ve Always Been Faster” achievement out of the way.
There are no achievements for this nor is there gameplay, but since the game numbers the missions starting with Mission 2 for the first one you actually play, I am leaving this here for consistency in numbering.