A Whisper in the Storm

Objective: Report to Halsey

Cortana’s demonstrated ability to intercept transmissions demands that Fireteam Osiris report to Dr. Halsey for a face-to-face briefing. Use Locke’s Artemis system to locate Dr. Halsey, but don’t rush off to meet her just yet.

Instead, climb the rocks behind your starting position and engage Artemis to discover a Covenant data pad. Scan it to unlock new intel.

Now make your way through the canyon, heading toward Dr. Halsey. You encounter the Arbiter first 1; listen to his conversation with his Swords of Sanghelios brethren to learn more about the current situation, then engage Artemis to detect an item of interest on the pillar above. You can’t reach it from down here, but you’ll get up to it soon enough.

For now, go right from the Arbiter, passing some tents on your way to the camp’s medical area 2. Use Artemis again to detect a data pad atop the nearby ruin. Climb up and scan the data pad for more intel.

Backtrack a bit from the medical area and locate a narrow trail amid the ruins on the left 3. Use Artemis as you navigate the trail to detect another data pad about halfway through.

Follow the trail to its end to reach a trio of Grunts huddled around a fire. Turn right and move to the nearby lookout, where another Grunt sits 4. Talk to the Grunt if you like, then use Artemis to detect an item on the nearby pillar—the same item you detected above the Arbiter. Sprint and leap over to the pillar to reach the item you’ve detected, which turns out to be another data pad.

From the height of the pillar, you can easily spot Dr. Halsey on a nearby platform 5. Drop down and head over to Halsey to report in. She informs you that the nearby projector is displaying a hologram of a Constructor, a Forerunner tool Halsey believes she can use to interact with the Guardians. Osiris will need to locate a Constructor before heading to Sunaion, and Halsey advises that you speak with Spartan Palmer, who knows where a Constructor is located.

Objective: Report to Palmer

Artemis reveals Palmer’s position, but before heading over to her, search the nearby cave, which features two blazing braziers. Scan the data pad you discover here for more intel.

Go left as you exit the cave, and use Locke’s Artemis system to find Spartan Palmer standing near a Pelican 6. Reporting to Palmer advances you to the next mission, so before doing so, scale the rocks to the right to reach some toppled pillars. Artemis reveals a data pad atop the tallest pillar; sprint and leap from the nearby toppled pillar’s highest point to reach it.

After scanning the data pad, look below you to spy a pair of Elites standing watch on the nearby cliff. Drop and move to these Elites, then use Artemis to detect another data pad close by. Scan it to unlock more intel.

Last but not least, head over to Spartan Palmer’s Pelican and engage Artemis one final time to detect a UNSC data pad on a nearby rock. Scan it for your final piece of intel, then chat with Palmer to board the Pelican and begin the next mission.