this had gotta help ya
this had gotta help ya
Captain Keyes also gives you a pistol, but with no ammo.
Get off the Pillar of Autumn
Exit the Bridge the way you came. You will pick up some ammo for your gun near the main entrance to the Bridge, and then confront your first set of enemies!
Take out the (3)Grunts and take the first right. You will find an MA5B Assault Rifle. Help out the Marines in that room. After the Covenants are destroyed, take either of the paths to the right, as they are part of the same hall.
Finish off the Grunts in that hall, and take the only open door, which also has a First Aid kit next to it. There is also a red arrow marked "Airlock". Go through that door, and continue down the corridor. You will see a few Marines fighting an Elite, be generous and help them out! Proceed and the Marines will freak out at the rumble. Take a right and follow them. Soon you will come to
another small area and a Marine will say, "It's about time you showed up!".
Back up, as a group of Covenants will burst through! Stand next to the Marines and take out all of the Grunts and Elites. Take a right where the Covenant forces broke through to find an extra shield. Backtrack, turn to the right, and continue following the Marines. Take a right at the door that has a green arrow on the floor labeled "Stairs". Go through that hallway. From here you can
either:
(A)Take the next right and eliminate the Covenant forces alone.
(B)Go straight and find the Marines, if you need help with the forces.
The fight will go quicker if you choose to go alone, but you will be better protected if you stay with the Marines. After the Covenant are eliminated, make your way straight across from where the Marines were firing. There is a First Aid kit next to the door on the right that you will need to enter. Below the door, on the floor, is a red arrow labeled "Airlock". Make your way through and
help the Marines fight off the Covenants. Follow the Marines(if they are still alive) straight through the door in front of you. Take a right and continue to battle it out with the Covenant forces. Keep making your way around the hallway until you see the flaming barrels. On the right you will need to duck through
the halfway opened door. In the next area, eliminate every enemy, then find the door on the left containing a First Aid kit. There is also a green arrow on the
floor labeled "Stairs". Make your way through the halls until you see the stairs. The lower area is a dead end, so climb the stairs and destroy the Coventant forces that wait above. After they are destroyed, exit the only open door at the top of the steps. Use the barricade to take safely take out the
enemies. Make your way down the hall, taking out the other enemies. You can also use their plasma shield to take cover from fire. Continue around to the left, taking out even more of those pesky Grunts and Elites. Just try not to let the Elites get too close, as their melee attack can be deadly. Continue around the corridor and you will hear a message telling everyone to abandon
ship. As you continue down the hall, you will notice out the left window, some life pods already launching. Boy, I bet you wish you were on one already!
Unfortunately, the Covenant forces are already destroying some of the life pods, so hurry up! To the right of the window is a First Aid kit, in case you need one. Make your way to the left. As you can see, those life pods have already been used. You need to make your way through the maintenance area to reach more pods. Follow the Navigation Point until you see a green arrow on the ground labeled "maintenance". Go in, and turn on your flashlight. Using your flashlight, take the hidden left passage. Follow the path until Cortana activates your motion tracker.
There are three exits, but only one of them seems to be safe: the right path. Exit the maintenance area, and you will be in a dead end, or so it seems.
Use the butt of your weapon to open the jammed
door(hit the B button). Take a left, and prepare for a battle. Down the hall, there are two doors on the left. Both lead to the same hallway, so take either one. The main thing you need to do is destroy every enemy. Be especially careful when fighting the Elites, and take cover if your primary shields are depleted. After the battle, take a right through the door with a First Aid kit
next to it. As you make your way through the next area, you will see the operating room where the technicians unfroze you. Keep going straight. Up ahead you will notice some charred hallways. Be very cautious as there are several preprogrammed explosions coming your way. You need to find another maintenance
tunnel. This one is to the right of the area where the explosion occurred. Turn on your flashlight, and kill the Grunt to the right. There is another Grunt on
at the next right turn, but after killing him, go left. Take your next right. From here, there are four doors that you can take, which all lead to the same hallway. I suggest taking the one on the far right. You will emerge next to your Marine buddies, so help them. Ignore the door with a First Aid kit next to it, as it leads in a circle. Instead, go forward towards the area that the Covenant forces were coming from. Up ahead you can take either the left or
right path, as they both lead to the same area. The next area is actually on the left side, so it is quick to take the left path. Continue through the new area, killing the many Covenants. Advance and take a left, and you will see more Airlocks. There will also be a barricade to hide behind, and you will find some Fragmentation grenades. Take out the enemies. To the left of the
barricades, you will see another maintenance tunnel. One of the paths leads in front of the barricades, the others lead in circles. You can take the tunnel and keep right, or simply jump over the barricades.
You need to get in a life
pod! Just in time, you escape the Pillar of Autumn.
