Gathering Storm - Ascension

Find the Road to Mount Kadar

Pretty sweet ride, huh? So if you've ever played any of the Halos before, the controls should be pretty familiar. Essentially, your vehicle goes wherever you're you point the camera—the left stick controls speed while the right stick moves the camera (which your turret also follows). You can fire your turret with the right-trigger, and "A" activates a speed boost. Up to speed? Good—let's roll!

Right off the bat, you'll come across a fork in the road. For now, let's focus on the left path.

-Left Path

Follow the road up to the barricade, but leave it intact (it's good protection). Peek around the right support beam and target a gunner to the right, then focus on the drones (be prepared for a few to run around the barricade and attack from behind). Prepare for a Reaver to roll in a few moments later. Once clear, continue onward and over a ramp and down to a base on the left. As soon as it comes into view, back up a short distance so you're out of range of a gunner on the roof, allowing you to safley target the drones heading your way. Once they're down, take down the gunner and drive through the base.

Up ahead are more drones and a Reaver. Once you see them, backup a few meters for protection and blast the drones as they come around the corner, which will then allow you to easily target the Reaver. Prepare for a gunner on the right, just before the next barricade. Now there's a pretty big jump coming up, and you're going to have to lay on the turbo in order to clear it!

Be careful of the holes that appear in the lake.

Cross the Frozen Lakes

After the jump, you'll have to cross several frozen lakes, which will soon come under bombardment from mortars that create giant holes you'll have to avoid. Luckily, it's pretty damn easy. Simply take it slow and veer around the holes as they appear. Once on the other side, head right and prepare to tackle a pair of reavers, before crossing another lake. This second lake is a bit tricker, so again, take it slow, but prepare to tackle a couple more reavers who touch down on the other side. Once across the lake, prepare for a few enemies to emerge from the trees on the right, as well as some Reavers from down the street to the left.

Continue up Mount Kadar

Once clear, you'll have to choose between two paths again. The road ahead or the one to the left (where the Reavers came from).

-Left Path

You'll soon come across another base, where a horde of drones will flood from—they shouldn't pose much trouble. But prepare to tackle a few Reavers a bit further up the road. As you turn a corner, Dom will point out some Seeders high up on a ridge dead-ahead. Don't even try to shoot them from the street, as you're a huge target. Instead, back up a ways and attack from behind the cover of the trees on the right—although it may be difficult to actually see the Seeders, you can find them quickly by zooming in (left trigger) and surveying the area until your cursor turns red, indicating you're aiming right at them! Afterward, push forward along the street until you reach a bridge…

Boost up this rock to cross the chasm.

Find Another Way Across the Chasm

…or what's left of it. Looks like you're going to have to find another way across. Head into the snowy bank on the right to find a rocky ramp—yeah, you know what to do. Boost up it to shoot across the chasm.

Ascend Mount Kadar

Continue your trek up the mountain, but prepare for two Reavers to drop in ahead. A third will make an aerial pass soon after, but don't worry about him. Instead, get ready for a fourth on cliff-ledge to the right.

Destroy the Locust Outpost

As soon as the Outpost comes into view (in the canyon below), tackle a Reaver to the right, then focus your efforts toward the enemies running around the base—you should be able to kill several before they start heading your way. Soon after, you'll come under fire from a couple of gunners in in the windows of a left building—target them quickly, then focus your shots onto the nearby tower (that's right, the tower itself), where a couple of rocket-launchers reside. It'll collapse after a few shots, taking the enemies inside down with it. Once the area's clear, head on down and continue into the cave.

When the lights go out, prepare to take on three corpsers.

Search the Cave Network for the Locust Stronghold

After Marcus turns the headlights on, a corpser will appear…but won't do much of anything. In fact, you have quite a ways to go before anything of importance happens, so enjoy the ride. Oh, and don't be afraid of driving off the ledges when there's seemingly no where else to go.

After the third drop-off, your vehicle will begin to have some electrical problems at a very bad time, as three corpsers are about to surround you. As soon as power is restored, immediately target the three corpsers, starting with the one on the far right and working your way left (since they open up and become vulnerable in that order)—a shot each should do the trick. Oh, and try to do it quickly, otherwise it's Game Over.

Kill the Brumaks

After the next drop-off, you'll have to tackle three Brumaks! THREE! Hug the left wall and drive forward—look for the first coming your way from the right. If you're quick, you should be able to kill him before the other two close in. The remaining two will come from the center and to the left. Your best bet is to focus on one at a time, while backing up to avoid their fire.