Winter Contingency (level)

Winter Contingency is the first level in the campaign of Halo: Reach. In the level, Noble Team is sent to a remote, agricultural region of the planet Reach, to investigate a disturbance in a communications array that is responsible for the planet's communications to the rest of the UNSC. Sabotage by Insurrectionists is suspected, but the cause of the disruption is revealed to be a Covenant advance invasion force.

Trivia

 * The level is named after WINTER CONTINGENCY, a UNSC contingency plan that is declared in case Covenant forces have discovered a UNSC colony world. Indeed, the first evidence of Covenant activity on Reach is discovered in the level.
 * The Firefight map Overlook is based on a section of this level, with different weather conditions.