The Signal

Spartan Jerome and Red Team investigate the source of a UNSC emergency signal.

The Signal is the first level in the Halo Wars 2 campaign.

Plot

The UNSC Spirit of Fire has arrived over an unknown installation after 28 years adrift. Serina, the ship's former AI, had run an AI's lifespan and had taken care of final dispensation. One silver lining, a UNSC distress beacon was received from the surface. Without an AI, the source would have to be located. Red Team, dispatched to find the beacon, come across an abandoned research base. Within they find Isabel, a new AI, and the deadly Atriox. An ensuing fight leaves Douglas-042 injured, and everyone on the run as Banished forces hunt them down. Alice-130 stays down on the surface as she covers Red Team's escape over a Light bridge.

Transcript

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Soundtrack

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Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Value
	Wake up	Completed The Signal	10G

General strategies

Instead of following the Warthog on screen, move ahead to the markers on the route and constantly order it to move. This allows you to stay ahead of enemies and minimise damage.

Bonus objectives

There are six Grunt Squads on the escape path, so learn to anticipate their locations and use the ram ability just as they appear. If you don't, the Warthog may need to turn around to ram the Grunts, which causes extra damage from enemies in the area.
It is possible to complete both optional objectives on Normal by ramming five squads just as they appear while taking just below 50% damage. In the instance where two squads appear, only ram one squad because additional enemies from the portal would do too much damage to the Warthog to maintain its health above 50% by the mission end.
Maneuver swiftly and ignore the Grunt Squads if you wish to only complete with above 50% health.

Trivia

The scene where Red Team and Atriox fight was modified and used in the Halo Wars 2 Announce Teaser.

Gallery

Concept art

Pre-Release

Screenshots

Sources

↑ Halo Wars 2 - Collectible: Phoenix Logs - Campaign Logs - Alice-130 Report #1

List of campaign levels and multiplayer maps in the Halo series

v d e Halo: Combat Evolved (PC • Custom Edition • Anniversary • TMCC)

Campaign	The Pillar of Autumn • Halo • The Truth and Reconciliation • The Silent Cartographer • Assault on the Control Room • 343 Guilty Spark • The Library • Two Betrayals • Keyes • The Maw

Multiplayer	Battle Creek • Blood Gulch • Boarding Action • Chill Out • Chiron TL-34 • Damnation • Danger Canyon (PC) • Death Island (PC) • Derelict • Gephyrophobia (PC) • Hang 'Em High • Ice Fields (PC) • Infinity (PC) • Longest • Prisoner • Rat Race • Sidewinder • Timberland (PC) • Wizard

Anniversary Multiplayer	Battle Canyon • Breakneck • High Noon • Penance • Ridgeline • Solitary • Installation 04 (Firefight)

v d e Halo 2 (Vista • Anniversary • TMCC)

Campaign	The Heretic • The Armory • Cairo Station • Outskirts • Metropolis • The Arbiter • The Oracle • Delta Halo • Regret • Sacred Icon • Quarantine Zone • Gravemind • Uprising • High Charity • The Great Journey

Multiplayer	Ascension • Backwash • Beaver Creek • Burial Mounds • Coagulation • Colossus • Containment • Desolation • District (PC) • Elongation • Foundation • Gemini • Headlong • Ivory Tower • Lockout • Midship • Relic • Sanctuary • Terminal • Tombstone • Turf • Uplift (PC) • Warlock • Waterworks • Zanzibar • Example (PC, Official Custom Map)

Anniversary Multiplayer	Bloodline • Lockdown • Remnant • Shrine • Stonetown • Warlord • Zenith • Skyward • Nebula • Awash

v d e Halo 3 (Mythic • TMCC)

Campaign	Arrival • Sierra 117 • Crow's Nest • Tsavo Highway • The Storm • Floodgate • The Ark • The Covenant • Cortana • Halo

Multiplayer	Assembly • Avalanche • Blackout • Citadel • Cold Storage • Construct • Epitaph (Epilogue) • Foundry • Ghost Town • Guardian • Heretic • High Ground • Isolation • Last Resort • Longshore • Narrows • Orbital • Rat's Nest • Sandbox • Sandtrap (Sand Tarp) • Snowbound (Boundless) • Standoff • The Pit (Pit Stop) • Valhalla

v d e Halo Wars (Definitive Edition)

Campaign	Alpha Base • Relic Approach • Relic Interior • Arcadia City • Arcadia Outskirts • Dome of Light • Scarab • Anders' Signal • The Flood • Shield World • Cleansing • Repairs • Beachhead • Reactor • Escape

Multiplayer	Chasms • Crevice • Barrens • Beasley's Plateau • Blood Gulch • Blood River • Exile • Fort Deen • Frozen Valley • Glacial Ravine • Labyrinth • Memorial Basin • Pirth Outskirts • Repository • Release • Terminal Moraine • The Docks • Tundra

v d e Halo 3: ODST (TMCC)

Campaign	Prepare To Drop • Mombasa Streets • Tayari Plaza • Uplift Reserve • Kizingo Boulevard • ONI Alpha Site • NMPD HQ • Kikowani Station • Data Hive • Coastal Highway

Firefight	Alpha Site • Chasm Ten • Crater • Last Exit • Lost Platoon • Rally Point • Security Zone • Windward

v d e Halo: Reach

Campaign	Noble Actual • Winter Contingency • ONI: Sword Base • Nightfall • Tip of the Spear • Long Night of Solace • Exodus • New Alexandria • The Package • The Pillar of Autumn • Lone Wolf

Multiplayer (Community)	Anchor 9 • Breakpoint • Boardwalk • Boneyard • Condemned • Countdown • Forge World (Asylum • Hemorrhage • Paradiso • Pinnacle • The Cage) • Highlands • Powerhouse • Reflection • Spire • Sword Base • Tempest • Zealot

Firefight	Beachhead • Corvette • Courtyard • Glacier • Holdout • Outpost • Overlook • Unearthed • Waterfront

Halo: CEA Multiplayer	Battle Canyon • Breakneck • High Noon • Installation 04 (Firefight) • Penance • Ridgeline • Solitary

v d e Halo 4 (TMCC)

Campaign	Prologue • Dawn • Requiem • Forerunner • Infinity • Reclaimer • Shutdown • Composer • Midnight • Epilogue

Spartan Ops	Departure • Artifact • Catherine • Didact's Hand • Memento Mori • Scattered • Invasion • Expendable • Key • Exodus

War Games	Abandon • Adrift • Complex • Daybreak • Erosion (Ascent • Grifball Court) • Exile • Forge Island • Harvest • Haven • Impact (Relay) • Landfall • Longbow • Meltdown • Monolith • Outcast • Perdition • Pitfall • Ragnarok • Ravine (Settler) • Shatter • Skyline • Solace • Vertigo • Vortex • Wreckage

v d e Halo: Spartan Assault

Operation A: Umbra	Assault on CF-32 • The Mirror Mantle Counter-Assault • Reinforcement of the Perch • Live to Fight • The Last Stand

Operation B: Tempered Shield	Siege of Faraday • Reactor Field Relief • Hunt for the Sangheili Command • Battle for Epsilon Expanse • Battle at Red Slate

Operation C: Monolith	Descend from the Perch • Spirit Graveyard Stand-Off • Assault on the Supply Lines • Infiltration of the Covenant Perimeter • Superstructure Stand-off

Operation D: Captured Chance	Escape from the Southern Fields • Liberation of Faraday • Assault on the Covenant Landing Zones • Escape from Faraday • Defense of the Enemies' Airbase

Operation E: Frostbite	Hunt for the Phantom • The Scorching of the Thicket • Infiltration of the Cult Leader's Base • Hunt for the Cult Leader • Battle for the Moon

Operation F: Hydra	Battle at the Arid Sea • Breach of the Bulwark • Superstructure Assault • Infiltration of the Cistern • The Source

Co-op Missions	Checkpoint • Holding the Fort • Structural Integrity • Transmission Interrupted • Power Net

v d e Halo: Spartan Strike

Operation A: Orphic Spear	New Mombasa Nightmare • On Top of the World • Conduit Reversal of Fortune • Wounded Quarry • Last Exit

Operation B: Steadfast Persuit	Gamma Halo • Signal Fires • Lockout Knockin' on a Forerunner Door • Dormant • Run Through the Jungle

Operation C: Valiant Hammer	All the Way to the Altar • Up in the Air • Til Death Do Us Part Leave 'em at the Altar • Deliverance • Don't Touch My Ride

Operation D: Adamantine Shield	The Way Home • Serve and Protect • We Need to Talk Reverse Course • The Lion's Den • End of the Line

Operation E: Brother's Keeper	Behind Enemy Lines • Glyphology • Foothold Finders, Keepers • Portal Control • Hold the Line

v d e Halo Online

Multiplayer	Diamondback • Edge • Guardian • High Ground • Icebox • Last Resort • Narrows • Reactor • Standoff • The Pit • Valhalla

v d e Halo - Interactive Strategy Game

Jericho VII • Defense of Castle Base • The Hidden Artifact of Reach

v d e Halo 5: Guardians (Forge)

Campaign	Osiris • Blue Team • Glassed • Meridian Station • Unconfirmed • Evacuation • Reunion • Swords of Sanghelios • Alliance • Enemy Lines • Before the Storm • Battle of Sunaion • Genesis • The Breaking • Guardians

Arena Multiplayer	Alpine (Basin • Deadlock • Guillotine • Orion • Pegasus • Scavenger) • Barrens • Breakout Arena (Altitude • Crossfire • Gambol • Trench • Trident) • Coliseum • Depths • Eden • Empire • Fathom • Glacier (Antifreeze • Boulevard • Fracture • Recurve • Grifball Court) • Mercy • Molten • Overgrowth (Malignant) • Parallax (Altar • Eagle Square • Entombed • Viking) • Plaza (Nerve Center) • Regret • Riptide (R.I.P.TIDE) • Stasis • The Rig • Tidal • Torque • Truth • Tyrant

Warzone	Attack on Sanctum • Battle of Noctus • Escape From A.R.C. • March on Stormbreak • Raid on Apex 7 • Skirmish at Darkstar

Warzone Assault	Temple • Urban • Dispatch • Summit • Array • Prospect

v d e Halo Wars 2

Main Campaign	The Signal • A New Enemy • Ascension • One Three Zero • The Cartographer • Lights Out • From the Deep • Hold the Line • Under the Dark • The Foundry • The Halo • Last Stand

Operation: Spearbreaker	Gatecrashers • Not on My Watch

Awakening the Nightmare	What Could Go Wrong? • Fighting Retreat • Light the Fuse • The Archive • Manifestation

Multiplayer	Ashes • Badlands • Bedrock • Fissures • Frontier • Highway • Mirage • Rift • Sentry • Vault

Blitz	The Proving Grounds

Terminus Firefight	The Last Bastion