The Chief enters the gravity lift and arrives inside the Tower's main structure. Once most of the reinforcements have been dealt with: The Chief and any marines he's freed (or brought with him) engage the attackers while the lift powers back up. Additional Banished reinforcements show up via drop pods and Banished Phantoms. The Chief locates the controls for the gravity lift and reactivates it. Weapon: 'Find a way to activate the gravity lift.'.We can't get up there without activating the gravity lift.' Prisoners are captured, funneled through to Chak 'Lok and then on to somewhere they call the House of Reckoning. Weapon: 'This location acts as a holding facility.Gydrozka Workshop Breaching Pods land in the courtyard, bringing enemy reinforcements. The Chief heads back outside to reactivate the gravity lift. Weapon: 'You're going to need to manually activate the gravity lift.this place is an interrogation facility run by our Elite friend back there. Weapon: 'Done.' (suddenly concerned) 'Oh.'.The hologram of the Tower turns from red to green. Weapon: 'The lockdown protocol should be simple to reverse.The Weapon studies a hologram of the Tower. The Chief enters the security building and goes upstairs where he locates a terminal. Weapon: 'This is where the lockdown was triggered.'.The Chief approaches the security building. Weapon: 'We're not getting into the Tower while the lockdown is still active.'.Weapon: 'We need to deactivate the lockdown.'.When the lockdown triggered there was a power spike in what I presume was a security building. Weapon: 'Yes he does, but fortunately it's misplaced.Did you think I would let you walk right into my Tower? My Tower?! I think not. Chak 'Lok (hologram): 'So, the Demon is here.A massive hologram of a Sangheili Warlord appears in its place. The Tower's gravity lift suddenly shuts down. During the battle, he comes across a number of captive marines, whom he frees. The Chief engages the Banished in the Tower's courtyard. Jiralhanae 3: 'You won't leave this Tower alive, human!'.Jiralhanae 2: 'He's here for the asset! Send word to Chak 'Lok! He must not pass!'.Jiralhanae 1: 'Look, brothers! More meat for Chak 'Lok's machines!'.The Chief breaches the Tower's outer perimeter, either by going through the main gate, or entering a service corridor in the side of the facility. The signal's coming from within that main structure. Weapon: 'I guess Tower was a more than appropriate name.Upon being freed, Griffin told John-117 of the Banished's search for the Conservatory at the excavation site north of the Tower, but passed away shortly.

Although Chak 'Lok intervened, he was killed in battle against John-117. Inside, John-117 discovered Spartan Hudson Griffin being restrained and tortured. With guidance from the Weapon, John-117 lifted the lockdown, and entered the Tower via the gravity lift at its base. Its warden, Chak 'Lok, denied the Spartan access into the Tower by putting the outpost on lockdown. John-117 tracked the UNSC signal to a Banished facility known as the Tower. But since the fall of its warden Chak 'Lok, this hulking structure now lay silent. This well-fortified stronghold was once a central processing and interrogation site for UNSC prisoners captured by the Banished throughout the Ring.

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