Halo Starscope
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
| “ | Scan the heavens to learn the legend of Master Chief. Explore the worlds forever marked by his heroism. And gear up for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. | ” |
Halo Starscope was a promotional website created by Razorfish Portland as part of the marketing cycle for the original 2014 launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[1] It was primarily designed for use as an augmented reality experience on mobile devices, though could also be viewed on desktop too. The experience allowed users to look around 360o views of various environments from the Halo games included in the collection, with the ability to interact with certain points to learn more about the various items featured in the games. The experience also provided Master Chief Collection-rewards for users who engaged with it including desktop wallpapers and press kit artwork and samples of the then-upcoming soundtrack for Halo 2: Anniversary.
The experience featured environments from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4. For the Anniversary games, the experience also had interactive sliders that allowed the user to compare the original Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 with their remastered counterparts.
Missions
Opening Starscope presented the user with a view of the Milky Way. When looking around, the user could interact with several points of interest, or "missions".
The Pillar of Autumn
- "The UNSC Halcyon-class cruiser that finds Installation 04, the first Halo ring discovered by humans. It is aboard the Autumn in 2552 that Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 makes his first appearance in the epic Halo saga."
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Assault Rifle  Firing 15 armor piercing rounds per second, the Assault Rifle is perfect for a variety of combat situations and has been Master Chief's primary firearm for most of his military career. |
Magnum Pistol  With a medium-range scope and armor piercing bullets, the M6D is the semi-automatic pistol legends are made of. |
The Pillar of Autumn section also had a download link for a ringtone sample from the Halo Theme Gungnir Mix, for both Android and iPhone.
Ringtone - MP3.
Installation 04
- "The setting of Halo: Combat Evolved, Installation 04 (also known as Alpha Halo) is one of seven ring-shaped worlds that compose the Halo Array meant to wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy in order to exterminate the parasite known as the Flood."
| Blood Gulch A Spartan training facility set in an enclosed canyon with a base at either end. Famous for supporting both long-range and close combat exercises. |
Rocket Launcher A heavy ordnance weapon of the UNSC, the Rocket Launcher sports a 2x scope that delivers its explosive payload with devastating accuracy, providing an excellent offensive option against both infantry and vehicle-based opposition. |
Warthog Seats up to three and features a mounted M41 chain gun to rip through enemy lines with speed, efficiency, and overwhelming firepower. |
Shotgun Firing 8-gauge shells capable of ripping through armor, energy shields, and vehicles, this pump-action piece of peril is the ultimate close-range weapon for combat evolved. |
DMR An all-purpose weapon that combines accuracy and power, the DMR is perfect for picking off every enemy from any vantage point, all over again. |
High Charity
- "Seen throughout Halo 2 and Halo 3, High Charity is the mobile capital city of the Covenant empire, a federation of alien species focused on the destruction of humanity."
| Energy Sword A close quarters Covenant weapon featuring two ionized blades capable of piercing shields, armor, and flesh with devastating lethality. It’s an Elite weapon, wielded only by masters. |
Plasma Pistol A Covenant weapon with strategic ability to disable enemy shields and vehicles using an electromagnetic pulse, the Plasma Pistol is one of the most widely utilized sidearms in the Covenant arsenal. |
Wraith The Covenant’s most destructive assault vehicle, the Wraith is equipped with Heavy Plasma Mortars that can be artfully turned on the Covenant to give the UNSC a much-needed advantage. |
The High Charity section featured wallpapers of the Arbiter and Master Chief in front of Installation 05.
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Indulgence of Conviction
- "A Covenant battlecruiser captured and infected in Halo 3 by the parasitic Flood, an organism considered to be the greatest threat to all forms of life in the Milky Way galaxy."
| Flood Combat Form A living organism, human or otherwise, infected by the Flood via the Infection Form and mutated into an extremely hostile combat unit. |
Flood Infection Form The kind most responsible for spreading the Flood’s parasitic existence, the Infection Form uses small tentacles that burrow deep into a host’s spinal cord to initiate further stages of transformation. |
Flood Carrier Form A type of Flood organism used to create and transport large amounts of Infection Forms. |
Requiem
- "Encased in a massive exterior shell protecting it from the activation of a Halo ring, Requiem is known as a Shield World designed by the lost Forerunner species. In the events of Halo 4, Master Chief crash-lands here, inadvertently awakening an ancient and powerful Forerunner warrior, and launching a whole new chapter in the Halo saga."
| Jetpack One of a variety of UNSC customized attachments called Armor Abilities, the Jetpack offers the strategic high ground in every combat situation, boosting your battle abilities to an all-new legendary level. |
Suppressor A favorite weapon of the ancient, highly advanced Forerunner alien species, the Suppressor rapidly fires bolts of hard light that pierce and destroy any organic material in its crosshairs. Spark a new conflict with this ancient weapon. |
LightRifle Designed as a marksman rifle by the Forerunners, an ancient alien species responsible for creating the Halo rings, the LightRifle fires hard light projectiles in either three-round bursts, or a single beam when scoped, establishing two firing modes for another saga of combat. |
Infinity
- "Built using highly advanced alien technology, the Infinity is the pride of the United Nations Space Command, and is the battlecruiser that locates Master Chief stranded on the planet of Requiem in Halo 4."
| Pelican In service for more than fifty years, the Pelican is the primary troop and vehicle transport of the UNSC. And with an array of armaments like air-to-surface missiles and mounted 40mm guns, this bird has no problem routinely shifting the odds of battle. |
Railgun The Railgun carries only one slug at a time. And for good reason. After a slight charge, its compact-channel linear accelerator fires a highly explosive round at supersonic speeds, derailing any enemy with a single shot. |
The Scorpion It’s one of the most dangerous vehicles in the UNSC. And it’s all thanks to lightweight ceramic- titanium armor that makes it indestructibly maneuverable, and a 360º rotating cannon that delivers devastation in the form of a 90mm shell. Tank. Beats. Everything. |
Installation 05
- "Known as Delta Halo, Installation 05 is the second Halo ring discovered by humans. In Halo 2, Master Chief travels here to thwart a Covenant attempt to activate the super weapon, forging an unlikely alliance with an Elite Arbiter in the process."
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| A Covenant ground support vehicle, this aircraft combines high maneuverability with two rapid-fire plasma cannons that allow its operator to rain down a hell storm of suppressing firepower upon any enemy or vehicle. | Giving Master Chief deadly dual-wielding capabilities pre-loaded with unrelenting firepower, the M7 is refitted to make sure Earth will never be the same, again. | Most notable for its stunning accuracy and punishing three-round burst-firing modes capable of eliminating multiple enemies in a single shot, the Battle Rifle is remastered for an all-new round of on-the-fly headshots. |
The Installation 05 section also featured a download for mobile and desktop wallpapers of the Halo: Nightfall key art.
Halo: Nightfall desktop wallpaper.
The Ark
- "Also known as Installation 00, The Ark is an enigmatic structure from which all Halo rings across the galaxy can be remotely fired, and is where the first trilogy of the Halo saga comes to an epic conclusion."
| Sniper Rifle Lethal efficiency. That’s what the Sniper Rifle offers with a 10x scope and high-caliber ammunition capable of tearing through infantry and armor alike from 600 yards. Don’t miss this legend, refocused. |
Bubble Shield No matter what’s happening on the battlefield, the Bubble Shield’s golden dome-like sphere will protect against any projectile or explosion so you can finish the fight all over again. |
Brute Chopper Best described as the “anti-anything” vehicle, the Brute Chopper sports powerful 35mm auto cannons and a large blade-like wheel that instantly rips through anything in its path. |
The Ark section of the site also featured 343 Guilty Spark. Clicking on him would allow the user to download phone and desktop wallpapers of Halo 2: Anniversary's cover artwork.[2]
- Starscope H2ACoverArt Wallpaper-Mobile.jpg
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Locations
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Sedra
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Shadow of Intent
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Help
The Halo Universe 
Starscope Exploration Guide
Hunt the Signal
Halo Starscope was used to tie in with the Hunt the Signal alternate reality game (ARG) for Halo 5: Guardians. Using coordinates provided elsewhere in the ARG, players were able to find a hidden Forerunner glyph in the Starscope website which allowed them to progress in the game.
Image to co-ordinates to in Starscope obtained from the LAB archive.
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Starscope image.
Sources
- ^ Thomas Averin, Halo (Retrieved on Jul 30, 2026) [archive]
- ^ HaloFanForLife, More Halo Starscope finds! (Retrieved on Jul 30, 2026) [archive]
External links
- Halo Starscope (defunct, archived on Wayback Machine. While some functionality no longer works, most details can still be found using Inspect Element.)
