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The '''Installation 04 Mapping Project''' aims to cross-reference material from the various games and written material available to attempt to create a comprehensive geographical plan of [[Installation 04]] for it's various related pages. As this will involve detailed examinations of all of this material, it will likely spoil details from those pieces of media.

==Goals==
===Current research===
Several sources have started to create a more defined picture of Alpha Halo. As such, we can begin to cross reference this information to form a more cohesive look at the installation.

====Official maps====
To begin with, here are the textures of the ring from ''Halo: Campaign Evolved''.
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File:CEV RingTerrainStrip 5.png
File:CEV RingTerrainStrip 1.png
File:CEV RingTerrainStrip 2.png
File:CEV RingTerrainStrip 3.png
File:CEV RingTerrainStrip 4.png
File:CEV RingTerrainStrip 6.png
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==Resources==
===Primary resources===
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' - Set on and around the ring, ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' gives a detailed and the first look at the ring. 
**''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' - ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' does largely the same thing as the original game, though with some changes here and there.
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' - A novelization of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the book follows the plot of the original game with extra details.
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' - Although not as detailed as other the other titles, ''Halo: Reach'' has several experiences related to Installation 04.
*''[[Risk|RISK: Halo: Legendary Edition]]'' - Features several playable, labelled boards of Installation 04.
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]'' - A parallel story to ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', ''Halo: The Flood''
*''[[Halo: Campaign Evolved]]'' - A complete reimagining of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' featuring new information and a new version of the ring.
===Additional resources===
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' - A features two short stories set around the time of the [[Battle of Installation 04]].
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' - Features two maps set above and on Installation 04, though in simulation.
*''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' - Features some details about the installation and it's topography.

==Books==
===Chapter headings===
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==Games==
===''RISK: Halo: Legendary Edition''===
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File:RISKLE Map AlphaHalo.png|The game boards for Installation 04 included in ''RISK''.
File:RISKLE Map ForgeWorld.png|The game boards "Hammer" and "Anvil" included in RISK, which can combine to create a [[Forge World]]-inspired map.
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====Locational hierarchy====
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*Ring map
**Wasteland
***Quarry of Bones
***Inland Canyon
***Outland Canyon
***Dust Interlocks
**Mountain Expanse
***Lower Pass
***[[Sidewinder]]
***Crescent Peak
***[[Ridgeline]]
***Upper Pass
**Translocation Grid
***Telemetry Node Alpha
***Telemetry Node Beta
***Telemetry Node Gamma
***Telemetry Node Delta
***Telemetry Node Epsilon
**Communication Complex
***[[Silent Cartographer]]
***Domain Download
***Beacon Tower
***Domain Uplink
***Array Detection
***Ecumene Priority
***Slipspace Tuning
***Transmission Network
***Artificial Gravity Generator
**[[Library|Library Sector]]
***Research Facility A
***Research Facility D
***Research Facility X
***Conservation Database 550
***Conservation Database 343
***Conservation Database 117
***Archive 99-01
***Archive 99-02
***Archive 99-03
***Archive 99-04
**Desolate Plains
***Up-Spin
***Down-Spin
***The Desolation
***Midland
**Phase Pulse Control Center (AotCR/Two Betrayals)
***Pulse Grid 01
***Pulse Grid 02
***Pulse Grid 03
**Highlands
***Lower Gullies
***Upper Beaches
***Wetlands
***Tablelands
***Estuary
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*Hammer Map
**Beach
***Precipice
***Switchback
***Cliffside
***Inland
**Valley
***Gorge
***Ravine
***Western Valley
***Bluff
***Rockwall
***Central Valley
***Flatlands
***Eastern Valley
**Summit
***Perch
***Overwatch
***Western Interlock
***Eastern Interlock
***Embankment
***Gully
***Canyon Floor
**Promontory
***Overlook
***The Field
***Dead End
**Mesa
***Facility
***The Ridge
***High Pass
***Channel
***Rockslide
**Quarry
***Terminus
***Shards
***Caves
***Lowland
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*Anvil Map
**Cavern
***Pike
***Cape
***Crevasse
***Rockpath
**Plateau
***Western Savanna
***Eastern Savanna
***Meadow
***Highrise
***Steppe
***Western Bridge
**Trench
***Eastern Bridge
***Lower Mines
***Upper Mines
***Hidden Path
**Mountainside
***Deadlock
***Caves
***Hillside
***Edgeway
***The Plains
**Excavation
***Mountain Facility
***Stone Passage
***Converge
***Observation Platform
***Foothills
***Inland Slope
***Base Front
***Far End
***Nook
***Base Rear
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===''Halo: Campaign Evolved''===
====Environment Details====
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File:CEV - MA5B assault rifle (Default) on Halo.png|A view of the ring on ''[[CEV:Halo]]''.
File:HCEV Halo 1.jpg|A view of the ring on ''[[CEV:Halo]]''.
File:HCEV Halo 2.jpg|A view of the ring on ''[[CEV:Halo]]''.
File:HCEV SilentCartographer PK Screenshot.png|A view of the ring on ''[[CEV:The Silent Cartographer]]''.
File:HCEV PK Pelicans 2.png|A view of the ring on ''[[CEV:The Silent Cartographer]]''.
File:HCEV PK TSC Coop 1.png|A view of the ring on ''[[CEV:The Silent Cartographer]]''.
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=====Orbital views=====
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File:HCEV PK Bumblebee Ring.png|The ring from orbit on ''[[CEV:The Pillar of Autumn]]''.
File:HCEV Maw Longsword 3.png|The ring exploding from a close orbit on ''[[CEV:The Maw]]''
File:HCEV Maw Boom Ring 1.png|The ring exploding from orbit on ''[[CEV:The Maw]]''
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==Confirmed information==
*The map ''[[Tempest]]'' is along one of the edges of the ring.
*The [[Legendary]] ending for ''[[CEV:The Maw]]'', although written mostly in a joking manner, does show the ''Autumn''{{'}}s [[Fusion drive]] detonating in the desert visible near the [[Silent Cartographer]].
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==Discrepancies==
===Depictions===
*'''''Halo: Combat Evolved''''' and '''''Halo: Reach''''' - Installation 04 is depicted with the same surface features in both ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo: Reach''.
*'''''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''''' - The ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo: Reach'' surface design was used as a basis for a slightly different version of the ring texture in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''
*'''''RISK: Halo: Legendary Edition''''' - The large board for ''Risk'' design not match any previous or post-release design.
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File:HCE Halo Surface.png|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' ring texture.
File:HCEA Halo Surface.jpg|''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' ring texture.
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===Other===
*In ''[[CE:Halo]]'', Cortana says:
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''"New traffic on the Covenant battlenet. I've found Captain Keyes! He's being held on a Covenant cruiser, the Truth and Reconciliation, a ship I disabled before we abandoned the Autumn. The Truth and Reconciliation touched down on a desert plateau roughly three hundred kilometers up-spin."''
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:This would confirm the relative position of ''Halo'' to ''[[CE:The Truth and Reconciliation]]''. However, this line does not appear in ''Halo: The Flood'' nor is it in ''[[CEV:Halo]]''.

==Using above info==
===Locational hierarchy===
Based on everything above, here is the hierarchy for surface locations on Installation 04.
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===Applying to visual media===
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==Theorycrafting==
*During the level ''[[HFR:Rubble]]'', [[Wellsley]] says ''"Proceed with the convoy to Alpha Base. Major Silva will brief you when you arrive."''. ''[[HFR:Alpha Base]]'' takes place in a desert environment. Given the implication that [[Fireteam Raven]] drove to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], this implies it is in the same desert as the ''Autumn''{{'}}s crash site.
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==Cleanup==
===Locations===
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==See also==
*[[Halopedia:Projects/Sanghelios Mapping|Sanghelios Mapping Project]]
*[[Halopedia:Projects/Reach Mapping|Reach Mapping Project]]
*[[Halopedia:Projects/Installation 07 Mapping|Installation 07 Mapping Project]]
==Sources==
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