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[[File:HTFoR AS Highlands.jpg|thumb|300px|The Highland Mountains covered in snow.]] | [[File:HTFoR AS Highlands.jpg|thumb|300px|The Highland Mountains covered in snow.]] | ||
The '''Highland Mountains'' | The '''Highland Mountains''' are alpine mountains located in the [[Viery Territory]] of the [[human colony]], and [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] fortress world [[Reach]].{{Ref/Site|Id=defiantend|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/defiant-to-the-end/f2595044-7e26-4928-a24b-8e1a2db3ce45|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Defiant to the End|Detail=(Defunct, copy on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110321202843/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/defiant-to-the-end/f2595044-7e26-4928-a24b-8e1a2db3ce45 Wayback Machine])}} Located on Reach's northernmost continent<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 216</ref> [[Eposz]],{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter=19}} the mountains were made of [[granite]]<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 229</ref> and were home to many [[military base|facilities]] used by the UNSC. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Human-Covenant war=== | |||
{{Main|Human-Covenant war}} | |||
After the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], these mountains were the only area not [[glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]], though glassing did occur in the area on a small scale.{{Ref/Map|Halo: Reach|[[Highlands]]}} The Covenant concentrated their forces in the region and set up an extensive excavation operation around Menachite Mountain in order to uncover a massive [[Menachite portal complex|subterranean Forerunner structure]].<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 184 (2003 edition)</ref> | |||
===Human-Covenant | |||
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After the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], | |||
A [[flag]] was recovered from the mountains and put on display at [[Outpost Discovery]]. | A [[flag]] was recovered from the mountains and put on display at [[Outpost Discovery]].<ref>''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'' - [[Hall of History]] - Capture the Flag exhibit</ref> | ||
===Post-Covenant war=== | ===Post-Covenant war=== | ||
{{Main|Operation: WOLFE}} | {{Main|Operation: WOLFE}} | ||
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The Highland Mountains | ==Geography== | ||
[[File:Highlands05.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] within the Highland Mountains.{{Ref/Reuse|defiantend}}]] | |||
Wild [[list of food and drinks|blueberry]] bushes and [[cedar]] trees grew in the mountains.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 64-65</ref> East of the Highland Mountains is the [[Arany Basin]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter=1}} | |||
===Locations=== | |||
*[[Reach High Command]] | |||
*[[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]] | |||
*[[Military Reservation 01478-B]] | |||
*[[Camp Hathcock]] | |||
*[[Camp Independence]] | |||
*[[Fairchild Field]] | |||
*[[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] | |||
**[[Longhorn Valley]] | |||
**[[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331|ODG Facility A-331]] | |||
**[[Big Horn River]] | |||
*[[Csongrád|Csongrád Region]] | |||
**[[Vanadinite Mountain]] | |||
**[[Omeiite Mountain]] | |||
**[[Menachite Mountain]] | |||
***[[CASTLE Base]] | |||
***[[Menachite portal complex]] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HR Highlands Valley.png|A part of [[Longhorn Valley]] at the mountains during the [[Fall of Reach]]. | |||
File:FoR - CampHathcock.png|[[Camp Hathcock]], nestled in the mountains. | File:FoR - CampHathcock.png|[[Camp Hathcock]], nestled in the mountains. | ||
File:FoR - ReachMilCplx.png|The [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], among the mountains. | File:FoR - ReachMilCplx.png|The [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], among the mountains. | ||
File:TFoR AS - ReachMilCplx.png| | File:TFoR AS - ReachMilCplx.png|The [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]] in the Highland Mountains. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
[[Category:Reach locations]] | [[Category:Reach locations]] | ||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] |