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{{Article | {{Article Quote|A training facility located in the Highland Mountains, where Spartans are born.}} | ||
{{Multiplayer | {{Multiplayer Map Infobox | ||
|name=Highlands | |name=Highlands | ||
|image=[[File:Highlands05.jpg| | |image=[[File:Highlands05.jpg|250px]] | ||
|game='' | |game=''Halo: Reach'' | ||
|location=Highland Mountains, Reach | |||
|location= | |||
|terrain=Mountain forest, UNSC training facility | |terrain=Mountain forest, UNSC training facility | ||
|equipment= | |equipment= | ||
|power-ups= | |power-ups= | ||
|gametypes= | |gametypes= | ||
|playernumber=8-16 | |playernumber=8-16 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Highlands''' is one of three maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]] designed for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> | '''Highlands''' is one of three maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]] designed for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> The map is set in a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] training facility in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] within the [[Highland Mountains]] on [[Reach]]. Outside the playable space, [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] can be seen [[glassing]] the surrounding environment. | ||
== | ==Locations== | ||
The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay: | The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay: | ||
*Operations | *Operations | ||
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*Blue Base | *Blue Base | ||
*Blue Tower | *Blue Tower | ||
* | *Big Horn River | ||
*Radio Tower | *Radio Tower | ||
*Crash Site | *Crash Site | ||
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*Cliffs | *Cliffs | ||
*Out of bounds... | *Out of bounds... | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*During development Highlands was known as Training Preserve. Current files on Bungie.net are even labelled as Training Preserve instead of the map's final name. | |||
*This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the other being [[Condemned]]. | *This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the other being [[Condemned]]. | ||
*In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed. | *In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed. | ||
*This level's design is similar to that of the [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] campaign level [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]. | |||
*The [[Bravo 001|crashed Pelican]] was carrying [[sPARTAN-II Program| Spartan-IIs]] in the midst of the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-defiant-map-pack/2458ede3-9d81-406c-a92d-1bfe1306e3da Halo Waypoint: Behind the Scenes - Defiant Map Pack]</ref> They leapt out of the doomed Pelican, dropping into the [[Highland Mountains]] in the [[Viery Territory]]. | |||
*The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]. | *The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]. | ||
*The Covenant [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]s hovering in the sky are not static; they wobble from side to side slightly. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="160"> | |||
File:Highlands_1280.jpg|An overhead image of Highlands. | |||
File: | |||
File:Highlands.jpeg|A general view of the map. | File:Highlands.jpeg|A general view of the map. | ||
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-8.jpg|The east cave. | File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-8.jpg|The east cave. | ||
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File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-5.jpg|A [[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser]] shot destroying a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]]. | File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-5.jpg|A [[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser]] shot destroying a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]]. | ||
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-4.jpg|A Spartan destroying a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]. | File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-4.jpg|A Spartan destroying a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]. | ||
File: | File:Defiant_concept_4.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map. | ||
File: | File:Defiant_concept_3.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Levels|HR|mode=yes}} | {{Levels|HR|mode=yes}} | ||
