Editing Oasis (map)

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{{Disambig header|the multiplayer map|the short story|Oasis}}
{{Multiplayer map infobox
|name=Oasis
|pagegamelabel=HI
|image=[[File:HINF Oasis.png|300px]]
|game=''[[Halo Infinite]]''
|devname=
|map=
|location=[[ONI]] research site adjacent to a [[Lifeworker]] [[Lifeworker terraforming vessel|terraforming vessel]] on an unknown [[Natural satellite|moon]]{{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}}{{Ref/YouTube|Id=YTS3MapPreview|Ho8m9Q9Wz5U|HALO|Map Preview <nowiki>|</nowiki> Season 3: Echoes Within <nowiki>|</nowiki> Halo Infinite|D=01|M=03|Y=2023}}
|playernumber=24 (12v12){{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}}
|gametypes=*[[Big Team Battle]]{{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}}
**[[Capture the Flag]]{{Ref/Reuse|S3MapModePreview}}
|terrain=Desert, caverns, [[UNSC]] structures{{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}}
|symmetry=Asymmetrical{{Ref/Reuse|YTS3MapPreview}}
|hideb=
}}

{{Article quote|An ancient gift. A new genesis.}}

'''Oasis''' is a [[multiplayer]] [[Big Team Battle]] map that was included in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''{{'}}s [[Season 03: Echoes Within]].{{Ref/YouTube|Id=YTSept22Update|Ramqlt7vxJ8|HALO|Halo Infinite <nowiki>|</nowiki> Update - September 2022|D=21|M=11|Y=2022}}{{Ref/YouTube|Id=S3LaunchTrailer|a3K-SCCkWBQ|HALO|Season 3: Echoes Within Launch Trailer <nowiki>|</nowiki> Halo Infinite|D=24|M=02|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S3MapModePreview|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/echoes-within-maps-modes-preview|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Season 3: Maps & Modes Preview|D=01|M=03|Y=2023}}

==Universe and lore==
Oasis is set in and around an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] research facility atop a cliffside on a far-flung [[Natural satellite|moon]].{{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFEchoes|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-echoes-with-dinh|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Echoes With-Dinh|D=24|M=03|Y=2023}} In early [[2553]], [[ONI Section Three]] initiated [[Operation: INTERIOR EXILE]], a recon mission with the goal of establishing this research site that would serve to examine a dormant [[Forerunner]] [[Forerunner starship|starship]] embedded in the moon's rocky terrain. However, this initial effort ended in failure, with agents [[Hieu Dinh|Dinh]] and [[Padraig]] being among the few survivors.{{Ref/Site|Id=S3Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/echoes-within-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Echoes Within Intel|D=24|M=03|Y=2023|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}}

Ultimately, the facility was constructed and to further study the vessel, ONI dug into the cliffside, creating a cavern system,{{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}} seemingly discovering an mysterious artifact in a fissure below the base.{{Ref/Map|Id=Oasis|HINF|Oasis (map)|Oasis}} Off the edge of the cliff, the large [[Lifeworker]] [[Lifeworker terraforming vessel|terraforming vessel]] can be seen [[terraforming]] the desert beneath it. The vessel's creation engines have been reawakened and are once more focused on the task of transforming barren worlds into verdant havens.{{Ref/Reuse|S3MapModePreview}}{{Ref/Reuse|YTS3MapPreview}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}}

==Overview==
===Layout===
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===Callouts===
The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay:
*'''Cave'''
*'''Cave Lift'''
*'''Pipe Hall'''
*'''Wall Base'''
*'''Oasis'''
*'''Facility'''
*'''Tower Base'''
*'''South Point'''
*'''Sandwiches'''

===Gameplay===
In objective modes, gaining a point will cause the Forerunner vessel's terraforming beam to fire. In non-objective modes, the beam will fire randomly.{{Ref/Reuse|Oasis}}

==Production notes==
*The ''[[Halo 4]]'' map [[Exile]] was a major inspiration for some of the elements of Oasis.{{Ref/Reuse|S3MapModePreview}}
*This map is one of the largest [[Big Team Battle]] maps in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. It was created with both infantry and vehicle routes in mind, with a particular emphasis on vehicle combat. There are wide open spaces conducive to both air and ground vehicle combat, and there are larger than average number of vehicles available on the map.{{Ref/Reuse|S3MapModePreview}}{{Ref/Reuse|YTSept22Update}} The interior spaces were designed so that Warthogs (and other similarly-sized vehicles) could access them, allowing them some additional cover from air and heavy vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|S3MapModePreview}}

==Gallery==
===Pre-release images===
<gallery>
File:HINF DesertBTBMap.png|The first official image of Oasis.
File:HINF DesertMapView.png|A pre-release screenshot of Oasis.
File:HINF DesertMapPOV1.png|A pre-release screenshot of the skybox near one of the bases.
File:HINF DesertMapPOV2.png|A pre-release screenshot looking down the main exterior corridor of the map.
File:HINF DesertMapPOV3.png|A pre-release screenshot of a base on the map.
File:HINF DesertMapPOV4.png|A pre-release screenshot of the interior of the map's central UNSC structure.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:HINF OasisOasis.png|The central "oasis" area of the map.
File:HINF OasisBlueBase.png|A base at one end of the map.
File:HINF OasisCenterInterior.png|The interior of the central structure on the map.
File:HINF OasisPipeRoom.png|An interior space on the map.
File:HINF OasisCaverns.png|The caverns at the back of the map.
File:HINF OasisOverview.png|A bird's eye view of the exterior portions of the map.
File:HINF OasisShip.jpg|The Forerunner terraforming vessel.
File:HINF OasisVista.jpg|A [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]] observes the Forerunner ship as it terraforms the landscape.
File:HINF OasisMatch.jpg|A multiplayer match on Oasis.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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