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Did you know...
...that the Halopedia Forums are up and running?

...that "Demon" is the Covenant name for all Spartans?

...that WizKids has been hired to make Halo figures?

...that Lockout is haunted by the Ghost of Lockout?

...that all permanent crew aboard UNSC Prowlers serve in the UNSC Prowler Corps?

...that in Halo 3 you can now see other players' secondary weapons?

...that a creature called the Flood Juggernaut is in the programming of Halo 2 even though it was cut out of the final game?

...that the Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galileian Nonlinear Rifle is the official name of the "Spartan Laser"?

...that "Instant Kill" is a Button Combo?

...that  was a UNSC Frigate?

...that both Halo 3 and Halo Wars come out in November 2007?

...that Tor Books will publish two more Halo novels?

...that the UNSC's Purple Heart award is identical to the one used by today's United States military?

...that Minor Elites appear purple, instead of their usual blue, when Halo: Combat Evolved is played in PC Safe Mode?



...that some already have access to the Halo 3 Beta?

...that Ensemble Studios, not Bungie will be making Halo Wars?

...that the multiplayer map High Ground of Halo 3 is to be the debut of the Big Ass Mortar Gun?

...that the C-12 Shaped Charge can blow through three meters of UNSC Titanium-A battleplate?

...that the MA5K Assault Rifle is the stripped-down cousin of the ubiquitous MA5B ICWS Assault Rifle?

...that Meals Ready to Eat are stored in UNSC Human Entry Vehicles?

...that Jen Taylor voiced Cortana as well as Princess Toadstool in the Super Mario games?

...that 2401 Penitent Tangent flies around the Halo 2 multiplayer map Backwash?

...that the BR55 Battle Rifle fires 3-round bursts?

...that a Lance is a small group of Grunts and an Elite?

...that there were Ranger Jackals in Halo: Fall of Reach?

...that the High Prophet of Mercy's real name is "Hod Rumnt"? ...that SPARTAN-458 only appears in the Xbox 360 game Dead or Alive 4?

...that all of UNSC space runs on Military Standard Time?



...that a Disembodied Soul is imprisioned in Bungie's server?

...that Bungie stores all Halo information in the Halo Story Bible?

...that the history of the Covenant is depicted in seven murals in a deleted scene?

...that page 122 of the Halo Graphic Novel suggests Avery J. Johnson is a Spartan-I?

...that Halo writer Joseph Staten voices some of the Grunts?

...that the Master Chief's name is John?

...that the alien words spoken by Jackals and Elites are simply reversed English phrases?



...that Japanese characters are written on the M6D Pistol?

...that there is a lone Sentinel in Halo 2 that fires needler rounds?

...that Bungie is obsessed with the number seven?

...that a Bungie employee included an easter egg in Halo 1 as a gift for his girlfriend?

...that UNSC cigarettes contain "ignition ends" that light up when tapped?

...that a slipspace explosion sent a UNSC AI from the year 2552 to the year 2004?

...that the Covenant produced an AI capable of thinking for itself and betraying its masters?



...that a new Covenant vehicle, the Mauler, will be introduced in Halo 3?

...that the Mongoose has been refered to as "the most Buddhist land-based motive system in the UNSC's arsenal"?

...that there is a transportation device in the Halo 3 map Valhalla called the Man Cannon?

...that the Forerunners built a sort of fallout shelter called the Shield World with which they could survive the Halos' destruction?

...that Hunter armor can withstand multiple plasma shots before warming?

...that the Covenant dropships of Halo: Combat Evolved are named Spirits?

...that there is only one known Covenant colony, the planet Joyous Exultation?



...that the UNSC was formed during the Interplanetary War, which occurred in the 2160's?

...that Hunters are collective entities formed from 100 eel-like beings?

...that when a Flood Infection Form infests a host it can instantly acquire their memories?

...that the planet Onyx contained the only known Forerunner city?

...that the Arbiter was originally called the Dervish, but was changed for political correctness?

...that the UNSC wages war with both the alien Covenant and the human United Rebel Front?

...that the Brutes are being revamped for Halo 3?


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