Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)

"Are you ready, Reclaimer? This is how my story begins."

- 04-343 Guilty Spark in the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary terminals teaser.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary features a Terminal accessible to the player in each level. Unlike the text-based Terminals in Halo 3, the Terminals feature animation, music, sound effects and narration by 343 Guilty Spark and a handful of other characters. The Terminals will also have connections to the story of Halo 4 and The Forerunner Saga. After the player accessed the terminal in the campaign levels, the terminal can be watched in the game's main menu, in the "Extras", similar to the cutscenes in Halo Wars.

The graphics and audio for the Terminals were produced by The Sequence Group, while most of the writing was done by 343 Industries Managing Editor Kevin Grace.

Just like skulls, terminals cannot be seen or accessed in Classic mode. They can be seen and accessed on any difficulty and in Co-op mode. Once unlocked, the terminals can be viewed via Halo Waypoint.

The Terminals
Terminal One

Terminal Two

Terminal Three

Terminal Four

Terminal Five

Terminal Six

Terminal Seven

Terminal Eight

Terminal Nine

Terminal Ten

Terminal Eleven

Trivia

 * Terminal 7's description is a reference to the Latin saying quis custodiet ipsos custodes? ("Who watches the watchmen?").
 * Captain Keyes' mental struggle as he is slowly assimilated by the proto-Gravemind is an adaptation of a passage from Halo: The Flood. Several additions are present to integrate the scene with more recent canon - specifically, memories of his daughter, Miranda, and her mother, Dr. Catherine Halsey.
 * Guilty Spark's quote from terminal ten refering to an ancient evil, is a probable referance to Halo 4's tagline, "An ancient evil awakens".
 * A five-character code in Forerunner script appears briefly at each terminal's end, excluding Terminal 11. The characters correspond directly with the Latin alphabet. In order from the first terminal, they are as such: "343GS", "HALO4", "SPARK", "FLOOD", "EARTH", "DEMON", "RINGS", "ARRAY", "HUMAN", and "HAVEN".
 * The input screen is based on the holographic control spheres seen inside the relic on Harvest and at the Apex on Shield 0459 from Halo Wars, as well as from Halo Legends: Origins.
 * In the 11th terminal, Kig-Yar are seen with the Heretics. As one of the Sangheili officers promised to 343 Guilty Spark that all Kig-Yar present would be killed for attacking an Oracle, this provides an explanation for the species' absence in Halo 2.