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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Layout=== | |||
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File:HMCC_HR_Highlands_Map.png|Highlands Map. | |||
File:Highlands_1280.jpg|Overhead view of the map. | |||
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===Locations=== | ===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: | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:HR_Highlands_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map. | File:HR_Highlands_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map. | ||
File:HR_Highlands_Glassing_Concept.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape. | File:HR_Highlands_Glassing_Concept.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape. | ||
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-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:HR Highlands Glassing.png|The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map. | File:HR Highlands Glassing.png|The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map. | ||
File:HTMCC S5A Wallpaper 2.jpg|A Spartan in an [[AKIS]] helmet and the map as it appears in the ''Halo: Reach'' component of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''. | |||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Defiant Map Pack]] | [[Category:Defiant Map Pack]] | ||
Revision as of 22:55, March 28, 2021
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Highlands is one of three maps in the Defiant Map Pack designed for Halo: Reach.[1]
Universe and lore
- Main article: Military Wilderness Training Preserve
Highlands is set in the Military Wilderness Training Preserve in the aptly named Highland Mountains on Reach. From 2517 to 2525, the SPARTAN-II program used this area for training the super soldiers on wilderness survival. Outside the map, the Big Horn River dominates the valley floor and in the distance, several CCS-class battlecruisers can be seen glassing Reach.
The middle of the map plays host to a D77-TC Pelican dropship, Bravo 001. During the Fall of Reach, members of SPARTAN-II Red Team deployed to the surface of Reach in Bravo 001 to defend the planet's orbital defense generators from Covenant assault. The Pelican was shot down and crash-landed in the Highland Mountains.[2]
Overview
Layout
Highlands Map.
Overhead view of the map.
Locations
The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's heads-up display during gameplay:
- Operations
- Motor Pool
- Waterfall
- Communications
- Rock Arch
- Red Base
- Red Tower
- West Cave
- Underpass
- Pond
- Rappelling Towers
- Blue Base
- Blue Tower
- Big Horn River
- Radio Tower
- Crash Site
- East Cave
- Cliffs
- Out of bounds...
Production notes
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.[citation needed]
Trivia
- 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.
Easter eggs
- Main article: Easter egg
- The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a radio conversation.
Gallery
Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map.
A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape.
A general view of the map.
The east cave.
A battle on the map.
A Spartan Laser shot destroying a Falcon.
A Spartan destroying a Banshee.
The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map.
A Spartan in an AKIS helmet and the map as it appears in the Halo: Reach component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Sources
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