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{{Article quote|Snowmelt from [[Mount Kilimanjaro|Kilimanjaro]] feeds reservoirs every bit as vital as the fuel and ammunition stores.}}

Rat's Nest is a large indoor [[vehicles]] map that resembles an area from the campaign level [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]], with internal vehicle accessible roads, tight corridors, walkways suspended above areas and vents. In the distance, [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] and [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] pass by. "Rat's Nest" is the colloquial name for the ammunition storage facility of Crow's Nest and was used by the [[UNSC]] to store munitions and fuel up until the [[Covenant]] attack on the base.{{Ref/Reuse|wp earth}}

On November 19, 2007, [[Microsoft]] released information regarding the first ''Halo 3'' [[Heroic Map Pack]].<ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo3/news/20071119-heroicmappack.htm].</ref> Rat's Nest is one of the maps included in this bundle. The map pack retailed for 800 Microsoft Points (US$10), and was released on December 11, 2007. However, on March 25, 2008 the Heroic Map Pack became free to all Xbox Live Members.

This map is, essentially, a big figure 8 track (note, a digital 8, meaning vehicles must turn 90 degrees to cross straight from one side to the next). The map is extremely open and vehicle-based around its perimeter and center, with close combat and medium-sized rooms everywhere else. It has two [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]]s and [[M274 Mongoose|Mongoose]]s parked outside of both bases. Small rooms connect each base. Around the edge of the map there is a small outdoor road.  

On the upper road there is a [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghost]] and a [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]]. Below the upper road, there is an [[Active camouflage|active camo]]. A [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] and a [[AIE-486H machine gun|machine gun turret]] are placed above that, providing a commanding but exposed view. The [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]] is by the cliff. A Pelican is positioned on a landing platform visible from the track, but it is unusable and inaccessible due to death barriers.

*A good form of defense for [[Assault]] and [[Capture the Flag]] is to stay up on the first floor of your base with a Shotgun, this allows you to pounce any attackers on the ground floor, [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenade]]s are nearby for attacking vehicles, and you are normally at very little risk.

*In a game of Team Slayer, if you gain the lead and have all members of your team pile in behind the fence using the aforementioned Mongoose fence glitch, you are safe until the match is over. The only catch is that someone must guard the sealed door to assassinate any potential intruders. <!-- actually you can kill people who are hiding inside the fence. -->

*If you listen closely to the big green pipes, you can hear [[Yanme'e|Drones]] flying and bumping into each other inside the pipes. This is no doubt a reference to [[Crow's Nest]] where you first hear Drones passing through the pipes, before breaking out and engaging the player later in the level.

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