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*According to [[Brian Reed]], the lead writer of ''Spartan Ops'', Requiem is the largest Forerunner construct in history, though this is far from accurate:<ref>[http://youtu.be/A3KLtf8DzCU '''Youtube''' ''Halo 4: A Hero Awakens Behind the Scenes'']</ref> With a diameter of 10,787 kilometers,<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> Requiem is dwarfed by several Forerunner constructs, such as the [[Capital]] (~ 100,000 km), [[Installation 00]] (127,530 km), and especially [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]] (~ 300,000,000 km). | *According to [[Brian Reed]], the lead writer of ''Spartan Ops'', Requiem is the largest Forerunner construct in history, though this is far from accurate:<ref>[http://youtu.be/A3KLtf8DzCU '''Youtube''' ''Halo 4: A Hero Awakens Behind the Scenes'']</ref> With a diameter of 10,787 kilometers,<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> Requiem is dwarfed by several Forerunner constructs, such as the [[Capital]] (~ 100,000 km), [[Installation 00]] (127,530 km), and especially [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]] (~ 300,000,000 km). | ||
*Early concept art for ''Halo 4'' display a decidedly different concept for Requiem's entry portal than the final incarnation. Whereas in the game the entrance opens directly to the inner planetary shell underneath, several works of concept art depict the interior of the opening as a cavernous, structured space which appears to lack gravity. | *Early concept art for ''Halo 4'' display a decidedly different concept for Requiem's entry portal than the final incarnation. Whereas in the game the entrance opens directly to the inner planetary shell underneath, several works of concept art depict the interior of the opening as a cavernous, structured space which appears to lack gravity. | ||
*Requiem is designated as "43121124" by the holographic terminal displaying the ''Dawn'''s predicted drift course.<ref name="Dawn"> '''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[ | *Requiem is designated as "43121124" by the holographic terminal displaying the ''Dawn'''s predicted drift course.<ref name="Dawn"> '''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Dawn]]''</ref> | ||
*Requiem being pulled into its star was originally suggested as a joke by [[Frank O'Connor]] during a brainstorming session on the ending of the first season of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.<ref name="Bulletin">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/02/27/The-Halo-Bulletin-22713.aspx '''Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 02.27.13'']</ref> | *Requiem being pulled into its star was originally suggested as a joke by [[Frank O'Connor]] during a brainstorming session on the ending of the first season of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.<ref name="Bulletin">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/02/27/The-Halo-Bulletin-22713.aspx '''Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 02.27.13'']</ref> | ||
*''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' and the shield world's in-game appearance in ''Halo 4'' seem to indicate that Requiem has only one entry portal, referred to as the "maw corridor" in the visual guide.<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> Despite this, the ''Halo 4'' terminals and ''Halo: Silentium'' portray Requiem as having a number of access corridors.<ref name="s281"/> It is possible that the other portals were sealed off with Requiem when the Didact was placed into stasis, likely as a safeguard against the Halos' activation. | *''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' and the shield world's in-game appearance in ''Halo 4'' seem to indicate that Requiem has only one entry portal, referred to as the "maw corridor" in the visual guide.<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> Despite this, the ''Halo 4'' terminals and ''Halo: Silentium'' portray Requiem as having a number of access corridors.<ref name="s281"/> It is possible that the other portals were sealed off with Requiem when the Didact was placed into stasis, likely as a safeguard against the Halos' activation. | ||
