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==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
===''Halo 2'' predecessor=== | ===''Halo 2'' predecessor=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:HCE-AV30Kestrel Render.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''Halo: Combat Evolved''{{'}}s conceptual Kestrel.{{Ref/Twitter|game_fabricator|464436273029980160|Marcus Lehto|Quote=Did the Kestrel ever get out to the public?|D=03|M=3|Y=2021}}] | ||
The Kestrel was originally an aircraft that was cut from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' at an early stage of the game's development, though the name remained in the game's code.{{Citation needed}} Various pieces of concept art for the craft are shown on the ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[Halo 2 Collector's Edition#Collector's Edition DVD|Collector's Edition disc]]. Its design inspired the canonical version introduced in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''. | The Kestrel was originally an aircraft that was cut from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' at an early stage of the game's development, though the name remained in the game's code.{{Citation needed}} Various pieces of concept art for the craft are shown on the ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[Halo 2 Collector's Edition#Collector's Edition DVD|Collector's Edition disc]]. Its design inspired the canonical version introduced in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''. | ||
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===Concept art=== | ===Concept art=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HCE-AV30Kestrel.png|Cutout of the original cut Kestrel model from ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. | |||
File:H2_Kestrel_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of the cut Kestrel in ''Halo 2''. | File:H2_Kestrel_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of the cut Kestrel in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File:H2_Kestrel_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the cut Kestrel in ''Halo 2''. | File:H2_Kestrel_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the cut Kestrel in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File:H2_Kestrel_Concept_3.jpg|Concept art of the cut Kestrel in ''Halo 2''. | File:H2_Kestrel_Concept_3.jpg|Concept art of the cut Kestrel in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File:MC Concept Kestrel.png|Concept art for the Mega Contrux version of the Kestrel.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/megaconstruxmx/photos/a.1414975092049172.1073741828.1406790922867589/1463960180483996/?type=3&theater '''Facebook''' ''- Concept art]</ref> | File:MC Concept Kestrel.png|Concept art for the Mega Contrux version of the Kestrel.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/megaconstruxmx/photos/a.1414975092049172.1073741828.1406790922867589/1463960180483996/?type=3&theater '''Facebook''' ''- Concept art]</ref> | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> |