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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This ship's crash landing may have been previously alluded to in ''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'', in which Guilty Spark states that other species had visited the installation prior to the Covenant's arrival. However, it is unlikely that he refers to this incident specifically, as the other races recorded what they encountered on the Halo and then left. | *This ship's crash landing may have been previously alluded to in ''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'', in which Guilty Spark states that other species had visited the installation prior to the Covenant's arrival. However, it is unlikely that he refers to this incident specifically, as the other races recorded what they encountered on the Halo and then left. | ||
*After a ''[[Halo Waypoint]]'' forum user joked that the vessel's slipspace capabilities indicate that it was not built by "dogs, cats, [or] certain bears", the administrator known as {{Plain|[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_profile601146.aspx Catalog]}} facetiously replied, "Query Answer: No known Tier 2 species matching suggested morphology [re: ursus sapiens]."<ref>{{Plain|[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959673_What-species-crashed-on-Installation-04.aspx | *After a ''[[Halo Waypoint]]'' forum user joked that the vessel's slipspace capabilities indicate that it was not built by "dogs, cats, [or] certain bears", the administrator known as {{Plain|[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_profile601146.aspx Catalog]}} facetiously replied, "Query Answer: No known Tier 2 species matching suggested morphology [re: ursus sapiens]."<ref>{{Plain|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013192605/https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959673_What-species-crashed-on-Installation-04.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''What species crashed on Installation 04?'']}}</ref> ''Ursus sapiens'' is a hypothetical binomial nomenclature meaning "wise bear". The joke was later referenced in the name of the achievement—[[Bearly Contained]]—from ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' that requires the player to activate Terminal 6 on [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]].<ref>[http://ca.ign.com/wikis/halo-master-chief-collection/Achievements '''IGN''': ''Achievements'']</ref> | ||
**Catalog also stated that the ship's hull pattern bears similarity to the designs used by [[seven]] distinct species.<ref>{{Plain|[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst248247p14_Catalog-Interaction.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']}}</ref> | **Catalog also stated that the ship's hull pattern bears similarity to the designs used by [[seven]] distinct species.<ref>{{Plain|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141014054211/https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst248247p14_Catalog-Interaction.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']}}</ref> | ||
*The overhead view of the crashed ship closely resembles a [[masseffect:Reaper|Reaper]] (particularly of the ''Sovereign'' class) from the [[masseffect:Mass Effect|''Mass Effect'' universe]]. | *The overhead view of the crashed ship closely resembles a [[masseffect:Reaper|Reaper]] (particularly of the ''Sovereign'' class) from the [[masseffect:Mass Effect|''Mass Effect'' universe]]. | ||
