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Vortex
Map overview
Game:	Halo 4
Map file name (?):	ca_redoubt
Lore information
Map designation (?):	War Games Map_Set/: 259-3
Location:	"Cyclone", large scale wind harvester in Requiem's equatorial cavern
Gameplay overview
Terrain:	Forerunner structures, rocky landscape
Recommended number of players:	6-16
Recommended gametype(s):	Dominion; Big Team Slayer;

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ONI personnel remain convinced that these ancient structures somehow harness the planet's torrential wind for power.

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Vortex is a Halo 4 multiplayer map. The map is also featured on three missions of Spartan Ops, in which it is known as "Cyclone".^[2]

Universe and lore

Main article: Cyclone

The Forerunner structures which occupy Requiem's equatorial caverns appear to generate power by harnessing its violent squalls. Onsite personnel believe that a full understanding of such a technology would offer the UEG substantial amounts of affordable, clean energy. Nevertheless, its internal mechanisms remain enigmatic.^[3]

Overview

Layout

Vortex Map.
Overhead view of the map.

Callouts

The following are locations on the map that were named in the Halo 4: Official Game Guide:

Red Base
Dunes
Red Turret
Horsemen
Red Lift
Red Trampoline
Far Gate
Wind Tunnel
Wind Trampoline
Pillars
Generator Cave
Limbo
Near Gate
Blue Landing
Blue Lift
Blue Trampoline
Blue Sneaky
Blue Base

Gallery

Concept art of Vortex.
An early concept art that turned into Vortex.
The same concept, now recolored.
Concept art of a cavern in Vortex.
Rocky environment in Vortex.
Two blue SPARTAN-IVs in a Warthog in Vortex.
Two SPARTAN-IVs fighting in Vortex.
A game of Dominion in Vortex.

Sources

^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide
^ Spartan Ops, S1E6 scattered
^ Halo Waypoint: Requiem

[VIS-1] Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide

[scattered-2] Spartan Ops, S1E6 scattered

[3] Halo Waypoint: Requiem

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 '''Vortex''' is a ''[[Halo 4]]'' [[multiplayer]] map. The map is also featured on three missions of ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', in which it is known as "[[Cyclone]]".<ref name="scattered">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Scattered|S1E6 ''scattered'']]</ref>
-==Description==
+==Universe and lore==
+{{Main|Cyclone}}
 The [[Forerunner]] structures which occupy [[Requiem]]'s equatorial caverns appear to generate power by harnessing its violent squalls. Onsite personnel believe that a full understanding of such a technology would offer the [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] substantial amounts of affordable, clean energy. Nevertheless, its internal mechanisms remain enigmatic.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/requiem '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Requiem'']</ref>
+==Overview==
+===Layout===
+<gallery>
+File:HMCC H4 Vortex Map.png|Vortex Map.
+File:Vortex Overhead.jpg|Overhead view of the map.
+</gallery>
+===Callouts===
+The following are locations on the map that were named in the ''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide]]'':
+*'''Red Base'''
+*'''Dunes'''
+*'''Red Turret'''
+*'''Horsemen'''
+*'''Red Lift'''
+*'''Red Trampoline'''
+*'''Far Gate'''
+*'''Wind Tunnel'''
+*'''Wind Trampoline'''
+*'''Pillars'''
+*'''Generator Cave'''
+*'''Limbo'''
+*'''Near Gate'''
+*'''Blue Landing'''
+*'''Blue Lift'''
+*'''Blue Trampoline'''
+*'''Blue Sneaky'''
+*'''Blue Base'''
 ==Gallery==
 {{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
 <gallery>
-File:HMCC H4 Vortex Map.png|Vortex Map.
 File:H4 Vortex Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Vortex.
 File:H4 - Stone Grove.jpg|An early concept art that turned into Vortex.
 File:H4-Concept-Vortex-Grove.jpg|The same concept, now recolored.
 File:H4-Concept-Vortex-Cavern.jpg|Concept art of a cavern in Vortex.
-File:Vortex Overhead.jpg|Overhead view of the map.
 File:H4 Vortex-2.jpg|Rocky environment in Vortex.
 File:H4 Two Blue SIV Vortex.jpg|Two blue [[SPARTAN-IV]]s in a [[Warthog]] in Vortex.