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*If the player walks into the loading arm of the MAC gun in the Firing Control Center in the level "Cairo Station", they will be crushed and sometimes fall down into the cutscene hangar, where the Chief jumps out with the Covenant bomb. However, if the player does this too many times, they may be sent back to the previous checkpoint. | *If the player walks into the loading arm of the MAC gun in the Firing Control Center in the level "Cairo Station", they will be crushed and sometimes fall down into the cutscene hangar, where the Chief jumps out with the Covenant bomb. However, if the player does this too many times, they may be sent back to the previous checkpoint. | ||
*Despite being called ''Cairo Station'', the platform is located more towards central Africa than Cairo, much like the misplacement of Athens and Malta. If this was an intentional reference or merely a coincidence is not known. | *Despite being called ''Cairo Station'', the platform is located more towards central Africa than Cairo, much like the misplacement of Athens and Malta. If this was an intentional reference or merely a coincidence is not known. | ||
*Athens, Malta, and Cairo were all | *Athens, Malta, and Cairo were all places involved in the 1985 hijacking of [[Wikipedia:EgyptAir Flight 648|EgyptAir Flight 648]], which was en route to Cairo from Athens and forced to land in Malta. | ||
*Cairo is credited as being co-designed by a Doctor [[Stephen Loftus]], an homage to community member Stephen Loftus who is well known for his study of Halo technical details, and frequent contributor to officially published media.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | *Cairo is credited as being co-designed by a Doctor [[Stephen Loftus]], an homage to community member Stephen Loftus who is well known for his study of Halo technical details, and frequent contributor to officially published media.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | ||