Halopedia:Projects/Reach Mapping: Difference between revisions

The '''Reach Mapping Project''' aims to cross-reference both in-game and supplementary material to attempt to make sense of [[Reach]]'s regional structure. The current pages for [[Viery Territory]], [[Ütközet]], [[Eposz]] and [[Alföld]] and potentially others do not have a clear or consistent hierarchy of locations, which reflects Halo Reach's lack of a consistent approach to detailing locations.

These sources combined allows us to place a number of important locations seen in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and supplementary material (''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'', [[Data Drop]]s etc) with a fair degree of accuracy, and begin piecing together the overall geographical structure of Reach.

*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' - Includes location hierarchies in chapter headers for sections on Reach.

**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' - Includes location hierarchies in establishing shots for sections on Reach.

*''[[Remember Reach Webfilm|Remember Reach]]'' - A webfilm showing life on Reach prior to the events of ''Halo: Reach''.

|[[Winter Contingency|Winter Contingency]]/Visegrad Relay

|[[File:Szudork_From_Orbit_HR.PNG|250px]]

|[[The Package|The Package]]/ONI: Sword Base (Tunnels)

====Environment Details====

=====Computer Screens and Terminals=====

File:Visegrad Relay Map Display.PNG|Map of Reach as seen on a computer screen in the Visegrád Relay.

=====Winter Contingency (Visegrád Relay, 50KM from Visegrád, Eposz)=====

 

File:Visegrad Valley.jpg|A huge valley below the Visegrád Relay to the southeast, with snowy tundra, some sparse trees and a sizable lake.

 

=====ONI: Sword Base (Sword Base, adjacent to Babd Catha Ice Shelf, Eposz)=====

File:HR_Sword_Base_Inlet.jpg|South-western view across the inlet to the west of Sword Base. The inlet feeds into a large sea to the south.

=====New Alexandria (New Alexandria, Eposz)=====

File:HR_New_Alexandria_Hospital_Display.jpg|A digital display located in the New Alexandria Medical Center Skybridge

 

*In Chapter 24 of ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', the [[Highland Mountains]] are located on Reach's northern continent. [[Camp Hathcock]] is located among the mountains as metioned in this chapter too.

*In Chapter 1 of ''Halo: Shadows of Reach'', [[Big Crater Bay]] is confirmed to be the large body of water south of the Babd Catha ice shelf/SWORD Base.

*In Chapter 3 of ''Halo: Shadows of Reach'', Eposz is confirmed to be a supercontinent.

==Locational hierarchy==

*[[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-412|ODG Facility A-412]]

*******[[Asźod ship breaking yards]]

*****[[Visegrad]]

******[[Visegrad Relay]]

*****[[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]]

******[[Sword Base]]

******[[Babd Catha Forerunner Complex]]

*****[[Farkas Lake]]

******[[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]]

*****[[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] ([[Template:New Alexandria|Locations]])

****[[Szurdok Ridge]]

*****[[Ütközet hydroelectric power plant]]

***[[Highland Mountains]]

****[[Lébény district]]

*****[[Gönc Canyon]]

*****[[Gönc Drifts]]

*****[[Scheelite Workings]]

****[[Csongrád]]/Csongrád Region

*****[[Vanadinite Mountain]]

*****[[Omeiite Mountain]]

*****[[Menachite Mountain]]

******[[CASTLE Base]]

****[[Big Horn River]]

****[[Camp Hathcock]]

****[[Camp Independence]]

****[[Fairchild Field]]

****[[Reach High Command]]

*****[[HIGHCOM Armory Omega]]

****[[Longhorn Valley]]

****[[Military Reservation 01478-B]]

****[[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]]

****[[ODG Facility A-331]]

****[[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]

*****[[Reach Naval Academy|Naval Officers' Academy]]

==Theorycrafting==

===Hypothetical location placements===

[[File:Theorycrafted Locations HR.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Hypothetical locations of Farkas Lake and Asźod. ]]

*'''[[Farkas Lake]]''' - Upon superimposing the skybox texture from the mission ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]'' over the map of Reach, it appears that Farkas Lake to a lake inlet area between [[Manassas]], [[Visegrád]] and [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]].

File:Reach_planet2.png|''Long Night of Solace'' skybox texture.

*'''[[Aszod]]''' - Based on the ''[[Halo: Reach radio conversations]]'', Aszod appears to be near or in the direct flight path of the Highland Mountains. It is also arid and appears to be within a crater. As such, that narrows it down to one crater east of the mountain range containing [[CASTLE Base]].

*'''[[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]]''' - CASTLE Base is located approximately at 500km south of Visegrad, and ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' reveals the Military Wilderness Training Preserve is nearby. A mountain range in the skybox directly south of Visegrad Relay appears identical to one that can be seen in the distance in the multiplayer map [[Highlands]], which is located in the preserve. Though the in-game compass from the multiplayer map does not support this, as it places this mountain range in question to the southeast of the preserve. Additionally, the promotional trailer [[Patrol]], in which UNSC Army unit 3 Charlie are ordered to investigate a disturbance in the Visegrad Relay, takes place in the Longhorn Valley, within the preserve.

File:HR_Highlands_Mountain_Range.jpg|A mountain range viewed from the Military Wilderness Training Preserve.

File:HR_Visegrad_Mountain_Range.jpg|A mountain range south of Visegrad Relay.

File:HR_Project_Flipped_Comparison.png|A comparison.

*In the radio conversation for [[Overlook]], the two speakers mention that the Army is moving in to [[Pálháza]] and suggests that it is directly connected to Visegrad. The further description of Visegrad's location further suggests that the two are located close together in northern Alfold.

*In the cutscene/level ''[[The Heretic]]'' of ''[[Halo 2]]'', Reach is briefly seen being glassed. In the original version, Reach had a completely different design. In the ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' version of the level, Reach was redesigned and appears to be based on ''Halo: Reach''{{'}}s version of the planet. This is confirmed by comparing details with terrain maps of the planet. By doing this, it appears the cutscene shows us parts of the sea and bits of land near and west of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]].

File:Glassed Reach.png|New Alexandria appears to be the small, but visible crater bay near the right of the image.

File:UR - H2A-Reach comparison.png

 

===Depolyment of forces based on available information===

*[[124th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized)]] — (''APP-6A'': '''MCH 124 X'''

*An {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} outside of [[Sopron]] (this could be the ''Ardent Prayer{{'}}''s location over Reach as it has a giant red mark beside it)

*{{AID|}} [[Viery Territory]]

*{{AID|}} [[Ütközet]]

*{{AID|}} [[Eposz]]

*{{AID|}} [[Alföld]]

*{{AID|}} [[Ung]]

*{{AID|}} [[Asźod]]

*{{AID|}} [[Bars]]

*{{AID|}} [[Eposz]]

*{{AID|}} [[Szurdok Ridge]]

*{{AID|}} [[Highland Mountains]]

**{{AID|}} [[Menachite Mountain]]

**{{AID|X}} [[Vanadinite Mountain]]

**{{AID|X}} [[Omeiite Mountain]]

*{{AID|}} [[Visegrád]]

*{{AID|}} [[Arany Basin]]

*{{AID|}} [[SWORD Base]]

**{{AID|}} [[Kat-B320]]