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{{Article Quote|A training facility located in the Highland Mountains, where Spartans are born.}}
{{Article quote|A training facility located in the Highland Mountains, where Spartans are born.}}
{{Multiplayer Map Infobox
{{Multiplayer map infobox
|pagegamelabel=HR
|name=Highlands
|name=Highlands
|image=[[File:Highlands05.jpg|250px]]
|image=[[File:Highlands05.jpg|300px]]
|game=''Halo: Reach''
|game=''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|location=Highland Mountains, Reach       
*[[Defiant Map Pack]]
|devname=<code>trainingpreserve</code>
|location=[[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]], [[Highland Mountains]], [[Viery Territory]], [[Reach]]        
|terrain=Mountain forest, UNSC training facility
|terrain=Mountain forest, UNSC training facility
|equipment=
|equipment=
|power-ups=
|power-ups=
|gametypes=
|gametypes=*[[Capture the Flag]]
*[[Assault]]
*[[Stockpile]]
|playernumber=8-16
|playernumber=8-16
}}
}}


'''Highlands''' is one of three maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]] designed for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> The map is set in a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] training facility in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] within the [[Highland Mountains]] on [[Reach]]. Outside the playable space, [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] can be seen [[glassing]] the surrounding environment.
'''Highlands''' is one of three maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]] designed for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref>  


==Locations==
==Universe and lore==
{{Main|Military Wilderness Training Preserve}}
Highlands is set in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] in the aptly named [[Highland Mountains]] on [[Reach]]. From [[2517]] to [[2525]], the [[SPARTAN-II program]] used this area for training the super soldiers on wilderness survival. Outside the map, the [[Big Horn River]] dominates the valley floor and in the distance, several {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s can be seen [[glassing]] Reach.
 
The middle of the map plays host to a [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship, ''[[Bravo 001]]''. During the [[Fall of Reach]], members of SPARTAN-II [[Red Team]] deployed to the surface of Reach in ''Bravo 001'' to defend the planet's [[orbital defense generator]]s from [[Covenant]] assault. The Pelican was shot down and crash-landed in the Highland Mountains.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-defiant-map-pack/2458ede3-9d81-406c-a92d-1bfe1306e3da Halo Waypoint: Behind the Scenes - Defiant Map Pack]</ref>
 
==Overview==
===Layout===
<gallery>
File:HMCC_HR_Highlands_Map.png|Highlands Map.
File:Highlands_1280.jpg|Overhead view of the map.
</gallery>
====Callouts====
The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay:
The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay:
*Operations
*Operations
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*Blue Base
*Blue Base
*Blue Tower
*Blue Tower
*Big Horn River
*[[Big Horn River]]
*Radio Tower
*Radio Tower
*Crash Site
*Crash Site
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*Cliffs
*Cliffs
*Out of bounds...
*Out of bounds...
==Production notes==
During development Highlands was known as Training Preserve. Current files on Bungie.net are even labeled Training Preserve instead of the map's final name.{{Citation needed}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*During development Highlands was known as Training Preserve. Current files on Bungie.net are even labelled as Training Preserve instead of the map's final name.
*This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the other being [[Condemned]].
*This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the other being [[Condemned]].
*In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed.  
*In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed.
*This level's design is similar to that of the [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] campaign level [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]].
===Easter eggs===
*The [[Bravo 001|crashed Pelican]] was carrying [[sPARTAN-II Program| Spartan-IIs]] in the midst of the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-defiant-map-pack/2458ede3-9d81-406c-a92d-1bfe1306e3da Halo Waypoint: Behind the Scenes - Defiant Map Pack]</ref> They leapt out of the doomed Pelican, dropping into the [[Highland Mountains]] in the [[Viery Territory]].
{{Main|Easter egg}}
*The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]].
*The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]].
*The Covenant [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]s hovering in the sky are not static; they wobble from side to side slightly.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160">
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
File:Highlands_1280.jpg|An overhead image of Highlands.
<gallery>
File:HR_Highlands_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map.
File:HR_Highlands_Glassing_Concept.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape.
File:Highlands.jpeg|A general view of the map.
File:Highlands.jpeg|A general view of the map.
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-8.jpg|The east cave.
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-8.jpg|The east cave.
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File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-5.jpg|A [[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser]] shot destroying a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]].
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-5.jpg|A [[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser]] shot destroying a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]].
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-4.jpg|A Spartan destroying a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]].
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-4.jpg|A Spartan destroying a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]].
File:Defiant_concept_4.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map.
File:HR Highlands Glassing.png|The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map.
File:Defiant_concept_3.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape.
File:HTMCC S5A Wallpaper 2.jpg|A Spartan in an [[AKIS]] helmet and the map as it appears in the ''Halo: Reach'' component of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


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[[Category:Defiant Map Pack]]

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“ A training facility located in the Highland Mountains, where Spartans are born. ”
Highlands
Highlands05.jpg
Map overview

Game:

Halo: Reach

Map file name (?):

trainingpreserve

Lore information

Location:

Military Wilderness Training Preserve, Highland Mountains, Viery Territory, Reach

Gameplay overview

Terrain:

Mountain forest, UNSC training facility

Recommended number of players:

8-16

Recommended gametype(s):

 

Highlands is one of three maps in the Defiant Map Pack designed for Halo: Reach.[1]

Universe and lore[edit]

Main article: Military Wilderness Training Preserve

Highlands is set in the Military Wilderness Training Preserve in the aptly named Highland Mountains on Reach. From 2517 to 2525, the SPARTAN-II program used this area for training the super soldiers on wilderness survival. Outside the map, the Big Horn River dominates the valley floor and in the distance, several Ket-pattern battlecruisers can be seen glassing Reach.

The middle of the map plays host to a D77-TC Pelican dropship, Bravo 001. During the Fall of Reach, members of SPARTAN-II Red Team deployed to the surface of Reach in Bravo 001 to defend the planet's orbital defense generators from Covenant assault. The Pelican was shot down and crash-landed in the Highland Mountains.[2]

Overview[edit]

Layout[edit]

  • Highlands Map.

    Highlands Map.

  • Overhead view of the map.

    Overhead view of the map.

Callouts[edit]

The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's heads-up display during gameplay:

  • Operations
  • Motor Pool
  • Waterfall
  • Communications
  • Rock Arch
  • Red Base
  • Red Tower
  • West Cave
  • Underpass
  • Pond
  • Rappelling Towers
  • Blue Base
  • Blue Tower
  • Big Horn River
  • Radio Tower
  • Crash Site
  • East Cave
  • Cliffs
  • Out of bounds...

Production notes[edit]

During development Highlands was known as Training Preserve. Current files on Bungie.net are even labeled Training Preserve instead of the map's final name.[citation needed]

Trivia[edit]

  • This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach, the other being Condemned.
  • In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed.

Easter eggs[edit]

Main article: Easter egg

Gallery[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.
  • Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map.

    Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map.

  • A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape.

    A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape.

  • A general view of the map.

    A general view of the map.

  • The east cave.

    The east cave.

  • A battle on the map.

    A battle on the map.

  • A Spartan Laser shot destroying a Falcon.

    A Spartan Laser shot destroying a Falcon.

  • A Spartan destroying a Banshee.

    A Spartan destroying a Banshee.

  • The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map.

    The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map.

  • A Spartan in an AKIS helmet and the map as it appears in the Halo: Reach component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

    A Spartan in an AKIS helmet and the map as it appears in the Halo: Reach component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Major Nelson: Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint: Behind the Scenes - Defiant Map Pack

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