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<center>''Were you looking for [[Portal]], the [[Forerunner]] complex?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for [[Portal]], the [[Forerunner]] complex?''</center> | ||
[[Image:Porta.jpg|thumb|200px|A Porta opens for [[Master Chief]].]] | [[Image:Porta.jpg|thumb|200px|A Porta opens for [[Master Chief]].]] | ||
A '''Porta''' is a sphincter-like orifice embedded into the floors and walls of [[Flood Hive]]s that acts as the [[Flood]] analog to doorways. Portas were sighted in the [[Flood]]-infested ''[[High Charity]]'' and in the ''Halo 3'' | A '''Porta''' is a sphincter-like orifice embedded into the floors and walls of [[Flood Hive]]s that acts as the [[Flood]] analog to doorways. Portas were sighted in the [[Flood]]-infested ''[[High Charity]]'' and in the [[Halo 3|''Halo 3'']] multiplayer map, [[Isolation]]. There are also [[7|seven]] portas on the level, [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Portas may or may not be the doors on ''[[High Charity]]'', covered in [[Flood]] biomass. | *Portas may or may not be the doors on ''[[High Charity]]'', covered in [[Flood]] biomass. | ||
*Portas have at least two [[7]] references in them, one being that Portas are made up of | *Portas have at least two [[7]] references in them, one being that Portas are made up of seven segments, and that there are seven Portas on the level, [[Cortana (level)| Cortana]]. | ||
*The name, "porta", probably comes from the [[Greece|Greek]] word ''porta'' (''πόρτα''), which means door. | *The name, "porta", probably comes from the [[Greece|Greek]] word ''porta'' (''πόρτα''), which means door. | ||
*Porta is also Latin for door | *Porta is also Latin for "door". | ||
*On the '' | *On the ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map, [[Isolation (Level)|Isolation]] there is one porta. Sliding down a hole on the top part of the map will lead you to slide down a tube. A porta will open, letting you into the Flood-infested cave. | ||
*Portas make an appearance in [[Halo Wars]] on the | *Portas make an appearance in [[Halo Wars|''Halo Wars'']], on the [[Flood Barracks]]. | ||
*There is a running joke among gamers that the | *There is a running joke among gamers that the Portas are the Gravemind's intestinal openings, due to their sphincter-like appearance. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 18:02, July 19, 2009
A Porta opens for Master Chief.
A Porta is a sphincter-like orifice embedded into the floors and walls of Flood Hives that acts as the Flood analog to doorways. Portas were sighted in the Flood-infested High Charity and in the Halo 3 multiplayer map, Isolation. There are also seven portas on the level, Cortana.
Trivia
- Portas may or may not be the doors on High Charity, covered in Flood biomass.
- Portas have at least two 7 references in them, one being that Portas are made up of seven segments, and that there are seven Portas on the level, Cortana.
- The name, "porta", probably comes from the Greek word porta (πόρτα), which means door.
- Porta is also Latin for "door".
- On the Halo 3 multiplayer map, Isolation there is one porta. Sliding down a hole on the top part of the map will lead you to slide down a tube. A porta will open, letting you into the Flood-infested cave.
- Portas make an appearance in Halo Wars, on the Flood Barracks.
- There is a running joke among gamers that the Portas are the Gravemind's intestinal openings, due to their sphincter-like appearance.
Sources
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