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On the level The Ark, there is a secret room right after the first cutscene. The room can only be accessed through Theater Mode. Right after the [[Pelican]] at the beginning lands, when the [[Master Chief]] begins to jump out of the Pelican, you may be able to see a glimpse of the room. To get inside, you need to fly up as high as you can against the mountain on the right side of the Pelican. Once you are against it, all you have to do is quickly tap the "Y" button twice. You will then be sent straight into the room where you are free to fly around. The true purposes of this room is currently unknown.
On the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[campaign]] level [[The Ark (level)|The Ark]], there is a '''Secret Room''' right after the first cutscene.


==Video==
==Description==
This is a video showing how to get into the secret room:
The room can only be accessed while watching a saved Film in [[Theater]]. Right after the [[Pelican]] at the beginning lands, and when [[John-117]] begins to jump out of the Pelican, the viewer may be able to see a glimpse of the room. To get inside, one needs to immediately pause the Film, and fly up as high as possible against the mountain on the right side of the Pelican. Once against it, quickly tapping '''Y''' twice will send the viewer straight into the room. The room is actually the [[bridge]] of the [[Assault Carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', commanded by [[Rtas 'Vadum]]. The room is seen in three cutscenes: The one between [[Floodgate]] and The Ark, the one at the beginning of The Ark, and the one at the end of the game.
[[Video:Halo 3 - Secret Room On The Ark|300px]]


==Possible Theories==
==Purpose==
*The room has a door on the opposite side. The door is a [[Covenant]] door, which has blue lights on it. The blue lights indicate that the door is unlocked and can be opened if a player stands near it.
This room is not actually an [[Easter egg]]; the room itself isn't a [[glitch]] either, though the method of accessing it is a glitch. Despite many wild theories on the subject, the room does serve an actual purpose.
*The room may have been part of the cutscene which took place at the end of [[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]], acting as the stage. If one pays close attention to the cutscene, the details match to the Secret Room.
 
*It could have been planned that you were going to fight in a Cruiser, but this part was cut at the end of the production and left there by mistake.
In ''Halo 3'', cutscenes are not pre-rendered, but are instead rendered using in-game resources. This means that the cutscenes are not made and added in, but take place in the level itself. Therefore, everything the player sees in a cutscene has to be somewhere in the level, though not necessarily where it can be seen or accessed. This is why if one throws a grenade right before a cutscene, the burn mark will be visible (depending on what you used and where you threw it) and why dead bodies in cutscenes often vary. Cutscene rooms are often placed below the level and large scenes like space battles sometimes happen in a completely different and separate part of the level. The placement of the bridge and the glitch used to get into this room are pure coincidence, and if the bridge were placed in a different place the glitch would not have the same effect. It is strange, however, that the bridge was not placed in the geometry of the first cutscene with the space battle, although the camera effects and movements would probably have easily revealed it.
*It could also be that Bungie first made the [[Covenant]] structure, then added the Flood Biomass, and left the structure there by mistake.
*This room could have been a part of the first cutscene for the inside of the Covenant Battle Cruiser.
*When fighting the Covenant early in the level with the ODST's, there are doors by the cave leading underground (although they are locked). Since the secret room is underground, those doors can quite possibly lead to that room.
*Looks like a room in the level Cortana, but without [[Flood]] biomass.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* This room is identical to the bridge in the [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]] level, except the only difference the bridge has flood biomass.
*The room appears in Floodgate, and is accessible in-game on Halo 3 MCC using a combination of tricks found on July 26th, 2016 by the group of trickers Termacious Trickocity<ref>[https://youtu.be/9KIgHSbt3sI Halo 3 Trick/Glitch – The Floodgate Bridge Cutscene Room]</ref>.
{{Easter Egg}}
*It should be noted that the room is basically an uninfected version of the Tilt Skull room on [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]]. One highly likely theory is that this room was built first and for Cortana, the environment designers modified it slightly and added [[Flood]] biomass.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ark_Secret_Room.jpg|The "secret room", which is actually the [[bridge]] of the ''Shadow of Intent''.<ref>http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/</ref>
File:Ark_Secret_Room2.jpg|An upper view of the room.<ref>http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/</ref>
File:Ark_Secret_Room3.jpg|Another screenshot of the secret room.<ref>http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/</ref>
File:Ark_Secret_Room4.jpg|The secret room has remarkable detail and sophistication characteristic to  Covenant architecture.<ref>http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/</ref>
</gallery>
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


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On the Halo 3 campaign level The Ark, there is a Secret Room right after the first cutscene.

Description[edit]

The room can only be accessed while watching a saved Film in Theater. Right after the Pelican at the beginning lands, and when John-117 begins to jump out of the Pelican, the viewer may be able to see a glimpse of the room. To get inside, one needs to immediately pause the Film, and fly up as high as possible against the mountain on the right side of the Pelican. Once against it, quickly tapping Y twice will send the viewer straight into the room. The room is actually the bridge of the Assault Carrier Shadow of Intent, commanded by Rtas 'Vadum. The room is seen in three cutscenes: The one between Floodgate and The Ark, the one at the beginning of The Ark, and the one at the end of the game.

Purpose[edit]

This room is not actually an Easter egg; the room itself isn't a glitch either, though the method of accessing it is a glitch. Despite many wild theories on the subject, the room does serve an actual purpose.

In Halo 3, cutscenes are not pre-rendered, but are instead rendered using in-game resources. This means that the cutscenes are not made and added in, but take place in the level itself. Therefore, everything the player sees in a cutscene has to be somewhere in the level, though not necessarily where it can be seen or accessed. This is why if one throws a grenade right before a cutscene, the burn mark will be visible (depending on what you used and where you threw it) and why dead bodies in cutscenes often vary. Cutscene rooms are often placed below the level and large scenes like space battles sometimes happen in a completely different and separate part of the level. The placement of the bridge and the glitch used to get into this room are pure coincidence, and if the bridge were placed in a different place the glitch would not have the same effect. It is strange, however, that the bridge was not placed in the geometry of the first cutscene with the space battle, although the camera effects and movements would probably have easily revealed it.

Trivia[edit]

  • The room appears in Floodgate, and is accessible in-game on Halo 3 MCC using a combination of tricks found on July 26th, 2016 by the group of trickers Termacious Trickocity[1].
  • It should be noted that the room is basically an uninfected version of the Tilt Skull room on Cortana. One highly likely theory is that this room was built first and for Cortana, the environment designers modified it slightly and added Flood biomass.

Gallery[edit]

  • The "secret room", which is actually the bridge of the Shadow of Intent.[2]

    The "secret room", which is actually the bridge of the Shadow of Intent.[2]

  • An upper view of the room.[3]

    An upper view of the room.[3]

  • Another screenshot of the secret room.[4]

    Another screenshot of the secret room.[4]

  • The secret room has remarkable detail and sophistication characteristic to Covenant architecture.[5]

    The secret room has remarkable detail and sophistication characteristic to Covenant architecture.[5]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo 3 Trick/Glitch – The Floodgate Bridge Cutscene Room
  2. ^ http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/
  3. ^ http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/
  4. ^ http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/
  5. ^ http://img820.imageshack.us/g/halo3114304156fullb.jpg/
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