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-'''Two Giants''' is the codename for a canyon on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]. It has seen occupation by [[Covenant remnant]] forces in the [[Requiem campaign]].
+'''Two Giants''' is the codename for a canyon on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]], named for a pair of pulse-emitting towers on either side of the canyon. It saw occupation by both the [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]] during the [[Second Battle of Requiem]].
 ==History==
-[[File:H4 Ragnarok-1.jpg|300px|thumb|The Two Giants location on Requiem]]
+===UNSC investigation and Covenant counterattack===
-In early [[2558]], the area known as Two Giants was behind Covenant enemy lines. [[Mountain Squad]], a [[UNSC Marine Corps]] squadron crashed their [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] behind enemy lines. In response [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] deployed [[Fireteam Crimson]] to the area, where they combated a steady battlegroup of some Covenant and [[Promethean]] forces. Though they rescued Mountain Squad, Crimson was sent to investigate one of the [[Beam emitter]]s and activate it so Dr.[[Catherine Halsey]] could analyze it. The emitter sent out a pulse and triggered a Covenant response. <ref name="Catherine">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Catherine|S1E3 ''Catherine'']]</ref> A {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}} was attracted and sent in waves of [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] to Crimson's position. Crimson was beating them off, but needed equipment help, prompting [[Robert Dalton]] to drop in [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System|Mantis]] mech suits for the team. The Spartans utilized them and defeated the Covenant battlegroup, while [[Cyrus Shaw]]'s [[Charon-class light frigate]] destroyed the battle cruiser. Crimson then left the location. <ref name="Catherine"/> However the area was re-taken by [[Jul 'Mdama]], and Crimson located him at Two Giants. Defeating minimal Covenant forces, Crimson found that 'Mdama had escaped using [[Slipspace translocation]]. Crimson was able to open a portal of their own, and left Two Giants, getting teleported to the [[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]. <ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Didact's Hand|S1E4 ''Didact's Hand'']]</ref>
+[[File:H4 Ragnarok-1.jpg|300px|thumb|Two Giants' waterfront tower.]]
+In [[2558|February 2558]], the area known as Two Giants was under Covenant control. [[Mountain Squad]], a joint [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]]/[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit, was deployed to the area to investigate a mysterious signal received at [[Galileo Base]]. Their [[D79-TC Pelican]] crashed behind enemy lines and they survivors came under fire. In response, [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] deployed Spartan [[Fireteam Crimson]] to the area, where they engaged a linked up with Mountain Squad's surviving Spartans. Though the Spartans of Mountain Squad were killed, Crimson investigated the southern tower, which Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] surmised to be the origin of the signal; at this time, the tower emitted a pulse into the sky, which alerted nearby Covenant forces.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Catherine/Spartan Mountain|S1E3 - ''Spartan Mountain'']]</ref>
-==Trivia==
+Responding to the pulse emitted by the tower, a {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}} arrived near Two Giants and deployed waves of [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantom dropships]] to Crimson's position. Spartan [[Robert Dalton]] requested several [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System|Mantis assault mechs]] for the team, which they used to thwart the Covenant's reprisal. Eventually, {{UNSCship|Infinity}}'s ''Sub-vessel 3'' destroyed the cruiser and Crimson was redeployed.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Catherine/Shootout In Valhalla|S1E4 - ''Shootout In Valhalla'']]</ref>
-*Two Giants is also the location of the  [[Multiplayer]] map, [[Ragnarok]].
-*Considering that the Two Giants area and thereby Ragnarok are solidified canon on Requiem through [[Spartan Ops]], it makes them a canon location just as the [[Valhalla]] map was from ''[[Halo 3]]''. As Ragnarok is a re-make of Valhalla, it shows that there is in the [[Halo Universe]] an eerie coincidence between Mountain Squad's crashing of their Pelican, and the crashing of [[Victor 398]], despite the events happening during the Requiem campaign and the [[Battle of Installation 00]]. Quite possibly this Forerunner canyon structure appears often on Forerunner installations due to the massive areas the Forerunners terraformed. However, the coincidence of the two events still remains.
+===Later conflict===
+The UNSC soon established a base at the inland tower. After Covenant supreme leader [[Jul 'Mdama]] was reported to be present at the other tower, Fireteam Crimson was sent back to Two Giants. On their arrival, however, the Spartans encountered only [[Promethean]] constructs, which were soon reinforced by the Shipmaster's forces. 'Mdama had used the tower to [[Slipspace translocation|teleport]] himself to the [[Fortress (location)|Fortress]], a structure elsewhere on Requiem. After clearing the area, Fireteam Crimson entered a portal inside the tower, translocating them to the Fortress in pursuit of their target.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Didact's Hand/Rally Point|S1E4 - ''Rally Point'']]</ref>
+==Production notes==
+Two Giants is the location of the ''Halo 4'' multiplayer map ''[[Ragnarok]]''; in-universe, the map is based on the conflict depicted in ''Spartan Ops'', as evidenced by the presence of Mountain Squad's crashed Pelican. In the real world, the map is a remake of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' map ''[[Valhalla]]'', which in turn is a spiritual successor to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''Blood Gulch'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''[[Coagulation]]''. ''Valhalla'' and ''Ragnarok'' are both named for elements of Norse mythology.
+The map is an almost exact recreation of ''Valhalla'', which is canonically set in a nearly identical canyon on [[Installation 00]]. It is thus interesting to note that Pelican ''[[Victor 398]]'' and Mountain Squad's Pelican crashed in the [[:File:V-398.jpg|same manner]] in the same approximate locations in their respective canyons. From a production standpoint, of course, this is due to ''Ragnarok'' being a remake of ''Valhalla''.
 ==List of appearances==
 *''[[Halo 4]]''
-**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{1st}}
+**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
 ==Sources==