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==Trivia==

*Before its release, the short was said to focus on ''"Elites around the time of the Prophet alliance"'',<ref name="Polite Questions"/> indicating that the episode occurs around [[852 B.C.E.|852 BCE]]. However, the presence of Unggoy indicates that it must occur no earlier than [[2142|2142 CE]]. After the episode's release, [[Frank O'Connor]] clarified that it takes place ''"...quite late into the Covenant as a society, with most of the client species either absorbed or in the process of absorption."''<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952800 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Re: Okay'']</ref>

*Before its release, the short was said to focus on ''"Elites around the time of the Prophet alliance"'',<ref name="Polite Questions"/> indicating that the episode occurs around [[852 B.C.E.|852 BCE]]. However, the presence of Unggoy indicates that it must occur no earlier than [[2142|2142 CE]]. After the episode's release, [[Frank O'Connor]] clarified that it takes place ''"...quite late into the Covenant as a society, with most of the client species either absorbed or in the process of absorption."''<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952800 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Re: Okay'']</ref> With the release of [[Halo 2 Anniversary]], the terminals confirmed that the event portrayed took place circa 2152 CE.

*The significant Sangheili characters of ''The Duel'' are depicted with fairly human-like faces. This was a stylistic choice to make them more sympathetic.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952690 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: My Thoughts *SPOILERS*'']</ref><ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952776 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Okay'']</ref><ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952832 '''Halo.Bungie.org''': ''Re: Okay addendum'']</ref> Haka's warriors have faces more typical of the Sangheili.

*At one point in the episode's subtitle track, Fal is mistakenly called "Thel", the name of the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] of the ''Halo'' Trilogy.

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 ==Trivia==
-*Before its release, the short was said to focus on ''"Elites around the time of the Prophet alliance"'',<ref name="Polite Questions"/> indicating that the episode occurs around [[852 B.C.E.|852 BCE]]. However, the presence of Unggoy indicates that it must occur no earlier than [[2142|2142 CE]]. After the episode's release, [[Frank O'Connor]] clarified that it takes place  ''"...quite late into the Covenant as a society, with most of the client species either absorbed or in the process of absorption."''<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952800 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Re: Okay'']</ref>
+*Before its release, the short was said to focus on ''"Elites around the time of the Prophet alliance"'',<ref name="Polite Questions"/> indicating that the episode occurs around [[852 B.C.E.|852 BCE]]. However, the presence of Unggoy indicates that it must occur no earlier than [[2142|2142 CE]]. After the episode's release, [[Frank O'Connor]] clarified that it takes place  ''"...quite late into the Covenant as a society, with most of the client species either absorbed or in the process of absorption."''<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952800 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Re: Okay'']</ref> With the release of [[Halo 2 Anniversary]], the terminals confirmed that the event portrayed took place circa 2152 CE.
 *The significant Sangheili characters of ''The Duel'' are depicted with fairly human-like faces. This was a stylistic choice to make them more sympathetic.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952690 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: My Thoughts *SPOILERS*'']</ref><ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952776 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Okay'']</ref><ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=952832 '''Halo.Bungie.org''': ''Re: Okay addendum'']</ref> Haka's warriors have faces more typical of the Sangheili.
 *At one point in the episode's subtitle track, Fal is mistakenly called "Thel", the name of the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] of the ''Halo'' Trilogy.