Seven

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"Some of you may be wondering - "What's up with this unhealthy obsession with the number 7?" This page offers some insights."

— Brian Jarrard, linking to this very page

"Cause that's the best number. It's like rock. Nothing beats rock or 7."

— Michael Wu

Bungie Studios has long enjoyed using the number Seven (7) in its games in many prominent ways. Ensemble Studios and authors also have certain obvious seven references in their works about Halo. While almost anything can be made into a reference to something with effort or constructed accidentally through pareidolia, the following attempts to list the intentional references Bungie placed into Halo for the fans to find. As such, not all of these references may be fully accurate, and many of them may be proven to be false at any time. Bungie's obsession with the number seven may be attributed to (or be a determining factor) why John-117 is considered lucky, as 7 is considered a lucky number. In spite of the fact that the number seven is featured extensively in Bungie's work, it has generated an aura of apophenia. This cultural nuance can be compared to the 23 enigma.

Halo Series

• John-117's service tag is another 7 reference (1x1x7=7).

Halo: The Fall of Reach

Main article: Halo: The Fall of Reach

Halo: Combat Evolved (and Halo: The Flood)

Main articles: Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: The Flood

Halo: First Strike

Main article: Halo: First Strike

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Main article: Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Halo 2

Main article: Halo 2

Halo 3

Main article: Halo 3

Cortana Letters and Transmissions

Main articles: Cortana Letters, Transmissions

• Cortana signs one letter with seven 'X's and 'O's.
• Cortana sends eight emails. But Letter Three was likely never intended, so seven messages were planned.

I Love Bees

Main article: I Love Bees

Halo: Contact Harvest

Main article: Halo: Contact Harvest

• There were seven space elevators of the Tiara.
• Seven main maglev train lines led out from each base of the space elevators.
• Prophet Senior Ministry staffers could manage to travel in their gravity thrones in groups as small as seven.
• The first space elevator to collapse was the seventh elevator.
• Later Loki changed the five minute interval for the containers to seven minutes.
• Sif's electronics were stored in seven towers in the Tiara's control room.

Halo: The Cole Protocol

Main article: Halo: The Cole Protocol

• Seven ODST's were killed during the attack on the Redoubt.

Halo Wars

Main article: Halo Wars

• In Halo Wars, both the UNSC Fortress and Covenant Citadel possess 7 expansion sockets.
• There are 7 Elites deactivating camouflage in the first Halo Wars Trailer
• There are 7 types of buildings for each UNSC and Covenant.
• There are 7 power nodes that you can destroy to make the super scarab's searchlight move slower on the level Scarab.
• At the beginning of Relic Approach the lockdown on the base will not end and the main gate will not open until the player trains five more squads of marines, bringing the total to seven.
• Following the events aboard the UNSC Prophecy, Sergeant Forge required seven doses of anti-radiation treatment.
• The cryo pods in the last cutscene are row 3 and 4. 3+4=7

Halo 3: ODST

Main article: Halo 3: ODST

Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe

Main article: Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe

Halo: Reach

Main article: Halo: Reach

Halo Legends

Main article: Halo Legends

Miscellaneous

{{Scroll box |content = *Most family names of Sangheili have 7 letters, including the 'ee' suffix for military service (e.g., Vadumee, Zamamee, Vadamee).

• Seventh Column is the name given to Bungie's official fan club.
• John-117 stands 7' tall in the MJOLNIR Mark IV suit.
• The terms SPARTAN and MJOLNIR both have 7 letters.
• There are seven remaining Spartan-IIs still able to fight: John, Fred, Kelly, Linda, and Gray Team, the three missing at the start of the mission beyond UNSC-controlled space.
• The ASCII Master Chief in a Bungie Weekly Update was made with 7s.
• Smart AIs (such as Cortana) go rampant after seven years of activation.
• There are 7 Halo rings.
• In the Cortana Letters "... In my palace deep, Lyca lies asleep ..." is mentioned on the 7th letter and is believed to be from the poem "The Little Girl Found-By William Blake". One section says:

"Arm in arm, seven days They traced the desert ways. seven nights they sleep Among shadows deep, And dream they see their child Starved in desert wild."

• In the preview of Halo 3 featured at the Seattle IMAX theater, Bungie gave away a prize to the person sitting in seat G7. (Note that G is the seventh letter of the alphabet, so it is essentially 77.)
• The Legendary Map Pack banner on the official Bungie.net. There is a slogan saying: Tru7h. Carnage. Bungie.
• All known "Monitor" Forerunner A.I.'s have I.d. numbers that are powers of seven.
• The Forerunner Dreadnought has 14 x 14 x 14 dimensions. 14 = 7+7.
• In the background of the Limited Edition of Halo 3, the door behind the Chief has a 7 written on it.
• In an ad for the Halo 3 guide that occasionally shows up on Bungie.net, "07" is stenciled in white on the Pelican behind the Master Chief.
• Bungie has seven Steps to World Domination.
• In the Bungie weekly update, 6/27/08, this message is posted:

/PACKET INTERRUPTION – ERROR CODE 5929 */
…Attempting Recovery…
…Attempting Recovery…
/ 93% PACKET CORRUPTION – RECOVERY UNSUCCESSFUL - DISPLAYING */C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@
Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
48hr0x0ABFFFFF [ERR 5929]
/ END DISPLAY */

Out of 5929, 5+9+2+9=25 2+5=7

Also, with "93% packet corruption", 7% was left uncorrupted.

• In the Halo series there are 7 levels named after a Halo character: 343 Guilty Spark, Keyes, The Arbiter, Regret, Gravemind, Sierra 117 and Cortana.
• Bungie broke off from Microsoft July 7, 2007 7/7/07 (though this may just be a coincidence)
• Bungie's The Art of Halo 3 was released on November 25th, 2008 (2+5= 7).
• There are 7 Vidmaster achievements.
• Most of The Halo Series is set in years beginning with the number 25. 2+5=7 The vast majority of the game trilogy is set in 2552. 5 and 2 is the exact same equation, per order of operations.
• In many cultures, 7 is considered to be lucky, and Master Chief is seen by Cortana to be "luckier" then the other Spartans, in both The Fall of Reach and the beginning of Halo 3.
• Many Covenant weapons have Type-52 or Type-25 at the beginning of their official names (5+2=7 and 2+5=7)
• The Quito Space Tether was officially given its name in the year 2401, exactly 32,196 days after its completion (including leap days).(2+4+0+1=7} (7⁴=2401 and 3+2+1+9+6=21 21/3=7)
• When a Spike grenade detonates, its spikes will stay hot for seven seconds.
• Dr. Halsey's journal has 7 pages unwritten (excluding the text at the last page with the copyrights).
• The Human-Covenant War started in 2525 (2+5+2+5=14/2=7) and ended 28 years later(28/4=7).
• The Halo: Reach limited edition Xbox 360 controller and wireless headset are both marked with the requisition number "//65|59_234|97///". On the headset, directly before the requisition code, is a larger number 7.
• There will be seven multiplayer maps in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
• There are 7 letters in Cortana.
• There are 7 letters in Warthog.
• There are 7 letters in Spectre.

Links

Internal

• List of Biblical References in Halo
• List of Marathon References in Halo

External

• The Septionary is a fan-created list every seven letter word in the english language.

• The relevant Bungie.Net forum topic is here.

• List of "Three" References in Halo - Parody of this list at Gruntipedia.

• "7" on Wikipedia