Editing Best Guess At Best

{{Status|RealWorld}}
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| name     = Best Guess At Best
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| album    = ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''
| composer = [[Stephen Rippy]]
| length   = 2:55<br>1:12 {{C|Shield Exterior}}
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| last     = [[Rescued or Not]]
| next     = [[One Problem At a Time]]
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'''Best Guess At Best''' is the seventeenth track in ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''.

==Overview==
The track is an ambient track featuring a mix of basses, percussion, and synthesizers with reverb as well as digital notes. 

The soundtrack's bonus DVD includes an alternate version, titled '''Best Guess At Best (Shield Exterior Version)''', featuring additional vocals, heavy percussive beats, and the main melody at a higher tempo.

==Appearances==
The track plays randomly as a backing track during gameplay on any [[campaign]] or [[Skirmish]] levels in ''[[Halo Wars]]'' set on the surface of [[Trove]] (though with exception of two campaign levels), including:

;Campaign
*''[[Anders' Signal]]''
*''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]] ''
*''[[Shield World (level)|Shield World]]''
*''[[Cleansing]]''
*''[[Repairs]]''

;Skirmish
*''[[Exile (Halo Wars level)|Exile]]''
*''[[Release]]''
*''[[Repository]]''
*''[[Barrens (Halo Wars map)|Barrens]]''

The alternate version only plays in the beginning of the levels listed above.

==Production notes==
Stephen Rippy made stems (including basses, percussion, leads, pads, and digital effects) of the track, along with ''[[Flollo]]'', available for download on his personal website.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.stephenrippy.com/halo-wars.html|Site=Stephen Rippy.com|Page=Halo Wars|D=16|M=5|Y=2021}}

==Sources==
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