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|image=[[File:Blackout brtowerview.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:Blackout brtowerview.jpg|300px]] | ||
|game=''[[Halo 3]]'' | |game=''[[Halo 3]]'' | ||
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|map=War Game Map_Set/: 037-2<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref> | |map=War Game Map_Set/: 037-2<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref> | ||
|location= [[UNSC Weather Station Z/41]], Arctic, [[Earth]] | |location= [[UNSC Weather Station Z/41]], Arctic, [[Earth]] | ||
|terrain= Icy metal walkways and platforms | |terrain= Icy metal walkways and platforms | ||
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{{Article quote|Bathed in frozen moonlight, this abandoned drilling platform is now a monument to human frailty.}} | {{Article quote|Bathed in frozen moonlight, this abandoned drilling platform is now a monument to human frailty.}} | ||
'''Blackout'''<ref name="blackout">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13413 '''Bungie.net''': ''Legendary Map: Blackout'']</ref> is a [[multiplayer]] map featured in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and is a remake of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' map [[Lockout]]. It is featured as one of the three maps in the [[Legendary Map Pack]] that became available on April 15, [[2008]]. | '''Blackout'''<ref name="blackout">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13413 '''Bungie.net''': ''Legendary Map: Blackout'']</ref> is a [[multiplayer]] map featured in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and is a remake of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' map, [[Lockout]] . It is featured as one of the three maps in the [[Legendary Map Pack]] that became available on April 15, [[2008]]. | ||
==Setting== | ==Setting== | ||
{{Main|UNSC Weather Station Z/41}} | {{Main|UNSC Weather Station Z/41}} | ||
Blackout takes place on UNSC Weather Station Z/41, | Blackout takes place on UNSC Weather Station Z/41, in [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctica]] on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|blackout}} The station was originally a privately owned research platform. The stark location and imaginative rumors about alien life forms stored at the remote station made it a tempting site for reimagining in [[War Games]].{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The station has racks of glacier core samples, Doppler radar and other pieces of research gear strewn about, and an Aurora Borealis overhead.{{Ref/Reuse|blackout}} | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
===Production notes=== | ===Production notes=== | ||
*Blackout's code name was ''Moonlight Sonata'' during its development due to the level's dark night-time sky, and as an allusion to one of Beethoven's works.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13264 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 2/15/08'']</ref> Originally, the map was to be set in an oil derrick, but this changed over time. The weather station designation was arbritraily chosen by artist [[Paul Russel]] | *Blackout's code name was ''Moonlight Sonata'' during its development due to the level's dark night-time sky, and as an allusion to one of Beethoven's works.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13264 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 2/15/08'']</ref> Originally, the map was to be set in an oil derrick, but this changed over time. The weather station designation was arbritraily chosen by artist [[Paul Russel]], | ||
*Another idea for the map's setting was to be a partially destroyed Strato-Sentinel on [[Installation 00|The Ark]], near the planetoid in its center.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo 3]]''', ''page 128''</ref> | *Another idea for the map's setting was to be a partially destroyed Strato-Sentinel on [[Installation 00|The Ark]], near the planetoid in its center.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo 3]]''', ''page 128''</ref> | ||
*During the production of the Legendary Map Pack, [[Assembly]] was originally going to ship alongside the other two maps. | *During the production of the Legendary Map Pack, [[Assembly]] was originally going to ship alongside the other two maps. |