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| [[File:HINF PropagandaTowerCrop.png|250px|thumb|A communication tower on [[Installation 07]].]]
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| The [[Banished]] operate '''communication towers''', also known as '''communication pylons''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=WFTP|Halo: Whispers from the Pyre}} that serve as communication relays for their [[Proselytization network|battle-net]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=441}} While they are typically used for communication between commanders in the field, some serve as '''propaganda towers''' that broadcast [[propaganda]].{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HINF|Propaganda Tower in-game structures}}
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| ==Overview==
| | [[File:HINF_BanishedPropagandaTower.png|250px|thumb|right|A propaganda tower.]] |
| ===Design details===
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| Serving as both short-range relays and long-range broadcasters, communication towers are distributed across Banished-occupied territory to create a proselytization network for transmitting messages during battle. The towers route protected communiqué through the Banished battle-net, enabling instantaneous communication and coordination by commanders in the field. Some communication towers also broadcast stories of valor and news of impending victory to raise morale among Banished troops, in complement of [[propaganda totem]]s that broadcast [[Atriox]]'s speeches. Regardless of their function, however, all of the towers join together to form the Banished battle-net; as such, destruction of any one could impair local communications.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| ===History=== | | '''Propaganda towers''' are [[Banished]]-operated communications structures that broadcast [[propaganda]].{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HI}} |
| During the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]], the [[Banished]] set up at least forty propaganda towers on the fragmented section of [[Installation 07|the ring]], which were operated by [[Glibnub]], an [[Unggoy]] communications officer.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}} Glibnub constantly broadcasted taunting and demoralizing messages to the surviving UNSC personnel.{{Ref/Novel|Id=RP21|RP|Chapter=21}} These messages typically contained unverifiable statements, half-truths, or outright lies (such as the [[John-117|Master Chief]] merely killed ''"four Grunts in an [[Escharum]] suit"''), and occasionally the Unggoy officer would simply air some personal grievance instead, such as him being upset over the towers being destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}} Glibnub's obnoxious broadcast has made him a "Most Wanted" target among UNSC survivors,{{Ref/Reuse|RP21}} and even [[Ciar 'Yaham]], a studymaster in the Banished, was relieved by the sight of a destroyed tower.{{Ref/Reuse|WFTP}} | | |
| | ==History== |
| | During the [[Installation 07 conflict]], the Banished set up numerous propaganda towers on the ring, which were operated by [[Glibnub]], an [[Unggoy]] communications officer. Glibnub constantly broadcasted taunting and demoralizing messages to the surviving UNSC personnel. These messages typically contained half-truths or outright lies (such as the Master Chief merely killed ''"four Grunts in an Escharum suit"''), and occasionally the Unggoy officer would simply air some personal grievance instead.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}} |
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| ==In-game information== | | ==In-game information== |
| {{Quote|The Banished have built an extensive network of propaganda broadcasting towers across this fragment of the Ring. Destroy them all.|[[TACMAP]] description{{Ref/Game|Id=tacmap|HI|TACMAP}}}}
| | [[John-117]] has the option of destroying these towers, weakening the Banished's influence in the area and earning [[valor]]. There are a total of 40 towers on the map. Destroying the first tower rewards the ''[[Please Shut Up]]'' achievement, while destroying all 40 of them rewards the player with the ''[[Off The Air]]'' achievement.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}} |
| In ''[[Halo Infinite]]''{{'}}s campaign, the player has the option of destroying these towers, weakening the Banished's influence in the area and earning [[valor]]. Destroying a tower earns the player 10 [[valor]] points. There are a total of 40 towers on the map. Destroying the first tower rewards the [[Please Shut Up]] achievement, while destroying all 40 of them rewards the player with the [[Off the Air]] achievement.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
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| For a list of Glibnub's propaganda tower voice lines, see [[Glibnub/Quotes|here]].
| | ==Trivia== |
| | The propaganda towers originally had no voice over, but the team thought they could use more personality.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=TwitterJoeTowers|joestaten|1469371908927807490|Joseph Staten|Y=2021|M=12|D=10|Quote=Now that #HaloInfinite is out, I can explain that this was a reference to a change we made to the Banished “communication towers.” They originally didn’t have any VO, just a cool mechanical sound, and we thought they could use a little more Grover-ish personality aka #Glibnub.}} |
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| ==Production notes==
| | One message states that the Banished have calculated that a human dies on Zeto Halo every eight minutes. This may have been inspired by a real radio broadcast which a Red Army propaganda station directed to the Germans on Christmas day in 1942, stating *"every seven seconds, a German dies in Stalingrad."* |
| *The propaganda towers originally only made a mechanical sound, but the developers decided to add more personality to the towers, hence the creation of Glibnub and his dialogue.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=TwitterJoeTowers|joestaten|1469371908927807490|Joseph Staten|Quote=Now that #HaloInfinite is out, I can explain that this was a reference to a change we made to the Banished “communication towers.” They originally didn’t have any VO, just a cool mechanical sound, and we thought they could use a little more Grover-ish personality aka #Glibnub.|D=10|M=12|Y=2021}}
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| *One message states that the Banished have calculated that a human dies on Zeta Halo every eight minutes. This may have been inspired by a real [[World War II]] radio broadcast from a Red Army propaganda station directed to the Germans on Christmas day in 1942, stating ''"every seven seconds, a German dies in Stalingrad."''
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HINF PropagandaTowerDefense.png|A group of Banished infantry standing guard around a communications tower.
| | File:HINF Propaganda Tower.png|A propaganda tower on the surface of Installation 07. |
| File:HINF Propaganda Tower.png|A communications tower on the surface of Installation 07. | |
| File:HINF_BanishedPropagandaTower.png|A communications tower.
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| File:HINF Propaganda Tower destroyed.png|A destroyed communications tower.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==Appearances== |
| *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Whispers from the Pyre]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | {{Ref/Sources}} |
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| [[Category:Banished buildings]] | | [[Category:Banished buildings]] |
| [[Category:Banished technology]]
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| [[Category:Communications technology]] | | [[Category:Communications technology]] |
| [[Category:Halo Infinite]] | | [[Category:Halo Infinite]] |
