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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*In ''[[Halo 2]]'', the containment shield was observed during the level [[Sacred Icon]].
*In ''[[Halo 2]]'', the containment shield was observed during the level [[Sacred Icon]].
*The holographic control panel for the Containment-Shield displays what appears to be a perfectly symmetrical hand, with two thumbs. The texture, created by [[Bungie]] environment artist [[Paul Russel]], was actually originally designed with a normal five-finger hand. However, due to texture memory constraints, the image was mirrored, creating the six-digit hand in the game. Paul Russel simply shrugged this off, thinking the Forerunners "were probably courteous enough to make their holo signage ambidextrous." Relatedly, later depictions of Forerunner hands in ''[[Halo 4]]'' and ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' established most Forerunners as having six-fingered hands with two thumbs.{{Ref/Twitter|docabominable|1605937566489776131|Paul Russel|Quote=It’s a mirrored texture. I thought the accidental two thumbs would be a funny thing to see fans speculate on. But it’s just mirrored to conserve texture memory. No secrets other than dev trickery to keep texture budgets low. https://archive.is/4ml2w|D=22|M=12|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Twitter|docabominable|1605938116597911552|Paul Russel|Quote=Oh, I remember thinking forerunners were probably courteous enough to make their holo signage ambidextrous. But I never told anyone that. https://archive.is/nqvUT|D=22|M=12|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Twitter|docabominable|1606022798270287873|Paul Russel|Quote=It’s really both. The texture had to be mirrored, so two thumbs was inevitable. I was able to shrug it off as ambidextrous but really no one cared. Just an item checked off a list. No mystery story meaning. https://archive.is/Dm99E|D=22|M=12|Y=2022}}
*The holographic control panel for the shield displays what appears to be a perfectly symmetrical hand with six fingers. Whether by coincidence or not, this matches the later depictions of Forerunner hands in ''[[Halo 4]]'' and ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'', which establish most Forerunners as having six-fingered hands with two thumbs.


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