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| [[File:HI Deer.jpg|thumb|350px|Deer-like creature]]
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| '''Deer''' are [[Wikipedia:Ungulate|ungulate]] [[Wikipedia:Mammal|mammal]]s of the [[Wikipedia:Taxonomy|taxonomic]] [[Wikipedia:Family (biology)|family]] ''[[Wikipedia:Deer|Cervidae]]''. While deer are indigenous to [[Earth]], both deer and '''deer-like creatures''' have been discovered by the [[United Nations Space Command]] on at least one [[Halo ring]]—[[Installation 07]].
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| ==History==
| | An unidentified species of '''deer-like animal''' was found on the [[Halo Array|Halo ringworld]] [[Installation 07]].<ref name="HuiD">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''Page 22''</ref> |
| Both deer and deer-like creatures were among those [[Conservation Measure|preserved]] by the [[Librarian]] against the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]] in [[97,445 BCE]].<ref name="CF9">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Cannon Fodder - Array With Words'']</ref><ref name="WaypointLibrarian">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/librarian '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Librarian'']</ref> Following this destructive event deer were [[Reintroduction|reintroduced]] to [[Earth]] and both they and similar creatures were seeded upon at least one [[Halo]] ring.<ref name="HHITD1">''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref><ref name="HODTRE">''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'', [[The Ring Experience]]</ref> Following the discovery of [[Installation 07]] by respected scientist Doctor [[Luther Mann]] just as [[2555]] was dawning, [[Vanessa|a]] form of deer-like creature was encountered by and befriended by Mann once he had joined the [[Unified Earth Government]] [[Zeta Halo project|initiative]] concerned with studying and occupying the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|HHITD1}}{{Ref/Note|''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'', a traveling experience canonically set at some point between [[2554]] and [[2557]], includes an attraction called [[The Ring Experience|"The Ring Experience"]] which involves viewing a [[Wavespace|live]] feed from a [[OQ-45 Honeybee]] drone exploring a [[Halo ring]]. Multiple deer can be seen in the environment. The planet which the ring is shown orbiting discounts the possibility that it could be [[Installation 05|Delta]] or [[Gamma Halo]], and executive producer of The Ring Experience, Jason Ambler, believes it is supposed to be [[Installation 07|Zeta Halo]]. If this is the case, the experience cannot be set any earlier than the point in [[2555]] when the [[Zeta Halo project|exploration]] of that installation began. Officially the identity of the installation shown in The Ring Experience is presently undefined by [[343 Industries]]. It should also be noted that the canonical dating of ''Outpost Discovery'' may be able to be further narrowed by a display which claims it is believed [[343 Guilty Spark]] was destroyed in [[2552]]. It was in late [[2555]] that the [[UNSC]] first learned of this [[monitor]]'s survival.}}<ref name="HR13">''[[Halo: Renegades]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref><ref name="TMOTRE">''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'', ''The Making of The Ring Experience''</ref>
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| ==Anatomy, physiology, and behavior== | | ==Overview== |
| [[File:HOD DEER.PNG|300px|thumb|Deer on a Halo ring]]
| | This species of animal, like all those found on the Halo Array, was collected and introduced to the Installation by the [[Forerunners]].<ref name="HuiD"/> Examples of this animal have been documented on Zeta Halo; it is unknown if they are found on other Installations. |
| The deer-like creature befriended by Doctor Mann on [[Zeta Halo]] was small and named "[[Vanessa]]" by him, despite his inability to conclusively determine its sex.{{Ref/Reuse|HHITD1}} Every morning around the same time, Vanessa would show up around the same time and stare at him expectantly until he fed her with [[lettuce]], which she chowed down enthusiastically. Satisfied with the food, she would them take several steps forward so that Mann could rub her under the chin. This elicited a noise from Vanessa that sounded vaguely like the equivalent of a purr.{{Ref/Reuse|HHITD1}}
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| ==Production notes==
| | These animals have been observed to be very docile. Physically, members of this species are small and are said to resemble [[Earth]]-native [[Wikipedia:Deer|Deer]]. These animals can make a noise that sounds vaguely like a purr. They are known to be herbivores.<ref name="HuiD"/> |
| [[Wikipedia:Falcon's Treehouse|Falcon's Creative Group]] was tasked with recreating its own versions of the so-called "space deer" first featured in the [[2018]] [[Halo Infinite announcement trailer|trailer]] for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|TMOTRE}} This was done so that they might be featured within "[[The Ring Experience]]" at ''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''. According to [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1894114/ Jason Ambler], executive producer of the experience, the deer were primarily based on [[Wikipedia:Moose|moose]] but were given their own unique sorts of antlers. [[343 Industries]] reportedly wished for various creatures seen on the [[Halo ring]] in the experience to look as if they belonged on [[Earth]] but possess some features which made them look slightly alien as well.{{Ref/Reuse|TMOTRE}} | | |
| | In March [[2552]], Doctors [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]] encountered an individual animal of this species on Zeta Halo, which Mann befriended and named "[[Vanessa]]".<ref name="HuiD"/> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[i love bees]]'' {{Im}}
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| *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]''
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| *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Sound only}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''
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| ==Notes==
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Animals]] | | [[Category:Animals]] |
