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{{Article | {{Article Quote|A training facility located in the Highland Mountains, where Spartans are born.}} | ||
{{Multiplayer | {{Multiplayer Map Infobox | ||
|name=Highlands | |name=Highlands | ||
|image=[[File:Highlands05.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:Highlands05.jpg|300px]] | ||
|game='' | |game=''Halo: Reach'' | ||
|location=Highland Mountains, Reach | |||
|location= | |||
|terrain=Mountain forest, UNSC training facility | |terrain=Mountain forest, UNSC training facility | ||
|equipment= | |equipment= | ||
|power-ups= | |power-ups= | ||
|gametypes= | |gametypes= | ||
|playernumber=8-16 | |playernumber=8-16 | ||
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'''Highlands''' is one of three maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]] designed for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> | '''Highlands''' is one of three maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]] designed for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> | ||
== | ==Setting== | ||
{{Main|Military Wilderness Training Preserve}} | {{Main|Military Wilderness Training Preserve}} | ||
Highlands is set in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] in the aptly named [[Highland Mountains]] on [[Reach]]. From [[2517]] to [[2525]], the [[SPARTAN-II program]] used this area for training the super soldiers on wilderness survival. Outside the map, the [[Big Horn River]] dominates the valley floor and in the distance, several {{ | Highlands is set in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] in the aptly named [[Highland Mountains]] on [[Reach]]. From [[2517]] to [[2525]], the [[SPARTAN-II program]] used this area for training the super soldiers on wilderness survival. Outside the map, the [[Big Horn River]] dominates the valley floor and in the distance, several {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s can be seen [[glassing]] Reach. | ||
The middle of the map plays host to a [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship, ''[[Bravo 001]]''. During the [[Fall of Reach]], members of SPARTAN-II [[Red Team]] deployed to the surface of Reach in ''Bravo 001'' to defend the planet's [[orbital defense generator]]s from [[Covenant]] assault. The Pelican was shot down and crash-landed in the Highland Mountains.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-defiant-map-pack/2458ede3-9d81-406c-a92d-1bfe1306e3da Halo Waypoint: Behind the Scenes - Defiant Map Pack]</ref> | The middle of the map plays host to a [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship, ''[[Bravo 001]]''. During the [[Fall of Reach]], members of SPARTAN-II [[Red Team]] deployed to the surface of Reach in ''Bravo 001'' to defend the planet's [[orbital defense generator]]s from [[Covenant]] assault. The Pelican was shot down and crash-landed in the Highland Mountains.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-defiant-map-pack/2458ede3-9d81-406c-a92d-1bfe1306e3da Halo Waypoint: Behind the Scenes - Defiant Map Pack]</ref> | ||
== | ==Locations== | ||
The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay: | The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[heads-up display]] during gameplay: | ||
*Operations | *Operations | ||
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*Blue Base | *Blue Base | ||
*Blue Tower | *Blue Tower | ||
* | *Big Horn River | ||
*Radio Tower | *Radio Tower | ||
*Crash Site | *Crash Site | ||
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*Cliffs | *Cliffs | ||
*Out of bounds... | *Out of bounds... | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*During development Highlands was known as Training Preserve. Current files on Bungie.net are even labelled as Training Preserve instead of the map's final name. | |||
*This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the other being [[Condemned]]. | *This is one of two maps to feature locations previously described in the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the other being [[Condemned]]. | ||
*In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed. | *In the ringed section of The Big Horn river closest to the downed pelican, there are Koi fish. These fish can be shot and killed. | ||
*The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]. | *The crashed Pelican's cockpit emits a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]. | ||
*The Covenant [[CCS-class battlecruiser|''CCS''-class battlecruiser]]s hovering in the sky are not static; they wobble from side to side slightly. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HMCC_HR_Highlands_Map.png|Highlands Map. | |||
File:HR_Highlands_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map. | File:HR_Highlands_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the map, showing a more lush art direction than in the final map. | ||
File:HR_Highlands_Glassing_Concept.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape. | File:HR_Highlands_Glassing_Concept.jpg|A concept art piece depicting Covenant ships glassing the surrounding landscape. | ||
File:Highlands_1280.jpg|An overhead image of Highlands. | |||
File:Highlands.jpeg|A general view of the map. | File:Highlands.jpeg|A general view of the map. | ||
File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-8.jpg|The east cave. | File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-8.jpg|The east cave. | ||
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File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-4.jpg|A Spartan destroying a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]. | File:Halo-Reach-Defiant-4.jpg|A Spartan destroying a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]. | ||
File:HR Highlands Glassing.png|The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map. | File:HR Highlands Glassing.png|The Covenant cruisers in the background of the map. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Levels|HR|mode=yes}} | {{Levels|HR|mode=yes}} | ||
