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{{quote|Some of you may be wondering - "What's up with this unhealthy obsession with the number 7?"  This page offers some insights.|[[Luke Smith]], linking to this very page<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=14650</ref>}} 

{{quote|Cause that's the best number. It's like rock. Nothing beats rock or 7.|[[Michael Wu]]}}


[[Bungie Studios]] has long enjoyed using the number '''Seven (7)''' in its games in many ways.<ref>[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/seven.html Marathon.Bungie.Org: The Number Seven]</ref> [[Ensemble Studios]] and authors also have many seven references in their works about ''Halo''. Therefore, in many of their games, this eccentric idea has caused a wild hunt for as many references to the number as possible. While almost anything can be made into a reference to something with effort or construed accidentally through [[wikipedia:pareidolia|pareidolia]], the following attempts to list the intentional references Bungie placed into ''Halo'' for the fans to find. 


==''Halo'' Series ==

==''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''==
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*On October '''7''', 2525, three [[UNSC]] vessels were sent to investigate why the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] had lost contact with the [[Harvest]]. system. 2+5=7<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 96</ref>
*At the end of the book, when the Pillar of Autumn reaches the halo, Cortana states the halo is 22.3km thick. 2+2+3=7
*A UNSC [[Destroyer]] was only '''7''' meters longer than a [[Frigate]].<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 139</ref>
*[[Lieutenant Hall]] has written '''7''' physics papers on Slipspace communications.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 140</ref>
*Four [[Covenant]] frigate ships are an even match with '''7''' [[UNSC Destroyer|UNSC destroyers]].<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 144</ref>
*Hall reports a collision in '''7''' seconds.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 149</ref>
*Jacob Keyes could only count '''7''' [[UNSC]] vessels still intact after the battle of Sigma Octanus.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 199</ref>
*[[Jericho VII]]. VII = '''7''' in Roman Numerals.
*[[Eric Nylund]] was given '''7''' weeks to write the book.
*Master Chief is surrounded by '''7''' soldiers.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 257</ref>
*The [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]] carried '''7''' [[C709 Longsword-class Starfighter]]s.
*'''7''' Covenant frigates were pursuing the Pillar of Autumn<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Epilogue</ref>.
*When the SPARTANs test the MJOLNIR suit with shields, when John gets ready to go outside there are 7 [[ODST|ODSTs]] standing outside around the tent.
*At the date of September 12, 2525,there were only 34 spartans left.'''3+4=7''' and the year '''2525''' is '''2+5=7'''.   
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==''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' (and ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'')==
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*There are '''7''' handheld [[Human]] weapons including the [[Frag Grenade]].
*In the level [[The Silent Cartographer (Level)]], there are seven [[overshields]].
*On the level "The Silent Cartographer," at [[Bravo 022]]'s crash site, there is a fully loaded rocket launcher (the first in the game) and '''7''' spare rockets.
*[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]: derived from the value 343 is 7<sup>3</sup>.
* In ''Halo: The Flood'', Silva wishes he had '''7''' Lt. Mckay's.
*The [[wikipedia:Hanzi|Hanzi]] character for '''seven''' (七) is on the [[M6D Pistol]], it also appears to be 7 upside down.<ref>[[Pistol Kanji]]</ref>
*You need at least '''seven''' needles from the [[Needler]] to make an explosion.
*In [[The Maw]], when [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] halts the countdown to the engine cores' detonation, the timer reads 12:31.  1+2+3+1='''7'''.
*After destroying the fusion core on the Pillar of Autumn, Master Chief drives a [[Warthog]] through a class '''7''' service corridor. 
*The last [[Longsword]] on the [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]] was in launch bay '''7'''.
*In the last cut scene of [[Assault on the Control Room]] there are '''7''' pillars of light in the background.
*On the third page of the manual explaining the HUD (pg. 15), a screenshot with an explanation of the scope shows 7 extra bullets in the sniper rifle.
*On pages 16-19 in the manual, there are '''7''' UNSC weapons in all.
*Also on page 24 of the manual, in the Power-Ups box, there are '''7''' power-ups.
*The prologue ends on page '''7'''.
*The [[Proto Gravemind]] has '''7''' tentacles.
*The multiplayer map [[Chiron TL-34]] (3+4=7).
*In Halo: The Flood, Echo 419- ''4+1+9''='''14''' '''14/2'''='''''7'''''
*There are '''7''' pine trees in the area surrounding the [[Control Room]].
*There are '''7''' blast doors leading to the [[Index]] in the [[Library]].
*It takes '''7''' pistol shots to take down an [[Elite]] on normal in Halo: CE.
*The Chapter "I Would Have Been Your Daddy" has '''7''' syllables.
*The Halo you play on is "Installation 04." Installation 04 has '''seven''' syllables.
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==''[[Halo: First Strike]]''==
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*There are '''7''' Covenant ships in the system after Halo's destruction.
*There were only '''seven''' Human survivors from the destruction of [[Halo]].
*The Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' has '''seven''' plasma turrets.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 36</ref>
*There are '''seven''' surgical bays in the infirmary of [[CASTLE Base]].
*As she is deleting Araquiel, Dr. Halsey taps the level '''seven''' security barriers.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 127</ref>
*There were '''seven''' [[Robotic Rover|service drones]] aboard the ''[[Gettysburg]]''.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 208</ref>
*The dead crew of the ''Gettysburg'' is placed in cargo bay '''seven'''.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 268</ref>
*The Master Chief sets his [[Lotus Anti Tank Mine]] detonator for '''seven''' seconds.
*After [[Fred]] and [[Kelly]] steal two [[Wraith]]s, they destroy '''seven''' others.
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==''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''==
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*'''Seven''' Covenant cruisers appear.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 22</ref>
*"Only the '''seven''' [[Spartans]] here."<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 176</ref>
*"What [[Sangheili]] Major would dare disobey a [[Ship Master]] who had led '''seven''' glorious campaigns against their enemies?"<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 189</ref>
*"The '''seven''' Sentinels adjusted their aim and their spheres glowed red, amber, and then glistening gold."<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 321</ref>
*The ceiling above where the Spartans landed in the construct was '''7''' sided.
*The [[Semi Powered Infiltration Armor]] has '''7''' minutes of breathable air.
*Before casualties, there were''' 7''' active [[Spartan-III's]] on Onyx ([[Tom]], [[Lucy]], and Team Saber).
*[[Kurt]] trained the [[Spartan III]]'s for '''seven''' years.
*'''Seven''' other men stood shaking off the flashbang effects.
*When the core of the planet's door was going to close forever [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]],was asked how much time they had left, it was
exactly 1:1'''7''' minutes. This can also be a reference to [[John 117]]'s serial number.
*July 28, 2537, the Spartan-III's manage to disable [[7]] of the reactors on the surface.
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==''[[Halo 2]]''==
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*In the ending cutscene, before Master Chief says over his radio 'Finishing this fight', Miranda Keyes, Sgt. Johnson and the Arbiter are with 343 Guilty Spark while he explains that the other Halo's have been contacted. During this, you can clearly see 7 Halo's in the holographic display.
*There are 16 syllables in "I Would Have Been Your Daddy, But the Dog Beat Me Over The Fence", 1+6=7.  There are also 14 words in the phrase, 14/2=7.  At the same time "I Would Have Been Your Daddy" contains 7 syllables
*The symbol on the [[Banshees]]' wings is made up of 7 red blocks.
*In ''Halo 2'' there are 7 Covenant races seen: [[Grunts]], [[Jackals]], [[Drones]], [[Hunters]], [[Brutes]], [[Elites]], and [[Prophets]].
*The phone booths on [[Terminal (Level)|Terminal]] are all numbered 7.
*If you look closely at the Master Chief's helmet, you can see a faint 7 (This is best viewed in the 1st cut scene on [[Metropolis (Level)|Metropolis]]).
*[[2401 Penitent Tangent]]: 2401 is 7<sup>4</sup>. Also, 2+4+0+1=7.
*One of the special [[Zanzibar Signs]] occurs on 07/07 (Also Bungie Day).
*The [[Gravemind]] speaks mostly in heptameter, a poetic style with seven meters per line.
*On [[Outskirts]], in the small dark room where the [[Halo 2 Skulls|IWHBYD skull]] is located, there is a number 7 on the wall.
*At the end of the credits the "t" is replaced with a 7 in the sentence "And a whole load of people we didn't get time to 7hank"
*To obtain the IWHBYD skull, one must face 7 waves of Ultra Elites, with 7 Elites in the 7th wave.
*On the level [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]] where the Arbiter gets branded with the [[Mark of Shame]], there are 7 tiers of bleachers for the audience.
*In [[Outskirts]] on your way to the Blind Skull there is a sign bearing the number 7 nailed into the wall.
*There are currently 7 [[Covenant]] vehicles. [[Wraith]], [[Ghost (Vehicle)|Ghost]], [[Spectre]], [[Scarab]], [[Banshee]], [[Phantom]] and the [[Shadow]].
*There are also only 7 drivable vehicles in the game: the [[Scorpion]], [[Wraith]], [[Spectre]], [[Warthog]], [[Gauss Hog]], [[Ghost]], and [[Banshee]].
*In a deleted scene, a longer version of the cut scene at the start of "Sacred Icon", Truth and the Arbiter were viewing 7 murals that showed how the Covenant had grown.
*There is a clearly visible 7 scratched into the cheek of [[Miranda Keyes]].
*The [[ODST]]s seen in-game belong to the [[7th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Division]].
*The player fights in 7 levels as the Master Chief: [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]], [[Outskirts]], [[Metropolis]], [[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]], [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] and [[High Charity (Level)|High Charity]] .
*When you zoom in either the [[Covenant Carbine]] or the [[Fuel Rod Cannon]], there are 7 hexagons making up the center.
*In Metropolis, near the end of the level where you have to destroy the Scarab, [[Sergeant Banks]] carries a communicator. On the back of this communicator is the Hindi word for seven, written in the Hindi script.
*Firing the [[Plasma Rifle]] until it overheats will drain 7 power units, assuming it is not burst fire.
*On Headlong near the bridge, which connects to the Needler Building, there is a piece of paper with the number 7 pinned on the wall.
*The multi-player map [[Terminal (Level)|Terminal]] has a large 7 on the station building. 
*There is a 7 on the lower part of a Pelican's ramp.
*There are 7 ranks of [[Elites]].
*On the single-player level [[Regret (Level)]], there is a ring of seven Plasma Grenades.
*You face seven pairs of [[Hunters]] in the level [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]].
*In [[Headlong]] the number 7 is nailed by the side of the door on the building that has the [[Energy Sword]]
*In [[Zanzibar]] there is a square in a wall on one of the entrances to the main building which has two squares showing a 2 and one square showing a 3 and the last one showing a W crossed with a line, you see 2+2+3=7.
*When the UNSC ship ''In Amber Clad'' was in the First Battle of Earth numerous units from the 1'''7'''th and '''77'''th Marine Regiments are on board.
*There are 7 levels of caskets in the Mausoleum of the Arbiter.
*In the level [[The Great Journey]] there are 7 large plasma cannons.
*In [[Headlong]] there is a number 7 nailed to a wall connected by the ramp by the shotgun, it is found in the building that houses mostly [[Human]] weapons.
*If you count the total of [[Phantom]]s in all of the [[Human]] levels such as [[Metropolis]] and [[Outskirts]] you will get a total of 7 Phantoms.
*The Broadcasting station for Terminal is [[Channel 7]].
*When you are in the cairo station and Sgt. Johnson gets his medal,there are 7 people wearing white around you.
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==''[[Halo 3]]''==
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*There are 7 structures coming out of the bottom of [[Epitaph]].
*[[Cold Storage]] is the seventh downloadable ''Halo 3'' map, and was released on [[Bungie Day]] (7/7).
*There are currently 7 ranked and 7 social playlists in Halo 3 matchmaking (not including Double EXP weekends).
*On matchmaking there's a playlist called "[[7_on_the_7th|7 on the 7th]]" which is featured on the 7th of every month.
*There's a Vidmaster achievement that's achieved by entering any playlist with 7 EXP on the seventh of any month.
*To obtain the IWHBYD skull, you must jump through 7 rings.
*Miranda Keyes has a seven engraved in her cheek (you can see it clearly on Crow's Nest).
*In one of the [[Terminals]], it is revealed that [[Mendicant Bias]] made contact and studied the [[Gravemind]] for 379,807 hours (3+7+9+8+7=34, 3+4=7). 379,807 divided by 24 (hours in a day) equals 15,825 days (1+5+8+2+5=21, 21/3=7). 15,825 / 365 (days in a year) equals 43 years. 4 + 3 = 7.
*The UNSC ''[[Forward Unto Dawn]]'' has the number 7 on the front of it.
*There are 7 pairs of monoliths around the [[Portal]].
*“The casing is constructed of an unusual porous metallic compound. Shrapnel from the [[Spike Grenade]] reaches a temperature of approximately 270 to 315ºC and retains that heat for upwards of '''seven''' seconds. By design.” Taken from Bungie.net on [[Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade|Spike Grenades]].
*There are 7 large objects in the background of Sandtrap, the six pillars and the ''Aegis Fate" Frigate.
*There are 7 columns of light inside the control room on [[Halo (Level)|Halo]].
*In the mission [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]], a rocket has the number 7 on each side.
*At the beginning of [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]], some of the monitors have "Sector 331" written in a corner. 3+3+1=7.
*[[Last Resort (Level)|Last Resort]] is Zanzibar Municipal Turbine '''7'''.
*The [[SMG]] has a scratch in the shape of a 7 (easier to see if weapon is aimed at sky or near a light source).
*It takes 7 seconds of Hornet ChainGuns to destroy a Warthog.
*It takes 7 seconds for 343 Guilty Spark to explode after being dealt the fatal shot in the level [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]].
*It takes 7 seconds from being infected by an Infection Form to turn into a Combat Form.
*In the level [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]], in the beginning of the cut scene where you rescue Cortana, there is 7 seconds of silence before she says "You found me".
*[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]] has a vague "7" shape in the middle of it.
*The seventh level of the game ([[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]) is the first level of the series (chronologically) where you first see the Installation that developes the Halo Rings.
*On the side of the Warthog, below where the driver and passenger get in, just above the side skirts, there are 7 dashes.
*There are 7 rivets holding the panel on each side of the Warthog right below the driver or passenger entry opening.
*Only seven [[Sangheili]] ranks are seen in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
*In the level [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]], when you first take control of the Master Chief, the emergency power generators on the far side of the room, where you need to go to get the Black Eye Skull, have the writing "EPG 2401". 7<sup>4</sup> = 2401.
*The Magnum has Korean Hangul symbols on the barrel, and the very bottom of the mag. When reflected, it translates to the number 7.
*If you exit Epitaph in pan-cam mode, there are 7 lines in the dirt surrounding the tower that houses the map.
*In Tsavo Highway the doors at the start of the level all have the number 7 on them.
*In the multi-player level Sandtrap, the UNSC frigate, ''Aegis Fate'', has a number 7 surrounded in a star on the side.
*When Miranda Keyes dies, there are 7 spikes from the Brute Spiker lodged in her back.
*In the Level [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]], there are 7 [[Elites]] that help you (not including the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]] or the other Elites in Co-op).
*There are 7 levels that the [[Cortana Moments|Cortana and Gravemind Moments]] occur. 
*7 Brute ships fled to the Ark.
*There are 7 lists of objects to put on a map in Forge. Weapons, Vehicles, Equipment, Scenery, Teleporters, Respawn Points, and Goals.
*The multi-player medal "Killionaire" has the pattern 343. 343=7x7x7.
*There are 7 usable vehicles on the level the Ark, the seventh level of the game, including Arrival.
*There are 7 Chieftains in the level 'The Covenant'.
*In the multi-player map "Foundry", at the wide end of the map there are 14 full squares in between the walls, 7 on each side.
*In the level [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]], in the barracks, there are 7 Marines you can save.
*There are seven Battle Rifles placed on the default Construct multi-player map.
*In the level [[Floodgate|Floodgate]], there are seven marines capable of being saved. Two behind the sandbags, and five in the warehouse, one of these being the one overwhelmed by [[Infection Form|Infection Forms]] (though he'll be infected anyway).
*It takes 7 shots from the Magnum to destroy the Gravity Lift object. 
*A Power Drain lasts for 7 seconds.
*Like the M6D, the M6G has Asian calligraphy stamped on the barrel, but in this case, they are Korean Hangul, not Japanese Kanji. The symbol, when reflected, translates to 7.
*The center screen in the sword room on The Pit features the name sector 331. 3+3+1=7.
*It takes 7 seconds for the screens in The Pit Ops Center to scroll through all of the visuals.
*Shooting the front of a [[Mongoose]] with a [[Sniper Rifle]] 7 times would destroy it.
*There are seven spikes on the combat helmets of Elites.
*In the room with the Silent Cartographer, there are 7 trapezoids above the doors.
*In the campaign lobby while selecting the level, there are seven two-sentence levels.
*The Type-52 Pistol, a.k.a, the Mauler, is a reference to 7. 5+2=7.
*There are 7 individual lights throughout the cave of Valhalla.
*There are seven pieces of grating involved with the missile launcher scenery on High Ground (including the one placed under the aiming machine).
*Outside the computer room on High Ground, above the yellow stripe is the white text 443-9A. A=1. 4+4+3+9+1=21 21/3=7
*On the 'fire point' sign on High Ground there are 7 licks of flame coming from the white triangle.
*There are 14 steel doors on High Ground. 14/2=7 (this counts the gate as two individual moving doors).
*There are 7 lines of text on the screen of the gate switch on High Ground.
*The two small generators in the foundry rec. room are labeled with the number 25. 2+5=7.
*Slayer matches last 12:07 in matchmaking if fully played out.
*Deaths that do not require two people have a seven second respawn when no other penalties are active.
*There are two sevens on the side of [[Grunt Minor]] armor.
*There are seven areas surrounding the portal, (from closest to farthest) the landing pad, the downward slope going into the landing pad, the first ring of metallic symbols, the second ring of metallic symbols, the third ring of darker, metallic symbols, the slope of fiery and burned land, and the city/mountain.
*There are seven plates of metal grinding on the cranes used to board your first scarab, including the elevators.
*There are seven pallets on the pathway with the missile pods on the storm.
*The are seven pipes you can walk into on the lake bed where you fight your first scarab.
*The center structure of the scarab lake-bed has a cylinder on top with 7 pipes going out of it.
*There are 14 needles poking up out of the Needler. 14/2=7.
*There are 160 weapons you can forge on High Ground not counting the ones already placed on the map. 1+6+0=7.
*It takes 7 seconds to rotate the player's model when viewing his/her service record in game or when changing appearance settings.
*There are seven symbols on each end of the handle on the [[Energy Sword]].
*On Sandtrap there are 7 standing angled pillars on the long indoor walkway.
*The red block on the Banshee resembles a backwards 7.
*The Multiplayer map Epitaph has 7 hologram projectors, 6 minor ones and the Mendicant Bias projector.
*There are 7 syllables in the IWHBYD skulls name. I-would-have-been-your-dad-dy.
*There are now 14 [[Covenant Weapons]], excluding the Forerunner Sentinel Beam in total. 14/2=7.
*There are 14 pieces of [[Equipment]] in total. 14/2=7.
*You can get 7 Objective Sprees in Halo 3.
*[[Covenant]] vehicles introduced in Halo 3 carry 7 references. The [[Brute Chopper]], also known as the Type-25 Rapid Assault Vehicle is one of them. Meanwhile, both the [[Anti-Air Wraith]] and [[Prowler]] are Type-52 vehicles.  5+2=7.
*The Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle, the full name for the Spartan Laser, has 7 words in its name.
*A tree in [[Sierra 117]] denotes three numbers, 7-16-95. The digits in 16 total 7, while the digits in 95 total 14. The first number is needless to say, a 7 reference.
*In [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]], red boxes display the number '''2401''' (7<sup>4</sup>) 2+4+0+1=7 .
*There are 7 scoped weapons: Battle Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Beam Rifle, Carbine, Rocket Launcher, Fuel Rod Gun, and Spartan Laser.
*In the credits, Bungie frequently replaces the letter 't' with the number '7'.
*There are 7 Vidmaster achievements; 4 achievements can be found in Halo 3 while the other 3 are to be released with Halo 3: ODST (3+4=7).
*One of the Halo slogans is "Finish the fight." There are 3 words with 4 syllables total. 3+4=7.
*The plasma cannon's full name is the "Type '''52''' Automatic Plasma Cannon. 5+2=7.
*According to the Halo 3 instruction manual, the kill radius of the plasma grenade is 4m and the kill radius of a spike grenade is 3m. 4+3=7.
*Seven Marines fire their Battle Rifles in the air in the ceremony at the end of Halo 3.
*Now with the 79 achievements there is another Seven reference. 7+9=16. 1+6=7.
*Halo 3's total attainable gamerscore after the update is 1,750. 1,750/250=7.
*On the level [[Cortana]] you can encounter 7 flood portas if you include the 5 if takes to get to the room with [[Cortana]] and 2 when you escape [[High Charity]].
*There are 7 [[Gravemind]] moments on [[Cortana]].
*There are seven original [[UNSC]] vehicles other than a [[warthog]] and others.
*There are 4 levels in Halo CE and Halo 2 with Sentinels, while in Halo 3 there are only 3. 4+3=7
*There are a total of 7 Auto Turrets you can get in Halo 3.
*On the mission [[Halo]] there are 7 vehicles other than the [[Warthog]]: 4 [[ghosts]], 1 [[mongoose]] and 2 [[choppers]].
*On the multiplayer map [[standoff]],each missile silo has a number in the center and [[7]] segments around that in a circle
*There is 7 bellows of smoke on the horizon in [[Rat's Nest]].
*One of the tunnels on [[Rat's Nest]] has a large "92" printed above it. 9-2=7, this is a possible 7 reference.
*It takes 7 shots from the needler for the needles to explode
*It was 7 seconds before [[Miranda Keyes]] died after spikes were impaled into her back by the Prophet of Truth.
*On the level [[Tsavo Highway]] you exit the base through door number 7.
*The achievement Two for One can be read as 2 4 1, 2+4+1=7
*There are seven different types of enemies on Halo 3.
*On sandbox the reskinned gravity hammer is called a 7-wood.
*The orange energy shield on assembly will emit 14 sets of small plumes of smoke before another scarab fully emerges from it.
*If all golf items are spawned on sandbox, the PGGA grunt face will appear 34 times, 3+4=7
*The blue lights that shoot out of the towers on Valhalla appear every 49 seconds. 7*7=49
*The Human-Covenant war had begun 2525 and ended 2553, approximately 28 years. A possible seven reference.
*There is a 7 like object painted onto the beginning of the banshee's wings.
*There are 49 original achievements. 49=7x7.
*In matchmaking, there are 7 pieces of equipment that can be used.
*on the map sandtrap the hiroglyphson the tablits some parts say great journey a dreadful enemy and 3 and 4 3+4=7
* The word 'Halo' has 4 letters when added with the 3 the sum equals 7 (4+3=7).
*In the levels Storm & Floodgate part of the warehouse is called Section K434, the word 'Section' has 7 letters in it. K434: 4 + 3 - 4 = 3, K is the 11 letter in the alphabet. 3 + 11 = 14. 14 divided by 2 = 7.
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==[[Cortana Letters]] and [[Transmissions]]==
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*There are 14 transmissions. 14/2 = 7
*Cortana signs one letter with seven 'X's and 'O's.
*Cortana sends seven emails. Alternatively, [[Cortana Letters#Third Letter|Letter Three]] was likely never intended, so seven messages were planned.
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==[[I Love Bees]]==
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*When the [[Apocalypso]] crashes, all communications in the solar system are disabled for about seven seconds.
*When players unlocked 777 axons, a voice-actor playing [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] joined the game.
*When [[Kamal Zaman]] accesses his voice mail, he has seven old messages.
*Hiro, reading a how-to book on dating, tells Kamal to skip to chapter seven.
*A part of the game had players guiding the [[Melissa (AI)|Sleeping Princess]] out of her "glass coffin", a prison in her mind appearing as a story-tale world. Players would have to guide her down various paths marked by signs with unusual markings. The correct paths are ''Deadly Sins'' (there are seven), ''Waves'' (seven seas), and ''Skinny Cow and Fat Cow'' (in the Bible, the Pharaoh had a dream about seven skinny cows that ate seven fat cows).<ref>[[Perdita's Story]]</ref>
*When [[Rani]] tries to start a [[chatter]] business with a friend [[Trevor]], their equipment only manages to produce 49. 49 = 7 x 7
**Rani leaves with 14. 14 = 7 + 7
**Trevor planned to make chatters for 7% of what they cost in convenience stores.
*As of 2004, [[Aunt Margaret]] has been beekeeping for seven years.
*[[Yasmine Zaman]]'s augmentations are preformed in Lab 7.
* Yasmine Zaman washed out of the Spartan II program at age 14. 14/2=7
*[[Margaret Efendi]]'s email address, later hijacked by the AIs, is ladybee777@hotmail.com
*[[Durga]] has [[George Shebura]] arrested on 14 charges of counterfeit. 14/2=7
*Later, George Shebura recieved "7 more parking tickets" in one week.
*Kamal and [[Sophia]]'s homeworld, [[Coral]], is 42 lightyears away. 42/6=7
*[[Hiro]] says "that's like the seventh time today you've refused to answer your chatter."
*Durga analyzed Jersey's food-buying habits over the last 7 months.
*[[Tommy Sobeck]]'s bunker can take 70 billion joules of heat before beginning to warm up.
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==''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''==
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*There were seven space elevators.
*The first space elevator of the ''[[Tiara]]'' to collapse was the seventh elevator.
*There were seven small boxes streaking up the Tiara's elevators.
*Twenty-eight containers were already on the strands in coupled pairs of fourteen. Both 28 and 14 are divisible by 7
*Every five minutes there were seven pairs of containers that would rise.
*Later Loki changed the five minute interval for the containers to seven minutes.
*An ONI report after the Epilogue under <\ CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR "Charlie Hotel" was in brackets [ONI.REF #409871]... 409,871 divided by 58,553 is equal to 7.
*In that same report can be found 2 other references. The first found in the line SOURCE.REF#JOTUN-s2-05866. 5,866 divided by 838 is 7. And the second is found in the line SOURCE.REF#JOTUN-S4-021147. 21,147 divided by 3,021 is 7. Also, 21 divided by 3 is 7.
*When Staff Sergeant [[A.J. Johnson]] offers his hand to [[Byrne]], he hesitated, enough for Jenkins to count from push-ups 38-45. (45 - 38 = 7)
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==''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''==
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*As the A.I. aboard the ''Petya'' talked to the Spartans, Mike held '''7''' fingers to his thigh as a sign for Jai, indicating the standard AI 7 year lifespan.
*Seven ODST's were killed during the attack on the [[Redoubt]].
*[[Ignatio Delgado]]'s name has 14 letters in it and '''7''' in each name. 14/2='''7'''
*The title of the book has '''7''' syllables.
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==''[[Halo Wars]]''==
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*If you take the year that the Halo trilogy (2552) took place and the year of the first battle of the Covenant (2531) and subtract those two and you'll get the result 21 and divide it by 3 = '''7''' (2552-2531=21 divided by 3=7).
*There are '''7''' [[Sangheili|Elites]] deactivating camouflage in the first Halo Wars Trailer
*There are '''7''' types of buildings for each UNSC and Covenant.
*'''7''' members of Omega squad come to your aid during [[Arcadia Outskirts]].
*There are '''7''' power nodes that you can destroy to make the super scarab's searchlight move slower.
*In the final cutscene "The End", after Anders is put into cryo-sleep, you can see the the numbers, 3 and 4 behind Cutter. This is possibly another 7 reference (3+4=7).
*There are 14 default Skirmish/Multiplayer maps. 14 is a multiple of 7.
*There are 7 barrels on the front left part of a firebase.
*On the anti air upgrade for the turret, there are 14 missile pods. 14/2=7
*In the new DLC, there will now be 17 maps. 1x7=7
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==''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''==
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*In the trailer, there are '''seven''' Brutes in the Covenant patrol.
*In the trailer, the ODST's last fatality estimate displayed was 0.52%. 5+2='''7'''
*In the trailer, the song that plays is 77 seconds long or 1:17 minutes long, a seven/SPARTAN-117 reference.
*At approximately 10 seconds into the ''ODST'' trailer there are '''7''' [[HEV]]s burning in the atmosphere.
*At approximately 15 seconds into the ''ODST'' trailer there are 28 levels of blue glass on the left tower. 28/4='''7'''
*The Superintendant will change his face '''7''' times during the trailer (including its beginning emotion).
*In the ''Halo 3: ODST'' "Please Remain Calm" background the number seven is rather abundant. 17 counted.
*The Rookie's enlistment date is 07/07/2547. (07/07)
*In Firefight, you have '''7''' lives.
*Orbital Drop Shock Trooper has 7 syllables
*There are 47 Achievements.
*7 Playable characters in Firefight (If you include Sgt. Johnson)
*7 Protagonists in ODST (counting the [[Superintendent]])
*In the E3 demo it took about 7 Seconds for the Rookie to recover from his fall.
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==''[[Halo: Reach]]''==
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*The trailer is exact 1:17 minutes long.
*There were seven explosions on the planet before Epsilon Erandi comes into view.
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==Dates==
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*The Prophets left their homeworld in the '''7th''' Century BC (648 BC).
*Most of The Halo Series is set in years beginning with the number 25. 2+5='''7'''  The vast majority of the game trilogy is set in 2552.  5 and 2 is the exact same equation, per order of operations.

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==Misc.==
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|content = *Most family names of Sangheili have '''7''' letters, including the 'ee' suffix for military service (e.g., Vadumee, Zamamee, Vadamee).
*It takes '''7''' needles to generate a explosion.
*Coincidentally, the Halo Mountain Dew Game Fuel had 77 grams of sugar in the bottle.
*There are a total of seven variants of the [[Warthog]]: The Rocket Hog in Halo: CE, the normal variant, the Gauss Hog, the Troop transport hog, the Flatbed Warthog, the Warthog APC, and the Civilian Hog, as seen on [[Headlong]].
*Seventh Column is the name given to Bungie's official fan club.
*The [[Master Chief]] stands 7' tall.
*There are seven remaining Spartan-IIs still able to fight: John, Fred, Kelly, Linda, and [[Gray Team]], the three missing at the start of the mission to capture a [[Prophet]].
*The Ascii [[Master Chief]] in a [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=8302 Bungie Weekly Update] was made with 7s.
*There are '''7''' different [[Covenant]] races seen in game.
*In the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]] Vol. 1, there are 21 songs. 21=7 &times; 3.
*There are 14 [[UNSC]] weapons in the Halo games and Books. 7 &times; 2 = 14.
*The [[Master Chief]]'s number is 117. 1 x 1 x 7 = 7.
*Smart AIs (such as [[Cortana]]) go [[rampant]] after seven years of activation.
*The Tiara has 7 orbital elevators.
*There are '''7''' [[Halo]] rings.
*In the credits for [[Halo 2]] and [[Halo 3]] instead of simply using the word "thank" they replace the first letter with a 7, making it "7hank".
*In the [[Halo: Combat Evolved Soundtrack]], the total running time is 1:05:08. 1+5+8=14, 14/2=7.
*Considering its 10,000 km diameter, [[Halo]] would need to rotate at '''7''' km/s in order to produce artificial [[Earth]]-like "gravity" (from centripetal force).
* In the [[Cortana Letters]] "... In my palace deep, Lyca lies asleep ..." is mentioned on the 7th letter and is believed to be from the poem "The Little Girl Found-By William Blake". One section says:
<pre>
"Arm in arm, SEVEN days
They traced the desert ways.

SEVEN nights they sleep
Among shadows deep,
And dream they see their child
Starved in desert wild."
</pre>
*In the preview of ''Halo 3'' featured at the Seattle IMAX theatre, Bungie gave away a prize to the person sitting in seat G7. (Note that G is the seventh letter of the alphabet, so it is essentially 77.)
*The legendary map pack banner on the official [[bungie.net]]. There is a sentence saying: Tru7h. Carnage. Bungie. (Note that the T in truth is represented by a 7).
*The Bungie Creed (which you see on their site when looking at job options) include seven things 'to do,' including one to make a giant slingshot and shoot enemies into the sun (this one is the seventh).
*Technically, all of the "[[Monitor]]" [[Forerunner]] A.I.'s have I.d. numbers that are powers of seven.
*The [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] has 14 x 14 x 14 dimensions. 14 = 7+7.
*Coincidentally, ''[[Halo 3]]'' was nominated for 7 awards on the Spike TV awards.
*In the background of the Limited Edition of Halo 3, the door behind the Chief has a 7 written on it.
*In an ad for the ''Halo 3'' guide that occasionally shows up on [[Bungie.net]], "07" is stenciled in white on the [[Pelican]] behind the Master Chief.
*Bungie has Seven Steps to World Domination.
*In the Bungie weekly update, 6/27/08, this message is posted:

/PACKET INTERRUPTION – ERROR CODE 5929 */
…Attempting Recovery…
…Attempting Recovery…
/ 93% PACKET CORRUPTION – RECOVERY UNSUCCESSFUL - DISPLAYING 
*/C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@
 Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
 48hr0x0ABFFFFF [ERR 5929]
/ END DISPLAY */ 

Out of 5929, 5+9+2+9=25  2+5=7

Also, with "93% packet corruption", <b>7</b>% was left uncorrupted.

(edited) If you use each symbol and letter with it's corresponding number(1! 2@ 1a 2b etc),little imagination, and math and you have 8+1+3+1+3+4+24-6+7-4+24+5+6+6+16+3+2= 103_______ the minuses are dashes in the code. 
103/7 on a 12 digit calculator=14.7142857142 look closer (14).(7)(14)(28)5(7)(14)2 the only non multiples of 7 are 5 and 2, 5+2=7 that's 7 variations of 7 in that code. 


*Also, in that same update, in the Double EXP playlist's list there's a line that reads "[SPURIOUS INTERRUPT: PACKET LOST - ERROR CODE 5929]" same, 5929 is 5+9+2+9=25 2+5= 7, maybe a special reference to a special playlist on July 7th.
*While looking at the placement of the shield bar from H1 to H3, a vague '''7''' appears.
*There is '''7''' levels in the Halo games that the Arbiter is featured in that you encounter Flood. Oracle, Sacred Icon, Quarantine Zone, Floodgate, The Covenant, Cortana, and Halo.
*In the web series [[Red vs. Blue]], there are '''7''' total main characters (this includes only the Spartans, not other non-Human characters). These characters include: (Red Team) Sarge; Simmons; Donut; and Grif, and (Blue Team) Church, Caboose, and Tucker. Tex is excluded from this group because she is a Freelancer, this excludes Doc because he belongs to both teams, it excludes Sister because she isn't an enlisted soldier, and excludes Vic because he is a part of Command.
*In the Halo series there are '''7''' levels named after a Halo character: 343 Guilty Spark, Keyes, The Arbiter, Regret, Gravemind, Sierra 117 and Cortana.
*Bungie broke off from Microsoft July 7, 2007 7/7/07
*There are a total of '''7''' Halo games exclusively for [[XBOX 360]]: [[Halo 2]], [[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack|Multiplayer Map Pack]], [[Halo 3]], [[Halo Wars]], [[Halo 3: ODST|ODST]], Halo: Reach and [[Halo Chronicles]].
*There are seven syllables in Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
*There are 14 total Covenant weapons. (only guns)
*Bungie's The Art of Halo 3 was released on November 25th, 2008 (2+5= 7).
*There are 7 vidmaster achievements.
*In [[Dead or Alive 4]], [[Spartan-458]] has 7 different costumes in total.
*[[UNSC]] can be translated to 22*14*19*3=18480 18480/2640=7
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==117==
'''117''' is [[Master Chief]]'s [[SPARTAN]] tag number, but there is more than meets the eye when it comes to this number, including many religious and historical references.
*The numbers and letters in John-117, excluding the -, adds up to be 7.

===Biblical Reference===
*[[John-117]] is believed by many fans to be a reference to [[Wikipedia:New Testament|New Testament]] of the Christian Bible.

* In the year 117, the 7th Pope of the Catholic Church was named, Sixtus I,as well as John 1 becoming 7th bishop of Jerusalem.

* The Gospel of John speaks of the 7 miracles of Jesus, the last one, John claims, culminating in his death.

*[[Bungie Studios]] is known to have placed many biblical references in their earlier [[Marathon]] video game series, and many other such references have been found in the Halo series.

*Here are passages from the [[Wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Book of Revelation]] (more formally known as The Revelation of St. John the Divine). Revelation in Greek is called "The Apocalypse", a title possibly shortened from "The Apocalypse of John."

:"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."
:''Book of Revelation, KJV. Chapter 1 - verses 17 and 18.''

:"And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascended out of the pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."
:''Revelation. 11:7''

*There are also references in one other book of the Bible. 1 John houses these:

:"But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin."
:''1 John 1:7 ('''1''' John '''1''': '''7''')''
:"And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever."
:- '''1''' John 2: '''1''' '''7'''

*And here are passages from the Gospel of John. These are thought less likely to be references:

:"Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again."
:''Gospel of John, 11:7''

:"For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
:''Gospel of John, 1:17''


*Halo 3's plot also resembles the story of Noah's Ark. Because the Forerunners kept a few of every sentient species in the galaxy in the [[Ark]] because the parasitic life-forms known as the Flood were coming, much like in the bible story of Noah's Ark. The flood was coming and Noah put two of every animal in the Ark to save them from the water flood, much like the Forerunners did before they activated the Halos to keep the other lesser sentient species from extinction.

===Site 117===
Alternatively, others believe the number to be a reference to "Site 117", an archaeological site containing the first evidence of a human battle. The site is near Jebel Sahaba, Nubia and dates from between 12,000-10,000 BC. The site contains 59 human remains of men, women and children who were clearly killed with primitive hunting implements.

===117 and 7===
'''Seven''' has long been a number associated with [[Bungie]]. The first three numbers of 7<sup>6</sup> are 117, the full number being 117649. Also 1*1*7 = 7 and 1+1+7+6+4+9=28 28/4=7 and 7+1-1=7.

The 7th Halo' Monitor code is 117649. Maybe the 117 is significant because it's the 7th Halo, however the 649 could be significant as well. 9+4-6=7. Also, 117649 = 7<sup>6</sup>

The number 819 appears numerous times in the Marathon series. 819/7=117.

===''Marathon''===
* In ''Marathon Infinity'' there was a hidden multiplayer map called Hats Off to 819 (named after fan Hamish Sinclair, H=8, S=19) 819 divided by 7 is 117. (''Marathon 2: Durandal'' has an achievement by the same name.)
* The music for ''Marathon 2: Durandal'' and ''Marathon Infinity'' was composed and produced by an external music group called 'Power of Seven'. (Similarly, ''Marathon 2: Durandal'' also has an achievement with the same name.)
* Two weapons in ''Marathon'' carry the 7 enigma: the MA-'''7'''5B rifle, and the TOZT-'''7'''.
* In the original ''[[Marathon]]'', the barrels all have a backwards 7 in the serial number.

===117 Trivia===
*In ''Halo 3'', the game won't let you input the I.D. tag "I-17", "l (lower-case L)-17", or "T-17" saying that these numbers are already reserved by the ''[[UNSC]]''. Additionally, "E-43" a variation of 343 will have the same result, so will O00 (Letter "O" and number "0" twice), and so will A55, and P00 and P33, and N64.

*Also, Bungie's fan club nickname is "7th Column".

*In [[Halo: The Flood]], [[Yayap]] tells 'Zamamee that Master Chief must go through corridor E-'''117'''.

==Sources==
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==Links==
===Internal===
*[[List of Biblical References in Halo]]
*[[List of Marathon References in Halo]]

===External===
*[http://sites.google.com/site/custopootimus/septictionary The Septionary] is a fan-created list every seven letter word in the english language. 
*[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=29971515&viewreplies=true The relevant Bungie.Net forum topic is here.]
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