Editing Seven

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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 prominent ways<ref>[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/seven.html Marathon.Bungie.Org: The Number Seven]</ref>. [[Ensemble Studios]] and authors also have certain obvious seven references in their works about ''Halo''. 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. As such, not all of these references may be fully accurate, and many of them may be proven to be false at any time. Bungie's obsession with with the number seven may be attributed to (or be a determining factor) why [[John-117]] is considered lucky, as 7 is considered a lucky number.

==''Halo'' Series ==

==''Halo: The Fall of Reach''==
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|content = *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>
*[[Jericho VII]]. VII = '''7''' in Roman Numerals. 
*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>
*After the UNSC [[Cradle]] sacrificed itself, the rest of the Fleet destroyed '''seven''' Covenant ships with their MAC volley fire.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Pages 192 and 193</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>
*Deja showed the children a hologram of a meadow with '''7''' wolves hunting a moose.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 43</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.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 257</ref>
*The [[Pillar of Autumn]] is 43 years old. 4+3=7 <ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]], Page 238 </ref>
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==''Halo: Combat Evolved'' (and ''Halo: The Flood'')==
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|content = [[File:Shichi.jpg|thumb|七, the Chinese character for '''7''', is visible on the [[M6D Pistol]]'s ejection port.]]
*When the Chief's shield is down, it takes fourteen seconds to fully recharge - '''seven''' seconds while the shield flash red, and '''seven''' seconds while recharging.<ref>[[http://www.next-gen.biz/features/halo-reach-%E2%80%93-being-definitive]]</ref> 
*In the first level, the Master Chief escapes the ''Pillar of Autumn'' via Airlock 61. (6+1='''7''')
*The Chief crash lands on Halo in Lifeboat [[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]].(4+3='''7''') <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 49-50</ref> 
*At the beginning of the second level, there are '''seven''' dead bodies around you (six marines and the lifeboat pilot).
*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.
*At the beginning of "The Silent Cartographer," you storm the beach with '''seven''' marines.
*[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]: derived from the value 343 is '''7'''<sup>3</sup>.
*"Twelve shots rang out, and '''seven''' Grunts fell."<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], Page 53</ref>
*In ''Halo: The Flood'', Silva wishes he had '''7''' Lt. McKay's.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], Page 237</ref>
*You need at least '''seven''' needles from the [[Needler]] to make an explosion.
*After destroying the fusion core on the ''Pillar of Autumn'', Master Chief drives a [[Warthog]] through a Class '''7''' service corridor.
*When riding up the elevator after destroying the ''Autumn's'' core, Cortana tells Foehammer to pick them up at external access junction 4C. C is the third letter of the alphabet, 4+3='''7'''. 
*The last [[Longsword]] on the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' was in launch bay '''7'''.
*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.
*The [[Proto Gravemind]] has '''7''' tentacles.
*A multiplayer map is named [[Chiron TL-34]]. (3+4='''7''').
*There are '''7''' blast doors leading to the [[Index]] in the [[Library]].
*Installation 04's range is 25,000 light years. (2+5='''7''')
*Chapter '''7''' of [[Halo: The Flood]] has the mission time listed as '''7''' cycles (49 units) [[Covenant]] time.
*[[Carol Rawley]] (aka Foehammer) is part of a group of '''7''' people (3 pilots, 3 ground crew, and herself) who fled the ''Pillar of Autumn'' by retrieving their Pelicans rather than taking lifepods.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], Page 31</ref>
}} In the SPARTAN-II Program spartans were meant to be 7 feet tall.

==''Halo: First Strike''==
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|content = *There are '''7''' Covenant ships in the system after Halo's destruction.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 36</ref>
*The Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' has '''seven''' plasma turrets.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 36</ref>
*There are '''seven''' doors leading to adjacent offices and surgical bays when Dr. Halsey first enters the medical wing of [[CASTLE Base]].<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 122</ref>
*As she is deleting Araquiel, Dr. Halsey taps the level '''seven''' security barriers.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 127</ref>
*Ascendant Justice exits Slipspace '''seven'''  hundred thousand kilometers from the Epsilon Eridani System center.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 154</ref>
*CPO Mendez was scheduled to meet the Spartans 0'''7'''00 hours after they captured the flag from Tango Company.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 165</ref>
*When John enters the Pelican captured from Tango Company he sees a contact on its radar 14 km out.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 166</ref> 14/2=7
*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. <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 314</ref>
*After [[Fred]] and [[Kelly]] steal two [[Wraith]]s, they destroy '''seven''' other Wraiths.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 114</ref>
*Cortana describes subsection '''seven''' of the Cole Protocol as the reason they cannot immediately return to Earth aboard ''Ascendant Justice''<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 94</ref>
*After [[Corporal Locklear]] brings the ammo up from the [[Pelican]], there are '''seven''' grenades in the crate.<ref>Page 53</ref>
*After exiting slipspace in a captured Covenant dropship, the Spartans find themselves near two hundred forty-seven Covenant ships.  As they are watching, '''seven''' more appear.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 298</ref>
*C-'''7''' foaming explosive is used by the Spartans and Locklear.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]]</ref>,
*[[Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] bluffs [[Governor Jacob Jiles]] by saying they had '''7''' working plasma turrets.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 262</ref>
*After John-117 leaves the medical room Dr. Halsey is in, she instructs Cortana to lock the door and "boost counter-intrusion measures to level '''seven'''." <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 246</ref>
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==''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''==
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|content = *The [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] of [[Beta Company]] had been launched from [[Slipspace]] '''seven''' hours previous. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 16</ref>
*'''Seven''' Covenant cruisers appear during [[Operation TORPEDO]]. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 22</ref>
*[[Semi Powered Infiltration Armor]] has '''7''' minutes of breathable air.
*"'''Seven''' other men sat at a card table, shaking off the effects of the flash-bangs. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 32</ref>
*Operation PROMETHEUS was an assault on asteroid K'''7'''-49. 49='''7'''*'''7''' <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 84</ref>
*"Three hundred Spartans hit the dirt at 0'''7'''00 <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 84</ref>
*After two days the Spartan-III's of Alpha Company had managed to disable '''7''' of the reactors on the surface of K7-49 (Look above, 7 and 49(7*7) ([[K7-49]])<ref> [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 85</ref>
*"On day '''seven'''," the Admiral said, "additional Covenant reinforcements arrived. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 86</ref>
*Kurt trained the Spartan-III's of Alpha Company for '''7''' years. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 87</ref>
*"We are presently '''seven''' kilometers over the planet's surface," the AI said. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 161</ref>
*Before casualties, there were''' 7''' active Spartan-III's on Onyx ([[Tom]], [[Lucy]], and Team Saber).
*"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>
*After boarding [[Bloodied Spirit]] Fred's MJOLNIR suit has only '''seven''' minutes of air remaining. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 218</ref>
*When Bloodied Spirit is attacked by Onyx Sentinels, the Sentinels move into lines of '''seven'''. '''Seven''' of these lines then combine into an elongated triangle and fire. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 232</ref>
*Chapter 27 begins at the '''seventh''' cycle, 49 units, Covenant time. 7<sup>2</sup>=49.
*The [[Unggoy]] [[Kwassass]] had served '''seven''' years in the Covenant. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 236</ref>
*The structure where the Spartans land is a '''seven'''-sided faceted dome with '''seven''' arches.<ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]] page 270</ref> Inside are '''seven''' flat surfaces, each the size of carrier landing decks. <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]] page 271</ref>
*"It will take '''seven''' minutes in this orbit to cover that area. <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]], page 291</ref>
*"'''Seven''' MAC rounds struck the two lead destroyers in the Covenant line... <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]], page 297</ref>
*"The bulbous hull of a Covenant Seraph single ship appeared, then another Seraph appeared, then '''seven''' more... <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]], page 305</ref>
*The teleportation pads around Onyx are seven-sided. <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]], page 311</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>
*"Shockwave from surface detonation impacting far side of the moon in '''seven''' seconds," Durrono said. <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]], page 378.</ref>
*The Battle of Pegasi Delta started on July 3, the '''seventh''' month of the year.
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==''Halo 2''==
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|content = *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>. It can also be read as 2+4+0+1='''7'''.
*The [[Gravemind]] speaks mostly in heptameter, a poetic style with '''7''' 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.
*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 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 cutscene 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 Shock Troops Battalion]].
*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]]''.
*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 '''7''', 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 multiplayer 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.
*You face '''7''' 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]]
*When the UNSC ship ''In Amber Clad'' was in the Battle of Earth numerous units from the '''77'''th Marine Regiments are on board.
*Additionally, ''In Amber Clad's'' Hull Classification Symbol is FFG-142. 1 + 4 + 2 = 7
*There are '''7''' levels of caskets in the Mausoleum of the Arbiter.
*In the level [[The Great Journey]] there are '''7''' large plasma cannons.
*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]].
*It took '''7''' seconds for the bomb to detonate in the last cutscene on Cairo station.
*'''7''' hexagons make up the zoomed targeting reticule of the Covenant Carbine.
* On the level ''Metropolis'' "Segment 02: Ladies Like Armor Plating", if you look towards the end of the bridge a building is labeled B32 B= 2 (the second letter of the alphabet) plus two plus three  2+2+3=7
*In the trailer for ''Halo 2'', when Master Chief walks in to the hanger and launches himself into space (which his BR55 is replaced with the Covenant bomb in the game's cut scene), above the door to the hanger is "A-07".
*In the Vista version of ''Halo 2'', the Silent But Deadly Achievement requires the player to kill 7 enemies from behind without being spotted.
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==''Halo 3''==
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|content = *There are 7 levels that feature Covenant Loyalists. [[Sierra 117]], Crow's Nest, [[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]], [[The Storm]], [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]], [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]] and [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]] (the last level includes the [[Final Grunt]]).
*On [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]] on the walkway above the barracks there is a box with a large red 7 written on it.
*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).
*In the [[2401_Penitent_Tangent#Cold_Storage_Transmission|Cold Storage Transmission]] the time elapsed since an outside agent accessed the delta site has an approximate seven year margin of error.
*On matchmaking there's a playlist called "[[7_on_the_7th|7 on the 7th]]" which is featured on the 7th of every month.
*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).
*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]].
*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 Chain Guns 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".
*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 constructed 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.
*The Troop Transport Warthog can hold up to 7 people in-game.
*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 a Korean Hangul symbols on the barrel, and the very bottom of the mag. When reflected, it translates to the number 7.
*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.
*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. 
*There are 7 lists of objects to put on a map in Forge. Weapons, Vehicles, Equipment, Scenery, Teleporters, Respawn Points, and Goals.
*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.
*It takes 7 shots from the Magnum to destroy the Gravity Lift object. 
*A Power Drain lasts for 7 seconds.
*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.
*In the room with the Silent Cartographer, there are 7 trapezoids above the doors.
*There are seven pieces of grating involved with the missile launcher scenery on High Ground (including the one placed under the aiming machine).
*On the 'fire point' sign on High Ground there are 7 licks of flame coming from the white triangle.
*There are 7 lines of text on the screen of the gate switch on High Ground.
*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 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.
*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 Multiplayer map Epitaph has 7 hologram projectors, 6 minor ones and a Guardian Sentinel resembling projector.
*You can get 7 Objective Spree Medals in Halo 3.
*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 in Halo 3: ODST.
*There is the Vidmaster acheivement "7 on 7".
*There are 7 [[Gravemind]] moments on [[Cortana]].
*On the mission [[Halo]] there are 7 vehicles other than the [[Warthog]]: 4 [[Ghosts]], 1 [[Mongoose]] and 2 [[Choppers]].
*There are 7 bellows of smoke on the horizon in [[Rat's Nest]].
*On the level [[Tsavo Highway]] you exit the base through door number 7.
*On Sandbox the Golf Club is called a 7-wood.
*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. 28 divided by 4 = 7
*In matchmaking, there are 7 pieces of equipment that can be used.
*At the bottom of the 'pit of death' on [[Orbital]], there are 7 purple lights randomly scattered (not including the ring of 6 lights, which have a darker shade of purple)
*There are 7 terminals in total within the game.
*On Tsavo Highway approaching the Brute blockade at the end of the level, one of  the green highway signs says Voi - 17 km and New Mombasa 114 km. Ignoring the 1 in front of each number you have 7 and 14/2=7
*The [[Elephants]] on [[Sandtrap]] have 7 tools on them - three spades, three picks, and one axe. 3+3+1=7.
*All of the computers placed in [[forge]] display a very hard to read paragraph. However, it is easy to make out several 07s in the writing.
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==Cortana Letters and Transmissions==
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| content =*There are 14 transmissions. 14/2 = '''7'''
*Cortana signs one letter with seven 'X's and 'O's.
*Cortana sends eight emails. But [[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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|content = While Ilovebees was technically created by [[4orty2wo Entertainment]] rather than Bungie, it is highly probable they were aware of and continued the tradition.
*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=7
**Rani leaves with 14. 14/2=7
**Trevor planned to make chatters for '''7'''% of what they cost in convenience stores.
*As of 2004, [[Aunt Margaret]] had been beekeeping for '''seven''' years.
*[[Yasmine Zaman]]'s augmentations are performed 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 received "'''7''' more parking tickets" in one week.
*[[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.
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==''Halo: Contact Harvest''==
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| content =*There were '''seven''' space elevators of the [[Tiara]].
*'''Seven''' main maglev train lines led out from each base of the space elevators.<ref>Halo: Contact Harvest, page 76</ref>
*Prophet Senior Ministry staffers could manage to travel in their gravity thrones in groups as small as '''seven'''.<ref>Halo: Contact Harvest, page 149.</ref>
*The first space elevator to collapse was the '''seventh''' elevator.
*Later Loki changed the five minute interval for the containers to '''seven''' minutes.
*Sif's electronics were stored in seven towers in the Tiara's control room.
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==''Halo: The Cole Protocol''==
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|content =*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.<ref>''Halo: The Cole Protocol'', page 85</ref>
*'''Seven''' ODST's were killed during the attack on the [[Redoubt]].
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==''Halo Wars''==
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|content = *In ''Halo Wars'', both the [[Fortress|UNSC Fortress]] and [[Citadel (Covenant)|Covenant Citadel]] possess '''7''' expansion sockets.
*There are '''7''' [[Sangheili|Elites]] deactivating camouflage in the first ''Halo Wars'' Trailer
*There are '''7''' types of buildings for each UNSC and Covenant.
*There are '''7''' power nodes that you can destroy to make the super scarab's searchlight move slower.
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==''Halo 3: ODST''==
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*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.
*The Superintendent will change his face '''7''' times during the trailer (including its beginning emotion).
*The Rookie's enlistment date is 0'''7'''/0'''7'''/254'''7'''. (0'''7'''/0'''7''') This is also a reference to [[Bungie Day]].
*In Firefight, you start out with '''7''' lives.
*'''7''' playable characters in [[Firefight]] (Including [[Sgt. Johnson]]).
*'''7''' protagonists in ''ODST'' (counting the [[Superintendent]])
*It takes the Superintendent '''7''' camera views to chronicle the Rookie's HEV pod crashing.
*In the cutscene after completing {{Levelname|Coastal Highway}} there are '''7''' Covenant cruisers glassing New Mombasa.
*At 00:39 onwards of the Legendary Epilogue cutscene, there are '''7''' Engineers looking down into the Forerunner structure.
*In the side-story in the game, [[Sadie's Story]], the number of the train [[Sadie Endesha]] boards at the very beginning is 14, or '''7'''x2. 
*In the side-story in the game, [[Sadie's Story]], Dr. Endesha sees '''7''' [[Engineers]] who escaped the Brutes.
*The watchtower of the bridge inside the [[ONI Alpha Site]]'s compound is number '''07'''.
*In the [[Firefight]] game mode, there is a total of '''7''' gold skulls.
*The number of the Olifant used by Dare and Vergil is 49, or '''7'''<sup>2</sup>.
*There are '''7''' Olifants in the game (including the destroyed ones).
*Inside the HEV on 'Prepare to drop', Buck's screen says E492712(E7). Meaning 4-9+2+7+1+2=<u>'''7.'''</u>
*There are '''7''' supply cache's for the player to find.
*The final cutscene plays '''7''' hours after drop. So it took [[Veronica Dare]] and her squad '''7''' hours to rescue [[Virgil]]
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==''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''==
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*[[John-117]] was less than '''seven''' meters from a [[Kig-Yar]] when its head snapped to the side.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]], page 355</ref>

===The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole===
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*[[Ensign]] [[Alexis Indara]] begins management training (Series '''7''') following the [[CMA Season of Plenty|CMA ''Season of Plenty'']]'s bi-annual personnel review.
*Cole married [[Inna Volkov]] when he was 21. 21/3=7
*The [[UNSC Destroyer]]s which participated in the [[Callisto Incident]] in [[2494]] carried only '''7''' [[Ares Missile]]s.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]], page 439</ref>
*During the [[Skirmish at Theta Ursae Majoris]] the [[UNSC Gorgon (Destroyer)|UNSC ''Gorgon'']] had '''seven''' Pelicans on standby.
*"The scattered debris of '''seven''' destroyers, however, continued on their previous trajectories."<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]], page 464</ref>
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==''Halo: Reach''==
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|content = *[[Jorge-052]] is another reference to the number 7. 5+2='''7'''
*The [[Halo: Reach - Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]] was 1:17 minutes, or '''77''' seconds long.
*The number '''7''' is visible in the Halo: Reach VGA Trailer.<ref>[[:File:7inTheSky.png|7 in the Sky]]</ref>
*In the [[Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer|Video Games Awards Trailer]], Carter doesn't talk until 1:17 minutes into the video, or after 77 seconds.
*There is a clearly visible '''7''' on the [[Halo: Reach Limited Edition|Limited Edition]] black box and on the [[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary Edition]].
*The model number of the [[DMR]] is M392 (3+9+2=14 and 14/2='''7''').
*There are 117 days between the end of the beta test and the release date  (1*1*7=7)
*The [[Grenade Launcher]] ammunition starts out with '''7''' rounds.
*The [[Needle Rifle]] has 21 rounds. 21/3='''7'''
*The [[Target Locator]] drops '''7''' artillery shells from orbit.
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==''Halo Legends''==
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===The Duel===
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*There is a '''7 '''in the sky just before the Desert Battle.

===The Package===
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*The battle between John-117 and [[Thel 'Vadamee]] lasts '''7''' seconds.
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==Miscellaneous==
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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).
*There are a total of '''7''' variants of the [[Warthog]]: The normal variant, the Rocket Hog in ''[[Halo PC]]'', the Gauss Hog, the Troop transport hog, the [[Flatbed Warthog]], the Warthog APC, and the Civilian Hog, as seen on [[Headlong]].
*'''Seven'''th Column is the name given to Bungie's official fan club.
*[[John-117]] stands '''7'''' tall in the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR Mark IV]] suit.
*The terms SPARTAN and MJOLNIR both have '''7''' letters.
*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 beyond UNSC-controlled space.
*The ASCII [[Master Chief]] in a [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=8302 Bungie Weekly Update] was made with '''7'''s.
*Smart AIs (such as [[Cortana]]) go [[rampant]] after '''seven''' years of activation.
*There are '''7''' [[Halo]] rings.
*In the [[Cortana Letters]] "... In my palace deep, Lyca lies asleep ..." is mentioned on the '''7'''th letter and is believed to be from the poem "The Little Girl Found-By William Blake". One section says:

"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."

*In the preview of ''Halo 3'' featured at the Seattle IMAX theater, Bungie gave away a prize to the person sitting in seat G'''7'''. (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 slogan saying: Tru'''7'''h. Carnage. Bungie.
*All known "[[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'''.
*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]], "0'''7'''" 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.
*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''', 200'''7''' '''7/7/07''' (though this may just be a coincidence) 
*There are '''seven''' syllables in Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
*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.
*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.
*In many cultures, '''7''' is considered to be lucky, and Master Chief is seen by Cortana to be "luckier" then the other Spartans, in both [[The Fall of Reach]] and the beginning of Halo 3.
*Many Covenant weapons have Type-52 or Type-25 at the begining of their official names (5+2='''7''' and 2+5='''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.

*1x1x7=7
*[[Dr Halsey]] points out that there is only one hour and 17 minutes (1:17) left before the portal closes.<ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]], page 311</ref>
*Both the trailers for Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach are 1:17. This may alternatively be a reference to 7, as 1:17 in seconds is 77.
*During the [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]], [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston J. Cole]] had '''one hundred seventeen''' ('''117''') [[UNSC]] ships at his command.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]], page 470</ref>

===Biblical Reference===
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*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 and resurrection.

*[[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''

*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''
:"There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rridXskgWg believe]."
:''Gospel of John, 1:1-7''
:(Out of all of these, perhaps the most likely to be a reference to Spartan-117 would be the last verse.)


*Leviticus 25:9 (Sierra 259 in the Halo Reach trailer) is a conversation between Moses and God about the year of jubilee, and the past ''Harvest''(!?!):

*Leviticus 25:8
"Count off '''seven''' Sabbaths of years—'''seven''' times '''seven''' years—so that the '''seven''' Sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty-nine years."

*Leviticus 25:9
"Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the '''seventh''' month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land."


*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.
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===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===

It is conjectured that the numbering system for Halo installations' Monitors is, where <math>n</math> is the number of their installation, <math>7^{n-1}</math>. With this in mind, it is reasonable to assume that the number of the Monitor of Installation 07 is <math>7^6=117649</math>. As well as including the number 117 when it is written in base-10 (decimal), it also includes 649. <math>9+4-6=7</math>.

The number 819 appears numerous times in the Marathon series. <math>819/7=117</math>. This tradition started in ''[[Marathon (video game series)|Marathon Infinity]]'', with two secret terminals on the first and last levels of campaign mode. At first sight, these terminals seemed to contain nonsense. However, if the data from both terminals was copied into ResEdit (the classic [[wikipedia:History of Mac OS|Mac OS]]'s hexadecimal editor), converted into text format, then expanded twice with [[wikipedia:Stuffit Expander|Stuffit Expander]], a map file would be revealed which could then be loaded in ''Infinity''. The 819 was a reference to Hamish Sinclair, a prominent member of the community at marathon.bungie.org (the sister site of [[halo.bungie.org]]) as if one assigned letters to numbers sequentially (<math>a = 1, b = 2, c = 3\ldots</math>) then Sinclair's initials, H.S., would be 8.19.<ref>http://marathon.bungie.org/story/hangar96.html</ref>

===''Marathon''===

* 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.)

* 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 (upper-case i)-17", "l (lower-case L)-17", or "T-17" saying that these numbers are already reserved by the ''[[UNSC]]''.

*In [[Halo: The Flood]], [[Yayap]] tells 'Zamamee that Master Chief must go through corridor E-'''117'''.
*The Halo: Reach Video Game Awards Trailer takes 117 MB of memory to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace.
*It is likely that one reason Bungie chose 7 as their "number of obsession" is because 7 is often seen as a lucky number which coincides with the idea that the Master Chief's defining trait is that he is lucky.
*117 is the hotline for the [[wikipedia:Philippine National Police|PNP]], another one of the "hidden" references to the Philippines, notable for being a westernized Southeast-Asian country.

==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.]

*[[w:c:Unhalo:List of "Three" References in Halo|List of "Three" References in Halo]] - Parody of this list at Gruntipedia.
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