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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.|[[Brian Jarrard]], 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 constructed 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 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. In spite of the fact that the number seven is featured extensively in Bungie's work, it has generated an aura of [[wikipedia:apophenia |apophenia]]. This cultural nuance can be compared to the [[wikipedia:23 enigma |23 enigma]].

==''Halo'' Series ==
*Cortana has '''7''' letters in it.
*John-117's [[service tag]] is another '''7''' reference (1x1x7=7).

==''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>
*The Medical Facility "Hopeful" was gone for '''7''' days. It also has '''7''' letters in it's name.
*[[Jericho VII]]. VII = '''7''' in Roman Numerals. 
*A UNSC [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] was only '''7''' meters longer than a [[UNSC frigate|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 {{UNSCship|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-117|John]] gets ready to go outside there are '''7''' [[ODST]]s standing outside around the tent.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Page 257</ref>
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==''Halo: Combat Evolved'' (and ''Halo: The Flood'')==
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*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> 
*At the beginning of the [[Halo (level)|second level]], there are '''seven''' dead bodies around you (six [[UNSC Marine Corps|marines]] and the [[bumblebee|lifeboat]] pilot).
*On the level "[[The Silent Cartographer (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.
*In the cavern with the bridge in the level "[[Assault on the Control Room (Level)|Assault on the Control Room]]" there are '''seven''' dead marines leading to an ammo cache.
*[[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.
*The last [[Longsword]] on the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' was in launch bay '''7'''.
*Cortana's  dialogue warning you about the gap in the trench starts when you're '''7'''00 meters away from [[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.
*There are '''7''' blast doors leading to the [[Index]] in the [[Library]].
*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>
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==''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 Araqiel, 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>
*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>
*"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. <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>
*Dr. Halsey said the portal would close in 1 hour, 17 minutes, this is equal to '''77''' minutes.<ref>[[Halo:Ghost of Onyx]], page 311</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>
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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 '''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 left 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]]'', ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]'' and ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''.
*In ''Metropolis'', near the end of the level where you have to destroy the Scarab, [[Marcus Banks|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.
*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.
*Firing the [[Sentinel Beam]] until it overheats will leave a remaining charge of '''77'''.
*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.
*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-0'''7'''".
*In the Vista version of ''Halo 2'', the Silent But Deadly Achievement requires the player to kill '''7''' enemies from behind without being spotted.
*In the level Outskirts, there is a total of '''7''' [[Shadows]].
*On the level Zanzibar, to get the Easter egg about finding Ling-Ling's head, you must put the Xbox clock on '''7''':0'''7'''
*Cairo Station's serial number '''ODA-142''' contains a possible '''7''' reference (1 + 4 + 2 = '''7'''). 
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==''Halo 3''==
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|content = *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.
*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".
*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 is shown to have a total of '''7''' seats, whereas in game there are only 5 available slots.
*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": 2401 is '''7'''<sup>4</sup>. .
*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).
*In the opening sequence of the Level [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]], there are '''7''' drop ships, 5 [[Pelicans]] and 2 [[Phantoms]].
*There are '''7''' levels that the [[Cortana Moments|Cortana and Gravemind Moments]] occur. 
*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.
*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.
*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 achievement "'''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
*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.
*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.
If you turn on the coordinates display during game play, the second coordinate during the credits is -'''7'''.'''7'''7'''7'''
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==Cortana Letters and Transmissions==
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*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.

==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=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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*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.

==''Halo: The Cole Protocol''==
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*'''Seven''' ODST's were killed during the attack on the [[Redoubt]].

==''Halo Wars''==
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*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 on the level [[Scarab (level)|Scarab]].
*At the beginning of [[Relic Approach]] the lockdown on the base will not end and the main gate will not open until the player trains five more squads of marines, bringing the total to '''seven'''.
*Following the events aboard the {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}}, [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge|Forge]] required '''seven''' doses of anti-radiation treatment.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>

==''Halo 3: ODST''==
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|content =*In the trailer, there are '''seven''' Brutes in the Covenant patrol.
*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 [[Coastal Highway (level)|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).
*There are '''7''' supply cache's for the player to find.
*At the Beginning of the Mission "Data Hive", the player starts on Sublevel 7
*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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===Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian===
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*[[Sergeant]] [[Michael Baird]] found fourteen terabytes of information on [[Cancer|cancer]] using [[Shipnet]]. 14/2=7
*[[Mo Ye]]'s initial plan was to have Baird drive the ship into a red giant fourteen million miles starboard. 14/2=7
*When Baird first exited the medbay he ran into '''seven''' Covenant soldiers (4 Unggoy, 2 Kig-Yar, and 1 Elite).

===Palace Hotel===
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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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*[[Preston Cole]] was one of '''seven''' children (four boys and three girls). 
*Preston Cole's student ID  account was 00034. 3+4+0+0+0=7. 
*[[Ensign]] [[Alexis Indara]] begins management training (Series '''7''') following the [[CMA Season of Plenty|CMA ''Season of Plenty'']]'s bi-annual personnel review.
*Cole was called before a Board of Inquiry at the [[Academy at Mare Nubium]] on June '''7''', 2492.
*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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*The [[Halo: Reach - Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]] was 1:17 minutes, or '''77''' seconds long.
*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]].
*Emile A-239's service number is another reference to seven, 2+3+9=14, 14/2=7.
*If a player did not purchase the Limited or Legendary editions, the player will only have access to seven Elite armor permutations.
*There are 7 Armor Abilities: Sprint, Armor Lock, Jetpack, Active Camo, Hologram, Drop Shield and Evade.
*The model number of the [[DMR]] is M392 (3+9+2=14 and 14/2='''7''').
*The [[Target Locator]] drops '''7''' artillery shells from orbit.
*There are 7 Firefight achievements in the game.
*The assault rifle Carter kicks to Noble Six in the [[Winter Contingency]] cutscene has seven rounds in its magazine.
*The achievement [[KEEP IT CLEAN]] requires the player to kill '''7''' [[Moa]] on the second mission of the game's campaign.
*In the Bungie.net game intel page, the population of Reach is revealed to be 703,341,500; approximately seven hundred million.
*It is possible that the release date of Halo: Reach is also a reference to seven as the release date is September 14, 2010. (14/2=7; "Sept" is seven in French, and September was once the seventh month)
*The [[Monument to Noble Team]] is composed of 54,439 individual points of light. (54,439=7*7777)
*Including [[Thom-293]], Noble team is made up of '''7''' Spartans
*In [[Invasion]], when the countdown goes below '''7''', it will only recharge back up to '''7'''.
*There are 49 achievements for Halo: Reach. (7*7=49)
*Noble Six battles 7 Elites in the [[Lone Wolf|final cutscene]]. 
*At the very end of the credits, in the small grid, the number 7 flashes briefly before fading to the "Lone Wolf" mission.
*After the mission, "Lone Wolf", there is a cutscene with "New Reach" in the background and Noble Six's helmet on the ground. Notice the date is July 7th, 2589.  July is the seventh month of the year. This is also a reference to [[Bungie Day]].
*At the main title screen, while various battle sounds are playing, occasionally a clear seven shot burst from an Assault Rifle can be heard.
*On the 7th level, Exodus, the player can find an ad on the world cuisine stands for a Moa combo costing 7.77 cR.
*It is a common occurrence to get 777 on the post game slot machine online
*Jun A-266's service number is also a reference to seven, 2+6+6=14, 14/2=7.
*The player begins the 7th level, Exodus, with 25 extra Magnum rounds. (2+5=7) In addition, there are 7 rounds left in the starting clip. 
*[[Anchor 9]] is armed with '''7''' [[Point Defense Gun|Point Defense Guns]].
*There are 14 jets on the back of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. 14/2=7
*At the beginning of the level [[The Package]], the time is shown as 26:16.  26+16=42=6*7.  
*At the beginning of the mission "Nightfall" there is a poster in the first building with 35 black people and 1 red person on it. The red person is on the bottom row 7 places from the left. 35 (the # of black people) divided by 5 is 7.
*In the seventh mission, Exodus, Civilian Transport 7 survives.
*Pressing the hidden switch in the level "The Package" results in the tribute room door opening and 7 Elites emerging with swords.
*The serial # of a Falcon is 1611513214. (1+6+1+1+5+1+3+2+1+4=25, 2+5='''7''')
*The grenade launcher starts off with''' 7''' grenades.
*There are 7 [[Sangheili Zealot]]s encountered in the game, the first 2 being in the level [[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]], the next one in the [[BXR Mining|mining facility]] in [[Tip of the Spear]], and the final 3 in the final section of the level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]], with the last one being a [[Sangheili Field Marshall|Field Marshall]].
*In [[Lone Wolf]], seven helmets cannot be generated on any of the dead spartans: Hazop, Air Assault, Scout, Commando, EVA[C], Mark V, and Mark VI.
*At the end of the level ''Lone Wolf'', there are '''14''' (7x2=14) dead Spartans, counting Noble Six.
*There was a weekly challenge on the week of 1/30/11 that says to complete '''77''' matchmaking games.

===[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]===
*[[Elias Carver|Dr. Elias Carver]]'s initial formula for "the matrix mechanics of the socio- and politico-economic vectors of human expansion" utilized '''7''' dimensional parameters.<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''' ''December 4th, 2510''</ref>
*Six number '''7''''s are written beside a caricature of a dead Carver.<ref>'''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''' ''December 4th, 2510''</ref>
*Halsey refers to the piezoelectric effect as a 700+-year-old technology.<ref>'''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''' ''July 30th, 2511''</ref>
*Halsey reports that standardizing UNSC operating systems over the last '''seven''' decades left them vulnerable to the insurgency.<ref>'''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''' ''October 15, 2521''</ref>
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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.

===Odd One Out===
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*'''7''' residents of planet [[Cronkee]] are spoken of in the episode, including '[[Mama]]' and the dinosaur.
*The UNSC ship at the beginning of the episode is numbered "993". The average of these three numbers is '''7'''

===The Package===
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*The battle between John-117 and [[Thel 'Lodamee]] lasts '''7''' seconds.
*When Frederic-104, Kelly-087 and John-117 enter the Covenant Flagship Kelly says, "We got three minutes" indicating that the space battle lasted '''7''' minutes.

===Homecoming===
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* [[Ralph-303]] mentions to [[Daisy-023]] that it has been '''7''' years since they were abducted to participate in the [[SPARTAN-II]] program.
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==Miscellaneous==
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*'''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 */
<br/>…Attempting Recovery…
<br/>…Attempting Recovery…
<br/>/ 93% PACKET CORRUPTION – RECOVERY UNSUCCESSFUL - DISPLAYING 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>/C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@
<br/>Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
<br/>48hr0x0ABFFFFF [ERR 5929]
<br/>/ 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) 
*Bungie's The Art of Halo 3 was released on November 25th, 2008 (2+5= '''7''').
*There are '''7''' Vidmaster achievements.
*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 beginning of their official names (5+2='''7''' and 2+5='''7''')
*The [[Quito Space Tether]] was officially given its name in the year [[2401]], exactly 32,196 days after its completion (including leap days).(2+4+0+1=7} ('''7'''<sup>4</sup>=2401 and 3+2+1+9+6=21 21/3='''7''')
*When a [[Spike grenade]] detonates, its spikes will stay hot for '''seven''' seconds.
*Dr. Halsey's journal has 7 pages unwritten (excluding the text at the last page with the copyrights).
*The [[Human-Covenant War]] started in 2525 (2+5+2+5=14/2=7) and ended 28 years later(28/4=7).
*The ''Halo: Reach'' limited edition Xbox 360 controller and wireless headset are both marked with the requisition number <nowiki>"//65|59_234|97///"</nowiki>. On the headset, directly before the requisition code, is a larger number 7.
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==Sources==

{{reflist|3}}

==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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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7 "7" on Wikipedia]