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| | {{Era|RW}} |
| {{Title|Sword Base}} | | {{Title|Sword Base}} |
| {{Status|Gameplay}}
| | {{Disambig header|the multiplayer map|the base|Sword Base}} |
| {{Disambig header|the multiplayer map|the base|SWORD Base}} | | {{Multiplayer Map Infobox |
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| |name=Sword Base | | |name=Sword Base |
| |image=[[File:HaloReach - Sword Base.jpg|300px]] | | |image=[[File:HaloReach - Sword Base.jpg|256px]] |
| |game=''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | | |game=''[[Halo: Reach]]'' |
| |devname=<code>20_sword_slayer</code>{{Ref/File|Id=HREK|HREK|HREK\tags\levels\multi\20_sword_slayer\20_sword_slayer.scenario}}
| | |location=[[Sword Base]], [[Reach]] |
| |location=[[SWORD Base]], [[Eposz]], [[Viery Territory]], [[Reach]] | | |terrain=[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] facility interior<ref name="BWU">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_040910 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 04.09.10'']</ref> |
| |terrain=[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] facility interior<ref name="BWU">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_040910 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 04.09.10'']</ref> | |
| |weapons=*[[Designated Marksman Rifle]] | | |weapons=*[[Designated Marksman Rifle]] |
| *[[Energy Sword]] | | *[[Energy Sword]] |
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| |playernumber=2-8 | | |playernumber=2-8 |
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| {{Article quote|Before [[WINTER CONTINGENCY (protocol)|Winter Contingency]] was declared, ONI spooks kept themselves occupied in this remote installation.<ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=maps&cid=28541 '''Bungie.net''': ''Sword Base Preview'']</ref>}} | | {{Article Quote|Before [[WINTER CONTINGENCY|Winter Contingency]] was declared, ONI spooks kept themselves occupied in this remote installation.<ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=maps&cid=28541 '''Bungie.net''': ''Sword Base Preview'']</ref>}} |
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| '''Sword Base''' is a [[multiplayer]] map appearing in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=14167&game_id=7592#img152073 '''ShackNews''': ''Screenshots from Halo: Reach'']</ref> | | '''Sword Base''' is a multiplayer map appearing in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=14167&game_id=7592#img152073 '''ShackNews''': ''Screenshots from Halo: Reach'']</ref> It was featured in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''. |
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| ==Universe and lore==
| | The map is described as "the stepson of [[Prisoner]] and [[Boarding Action]]". It is a small, asymmetrical slayer map with three [[Gravity Lift|gravity lifts]] and a series of bridges and walkways leading over a central atrium.<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1082381p3.html '''IGN''': ''Halo: Reach -- The Beta Maps'']</ref><ref name="BWU"/> It features many external and internal stairways and rooms, making it an appealing map for [[Infection|infection games]] as there are many strategically controllable areas and vantage points. |
| [[File:HR GuardianLance Plaque.png|left|200px|thumb|A plaque commemorating Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE in the atrium of SWORD Base.]]
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| The map is set in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[SWORD Base]], situated along the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] of the [[Eposz]] super-continent on the [[Human]] [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] [[world]] of [[Reach]]. The base was attacked by the [[Covenant]] early in the [[Fall of Reach]],{{Ref/Level|HR|[[ONI: Sword Base]]}} and was destroyed somewhat during [[Operation]]: [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE|WHITE GLOVE]] much later.{{Ref/Level|HR|[[The Package]]}} | |
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| Prior to this though, the atrium boasted a minor collection of recovered artifacts and materiel from elsewhere, including those that were recovered in [[Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE]] on [[Jericho VII]].{{Ref/Generic|[[:File:HR GuardianLance Plaque.png|Plaque]] on the map}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Layout===
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| The map is described as "the stepson of [[Prisoner]] and [[Boarding Action]]". It is a small, asymmetrical slayer map with three [[Gravity Lift|gravity lifts]] and a series of bridges and walkways leading over a central atrium.{{Ref/Reuse|BWU}}<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1082381p3.html '''IGN''': ''Halo: Reach -- The Beta Maps'']</ref> It features many external and internal stairways and rooms, making it an appealing map for [[Infection|Infection games]] as there are many strategically controllable areas and vantage points.
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| File:HMCC_HR_Sword_Base_Map.png|Sword Base Map.
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| ====Callouts====
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| The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[Heads Up Display|HUD]] during gameplay: | | The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's [[Heads Up Display|HUD]] during gameplay: |
| *Meeting Room | | *Meeting Room |
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| *Operations Hall | | *Operations Hall |
| *Security | | *Security |
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| ==Production notes==
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| Sword Base was featured in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''. Sword Base has changed very much from its Beta iteration; the walls around the facility have been destroyed and burnt, with large amount of debris on the ground. The [[Gravity Lift]] in the center has also been weakened.{{Citation needed}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| Using the [[Forge turret glitch]], one can get behind the large door found on the ground level, and out of the map. | | *This map has changed very much from the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|Beta]] version, the walls around the facility having been destroyed and burnt, with large amount of debris on the ground. The [[Gravity Lift]] in the center has also been weakened. |
| | *Using the [[Forge Turret Glitch]], one can get behind the large door found on the ground level, and out of the map. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Sword Base (level)}}
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| ===Concept art===
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| File:HR_SwordBase_Atrium_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the level.
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| File:HR ControlStation Concept.jpg|Concept art for a mobile control console in the base.
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| File:HR_GuardianLance_Artifact_Concept.jpg|Concept art of one of the Covenant devices on display in the base.
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| </gallery>
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| ===Development images===
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| File:Halo Reach Sword Base.jpg|Atrium.
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| File:HR Beta SwordBase 02.jpg|Security.
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| File:Halo Reach Sword Base 03.jpg|Operations.
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| File:HR Beta SwordBase 04.jpg|Research.
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| File:Sword Base Overhead.jpg|An overhead view of Atrium.
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| File:HRMPB SwordBase Headhunter.jpg|Two Spartans approaching skulls during a Headhunter match.
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| File:HRMPB Swordbase Headhunter 2.jpg|A Spartan losing skulls during a Headhunter match.
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| File:HRMPB SwordbaseArmorLock.jpg|A Spartan using armor lock.
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| File:HRMPB SwordbaseBoom.jpg|A Spartan during a battle in the Atrium.
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| File:HRMPB Swordbase stockpile swordbase flag carrier.jpg|A Spartan firing at another during a Stockpile match.
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| File:Stockpile on swordbase.jpg|Spartans defending the base during a Stockpile match.
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| File:HRMPB SwordbaseAssass.jpg|A Spartan assassinating another.
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| </gallery>
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| ===Screenshots===
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| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| | File:Halo Reach Sword Base Concept.jpg|Concept art of the level. |
| | File:Halo Reach Sword Base 03.jpg|The "Control Center". |
| | File:Sword Base Overhead.jpg|An overhead view of the main atrium. |
| | File:Stockpile on swordbase.jpg|Stockpile being played on Swordbase. |
| File:Sword Base Panorama.jpg|The Sword Base exterior panorama. | | File:Sword Base Panorama.jpg|The Sword Base exterior panorama. |
| File:HR GuardianLance GravityLift.png|A Covenant [[Gravity lift]] recovered in the operation.
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| File:HR GuardianLance Artifact.png|A Covenant artifact recovered in the operation.
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| File:HTMCC-HR Infection Sword Base.jpg|A game of [[Infection]] in Sword Base.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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