Editing Vortex

{{Status|Gameplay}}
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{{Multiplayer map infobox
|pagegamelabel=H4
|name=Vortex
|image=[[File:H4 Vortex.jpg|300px]]
|game=''[[Halo 4]]''
|devname=<code>ca_redoubt</code>{{Ref/File|Id=H4EK|H4EK|H4EK\tags\levels\multi\ca_redoubt\ca_redoubt.scenario}}
|map=War Games Map_Set/: 259-3<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref>
|location="[[Cyclone]]", large scale wind harvester in [[Requiem]]'s equatorial cavern
|terrain=[[Forerunner]] structures, rocky landscape
|playernumber=6-16
|gametypes=*[[Dominion]]
*[[Big Team Slayer]]
}}
{{Article quote|ONI personnel remain convinced that these ancient structures somehow harness the planet's torrential wind for power.}}

'''Vortex''' is a ''[[Halo 4]]'' [[multiplayer]] map. The map is also featured on three missions of ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', in which it is known as "[[Cyclone]]".<ref name="scattered">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Scattered|S1E6 ''scattered'']]</ref>

==Universe and lore==
{{Main|Cyclone}}
The [[Forerunner]] structures which occupy [[Requiem]]'s equatorial caverns appear to generate power by harnessing its violent squalls. Onsite personnel believe that a full understanding of such a technology would offer the [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] substantial amounts of affordable, clean energy. Nevertheless, its internal mechanisms remain enigmatic.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/requiem '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Requiem'']</ref>

==Overview==
===Layout===
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File:HMCC H4 Vortex Map.png|Vortex Map.
File:Vortex Overhead.jpg|Overhead view of the map.
</gallery>

===Callouts===
The following are locations on the map that were named in the ''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide]]'': 
*'''Red Base'''
*'''Dunes'''
*'''Red Turret'''
*'''Horsemen'''
*'''Red Lift'''
*'''Red Trampoline'''
*'''Far Gate'''
*'''Wind Tunnel'''
*'''Wind Trampoline'''
*'''Pillars'''
*'''Generator Cave'''
*'''Limbo'''
*'''Near Gate'''
*'''Blue Landing'''
*'''Blue Lift'''
*'''Blue Trampoline'''
*'''Blue Sneaky'''
*'''Blue Base'''

==Gallery==
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===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:H4 Concept EarlyVortexRuins.jpg|Unused early visual development of the map that eventually became Vortex.
File:H4 Concept EarlyVortexTower.jpg|Another unused early concept showing a pristine Forerunner tower amidst ruins.
File:H4 - Stone Grove.jpg|An early concept art that turned into Vortex.
File:H4-Concept-Vortex-Grove.jpg|The same concept, now recolored.
File:H4 Vortex Concept Art.jpg|Concept art exploration of Vortex's artstyle.
File:H4-Concept-Vortex-Cavern.jpg|Concept art of the area beneath the central structure.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:H4 Vortex-2.jpg|Rocky environment on Vortex.
File:H4 Two Blue SIV Vortex.jpg|Two blue [[SPARTAN-IV]]s in a [[Warthog]] on Vortex.
File:H4 SPARTAN-IV in Vortex.jpg|Two [[SPARTAN-IV]]s fighting on Vortex.
File:H4-Dominion on Vortex.jpg|A game of [[Dominion]] on Vortex.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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{{Levels|H4|mode=yes}}