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==Production notes==
==Production notes==
It was featured in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''.
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}}
 
Sword base has changed very much from the 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.{{Citation needed}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Sword Base (level)}}
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Sword Base (level)}}
===Concept art===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HR_SwordBase_Atrium_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the level.
File:HR_SwordBase_Atrium_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the level.
File:Halo Reach Sword Base 03.jpg|The "Control Center".
File:HR ControlStation Concept.jpg|Concept art for a mobile control console in the base.
File:HR ControlStation Concept.jpg|Concept art for a mobile control console in the base.
File:HR_GuardianLance_Artifact_Concept.jpg|Concept art of one of the Covenant devices on display in the base.
File:HR_GuardianLance_Artifact_Concept.jpg|Concept art of one of the Covenant devices on display in the base.
File:Sword Base Overhead.jpg|An overhead view of the main atrium.
</gallery>
File:Stockpile on swordbase.jpg|Stockpile being played on Swordbase.
===Development images===
<gallery>
File:Halo Reach Sword Base.jpg|Atrium.
File:HR Beta SwordBase 02.jpg|Security.
File:Halo Reach Sword Base 03.jpg|Operations.
File:HR Beta SwordBase 04.jpg|Research.
File:Sword Base Overhead.jpg|An overhead view of Atrium.
File:HRMPB SwordBase Headhunter.jpg|Two Spartans approaching skulls during a Headhunter match.
File:HRMPB Swordbase Headhunter 2.jpg|A Spartan losing skulls during a Headhunter match.
File:HRMPB SwordbaseArmorLock.jpg|A Spartan using armor lock.
File:HRMPB SwordbaseBoom.jpg|A Spartan during a battle in the Atrium.
File:HRMPB Swordbase stockpile swordbase flag carrier.jpg|A Spartan firing at another during a Stockpile match.
File:Stockpile on swordbase.jpg|Spartans defending the base during a Stockpile match.
File:HRMPB SwordbaseAssass.jpg|A Spartan assassinating another.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
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.
File:HR GuardianLance GravityLift.png|A Covenant [[Gravity lift]] recovered in the operation.

Latest revision as of 16:43, November 12, 2024

This article is about the multiplayer map. For the base, see SWORD Base.
Sword Base
HaloReach - Sword Base.jpg
Map overview

Game:

Halo: Reach

Map file name (?):

20_sword_slayer[1]

Lore information

Location:

SWORD Base, Eposz, Viery Territory, Reach

Gameplay overview

Terrain:

ONI facility interior[2]

Recommended number of players:

2-8

Recommended gametype(s):

Slayer, Headhunter

 
“ Before Winter Contingency was declared, ONI spooks kept themselves occupied in this remote installation.[3] ”

Sword Base is a multiplayer map appearing in Halo: Reach.[4]

Universe and lore[edit]

A plaque commemorating Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE in the atrium of SWORD Base.

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 Colony world of Reach. The base was attacked by the Covenant early in the Fall of Reach,[5] and was destroyed somewhat during Operation: WHITE GLOVE much later.[6]

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.[7]

Overview[edit]

Layout[edit]

The map is described as "the stepson of Prisoner and Boarding Action". It is a small, asymmetrical slayer map with three gravity lifts and a series of bridges and walkways leading over a central atrium.[2][8] It features many external and internal stairways and rooms, making it an appealing map for Infection games as there are many strategically controllable areas and vantage points.

  • Sword Base Map.

    Sword Base Map.

Callouts[edit]

The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's HUD during gameplay:

  • Meeting Room
  • Atrium
  • Processing
  • Lobby
  • Elbow
  • Low Bridge
  • Medium Bridge
  • High Bridge
  • Reception
  • Low Vent
  • Corner Vent
  • Break room
  • Attic
  • Control Center
  • Laboratory
  • Collider
  • F.S
  • High Hall
  • Operations
  • Operations Hall
  • Security

Production notes[edit]

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]

Trivia[edit]

Using the Forge turret glitch, one can get behind the large door found on the ground level, and out of the map.

Gallery[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

Concept art[edit]

  • Concept art of the level.

    Concept art of the level.

  • Concept art for a mobile control console in the base.

    Concept art for a mobile control console in the base.

  • Concept art of one of the Covenant devices on display in the base.

    Concept art of one of the Covenant devices on display in the base.

Development images[edit]

  • Atrium.

    Atrium.

  • Security.

    Security.

  • Operations.

    Operations.

  • Research.

    Research.

  • An overhead view of Atrium.

    An overhead view of Atrium.

  • Two Spartans approaching skulls during a Headhunter match.

    Two Spartans approaching skulls during a Headhunter match.

  • A Spartan losing skulls during a Headhunter match.

    A Spartan losing skulls during a Headhunter match.

  • A Spartan using armor lock.

    A Spartan using armor lock.

  • A Spartan during a battle in the Atrium.

    A Spartan during a battle in the Atrium.

  • A Spartan firing at another during a Stockpile match.

    A Spartan firing at another during a Stockpile match.

  • Spartans defending the base during a Stockpile match.

    Spartans defending the base during a Stockpile match.

  • A Spartan assassinating another.

    A Spartan assassinating another.

Screenshots[edit]

  • The Sword Base exterior panorama.

    The Sword Base exterior panorama.

  • A Covenant Gravity lift recovered in the operation.

    A Covenant Gravity lift recovered in the operation.

  • A Covenant artifact recovered in the operation.

    A Covenant artifact recovered in the operation.

  • A game of Infection in Sword Base.

    A game of Infection in Sword Base.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Reach Editing Kit, game file HREK\tags\levels\multi\20_sword_slayer\20_sword_slayer.scenario
  2. ^ a b Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update: 04.09.10
  3. ^ Bungie.net: Sword Base Preview
  4. ^ ShackNews: Screenshots from Halo: Reach
  5. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level ONI: Sword Base
  6. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level The Package
  7. ^ Plaque on the map
  8. ^ IGN: Halo: Reach -- The Beta Maps

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