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[[File:Blackoutdlc.jpg|thumb|right|250px|UNSC Weather Station z/41]]


'''UNSC Weather Station Z/41''' is a [[United Nations Space Command]] weather research facility based in the [[Arctic]] region <ref>http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=H3LegendaryMapPack</ref>.  
'''UNSC Weather Station Z/41''' is a remote [[United Nations Space Command]] weather research facility based in the [[Wikipedia:Arctic Circle|Arctic Circle]] on [[Earth]].<ref name="legendary">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=H3LegendaryMapPack '''Bungie.net''': ''Legendary Map Pack'']</ref><ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
It is involved in taking glacier core samples and has a [[Doppler Radar]] facility for taking wind speed measurements, and includes a platform for aerial transport.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13413</ref> Overhead, the Aurora Borealis can be seen flickering through the sky <ref>http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=H3LegendaryMapPack</ref>.
It is involved in taking glacier core samples from the ice below. The station has a [[Wikipedia:Doppler radar|Doppler radar]] facility for taking wind speed measurements, and includes a platform for aerial transport.<ref name="blackout">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13413 '''Bungie.net''': ''Legendary Map: Blackout'']</ref> Overhead, the Aurora Borealis can be seen flickering through the sky.{{Ref/Reuse|legendary}}


The station seems to be an abandoned drilling platform converted for use as a weather station, located near an ice shelf. It is divided into four "towers", labeled Maintenance, Communications, Barracks and Laboratory.
The station seems to be an abandoned drilling platform converted for use as a weather station, located near an ice shelf. It is divided into four "towers", labeled Maintenance, Communications, Barracks and Laboratory. The station was rumored to store alien lifeforms. The station served as the location for a [[War Games]] [[Blackout|simulation]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The facility is the setting for the ''[[Halo 3]]: [[Legendary Map Pack]]'' map, [[Blackout (Level)|Blackout]]. Although its predecessor in ''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Lockout (Level)|Lockout]], was a facility created to study the [[Flood]]. This could lead to thoughts on how humans made something exactly similar to the Forerunner, especially considering its impractical (for humans) designs.
*The facility is the setting for the ''[[Halo 3]]: [[Legendary Map Pack]]'' map, ''[[Blackout]]''. Its predecessor in ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Lockout]]'', was a [[Forerunner]] facility created to study [[the Flood]].
*Bungie tasked the fans with coming up for a back story for Blackout and Z/41.
*Bungie Environmental Artist [[Paul Russel]], who worked on ''Blackout'', stated the following about the facility's designation: ''"The setting is a UNSC Antarctic weather station with the completely arbitrary and stupid number z/41, it means nothing. Until the fans write some fictional significance into it and we eventually have to reverse engineer it into our canon. Thanks a lot, fans."''{{Ref/Reuse|blackout}}
*This is the setting for the [[machinima]] "Forecast: the Series"
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 14:09, February 25, 2024

Promotional image for Halo 3 featuring the multiplayer map Blackout.
UNSC Weather Station Z/41.

UNSC Weather Station Z/41 is a remote United Nations Space Command weather research facility based in the Arctic Circle on Earth.[1][2]

Background[edit]

It is involved in taking glacier core samples from the ice below. The station has a Doppler radar facility for taking wind speed measurements, and includes a platform for aerial transport.[3] Overhead, the Aurora Borealis can be seen flickering through the sky.[1]

The station seems to be an abandoned drilling platform converted for use as a weather station, located near an ice shelf. It is divided into four "towers", labeled Maintenance, Communications, Barracks and Laboratory. The station was rumored to store alien lifeforms. The station served as the location for a War Games simulation.[2]

Trivia[edit]

  • The facility is the setting for the Halo 3: Legendary Map Pack map, Blackout. Its predecessor in Halo 2, Lockout, was a Forerunner facility created to study the Flood.
  • Bungie Environmental Artist Paul Russel, who worked on Blackout, stated the following about the facility's designation: "The setting is a UNSC Antarctic weather station with the completely arbitrary and stupid number z/41, it means nothing. Until the fans write some fictional significance into it and we eventually have to reverse engineer it into our canon. Thanks a lot, fans."[3]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]