Unidentified BXR titanium mine: Difference between revisions

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The main facility.

This titanium mine was operated by the BXR Mining Corporation to mine the massive titanium deposits in the Viery Territory, Reach.^[1]

Background

This facility, located in the Viery Territory, was built near a massive meteor crater to mine the abundance of exposed titanium found there.^[1] During the Fall of Reach, the facility was quickly abandoned by its personnel and a SPARTAN team was sent to defend the mine from Covenant forces. However, the team was ultimately wiped out.^[2]^[3]

Production notes

Unearthed, a Firefight map that is part of Halo: Reach's Defiant Map Pack, is set at this facility.

Gallery

Concept art of the mine.
Another concept art piece depicting the mining operations in the crater.
A panorama of the facility.
The view of the facility on the edge of the crater.
A general view of the facility.
A view of crater.

List of appearances

Halo: Reach (First appearance)

Sources

^ ^a ^b Bungie.net, Defiant Map Pack (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2014) [archive]
^ Halo Waypoint, Defiant to the End (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2021) [archive]
^ YouTube - HALO, Defiant to the End

[Defiant-1] Bungie.net, Defiant Map Pack (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2014) [archive]

[2] Halo Waypoint, Defiant to the End (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2021) [archive]

[3] YouTube - HALO, Defiant to the End

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 [[File:Unearthed1.jpg|thumb|250px|The main facility.]]
-This '''unidentified [[BXR Industries|BXR]] [[titanium]] mine''' was one of the many mining facilities on [[Reach]].
+This '''titanium mine''' was operated by the [[BXR Mining Corporation]] to mine the massive [[titanium]] deposits in the [[Viery Territory]], [[Reach]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Defiant|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30646|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Defiant Map Pack|D=13|M=10|Y=2014}}
 ==Background==
-This mine, located in the [[Viery Territory]], was built near a massive meteor crater to take advantage of the exposed [[titanium]] there.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30646|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Defiant Map Pack|D=13|M=10|Y=2014}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], the facility was quickly abandoned, though a [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] team was sent to defend the mine from [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces, but was eventually wiped out.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/defiant-to-the-end/f2595044-7e26-4928-a24b-8e1a2db3ce45|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Defiant to the End|D=21|M=03|Y=2021}}{{Ref/YouTube|jh7Q3fjIIwc|HALO|Defiant to the End}}
+This facility, located in the [[Viery Territory]], was built near a massive meteor crater to mine the abundance of exposed [[titanium]] found there.{{Ref/Reuse|Defiant}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], the facility was quickly abandoned by its personnel and a [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] team was sent to defend the mine from [[Covenant]] forces. However, the team was ultimately wiped out.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/defiant-to-the-end/f2595044-7e26-4928-a24b-8e1a2db3ce45|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Defiant to the End|D=21|M=03|Y=2021}}{{Ref/YouTube|jh7Q3fjIIwc|HALO|Defiant to the End}}
 ==Production notes==
-[[Unearthed]], a [[Firefight]] map that is part of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''{{'}}s [[Defiant Map Pack]], is set here.
+[[Unearthed]], a [[Firefight]] map that is part of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''{{'}}s [[Defiant Map Pack]], is set at this facility.
 ==Gallery==
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 File:HR_Unearthed_Concept_2.jpg|Another concept art piece depicting the mining operations in the crater.
 File:Panorama - Unearthed.jpg|A panorama of the facility.
+File:HR Unearthed2.png|The view of the facility on the edge of the crater.
 File:Unearthed west.jpg|A general view of the facility.
 File:Reach - Titanium Mine.jpg|A view of crater.