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==Production notes==
==Production notes==
[[File:HO Icebox Skyline 1.jpg|200px|thumb|The Tyumen skyline in the map ''[[Icebox]]''.]]
[[File:HO Icebox Skyline 1.jpg|200px|thumb|The Tyumen skyline in the map ''[[Icebox]]''.]]
During the [[Development of Halo|development of ''Halo 3'']], a special visual look-development level called "[[The Lost City]]" was created.<ref name="picasa">[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/Halo3TheLostCity#5573889624080394914 ''Picasa'': Paul Russel > Halo 3: The Lost City] (defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413070942/https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/Halo3TheLostCity Archive])</ref> This featured a Forerunner city composed of a single building.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/732109307529986048 ''Paul Russel on Twitter'':] ''Thanks! I wanted to get past our current notion of cities, instead of individual buildings, city is a single building.''</ref> It was eventually [[Cut Halo 3 levels|cut]] but the exterior design was reused in the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' short ''[[Origins]]''.
During the [[Development of Halo|development of ''Halo 3'']], a special visual look-development level called "[[Forerunner City]]" was created.<ref name="picasa">[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/Halo3TheLostCity#5573889624080394914 ''Picasa'': Paul Russel > Halo 3: The Lost City] (defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413070942/https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/Halo3TheLostCity Archive])</ref> This featured a Forerunner city composed of a single building.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/732109307529986048 ''Paul Russel on Twitter'':] ''Thanks! I wanted to get past our current notion of cities, instead of individual buildings, city is a single building.''</ref> It was eventually [[Cut Halo 3 levels|cut]] but the exterior design was reused in the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' short ''[[Origins]]''.


The map ''[[Icebox]]'' of the cancelled ''[[Halo Online]]'' featured the real world city of [[Wikipedia:Tyumen|Tyumen, Russia]]. A [[Cut Halo Online levels|cut]] [[Sky bridge|map]] for the game was also supposed to be set in [[Seongnam]], [[Korea]] but wasn't implemented before the game's cancellation .
The map ''[[Icebox]]'' of the cancelled ''[[Halo Online]]'' featured the real world city of [[Wikipedia:Tyumen|Tyumen, Russia]]. A [[Cut Halo Online levels|cut]] [[Sky bridge|map]] for the game was also supposed to be set in [[Seongnam]], [[Korea]] but wasn't implemented before the game's cancellation .

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The urban cityscape of High Charity.
Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series screenshot
Elysium City, a human city on Eridanus II.[1]

A city is a type of settlement that sapient species create. They were often large and complex. Cities can be built on planets or on Space stations. Exact elements of cities depend on the species that create them.

The word "urban" is often used to describe city areas.[2]

Types

Human

For a list of human cities, see here here

Ancestors

Prior to the activation of the Halo Array, one of humanity's greatest cities was Marontik.

Post-Great Purification

Human cities can be found near water bodies[3][4][5] or almost totally land locked.[1][6] Cities have been built in deserts,[6] in mountainous valleys,[1] along rocky coastlines,[5] and on islands.[3]

Some cities are filled with buildings. Occasionally buildings have landing pads for various aerospace craft,[4][7] skybridges connecting to other buildings and outdoor courtyards on roofs.[7] Other cities are actually arcologies. Several examples of this include the Castra Arcology,[8] the Haven arcology.[9][10] and New Mombasa.[Note 1] In different cases, the city contains minimal or no buildings at all like the CAA Chalybeate which became the hub of a city composed of permanently parked starships.[11]

In terms of physical infrastructure, cities often have transit systems featuring Maglev trains.[5][12][13] Roads for Civilian vehicles were also a common feature of human cities.[6][14] Quite a few cities also prominently hosted Space elevators.[3][5][15] Paired with the space elevator, all six of Earth's tether cities have Superintendent-class artificial intelligences.[16] Due to this infrastructure, cities can be identified on the surface of planets in darker conditions.[17][18]

Structures and physical infrastructure were created using metals,[14][19] concrete-like materials,[20][21] and wood-like materials.[7]

Cities often have their own organizations like emergency forces. Examples of emergency services include the New Mombasa Police Department, Boston Emergency, or Elysium City Law Enforcement. A select number of cities are considered "capitals". Some like Casbah City are their planet's capital.[22] Others like Cairo were the capital of their country.[23]

Covenant

Designed as the Covenant's capital, High Charity featured its own city.[24] The Covenant were also known to use derelict Forerunner cities, like with the Ten Cities of Edification.[25]

Sangheili

The Sangheili made and designed their own cities. In the case of Sunaion, it was a "temple city",[26] with tall buildings that have a minimal footprint.[27] In the instance of the Tower of Ghalod'n, the entire city was mostly a single tower.[28]

Sanghelios is mostly composed of city-states, led and named after specific Sangheili families.[29][30]

For a list of Sangheili cities, see here

Kig-Yar

The Kig-Yar had developed at least one major city, Tilu City. It was old and primarily filled with merchants.[31]

Forerunner

Forerunners built their own cities. There were quite a few different types of cities.

The capital of the Ecumene was the city-station of Maethrillian.

Forerunners also built cities on planets, some of which survived the nearly 100,000 year gap from the firing of the Halo Array like the Ten Cities of Edification.[25] Other ground cities of the Forerunners were the ones built on Triniel.[32]

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    The city streets of Maethrillian.

Production notes

The Tyumen skyline in the map Icebox.

During the development of Halo 3, a special visual look-development level called "Forerunner City" was created.[33] This featured a Forerunner city composed of a single building.[34] It was eventually cut but the exterior design was reused in the Halo Legends short Origins.

The map Icebox of the cancelled Halo Online featured the real world city of Tyumen, Russia. A cut map for the game was also supposed to be set in Seongnam, Korea but wasn't implemented before the game's cancellation .

Gallery

  • Concept work of the functions of the different buildings in Sunaion.

    Concept work of the functions of the different buildings in Sunaion.

  • Building concepts for New Mombasa.

    Building concepts for New Mombasa.

  • Building concepts for New Mombasa.

    Building concepts for New Mombasa.

  • High Charity skyscraper concepts.

    High Charity skyscraper concepts.

Notes

  1. ^ In this piece of concept art for Halo 3: ODST refers to the large structures in the map as being from an arcology.

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint, New Mombasa (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  3. ^ a b c Halo 3: ODST, campaign level, Prepare To Drop
  4. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, multiplayer map, Empire
  5. ^ a b c d Halo: Reach, campaign level, Exodus
  6. ^ a b c Halo 4, campaign level, Epilogue
  7. ^ a b c Halo: Reach, campaign level, New Alexandria
  8. ^ Bungie.net: Meet the Squad (6/2/2009)
  9. ^ Halo: Reach Limited Edition, Intersystem News: HAVEN TERROR BOMBING KILLS TWO MILLION
  10. ^ Halo: Reach, Dr. Halsey's personal journal
  11. ^ Halo: Renegades, Chapter 1
  12. ^ Halo 2, multiplayer map, Terminal
  13. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, p. 45
  14. ^ a b Halo 3: ODST, campaign level, Mombasa Streets
  15. ^ Halo 4, multiplayer map, Skyline
  16. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, p. 191
  17. ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Cairo Station
  18. ^ Halo 4, campaign level, Midnight
  19. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Exodus
  20. ^ Halo: Reach, Day Before
  21. ^ Halo 4, campaign level, Prologue
  22. ^ Halo Waypoint: Universe - Tribute
  23. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), p. 294 (2011)
  24. ^ Halo Waypoint: High Charity
  25. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 26
  26. ^ Halo Waypoint: Universe - Sunaion
  27. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, Battle of Sunaion
  28. ^ Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo, p. 144
  29. ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, p. 93
  30. ^ Halo: Glasslands, p. 58
  31. ^ Halo: Mortal Dictata, Chapter 6
  32. ^ Halo: Renegades, Chapter ??
  33. ^ Picasa: Paul Russel > Halo 3: The Lost City (defunct, Archive)
  34. ^ Paul Russel on Twitter: Thanks! I wanted to get past our current notion of cities, instead of individual buildings, city is a single building.
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