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<center>''Were you looking for [[Portal]], the [[Forerunner]] complex?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for [[Portal]], the [[Forerunner]] complex?''</center> | ||
[[Image:Porta.jpg|thumb|200px|A Porta opens for [[Master Chief]].]] | [[Image:Porta.jpg|thumb|200px|A Porta opens for [[Master Chief]].]] | ||
A '''Porta''' is a sphincter-like orifice embedded into the floors and walls of [[Flood Hive]]s that acts as the [[Flood]] analog to doorways. Portas were sighted in the [[Flood]]-infested ''[[High Charity]]'' and | A '''Porta''' is a sphincter-like orifice embedded into the floors and walls of [[Flood Hive]]s that acts as the [[Flood]] analog to doorways. Portas were sighted in the [[Flood]]-infested ''[[High Charity]]'' and in the ''Halo 3'' multi-player map [[Isolation]]. There are also [[7|seven]] portas on the level [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Portas may be the doors on ''[[High Charity]]'' covered in [[Flood]] biomass. | *Portas may or may not be the doors on ''[[High Charity]]'', covered in [[Flood]] biomass. | ||
*Portas have at least two [[7]] references in them | *Portas have at least two [[7]] references in them, one being that Portas are made up of 7 segments, and that there are 7 Portas on the level [[Cortana (level)| Cortana]]. | ||
*The name, "porta", probably comes from the [[Greece|Greek]] word ''porta'' (''πόρτα''), which means door. | *The name, "porta", probably comes from the [[Greece|Greek]] word ''porta'' (''πόρτα''), which means door. | ||
*On the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Isolation (Level)|Isolation]] there is one porta. Sliding down a hole on the top part of the map will lead you to slide down a tube. | *On the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Isolation (Level)|Isolation]] there is one porta. Sliding down a hole on the top part of the map will lead you to slide down a tube. A porta will open, letting you into the Flood-infested cave. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 04:35, January 2, 2009
A Porta opens for Master Chief.
A Porta is a sphincter-like orifice embedded into the floors and walls of Flood Hives that acts as the Flood analog to doorways. Portas were sighted in the Flood-infested High Charity and in the Halo 3 multi-player map Isolation. There are also seven portas on the level Cortana.
Trivia
- Portas may or may not be the doors on High Charity, covered in Flood biomass.
- Portas have at least two 7 references in them, one being that Portas are made up of 7 segments, and that there are 7 Portas on the level Cortana.
- The name, "porta", probably comes from the Greek word porta (πόρτα), which means door.
- On the Halo 3 multiplayer map Isolation there is one porta. Sliding down a hole on the top part of the map will lead you to slide down a tube. A porta will open, letting you into the Flood-infested cave.
Sources
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