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'''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 [[United Nations Space Command]] weather research facility based in the [[Arctic]] region on [[Earth]].<ref name="legendary">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=H3LegendaryMapPack '''Bungie.net''': ''Legendary Map Pack'']</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
It is involved in taking glacier core samples from the ice below. The station has a [[Doppler | 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.<ref name="blackout">[http://www.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 name="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. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The facility is the setting for the ''[[Halo 3]]: [[Legendary Map Pack]]'' map, [[ | *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 | *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 name="blackout"/> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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UNSC Weather Station z/41
UNSC Weather Station Z/41 is a United Nations Space Command weather research facility based in the Arctic region on Earth.[1]
Background
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.[2] 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.
Trivia
- 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."[2]
