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The specifics of the Guardian Forest mission are somewhat harder to pin down than other missions, as the released design layouts don't specifically label parts of their maps to correspond with the listed gameplay themes.

The mission would begin with the Master Chief on the train boarded in the prior level, with the design document listing that the train would come screeching to a halt - something elaborated by the script as an "unplanned stop in the forest".{{Ref/Reuse|Stokes}} During the "train" section, multiple other trains bearing [[Covenant]] troops would pull up and alongside the player, described by Miller as a faster version of the gondola rides from ''Halo 2'' level [[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]], with the player having to adapt to ever-changing geometry.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=YTRocketSloth|-FhCaORYSAo|Rocket Sloth|We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|Id=YTRocketSlothComment|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhCaORYSAo&lc=Ugy09xIpEXGC91o6zPF4AaABAg|Site=YouTube|Page=Rocket Sloth, We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|Detail=comment|Quotee=Dan Miller|Quote=Great video guys!|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}} Some time after this, the player would "crawl through the creepy forest"{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}} before ascending a massive tree-structure to find the titular Guardian enemy as a mini-boss of sorts.{{Ref/Reuse|YTRocketSloth}} The Guardian would be introduced with a dedicated vignette, and eventually the player would be able to rip out its eye and use it as a weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}}

The mission would begin with the Master Chief on the train boarded in the prior level, with the design document listing that the train would come screeching to a halt - something elaborated by the script as an "unplanned stop in the forest".{{Ref/Reuse|Stokes}} During the "train" section, multiple other trains bearing [[Covenant]] troops would pull up and alongside the player, described by Miller as a faster version of the gondola rides from ''Halo 2'' level [[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]], with the player having to adapt to ever-changing geometry.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=YTRocketSloth|-FhCaORYSAo|Rocket Sloth|We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|Id=YTRocketSlothComment|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhCaORYSAo&lc=Ugy09xIpEXGC91o6zPF4AaABAg|Site=YouTube|Page=Rocket Sloth, We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|Detail=comment|Quotee=Dan Miller|Quote=Great video guys!|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}} This section was later described by Dan Miller as having having geometry that would "come together in parallel and disconnect", "creating and removing gameplay space in real time".{{Ref/Twitter|dmiller360|1666834114622935042|Dan Miller|Quote=Yeah. The idea was to have a network of fast speed forerunner platforms that would come together in parallel and disconnect basically creating and removing gameplay space in real time. It was a cool concept but it probably wouldn’t have made it through development.|D=08|M=06|Y=2023}} Some time after this, the player would "crawl through the creepy forest"{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}} before ascending a massive tree-structure to find the titular Guardian enemy as a mini-boss of sorts.{{Ref/Reuse|YTRocketSloth}} The Guardian would be introduced with a dedicated vignette, and eventually the player would be able to rip out its eye and use it as a weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}}

While searching for a way out of the forest, the player would be informed that the stop could be fortuitous - the Veneration Zone controls the [[Sentinel]] defenses for the Ark overall, and an opportunity is present to activate them and turn the Ark's weapons on the Covenant fleet in orbit. As such, the objective changes slightly and the Chief begins climbing through the forest to reach the control point.

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 The specifics of the Guardian Forest mission are somewhat harder to pin down than other missions, as the released design layouts don't specifically label parts of their maps to correspond with the listed gameplay themes.
-The mission would begin with the Master Chief on the train boarded in the prior level, with the design document listing that the train would come screeching to a halt - something elaborated by the script as an "unplanned stop in the forest".{{Ref/Reuse|Stokes}} During the "train" section, multiple other trains bearing [[Covenant]] troops would pull up and alongside the player, described by Miller as a faster version of the gondola rides from ''Halo 2'' level [[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]], with the player having to adapt to ever-changing geometry.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=YTRocketSloth|-FhCaORYSAo|Rocket Sloth|We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|Id=YTRocketSlothComment|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhCaORYSAo&lc=Ugy09xIpEXGC91o6zPF4AaABAg|Site=YouTube|Page=Rocket Sloth, We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|Detail=comment|Quotee=Dan Miller|Quote=Great video guys!|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}} Some time after this, the player would "crawl through the creepy forest"{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}} before ascending a massive tree-structure to find the titular Guardian enemy as a mini-boss of sorts.{{Ref/Reuse|YTRocketSloth}} The Guardian would be introduced with a dedicated vignette, and eventually the player would be able to rip out its eye and use it as a weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}}
+The mission would begin with the Master Chief on the train boarded in the prior level, with the design document listing that the train would come screeching to a halt - something elaborated by the script as an "unplanned stop in the forest".{{Ref/Reuse|Stokes}} During the "train" section, multiple other trains bearing [[Covenant]] troops would pull up and alongside the player, described by Miller as a faster version of the gondola rides from ''Halo 2'' level [[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]], with the player having to adapt to ever-changing geometry.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=YTRocketSloth|-FhCaORYSAo|Rocket Sloth|We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|Id=YTRocketSlothComment|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhCaORYSAo&lc=Ugy09xIpEXGC91o6zPF4AaABAg|Site=YouTube|Page=Rocket Sloth, We Discovered THE SECRET Behind Halo 3's DELETED Guardian|Detail=comment|Quotee=Dan Miller|Quote=Great video guys!|D=22|M=01|Y=2021}} This section was later described by Dan Miller as having having geometry that would "come together in parallel and disconnect", "creating and removing gameplay space in real time".{{Ref/Twitter|dmiller360|1666834114622935042|Dan Miller|Quote=Yeah. The idea was to have a network of fast speed forerunner platforms that would come together in parallel and disconnect basically creating and removing gameplay space in real time. It was a cool concept but it probably wouldn’t have made it through development.|D=08|M=06|Y=2023}} Some time after this, the player would "crawl through the creepy forest"{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}} before ascending a massive tree-structure to find the titular Guardian enemy as a mini-boss of sorts.{{Ref/Reuse|YTRocketSloth}} The Guardian would be introduced with a dedicated vignette, and eventually the player would be able to rip out its eye and use it as a weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Doc}}
 While searching for a way out of the forest, the player would be informed that the stop could be fortuitous - the Veneration Zone controls the [[Sentinel]] defenses for the Ark overall, and an opportunity is present to activate them and turn the Ark's weapons on the Covenant fleet in orbit. As such, the objective changes slightly and the Chief begins climbing through the forest to reach the control point.