A comprehensive and informative reference for all known Halo related phrases, terms, names and more in one place.
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Assault
Rifle - Common weapon used in Halo, rapidly fires automatic shells.[ Top
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B
Banshee
- Name for one of the covenants aircraft. BAT
- Acronym for "Big-Ass Tank", a tank in Halo named by the community; See
screenshot.
Battleground:
Halo - One of the major Halo fan sites and soon to be PlanetHalo. BGH
- See Battleground: Halo BOB
- Acronym for "Born On Board", meaning a human marine that was born aboard
a military craft, and raised to be a soldier, by soldiers. Bounty
- Public Relations Manager for Battleground:
Halo. Buggy
- See Warthog. Bullets
- Human/Marine munition primarily used in Halo. Bungie Studios
- Development house developing Halo. Bungie.net
- Bungie's online gaming service, similar to battle.net or Westwood Online.[ Top
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C
Capture
the Flag - Multiplayer mode variant originally developed in Quake. Both
teams have a flag, the goal is to capture and retrieve the enemy flag to
your base. Catachan
- Site Director of BattleGround:
Halo. Cortana
- The female AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice that assits you, the main
character throughout the game with helpful hints and tips. Covenant
- The alien baddies in Halo, aim at them while playing single player and
you should do just fine. Covenant
(Elite) - The Elite covenant are the tall purple ones that walk on two
feet and can take one hell of a beating. Covenant
(Jackal) - Type of alien, apart of the Covenant race that is very small
but can produce a wicked energy shield and blaster that can do damage.[ Top
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D
d-trexx
- Content Director on Battleground: Halo.
Previously known as Protector. Deathmatch
- Standard 'run of the mill' multiplayer mode in which the goal is to kill
everyone but yourself.[ Top
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E
E3 -
Acronym for "Electronic Entertainment Expo", probably the biggest convention
of games and electronics in the world, runs in May each year. Elite
- See Covenant
(Elite) Energy
- Primary Covenant munition used in Halo. Energy Sword
- One-handed Covenant weapon used for melee (up and personal) attacks.[ Top
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F
First-Person
Perspective - Way in which to view a game while playing, viewing through
the character's eyes. Flank
- Side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment,
or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank
is to attack him on the side.[ Top
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G
Ghosts
- See Banshee.[ Top
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H
Halo Updates
- Also known as Weekly updates. The weekly updates were progress reports
from Halo's development team summed up by Matt Soell,
which various sites including ourselves received every Friday before Halo's
release on Xbox. HBO
- Halo.Bungie.Org, One of the major
Halo fan sites.[ Top
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I
Inverse
Kinematics - See overview
page.[ Top
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J
Jackal
- See Covenant
(Jackal) Jeep
- See Warthog. Joseph Staten
- Bungie Studios employee, well known Halo demonstrator.[ Top
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K
Kinematics
- See Inverse
Kinematics.[ Top
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L
Louis Wu
- Staff member of HBO.[ Top
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M
Machete
- Human melee weapon used at extremely close range, potentially cut from
the game. Marine
- The Marine is a highly sophisticated battle unit. This is also your character
in Halo. Marty O'Donnell
- Lead audio engineer of TotalAudio,
the company doing sound for Halo. Matt Soell
- Community Guy / Keeper of the Bungie Way. Microsoft
- Publisher of Halo, maker of Xbox and overseer of Bungie Studios as of
2nd quarter 2000. Minigun
- Humans' large multiple barreled weapon that fires ammunition at an extremely
fast rate. Multipass
Texture Mapping - See overview
page. MWNY
- Acronym for "Macworld New York", where Halo was first unveiled by Steve
Jobs.[ Top
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N
Noctavis
- Staff member of Rampancy.net. NPC
- Acronym for "Non Player Characters". They are the characters you see in
games that are computer controlled that you can either directly or non-directly
interact with. In Halo, the marines who accompany you on the jeep can be
considered NPCs.[ Top
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O
Empty - Comment[ Top
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P
Pelican
- Other name for the human dropship. Per-pixel
Reflections - See overview
page. Pillar of
Autumn - Ship on which Marines on Halo orginally crashed onto the Halo. Plasma Pistol
- This is one of the weapons that the Covenant use. Primarily, this weapon
is only used by the Grunts and the Jackals. Can be used by the player. Plasma Rifle
- This is another weapon that the Covenant use. It is only carried by the
Covenant Elite, so is relatively rare. Can be used by the player. Polygon
Scaling - See overview
page.[ Top
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Q
Empty - Comment[ Top
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R
Rapid-Fire
Energy Rifle - Covenant equivalent of the human assault rifle, however
instead of bullets it uses energy. Reaper7
- Communications Director on Battleground:
Halo. Rocket Launcher
- Human weapon in Halo, targets either air or ground targets, long range.[ Top
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S
Shadow
- The Shadow is a Covenant vehicle that never made the final game. It can
be seen in the E3 movie, and looks to be something like the Covenant version
of a Warthog. Armed with a plasma cannon and ability to hover. Shotgun
- 1. Weapon in Halo that is most effective at close range. 2. Riding along
side the driver of a vehicle. silverx10
- silverx10 is one of the news posters here at Battleground: Halo. Sniper
- Skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off enemy soldiers
from a concealed place. Sniper Rifle
- Human/covenant weapon that can kill enemies at extremely long ranges without
uncovering the shooter. SonicStorm
- Site Director on Battleground: Halo.[ Top
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T
Third-Person
Perspective - Way in which to view a game while playing, viewing from
behind the main character's back and to see all around them. TotalAudio
- Company that is helping Bungie with Halo's 3d sound design, voices and
music.[ Top
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U
Empty - Comment[ Top
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V
Volumetric
Lighting - See overview
page.[ Top
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W
Warthog
- Human vehicle, A.K.A. the jeep or buggy. Extremely agile and fast with
rear-mounted customizable weapon. Wraith
- The Wraith is also known as the Covenant Mortar Tank. The Wraith is inaccessible
to your player or the other assistant BOB's on your side.[ Top
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X
X-Box
- Platform on which Halo primarily developed for, see Microsoft.[ Top
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Y
Empty - Comment[ Top
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Z
Empty - Comment[ Top
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