Author: Guardian Hunter
Beta Testers: AgateElite, SPARTANm069, Ac3 of SpAd3z44, QuickstrikePr0, Spartakus16
Build #: v5.0
Compatibility: All Gametypes
Sponsor: Mjolnir Battle Tactics Forging Division
Recommended Players: 6 - 14

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The Story
District 49 is one of hundreds of makeshift towns set up in the Sanya Juu region at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro for workers on the New Mombasa Orbital Elevator. When the elevator was destroyed, after the Prophet of Truth's ship slipspace jumped inside the Earth's atmosphere, District 49 along with all the other workman districts were slowly abandoned as they no longer served any practical purpose. However, after the Covenant returned to Earth and begun a mass excavation project in the remains of Voi, District 49 along with several other old workman districts were retooled as forward bases for an assault on the Covenant occupation force.

Eyewitness Account
Private First Class Walker - It was mid-afternoon and I was on the last few hours of my watch shift. We'd been in District 49 as a defensive force to maintain the forward base against the Covenant incursion in Voi. We'd recently received intel that a strike team would be coming through to punch a whole in the Covenant defenses and bomb the Covenant ship that had landed in the remains of Voi. The Covenant had excavated a massive artifact underneath the remains of the city and everyone was on edge over what they'd found. Still what actually happened took everyone by surprise. A blinding flash of light which at the time I thought was a explosion caused me to duck beneath the window seal and when I got up to glance out at what had happened the entire sky had gone black with a purplish hue and there was a colossal black orb floating about 2 kilometers up in the air above where Voi was suppose to be.

Video
MBT.com (Hi-Res)
Youtube Mirror (Low-Res)

Screenshots

Building 1

Building 2

Building 3

More Screenshots
â€¢ Building 1, 3rd floor - spartan lasering a warthog.
â€¢ Building 2 - central building.
â€¢ Building 1, 3rd floor - sticking a turret in the adjacent building.
â€¢ Building 3, 2nd floor - turret's perspective.
â€¢ Central Roadway - perspective of building 2.
â€¢ Building 3, 2nd floor - second turret perspective.
â€¢ Roadway - getting sniped from the 4th floor of building 1.
â€¢ Side Alley - shotgun mows down mongoose
â€¢ Back Alley - Warthogs barrels through back alley.
â€¢ Garage Alley - Vehicle Garage and roadway.
â€¢ Secondary Courtyard - Divider between building 1 and 2.
â€¢ Primary Courtyard - Divider between building 1 and central roadway.

Weapons on Map
Assault Rifle x 12
Battle Rifle x 8
Shotgun x 2
Sniper Rifle x 1
SMG x 6
Spiker x 2
Magnum x 1
Plasma Rifle x 2
Needler x 1
Brute Shot x 1
Spartan Laser x 1
Carbine x 1
Machine Gun Turret x 1
Frag Grenade x 15
Plasma Grenade x 8
Bubble Shield x 1
Power Drainer x 1
Trip Mine x 1
Regenerator x 1
Radar Jammer x 1
Deployable Cover x 1
Active Camo x 1

Vehicles on Map
Gauss Warthog x 1
Mongoose x 2

- Note: In making this a human themed map the balance of Covenant to human weaponry is heavily in favor of human weapons but Covenant weapons were added to maintain the balance on the map.

Balance
Being a asymmetrical map questions of balance often come up so I am addressing that in the post. The map has been play tested for 2 weeks and the weapons readjusted multiple times so the map is completely balanced with power weapons and equipment spread out evenly throughout the entire map.

Testimonals

It has a bigger than foundry feel, it feels like Headlong and has a smooth vehicle to foot transition with nice weapon placements and smooth gameplay for both free for all and team games. - QuickstrikePr0

It started a lot like it was actually headlong and felt bigger than the actual foundry. - WhiffleballTony

Its well balanced and I liked the sniper tower also the fact that their was no overly powered weapons. The overall map had a nice city feeling to it. - UltraElite1192

It was a all round great map and all the different gametypes worked perfect on it and were really good - Spartan XXVI

That is an awesome map. Neutral Bomb plays a little too quickly but Slayer or even CTF would be a great gametype. The weapons are balanced nicely. Seems a little difficult at first glance to get to the "sniper tower, but once you play the map you see that it's rather simple. - Spartakus16