Made By: Joe Cool 58

Secret of Onyx is based off of the end of the book Ghosts of Onyx. This map has been specifically set up for one flag CTF and one bomb and is best played with teams of 4 to 8. This map now also supports all the other gametypes.

*SPOILER WARNING! If you haven't read Ghosts of Onyx and don't want the ending spoiled for you, then don't read this paragraph!*As stated before, this map is based on the end of Ghosts of Onyx. It's during the last battle where the Spartans have to hold off the Covenent from the top of the hill and keep them from getting into the slipstream portal. They fight until the last second until they go in themselves.The portal then closes keeping them in and the Covenent out. This is pretty much what you are doing in this game. The defenders, or spartans, start on top of the hill while the attackers, or covenent, start around the base of the hill.

In one flag, the defenders spawn at the top of the hill while the attackers spawn at the bottom. The defenders have to keep the attackers from getting into the portal at the top of the hill. Around the base of the hill are thirteen fins. A covenent weapon is placed on the back-side of each of the fins while human weapons spawn on top of the hill to keep with the theme of the book. If the attackers are able to get through the portal, they will end up on the other side located on the main floor of sandbox. From there, they must go into an old forerunner structure to grab the flag. Then they must bring the flag back through the portal and take it to the capture point. If the flag is taken, then the defenders will begin to spawn in an old ruins on the opposite side of the map instead of on the top of the hill. I did this so that the defenders wouldn't just sit on the other side of the portal and kill the attackers as the came through.

It is pretty much the opposite for one bomb. The attackers must take the bomb through the portal and bring the bomb inside the forerunner structure to win. All of this would probably make more sense with pictures so here you go.

This is the hill. The kill ball is harmless by the way. I just did that for aesthetics.
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Other view of the hill. Notice the flag capture point in the bottom right-hand corner
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This is the exit portal.
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Here is the forerunner structure.
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This is the ruins that the defenders will eventually spawn at. There are a few scattered weapons here as well.
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An aerial view for a better idea of the main area.
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And of course some action shots.
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And, of course, the download.

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