Exerpt from top secret ONI document, dated October 14, 2552
During the space battle in the system, the UNSC frigate Crescent Moon stumbled across a peculiar anomaly in the system’s asteroid belt. The asteroid had a much higher heat profile than those around it, and, upon closer inspection, was revealed to be a space station. It was a medium-sized station, built into the asteroid which had been hollowed out. There were two docking tubes on the station which were the only visual sign of anything strange from the outside. Crescent Moon was able to dock with the base, and a team was sent in to investigate. The station was found to be of Forerunner origin, and appears to have been built as a place to hide from the flood, too deep in space for them to reach. Unfortunately, the station was uninhabited, and no remains were found aboard. More unfortunately still, the covenant seemed to notice Crescent Moon breaking off from the rest of the fleet. The sent a team to investigate. A small-scale battle took place within the asteroid base soon after…

Some of you may recognize this map from the original thread, which was posted months ago. I decided to simply start a new thread for version 2.0 of this map, given the “success” of the original thread (one reply, woot!). Others may recognize this map from testing, seeing as a very large number of people helped test this map. Anyways, this is version 2.0 of Asteroid Base, a map that I made quite some time ago. The map wasn’t great, but it was a good foundation for me to build off of, and I am quite happy with this new version.

Asteroid base is a medium-sized, asymmetrical, competitive map which supports all game modes except for race and invasion. The map plays best with 6-10 players in team games, and 4-6 in free-for-all. Favorite gametypes on this map include Team Slayer, One Flag CTF, Stockpile, Headhunter, and Slayer.

So what sets Asteroid Base apart from other medium-sized, asymmetrical, competitive maps? Well, for one thing, it takes place within an asteroid space station. Parts of the map are reminiscent of Orbital, but the center chamber has more in common with maps like Guardian and Ascension. This creates a great mix of close and mid-range combat, and encourages use of all armor abilities. Of course, the central chamber’s similarities with these maps are from a gameplay perspective only. The looks are very unique due to the setting of the map.

Weapons List:
DMR x6
Needler x2
Plasma Rifle x1
Spiker x1
Plasma Pistol x1
Concussion Rifle x1
Grenade Launcher x1
Gravity Hammer x1

Plasma Grenade x4
Frag Grenade x2

Health Pack x4

Changes from version 1.0
· Set up for CTF
· Set up for Stockpile
· Set up for Oddball
· Set up for Assault
· Set up for Territories
· Set up for KOTH
· Set up for Infection
· Shotgun replaced with gravity hammer
· Spiker added
· DMR spawns reworked
· Grenade Spawns reworked
· Spawn Points reworked
· Spawn system implemented
· Kill zones reworked
· Red base redesigned
· Red maintenance shaft added
· Blue platform lowered
· Other (minor) structural changes

People I’d like to thank
· Video: Grif Otage
· Review of version 1.0: Tediums Bitch
· Map modification: Stevo, Mattkestral
· Testing: BurningThunder4, Bacon Donut, Kizzie5, Inferno, Mattkestral, Stevo, TheOneHawk, ThrowinDemBows, Nibbles, Hi Im Errupt, Kittenpaste Company, Security77, Im an Anamal, iMy Endi, Grif Otage, Godly Perfection, LambChop, Mr Saddo, Nerdslayer2000, I Timothy I, Dart3Rocks, Bioraptor, Nikatorus, and a ton of other people I don’t even remember. If you helped test, and your names not here, post here and say so and I will add you to the list.

YouTube - Asteroid base- halo reach map

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I know its been a long post, thanks to everyone who got this far!
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