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“Defy the Covenant”
— Defiant Map Pack motto
.[1]

The Defiant Map Pack is the second DLC map pack for Halo: Reach, it was released on March 15, 2011 at the cost of 800 Microsoft Points. The map pack includes 6 new achievements that would amount to a total of 150 Gamerscore and two multiplayer maps, Condemned and Highlands, and a Firefight map, Unearthed.

Maps

Condemned

Main article: Condemned
DMP - Condemned

Profile of Condemned

“
The final moments aboard Orbital Gamma Station, a human communications space station.
”


Condemned is set in the human space station, Reach Station Gamma overlooking Reach. Prior to the Fall of Reach, the space station was essential in providing long-range communications for the UNSC between Reach and Earth.

Suggested number of players for this map is 2-8 players; supported playlists include Team Slayer, Team Objective, and Rumble Pit.


Highlands

Main article: Highlands
DMP - Highlands

Profile of Highlands

Highlands is a large map set in a SPARTAN-II training facility in the Military Wilderness Training Preserve within Reach's Highland Mountains.

Suggested number of players for this map is 6-16 players; supported gametypes include CTF and Invasion.


Unearthed

Main article: Unearthed
DMP - Unearthed

Profile of Unearthed

Unearthed is a large Firefight map set in a BXR mining open-cast titanium mine and refinery facility in a civilian sector of the Viery Territory on Reach.


Achievements

  • Candy From a Baby - 75G - Capture two flags from an enemy capture zone in a matchmade Stockpile game.
  • Crackin' Skulls - 45G - Kill 3 players with the Oddball in a matchmade Oddball game.
  • Return to Sender - 30G - Successfully return two flags in a matchmade CTF game.
  • Paper Beats Rock -15G- Assassinate a player who has just exited armor lock
  • All Alone -10G- Be the last human player in a matchmade Infection game.
  • Don't Touch That!- 25G- Prevent the attacking team from taking the flag in a matchmade 1-Flag CTF game.

Trivia

  • The Defiant Map Pack was developed by Certain Affinity and published by 343 Industries of Microsoft.[2]
  • The maps, Condemned and Highlands are based on known locations found in the Halo novels.
  • If you go close to the downed Pelican in Highlands, you can hear a radio coming from the cockpit. Although the comm chatter is filled with static.
  • In some screenshots for the map pack, a new helmet can be seen. Whether this is a glitch or a Bungie/343 Studios exclusive helmet is unknown. It could possibly be unlockable.

Mistakes

  • On Condemned, if you look outside and focus your attention on the Banshees, they are actually the Ground Support Aircraft. Not the Space Banshee seen in Long Night of Solace, in Halo: Reach
  • Also on Condemned, destroyed Sabre Fighters explode in a blue purple explosion, similar to how Covenant vehicles explode. This is strange as most UNSC vehicles explode in a red orange explosion.
  • It is possible to unlock the DLC's achievements via Custom Games by using the official game modes from Matchmaking

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