Special thanks goes to Halopedia and InGameDex, which provided me with a number of parallels to explore for this article which I had not previously considered.

• i - GameSpot, “Halo Q&A - Past, Present and Future”
• ii - Wikipedia, “Aliens (film)”
• iii - Wikipedia, “Private Williams Hudson”
• iv - Trautmann, Eric (2004). The Art of Halo. New York: Del Ray Publishing, pg. 125.
• v - Trautmann, Eric (2004). The Art of Halo. New York: Del Ray Publishing, pg. 75.
• vi - Trautmann, Eric (2004). The Art of Halo. New York: Del Ray Publishing, pg. 82.
• vii - I had to edit out some added noise, unrelated to the movie, on the left side of the schematic picture.  Unfortunately it was the best one I could find on the net.  In the film you would see a very narrow tunnel on the bottom left of the re-processor.  The tunnel connects the re-processor to the main colony facility.
• viii - Trautmann, Eric (2004). The Art of Halo. New York: Del Ray Publishing, pg. 23.
• ix - Wikipedia, “Alien (film)”