Desert Gulch

"Boy, you leave Blood Gulch for a few years and it really falls to pieces."

"This isn't Blood Gulc––wait...hold up..."

Desert Gulch serves as one of the major locations in Season 15 and is where the Blues and Reds were originally stationed to while under Project Freelancer. According to Doc, it served as a prototype to Blood Gulch.

Overview[]

It is visually similar, if not identical, to its successor, though it has sand instead of dirt and grass. It is where the Reds and Blues first encounter the Blues and Reds, who reveal that it was their original base. When Tucker finds Doc in their rankings, he reveals that Blues and Reds (and Desert Gulch by association) were the originals while the Reds and Blues were the "crappy copies."

Role in Plot[]

The Blues and Reds were stationed at the gulch by Project Freelancer, to be used as simulation troopers for the organization's agents. The two teams had an ongoing back and forth.

At one point, Freelancer agents Carolina and Texas were deployed to the simulation outpost to lead two opposing teams in a game of capture the flag. During the mission, Red Team member Biff was killed as the agents fought.

It served as the Blues and Reds outpost for a number of years later, until they stopped receiving communications from command. The remaining soldiers, led by Blue leader Temple, set out to find answers as to why. Some time after this, the Blues and Reds abandoned the gulch in favour of an Underwater Lair in order to hide from the UNSC.

Several years later the Blues and Reds lured their counterparts, the Reds and Blues, to the Desert Gulch. Whilst the two teams met, a group of UNSC aircraft attacked the group, forcing the teams to take refuge in the underwater base upon defeating them.

Trivia[]

Because of its similarity to Blood Gulch, Caboose was able to recognize various areas as if they were in the same location.

See also[]

Blood Gulch
Barrens (the original Halo 5 level)

Locations
Halo: CE Era: Unnamed Planet (Blood Gulch) • Sidewinder • Caboose's Mind • Battle Creek • Teleporter Nexus • Danger Canyon • Timberland
Halo 2 Era: Unnamed Planet (Great Burning Plains • UNSC Wind Power Facility • Great Swamp • Great Freezing Plains • Cities • Island Fortress • Underground Caves)
Halo 3 Era: Unnamed Planet (Valhalla • Hologram Chamber • Rat's Nest • Outpost 48-A • Command • A.I. Containment Facility • Ancient Alien Temples • Freelancer Offsite Storage Facility) • UNSC Maximum Security Detention Facility
CG Animation Era: A.I. Storage Unit • Angel On My Shoulder • Mother of Invention (Training Room) • Bjørndal Cryogenics Research Facility • Insurrection Building • UNSC Archives • UNSC Scrap Metal Recycling Station • Longshore Shipyards • Club Errera
Halo 4 Era: Chorus (Crash Site Bravo • Forest Base • Desert Refueling Station • New Republic Headquarters • Crash Site Alpha • Armonia • Radio Jammer Station 1C • Charon Research Complex 2C • Charon Excavation Site • Jungle Temple • Temple of Procreation • Eastern Mountain Range • Communication Temple • Purge)
Halo 5 Era: Earth (UNSC Supply Depot • Power Facility • Sammie Raphaello's Pizza) • Chorus (Chorus Residential City • General Doyle General Hospital) • Iris • Abandoned Settlement • Armada 8 (Desert Gulch • Underwater Lair) • Broken Ridge • Starseeds (Labyrinth) • Everwhen

Outposts
Project Freelancer: 1-Blood Gulch: 1A 1B · 9-Sidewinder · 17-Valhalla: 17A 17B · 25-Rat's Nest: 25A 25B · 48-High Ground: 48A · ?-Desert Gulch
Federal Army of Chorus: 22-F.A.C. Outpost 22 · 37-F.A.C. Outpost 37
Unnamed: Battle Creek · UNSC Wind Power Facility · Danger Canyon · Timberland