Riding A Pelican

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	[[File:Landing_Zone.JPG|thumb|The "concrete" landing zone.]]		[[File:Landing_Zone.JPG|thumb|The "concrete" landing zone.]]
	On some levels in the [[halo Universe|''Halo'' trilogy]], it is possible for a player to climb or jump on top of a [[Pelican]] and ride the ship to its destination -- '''Riding a Pelican'''. The glitch has been seen, so far, in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', and ''[[Halo 3]]''.		On some levels in the [[halo Universe|''Halo'' trilogy]], it is possible for a player to climb or jump on top of a [[Pelican]] and ride the ship to its destination -- '''Riding a Pelican'''. The glitch has been seen, so far, in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', and ''[[Halo 3]]''.
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	Another example is on the level [[Delta Halo (level)|Delta Halo]], where you continue as normal until the Pelican comes in and drops off the [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]]. Get to where the [[Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Shade]] turret on a small hill was, and then wait for the Pelican to come to a halt. Then [[Explosive Jumping|Grenade jump]] up to the Pelican. It will fly around with you on its back for a little while, and then accelerate, causing you to fall off of it and to your death.		Another example is on the level [[Delta Halo (level)|Delta Halo]], where you continue as normal until the Pelican comes in and drops off the [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]]. Get to where the [[Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Shade]] turret on a small hill was, and then wait for the Pelican to come to a halt. Then [[Explosive Jumping|Grenade jump]] up to the Pelican. It will fly around with you on its back for a little while, and then accelerate, causing you to fall off of it and to your death.
-	Another way is to continue until the part of the temple where the Pelican starts to drop off weapon pods. You can jump atop the temple by [[Crouch Jumping|crouch jumping]] and grenade jumping; from there, you can jump normally onto the Pelican. It will fly off into a hill and disappear. You will be very far from where you are supposed to be, and you may need to revert to last checkpoint as if you tried to return to your previous position without reverting, you would most likely fail.	+	Another way is to continue until the part of the temple where the Pelican starts to drop off weapon pods. You can jump atop the temple by [[Crouch jumping]] and grenade jumping; from there, you can jump normally onto the Pelican. It will fly off into a hill and disappear. You will be very far from where you are supposed to be, and you may need to revert to last checkpoint as if you tried to return to your previous position without reverting, you would most likely fail.
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	Pelicans can be flipped, though the "''Hold '''RB''' to flip...''" message does not show.		Pelicans can be flipped, though the "''Hold '''RB''' to flip...''" message does not show.
-	==Related Pages==	+	==Pelican death glitch==
-	*[[Floating Assault Rifles]]	+	Death is a common part of the ''[[Halo Universe|Halo]]'' series. However, death tends to be more amusing when it happens to the player, and when it happens for no apparent reason. Such is the case when riding in a [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] on the level Assault On The Control Room .
-	http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Repairs_Glitch	+	When the level starts, if the player continues to rapidly press the enter/exit vehicle button (or action command for PC players), the player will hop out of the Pelican and then hop back in. After a few moments, the Pelican's script will kick in, and it will fly back in to the shaft room it came out of, leaving the two [[Sangheili]] standing there, firing at you in vain. Given the size of the shaft room, [[Carol Rawley|Foehammer]] will have to go vertical, nosing over roughly 80-85 degrees below the horizontal. As the player looks out the rear of the Pelican, the depths of the shaft room become visible. Eventually, Foehammer will travel far enough down that the view becomes obscured by a turquoise fog. After a few seconds, the player will mysteriously be ejected from the Pelican and die almost instantly when the Pelican hits the third of three large spinning disks approximately halfway down the shaft. If you flip it twice when you get the chance, the Pelican will vanish and you will land on a ledge going around the outside of the shaft. If you go left, in a 5 meter distance, you will encounter Siege of Madrigal.
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		+	==Theories==
		+	*The common theory as to why the sudden death occurs is the classic crossing of some sort of barrier scripted into the game that causes a player's death. However, there are two problems with this common misconception:
		+	**If one uses a modding program to disable falling damage, the player will survive the ride and simply fall to the ground when the Pelican spawns away.
		+	**In the level ''[[The Library]]'', built into the game is a true death barrier that can only be removed via modding. If the player is on any one floor and attempts to jump down or up to the next floor, the game will kill the player. This is so the level is not circumvented. For example; if the player hops from floor 3 down to 2, the instant the player passes floor 3, the jpt! (damage) tag 'guaranteed_plumit_to_untimely_death' will trigger the death, regardless of falling damage values. This can be removed by using a modding program to set this tag's damage value to 0.
		+	*The cause is not from the Pelican spawning away, leaving the player in midair, as one can still hear the Pelican's engines as the death animation plays out. This would suggest that death is caused by the Pelican nosing over too much, causing the player to be ejected, and the falling damage script triggers the player's death. A similar effect is observed when a player gives a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]] max pitch in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo Custom Edition|Halo: Custom Edition]]''. Too much vertical climb will cause the game to treat the player-vehicle unit as a flip-over, which means the player is ejected from the vehicle.
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Riding a Pelican

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