CTF-November

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November Sub Pen
Author	Elliot 'Myscha' Cannon
Music	"Seeker" by Dan Gardopée
Game	Unreal Tournament
Gametype	Capture the Flag
Platforms	PC Playstation 2
Arena info
Player count	8-12
Arena type	Closed
Symmetry	Asymmetrical
Lore info
Location	Earth
Owning faction	Liandri

CTF-November is a Capture the Flag map for Unreal Tournament.

Map description

Zones of the map in UnrealEd. Seen from the top-down view.

The arena is set in a underground submarine pen. Both teams' bases are defense-oriented, making the opposing team's flag a lot more difficult to capture, though the map lends itself to the Red side.

There are several named zones in the map:

• Sub Pen: The central area of the map, holds the eponymous pen. In the Playstation 2 version, the sub was replaced by a pair of bridges joining at a central platform spanning over a part of the water.
  • Water: The underwater of the central area.
• Red Base: The water-filled red base; the flag is at the end of the north tunnel, while at the east tunnel red players spawn near the Rocket Launcher.
• Red Entry: The area with the sniper nest and the crates at the Red Base, which has even more crates.
• Red Foyer: The south entrance to the Red Base.
• Blue Base: The area of the Blue Base with the crates containing the flag.
• Blue Foyer: The entrance to the Blue Base, including the stairs.

Weapons and pickups

Weapons

• PC
• PS2

Weapon	Count	Location
Bio Rifle	W: 2 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Sub Pen area, blue side, near the sniper's nest. 1x Red Entry, near the stairs to the Red Base. Ammo: 2x Near the Sub Pen weapon. 2x Near the Red Entry weapon.
Shock Rifle	W: 2 A: 2	Weapon: 1x Red Foyer, atop of a crate near the Sniper's Nest. 1x Sub Pen area, atop of a crate near the water entrance to the blue side. Ammo: 2x Red Foyer, behind some crates near a stair to the Red Base.
Ripper	W: 2 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Blue Base, among the crates near the flag. 1x Red Foyer, among the crates. Ammo: 2x Near the Blue Base weapon, behind some crates. 2x Near the Red Foyer weapon.
Minigun	W: 2 A: 7	Weapon: 1x Red Entry, Sniper Nest. 1x Blue Foyer, near the Sniper Nest. Ammo: 4x Near the Red Entry weapon. 2x Near the Blue Foyer weapon. 1x Blue Foyer, below the stairs.
Flak Cannon	W: 2 A: 12	Weapon: 1x Red Entry, at the corridors near west entrance to the Red Base. 1x Blue Foyer area, in a ledge overlooking the entrance to the base. Ammo: 2x Near the Red Entry weapon. 2x Red Entry, at the base of the ladder to the Red Entry weapon. 2x Sub Pen area, at the base of the Red side ramp to the pen. 2x Sub Pen area, blue side entrance from water. 2x Blue Foyer, entrance from the Sub Pen area. 2x Near the Blue Foyer weapon.
Rocket Launcher	W: 2 A: 10	Weapon: 1x Red Base, east spawn chamber. 1x Blue Base, near the acid pool. Ammo: 2x Near the Red Base weapon. 2x Red Entry, among the crates. 2x Sub Pen, red side, at the deadend. 2x Near the Blue Base weapon. 2x Sub Pen, blue side, at the deadend.
Sniper Rifle	W: 3 A: 9	Weapon: 1x Red Base, near the tube to the Red Flag. 1x Blue Base, at the deadend, among the crates. 1x Blue Foyer, below the stairs. Ammo: 2x Near the Red Base weapon. 2x Red Entry, atop some crates near the Sniper's Nest. 2x Near the Blue Base weapon. 3x Near the Blue Foyer weapon.

Pickups

• PC
• PS2

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Health Vial	12	4x Sub Pen area, near Red entrance from water. 4x Sub Pen area, near entrance to the Blue Foyer. 4x Blue Base, at the chamber with the tube to the Blue Foyer.
Health Pack	11	3x Red Foyer, near the Ripper. 2x Red Entry, at the Sniper's Nest. 2x Red Entry, at the base of the stairs to the Red Base. 2x Blue Base, at the chamber with the tube to the Blue Foyer. 2x Blue Foyer, near some crates.
Big Keg O' Health	2	1x Red Foyer, atop of a pile of crates at the deadend. 1x Blue Foyer, atop of a pile of crates near the south entrance to Red Base.
Armor
Thigh Pads	2	1x Red Entry, near the stairs to the Red Base. 1x Blue Foyer, near the Shield Belt ledge.
Body Armor	2	1x Red Foyer, inside of a crate near the entrance to the Red Base. 1x Blue Base, inside of a crate at the dead end.
Shield Belt	2	1x Red Entry, Sniper's Nest. 1x Blue Foyer, in a ledge in front of the stairs.
Powerups
Damage Amplifier	1	1x Sub Pen, atop the Sub tower.

Walkthrough

PC

November
UT PC Capture the Flag ladderMission 10
Previous	CTF-LavaGiant
Next	AS-Guardia (Retail) CTF-Hydro16 (GOTY)
Walkthrough info
Gametype	Capture the Flag
Rival team	Venom
Capture Limit	3
Players per team	5

"Battle around a retired November class nuclear submarine docked in an underground pen. This relic, from the First Cold War, still includes machinegun nests and defensive positions key to victory."

– Mission description

Completing this map in the retail version rewards you with the victor's trophy for Capture the Flag.

PS2

November
UT PS2 Capture the Flag ladderMission 10
Previous	CTF-LavaGiant
Walkthrough info
Gametype	Capture the Flag
Rival team	The Corrupt
Capture Limit	3
Players per team	4

"Battle around an old submarine pen. This relic, left from the First Cold War, still includes machinegun nests and defensive positions key to victory."

– Mission description

Completing this map rewards you with the victor's trophy for Capture the Flag.

Tips and tricks

In general

• The Translocator will help you to bypass the biggest burdens of each base: the Blue Base stairs (you can translocate to the Blue Base directly via tube or by just translocating to the top stairs), the Sub Pen water area (by translocating directly to the sub) and the Red Base water pool.
• Of all the capture-the-flag maps in Unreal Tournament, November requires the most teamwork when assaulting the flag base. It's impossible to charge Rambo-style into either base and hope to come out with the flag - and escape! Designate some attackers as anti-defender personnel and others as flag carriers. No matter which base you're assaulting, you must eliminate the defenders if you have any hope of getting out of the flag room's alive.
• Try to take over the opposing team's sentry turret. Hop inside and turn its own minigun equipment against it. Grab the damage amplifier on top of the submarine before stealing the turret, and you'll cause quite the commotion as you destroy defenders and hopeful attackers.
• Position a defender inside the sentry tower; each base includes one. Arm the defender with the sniper rifle, minigun, or rocket launcher.

Red team

• Blue base includes two entrances: a standard opening and the sentry tower. Simply fire the translocator through the window on the sentry tower and transport to the other side and into an alley that leads into the blue base.
• Effectively assaulting the blue base requires expert use of the translocator. The stairwell that leads to the flag room will usually be heavily defended. Instead of venturing down that route, locate the tube in the ceiling (you can fall down this tube when escaping with the blue flag). Fire the translocator up inside the tube. When the disc reaches the height of its flight, transport and immediately fire the disc again. Angle your shot so the disc lands on the surface above the tube. It will take practice, but perfecting the maneuver offers a back way into blue's base. The problem is, once a team discovers you've managed to pull off the maneuver, the tube will become defended - and it's nearly impossible to pull off the double translocator jump with a rocket-armed defender waiting at the top!
• After grabbing the blue flag, don't head down the stairs. Go to the left and jump down the tube in the floor (the same one you can double translocator jump up). You'll lose about 30 to 40 health upon landing, however, so try to order some teammates to hold that position in case the blue defenders plan to meet you down there.
• You can get an extra opening to attack the Blue Base by translocating through the Sniper's Nest (though you can't exit with the flag from here).
• Place a couple of defenders inside the long tube that leads to the red flag. Further, position other defenders outside on the dock area. There are several ledges to stand on far out of the view of blue attackers coming inside. Arm them with sniper rifles or rocket launchers and pick off the blue players as they attempt to flee with the flag. Hide other defenders in the water; it's difficult to detect them when coming in the room. Stay hidden and follow the blue flag grabber into the tube and don't let him escape.

Blue team

• Although red base includes several routes to the flag room, getting inside and past the sentry tower is a real challenge.
• Charging into the open dock area of red's base in hope of gaining the flag will be futile unless you've stocked up on armor and health. Most of the red team's base will go unguarded by the red team. Sneak around and grab their keg o' health and body armor before attempting to get by the defenses.
• Send a couple of heavily armed defenders to guard the staircase that leads into the heart of the blue flag room. Periodically check the shield belt and thigh pads at the bottom of the stairs to keep them away from red attackers. Fire rockets down on the red attackers as they ascend the stairs. You'll likely do tons of damage before they reach a level high enough to effectively return fire.
• With the stairs heavily guarded, position one defender near the tube to ensure that no translocator-happy red attacker makes his way up the long cylindrical hole in the floor (or ceiling, if you're looking from below).

Capture tips

"Red Team.

A sniper near the red flag is a must. The best place for sniping is, of course, the upper ledge [in the water pool area].

Just throw your translocator up there and go to off to pick up the sniper rifle, bullets, flak or anything else you can find. Well, with all those goodies you can fend off a whole army. A few ways to do it are:

- Sit (up top) with the sniper rifle opposite the entrances to the red base pool room and snipe the hell out of anyone who enters. Throwing the translocator in front of the entrances helps too, because they usually stop to shoot it.
- Get lots of flak, go to the ledge above the entrances and pretend you are the mortar from Overlord. Well, if somebody manages to make it inside the base, you always have a sniper rifle handy, don't you?
- My favourite (ever watched Assassin? :P ) Get the sniper rifle and ammo and throw the translocator on the top ledge EXACTLY opposite the flagtube. Now, go to the flag, make yourself comfortable and wait. When a blue player enters the tube, snipe them, but if ya miss there are already six rockets coming your way. Teleport and shoot them in their stupid head when they turn around. HA! They thought they could kill you.

Some other things that make blue guys' and gals' life difficult:

- Hop on the boxes to the right of the blue base entrance (in submarine room).
Here you can snipe anyone who exits/enters their base. It's better then sniping from the other end (near the shock rifle) because normally they don't see you.
- Try to control that small square with the flak cannon in the blue base because 1) it's pretty hard to kill anyone who's in there and 2) blue won't have access to their shieldbelt, but you will ;)
Running past the blue sniper nest, don't be greedy and chuck something heavy in it.
- That blue sniper is giving you pain? [The six-box stack] is quite good place to snipe those monkeys from.

Blue Team.

First of all, if you don't want that prior mentioned sniper fun happening when you assault the red base, have somebody to watch for any reds 1) on top and 2) in the rocket launcher tube (not the one with the red flag). If you spot a sniper on top, rockets are the best way to deal with such trouble (found out myself - there's no way to dodge 6 rockets).

Two key points in blue defence: - the sniper nest. wwwwwooooaaaaahhhh!!! AM I IN SNIPER HEAVEN? Yes, you certainly are! Really, it is the best sniping place place I've seen...ever. You can snipe anyone exiting red base + red minigun nest! I played few times online with one guy, I think it was Betaman (hi Beta if you're reading this). When he was sniping half of the enemy team just did not make any further than their base. The idea: be there, get lotsa of headshots, have fun and piss the entire red team off. :)

Boxes and ledges above the blue flag.

It really helps if someone holds this position with flak or rockets. Just don't start shooting chaotically. Wait until they try to grab the flag - that's when you kill them.

It's good to control the submarine hall. It has quad-damage on the top of the submarine.

As a quick sidenote, I once played CTF-November 10 on 10. Blue had 6 in offence and 4 defenders - they defended only the hall with the shieldbelt. Now, either we lamed or their tactic really worked: we even could not got up the stairs. I couldn't try this defence myself, so can't tell you how good it actually is. Try it anyway."

– SSSHAD

Trivia

• Two versions of the same map going by the names CTF-November and CTF-December (not to be confused with the UT200X map) were found in the UT betas. There aren't much changes between these versions, as they feature the same asymmetrical bases with merely different deco placement and architecture in the middle area.
• Rich 'Akuma' Eastwood created a Clan Edition of the map that took the best of the Red and Blue bases in order to create a symmetrical map which became very popular for team games. This version's popularity ensured the appearance of the map in the UT200X series, as those versions followed the symmetrical design of the CE instead of the original map.
• There's a hidden Level Entry Text: "Entering November-Nuclear Submarine Pen."

CliffyB's notes

"The issue of symmetry is something we really beat ourselves up over when making the UT maps. At the end of the day we went with a mixed selection; some maps were symmetrical while others weren't. The asymmetrical maps required a ton of testing and we feel that they're pretty well balanced. (...) In CTF-November there's a long winding staircase to the blue base, but once you get the flag you can just drop right out of it. In the red base there's a long pipe leading to the flag that you have to run through to get in and out of the base."

– Cliff Bleszinski

External links and references

• "Proto:Unreal Tournament (PC, 1999)/Version 222/Capture the Flag Levels/CTF-November". The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved Oct 14, 2024.

See also

Unreal Tournament Capture the Flag maps

CTF-Command • CTF-Coret • CTF-Dreary • CTF-EternalCave • CTF-Face • CTF-Gauntlet • CTF-LavaGiant • CTF-Niven • CTF-November • CTF-Tutorial Epic Bonus Pack CTF maps: CTF-Cybrosis][ • CTF-Darji16 • CTF-Hydro16 • CTF-Noxion16 DE Bonus Pack maps: CTF-HallOfGiants • CTF-Orbital Inoxx Bonus Pack maps: CTF-Face][ • CTF-High • CTF-Kosov • CTF-Nucleus Bonus Pack 4 (Christmas) maps: CTF-Beatitude • CTF-EpicBoy • CTF-Face-SE • CTF-Ratchet Semi-official maps: CTF-Command][ Pre-order bonuses: CTF-Baranco (Babbage's GOTY)