The Trench

Overview

The Trench is the fourteenth map of the single-player mode of Unreal.

Map description[]

The Trench is a small level between Temple of Vandora and ISV-Kran. It's not a natural landscape; it is a result of the crashlanding of ISV-Kran.

Escaping from the Titan in the Temple of Vandora, the player suddenly plunges from the ruins into a huge earthen trench. The player has, in fact, arrived in the huge scar made in the landscape by the crash landing of the Terran vessel ISV-Kran. The trench is overrun with fire-breathing Gasbags and watched over by another Titan - getting to the wrecked ship will not be easy.

Weapons and pickups[]

Weapons[]

Weapon	Count	Location
Automag	W: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench.
Eightball Gun	W: 1 A: 7	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: 2x Near the weapon. 2x Trench, behind a barricade. 1x Trench, atop a former temple wall. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot.
Flak Cannon	W: 1 A: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: Initial corridor, at a deadend.

Weapon	Count	Location
Automag	W: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench.
Eightball Gun	W: 1 A: 7	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: 2x Near the weapon. 2x Trench, behind a barricade. 1x Trench, atop a former temple wall. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot.
Flak Cannon	W: 1 A: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: Initial corridor, at a deadend.

Weapon	Count	Location
Automag	W: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench.
Eightball Gun	W: 1 A: 7	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: 2x Near the weapon. 2x Trench, behind a barricade. 1x Trench, atop a former temple wall. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot.
Flak Cannon	W: 1 A: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: Initial corridor, at a deadend.

Weapon	Count	Location
Automag	W: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench.
Eightball Gun	W: 1 A: 6	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: 2x Near the weapon. 2x Trench, behind a barricade. 1x Trench, atop a former temple wall. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot.
Flak Cannon	W: 1 A: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: Initial corridor, at a deadend.

Weapon	Count	Location
Automag	W: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench.
Eightball Gun	W: 1 A: 7	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: 2x Near the weapon. 2x Trench, behind a barricade. 1x Trench, atop a former temple wall. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot. 1x Inside of the ship, next to the Robot.
Flak Cannon	W: 1 A: 1	Weapon: Entrance to the Trench. Ammo: Initial corridor, at a deadend.

Pickups[]

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Bandages	2	Entrance to the Trench.
Health Pack	2	Near the Robot.
Nali Healing Fruit	2	1x Trench, along the southern wall. 1x Trench, near a barricade.

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Bandages	2	Entrance to the Trench.
Health Pack	2	Near the Robot.
Nali Healing Fruit	2	1x Trench, along the southern wall. 1x Trench, near a barricade.

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Bandages	2	Entrance to the Trench.
Health Pack	2	Near the Robot.
Nali Healing Fruit	2	1x Trench, along the southern wall. 1x Trench, near a barricade.

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Bandages	2	Entrance to the Trench.
Health Pack	1	Near the Robot.
Nali Healing Fruit	2	1x Trench, along the southern wall. 1x Trench, near a barricade.

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Bandages	2	Entrance to the Trench.
Health Pack	2	Near the Robot.
Nali Healing Fruit	2	1x Trench, along the southern wall. 1x Trench, near a barricade.

Monsters[]

Monster	Count	Location
Monsters
Gasbag	8	Around the Trench, three at a time.
Skaarj Warrior	1	Near the ISV-Kran's red light.
Titan	1	Trench, near the ISV-Kran.

Monster	Count	Location
Monsters
Gasbag	8	Around the Trench, three at a time.
Skaarj Warrior	1	Near the ISV-Kran's red light.
Titan	1	Trench, near the ISV-Kran.

Monster	Count	Location
Monsters
Gasbag	8	Around the Trench, three at a time.
Titan	2	1x Trench, near the entrance. 1x Trench, near the ISV-Kran.

Monster	Count	Location
Monsters
Gasbag	8	Around the Trench, three at a time.
Skaarj Warrior	1	Near the ISV-Kran's red light.
Titan	2	1x Trench, near the entrance. 1x Trench, near the ISV-Kran.

Monster	Count	Location
Monsters
Gasbag	8	Around the Trench, three at a time.
Skaarj Warrior	1	Near the ISV-Kran's red light.
Titan	2	1x Trench, near the entrance. 1x Trench, near the ISV-Kran.

Trivia[]

Levelshots for the map were added in the OldUnreal version 227j patch.

Development[]

At some point around March-April 1998, The Trench was probably combined with ISV-Kran. As evidence, there are many TriggerMarker and ButtonMarker actors that mostly line up with triggers in ISV-Kran, which were also absent from the February 1998 beta.

Easter eggs[]

Main article: Easter eggs/Unreal and RTNP

There's a hidden, incomplete message at the very end of the level, players can't read it because they're teleported to the ISV-Kran Deck 4 level.

	Universal Translator
	"Corporeal Pelli Onsov: If you're reading my log entry I am probably dead and our ship has been overrun by aliens called "

Gallery[]

Let's play Unreal HD - 14 - The Trench (1080p60)

(14) The Trench and ISV-Kran Deck 4