The first data pad on Winter Contingency requires you to be on Legendary difficulty. These data pads are comparable to the terminals found in Halo 3, telling a self-contained story through text, this time as a conversation between the Assembly and an unnamed human who has uncovered their activities. If you are playing the Master Chief Collection, each terminal will net you five gamerscore, with a 20G bonus achievement for collecting them all. One of each level's data pads is exclusively collectable on Legendary, while the other can be collected on any difficulty.
This game features 19 data pads, with two on every level, plus one on Lone Wolf. Halo: Reach's collectibles are much less involved than those seen in previous installments.
