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Posted by: SweetTRIX
Spartans recieved Mark V armor right before the attack on Reach. During the skirmishes there (not covered until First Strike) a few of them recieved prototypes of newer model components. By all rights shields will be present, but keep in mind that we do not know whether or not this game will take place solely on Reach, or what it will be about totally.Interesting that you should mention the enhancements. I'm surprised that they never mention them in any of the later fiction. Having double shield strength, or increased speed would be something I'd think would be significant enough to use later in storytelling.
I also think that they'd make an interesting mechanic for a squad based game. Sort of like the xbox game Brute Force. Each character performed essentially the same, but also had specialties within the group. Plus drop in/drop out co-op is just awesome.