- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well, in the book they use HEV's (Human Entry Vehicles) hence the name "Helljumpers." In the book "The Flood" they are described as having Ballistic Armor. Suffice to say, no shields, especialy when Seargent Parker is slashed by a Hunter's spines.
In the E3 demo of Halo 2, those marines in the Pelican are IMHO not helljumpers. They are just average marines. Now the helmut I think has a HUD. No shields, although I H2G hope that Halo 2's ODSTs will have some kind of shielding. I mean, isnt it kinda lame that armor THAT cool doesn't have shields?