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Posted by: privet caboose
I don't regard the abilities as canon at all. Spartans wouldn't need an ability to Roll. They wouldn't get infinite bubble shields by having that attachment on their back. And they surely don't need to have some special machine to help them run faster. Kelly ran 38 miles per hour without the help of some armor ability.
They're a gameplay mechanic. That's it.
Posted by: privet caboose
That speed limiter is BS. If there was some kind of speed limiter in place Kelly would lose her entire specialty, speed. And if there was a limiter, Chief would've have been able to sprint as fast as he did to SMACK A FRIGGIN' MISSILE.
If you're trying to say, "They had to create the limiter after that test." Then you're insane, because had it not been for that burst of speed, the chief would've been dead. It's obviously much better to have full speed and a broken foot/leg, then to have a dead Spartan.
Posted by: privet caboose
Oh please. There's not a single mention of anything of the sort in any other canon. Hell, there's not even mention of Halo 3's Equipment in any canon(other than the rather questionable Encyclopedia.)
It's safe to say it's for gameplay purposes. Like I said before, the game manuals are the lowest form of Canon, marketing. The Halo trilogy manuals tell us the chief is the last Spartan. But we all know that's not true.
Regardless of how stupid the idea sounds:
-It's in game, and bungie has given a in universe reason as to why, they did NOT say "it's not actually in universe, it's just for gameplay" (highest canon)
-We have record of John running VERY fast, much faster than any other spartan or humanoid creature breifly, this shows that the armor can at least KEEP UP with higher speeds.
- We have small mentions of AA's in canon such as in guides, manuels, and I recall them being mentioned in the journal and maybe the re-prints, I beilve Halsy mentioned somethign about fail safes in the armor to protect the spartans from damaging it or themselves.
- As per the kat thing (which again, is still in canon, even if only barely), would it not be possible to redirect some of the suit's power to the leg joints to pump up the speed? remember that moving at full speed without sprint is still a spartan running.
The fact of the matter is, EVEN if it is JUST mentioned in the LOWEST CANON, that's still canon.
The existence of AA's do not interfere with existing canon, no charecters or objects were in 2 paces at once, no dates were changed, etc, only info was added on to it, so I fail to see why it's in this thread.
We know that Headhunter teams and SPARTAN team black had access to armor abbilty like tech, and only them, so it's not even a isolated occurance canonically.
Futhermore:
-Jet pack: we KNOW that the Covenant had anti gravity packs, and the UNSC had some jet packs.
- active camo: The covenant of course had active camo, and it's mentioned in canon in MANY places that we did too, I think by reverse enginnering it, so that's expained.
- drop shied/armor lock: If the bubble shield is canon, then I don't see why the drop shied is not.
If the UNSC had the tech to make the shields around mljoner armor, then it's common sense that they'd be able to extend the surface area of it or make the shields more durable by using more energy or fuel, which is just what the armor lock/drop shield most likely is, a power source.
And again, both are easily within covie tech.
- Hologram: this one I don't know about.
the Covenant SHOULD be able to do this, but I don't know about the UNSC. Granted, they do have the AI avatars and holographic displays, but those still require nearby emmiters don't they?
I suppose it could just be a HUD hack, but...