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Posted by: cerberous226
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Uh, if I'm not mistaken, NOBLE uses MJOLNIR armor. Not "new armor systems."
Also, SPARTAN-III Headhunters are issued MJOLNIR. It's not hard to believe other specialized, best of the best S-III teams (e.g. NOBLE Team) would be issued MJOLNIR as well.
No, they still wore the SPI armor, they just field tested different tech in their armor. The Head-Hunters from Evolutions were field-testing the UNSC varient of the AvCam unit as well as the VISR visual enhancement mode.
After just skimming through HeadHunters, it seems as if it never specifies, only mentioning "power armor." I could have sworn it mentioned MJOLNIR or shields, but it doesn't seem so. Could be either, I suppose, though I'd think ONI would outfit their "top-tier Covenant killers" with the best of the best, especially considering they recieved VISR upgrades and a prototype active camouflage unit.
Posted by: Carl BOS
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Posted by: Carl BOS
Posted by: Goldhawk7
cerberous226 I was not sure about that since after the Lone Wolf mission, you see other Spartans that have fallen apparently in a last ditch effort to survive. They roughly have the same armor as you do. Also, Kat makes mention to other Spartan III teams on reach. That's a hell of alot of Spartans for field testing.
More testers = more results, which can yield more precise conclusions. Logic fits with the decision to use so many to field test the armor.
Again, it's MJOLNIR armor, not some S-III exclusive prototype stuff.
Bear in mind that the original MJOLNIR armor was designed only for SPARTAN II's initially, and many of them shattered their own limbs simply thinking about moving inside it. One might imagine that some drastic changes would be necessary to occur in order to even guarantee the slightest chance of a SPARTAN III's survival, all of which would need massive field testing performed for safer, more accurate suits.
EDIT: So, technically, it is actually a prototype variation of MJOLNIR armor.
No, it was a normal human who shattered his own limb by attempting to move in the MJOLNIR armor. The heightened reflexes of a Spartan allow them to operate the armor just fine.
While the MJOLNIR was designed for S-IIs, I am sure it has measures to allow it to fit different sized individuals, and, as such, would fit S-IIIs just fine.
And the only S-II seen in Reach is Jorge, who has a heavily customized "heavy" variant of MJOLNIR armor.