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Subject: How do Spartans go to the bathroom?

I assassinated a bugger in Reach. It asploded! (No knife involved, just a smash to the back).

I'm also a XBOX Live Silver Member now. :( No more cR for me.

Do they do it in their suit? do they take off their armour to take a dump?

  • 01.31.2011 10:22 PM PDT

"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."

"Waiting is good. It means you’re not going to die. The person you need to feel sorry for is the one who gets rushed into the ER and treated first."

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Tiocfaidh ár lá!

I believe their suits have a filtration system that recycles usable material from their excrement. As for what can't be recycled, I guess they have to empty a tank of some sort on occasion.

Removing their armor at one point needed a room of technicians, and even as the armor evolved it was still a chore to remove, leaving the Spartans vulnerable. Avoiding excess removal of the armor would be an important design feature especially since extended wear of the armor is expected on a regular basis.


[Edited on 01.31.2011 10:29 PM PST]

  • 01.31.2011 10:26 PM PDT

I create my own reality.

what about the very early version of the spartan armor. there had to be, umm, tests first

  • 02.01.2011 4:35 AM PDT

<(-_-)> Teh mokey is not amused

What does a marine do if they need the bathroom in the middle of the battlefield, hold it in of course.

  • 02.01.2011 4:49 AM PDT

Seriously Oak, Ive been doing this -blam!- for 16 years, gimmie my Friggen starter Pokemon and dont call me till im the champion! ¬_¬

i asked myself this question about gorden freeman's suit, since HL and HL2 both have a span of about 3 days each

How does he eat? Is there a sandwich dispenser under the mouth? is that why he dosnt speak?

I was told the suit tended to those needs, but still, eww

  • 02.01.2011 4:53 AM PDT

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.

If you eat the right foods and get the right amount of exercise, you can go without taking a dump for at least a week. I assume that by the year 2552 urine would be easily recyclable into a drinkable fluid, and that Spartans would take the precautions necessary to not have to take a dump very often, since the time at which an animal defecates is pretty much the time that it is most vulnerable.

Consider angry vicious dogs. They'll stare at you and hope you don't hurt them when they're taking a dump, because there's really nothing they can do unless they just squeeze it off.

  • 02.01.2011 5:04 AM PDT

I realize this is forerunner, not human tech, but in Cryptum, the forerunner armor was said to recycle waste into "food" (wouldn't want to think about that while you ate it), so it's possible MJOLNIR has a similar system.

  • 02.01.2011 5:34 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

Their suits probably have something to terminate the waste. It's tough to take off all of the armor without help from the specialists. Maybe after sometime they'd get the hang of it, but still...You're not going to see a Spartan take off his armor during an Op just to take a s*it. I'm sure the suit takes care of it.

  • 02.01.2011 6:08 AM PDT

"Your final doom is upon you... mortals!"
"Yeah yeah. That's what your Psi Brigade said too."

"No... No, he's not a demon lord."
"How do you know?"
"He doesn't dress cool enough."

like an astronaut suit, but like, better?

  • 02.01.2011 12:12 PM PDT
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Perhaps the medical processes that make a Spartan also involve making the digestive system more efficient. They could also eat some "battle food" that digests more completely, leaving much less waste.

  • 02.02.2011 3:41 AM PDT

I assassinated a bugger in Reach. It asploded! (No knife involved, just a smash to the back).

I'm also a XBOX Live Silver Member now. :( No more cR for me.


Posted by: Acres 057
If you eat the right foods and get the right amount of exercise, you can go without taking a dump for at least a week. I assume that by the year 2552 urine would be easily recyclable into a drinkable fluid, and that Spartans would take the precautions necessary to not have to take a dump very often, since the time at which an animal defecates is pretty much the time that it is most vulnerable.

Consider angry vicious dogs. They'll stare at you and hope you don't hurt them when they're taking a dump, because there's really nothing they can do unless they just squeeze it off.

Diarrhea?

  • 02.03.2011 2:36 AM PDT

Watch Iron Man 2 :)


"Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...Just like that!"

lolz

  • 02.03.2011 6:43 AM PDT

"Question. Which Spartan is best?"
"That's a ridiculous question."
"False. Master Chief."
"Well, that's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought."
"Spartans shoot Sangheili. Spartans. Sangheili.....Battle Star Galactica."

In Halo: First Strike, on page 120, there's something about this.

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What had seemed like weeks, weeks of hell, had only been but a few days. The noncom was tired. But he was a Spartan, he didn't have the time to be tired or at least to show it.

"Chief, the rest of the crew needs some rest. I'll monitor the ships systems while you all get a few minutes of shut eye." Cortana said, fully aware of the Chief's absolute requirement to shut his biological systems down. She was also fully aware that her Spartan was a proud one, and would never admit his desire to rest.

What the Chief said next surprised everyone, especially the AI.

"What I really need to do, Cortana, is to take a dump. Can we get me out of this armor - I haven't pooped in 6 days, since before Reach fell. I have a massive turtle head poking out."

"GROSS!" Said Cortana, as her olfactory sensors spiked. "DID YOU JUST FART?!"

"Hu-hu, my shields can keep stuff out but they sure can't keep anything in, can they? Hu hu." He replied.

"Woooooo-eeee! My Spartan be fartin'!" Cortana shouted!


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Back on topic, I think that in the field the Spartans take certain supplements to give them energy and keep them nourished but not to produce excess waste. Also, the average length of intestines in a grown, normal human is over 25 feet. A huge Spartan would have more, so more area to store stuff!

  • 02.03.2011 7:34 AM PDT

Same way iron man does.............. Just like that!

  • 02.03.2011 11:40 AM PDT

The third grunt to the left, there is a porta potty.

They poo, they take of their armor, put it in the washing machine, and put it back on.

  • 02.03.2011 2:42 PM PDT

How do Spartans go to the bathroom?


very carefully

  • 02.03.2011 3:15 PM PDT