Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Posted by: RotaryCookie
Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Posted by: RotaryCookie
Posted by: Monkeybarsixx
Are the Spartan armor variants canon or not? Or do they just wear the regular mark 5 and 6?
The variants in Reach are not official "variants" at all. They are field modifications made my NOBLE team. Dr Halsey specifically states this in her journal. She in fact protests, saying she made MJOLNIR modular so field modifications were not needed.
Helmets are cannon, however a few are redundant, half are non MJOLNIR standard and the remaining 6-7 are cannon variants. Non MJOLNIR standard explains how Kat was killed, she was wearing a sub-standard Army helmet.
Shoulder peices are non cannon, based on the fact that the renaming of similar types from 3-to-beta-to-reach suggests they were created with no specific purpose and serve only a gameplay element. Redundant helmet variants also fall into this category.
No, just no. Kat died because of a series of events that culminated in her death. She took more time to get to the elevator, she had to press the button twice because it didn't respond at first and then she made the dire mistake of not turning on her shields.
Yes, just yes. MJOLNIR has been shown to stop BR rounds at point blank (Cole Protocol), the needle hit the titanium armoured part of her helmet, it would never had penetrated unless it was sub-standard armour.
The Air Assault helmet was designed as an improvement to the ODST helmet, which was also designed to function with MJOLNIR armor, so I don't see how can it be sub-standard if it was designed for the armor.
"The ODST BDU has been in use for well over 50 years" which means it came into service roughly 2502.
MJOLNIR started development 2512 and came into service 2525.
MJOLNIR was designed to function with current systems, but is a significant improvement. To be honest, I dont see humans being able to carry the same weight of helmet a SPARTAN can. Doesn't make much sense.