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Posted by: Lord Slade
Posted by: Jonzx5
Lmao, DaeFaron, you are the most stupid, ignorant person I know. Every single time I mention a Spartan's speed and how they are "untouchable", I am quoting directly from a Halo Book. I don't make Spartan's seem untouchable, Halo canon does. You are clearly too stupid and ignorant to make sense out of anything.
You're taking one word and clinging on its most literal meaning. Not every Spartan-II is Kelly.
Posted by: anton1792
Pg 125 of the Encyclopaedia. There is nothing to contradict that as of yet as far as I know. Although it does not state how far it augments, just that it does. It could be more or less, we just don't know.
The Encyclopedia is riddled with errors, and I suspect that is one of them. The standard Elite harness is primarily composed of armored plates attached over an underlying skinsuit, with a shielding and/or cloaking mechanism contained in the back of the thoracic cage. The skinsuit is skin-tight, whereas MJOLNIR's reactive layer is noticeably thicker, indicating that there is no strength-amplifying layer in the underarmor. Other than that, there's really no place for it to exist. I suppose Forerunner technology could allow for a thinner reactive layer, but the suits designed by the Forerunners for combat are generally large, mechanical devices, designed to be piloted rather than worn.
Besides, look at the ceremonial Arbiter armor. It's purely aesthetic, yet the Arbiters we've seen are of equal or greater strength than most Zealots wearing standard gear.
I just don't see how any of it could work, although I'm waiting for what the Encyclopedia says on the matter when the reprint comes out in September.
I never even USED Kelly as an example. Infact, I myself have NEVER stated that Spartan's are untouchable, he was putting words into my mouth. I was refering to a "debate" we had on another thread where I posted tons of proof/facts, and he could not counter any of them, so he came here and began to talk out of his ass and spew bull@#$% all over the place again.
The examples I used had nothing to do with Kelly, they were the following: "The Spartan's moved with speed and agility that no Covenant could track" - From Ghosts of Onyx refering to Spartan-III's in SPI Armor. Other examples I used are from Fall Of Reach, where it talks about Spartan's being able to see in slow motion - "Spartan Time". A third example I used from Fall Of Reach was when Spartan's were stated to be too fast for even computers to track. Never mentioned Kelly, never said they were "untouchable", although according to facts published in Halo Canon, they come pretty close.
As for this thread, No, Spartan's are not "stronger" than Elite's. They are roughly equal when it comes to pure physical strength. Spartan's are better trained, and have superior speed/reflexes as they win every single hand to hand engagement with Elite's. Even Spartan-III's in non-powered SPI Armor (SPI Doesn't double strength, or increase speed/reflexes by five times as MJOLNIR does) beat Sword wielding Elite's in full armor.