Posted by: SSgt Shapiro
Jorge is fast, believe me I've seen it. He easily caught up with Noble Team during the Winter Contingency level and he was hauling ass. He is not slow by any means.
Think about several aspects as to why he chooses to move at a select speed...
For starters, you have that cumbersome Heavy Machine Gun, which is not only heavy for a reason, but is most certainly going to cause Jorge to lose balance were he to try to do an all-out sprint like any of the other Noble Team members would.
Then you have the backpack made out of protective plating, which is surely going to add quite a bit of weight to the Spartan's loadout. Both of these would probably weigh around 20-30 lbs. from a Spartan-II's perspective, and I'm being very generous, but try running around as fast as you can with a 20 or 30lb. dumbell strapped to your back and another in your hand.
Then comes his actual armor. He has several UA variants on his forearms, shins and torso. You honestly don't think that it's going to add some weight to the Spartan? They're not part of the base suit that is meant to feel like a second skin; they're extensions, attachments, that have their own weight and are going to weigh him down to some extent.
And finally, why would you even consider charging at top speeds firing an automatic HMG? It's reasonable that a Spartan would run and gun using a rifle or sidearm, but to try that with an HMG is irrational and stupid. Your bullets will have virtually no trajectory because you wouldn't be able to hold the damn gun relatively still while running due to the movement of your body; genetic augmentations or not. Jorge is purposely "power-walking" because it keeps the movement of the gun to a minimum.
Sorry to swerve way off-topic, but I hate the argument that Jorge is slow. It's like nobody puts these kinds of things into perspective. Anyways, I would say that Jorge would win considering all the armour that he actually has on. Sure it's probably outdated Mk. V compared to John's Mk. VI, but with all the UA variants and the Grenadiar/Collar/UA (Which from what I've heard on a long forgotten thread, is a shield generator) I'd say he has the most defense. He also doesn't have to resort to using just the HMG, although he's presumably proffecient at using it. So if he had to compensate firepower for mobility, he could just use a rifle so that he could move at comparable speed to John.
Solid. Argument.
Enough said.
@ everyone else
And all this stuff about Jorge vs Chief is dumb, get over it. Through my eyes, Jorge vs Chief = Two dead Spartans. Keep in mind, that Jorge CHOSE to die, rather than force Noble 6 to do it. He wasn't killed by any means. (while we're on the subject, is Jorge really dead? he was caught in a slipstream, not really that fatal inside a Slip-Space capable Corrvette)
[Edited on 08.22.2011 7:10 AM PDT]