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Posted by: Elite Zealot 22
Good.
But did you post ALL this to justify a piece of armor?!
Well, let's see, Jorge just removed the helmet the first time to prove to Sara that he and the rest of the Noble unit were human, yes.
But in the second time, in the Corvette, he doesn't remove any barrier: He only removes it because he was going to die (Maybe.), so it was utterly useless.
That's the same case with Carter: He pilots the Pelican helmetless because his only function in the Pillar of Autumn mission is to send Emile and Six to the field. The only reason he died was because of the Scarab and maybe the heavy fire he was taking from the Phantom and the two Banshees.
As for Emile, the only reason he carved the skull was to look intimidating. Similar to the crests in Roman soldiers.
And he indeed lets most of his emotions out, but masked with humor.(Though not always: When firing the MAC Cannon, he will yell "THAT WAS FOR KAT!" or "THIS ONE'S FOR JORGE!")
He even does this when he was going to die. Once he kills one of the Elites, he mockingly screams "Who's next?!" as if threatening them once they saw what he did with that Zealot.
Noble Six does this too on Lone Wolf. Once your health bar is red, the visor of the Helm starts to shatter and your HUD does not appear anymore. Then, Six thought of the helm as useless, so why use it?
Almost every time they remove their helmets, it's because they won't be needed again. Therefore, they just throw it away.
Oh, and the Elite that killed Kat was a Field Marshall, not a Zealot.
I don't think you understood the thread. My post is about the Spartans dropping the facade of invulnerable warrior-machines and being real people, and to do that, they remove their helmets and remind others around them, and the player, of their humanity.
Jorge removes his helmet at the end of LNOS and connects with Noble Six and the player, the audience. He's made the choice to die, he removes the helmet, he is human. He isn't the faceless, indestructible machine anymore.
Carter removes his helmet while piloting the Pelican when he relinquishes his identity as the stern, stoic, no-nonsense commander, using his remaining time to help Noble Six deliver the package.
I really don't know where you're going with the Emile part, sorry.
Noble Six is overwhelmed. Despite, as video game players do, vanquishing thousands of enemies, he falls. All players die eventually. He removes his helmet at the penultimate point in his final stand, and dies.