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Posted by: Righteous Fury19
I would imagine that with the Arbiters being sent on suicide missions with little to no chance of return, it would be fairly likely that their armour is rarely retrieved.
Don't forget that the rank of Arbiter existed long before the Writ of Union, so I would imagine that they (the Prophets) would simply use older armour worn by the ancient Arbiters instead, hence the age and outdated features of Thel's armour.
I can see that. They just stripped it off some previous Arbiter and called a it a day. I'm sure whoever that was, was The Arbiter so long ago in fact that it was before the covenant was created.
As for Ripa, well he was placed in command of the crusade so he would have gotten the latest cutting edge armour as a result. Thel became Arbiter as a punishment and Ripa was created so that Regret would have a general who would show no mercy to his foes, which was essential for the covering up of Humanity's true origins.
Which means that the design of the Arbiter is the symbol, while the composition and technology can be augmented to coincide with technology levels.