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Hey, now!
This is officially either the greatest or worst thing to ever happen to Star Wars. I'm going with the former.
Posted by: superiorarsenal
The problem is though that if a Needle rifle round will go through MJOLNIR and through Kat's head, then it will not impact and explode like its intended purpose. It would simply pass through the soft-targets its designed for.
An ODST helmet, or more specifically, the RECON variant, is not a 'soft' target, the needles are effective against exposed or light armor(which is more akin to the standard Marine/Army helmet then the better protected ODST helmet, and while not as good as MJOLNIR, is still very good at protecting operators), as then they can penetrate and embed themselves in the body of the target.
If the round doesn't penetrate, like if it is deflected at an oblique angle, again, like helmets are designed to do, then it isn't going to kill the target.
Another example of this is boot up Reach. Grab a needle rifle, and fire it at the ground about 50 feet or so ahead of you. The rounds richochet, right? That is similar to the effect the rounds had on Mal's helmet, presumably.
[Edited on 01.06.2012 8:23 PM PST]