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Posted by: Sigma617
Posted by: StealthSlasher2
Posted by: Sigma617
It's obviously standard issue MJOLNIR Mark IV Power Armor. if you're confused about the obvious shield system seen in Gameplay, that's just it. It's for Gameplay. Notice you don't see any shield flare ups in cutscenes.
By the way this used to be the case for some time, but the visual guidebook canonizes the appearance of shields in Halo Wars as being prototype tech being tested at the time.
What the bloody hell?
It still doesn't change the Armor iteration. It's still Mark IV.
No it does not change the armor iteration, but I'm just pointing out that the shield system that appears for it in Halo Wars is no longer just a gameplay mechanic, but now canonically justified by 343i.
Might as well also point out (since you were using it to support your earlier reasoning) that the reason why their shields never flare up in cutscenes to begin with is because they don't get hit by anything in the cutscenes. Not necessarily because it was proving a point that the shields were a (at the time) non-canon gameplay only element.