- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Heres what I think. Everyone remember how shot he MC's armor was after halo 1? Well, considering how much he did in halo 2, his new armor would have been messed up just as much if not more. SO perhaps when he reached Earth, he needed to go into combat, but his suit had stopped functioning effectively. So, he used the only armor he could find, the REALLY old version that didn't even have sheilds yet. This would explain the colour, the lack of those sheild emmiter lights, and the different gauntlet.
Oh and as for the bit about the cheif getting hit by a cruiser plasma cannon, it didnt hit hm. It hit about 10 meters away from him, and the heat wash from that shot is what damaged/injured him.
[Edited on 5/25/2006]