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Posted by: SergeantFlood
Are people really still raging over the whole magical jetpack thing? Jesus people.

The Spartan II's always had thrusters. Read the damn books you lazy bastard.
The fact you have to direct people to the books (or other parts of the Halo universe external to the game(s)) only serves to reinforce how badly told the story was.


In order to understand halo 4 I would say you would have to read 5 previous Halo novels.


Or spent 5 minutes on the Wikia


Or sit back and think about it for 5 seconds. Those structures on John's back have been there since Halo 2, and the MJOLNIR armor is a space suit. Did people think they were just for show?

  • 12.14.2012 3:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Or sit back and think about it for 5 seconds. Those structures on John's back have been there since Halo 2, and the MJOLNIR armor is a space suit. Did people think they were just for show?


Posted by: Swiftkillswitch3
Those nobs on the shoulders of all Spartans are thruster packs, which is why, both in the trailer and in the game, youy can use a thruster pack.

  • 12.14.2012 4:05 PM PDT

1.) "Crack In Time" - Louder Production Music
2.) "Agressive Sucks" - Moss Landing
3.) Custom Version of "Meet Oscar" - Louder Productions Music
4.) "Behind You Rise" - Distortion Music
5.) "Aurora" - Mark Petrie
6.) "Surge Down - Audio Machine

- Spartans are wearing Chief's custom armor "updated by nanotech" instead of Mark IV or V
- Elites are wearing storm armor
-Chief is being handed Cortana by Halsey in some unknown location
- Chief's nano suit is conveniently very similar to the SPARTAN IV armor
- Books are required to fully understand Halo 4 Champagne

Okay 343i, that was quite a show.

[Edited on 12.14.2012 4:08 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2012 4:06 PM PDT

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Thrusters. They most likely had a re-entry pack, jettisoned it below a certain height above the ground, then used thrusters.

  • 12.14.2012 4:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: SergeantFlood
Are people really still raging over the whole magical jetpack thing? Jesus people.


The Spartan II's always had thrusters. Read the damn books you lazy bastard.

Thruster pack =/= jetpack, numbnuts. Thruster packs were never built into the armor, they were attachments. They were also used in zero g environments.

  • 12.14.2012 4:07 PM PDT


Posted by: ROFL Wolf1254
- Spartans are wearing Chief's custom armor "updated by nanotech" instead of Mar IV or V.


That was a fan theory, not canonical, as the VI has no nanotechnology.

It's a simple redesign. The reason why the Spartans all wear the same armor is to better connect them with the Chief.

Same for the Elites.

  • 12.14.2012 4:07 PM PDT

1.) "Crack In Time" - Louder Production Music
2.) "Agressive Sucks" - Moss Landing
3.) Custom Version of "Meet Oscar" - Louder Productions Music
4.) "Behind You Rise" - Distortion Music
5.) "Aurora" - Mark Petrie
6.) "Surge Down - Audio Machine


Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: ROFL Wolf1254
- Spartans are wearing Chief's custom armor "updated by nanotech" instead of Mar IV or V.


That was a fan theory, not canonical, as the VI has no nanotechnology.

It's a simple redesign. The reason why the Spartans all wear the same armor is to better connect them with the Chief.

Same for the Elites.

In the beginning cutscene with a flashback towards the beginning of the war, they had the armor Chief has now instead of Mark IV or V.

I understand that they all have the same armor, but that's the current armor modified by Cortana.

Space magic obv.

  • 12.14.2012 4:10 PM PDT


Posted by: ROFL Wolf1254

Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: ROFL Wolf1254
- Spartans are wearing Chief's custom armor "updated by nanotech" instead of Mar IV or V.


That was a fan theory, not canonical, as the VI has no nanotechnology.

It's a simple redesign. The reason why the Spartans all wear the same armor is to better connect them with the Chief.

Same for the Elites.

In the beginning cutscene with a flashback towards the beginning of the war, they had the armor Chief has now instead of Mark IV or V.

I understand that they all have the same armor, but that's the current armor modified by Cortana.

Space magic obv.


Cortana said she rewrote the suit's firmware while John was in cryo, hence the altered HUD. She did not, nor mentions ever, redesigning the Chief's hardware.

Sometimes a redesign is just a redesign.

  • 12.14.2012 4:11 PM PDT