This is a reblog from HaloWaypoint:
BY GRIMBROTHER ONE
ISSUE 28
BEHIND THE VALE
As mentioned above, the recent Game Informer coverage finally confirmed certain details which many keen-eyed fans had already guessed. Namely the playable-presence of the Spartan-IIs of Blue Team, as well as now-Spartan-IV Eddie Buck. New to the fold was the reveal that the unknown member of the Spartan Locke-led Fireteam Osiris is Spartan-IV Olympia Vale. While fans haven’t really had much time to get to know her before now, they will this coming week as the hotly-anticipated Halo: Hunters in the Dark hits store shelves. Featuring an introduction to Spartan Vale (pre-augmentation), a return to Installation 00, and some returning allies, this book is an absolute must-read for lore lovers. Don’t miss it!
HAMMER TIMEWhile information on the teams has already begun making its way into the fertile minds of the fiction-fervent, I thought it’d be fun to give the Fodder faithful a small morsel of special info by providing the lore text for the armors worn by Spartan Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris. Both teams use powered assault armor that is fully compatible and interoperable with GEN2 Mjolnir, though each Spartan uses heavily customized sets that cater to their respective strengths, preferences, and augmentations. So without further ado…
Blue Team (S-II)
John-117
MK.VI (GEN2)
ARMOR: Without question the most famous of all Mjolnir permutations, the GEN2 MARK VI has been completely updated to modern powered assault armor standards.
HELMET: Key features of the iconic Mark VI helmet design have been retained in all of its newer permutations.
MANUFACTURER: Materials Group
Fred-104
CENTURION (GEN2)
ARMOR: Mjolnir variant uniquely suited to front-line commanders. The CENTURION threat management system incorporates the latest situational awareness tacsofts and cognition enhancing neural interlinks.
HELMET: The CENTURION’s C4I2SR technology combined with Spartan warfighting talent is a game-changer for UNSC operational planning and battlespace shaping doctrine.
MANUFACTURER: The Watershed Division
Kelly-087
HERMES (GEN2)
ARMOR: EVA-pattern prototype refitted for orbital raids. The Enhanced Mobility Subsystem embedded in the HERMES prototype is so powerful that only a handful of Spartans can use it safely.
HELMET: Custom designed by The Watershed Division, the HERMES neural interface requires a lengthy synchronization process before it can be used.
MANUFACTURER: The Watershed Division
ARGUS (GEN2)
ARMOR: The ARGUS suit’s sophisticated battlenet control node provides situational and threat awareness in all environments, as well as hardware-accelerated cyberlink connections for intelligence collection networks.
HELMET: ARGUS helmets feature the most advanced human-centric information fusion systems ever placed in a mobile combat platform. Combines passive cyberintrusion software with novel sensor cueing and filtering.
MANUFACTURER: The Watershed Division
HUNTER (GEN2)
ARMOR: Sophisticated and lethal, HUNTER-class armor incorporates Watershed Division’s latest warfighting technology. Synergistic with other Mjolnir-compatible tactical systems.
HELMET: Though still considered a prototype implementation, the HUNTER’s sensor suite enhances situational and threat awareness. Designed to impress even jaded ONI bureaucrats.
MANUFACTURER: The Watershed Division
ARMOR: A multipurpose armor system built from the ground-up for covert “special activities,” COPPERHEAD armor is rarely seen since it is jealously guarded by ONI’s direct action teams. Requires Eyes Only Top Secret clearance to review maintenance logs.
HELMET: Packed with systems to exploit the complex “terrain” of human and alien society. The origin of COPPERHEAD’s “militarized anthropology” decision support system can be traced to innovative tools crafted for use by Colonial Administration Authority field teams working during the darkest days of the Insurrection.
MANUFACTURER: The Watershed Division
ARMOR: Variant used by Spartan combat engineers and field techs. The TECHNICIAN Mjolnir system features a battlenet node and custom machine interlink that can process and curate vast amounts of data.
HELMET: Effectively a cutting-edge techscanner array packed into a wearable helmet, the aptly-named TECHNICIAN helmet allows the wearer to function as a mobile diagnostic center. In a pinch, the helmet sensors can also scan living creatures.
MANUFACTURER: Beweglichkeitsrüstungsysteme
ARMOR: Pet project of Cascade’s CEO, a former ODST. A small number of HELLJUMPER prototypes have entered Spartan service under a research partnership between the UNSC and Cascade Stronghold Technology.
HELMET: Though development delays kept it from consideration by the UNSC Marine Corps, only minor modifications were needed to make the HELLJUMPER helmet fully compatible with GEN2 Mjolnir.
MANUFACTURER: Cascade Stronghold Technology
-Grim
NEW UNIVERSE ENTRIES THIS WEEK!
BEAM RIFLE
The Particle Beam Rifle is a Covenant long-range directed-energy weapon used by raiders, snipers, and scout-executors.
SPIRIT
The Spirit serves as a dropship and utility craft in Covenant and Swords of Sanghelios forces.
In case anyone is wondering what C4I2SR means in Fred’s entry it stands for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. I follow/study defense information pretty closely so I knew C4ISR but the 2nd I (Information) threw me for a loop. Good on 343 for reading up on military terminology and understanding what the team leader needs to get his job done.
Another beautiful edition ‘O Cannon Fodder!
So Master Chief now sports Gen2 Mjolnir, eh? Awesome!
And TWO episodes of HUNTtheTRUTH on Sunday!? I can hardly wait!