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[b]UNITED NATIONS SPACE COMMAND PRIORITY TRANSMISSION
12057X-35[/b]
[b]Encryption Code:[/b] Black
[b]Public Key:[/b] file/excised access X-ray
[b]From:[/b] Codename SILVERFISH
[b]To:[/b] CINCONI
[b]Subject:[/b] Siera Eagle 011
[b]Classification:[/b] RESTRICTED EYES ONLY
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Subject Echo Siera-011
[b]Biographical information [/b]
SPARTAN tag: ***
Name: Classified
Home world: Jericho VII
Birth date: November 4, 2510
Current status: Classified (alive)
[b]Physical description [/b]
Gender: Male
Height: 208 centimeters
Weight: 130 kilograms
Hair color: brown
Eye color: brown
Cybernetics: Spartan Neural Interface
Affiliation and military information:
Affiliation: UNSC
Office of Naval Intelligence
Section 0
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Specialty: Command and Assassination
Class: class I (2525)
[b]Additional information[/b]
Spartan Eagle-011 has been noted for his excellence as a field commander and leader of SPARTAN EAGLE. He and his team have proven an invaluable asset to ONI, showing particular skill in covert capture/kill operations against enemy command. His prefered weapon appears to be the standard MA5D assault rifle with an M6G magnum, however he has been known to make use of any and all UNSC, Covenant, and Promethian weaponry as well. His personality is what has come to be expected of the SARTAN II candidates, quiet and unsocial. Attached to this we have a list of all equipment he is currently cleared to use.
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MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Mark VII
The MJOLNIR MK VII was an armor system mentioned by Dr. Halsey in her personal journal. It would appear to be the last planned phase of the MJOLNIR project. At the time the MJOLNIR project began, Halsey had planned on the MK VII suit featuring the following upgrades:
Nano bots for automatic repair of both the suit and the user.
Next-gen fusion-plasma hybrid
power system.
Atmospheric insertion systems.
Slipspace de-insertion capability.
Slipspace de-insertion capability means that a Spartan would be able to exit a vessel traveling in slipspace and re-enter normal space, similar to the Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod. Halsey described "limited shaping of the energy shield" as the ability to form "partial overlaps, airfoils, etc."[6] This incidentally would have been quite similar to the Forerunners' practice of shaping hard light.
Active AI transfer protocols.
Limited shaping of the energy shield (partial overlaps, airfoils etc.).
Atmospheric insertion would allow a Spartan to free-fall from space without a reentry vehicle, such as the ODST's SOEIV, but would most likely require a drag chute or parachute. Note that reentry in MJOLNIR armor has been done multiple times in Halo fiction, but is most likely outside both the Mark V and Mark VI design specs and has proven fatal. John-117 performed an extremely low-orbit reentry when he lept off of the Forerunner Dreadnought at the beginning of the Second Battle of Earth, yet was knocked unconscious with a large dent inflicted on his right breastplate while wearing the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI. A Marine commented that John had fell a minimum of two kilometers, due to the exosphere extending 600 km above Earth's surface, this was hardly a reentry. The only known Spartan to ever undertake an exoatmospheric reentry from high-orbit was SPARTAN-B312 during the Battle of Reach. He was thrown out of an SDV-class heavy corvette's hangar by Jorge-052 in a successful attempt to spare his life. However, B312 utilized an M-Spec Reentry Pack attached to his MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V, commonly believed, and likely, to emit a powerful energy shield to survive atmospheric insertion. B312 suffered minimal damage after reentry and displayed a noticeable limp. At the beginning of Exodus following B312's insertion, the player can see that their health is depleted to the second stage, inclining that B312 was actually injured from the fall or, which is unlikely, encountered enemies before reaching New Alexandria. The Mark VII could possibly use integrated components of the M-Spec Reentry Pack to allow insertion without auxiliary equipment.
Though not many specific features and aesthetic qualities are mentioned in its single appearance, MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VII is described to be visually similar to the Mark V, and is worn by Naomi-010, a SPARTAN-II attached to Kilo-Five. It is mentioned as being lighter than the Mark VI and is capable of upgrading itself and healing the user passively when in standby via nanotechnology. Naomi frequently removes and puts on the armor, though whether this is a requirement of its self-upgrading nature or a preference of SPARTAN-010 is unknown. The visual portrayal of the Mark VII on the cover of Halo: The Thursday War is likely not definitive of the final variant, as Naomi-010 was field-testing a prototype in 2553. The final variant is likely in mainstream use by the remaining SPARTAN-IIs as of 2558, as the UNSC has been shown to improve upon their powered armor technology extraordinarily quickly, with the Mark V and the Mark VI being finalized within the same year.
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