Disclaimer: I don't own Halo. Cept for y'know…the actual game disks.
A/N: This is my version of Halo 4. And below I've included a decription of the Chief's new armour. (In the actual game it's just cosmetically upgrading the Mark VI but I didn't like that explanation.)
Halo: Revelation
Chapter I - Once More Unto The Breach
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I'm more than a little surprised that ONI declassified this stuff for a simple university. However, as instructed I've attached all relevant design and technical data as requested. For summary's sake, I'll sum up the nature of MJOLNIR PAA here.
Marks I through III were oversized exoskeletons that never saw widespread use due to design limitations. The Mark IV was the first to be assigned to front-line combat ops by SPARTAN-II's. The Mark V was a model rushed to production to take advantage of breakthroughs in AI and energy shielding, and the Mark VI was simply an overall upgrade to the Mark V.
The Mark VII however, was completely redesigned from the ground up to include a plethora of new technologies( not counting a highly advanced ARC reactor to power it), which for simplicities' sake I've summarised here:
1. Soft under-armour replaced by semi-organic nanoweave to improve protection properties. "Hard" armour plating constructed from new MYTHRIL alloy ceramics.
2. Whole host of integrated biofeedback and regulation functions to prevent need for operator to eat, drink or sleep, improving the nature of long-term deployments. All waste products removed and recycled by suit to prevent battlefield need for acts of urination etc. Use of nanostreams to prevent atrophy of disused organ systems.
3. Advanced suite of electronic- and cyber-warfare systems, along with standard Visual Intelligence System/ Reconnaissance Advanced, RADAR, Infrared, X-Ray and night vision input systems.
4. Implementation of advanced dynamic energy shielding system. Capable of "reshaping" as well as activating a more advanced "assault" mode, offering greater protection at cost of increased profile.
5. Thrusters installed in the back and feet to allow controlled movement in low- and zero-gravity environments.
6. Inclusion of Active Camouflage systems.
7. Configurable energy projectors in both arms to create energy daggers, hooks etc.
8. Inclusion of previously modular armour attachments (see section "Armour Abilities") as built-in equipment.
9. Implementation of highly advanced Digital Arsenal Storage system.
The only declassified operator to be assigned the Mark VII was SPARTAN-117, who was assigned it shortly prior to the Battle of the Ark in the Great War.
You want anything else, it'll be in the included file attachments.
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09:34 07/07/2557, Military Standard Calendar
Unidentified Star System
Aft section of UNSC Forward Unto Dawn
I need you.
Somewhere in John's mind, awareness lurked, processing the plea from the currently unknown source.
Wake up, John!
Conscious thought dawned on him and he recognised the voice. Cortana. Artificial intelligence. His friend. She needed him. Ignoring the irritation of freezerburn- skin damage caused by going into cryo in full armour, he forced open the cryotube with a push.
He forced himself out of the tube and floated over to a nearby holo-pedestal, which promptly lit up and a small blue avatar of a nude women flickered into life. 'Chief!' Cortana cried, joy and fear running through her voice.
'I'm here.'
Just then, explosions ripped through the ship, and the doors to John's right exploded open. Instantly, his mind kicked into overdrive, processing the information and deciding on a plan of action.
The ship was exploding, and Chief had no idea what was going on. The sensor arrays had been trashed so Cortana couldn't tell him anything either. That left one choice.
He would have to go outside to assess the situation.
He yanked Cortana's data crystal chip from the pedestal and inserted it into the port at the back of his helmet. A rush of cool mercury through his mind and Cortana was home. He pushed himself off the pedestal and launched himself towards the remains of the doors.
With a thought, he activated his thruster pack and shot through the flames, licking at his shields only slightly. Almost instantly, he had to deactivate the thrusters to twist his body and move out of the way of a large storage drum that floated past, before having to hurl himself into a second set of doors to bust them open.
Activating his thrusters again to manoeuvre around a free girder, he snatched a Explosive Delivery System 25 or EDS 25, out of the air. Essentially a single-shot rocket pistol, it was more than capable of blasting open another set of doors, ones leading to outside space. The sudden decompression caused him to be sucked out, but he was able to grab a ruined section of the Dawn to hold himself in place.
Lowering himself to what was left of the floor and magnetically clamping himself to it, he was able to see what had caused the ship's sudden activity.
A colossal planetoid, easily dwarfing even the Halos hung in the void ahead. A gap had appeared in the constructs shell, and a brilliant blue glow shone within, drawing in the remains of the frigate.
'What the hell is that?' Cortana asked.
John simply reloaded his weapon.
'Ma'am, we've detected an incoming object. Sensor profiles indicate that it's the Forward Unto Dawn, or what's left of it."
'And your point is?'
'It was the ship he was on, Ma'am.'
'Prepare your men, he cannot be allowed to interfere here.'
A/N: Ideas and criticism are welcome.
