AKIS-class helmet
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- "The AKIS helmet and associated components were highly classified, leading some operatives to question its very existence."
- — Official description[1]
AKIS is a UNSC helmet, compatible with MJOLNIR Mark V and Rakshasa platforms.[2]
GEN1 Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
The armor set includes at least a helmet and a chest piece. Its helmet is quite blocky in shape, with the top and each of the sides being mostly flat. Its visor features a horizontal strip at the user's eye line which is set slightly deeper than the rest, leading to two parallel ridges in the glass. Two armored strips adorn the sides of the helmet, running along the sides of the helmet at the bottom of the visor, but stopping just before they meet, creating a 'V' shape by the user's mouth. There is a cylindrical protrusion on either side of the helmet made of grey metal, just behind where the wearer's ears would be located.
When the CBRN module is equipped, some form of breathing equipment is placed in front of the user's mouth, and some new armored plating obscures the lower part of the visor, up to around where the user's nose would be. Meanwhile, the GRD attachment replaces the traditional visor with a grey metal plate set into the helmet, and adds a large circular lens-like apparatus in front of the wearer's right eye.
Development history[edit]
The AKIS helmet was developed to employ a wide arrange of targeting and surveillance features to maximise range-finding capabilities for both groundside operatives and aircraft such as the F-99 Wombat and S-14 Baselard, among others. The helmet was developed parallel to several modular attachments including a specialised CBRN module for operations in noxious or irradiated areas, and the P237-THEIATEK optical suite, which integrates with aerial reconnaissance platforms to provide the user with reliable intelligence from UAV and satellite imagery. These provide significant tactical advantages over the base helmet.[1]
AKIS and its associated components were highly classified, leading some operatives to doubt that it existed at all.[1]
Attachments[edit]
AKIS is usable with the [GEN1] Mark V platform. It supports the CBRN and GRD attachments.[2]
Rakshasa Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
The AKIS II-GRD was built for superhuman stalkers, killers, and assassins. After some detuning and removal of still-classified subsystems it serves the needs of Spartans as well.[3]
Development history[edit]
The AKIS II-GRD was manufactured by Watershed Division.
In-game information[edit]
Halo: Reach - Mark V[edit]
AKIS and its various permutations are unlockable in Series 5: Anvil of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[4]
| Attachment(s) | Description | Unlock requirements (Halo: Reach) | Unlock requirements (Halo: MCC) |
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Base |
The AKIS helmet and associated components were highly classified, leading some operatives to question its very existence. | N/A (Cut) | Series 5 Tier 1,  1
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 GRD |
Project SCLERA's exclusive P237-THEIATEK optical suite. | N/A (Cut) | Series 5 Tier 60, 1
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 CBRN |
For operations in hazardous zones. | N/A (Cut) | Series 5 Tier 30, 1
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 GRD/CBRN |
Project SCLERA's exclusive P237-THEIATEK optical suite; for operations in hazardous zones. | N/A (Cut) | Series 5 Tier 100, 1
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Halo Infinite - Rakshasa[edit]
AKIS returned, albeit heavily redesigned, in Season 02: Lone Wolves for Halo Infinite. In Halo Infinite, the AKIS helmet has been rebranded as the AKIS II-GRD, and is exclusively available for the Rakshasa armor core.
| Helmet | Manufacturer | Lore | Rarity | Unlock Requirements |
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AKIS II-GRD |
Watershed Division | The AKIS II-GRD was built for superhuman stalkers, killers, and assassins. After some detuning and removal of still-classified subsystems it serves the needs of Spartans as well. | Epic | Season 02: Lone Wolves Battle Pass Level 63 (Premium) |
 TAS/LANTIFRID |
Watershed Division | Most of the functionality of this THEIA-compatible targeting module remains locked and undocumented, even the highest-ranking ONI officers on the UNSC Infinity lack authority to access its low-level diagnostic functions. | Legendary | Season 02: Lone Wolves Battle Pass Level 69 (Premium) |
