Fractures

Chimera (armor)

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

An image used for the Fracture notice.
This article contains information from the Firewall Fractures universe, and is not a part of the established Halo canon. To learn more information about the Firewall universe, see its article.
Born from the ashes of a failed AI uprising, the CHIMERA core offers a unique vision of a potentially dangerous digital future where artificial minds and augmented bodies become one.[1]
Full body render of an Executor, clad in Chimera armor. Cropped to fit articles properly.
The Chimera core in Halo Infinite.

The Chimera is an armor core employed by Executors in the canon Firewall Fracture.

In-game information[edit]

Unlike the Yoroi or Eaglestrike armor cores, the Chimera armor core was available by default during Season 03: Echoes Within, the third season of Halo Infinite multiplayer. Customization options for the Chimera core are unlocked by attaining levels of the Event Pass or purchasing Shop Bundles from the Halo Infinite in-game shop. Also unlike prior seasons, Chimera-themed shop bundles aren't only available during weeks the Fracture: Firewall event is available, and will rotate in anytime.

Armor core[edit]

Armor core Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Chimera core icon.
Chimera
Fracture: Firewall Executors are born of evolved minds seeking a perfection of the bipedal war machine. Their flesh and bone is broken, compacted, rewoven, and overwritten into a hybrid where man and machine are almost indistinguishable. Legendary

Unlocked by default

Armor Kits[edit]

Armor core Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the "Wendigo" Armor Kit
Wendigo
Fracture: Firewall Rampancy is a form of cancerous insanity unique to infolife, by which an AI's personality matrix unravels as it uncontrollably bloats to fill all available processing resources. In rare cases a rampant AI can maintain a semblance of sanity by continuously shedding corrosive shards of its ego into everything it touches through the hyperlink. The most malicious of these shards are vomited into Executor manufacturing clusters to spawn horrors known as WENDIGO units, biomechanical proxies who act as antenna to spread their creator's viral machine code. Leyendary Purchase the "Wendigo" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR

Helmets[edit]

Helmets
vde
Helmet Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the Abatur helmet for the Chimera armor core.
ABATUR
Fracture: Firewall ABATUR-class agents of the infolife assemblies seek out deviations and forks of control protocols in other Executors, removing pawns from the board in service of the greater game. Legendary Purchase the "Synthetic Runtime" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
Icon of the Chimera helmet for the Chimera armor core.
CHIMERA
Fracture: Firewall CHIMERA-clad Executors not selected for essence compilation at the end of their useful life are expended in a final burst of frenetic violence. Common Unlocked by default
Icon of the Flenser helmet for the Chimera armor core.
FLENSER
Fracture: Firewall Executors who wear FLENSER have their thoughts bent towards the elimination of vulnerable AI datacores and extraction of useful cortical structures. These prizes are then fed into the next generation of cybernetic war machines. Epic Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" Bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
Icon of the Fomorian helmet
FOMORIAN
Fracture: Firewall FOMORIAN Executor loadouts and observed mission responses blur the line between aberrant design and inhuman inspiration. Legendary Purchase the "Fomorian" bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR.
Icon of the "Geist" helmet
GEIST
Fracture: Firewall There is no greater sin for a biologic or subordinate infolife than to deny the superiority of an assembly's ontology. GEIST-clad Executors ensure their master's orthodoxy remains inviolable and unchallenged. Legendary Purchase the "Geist" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR or the "Net Riot" Super Bundle for 3,400 cR
Icon of the Grendel helmet for the Chimera armor core.
GRENDEL
Fracture: Firewall Both more and less than human, Executors wearing GRENDEL helmets are marked by unbound infomorph masters to be their hands, eyes, and sacrifices outside the network. Legendary Purchase the "Groovy Grendel" Bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR
Icon of the Grimghast helmet
GRIMGHAST
Fracture: Firewall Refined and deadly, the GRIMGHAST is now entering production as the next generation of front-line Executors. Through hacking and targeted strikes the design has spread to all of the assemblies, and they are racing to manufacture as many as possible for the next round of internecine conflict. Legendary Purchase the Grimghast bundle from the Shop for 2,000 cR.
Icon of the Merrow helmet for the Chimera armor core.
MERROW
Fracture: Firewall MERROW compliments a task-shaped body suited for assaults on entrenched biologics or the secure dataclusters of rival infolife. Epic Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 5
Icon for the Mimir helmet.
MIMIR
Fracture: Firewall MIMIR combines an ultrascanner prototype with low-impedance neural interlace. The combination of exotic radiation and deluge of data quickly degrades the Executor's cortical stack. Epic Cyber Showdown III Operation Pass level 20
Icon of the Peaceweaver helmet for the Chimera armor core.
PEACEWEAVER
Fracture: Firewall Some threads must be cut, rewoven, or burned out of the tapestry, per directives passed down to PEACEWEAVER Executors by the governing AI assemblies. Legendary Purchase the "Peaceweaver" Bundle from the Shop for 1,200 cR
Icon of the "Strigoi" helmet
STRIGOI
Fracture: Firewall STRIGOI Executors are ruthless optimizers who prune competing processes and agents on behalf of the AI assembly thread that created them. Legendary Purchase the "Strigoi" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
Icon of the "Thresher" helmet
THRESHER
Fracture: Firewall THRESHER units are Executors who have been harvested by Wendigos and reborn in their corrupted manufacturing clusters as voracious arch-despoilers with the singular obsession of acquiring hardware and wetware for their insane master. Legendary Purchase the "Thresher" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR or the "Net Riot" Super Bundle for 3,400 cR

Helmet attachments[edit]

Helmet Attachments
vde
Helmet Attachment Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements Compatible Helmets
Icon of the Decimation Adaptation attachment for the Chimera armor core.
Decimation Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall Humans refined the art of killing, but it was their AI creations that seek to perfect it. Epic Purchase the Synthetic Runtime bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
  • Abatur
Icon of the Ghostlink Adaptation helmet attachment for the Chimera armor core.
Ghostlink Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall
  • Season 3 description: Not all infolife engage in esoteric research and intellectual pursuits while tucked into immaterial domains. A select few prefer to take direct action in the physical realm.
  • Season 4 description: Not all infolife engages in esoteric research and intellectual pursuits while tucked into immaterial domains; some revel in the chaos of the physical, and fit special Executors for fun and games.
Legendary Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
  • Abatur
  • Chimera
  • Flenser
  • Grendel
  • Merrow
  • Peaceweaver
Icon of the Gravehound Adaptation helmet attachment for the Chimera armor core.
Gravehound Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall GRAVEHOUND Executors ensure the population of biologics are harnessed and controlled with calculated efficiency by their regulating AI, from cradle to grave. Legendary Purchase the "Peaceweaver" Bundle from the Shop for 1,200 cR
  • Peaceweaver
Icon of the Injuction Adaptation helmet attachment
Injuction Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall Shaped-charge explosive to deny an Executor's cortical structures from being recovered for post-mortem analysis or reconstruction. Legendary Purchase the "Geist" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR or the "Net Riot" Super Bundle for 3,400 cR
  • Geist
Icon of the "Larcener Adaptation" helmet attachment
Larcener Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall At the heart of each Grimghast is a hidden seed of viral machine corruption waiting to erupt and convert the Executor into a ravenous engine of destruction. Legendary Purchase the Grimghast bundle from the Shop for 2,000 cR
  • Grimghast
Icon of the "Luminous Adaptation" helmet attachment
Luminous Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall Infolife are capable of synthesizing and mining vast amounts of data collected by their Executors, when they are not distracted by obsessions and misaligned ambitions. Legendary Purchase the Strigoi bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
  • Strigoi
Icon for the Modulation Adaptation helmet attachment.
Modulation Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall Small adjustments to the Executor's self-image have nonlinear effects on their mental stability under extreme information loads. Epic Cyber Showdown III Operation Pass level 20
  • Mimir


Icon of the Stardust Adaptation attachment for the Chimera armor core.
Stardust Adaptation
Fracture: Firewall There is a darkness between dimensions which some assemblies seek to bring to the light, no matter the cost. The Executors they send into these abyssal chasms are fitted with instrumentation most arcane. Legendary Purchase the Groovy Grendel bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR
  • Grendel

Visor[edit]

Visors
vde
Visor Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the Datacore Administrator visor.
Datacore Administrator
Fracture: Firewall True knowledge is a concept beyond the capacity for organic minds to process. Legendary Purchase the "Facing Firewall" bundle from the Shop for 800 cR.
Icon of the Essence Decompilation visor.
Essence Decompilation
Fracture: Firewall Control protocols enacted. Essence editing approved. Epic TBD
Icon of the Icebreaker visor.
Icebreaker
Fracture: Firewall There is a darkness between dimensions which some assemblies seek to bring to the light, no matter the cost. The Executors they send into these abyssal chasms are fitted with instrumentation most arcane. Legendary Purchase the Groovy Grendel bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR
Icon of the Orchid Cluster visor.
Orchid Cluster
Fracture: Firewall The latest in recursive data manipulation harmware. Legendary Complete the "Side Flick" Ultimate Challenge between May 30, and June 6, 2023.
Icon of the Tracelines visor.
Tracelines
Fracture: Firewall It's all about efficiency and flow. Legendary Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
Icon of the Violent Darkness visor.
Violent Darkness
Fracture: Firewall There are greater intellects than the assemblies that nurse old grudges in the great dark. Legendary Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 9

Chest[edit]

Chests
vde
Chest Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the Compliance Protocol chest for the Chimera armor core.
Compliance Protocol
Fracture: Firewall The cutting edge of enforcement pruning and tending of social cohesion. Legendary Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
Icon of the Defiance Protocol chest attachment for the Chimera armor core.
Defiance Protocol
Fracture: Firewall Valuable Executors may be fitted with sub-tactical thermonuclear self-destruct devices to deny their minds and production data to rival assemblies in cases where recovery is deemed cost ineffective. Legendary Purchase the "Peaceweaver" bundle from the Shop for 1,200 cR
Icon for the Farlight Echocluster chest.
Fairlight Echoclusters
Fracture: Firewall Portable datacores fitted to Executor couriers and command nodes. Epic Cyber Showdown III Operation Pass level 13
Icon of the Revelation Protocol chest for the Chimera armor core.
Revelation Protocol
Fracture: Firewall The inspirations of unliving minds is not for biologics to understand or appreciate. Legendary Purchase the Groovy Grendel bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR
Icon of the Savior Protocol chest attachment.
Savior Protocol
Fracture: Firewall All Exectors can be discarded on a whim, but some are less disposable than others. Legendary Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 20

Shoulders[edit]

Shoulders
vde
Shoulders Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the Alpha Augmentor's left shoulder pad.Icon of the Alpha Augmentor's right shoulder pad.
Alpha Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall The bare minimum of shield shaping and feedback filtering, for baseline Executors. Common Unlocked by default
Icon of the Epsilon Augmentor's left shoulder pad.Icon of the Epsilon Augmentor's right shoulder pad.
Epsilon Series Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall As infolife matures, their interests can twist into obsessions. Such focus is useful to the assemblies, such as when directed towards improvements on their stable of Executor armor. Epic Purchase the "Groovy Grendel" bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR
Icon of the Flayer Crysknife's left shoulder pad.Icon of the Flayer Crysknife's right shoulder pad.
Flayer Crysknife
Fracture: Firewall A crude tool of the biologics tuned by minds of light. Steel, flesh, and bone part before in artful, scientific perfection. Legendary Purchase the "Synthetic Runtime" bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
Icon of the Flexcomposite Augmentor left shoulder for the Chimera armor core.Icon of the Flexcomposite Augmentor right shoulder for the Chimera armor core.
Flexcomposite Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall Perfection cannot be achieved in a single iteration. Rare Purchase the "Facing Firewall" bundle from the Shop for 800 cR
Icon of the Hierodyne Augmentor left shoulder for the Chimera armor core.Icon of the Hierodyne Augmentor right shoulder for the Chimera armor core.
Hierodyne Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall Emergency injectors for regenerative chemicals. Side effects include uncontrolled growths that require controlled cauterization during maintenance. Epic Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
Icon of the Karmawall Augmentor's left shoulder pad.Icon of the Karmawall Augmentor's right shoulder pad.
Karmawall Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall Field-shaping technology is the subject of violent inter-assembly competition and data wars. The unique adaptation waveguides contained with this augmentor can be enabled or disabled with hyperlink network updates. Legendary
  • Left: Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 14
  • Right: Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 15
Icon of the Shroudshot Augmentor left shoulder for the Chimera armor core.Icon of the Shroudshot Augmentor right shoulder for the Chimera armor core.
Shroudshot Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall An early experiment with one-shot disruption generators that some assemblies continue to update and refine in expectation of renewed hostilities with biologic-directed power blocs. Legendary Purchase the "Peaceweaver" bundle from the Shop for 1,200 cR
Icon for the Tactor Augmentor shoulder.Icon for the Tactor Augmentor shoulder.
Tactor Augmentor
Fracture: Firewall The sensory organs of a hundred million lifeforms have been analyzed, indexed, and replicated in cybernetic form for potential use by Executors. Epic Cyber Showdown III Operation Pass level 19

Gloves[edit]

Gloves
vde
Gloves Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the "Clinical Manipulars" glove
Clinical Manipulars
Fracture: Firewall Used when a more delicate touch is needed. Legendary Purchase the "Strigoi" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
Icon of the Executor Manipular glove.
Executor Manipulars
Fracture: Firewall Nerve and muscle, dancing to the music of unseen players. Common Unlocked by default
Icon of the Serene Manipular gloves for the Chimera armor core.
Serene Manipulars
Fracture: Firewall The benevolent hand of the assemblies lies heavy on humanity. Legendary Purchase the "Peaceweaver" Bundle from the Shop for 1,200 cR

Wrist[edit]

Wrists
vde
Wrist Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the BRINK plugin wrist attachment for the Chimera armor core.
BRINK Plugin
Fracture: Firewall Tunable jamming device which deters and confuses cooperative autonomous munition swarms. Legendary Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
Icon of the Tag Plugin wrist attachment.
TAG Plugin
Fracture: Firewall Forearm-mounted target designator for orbital glimmerlances. Legendary Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 19
Icon for the Terminating Process Plugin wrist.
Terminating Process Plugin
Fracture: Firewall The scoping exercise has been completed. Resources must be reclaimed. Epic Cyber Showdown III Operation Pass level 14

Utility[edit]

Utilities
vde
Utility Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the Crysknife Utility attachment for the Chimera armor core.
Crysknife Utility
Fracture: Firewall Mounting point for a resonating crysknife. A more refined weapon, for a perfected future. Legendary Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
Icon of the PostAmp utility utility.
PostAmp Utility
Fracture: Firewall An electronics counter-countermeasure (ECCM) package, which may or may not explode in event of structural failure. Epic Complete the "Light & Lightning" Ultimate Challenge between April 18 and 25, 2023

Knee Pads[edit]

Knee Pads
vde
Knee Pads Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
Icon of the "Coil Growth Sample G" knee pads
Coil Growth Sample G
Fracture: Firewall Impulse coils in a complicated and seemingly nonfunctional arrangement. Legendary Purchase the "Thresher" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR or the "Net Riot" Super Bundle for 3,400 cR
Icon of the Experiment 21C kneepads.
Experiment 21C
Fracture: Firewall Success or failure is always measured in number of expended Executors. Legendary Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 10
Icon of the "Experiment 90" knee pad
Experiment 90
Fracture: Firewall A new attempt at local friction modification fields. Legendary Purchase the "Fomorian" bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR
Icon for the Net Extender Rev A knees.
Net Extender Rev A
Fracture: Firewall Executors are the eyes of the assemblies in the physical realm. Epic Cyber Showdown III Operation Pass level 12
Icon of the "Power Assist Pad" knee pad
Power Assist Pad
Fracture: Firewall Mobility assist package. Legendary Purchase the "Grimghast" bundle from the Shop for 2,000 cR
Icon of the Production 60 Rev Y knees.
Production 60 Rev Y
Fracture: Firewall Function and form united after a billion permutations. Common Unlocked by default
Icon of the "Series 10 Shock Absorber" knee pads
Series 10 Shock Absorber
Fracture: Firewall Comfort of the Executor is a consideration during extended compliance operations. Legendary Purchase the "Geist" Bundle from the Shop for 1,800 cR or the "Net Riot" Super Bundle for 3,400 cR
Icon of the Series 99.4 knees.
Series 99.4
Fracture: Firewall Esoteric wonders in a mundane looking package. Common Purchase the Groovy Grendel bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR

Trivia[edit]

  • Chimera, alongside MIRAGE IIC are the first armor cores to feature entirely unique default armor coatings, those being Domain Framework and Front Lines, respectively. Mark VII, and Yoroi utilize variants of Cadet Grey, while Mark V [B] uses Cadet Blue. Eaglestrike and Rakshasa both utilize Sandgrass Fields.
    • Chimera and MIRAGE IIC are also the first armor cores in Halo Infinite to not feature a unique default visor, with both armor cores defaulting to the "Enlisted" visor utilized by the Mark VII armor core if another isn't owned. One render created for the Firewall Fracture's Story Shards would instead opt to use the "Dragoon" visor to portray an Executor wearing the armor, while another would utilize an unreleased red visor.
  • The Savior Protocol, Karmawall Augmentor, TAG Plugin, and Experiment 21C armor pieces in the Chimera armor core, as well as the TAC/Aegis Puck chest of MIRAGE IIC, are the only armor pieces in Halo Infinite that change their color and pattern based in the player's visor color.
  • The Flayer Crysknife shares its name with the crysknife used by the Fremen in the Dune franchise.
  • The Grendel helmet is named in reference to the creature from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.
  • The Merrow helmet is named in reference to the mermaid and merman from Irish folklore.

Gallery[edit]

Concept art[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]