Chimera (armor)

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.

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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]

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The Chimera core in Halo Infinite.

The Chimera is an armor core employed by Executors in the 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	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

Helmets[edit]

Helmets v • d • e
Helmet	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
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
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
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
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
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
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

Helmet attachments[edit]

Helmet Attachments v • d • e
Helmet Attachment	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements	Compatible Helmets
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
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
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
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 v • d • e
Visor	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
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.
Essence Decompilation	Fracture: Firewall	Control protocols enacted. Essence editing approved.	Epic	TBD
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
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.
Tracelines	Fracture: Firewall	It's all about efficiency and flow.	Legendary	Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR
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 v • d • e
Chest	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
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
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
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
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 v • d • e
Shoulders	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
Alpha Augmentor	Fracture: Firewall	The bare minimum of shield shaping and feedback filtering, for baseline Executors.	Common	Unlocked by default
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
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
Flexcomposite Augmentor	Fracture: Firewall	Perfection cannot be achieved in a single iteration.	Rare	Purchase the "Facing Firewall" bundle from the Shop for 800 cR
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
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
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

Gloves[edit]

Gloves v • d • e
Gloves	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
Executor Manipulars	Fracture: Firewall	Nerve and muscle, dancing to the music of unseen players.	Common	Unlocked by default
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 v • d • e
Wrist	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
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
TAG Plugin	Fracture: Firewall	Forearm-mounted target designator for orbital glimmerlances.	Legendary	Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 19

Utility[edit]

Utilities v • d • e
Utility	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
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
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 v • d • e
Knee Pads	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Unlock Requirements
Experiment 21C	Fracture: Firewall	Success or failure is always measured in number of expended Executors.	Legendary	Fractures: Firewall Event Pass level 10
Production 60 Rev Y	Fracture: Firewall	Function and form united after a billion permutations.	Common	Unlocked by default
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]

Concept art of the Chimera armor.
Concept art for Chimera helmets.
Concept art of the Merrow helmet.
Concept art of the Flenser helmet.
Concept art of the Peaceweaver helmet.
Concept art of the Peaceweaver helmet.
Concept explorations for the Abatur helmet.
Concept art for the Abatur helmet.
Concept art for the Grendel helmet.
Concept art for Chimera's Savior and Compliance Protocol chests.
Concept art of the Revelation Protocol chestpiece.
Concept art of the Epsilon Series Augmentor and Karmawall Augmentor shoulder armors.
Concept art for Chimera's shoulder pieces.
Concept art for Chimera helmet upgrades (right).
Concept exploration of the Chimera core's prosthetic legs.
Concept art of the Chimera core's prosthetic limbs.

Screenshots[edit]

The default Chimera armor core, seen in the armor hall.
A Spartan-IV wearing the base Chimera helmet with various attachments on Cliffhanger.
A Merrow-clad Spartan-IV with the CQS48 Bulldog on Oasis.
A Spartan-IV wearing Flenser, reloading the Bandit on Chasm.
A Spartan-IV wearing Peaceweaver, throwing a grenade on Live Fire.
A Spartan-IV wearing Abatur, sliding on Streets.
A Grendel-clad Spartan-IV alongside a Menachite-clad Spartan-IV.
An Iratus infected Spartan-IV wearing Chimera on Forest.