Chimera (armor)
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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] | ” |
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]
Helmets[edit]
Helmets | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |
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![]() Ghostlink Adaptation |
Fracture: Firewall |
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Legendary | Purchase the "Skinned Reflexes" bundle from the Shop for 1,500 cR |
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![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 |
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Visor[edit]
Visors | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | |
![]() ![]() 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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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]
Screenshots[edit]
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 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.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo Infinite
- Season 03: Echoes Within (First appearance)
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder: Didact's Domain (Retrieved on Feb 3, 2023) [archive]