FJ/PARA-class Mjolnir
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
FJ/PARA
|
 A Spartan clad in Mark V[B], employing the FJ/PARA shoulders and knees.
|
Production overview
|
Type:
|
MJOLNIR [GEN1]
|
Role(s):
|
Airborne infantry lightweight protection
|
|
The FJ/PARA is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor.
Overview[edit]
Compatible with the Mark V, the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons and knee guards were designed specifically for airborne units, with the purpose of maximum protection with minimum weight.[1] In 2552, Kat-B320 of NOBLE Team wore the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons. Four other members of NOBLE Team wore the FJ/PARA knee guards: Carter-A259, Jun-A266, Emile-A239, and Thom-A293.[2][3] After the Human-Covenant War, the knee guards of NOBLE-, VIGILANT-, and Wrath-classes Mjolnir featured physical architecture similar to FJ/PARA knee guards due to the armors being recreations of custom armors which belonged to the Spartan-IIIs from NOBLE Team. Similarly, the shoulder pauldrons of INTRUDER-class Mjolnir also resembled the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons of Kat-B320's armor.[4]
In-game information[edit]
Halo: Reach[edit]
The FJ/PARA armor types are unlockable in the game's purchase system via the use of cR. In Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the FJ/PARA armor types are attainable in the Season 1: Noble progression system. The knee guards are unique as the only set of knee guards that are colored according to the player's secondary armor color.
Armor
|
Description
|
Unlock requirements (Halo: Reach)
|
Unlock requirements (Halo: MCC)
|
  FJ/PARA shoulders
|
Designed specifically for airborne units; maximum protection, minimum weight.
|
Recruit, 250 cR
|
Season 1, Tier 11 ( 1)
|
 FJ/PARA knee guards
|
Recruit, 10,000 cR
|
Season 1, Tier 33 ( 1)
|
Production notes[edit]
- "FJ" is an abbreviation of Fallschirmjäger, the German word for "paratrooper".
- In the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, the final model for the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron was designated as the Mark V[B]. The FJ/PARA shoulders from the Beta then became the UA/Multi-threat shoulder pauldrons in the final game.
- It is possible that the FJ/PARA knee guards were intended to be the default in-game knee guards instead of a variant. Prior to the game's finalization, what would become the FJ/PARA knee guards were present on SPARTAN-B312, representing the character wearing basic armor prior to the player's customization. Even after being given fully default armor, most videos and images showed the SPARTAN wearing FJ/PARA kneeguards with otherwise fully default armor; the Xbox Avatar of Noble Six also still has FJ/PARA knee guards.
- Kat-B320's FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron pictured in a cover art image for Game Informer magazine started a recurring joke among the fan community as the shoulder can be seen resembling a face. This "character" was jokingly dubbed "Oonsk" as a humorous pronunciation of the "UNSC" labeled to the shoulder.[5] The character was later acknowledged by Bungie in their weekly updates,[6] and was included in a painting created by Frank O'Connor.[7] The painting was later auctioned off by IGN as a part of a charity event.[8]
Gallery[edit]
The FJ/PARA shoulder piece in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, now titled UA/Multi-Threat.
FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron in Halo: Reach Armory.
FJ/PARA knee guard in Halo: Reach Armory.
Kat-B320 wearing FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons.
List of appearances[edit]
Sources[edit]
List of armor permutations by game titles
|
|
Human
|
|
Standard-issue
|
|
|
Powered exoskeleton
|
|
|
Configurations and accessories
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
List of armor permutations by generation
|
|
Mark V
|
|
Base variants
|
|
|
Supplemental armor
|
|
|
Compatible
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|