HELLCAT-class Mjolnir

Hellcat
A suit of MJOLNIR GEN2 Hellcat armor.
Production overview
Manufacturer(s):	Watershed Division
Type:	MJOLNIR [GEN2] MJOLNIR Mark IV

HELLCAT-class Mjolnir is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor manufactured by Watershed Division.

GEN2 overview

Development history

The GEN2 Hellcat armor was designed using artifacts from humanity's prehistoric interstellar empire, mostly collected by the Office of Naval Intelligence from ruins of a dead world and the vault of a shattered starship, presumably the ancient human cruiser found at Site Yankee-002-G3, documented in ONI XENO-MATERIALS EXPLOITATION REPORT 15Y1198, and assigned to Project ARC DREAM. Spartan-IIs testing the armor showed near-perfect synchronization with the armor, though compatible Spartan-IV operators required an acclimatization period and tweaks to their augmentation maintenance before deployment.

Mark IV overview

Design details

The Hellcat helmet and associated armor components are compatible with the upgraded Mark IV MJOLNIR platform. The Hellcat helmet and its black-box neural interface are remarkably compatible with Spartan physiology, and the helmet was designed with the capability to interface with the Marauder's Sigil module which includes a target acquisition system adept at detecting and eliminating Forerunner-derived electronic countermeasures.

Development history

Because of the danger and unpredictability inherent of researching and reverse-engineering Forerunner technology, the Office of Naval Intelligence has accelerated the development of Hellcat armor and other technologies derived from other, more exotic, sources. Hellcat armor was designed and manufactured by ONI's Watershed Division using an amalgamation of recovered ancient technology and breakthroughs in materials engineering procured with Project ARC DREAM. Alongside the development of the Hellcat armor, the Project GABRIEL utility acts as a testbed for exotic systems interlink and munitions programmer supporting weapons research associated with Project ARC DREAM. Still in the process of being reverse-engineered by Watershed Division, the Modulated Instrument wrist-mounted device associated with the Hellcat armor suite is, in theory, analogous to a Forerunner tool-weapon hardlight projector.

In-game information

Halo 5: Guardians

Hellcat would be among the launch-era armor that was first introduced in Halo 5: Guardians as an armor permutation unlockable via the Requisition system. The Hellcat set has two alternate skin designs: Marauder and Onslaught.

Armor	Description	Rarity	Introduced in	Unlock requirements
Hellcat (helmet)	Tests with Spartan-II veterans show near-perfect synchronization with HELLCAT armor, but compatible Spartan-IV operators require an acclimatization period and tweaks to their augmentation maintenance before deployment.	Uncommon	Introduced on launch.	Purchase a Silver REQ pack for 5,000 REQ points.
Hellcat Marauder (helmet skin)		Rare
Hellcat Onslaught (helmet skin)		Ultra Rare		Purchase a Gold REQ pack for 10,000 REQ points.
Hellcat (body)	Built of knowledge stolen from enigmatic ruins on a dead world and materials stripped from the vault of a shattered starship, the HELLCAT is both utterly alien and strangely familiar.	Uncommon		Purchase a Silver REQ pack for 5,000 REQ points.
Hellcat Marauder (body skin)		Rare
Hellcat Onslaught (body skin)		Ultra Rare		Purchase a Gold REQ pack for 10,000 REQ points.

Halo Infinite

The Hellcat armor would return, being made available for multiplayer Spartan armor customization in Halo Infinite, primarily for the Mark IV armor core.

Armor	Manufacturer	Lore	Rarity	Introduced In	Unlock Requirements