Hyper-lethal vector
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"Hyper-lethal vector",[1] sometimes shortened to simply "hyper-lethal",[2] is a rating used by the United Nations Space Command. It is a term that has been used to describe all Spartan supersoldiers, including SPARTAN-IIs,[3] SPARTAN-IIIs,[2] and SPARTAN-IVs, when outfitted with MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor.[2][4][5][6]
The GEN3 Stormfall helmet and its suite of software and sensors is noted to "redefine" hyper-lethal.[7]
Production notes[edit]
The term "hyper-lethal" first emerged in Halo: Reach, in which it was used to describe the player character Noble Six. The term is first used by Doctor Halsey in the A Spartan Will Rise ViDoc, where she notes the term in Six's file—and that "only one other Spartan" (implied to be John-117, the player character in the original Halo trilogy) has that rating.[8] The term was used in Noble Six's performance report[1] and Firefight voice description,[9] and was later the name of a challenge in the game.
Later media expanded the term to be a much broader one that encompassed all Spartans.[2][5]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Reach ViDoc: A Spartan Will Rise (First appearance)
- Halo 5: Guardians (Mentioned only)[10]
- Halo: Ground Command (Mentioned only)[2]
- Halo Infinite (Mentioned only)
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c Noble Team performance reports: Noble Six
- ^ a b c d e Halo Waypoint, Community Update - Summer Red, Summer Blue: "Each Spartan is a hyper-lethal special forces operative" (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2017) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 57: "the Spartan-IIs and the Master Chief are rated as "hyper-lethal" by ONI tactical analysts."
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Community Update - Blitz Coverage: Techsuit description "Together, super-soldier, techsuit, and assault armor constitute a single hyper-lethal asset." (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2017) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ a b Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 26: "Together, Spartan-IV super-soldier and Generation 2 Mjolnir powered armor constitute a single hyper-lethal asset."
- ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: TAS/ORCUS - Helmet Attachment Description "The doctrine of Spartan intelligence units is Find, Fix, and Finish. Exploitation and analysis of the remains is a job for technical specialists, not hyper-lethal combat machines."
- ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: Stormfall - Helmet Description "Only when paired with a Wyrd IV optics suite is the potential of the STORMFALL's fire direction system fully unlocked. Together, the combination of software, sensors, and Spartan redefines hyper-lethal."
- ^ Halo: Reach marketing, Halo: Reach ViDoc: A Spartan Will Rise
- ^ Halo: Reach, Armory: Noble Six Firefight voice description "The sound of a hyper-lethal vector."
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, Weapon Skin: Skulls and Roses "There is a cruel irony in the use of anagathic medical treatments to enhance the hyper-lethality of Spartans."
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