Editing JOTUN Heavy Industries

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[[File:JOTUN logo.png|thumb|200px|right|Logo of the company.]]
'''Jotun Heavy Industries''' is a [[human]] company based on [[Mars]].<ref name="Harvest97">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 97''</ref> They design and manufacture farming and other agriculture equipment and are specialized in the construction of semi-autonomous farm machinery.

==History==
During the [[First Battle of Harvest]], Harvest's agricultural operations AI, [[Mack]], used JOTUN cropdusters to knock down a [[Spirit dropship]] in [[Utgard]]. After the human survivors escaped the planet, Mack transferred himself into the thousands of JOTUNs operating on the planet. As the [[Covenant]] [[Glassing|glassed]] Harvest, Mack used the JOTUN machines to relay messages to the colony's shipping operations AI, [[Sif]], when both of their data arrays had been destroyed. His messages were later recorded in [[ONI Colonial Security Estimate 2525.10.110]].

In [[2556]], Jotun Heavy Industries was "Flagged for Review" by [[ONI]] after the [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|Sedra terrorist attack]].<ref name="Halo Nightfall">'''[[Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path]]'''</ref>

==Machines==
There were at least five series of JOTUNs farming equipment and at least one prototype model as of [[2525]].

===Series 2===
This series was considered obsolete by 2525 and mainly used by smaller farmers on Harvest.<ref name="Harvest97"/>

===Series 4===
Series 4 gondolas collect crops from the sides of the machines. [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] and [[Byrne]] used one of these to provide a distraction while they snuck up on the [[Harvest militia|Colonial Militia]] recruits during a training exercise at the [[Harvest Reactor Complex]]. They were one of the types of JOTUN that [[Mack]] used to host his consciousness after his data center had been destroyed.<ref name="Harvest97"/> 

===Series 5===
The series 5 Gondolas collect crops from the rear of the machine. It is powered by a three thousand horsepower ethanol-electric engine. Mack used machines of this series to host himself after the destruction of his data center.<ref name="Harvest97"/>

===Multi-tasking machines===
Although their official name is unknown, Johnson saw these in the Harvest's capital city of [[Utgard]].<ref name="Harvest97"/> They are a series of JOTUNs that are capable of doing a large variety of different tasks.

===Prototypes===
One of the prototypes was on a [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping|DCS]] [[freighter]], ''[[This End Up]]'', commanded by [[Henry Gibson|Henry "Hank" Gibson]], who was killed in the resulting fight with the Covenant. When the Covenant attacked the vessel, the [[Huragok]] [[Lighter Than Some]] saw the prototype and later built a new vehicle type based on it as a peace offering for humanity. However, the [[Jiralhanae]] of the ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' appropriated the Huragok's creation as a combat vehicle and it became the template for what would be later known as the [[Brute Chopper]].

The machine Gibson was carrying was a massive machine designed to till wide swaths of earth. It has six massive wheels and a large beam with spikes on the front to carry around the earth.

===Cropdusters===
JOTUN cropdusters are used to spray fertilizers and fungicides on a variety of crops.

===Elephant HRVs===
JOTUN also manufactures the [[M312 Elephant|M312]] and [[M313 Elephant|M313]] "Elephant" mobile recovery platforms, as well as the vehicle's civilian variant, the [[Olifant]] garbage truck.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 55''</ref>

===Neides heavy auger===
The [[EM-240 Neides auger]] is a heavy-duty, durable, mining machine that has offers nearly unsurpassed productivity to colonial resource-extraction operations. Using the latest in solid-state [[laser]] technologies, the Neides excels at yielding higher drilling efficiencies and reducing the risk for operational errors.<ref name="glassed"/>

===Arilus===
The [[JOTUN Arilus]] is a popular utility truck that can be fitted with a large number of specialized tool attachments. Many Arilus trucks used on [[Meridian]] are fitted with special-purpose glass-boring drills designed to bore into the vitrified soil on [[Glassing|glassed]] colony worlds.<ref name="glassed">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-looking-glassed '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Looking Glassed'']</ref>

===Others===
Almost nothing is known about JOTUN's Series 1 and 3 machines.

==Facilities==
The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:
*[[Mars]]
*[[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], [[Earth]]<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Mombasa Streets]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 2: Anniversary''', campaign level ''[[Metropolis]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The name JOTUN is a phrase from Norse mythology, meaning "giant", fitting with the many Norse references on Harvest. In-universe, this is merely coincidental, as the firm itself is not based on Harvest.
*In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', Jotun's company logo can be seen on multiple buildings in [[New Mombasa]], suggesting that they had a branch in the city.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Halo3 122956431 Medium.jpg|A Jotun building in New Mombasa.
File:Halo3 122956459 Full.jpg|A Jotun building in the New Mombasa skyline.
File:JOTUN Building City.png|A Jotun building in [[New Mombasa city center]].

</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{Indirect appearance}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{Indirect appearance}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Dirt]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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