RECRUIT-class Mjolnir

Recruit
Production overview
Manufacturer(s):	Hannibal Weapon Systems Materials Group (Forearms and greaves)
Testing site(s):	WG/Facility 93-00/Kotka Chi Ceti IV (Manufacturing location for greaves) FFG-045's combat lab (Forearms)
Type:	MJOLNIR [GEN2]
Role(s):	Standard default armor configuration for all recruited Spartan personnel
Technical specifications
Feature(s):	Class-A hardened reactor case Common solid-plate pauldrons

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Standard default armor configuration for all recruited Spartan personnel.

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RECRUIT-class Mjolnir is the standard-issue MJOLNIR GEN2 armor set manufactured by Hannibal Weapon Systems and Materials Group. It is the standard armor for all newly recruited SPARTAN-IV personnel.

Overview

Design details

The reactor is covered by a "Class-A hardened reactor case". The shoulders are called "common solid-plate pauldrons". There is a power conduit on the cuisse. The feet have segmented plates to increase mobility. The armor is designed to cope with the strain and duress experienced by newly augmented Spartan-IV.

The standard color scheme for Recruit-equipped Spartans aboard the UNSC Infinity consists of orange-yellow stripes at various points, most notably along the center of the helmet, though the suit remains largely unpainted. Whether this color scheme is common among all recently inducted SPARTAN-IVs is unknown.

Development History

The majority of the Recruit variants were manufactured by Hannibal Weapon Systems and tested at WG/Facility 93-00/Kotka. Both the forearms and greaves were manufactured by the Materials Group, with the forearms tested at FFG-045's combat lab, and the greaves manufactured on Chi Ceti IV. Testing for the GEN2 version was swiftly done, as by January 2553 a copy of the armor was onboard the UNSC Infinity.

Decades of combat experience with Mjolnir suits informed the design and electronics hardware architecture of the RECRUIT helmet.

Skins

The Prime skin is part of the Infinity Actual Kit recommended for Spartan-IV first contact and asymmetrical operations.

Usage

Newly inducted Spartans are required to use the Recruit-class armor for an individually determined time frame before requisitioning custom kits. The armor's performance consistency raises eyebrows among the more experienced Spartans, however, and despite its popularity, many Spartan-IVs opt to diversify the armor with other variants.

Spartans in the Recruit variant armor were sold as toys. One child had painted his Recruit Spartan action figure to resemble the Master Chief.

In-game information

Halo 4

Reruit was first introduced as an armor set in Halo 4. The player default, Recruit featured two additional variants with Recruit Prime and Recruit Tiger.

Armor	Description	Unlock requirements (Halo 4)	Unlock requirements (Halo: MCC)
Recruit	Description (H4): Standard default armor configuration for all recruited Spartan personnel.	Unlocked by default.	Unlocked by default.
	Forearms Description (H4): Standardized RECRUIT-class vambrace systems, vetted in the 'FFG-045' combat lab.
	Legs Description (H4): Conventional RECRUIT-class full greave system manufactured on Chi Ceti IV.
	Helmet description (MCC): Standard-issue helmet for Spartan-IV personnel.
	Shoulders description (MCC): Modular left/right spaulder from Recruit-class armor.
	Chest description (MCC): Simple, reliable, and able to be manufactured in large numbers.
	Forearms description (MCC): Recruit-class vambrace vetted in the FFG-045 combat lab.
	Legs description (MCC): Recruit-class greaves manufactured on Chi Ceti IV.
Recruit Prime (PRME) skin	Description (H4): Customized with PRME armor skin.	Purchase the Halo 4 Limited Edition or Halo 4 Game of the Year Edition.	Unlocked by default on Series 4: Reclaimer update.
	Helmet description (MCC): Recruit helmet customized with PRIME coating.
	Shoulder description (MCC): Recruit left/right spaulder customized with PRIME coating.
	Chest description (MCC): Recruit chassis customized with PRIME coating.
	Forearms description (MCC): Recruit vambrace customized with PRIME coating.
Recruit Tiger (TIGR) skin	Legs description (MCC): Recruit-class greaves customized with TIGER coating.	Complete the Exterminator - Master commendation.	Unlocked by default on Series 4: Reclaimer update.

Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta

Recruit would return in the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta as the default armor within the beta. Additionally, a second variant dubbed "Recruit BRN" was unlockable through the beta's progression system.

Armor	Manufacturer	Description	Unlock requirements