Hydrostatic gel

Hydrostatic Gel is a component of the Powered Assault Armor worn by the Spartan IIs. It's a blueish semi-liquid forming a layer inside the armor. It is likelly one of the innermost layers, but it is not in contact with the operator's skin.

Design
It was designed by Dr. Catherine Halsey, a civilian scientist in the employment of the UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence section three as a component of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor. It is one of the main components alongside the Luminous Green Refractive Titanium Alloy (External), the Matte Black Alloy (External), the self re-generating energy shield, the Reactive Metal Liquid Crystal Layer(added to the mark IV and later models) and the pressure seal.

Purpose
Hydrostatic Gel main purposes is conform to the wearer's shape and body temperature, keeping the wearer from getting hot or cold, the Gel have the abbility to be pressurized to various levels, allowing it's wearer an amount of cushioning during hard impacts. This way, a wearer can survive falls from great heights or other similar conditions as long as they pressurize the armor.

Trivia

 * In the opening cutscene of Halo 3 John 117 is seen falling two kilometers, crashing down somewhere in the Kenian jungle. It is later revealed that the gel layer took most of this impact, as John 117 is unharmed.
 * There is an emergency exhaust port in the armor that releases Hydrostatic gel when the suit becomes too hot to prevent the wearer from being boiled alive.