Assault harness



The Assault Armor is a variation of Elite body armor.

Introduction
The Assault Harness is an armor set of the Elite race. It features a dynamic recharging Energy Shield. It is an Armor Permutation, in Halo 3 Multiplayer. Bungie has confirmed that all of the Armor Permutations have no effect on gameplay, though a smaller helmet may help reduce the possibility of headshots. It is one of the four permutations to be unlocked by default.

Development and History
It is a reissued pre-Covenant Elite Harness that features reinforced aligned composites and buttress principle protective stratum to preserve structural coherence of underlying tissue, and ultra resilient deltoid protection to aid in the concussive shock force and direct kinetic energy. Much like the Combat Harness it is also designed to be intimidating and damage the enemy's psyche and morale. The armour was restricted from use when the Sangheili joined the Covenant, due to its startling effectiveness, but began to once again issue the armor after seceding.

Helmet Characteristics
The helmet is completely sealed unlike the combat armour and its main feature is a rounded plate around their forehead and head. It then features a pair of orange goggle like lenses. Both mandibles are protected by an angular guard and features a neck ring to the back with a pair of lights on each side.

Deltoid Protection Characteristics
The Deltoid Protection Plate is squared off with a simple set of shapes and rectangle plate with a roughly triangular form on each side.

Thoracic Cage Characteristics
The Thoracic Cage of the Assault Harness is nearly identical to that of the Combat Harness. The differences include a pair of clasps on each shoulder and a hexagonal piece armour set on the centre of the chest.

Unlock

 * Head: Starter.
 * Shoulders: Starter.
 * Body: Starter.

Trivia

 * Rtas 'Vadum, wears the shoulder and body pieces of this armour permutation with the helmet of a Combat variant during the events of Halo 3.
 * This is the type of armour SpecOps Officer Usze 'Taham bears (if playing 4-person co-op).
 * In the Halo 3 level Floodgate, some Elite corpses have an Assault helmet, but due to a glitch the Combat helmets are on them as well, making a combination helmet. These corpses only appear toward the end of level in the crashed Flood ship.
 * The Ranger Elites from Halo 2 wear a type of helmet similar to the Assault helmet.
 * This is the only Elite armor variation seen in Halo 3's campaign other than the standard Combat armor.
 * In the machinima Marlin the Elite, Marlin's grandmother wears an Assault helmet.
 * Also in the machinima "Arby 'n' Chief" Arbiter wears the Assault Varient while playing Xbox Live.