UNSC Ordnance Commission

The UNSC Ordnance Commission, also referred to as the UNSC Ordnance Committee, is a branch of the UNSC High Command.

2536
The Hayabusa Powered Assault Armor was presented to the commission in late 2536 by RKD Group, a think-tank on Earth.

2525-2552
Before and during the Fall of Reach, many of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor suits employed saw continual refinement and upgrades as a part of he Ordnance Committee's commitment to rapid spiral development.

2553
This Ordnance Commission, held at the Damascus Materials Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV, took place on May 2553. This commission event was headed by the major armor defense companies and sponsored by the Office of Naval Intelligence. Shortly after the Human-Covenant War, the Commission validated the need for specialized, defense-centric armor variants. These would be used for the protection of civilian populations rather than the assault on enemy strongholds.

In response, Imbrium Machine Complex developed the MJOLNIR/Defender variant, which followed the various strictures of the Commission's rulings but remained an effective combat system. Due to the armor's proven performance, the Commission made an exception for the Mark VI GEN1. The Commission also approved the exploration by Hannibal Weapon Systems for a Rogue GEN2 variant. Due to the cost of the Oceanic variant, its operation requires level-four Ordnance Commission approval. As a result of the Commission, Imbrium Machine Complex took control of oversight and production of the Recon variant, refining and improving the existing architecture for SPARTAN-IV use. Air Assault met all the Ordnance commission strictures for groundside combat.

After the roll-out of the first GEN2 Mjolnir systems battle-proven Mk. IV and Mk. V variants were considered for reassessment by the Committee, at the request of vereran Spartan II and Spartan III operatives.

2557
The Ruptive skin for the M395 DMR, MA5D assault rifle, BR85 battle rifle, M20 SMG, and M6H2 magnum was approved by the commission in 2557.

Unknown year
MJOLNIR/Argonaut was proposed, and if it cleared the committees approval loops it will be able to accept next-generation Block 10 Interface Controller hardware.

List of appearances

 * Halo 3
 * Halo 5: Guardians