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===The Spartans' armor=== | ===The Spartans' armor=== | ||
The | The Spartans are all shown wearing armor identical to the heavily modified version of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI]] that Cortana devised for John-117. From a production standpoint, the use of the ''Halo 4''-era armor design is most likely out of necessity to employ existing 3D assets for the cinematic, and possibly a stylistic choice to create a connection to the aesthetic style of the game proper. ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' retcons these suits as the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]] variant upon which John's revised armor was based,<ref>[http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409334828,00.html '''DK Publising''' - ''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'' '''Preview''']</ref> much like the original Mark VI was canonically based on John's Mark IV variant from ''[[The Package]]'' and ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''. | ||
The suits display elements not typical of the Mark IV, such as energy shields and built-in thrusters. The thrusters the cutscene's Spartans use to slow their descent would have been useful to [[Red Team]] during their freefall drop at the [[Fall of Reach]], and later to John during his drop from the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], yet their respective MJOLNIR Mark V and Mark VI suits lacked them. Strangely, the thrusters are positioned at the base of the suits' microfusion reactors, rather than at the top of the back as usual. Though the suits' energy shields may seem anachronistic, Mark IV energy shielding prototypes had entered field testing by [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 119'': ''"Energy shielding was a key feature of Mark V, although other Spartan squads had field-tested prototypes of this technology as early as 2531."''</ref> | The suits display elements not typical of the Mark IV, such as energy shields and built-in thrusters. The thrusters the cutscene's Spartans use to slow their descent would have been useful to [[Red Team]] during their freefall drop at the [[Fall of Reach]], and later to John during his drop from the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], yet their respective MJOLNIR Mark V and Mark VI suits lacked them. Strangely, the thrusters are positioned at the base of the suits' microfusion reactors, rather than at the top of the back as usual. Though the suits' energy shields may seem anachronistic, Mark IV energy shielding prototypes had entered field testing by [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 119'': ''"Energy shielding was a key feature of Mark V, although other Spartan squads had field-tested prototypes of this technology as early as 2531."''</ref> | ||