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==Overview==
==Overview==
===Design details===
===Design details===
The combat harness is a widely varied platform, with numerous variants based on the user's occupation, personal taste, rank, fleet assignment and more.{{Ref/Site|Id=Twitter|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/1124910371381243904|Site=Twitter|Page=Jeff Easterling|Quote=The combat harness overall would likely just be pattern commissioned by a particular fleet or shipmaster, and can be used in a variety of different capacities. The executioner's detail should focus more on the helmet, as harness is more an artifact of efficient model use.}} In general, combat harnesses consist of a thoracic cage covering the central body mass, with shoulder pauldrons and leg armor additionally overlaid on top of a base tech suit. The helmet covers the majority of the head and (sometimes) the mandibles of the Sangheili, with the sides of helmet typically having two spike-like protrusions (of varying shape and size, depending on specific model). The front of the helmet is open, showing the Sangheili's face and eyes, and allowing them to extend their mandibles. Combat harnesses typically do not provide much protection to the neck and throat of the occupant, relying more on [[energy shielding]] for protection. This helmet has remained unchanged for eleven hundred cycles, and the thoracic cage has remained unchanged for fifty generations.{{Ref/Game|Id=H3Menu|H3|Combat harness armor permutation description}}
The combat harness is a widely varied platform, with numerous variants based on the user's occupation, personal taste, rank, fleet assignment and more.{{Ref/Site|Id=Twitter|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/1124910371381243904|Site=Twitter|Page=Jeff Easterling|Quote=The combat harness overall would likely just be pattern commissioned by a particular fleet or shipmaster, and can be used in a variety of different capacities. The executioner's detail should focus more on the helmet, as harness is more an artifact of efficient model use.}} In general, combat harnesses consist of a thoracic cage covering the central body mass, with shoulder pauldrons and leg armor additionally overlaid on top of a base tech suit. The helmet covers the majority of the head and (sometimes) the mandibles of the Sangheili, with the sides of the helmet typically having two spike-like protrusions (of varying shape and size, depending on specific model). The front of the helmet is open, showing the Sangheili's face and eyes, and allowing them to extend their mandibles. Combat harnesses typically do not provide much protection to the neck and throat of the occupant, relying more on [[energy shielding]] for protection. This helmet has remained unchanged for eleven hundred cycles, and the thoracic cage has remained unchanged for fifty generations.{{Ref/Game|Id=H3Menu|H3|Combat harness armor permutation description}}


The armor of the combat harness is covered in a [[nanolaminate]] plating, bolstered by the aforementioned energy shielding.  Combined with the undersuit, the harness can enhance the strength and speed of the wearer in a similar fashion to the [[SPARTAN program|Spartans']] [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]].<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p.125</ref> Depending on specific model, combat harnesses can employ a wide range of additional equipment such as built-in [[active camouflage]],{{Ref/Level|H2|The Arbiter}}, [[flashlight]]s,{{Ref/Game|H3|Co-op campaign}} and an [[energy dagger]] built into the gauntlet.{{Ref/Game|HR|Sangheili [[assassinations]]}} Its primary emphasis, to be iconic and inflict psychological trauma, can be linked back to the martial/physical preeminence of the Sangheili people.{{Ref/Reuse|H3Menu}}
The armor of the combat harness is covered in a [[nanolaminate]] plating, bolstered by the aforementioned energy shielding.  Combined with the undersuit, the harness can enhance the strength and speed of the wearer in a similar fashion to the [[SPARTAN program|Spartans']] [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]].<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p.125</ref> Depending on specific model, combat harnesses can employ a wide range of additional equipment such as built-in [[active camouflage]],{{Ref/Level|H2|The Arbiter}}, [[flashlight]]s,{{Ref/Game|H3|Co-op campaign}} and an [[energy dagger]] built into the gauntlet.{{Ref/Game|HR|Sangheili [[assassinations]]}} Its primary emphasis, to be iconic and inflict psychological trauma, can be linked back to the martial/physical preeminence of the Sangheili people.{{Ref/Reuse|H3Menu}}
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