Combat harness: Difference between revisions

===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 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}}

====''Gheocin-pattern'' combat harness====

The ''Gheocin''-pattern combat harness model{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=201}} has been seen widely employed by Sangheili across the Covenant, including the fleets of Sacred Consecration, Particular Justice{{Ref/Game|HFR|Sangheili in-game models}}, those of [[High Charity]]'s defense forces and - following the empire's fall - the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]. It features black stripes running down the sides of the helmet, but an otherwise solid-color depending on role and rank. This armor design is angular, when compared to the other combat harness models.

====''Od'wagra-pattern'' combat harness====

The ''Od'wagra''-pattern combat harness{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} has been seen primarily employed by the [[Sangheili Minor]]s of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], during the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Game|HR|Sangheili Minor in-game model}}. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], some Minors of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] employed it.{{Ref/Game|CEA|Sangheili Minor in-game model}} This harness is typically seen in a light blue coloration, and has a noticeably rounder and more curvilinear form as compared to other combat harnesses.

A similar harness style was employed by Sangheili during the [[Harvest campaign]], [[Battle for Arcadia]] and [[Battle of Trove]] serving under [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]]. This armor, notably employed by Minors, cyan-colored [[Stealth Sangheili]] and [[Honor Guard]]s and a gold-colored [[Field Master]] features an almost identical helmet design, with slightly more angular edges to the armor plating. This armor design also features more distinct shoulder pads.{{Ref/Game|HW|Sangheili cutscene models}} During [[Operation: WARM BLANKET]], [[Luro 'Taralumee]] and [[Thel 'Lodamee]] (amongst the other Sangheili of the  fleet) employed this alternate design in gold and red coloration, sometimes employing helmets from other harness models.<ref>''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]</ref>

File:HW6.png|Sangheili stealth units using these harness variants.

While some Sangheili roles such as [[Sangheili Storm|Storm]], [[Commander (Covenant)|Commander]] and [[Sangheili Warrior|Warrior]] have seen a resurgence in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era in factions such as [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]], the combat harness is still widely employed even by Sangheili who no longer follow the ways of the old Covenant,{{Ref/Game|H2A|Elite armor permutation description}} notably the infantry of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] - who have adopted their own color scheme in place of those of the Covenant.{{Ref/Level|H2A|The Heretic}} The post-Covenant empire factions have also seen much more leniency in armor color-coding and configuration compared to the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Archive}}

File:HINF Wort Charm Icon.png|A weapon charm featuring a Sangheili wearing a ''Od'wagra''-pattern combat harness in ''Halo Infinite''.

File:HINF SangheiliMercenaryClose.jpg|A Sangheili Mercenary wearing a post-war combat harness in ''Halo Infinite''.

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