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*The current model for the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron was titled as the Mark V[B] shoulder in the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]. The Beta's FJ/PARA shoulders became the UA/Multi-threat shoulders in the final game.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WD0RK578PY '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Reach - The Armory Montage'']</ref><ref>[http://www.spawn.com/news/news6.aspx?id=13704 '''SPAWN.COM''': ''HALO: REACH SERIES 2 ANNOUNCED'']</ref>
*The current model for the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron was titled as the Mark V[B] shoulder in the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]. The Beta's FJ/PARA shoulders became the UA/Multi-threat shoulders in the final game.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WD0RK578PY '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Reach - The Armory Montage'']</ref><ref>[http://www.spawn.com/news/news6.aspx?id=13704 '''SPAWN.COM''': ''HALO: REACH SERIES 2 ANNOUNCED'']</ref>
*[[Catherine-B320]]'s FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron pictured in a cover art image for ''Game Informer'' magazine started a recurring joke among the fan community as the shoulder can be seen resembling a face. This "character" was jokingly dubbed "Oonsk" as a humorous pronunciation of the "UNSC" labeled to the shoulder.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=28577 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''The Birth of an Icon'']</ref> The character was later acknowledged by [[Bungie]] in their [[Bungie Weekly Update|weekly updates]],<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_012210 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01.22.10'']</ref> and was included in a painting created by [[Frank O'Connor]].<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive32.pl?read=963223 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: kjfsklg;'']</ref> The painting was later auctioned off by IGN as a part of a charity event.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=28772 '''IGN''': ''IGN for Haiti - Oonsk Sells Big'']</ref>
*[[Catherine-B320]]'s FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron pictured in a cover art image for ''Game Informer'' magazine started a recurring joke among the fan community as the shoulder can be seen resembling a face. This "character" was jokingly dubbed "Oonsk" as a humorous pronunciation of the "UNSC" labeled to the shoulder.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=28577 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''The Birth of an Icon'']</ref> The character was later acknowledged by [[Bungie]] in their [[Bungie Weekly Update|weekly updates]],<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_012210 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01.22.10'']</ref> and was included in a painting created by [[Frank O'Connor]].<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive32.pl?read=963223 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: kjfsklg;'']</ref> The painting was later auctioned off by IGN as a part of a charity event.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=28772 '''IGN''': ''IGN for Haiti - Oonsk Sells Big'']</ref>
*The knee guards are very similar to the knee guards on the [[ODST Ballistic Battle Armor]] in Halo 3.
*The knee guards are very similar to the knee guards on the [[ODST Ballistic Battle Armor]] in Halo 3.
*The shoulder pauldrons share a similar geometry to the [[Health Packs]] encountered throughout the Halo series.
*The shoulder pauldrons share a similar geometry to the [[Health Packs]] encountered throughout the Halo series.
*The knee guards are unique as the only set of knee guards that are colored according to the player's secondary armor color.
*The knee guards are unique as the only set of knee guards that are colored according to the player's secondary armor color.
*The FJ/PARA knee guards appear to be popular among the members of noble team, not counting noble 6, four members of noble team have been known to use this, [[Carter]], [[Jun]], [[Emile]], and [[Thom]].
*The FJ/PARA knee guards appear to be popular among the members of noble team, not counting noble 6, four members of noble team have been known to use this, [[Carter]], [[Jun]], [[Emile]], and [[Thom]]. The only exceptions to this are [[Jorge]] and [[Cat]], who wears MJOLNIR Mark IV[G] knee guards, and Cat wears the Mark V standard.
*It is possible that the FJ/PARA knees are actually supposed to be default, and vice versa, as FJ/PARA are stated to be, and should be, smaller and more compact. Also, the majority of Noble team wears them, except for Jorge, who wears a heavily customized and upgraded Mark IV, and Kat, who wears the Air Assault helmet and FJ/PARA shoulders. It would make sense for her knees to be FJ/PARA as well, and for the much more common ones to be Default (meaning, reversed).
*It is possible that the FJ/PARA knees were intended to be the default option instead of a variant, but for unknown reasons, this situation was reversed. Prior to the game's finalization, what would become the FJ/PARA knee guards were present on Noble Six, representing the character wearing basic armor prior to to the player's customization.


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