Flight harness
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Elite Flight Armor is a type of armor utilized by the Sangheili.
Introduction
The Elite Flight Armor is structurally very similar to the Elite Assault Armor, and bears minimal changes, mostly on the helmet.
It will be available in Halo 3 multiplayer as an Armor Permutation. However, it is unknown what rank(s) of Elites, if any, naturally don it in campaign combat. It's likely the armour of choice for Sangheili Seraph pilots (if any pilots are seen at all).
It is obviously environmentally sealed, in case the wearer must abandon ship or is in a vacuum for any other reason. Its sealed nature would likely help the Sangheili not to inhale any Flood spores in the atmosphere added during flood terraforming.
It is probable that the wearer could go underwater with this armor on, as well.
It most likely has some sort of cushioning system (possibly gel like MJOLNIR), as a pilot might have to "bang out" with 'terra firma' underneath. Possibly from a great height, higher than the likes of ECA could handle.
It could give the wearer a slight psychological advantage over the enemy because they cannot see the Elite's face, making the Sangheili more stealthy and unknown-enemies fear the unknown.
Unlocking
- Body: Complete Tsavo Highway on Heroic or above
- Shoulders: Complete The Ark on Heroic or above
- Head: Complete Campaign on Heroic or above
Differences
The following is a list of the Elite Flight Armor's aesthetic differences from the Elite Assault Armor:
- Eye pieces are thinner and flatter, and are blue instead of yellow and are farther back in the helmet. The reason of being back farther along the helmet is aking to that of EVA, it is used in space. In space "the slightest movement of the head could send you into an uncontrolable spin", so the "viewport", if you will, must be larger.
- Features a pair of joined conspicuous gray circular plate at the rear of the helmet.
- Mandible guards are larger, featured bolts, and are fused together with a chin guard.
- Missing neck rings at the back of the neck.
- Helmet is more angular and shorter.
- Shoulder plate is truncated and has at its center a circular device.
- Missing articulation lights at the back of the helmet by the cheekbone.
- Helmet has a pyramid shape if viewed from an angle.
- "Detail" color placement is different. (It is alike in all of them except for Assault.)
Images
- EliteFlightArmor.jpg
Elite Flight Armor Helmet
- EAA and EFA.jpg
Elite Assault and Flight Armor helmets compared
- EAC and EFA2.jpg
Elite Assault (right) and Flight (left) Armor top comparison
- EAA and EFA 3.jpg
Elite Assault and Flight Armor side comparison
