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This article is based on canon information, but the article's title is conjectural and/or uses descriptions as the title, as there is currently no official name for the subject.

This article is about the vacuum-enabled light body armor. For other armored suits similar in appearance, see ODST (disambiguation).

SPARTAN-II Fred-104 wearing a black body suit.

This body suit is a vacuum-enabled suit of light body armor used by the United Nations Space Command in operations in vacuum environments.^[1]

Description[edit]

Views of the black body suit.

This body suit is a black, form-fitting suit of polymer body armor. It is able to deflect small-caliber rounds.

The suit is equipped with cooling and heating units that masks the infrared signature of the wearer, as well as creating a comfortable environment. The helmet has encrypted communications gear and a heads-up display, along with thermal sensors and motion detectors. The whole suit is fully sealed and gas tight, making them wearable in vacuum for up to fifteen minutes when equipped with an oxygen tank.^[1]

Unfortunately, the suit's general complexity leads to complications. Over prolonged periods of time the suit will become very uncomfortable to wear, is difficult to repair in the field, and is often in need of repairs. The suit also limits the wearer's motion, as remarked by Spartan Kelly-087.^[1]

History[edit]

These suits saw extensive use during the 2520s. They were used by the Spartan-IIs in several missions before they received their MJOLNIR armor. One of these missions involved infiltrating an Insurrectionist base in the asteroid Eridanus Secundus in the Eridanus system.^[1]

Production notes[edit]

In the Halo: Fall of Reach comic adaptation, the suits' helmets are modeled after those of the ODST armor. In Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series, the helmets are changed to a unique design while the bodysuits themselves are almost identical to the base techsuit of the GEN2 Mjolnir armor.

Gallery[edit]

Paintover of the suit.
Blue Team wearing black body suits.
Black body suit-clad Blue Team members capture Colonel Robert Watts.
Blue Team wearing the suits in Halo: Fall of Reach.
Blue Team assaulting a room wearing the body suits.
The Spartans capturing Watts.

List of appearances[edit]

Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
Halo: Fall of Reach
- Boot Camp
Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series

Sources[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Halo: The Fall of Reach, Chapter 9, page 79(2001 paperback); page 99(2010 paperback)

[for-1] Halo: The Fall of Reach, Chapter 9, page 79(2001 paperback); page 99(2010 paperback)

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-{{Era|FOR|CH}}
+{{Status|Canon}}
-{{Ratings}}
+{{Conjectural title|1}}
+{{disambig header|the vacuum-enabled light body armor|other armored suits similar in appearance|ODST (disambiguation)}}
+[[File:HTFOR AS - Fred in body suit.jpg|thumb|250px|SPARTAN-II Fred-104 wearing a black body suit.]]
+This '''body suit''' is a [[vacuum suit|vacuum-enabled suit]] of light body armor used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] in operations in vacuum environments.<ref name="for">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', Chapter 9, ''page 79''(2001 paperback); ''page 99''(2010 paperback)</ref>
-<center>''For the [[ODST]] [[Armor]], see [[ODST Battle Armor]]''</center>
+==Description==
+[[File:HTFORAS BlackBodySuit Textured 1.jpg|200px|thumb|Views of the black body suit.]]
-The '''Black Body Suit''', as it's referred to, is a [[Vacuum Suit|vacuum-enabled suit]] of light body armor used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] in operations in vacuum environments.<ref name="for">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 79</ref>
+This body suit is a black, form-fitting suit of polymer body armor. It is able to deflect small-caliber rounds.
-==Description==
+The suit is equipped with cooling and heating units that masks the infrared signature of the wearer, as well as creating a comfortable environment. The helmet has encrypted communications gear and a [[heads-up display]], along with thermal sensors and motion detectors. The whole suit is fully sealed and gas tight, making them wearable in vacuum for up to fifteen minutes when equipped with an oxygen tank.{{Ref/Reuse|for}}
-This Body Suit is a black, form-fitting suit of polymer body armor, able to deflect small-caliber rounds.
-The suit is equipped with cooling and heating units that masks the infrared signature of the wearer, as well as creating a comfortable environment. The helmet has encrypted communications gear and a [[HUD]], along with thermal sensors and motion detectors. The whole suit is fully sealed and gas tight, making them wearable in vacuum for up to fifteen minutes when equipped with an oxygen tank.<ref name="for"/>
+Unfortunately, the suit's general complexity leads to complications. Over prolonged periods of time the suit will become very uncomfortable to wear, is difficult to repair in the field, and is often in need of repairs. The suit also limits the wearer's motion, as remarked by [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kelly-087]].{{Ref/Reuse|for}}
 ==History==
-These suits saw extensive use during the 2520's. They were used by the [[Spartan-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] in several missions, before they got their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR Armor]]. One of these missions involved infiltrating a [[Eridanus Rebels|Rebel]] base in the asteroid [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus System]].<ref name="for"/>
+These suits saw extensive use during the 2520s. They were used by the Spartan-IIs in several missions before they received their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]]. [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|One of these missions]] involved infiltrating an [[Insurrectionist]] base in the asteroid [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus system]].{{Ref/Reuse|for}}
-Similar suits were used by [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]] during humanity's [[Skirmish Over Harvest|very first combat encounter]] with the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] over planet [[Harvest]].<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]</ref>
+==Production notes==
+In the ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' comic adaptation, the suits' helmets are modeled after those of the [[ODST armor]]. In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'', the helmets are changed to a unique design while the bodysuits themselves are almost identical to the base techsuit of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|GEN2 Mjolnir armor]].
-==Disadvantages==
+==Gallery==
-Unfortunately, the suit's general complexity leads to complications. Over prolonged periods of time the suit will become very uncomfortable to wear, and is difficult to repair in the field, and it's known to always need repairs. The suit also limits the wearer's motion, as remarked by [[Kelly-087|SPARTAN-087]].<ref name="for"/>
+<gallery>
+File:HTFORAS BlackBodySuit Textured 2.jpg|Paintover of the suit.
+File:HTFoR AS - Blue 05.jpg|[[Blue Team]] wearing black body suits.
+File:HTFoR AS - Blue 07.jpg|Black body suit-clad Blue Team members capture Colonel [[Robert Watts]].
+File:Bodysuit.png|Blue Team wearing the suits in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''.
+File:Blueteam Splash.png|Blue Team assaulting a room wearing the body suits.
+File:Watts' Capture.png|The Spartans capturing Watts.
+</gallery>
-==Trivia==
+==List of appearances==
-*Some people believe that the Black Body Suit is in fact the same as the [[ODST Battle Armor]], but this is merely speculation. Given the vast differences between them it is extremely unlikely that they are related to each other. This belief however, has led to the misconception that the ODST armor has the same properties, such as vacuum protection, as this suit.
+*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
+**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
+*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
 ==Sources==
-<references/>
+{{Ref/Sources}}
-{{Body suites}}
-{{Halo armours}}
+{{Armor|Human}}
 [[Category:Armor]]
 [[Category:UNSC uniforms]]