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[[File:Bodysuit.png|thumb|250px|SPARTAN-II Blue Team wearing black body suits.]] | [[File:Bodysuit.png|thumb|250px|SPARTAN-II Blue Team wearing black body suits.]] | ||
This | 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''', ''page 79''</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
This | 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.<ref name="for"/> | 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 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 frequent repairs. The suit also limits the wearer's motion, as remarked by [[ | 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 frequent repairs. The suit also limits the wearer's motion, as remarked by [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[Kelly-087]].<ref name="for"/> | ||
The SPARTAN-IIs used [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] [[ODST armor|combat helmets]] in conjunction with their body suits.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp''</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
These suits saw extensive use during the | 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 a [[United Rebel Front|insurrectionist]] base in the asteroid [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus system]].<ref name="for"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 20:49, April 20, 2011
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
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 frequent repairs. The suit also limits the wearer's motion, as remarked by SPARTAN Kelly-087.[1]
The SPARTAN-IIs used ODST combat helmets in conjunction with their body suits.[2]
History
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 a insurrectionist base in the asteroid Eridanus Secundus in the Eridanus system.[1]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp
Sources
