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FJ/PARA attachments

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FJ/PARA-class Mjolnir from Halo: Reach armor permutation in Halo: The Master Chief Collection menu.
A Spartan clad in Mark V[B], employing the FJ/PARA shoulders and knees.

FJ/PARA, also designated as FJ or nicknamed "para",[1] is a category of supplemental armor for the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor.[2]

OverviewEdit

Design detailsEdit

Compatible with the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor, from Mark V to the [GEN2] platform, the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron were designed specifically for airborne units, with the purpose of maximum protection with minimum weight,[2] while the knee guards function as lightweight and shock-absorbing armor.[3]

UsageEdit

In 2552, Catherine-B320 of NOBLE Team wore the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons. Four other members of NOBLE Team wore the FJ/PARA knee guards: Carter-A259, Jun-A266, Emile-A239, and Thom-A293.[4][5] After the Human-Covenant War, the knee guards of NOBLE-, VIGILANT-, and WRATH-classes Mjolnir featured physical architecture similar to FJ/PARA knee guards due to the armors being recreations of the customized armors which belonged to the Spartan-IIIs from NOBLE Team.[6][7][8][9] Similarly, the shoulder pauldron of INTRUDER-class Mjolnir also resembled the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons of Kat-B320's armor.[10]

In-game informationEdit

Halo: ReachEdit

The FJ/PARA armor types are unlockable in the game's purchase system via the use of cR. In Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the FJ/PARA armor types are attainable in the Season 1: Noble progression system. The knee guards are unique as the only set of knee guards that are colored according to the player's secondary armor color.

Armor Description Unlock requirements
(Halo: Reach)
Unlock requirements
(Halo: MCC)
  
FJ/PARA shoulders
Designed specifically for airborne units; maximum protection, minimum weight.   Recruit, 250 cR Series 1, Tier 11 (  1)
 
FJ/PARA knee guards
  Recruit, 10,000 cR Series 1, Tier 33 (  1)

Halo 5: GuardiansEdit

The FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons are built into the INTRUDER-class Mjolnir.[10] The FJ/PARA knee guards are built into the NOBLE-, VIGILANT-, and WRATH-classes Mjolnir variants.[6][7][8] All these variants are unlockable in armor customization through the Requisition system.

Halo InfiniteEdit

The FJ/PARA shoulder pads and knee guards return on the Mark V[B] armor core in Halo Infinite, designated as the SAP/FJ shoulder pads and UA/Type FJ knee guard, respectively. During Season 01: Heroes of Reach, the SAP/FJ shoulder pads was designated as the SAP/MKVB.[11]

Shoulders Manufacturer Lore Rarity Unlock Requirements
  
SAP/FJ[Note 1]
Materials Group Design for the airborne units, the "para" armor attachments minimize weight without sacrificing protection.[Note 2] Common Unlocked by default
  
Defiled Plate
The Flood Flood cells can be reconfigured and grafted into non-biological material. Legendary Season 05: Reckoning Battle Pass level 42 (Premium)
 
UA/Type FJ
Cascade Stronghold Technologies Lightweight, shock-absorbing knee armor. Epic Season 01: Heroes of Reach Battle Pass level 52 (Premium)
 
Defiled Drive
The Flood What you can't see is even more horrific. Legendary Purchase the "Contaminator" bundle from the Shop for 2,000 cR

Production notesEdit

  • "FJ" is likely an abbreviation of Fallschirmjäger, the German word for "paratrooper".
  • During the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, the final model for the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron was designated as the Mark V[B]. The FJ/PARA shoulders from the Beta then became the UA/Multi-threat shoulder pauldrons in the final game.
  • It is possible that the FJ/PARA knee guards were intended to be the default in-game knee guards instead of a variant. Prior to the game's finalization, what would become the FJ/PARA knee guards were present on SPARTAN-B312, representing the character wearing basic armor prior to the player's customization. Even after being given fully default armor, most videos and images showed the SPARTAN wearing FJ/PARA kneeguards with otherwise fully default armor; the Xbox Avatar of Noble Six also still has FJ/PARA knee guards.
  • 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.[12] The character was later acknowledged by Bungie in their weekly updates,[13] and was included in a painting created by Frank O'Connor.[14] The painting was later auctioned off by IGN as a part of a charity event.[15]

GalleryEdit

List of appearancesEdit

NotesEdit

  1. ^ SAP/MKVB in Season 01: Heroes of Reach.
  2. ^ "Standard-issue shoulder armor." in Season 01: Heroes of Reach.

SourcesEdit

  1. ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: SAP/FJ - Shoulder Description "Design for the airborne units, the "para" armor attachments minimize weight without sacrificing protection."
  2. ^ a b Halo: Reach, Armory: FJ/PARA - Shoulders and Knee Guards Descriptions "Designed specifically for airborne units; maximum protection, minimum weight."
  3. ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: UA/Type FJ - Knee Guard Description "Lightweight, shock-absorbing knee armor."
  4. ^ Halo: Reach
  5. ^ Deliver Hope
  6. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, Armor customization: NOBLE - In-game model
  7. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, Armor customization: VIGILANT - In-game model
  8. ^ a b Armor customization (Halo 5: Guardians), Armor customization: WRATH - In-game model
  9. ^ Halo Waypoint, Noble Intentions (Retrieved on Jul 31, 2021) [archive]
  10. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, Armor customization: INTRUDER - In-game model
  11. ^ Xbox, Halo Infinite (Retrieved on Jun 14, 2021) [archive]
  12. ^ halo.bungie.org, The Birth of an Icon (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  13. ^ Bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update: 01/22/10 (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2021) [archive]
  14. ^ halo.bungie.org, Re: kjfsklg; (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  15. ^ halo.bungie.org, IGN for Haiti - Oonsk Sells Big (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]