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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*The [[John-117|Master Chief]] is the only known Spartan to activate the Fail-Safe Detonation (on [[Grace-093]]'s suit after she was killed by a [[Brute]] in the [[Covenant]] city of [[Unyielding Hierophant]]).<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 315</ref>
*The [[John-117|Master Chief]] is the only known Spartan to activate the Fail-Safe Detonation (on [[Grace-093]]'s suit after she was killed by a [[Brute]] in the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] city of [[Unyielding Hierophant]]).<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 315</ref>
*It is known that activation of the armor's fusion reactor is  part of the Cole Protocol, and failure to activate the core when possible will result in court martial and/or strip of rank.
*It is known that activation of the armor's fusion reactor is  part of the Cole Protocol, and failure to activate the core when possible will result in court martial and/or strip of rank.


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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[[Category:UNSC Protocols]]
[[Category:UNSC Protocols]]
[[Category:MJOLNIR Armor]]
[[Category:MJOLNIR Armor]]

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Fail-Safe Detonation is a term that is used to explain the Self Destruct system of a WIA or KIA Spartan-II's MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor. Once a Spartan-II is killed or wounded fatally, the protocol will have to be enacted by either themselves or a nearby Spartan. This is done to avoid capture of the suit and/or the wearer for identification or technological study. It is unknown if the Mk. VI has this capability, since the Mk. V is said to have one.[1]

Effectiveness

The tiny access panel at the back of the suit is opened to activate the protocol, it is activated by typing several digits only Spartans know. Once activated, a fifteen-second countdown timer starts. Once it hits zero, the suit's fusion reactor overloads and burns everything in its path in a ten-meter radius with a follow-up explosion to finish anything alive.[2]

Trivia

  • The Master Chief is the only known Spartan to activate the Fail-Safe Detonation (on Grace-093's suit after she was killed by a Brute in the Covenant city of Unyielding Hierophant).[3]
  • It is known that activation of the armor's fusion reactor is part of the Cole Protocol, and failure to activate the core when possible will result in court martial and/or strip of rank.

Sources