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The '''HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II [D] armor system''' is a [[powered exoskeleton]] developed by the [[Materials Group]].<ref>''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', page 208</ref> It is part of the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL lineage, which began with the suit-like [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System|Mark I]] and later produced the [[Mark IX Mantis ADS|Mark IX "Mantis"]]. Like the Mantis, it is armed with a multi-barreled cannon on its right boom and an array of missile launchers on the other. The Mark II [D] is about nine meters tall.<ref>'''Halo 4''', multiplayer map ''Adrift''</ref>

==Production note==

A Mark II [D] aboard the freighter [[CAA Heavy Burden|CAA ''Heavy Burden'']] serves as the centerpiece of the ''Halo 4'' multiplayer map [[Adrift]]. In [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/8185354/frank_oconnor_halo_4_interview_at_microsoft_spring_shocase_2012/ an interview] [[Frank O'Connor]] called the mech a "Cyclops Mark II", referring to the [[Cyclops]] from ''Halo Wars''. However, ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' makes no mention of this name. Since "Cyclops" is merely a colloquialism for the [[HRUNTING Mark III (B) Exoskeleton|HRUNTING Mark III [B]]], itself derived from the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor#Prototype exoskeletons|third-generation exoskeleton]] that predated MJOLNIR, the "Cyclops Mark II" moniker was probably used only from a game-design perspective rather than having any canonical significance.

File:H4-AdriftMech.jpg|A render of the Mark II [D] armor system