Jetpack: Difference between revisions

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'''Jetpacks''', '''thruster packs''', '''jump packs''' and '''jump-jets''', are personal propulsion device. Jetpacks give individuals limited flight capabilities, both inside and outside of gravity-intensive environments. Jetpacks are used by various species, including [[human]]s, [[Sangheili]], [[Kig-Yar]], [[Jiralhanae]], and occasionally [[Unggoy]].<ref name="ENC354">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 354'' (2011 edition)</ref>

As part of their standard training, all personnel of the [[UNSC]]'s [[UNSC Special Forces#Naval Special Warfare Command|Naval Special Weapons]] and [[UNSC Special Forces#Unified Special Warfare Command|Special Warfare Command]] are required to learn how to operate with jetpacks.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC354}} Likewise, all [[UNSC Navy]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] personnel are trained to become familiarized with jetpacks in [[Wikipedia:Micro-g environment|microgravity]] environments. However, only [[Spartan]] supersoldiers and certain [[UNSC Special Forces]] units—such as the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] or operatives of [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]'s [[Delta-6 Division]]—are trained to use jetpacks in an atmosphere. This training is often referred to as "jump pack training". Safety considerations are considered very important during jetpack training, especially for non-[[Biological augmentation|augmented]] personnel; without the encumbered of [[armor]] weighing half of a ton, some users can easily miscalculate the height and speed they are able to attain.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/jetpack '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC Jet Pack'']</ref> The UNSC has developed [[jump jet safety restraints]] and gravity mitigation harness linkages to be used with certain jetpack models.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''Armory''</ref> Thrusterpacks are usually not well protected and the worn by [[James-005]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] exploded when hit with projectiles from a [[Needler]], causing him to tumble into deep space and subsequently lose contact.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref>

The [[Covenant]] equipped specialized infantry units with jetpacks to aid them in combat. [[Sangheili Ranger|Sangheili]] and [[Kig-Yar Ranger]]s of the Covenant [[Fleet Security]] division were normally equipped with jetpacks to allow them to carry out extra-vehicular activity missions and other operations that required extensive vertical mobility.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC354}} The [[jump pack]]s used by [[Jiralhanae Jumper]]s were not capable of true flight, although they allowed its users to propel themselves to great distances.<ref name="HE145">'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''', ''page 145''</ref> The [[Unggoy Ranger]]s of [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|reformed Covenant faction]] were deployed with limited thruster packs seemingly capable of only short bursts.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref> [[Floatfighting]] referees were equipped with jetpacks to help them navigate around the [[Combat Section]] of the [[Ussans|Ussan]] [[The Refuge|Refuge]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 299''</ref>

*'''[[Antigravity pack]]''' – A Covenant propulsion unit utilized by [[Sangheili Ranger]]s.

*'''[[Jump pack]]''' – A Covenant propulsion unit utilized by [[Jiralhanae Jumper]]s.

*'''[[M805X thruster pack]]''' – An in-atmosphere UNSC thruster pack utilized by [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs]].

*'''[[T-PACK]]''' – A UNSC propulsion unit used for maneuvering in a vacuum.

File:1216011570 JumpPack.jpg|Jiralhanae Jumpers in flight with jump packs in ''[[Halo 3]]''.

File:Reach 1840061 Full.jpg|ODST Bullfrogs were equipped with jump-jets in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.

File:Halo Waypoint - Jetpack.jpg|A Spartan-IV in combat with a Series 12 jetpack in ''[[Halo 4]]''.

File:Halo4-ThrusterPack.png|An M805X thruster pack in-use by a Spartan-IV.

File:HE16 Off the edge.jpg|[[Sarah Palmer]] using her GEN2 thrusters in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.

File:H2A-RefumeeRises.jpg|[[Sesa 'Refumee]] in combat with an antigravity pack in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.

File:H5G-MarkVThrust.png|A Spartan-IV thrusting in reverse.

File:H5G-MarkVbackhover.png|A Spartan-IV using thrusters to hover in mid-air.

File:H5G-Shoes.png|GEN2 boots included thrusters by October 2558.

File:HCD Linda.PNG|Linda-058 with a VTOL unit in ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''.

**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''

*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''

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