@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
@AtPhantom said:
Doesn't really matter since it only cloaks their thermal signatures and Alcy is banned from using his nanovision anyway.
No it also acts as an active camouflage.
These were prominently featured in Halo : Ghosts of Onyx, and are similar to SPARTAN III armor
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Semi-Powered_Infiltration_armor
As you can see, they stole Covenant technology to make their armor mimic their surroundings. It also masks their thermal signatures, so that's an added bonus.
Interesting. However, it also says that active camo is a distinct advantage the SPIA has over MJOLNIR, so meaning Chief cannot actually use it. Also, if it cloaks them Elite style, why did they have to crawl through the mud?
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
Also, Alcatraz' cloaking won't really be useful if Chief has thermal vision (unless it cloaks the thermal signatures as well, which I doubt since in the game enemies sometimes still notice Alcatraz when he comes too close).
Hey, cloaking is cloaking. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it's an advantage the other guy doesn't have.
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
Yeah, well Chief can survive atmospheric re-entry.
Two kilometers up is not re-entry, no matter what a nice piece of fanart says.
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
Chief can punch through tanks, and lift Warthogs (his strength is 10-15 + tons) He has also dealt with thousands of foes with active camouflage, such as Elites, so that isn't anything he isn't unfamiliar with.
Yeah, I'd still like evidence for all that.
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
Also, how does Alcatraz die in the game if he has no internal organs? And to be honest Cortana is 10x more sophisticated than Prophet, and Chief can think on his own too.
A headshot can kill him, since his head is the only part of him still kicking. Other than that you can't kill Alcatraz, you can only damage the suit sufficiently. A tall order, mind you, the suit can tank a Gauss rifle at point blank (That puppy has the more energy than a 120mm tank KE round) without the armor mode on. Also it can heal.
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
And to be honest Cortana is 10x more sophisticated than Prophet, and Chief can think on his own too.
Irrelevant. Cortana is not a tactical analyzer nor does she enhance MC's thought processes the way SECOND does for Alcatraz. You can be borderline retarded and SECOND will still make you a tactical genius when you put the suit on.
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
You do know that the armor locking is only a safety mechanism right?On top of that, note that in the Halo 3 video (approx. 1:45) the Marine says the gel layer could have taken most of the impact. That and the titanium bodysuit are vital parts in Chief's survival. The gel layers are designed to adapt and absorb impact, whether dull or sharp, as well as extreme temperatures
I misremembered that scene. I thought the marines had to manually unlock his armor to bring him back up. Still that fall knocked him up and kept him cold for hours until the marines managed to find him, and his armor was still partially locked down after that. That's not shrugging it off or anything. That's at the limits of what he can endure.
@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:
Oh, and Master Chief tanks missiles all the time as well. Heck, he slapped one out of his way in Fall of Reach.
Yeeeeah... Notice how the missile explodes several moments after he slaps it aside, and it still knocks him out for a second. That's not tanking. Compare that to taking a tank round point blank... and just moving on.
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