Editing VENATOR-class Mjolnir

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{{Armor Infobox
|name=Venator
|image= [[File:H5G-Venator.png|250px]]
|manufacturer=[[Lethbridge Industrial]]<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''- Page  168''</ref>
|testsite=[[Lethbridge Combat Fields]]<ref name="H4EVG"/>
|type=*MJOLNIR [GEN1]<ref name="bits">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bits-pieces '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Bits & Pieces'']</ref>
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR [GEN2]]]
|role=*Hand-to-hand combat
*Long-Range Combat
|features=Enemy tracking software
}}
{{Article Quote|Gained prominence during the defense of Concord from the Covenant in 2551.}}
'''VENATOR-class Mjolnir''' is a variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor [GEN2]]] manufactured by [[Lethbridge Industrial]].<ref name="H4 Armory">'''[[Halo 4]]''' ''- Armory description''</ref>

==GEN1 Information==
===Development history===
The GEN1 Venator armor gained prominence during the [[Covenant]]'s [[Defense of Concord|attack]] on [[Concord]] in [[2551]] for its improvement of user opportunity in hand-to-hand and single-enemy combat.<ref name="H4 Armory"/>

==GEN2 Information==
===Overview===
The helmet has spatial recognition functionality. The suit has full-mobility, overlocking movement packages. The pauldrons are embedded, minimal silhouette pauldrons for improved close-quarters combat.<ref name="H4EVG"/>

===Development history===
The lessons learned from Concord and advancements made with the project during the waning years of the Covenant War were only fully realized by the VENATOR model built upon the new GEN2 Mjolnir platform.<ref name="bits"/> Engineered for a variety of uses in the field, Lethbridge Industrial’s philosophical approach on improving user opportunity during hand-to-hand or single-enemy combat helped define the benefits that make VENATOR-class armor so effective.<ref name="h4guide">[[Halo_4_Interactive_Guide#Armor_Types|'''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''' ''- Armor Types: Venator'']]</ref>

After the [[Requiem Campaign]], Lethbridge Industrial improved the Venator's power management subsystem and reduced its maintenance requirements. By October [[2558]], the armor's firmware had incorporated a generalization of predictive targeting algorithms originally created to assist new Spartans in close-quarters combat.<ref name="H5 Armory">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''' ''- Armory description''</ref>

===Usage===
Many advocate this suit as the full realization of CQB's time-honored methodology.<ref name="H4EVG"/>

==In-game information==
===Halo 4===
'''Unlock''': [[List of Halo 4 Commendations|Assassin - Master commendation]]<br>
*Description: Gained prominence during the defense of Concord from the Covenant in 2551.
'''Available skins''': RPTR(Raptor), BYNT(Bayonet) and RFCT(Refractive)
* The RPTR skin was a pre-order bonus through Best Buy. It is also available in the [[Halo 4 Game of the Year Edition]].
* The BYNT skin is included in the [[Champions Bundle]]. It is not usable in Spartan Ops.
* The RFCT skin is available as a DLC code packaged with the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] action figure in the [[McFarlane Toys/Halo 4 Series 2|second series of McFarlane's Halo 4 action figures]]. It is not usable in [[Spartan Ops]].

===Halo 5: Guardians===
'''Unlock''': Ultra Rare [[REQ]] card<br>
*Helmet description: The latest VENATOR firmware incorporates a generalization of predictive targeting algorithms originally created to assist new Spartans in close-quarters combat.
*Armor description: Lethbridge Industrial has incorporated feedback from [[Requiem]] veterans to improve the VENATOR's power management subsystem and reduce its maintenance requirements.<br>
'''Available skins''': Cestus, Retiarus, and Thraex<br>
'''Cestus Unlock''': Legendary REQ card<br>
'''Retiarus Unlock''': Ultra Rare REQ card<br>
'''Thraex Unlock''': Legendary REQ card

==Trivia==
*"Venator" is Latin for "hunter". The word commonly refers to men who hunted wild animals in Roman amphitheaters such as the Colliseum. Following this theme, the three skins for Venator armor in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' are named after three types of [[Wikipedia:Gladiator|gladiators]].
*The Venator helmet bears a great deal of resemblance to that of the [[w:c:deadspace:Advanced Suit|Advanced Suit]] from the [[w:c:deadspace|''Dead Space'' series]].
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of MJOLNIR Venator}}
*The helmet's "eye slits" are considered a visor (and thus customizable) in ''Halo 5: Guardians'', rather than being glowing white lights as they are in ''Halo 4''.
*In the Alpha build of ''Halo Online'', the [[Armor permutations (Halo Online)|STEALTH-class Mjolnir]] armor uses the Venator design but with glowing lights through it.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Venator armor.jpg|Concept of the Venator armor with Raptor skin for ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:Venator Refractive skin.jpg|Concept of the Venator armor with Refractive skin.
File:MJOLNIR Venator.png|VENATOR-class Mjolnir in ''Halo 4''.
File:VenatorFull.jpeg|Multiple views of the Venator armor with Raptor skin.
File:VenatorRaptor.png|The Venator armor with the Raptor skin.
File:H4 Venator 3d model.jpg|Front and back views of the Venator armor.
File:H4 Venator Suppressor Refractive skin.jpg|The Venator armor with the Refractive skin in ''Halo 4''.
File:H5-Waypoint-Venator.png|Venator armor on [[Halo Waypoint]]'s armor customization for ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5-Waypoint-Venator-RETIARUS.png|Retiarus skin
File:H5-Waypoint-Venator-CESTUS.png|Cestus skin
File:H5-Waypoint-Venator-THRAEX.png|Thraex skin
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''

==Sources==
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