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MJOLNIR [GEN1] |
"Condemned"[1][Note 1] is a helmet compatible with MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Mark V.[2]
Overview
Similar to EVA, the base helmet features a bowl-shaped visor, which surrounds the user's face, meeting with metal armor plates along the jaw and back of the head. Either side of the helmet, there is an additional layer of armor that follows the wearer's jawbone up to their ear and the side of their head, and appears to connect up at the back of the head. Just behind the user's ears on either side, there is what appears to be a circular hardpoint for securing attachments like optics to the helmet.
The helmet can be equipped with an additional layer of metal plating, which covers the top of the visor, directly above the user's head. This piece of armor bisected by an extra piece of plating that curves over the top of the wearer's head and stops just shy of the user's eyeline. It can also be equipped with some form of optics, in the form of an eyepiece which is secured to the front of the visor using the two aforementioned hardpoints either side of the helmet. The attachment itself is a rounded, goggle-like apparatus that sits where the visor would be on a traditional helmet. In front of the left eye, the eyepiece module features a large lens jutting out from its front. Meanwhile, in front of the right eye, it features two smaller circular protrusions above and below the user's eyeline. These two attachments can both be equipped at once.
In-game information
The "Condemned" helmet will be unlockable in Season 4: Reclaimer of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[2]
| Attachment(s) | Description | Unlock requirements (Halo: Reach) | Unlock requirements (Halo: MCC) |
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| File:HR CONDEMNED Helmet Icon.png Base |
- | N/A (Cut) | Unknown |
| Unidentified armor plating | - | N/A (Cut) | Unknown |
| Unidentified optics | - | N/A (Cut) | Unknown |
| Unidentified armor plating and optics | - | N/A (Cut) | Unknown |
Production notes
During the production of the Defiant Map Pack, two additional armour sets were also produced, codenamed spartan_dlc_condemned and spartan_dlc_preserve.[1] These were intended to be released alongside the Anniversary Map Pack later that year, but were cut due to time and resource constraints, as confirmed by 343 Industries employee David Ellis.[3] "Condemned" consisted of an unidentified helmet and the chest piece now known as EXO/TSCS, meanwhile "Preserve" consisted of the helmet now called AKIS with an unidentified chest piece.[4] Ultimately, none of the new armor was released for Halo: Reach on Xbox 360, though the AKIS helmet and EXO/TSCS chest piece were both seen in promotional material for the Defiant Map Pack,[5][6] leading to much fan speculation.[7]
The existence of the "Condemned" helmet was not discovered until modder Gamecheat13 uncovered customisation renders of these two cut armor sets in the game files of the second Halo Insider flight (dubbed the "FireFlight") of Halo: The Master Chief Collection's PC port of Halo: Reach, in 2019.[4] The "Condemned" helmet was not featured in the port at launch, however.
Eventually, in September 2020, 343 Industries confirmed that the armor had been finalised and polished for inclusion in the game, would be available as part of Season 4: Reclaimer of MCC, alongside all of the other armor pieces from the two sets: AKIS, EXO/TSCS and "Preserve".[2]
Gallery
![The customization render discovered by Gamecheat13.[4]](https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/2f/MCC-HR_CustomisationRender_CondemnedArmour-Prerelease.png/154px-MCC-HR_CustomisationRender_CondemnedArmour-Prerelease.png)
The customization render discovered by Gamecheat13.[4]
The various "Condemned" helmet attachments with the EXO/TSCS chest piece, found in the files of The Master Chief Collection.
- HR Condemned Render.png
The base "Condemned" helmet, with the EXO/TSCS chest piece.
![The customization render discovered by Gamecheat13.[4]](/File:MCC-HR_CustomisationRender_CondemnedArmour-Prerelease.png)
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance; MCC only)
Notes
- ^ The only official name currently known for this helmet is the ID given to it in the game code for Halo: Reach's PC port:
spartan_dlc_condemned. Due to the tumultuous nature of game development, it is likely that this name was only a temporary name used internally at 343 Industries, and that the helmet will be given a different name when it releases, especially given that the Condemned and Preserve armor pieces shared these pre-release names with the Defiant Map Pack maps Condemned and Highlands respectively.
Sources
- ^ a b Twitter - Gamecheat13 - "Names are spartan_dlc_preserve and spartan_dlc_condemned. Both named after maps from the Defiant map pack."
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, News, MCC Development Update - September 2020
- ^ NeoGAF - Halo |OT| HaloGAF Evolved
- ^ a b c Twitter - Gamecheat13 - "Found 2 new armor sets in the new customization render for the current MCC Reach Flight. Looks like 343i might be adding GRD and another unknown armor set to Reach for MCC."
- ^ TechGeek - Halo Reach: New Armor with Defiant Map Pack?
- ^ IGN - Halo: Reach Images
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Forums - The *only* thread about that helmet!
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