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[[File:HayabusaArmor.png|thumb|The upper body components of the MJOLNIR Hayabusa variant in green color.]] | |||
'''Project HAYABUSA''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] powered armor program developed independently from, and as a rival to, [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Project MJOLNIR]]. The program later produced a MJOLNIR variant for the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI generation]].<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]] (2011)''', ''page 96''</ref> | |||
==Overview== | |||
===Development and history=== | |||
The Hayabusa is a powered battle armor system, similar to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], except stemming from Project HAYABUSA as opposed to Project MJOLNIR. It was developed by the [[RKD]] group, an Earth-based think tank, in the year [[2536]], fifteen years before the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR Mark V]] entered production. It was presented to the [[UNSC Ordnance Committee]] as an answer to the self-contained powered armor problem.<ref name="h3">'''Halo 3''', ''Hayabusa armor description''</ref> | |||
Originally, RKD developed Project HAYABUSA without knowledge of the classified [[Project MJOLNIR]]. After contacts were made between RKD and [[ONI]]'s [[Materials Group]], the two pooled their research resources, resulting in the creation of a MJOLNIR-compatible HAYABUSA variant. Featuring a number of stylistic and functional improvements, it became a crucial piece of hardware in the later years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="ENC"/> | |||
The Hayabusa armor's | ===Design=== | ||
The Hayabusa armor's advanced materials decreased its weight by nearly one-third,<ref name="h3"/> and was aesthetically designed after ancient Japanese samurai armor. It includes spiked shoulder pauldrons (correctly referred to as ''s'ode''). | |||
The Hayabusa armor's helmet was designed with a defensive and ultraviolet-protective visor. Like all UNSC helmets, the visor is the weakest part. Thus, a small visor was designed to be more difficult to accurately penetrate. As such, the small visor provides for better protection of the wearer as well as better camouflage. The Hayabusa was designed with greater emphasis on heavy lifting and [[extra-vehicular activity]] than the MJOLNIR. It is slightly slower and less dexterous than its MJOLNIR counterpart, though it is nonetheless highly effective and possesses most of the design features of the MJOLNIR Mark VI.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia (2009)''', ''page 93''</ref><ref group="notes">[[Armor permutations (Halo 3)|Armor permutations]] have no effect on gameplay.</ref> | |||
The Hayabusa is a | |||
==Game characteristics== | |||
===Helmet characteristics=== | |||
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*Description: The critical innovation brought about by RKD's involvement in the development of power armor is in the use of advanced materials-reducing the weight of current generation armor by nearly a third. | |||
The helmet features [[seven]] angular spikes, one to each side, and the face plate is fused into a single piece and contour. The top rear guard of the helmet is pointed, revealing a protruding spike. The bottom rear, around the neck, forms a neck guard, like that of a samurai helmet. The seven spikes are always silver-white regardless of armor color. Clips can be seen on the side of the helmet. | |||
== | ===Shoulder pauldron characteristics=== | ||
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*Description: Although the two projects were developed wholly independent of one another, projects HAYABUSA and MJOLNIR mirrored each other in many ways. | |||
Its shoulder pauldrons are replaced by three metal plates arranged in an overlapping fashion similar to the armor of a Japanese samurai, also known as the "sode". | |||
== | ===Chest characteristics=== | ||
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*Description: In late 2536, RKD -an Earth-based think tank- presented the UNSC Ordnance Committee with the answer to the self-contained powered armor problem: Project HAYABUSA. | |||
The chest armor features a thick, round collar piece protecting the neck, as well as an angular strip of armor that appears to be strapped over the chest, featuring a small delta in the center. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of HAYABUSA armor}} | {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of HAYABUSA armor}} | ||
*The Hayabusa armor bears a resemblance to the armor worn by feudal-era [[ | *The Hayabusa armor bears a resemblance to the armor worn by feudal-era [[wikipedia:Samurai|samurai]]. The armor is named after [[w:c:ninjagaiden:Ryu Hayabusa|Ryu Hayabusa]], the protagonist of the ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden (series)|Ninja Gaiden]]'' series and a combatant in the [[wikipedia:Dead or Alive (series)|''Dead or Alive'' series]]. The helmet is almost an exact copy of the "ninja of the future" costume in ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game)|Ninja Gaiden]]'' on the Xbox. Bungie likely created the Hayabusa armor as a tribute to Team Ninja for adding [[Nicole-458]] into [[Wikipedia:Dead or Alive 4|Dead or Alive 4]]. Team Ninja, the developers of the ''Ninja Gaiden'' series and ''Dead or Alive'' series, are mentioned in the credits for ''Halo 3''. | ||
*Hayabusa is Japanese for "peregrine falcon" and is also the [[ | *Hayabusa is Japanese for "peregrine falcon" and is also the [[wikipedia:Hayabusa|name]] for an unmanned space mission conducted by the [[wikipedia:Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency|Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency]] that returned to [[Earth]] on June 13, 2010, and the Nakajima Ki-43 fighter craft flown during World War II. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Samurai Spartan.jpg|The first sighting of the armor in use, discovered a mere few days before ''[[Halo 3]]'''s release. | ||
File:3231-Full.jpg|A flaming Hayabusa helmet, triggered by the [[Bungie]] employee-only chest plate. | |||
File:Me with katana.jpg|Hayabusa with [[katana]]. Available upon unlocking 49 of 79 [[achievement]]s. | |||
File:H4 Hayabusa armor 3d model.jpg|Front and back renders of the Hayabusa armor in ''Halo 4''. | File:H4 Hayabusa armor 3d model.jpg|Front and back renders of the Hayabusa armor in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File:H4 Hayabusa armor 3d model-2.jpg|Angled front and back renders. | File:H4 Hayabusa armor 3d model-2.jpg|Angled front and back renders. | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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