Editing UNSC shield

{{Status|Canon}}
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[[File:H2V EasyDifficulty.png|thumb|300px|The shield as depicted in ''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista.]]
The '''shield''' is a piece of [[UNSC]] equipment. At some point, an early prototype model was created based off research into the arm-mounted shields wielded by the [[Mgalekgolo]].{{Ref/Game|H2V|Easy difficulty shield}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo 3''===
The shield is available for use as a [[Armor customization (Halo 3)#Halo: The Master Chief Collection|backpack accessory]] in ''Halo 3'', added into the game in [[Series 6: Raven|Series 6]] of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''. The shield is a part of the "Sword and Board" permutation, featuring the shield with a [[machete]] and a [[Sangheili]] skull - intended to emulate the Legendary difficulty sigil. During the Season 6 flight, the Sword and Board permutation featured two crossed machetes, though later in the flight and final release the model was updated to only show one, with the shield now inheriting the player's primary color. This marks the first time the shield has been seen in a ''Halo'' game outside the difficulty shield insignia.
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;"
! style="width: 15%"|Chest
! style="width: 55%"|Description
! style="width: 15%"|Unlock requirements (''Halo 3'')
! style="width: 15%"|Unlock requirements (''Halo: MCC'')
|- align="center"
|[[File:HTMCC H3 SwordAndBoard Backpack Icon.png|100px]]<br/>Sword and Board
|align="left"|Survive the onslaught.
|N/A {{C|''MCC''-exclusive}}
|[[Series 6: Raven|Series 6]]
|}

==Production notes==
The shield is featured as the background shield found on the difficulty emblems for [[Easy]], [[Normal]], [[Heroic]] and [[Legendary]] difficulties in all currently-released ''Halo'' games. It is given some in-universe flavour text in the menus for ''[[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|Halo 2's PC port]]'' alongside the [[Machete]]. In the [[Bungie]]-era ''Halo'' games, the shield was emblazoned with the [[Marathon]] symbol, though following the transition to ''[[Halo 4]]'' and [[343 Industries]], the shield now features the [[Reclaimer]] symbol.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H2V_NormalDifficulty.png|The Normal difficulty flavour text for the shield in ''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista.
File:H2V_HeroicDifficulty.png|The Heroic difficulty flavour text for the shield in ''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista.
File:Halo 4 - Heroic symbol.png|A stylised representation of the shield as depicted in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:Halo 5 Guardians - Heroic symbol.png|A stylised representation of the shield as depicted in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:Halo Wars 2 - Heroic symbol.png|A stylised representation of the shield as depicted in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
File:HTMCC H3 SwordAndBoard Backpack Icon 2.png|The old Sword and Board model, featuring two machetes.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]''
**[[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista]]
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''

==Sources==
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{{Armor|Human}}