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In addition to its life support role, it is equipped with armor. This armor can withstand limited amounts of fire, especially from energy weapons. The [[M6D magnum]] is capable of easily cracking through the armor and is considered by some to be the standard weapon for such actions.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref> The armor piercing rounds of the [[MA5 series]] are also potent weapons against the harness. As well as defending against projectiles and [[plasma]], it prevents a limited amount of fall damage to its user, like its [[Sangheili combat harness|Sangheili counterpart]]. Despite this, most variants are vastly inferior to the other types of armor adorned and used by the Covenant, no doubt due to the costs required to produce the suits for the extremely large population of Unggoy soldiers. Some variants are also equipped with helmets, [[active camouflage]], a methane-filled breathing apparatus, methane fueled thrusters, and even [[energy shielding]].<ref name="H4">'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref><ref name="H5G">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>
In addition to its life support role, it is equipped with armor. This armor can withstand limited amounts of fire, especially from energy weapons. The [[M6D magnum]] is capable of easily cracking through the armor and is considered by some to be the standard weapon for such actions.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref> The armor piercing rounds of the [[MA5 series]] are also potent weapons against the harness. As well as defending against projectiles and [[plasma]], it prevents a limited amount of fall damage to its user, like its [[Sangheili combat harness|Sangheili counterpart]]. Despite this, most variants are vastly inferior to the other types of armor adorned and used by the Covenant, no doubt due to the costs required to produce the suits for the extremely large population of Unggoy soldiers. Some variants are also equipped with helmets, [[active camouflage]], a methane-filled breathing apparatus, methane fueled thrusters, and even [[energy shielding]].<ref name="H4">'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref><ref name="H5G">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>


==Appearance==
==Grunt harnesses==
The visual appearance of the Unggoy combat harness has changed considerably every time it has appeared in fiction; this has led to confusion as to whether or not these are separate variants or if the differences are simply aesthetic in nature.  
*'''Point tank''': This variant of harness is used by Unggoy of nearly all ranks and roles, notable ranks and roles to use this harness are [[Unggoy Minor]], [[Unggoy Major]], [[Unggoy Ultra]], [[Unggoy Heavy]], and [[Special Operations Unggoy]].
<gallery>
File:GruntMinorCutout.png|Point tank.
</gallery>


In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', there was a variant with a partially curled-back methane tank, along with a larger methane rebreather. This variant is commonly referred to by fans as "curl-backs". This variant is absent in newer titles. In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', the combat harness used by [[Ripa 'Moramee]]'s [[Suicide Grunts]] use cylinder-like methane tanks and goggle-like rebreathers. In ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', the design of the harness varies greatly between different Unggoy ranks. Along with the traditional combat harness, which is now worn exclusively by [[Unggoy Minor]]s.  
*'''Point tank 2''': This variant of harness is used by Unggoy of nearly all ranks and roles, notable ranks and roles to use this harness are [[Unggoy Minor]], [[Unggoy Major]], [[Unggoy Ultra]], [[Unggoy Heavy]], and [[Special Operations Unggoy]].
<gallery>
File:H2A_Unggoy.png|Point tank 2.
</gallery>


The first variant is a two-pronged methane tank used by both [[Unggoy Major]]s and [[Special Operations Unggoy]].
*'''Curl tank''': This variant of harness was used by [[Unggoy Major]]s.
<gallery>
File:Grunt_Major_CE.jpg|Curl tank.
</gallery>


The second variant is features a cylindrical methane tank that is worn by [[Unggoy Heavy|Heavies]] and [[Unggoy Ultra|Ultras]]. While visually similar to the ones used by ''Halo Wars''' Suicide Grunts, it is still otherwise a different variant.
*'''Two-pronged tank''': This variant of harness is used by [[Unggoy Major]]s, and [[Unggoy Ultra]]s. [[Special Operations Unggoy]] use this variant also but opt to use full face protection.
<gallery>
File:Grunt.png|Two-pronged tank.
File:H2A-Unggoy-SpecOps.png|Two-pronged tank with breathing mask.
</gallery>


Unggoy Heavies, [[Special Operations Unggoy]] and Unggoy Ultras wear rebreathers that fully cover their faces (the Ultras wear actual helmets). Unggoy Ultra helmets offer more protection than normal masks, capable of blocking an entire [[headshot]] before falling off.
*'''Cylinder tank''': This variant of harness is used by [[Unggoy Heavy|Heavies]] and [[Unggoy Ultra|Ultras]]. Heavies opt to wear a rebreather that covers the face, and Utras opt to use helmets.
<gallery>
File:HReach - Heavy Unggoy.png|Cylinder tank with breathing mask.
File:Halo Reach - Unggoy.png|cylinder tank with helmet.
</gallery>


In ''[[Halo 4]]'', several previously unseen combat harnesses are introduced. All variants in ''Halo 4'' are able to use their methane tank to "super jump", allowing the ''Halo 4'' Grunts to reach places their predecessors in past games could not. The [[Unggoy Storm]] armor is much more minimalistic, barely covering the Unggoy's torso. The new skullcap helmet delivers methane directly to the wearer's nostrils, removing the need for the obstructive rebreathers present in older models.<ref>'''Official Xbox Magazine UK''' - ''May 2012'', ''page 39''</ref> This allow Unggoy soldiers to be more expressive in combat. The Unggoy Imperials wear a combat harness similar to the Unggoy ultras, with a helmet that covers their entire face, just as the Ultras have. However, The Imperials have a t-shaped methane tank.  
*'''Imperial harness''': The harness used by Imperials was also issued to some troops during the [[Human-Covenant War]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Initiation]]'''</ref> and is more resilient than the [[Unggoy Storm]] version. The helmet is a heavy armor faceplate which protects the whole face. The methane tank resembles a Balahoan [[octopoda]].<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''- Page 36 to Page 38</ref> The harnesses have been seen in orange, red, green, silver, and blue.<ref name="H4">'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref>
<gallery>
File:H5G-Unggoy_Imperial.png|Imperial harness.
</gallery>


The Unggoy Heavies in ''Halo 4'' wear a combat harness similar to the heavies in Reach, but with a methane tank that has an attached jet pack, and a face-mask with several visual changes,such as the eye-holes being smaller.  
*'''Slim-stock tank''': The Heavies of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] wear a helmet with full-face protective rebreathers, enhanced optical sensors with optics articulators, and ultra-dense battle harnesses that has a slim-stock tank with analog eye sockets of Unggoy predators. The harness is issued in orange, blue, silver, green, and magenta.<ref name="h4guide">[[Halo_4_Interactive_Guide#Enemies|'''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''' ''- Enemies: Covenant - Grunt Heavy'']]</ref> The combat harness also allows for the Heavies to use the methane tank as a makeshift thruster pack, allowing for easy access in various terrains.<ref name="H4"/><ref name="H5G">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>
<gallery>
File:H4-UnggoyHeavy.png|Slim-stock tank.
</gallery>


A final combat harness is the [[Unggoy Ranger]] combat harness, which is similar to the ranger armor that other Covenant species wear. It includes a thruster pack, as well as a transparent mask that covers the entire face.
*'''Wide-stack methane supply harness''': The [[Unggoy Ranger]] harness has a wide-stack methane supply tank with an EVA thruster pack on it, this allows the user to freely navigate low-to-zero gravity environments. The helmet has a twin-filter rebreather so the Unggoy user does not suffocate in the harsh environments.<ref name="VIS"/>
 
:There are two versions of the Unggoy ranger suit, both of which cover the entire Unggoy body and have hock-mitigators on the feet. The version with a more smooth surface is designed to withstand extreme temperatures, low-to-zero gravity, and other rigors found in the vacuum of space. The second version has more layers.<ref name="VIS"/>
<gallery>
File:UnggoyRanger.png|The smooth surface EVA-rated suit.
File:H5G-Unggoy Ranger.png|The version with more layers.
</gallery>
 
*'''Unggoy storm harness''': Unggoy Storm in a effort to increase field of view, the Helmet includes a nose-placed rebreather somewhat resembling the diving apparatuses used on the Unggoy homeworld of [[Balaho]]. The harness has a pressurized methane tank, with a filter actuator to help keep the tank working.<ref name="VIS"/>
 
:The harness is issued in orange, blue, violet, green, yellow, and red. The harness also allows for the Unggoy to use the methane tank as a makeshift thruster pack, allowing for easy access in various terrains.<ref name="H4"/><ref name="H5G"/>
<gallery>
File:H5G-Render-Grunt.png|Unggoy storm harness
</gallery>
 
*'''Deacon outfit''': [[Deacon]]s wear tunics mixed with the harness point tank harness.
<gallery>
File:HW1 Deacon.png|Deacon outfit.
</gallery>
 
*'''Artifact harness''': Unggoy attached to artifact retrieval groups are given a harness with 2 tubes on their back. [[Heretic Unggoy]] in [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]] wore these when they rebelled against the Covenant.
<gallery>
File:H2A Heretic Grunt.png|Artifact harness.
</gallery>
 
*'''Plasma-ignited methane tank harness''': This harness is a specially made harness, made for [[Suicide Unggoy]].
<gallery>
File:HW2-SharkUnggoy.jpg|Plasma-ignited methane tank harness.
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

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An Unggoy Minor in his combat harness.

The Unggoy combat harness is a type of body armor and environmental suit issued to the Covenant's Unggoy warriors.[1] It provides basic protection from hostile fire and the elements and is also equipped with a breathing apparatus for the Unggoy.

Description

Breathing apparatus

The gas is stored in extremely cold tanks inside the suit, and is provided to the user through a breathing mask that covers over half of the alien's head. The backpack attached to a Grunt's back contains a methane tank. Attached to every Grunt's wrist is a readout (measured in Covenant units) of the amount of methane left in the Grunt's pack.[2] When the tank gets low, a resupply of methane must be found quickly or the Grunt will suffocate. The suit also displays the color of the Grunt's rank. The breathing mask of the Unggoy also makes speech difficult for them, as it muffles their words.[3]

Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction has altered the Unggoy combat harness. Unggoy Storms have had the standard rebreather replaced with a nose-placed rebreather resembling the diving apparatuses used on Balaho.[4]

Defense

In addition to its life support role, it is equipped with armor. This armor can withstand limited amounts of fire, especially from energy weapons. The M6D magnum is capable of easily cracking through the armor and is considered by some to be the standard weapon for such actions.[5] The armor piercing rounds of the MA5 series are also potent weapons against the harness. As well as defending against projectiles and plasma, it prevents a limited amount of fall damage to its user, like its Sangheili counterpart. Despite this, most variants are vastly inferior to the other types of armor adorned and used by the Covenant, no doubt due to the costs required to produce the suits for the extremely large population of Unggoy soldiers. Some variants are also equipped with helmets, active camouflage, a methane-filled breathing apparatus, methane fueled thrusters, and even energy shielding.[6][7]

Grunt harnesses

  • Point tank.

    Point tank.

  • Point tank 2.

    Point tank 2.

  • Curl tank.

    Curl tank.

  • Two-pronged tank.

    Two-pronged tank.

  • Two-pronged tank with breathing mask.

    Two-pronged tank with breathing mask.

  • Cylinder tank: This variant of harness is used by Heavies and Ultras. Heavies opt to wear a rebreather that covers the face, and Utras opt to use helmets.
  • Cylinder tank with breathing mask.

    Cylinder tank with breathing mask.

  • cylinder tank with helmet.

    cylinder tank with helmet.

  • Imperial harness: The harness used by Imperials was also issued to some troops during the Human-Covenant War,[8] and is more resilient than the Unggoy Storm version. The helmet is a heavy armor faceplate which protects the whole face. The methane tank resembles a Balahoan octopoda.[9] The harnesses have been seen in orange, red, green, silver, and blue.[6]
  • Imperial harness.

    Imperial harness.

  • Slim-stock tank: The Heavies of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant wear a helmet with full-face protective rebreathers, enhanced optical sensors with optics articulators, and ultra-dense battle harnesses that has a slim-stock tank with analog eye sockets of Unggoy predators. The harness is issued in orange, blue, silver, green, and magenta.[10] The combat harness also allows for the Heavies to use the methane tank as a makeshift thruster pack, allowing for easy access in various terrains.[6][7]
  • Slim-stock tank.

    Slim-stock tank.

  • Wide-stack methane supply harness: The Unggoy Ranger harness has a wide-stack methane supply tank with an EVA thruster pack on it, this allows the user to freely navigate low-to-zero gravity environments. The helmet has a twin-filter rebreather so the Unggoy user does not suffocate in the harsh environments.[9]
There are two versions of the Unggoy ranger suit, both of which cover the entire Unggoy body and have hock-mitigators on the feet. The version with a more smooth surface is designed to withstand extreme temperatures, low-to-zero gravity, and other rigors found in the vacuum of space. The second version has more layers.[9]
  • The smooth surface EVA-rated suit.

    The smooth surface EVA-rated suit.

  • The version with more layers.

    The version with more layers.

  • Unggoy storm harness: Unggoy Storm in a effort to increase field of view, the Helmet includes a nose-placed rebreather somewhat resembling the diving apparatuses used on the Unggoy homeworld of Balaho. The harness has a pressurized methane tank, with a filter actuator to help keep the tank working.[9]
The harness is issued in orange, blue, violet, green, yellow, and red. The harness also allows for the Unggoy to use the methane tank as a makeshift thruster pack, allowing for easy access in various terrains.[6][7]
  • Unggoy storm harness

    Unggoy storm harness

  • Deacon outfit: Deacons wear tunics mixed with the harness point tank harness.
  • Deacon outfit.

    Deacon outfit.

  • Artifact harness.

    Artifact harness.

  • Plasma-ignited methane tank harness: This harness is a specially made harness, made for Suicide Unggoy.
  • Plasma-ignited methane tank harness.

    Plasma-ignited methane tank harness.

Trivia

  • In Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach the methane mask can be knocked off. However the Grunt will continue fighting despite its sudden lack of a methane source.
  • There appears to be no visible way for the methane to reach the Grunt's mouth, since the mask and the air tank are completely unconnected. It has been theorized that the methane is transported to the mask through slipspace, which has been hinted to be used in smaller Covenant devices such as in their weaponry.[11]

Gallery

  • 'Curl-back' Unggoy at the ready in Halo: Combat Evolved.

    'Curl-back' Unggoy at the ready in Halo: Combat Evolved.

  • A Heretic Unggoy's suit in Halo 2.

    A Heretic Unggoy's suit in Halo 2.

  • An Unggoy Minor in its combat harness in Halo 3.

    An Unggoy Minor in its combat harness in Halo 3.

  • The standard methane breathing face mask in Halo 3.

    The standard methane breathing face mask in Halo 3.

  • An Unggoy combat harness in Halo Wars.

    An Unggoy combat harness in Halo Wars.

  • The Suicide Grunt combat harness in Halo Wars.

    The Suicide Grunt combat harness in Halo Wars.

  • The Halo: Reach variant of the standard methane breathing mask.

    The Halo: Reach variant of the standard methane breathing mask.

  • An Unggoy Ultra's harness in Halo: Reach.

    An Unggoy Ultra's harness in Halo: Reach.

  • The Special Operations Unggoy combat harness in Halo: Reach.

    The Special Operations Unggoy combat harness in Halo: Reach.

  • An Unggoy Heavy combat harness in Halo: Reach.

    An Unggoy Heavy combat harness in Halo: Reach.

  • An Unggoy Storm's combat harness in Halo 4.

    An Unggoy Storm's combat harness in Halo 4.

  • Two variants of the Unggoy Heavy combat harness in Halo 4.

    Two variants of the Unggoy Heavy combat harness in Halo 4.

  • Red and Blue variants of the Unggoy Imperial combat harness in Halo 4.

    Red and Blue variants of the Unggoy Imperial combat harness in Halo 4.

  • The Unggoy Ranger combat harness in Halo 4.

    The Unggoy Ranger combat harness in Halo 4.

  • An Unggoy Minor's combat harness in Halo 2: Anniversary.

    An Unggoy Minor's combat harness in Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • A Heretic Unggoy's combat harness in Halo 2: Anniversary.

    A Heretic Unggoy's combat harness in Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • An alternate combat harness for Unggoy Ultras in Halo 2: Anniversary.

    An alternate combat harness for Unggoy Ultras in Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • An Unggoy Bodyguard's shields flaring in Halo 5: Guardians.

    An Unggoy Bodyguard's shields flaring in Halo 5: Guardians.

  • Unggoy Storm, Heavy, and Imperial in their respective combat harnesses aboard a Type-57 Phantom.

    Unggoy Storm, Heavy, and Imperial in their respective combat harnesses aboard a Type-57 Phantom.

  • An Unggoy Ranger combat harness in Halo 5: Guardians.

    An Unggoy Ranger combat harness in Halo 5: Guardians.

  • An Unggoy Imperial using its methane thrusters on Attack on Sanctum.

    An Unggoy Imperial using its methane thrusters on Attack on Sanctum.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 146
  2. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 272
  3. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 55
  4. ^ Halo 4 Interactive Guide
  5. ^ Halo: The Flood, page ??
  6. ^ a b c d Halo 4
  7. ^ a b c Halo 5: Guardians
  8. ^ Halo: Initiation
  9. ^ a b c d Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Page 36 to Page 38
  10. ^ Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Enemies: Covenant - Grunt Heavy
  11. ^ Dr. Halsey's personal journal

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