Bioroid armor

This article contains information from the Bioroid Fractures universe, and is not a part of the established Halo canon. To learn more information about the Bioroid universe, see its article.

Bioroids on Lockdown.

The Bioroid armors are a suite of multiplayer armor sets in Halo 2: Anniversary. They will be implemented into the game during the Series 9 update.

In-game information

Helmets

Helmet	Description	Unlock requirements (Halo 2: Anniversary)
Bioroid Apollyon	The bioroids are weapon-parasites created by the Forerunners that transform those who possess the Reclaimer spark into killing machines.	The Exchange
Bioroid Israfil	The first type of bioroid to erupt from its unsuspecting Reclaimer host when she stumbled upon a nest of the Thinking Death.	The Exchange
Bioroid Tithonus	Bioroids can face down most threats, but those who erupt into this form are particularly adept at sensing the taint of the Thinking Death.	The Exchange

Shoulders

Shoulder	Description	Unlock requirements (Halo 2: Anniversary)
Bioroid Eliminator-type	Most bioroid forms are optimized for one role: combat.	The Exchange
Bioroid Guardian-type	Few other things can claim to be proofed against the insidious touch of the Thinking Death.	The Exchange
Bioroid Meld-type	Bioroids with this gift can link with other Reclaimers to meld mind and memory.	The Exchange
Bioroid Sensor-type	Bioroids with these strange growths can intuitively sense the causal disruptions caused by slipspace manifolds opening and closing.	The Exchange

Chest

Chest	Description	Unlock requirements (Halo 2: Anniversary)
Bioroid Alpha Strain	The Alpha strain has many gifts, and it is up to their Reclaimers to discover and exploit them.	The Exchange
Bioroid Beta Strain	The secrets of how to expel vorpal blasts from this bioroid still eludes the Reclaimers.	The Exchange

Forearms

Forearm	Description	Unlock requirements (Halo 2: Anniversary)
Bioroid Vambrace	The bioroid transformation process reshapes the body in seemingly impossible ways.	The Exchange

Legs

Leg	Description	Unlock requirements (Halo 2: Anniversary)
Bioroid Greaves	Once the transformation is mastered a bioroid may walk the unseen roads between space and time.	The Exchange

Trivia

• The Bioroid Fracture appears to pay homage to the Bio-Booster Armor Guyver series of manga and anime written by Yoshiki Takaya, in which the titular Guyver Unit is a suit of symbiotic armor designed to amplify the wearers lifeforce.
  • Given this, the term "Bioroid" is possibly a play on the word "Zoanoid," which are genetically augmented humans and the foot soldiers of the Chronos corporation in the Guyver series.
  • The Israfil helmet bears a distinct resemblance to the Guyver Unit armor itself.
• The Bioroid helmets are named after mythological beings of multiple human cultures and religions:
  • Apollyon is the Greek name for Abaddon, an important term for both Judaism (a place) and Christianity (a fallen angel) religions. In both religions, however, Apollyon/Abaddon is related to the concept of destruction.
    • Abaddon is also the name of a Precursor construct in the Halo universe.
  • Israfil is the name of one of the four angels who will blow the trumpet twice to signal the Qiyamah (the Judgement Day) in Islam: the first blow will kill all living creatures and the second blow will revive them.
  • Tithonus is a Greek figure, who's described as Goddess Eos' lover; in the myth, Tithonus became immortal but unable to age. Eos, unable to help him, made him into a cicada.

Gallery

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  The first teaser image released for the Bioroid armors.

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  A Bioroid-equipped Spartan on Lockdown.

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  Bioroids wielding an M7S SMG and an MA5D assault rifle.

List of appearances

• Halo 2: Anniversary (First appearance)