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== Fail-Safe Detonation ==
{{Status|Canon}}


== Purpose ==
The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] is equipped with a '''fail-safe detonation system'''. If a [[SPARTAN programs|Spartan]] is killed or wounded fatally, or they are forced to shed the armor in the field, the [[self-destruct]] protocol will have to be enacted by either themselves or a nearby Spartan. This is done to avoid capture of the suit and/or the wearer for identification or technological study.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS34|FS|Chapter=34}}
A "Fail-Safe Detonation" is a term that was used to explain the Self Destruct system of a W.I.A, or K.I.A [[Spartan-II]] [[Mjolnir]] Powered Amored Suit. Once a [[Spartan]] is killed or wounded fatally, he/she will have to active the protocal themselves or a close by Spartan. This is done to avoid capture of the suite and or wearer for identification or technological study.


== Effectiveness ==
==Function==
The tiny access panel at the back of the suite is opened to activate the protocal, it is activated by typing several digits only the wearer knows. Once activated, a 15 second count down timer starts. Once it hits zero, the the suite Fusion reactor overloads and burns everything in its path in a 10 meter radius with a follow up explosion to finish anything alive.
The tiny access panel at the back of the suit is opened to activate the protocol, it is activated by typing several digits only Spartans know. Once activated, a fifteen-second countdown timer starts. Once it hits zero, the suit's [[fusion reactor]] overloads and burns everything in its path in a ten-meter radius with a follow-up explosion to finish anything alive.{{Ref/Reuse|FS34}}


==Uses==
*[[John-117]] activated the fail-safe detonation system on [[Grace-093]]'s suit after she was killed by a [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] in the [[Covenant]] resupply station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|FS34}}
*[[Frederic-104]]'s damaged and inert [[CENTURION-class Mjolnir]] suit's fail-safe detonation system was activated at the conclusion of [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] on [[Gao]] in order to prevent the armor from falling into enemy hands, destroying two low-flying Gao [[MV-29 Wyvern]]s in the process.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=27}}


== Trivia ==
==List of appearances==
*[[Master Chief]] is the only known Spartan to activate the Fail-Safe Detonation on Grace's suite after being killed by a [[Brute]] in the [[Covenant]] city [[Unyielding Hierophant]].
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
**''[[Season 05: Reckoning]]'' {{Mo}}
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
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The MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor is equipped with a fail-safe detonation system. If a Spartan is killed or wounded fatally, or they are forced to shed the armor in the field, the self-destruct protocol will have to be enacted by either themselves or a nearby Spartan. This is done to avoid capture of the suit and/or the wearer for identification or technological study.[1]

Function[edit]

The tiny access panel at the back of the suit is opened to activate the protocol, it is activated by typing several digits only Spartans know. Once activated, a fifteen-second countdown timer starts. Once it hits zero, the suit's fusion reactor overloads and burns everything in its path in a ten-meter radius with a follow-up explosion to finish anything alive.[1]

Uses[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: First Strike, chapter 34
  2. ^ Halo: Last Light, chapter 27