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The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] is equipped with a '''fail-safe detonation system'''. | 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 name="fs">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 315''</ref> | ||
==Function== | ==Function== | ||
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 name="fs"/> | 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 name="fs"/> | ||
== | ==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 name="fs"/> | |||
*[[Fred-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 [[Wyvern]]s in the process.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 373-375'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 23:25, December 25, 2015
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
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
- John-117 activated the fail-safe detonation system on Grace-093's suit after she was killed by a Brute in the Covenant resupply station Unyielding Hierophant.[1]
- Fred-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 Wyverns in the process.[2]
List of appearances
- Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
- Halo: Last Light
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo: First Strike, page 315
- ^ Halo: Last Light, pages 373-375 (Google Play edition)
