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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Development history=== | ===Development history=== | ||
The ''K'' variant was developed at the [[Special Warfare Center]] in [[Seongnam]], [[United Korea]] to aid [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN supersoldiers]] in specialized assaults on conventional military targets. When production for the ''K'' variant was approved, Chalybs Defense Solutions was awarded the contract to manufacture the armor, with final testing conducted at the Chalybs Testing Preserve.<ref name="EVG"/> The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]] version was first deployed during the siege of the [[Inner Colonies]], relatively late in the [[Human-Covenant War]];<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''page 33''</ref> the Mark IV version was more of a modification of the standard armor than a distinct variant.<ref name="EVG"/><ref group="note">In ''Birth of a Spartan'', Carter-A259's Mark IV/K prototype is identical to the Mark V version that he used later in the war. It is unknown if it was an advanced development of the Mark IV/K, or as stated by Frank O'Connor a prototype still being researched that didn't see deployment for some time.</ref> The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]] version was introduced near the end of the war | The ''K'' variant was developed at the [[Special Warfare Center]] in [[Seongnam]], [[United Korea]] to aid [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN supersoldiers]] in specialized assaults on conventional military targets. When production for the ''K'' variant was approved, Chalybs Defense Solutions was awarded the contract to manufacture the armor, with final testing conducted at the Chalybs Testing Preserve.<ref name="EVG"/> The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]] version was first deployed during the siege of the [[Inner Colonies]], relatively late in the [[Human-Covenant War]];<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''page 33''</ref> the Mark IV version was more of a modification of the standard armor than a distinct variant.<ref name="EVG"/><ref group="note">In ''Birth of a Spartan'', Carter-A259's Mark IV/K prototype is identical to the Mark V version that he used later in the war. It is unknown if it was an advanced development of the Mark IV/K, or as stated by Frank O'Connor a prototype still being researched that didn't see deployment for some time.</ref> The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]] version was introduced near the end of the war in [[2551#November|November 2551]]; unlike the previous iteration, the Mark V version was designed as a fully-featured variant of the standard Mark V MJOLNIR system.<ref name="EVG"/> | ||
===Design=== | ===Design=== |
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