MJOLNIR (B)

SPARTAN-B312 wearing the Mark V[B] helmet without additional upgrades or attachments.

The MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V[B] is a variant of the Mark V MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor.

Background

Along with the Mark V[M] and Mark VI[A] variants, the Mark V[B] is designed and manufactured by private organizations hired by the UNSC rather than developed by the UNSC specifically, due to numerous problems with funding. The Mark V[B] entered service in 2551 along with the standard Mark V armor set. However, components of the [B] variant were issued exclusively to members of SPECWAR Group Three, where the Mark V[B] served as the default helmet for Spartans. The Mark V[B] helmet has a built in night vision device.

Notable users of the Mark V[B] helmet include Thom-293 and SPARTAN-B312.

Characteristics

The helmet is the only component of the Mark V[B] that has been named and identified in the armory. The rest of the default suit of armor is a prototype of the final version of the Mark V seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, without the shoulders, which can be purchased separately.

Helmet

Price: N/A, Default option
The Mark V[B] helmet is similar to the standard Mark V MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor, with a few key differences. The helmet has a sleeker design, resembling both the standard Mark V helmet and the ODST helmet, and seems to be somewhat of a combination of the two. Whilst the rear of the helmet is similar to the Mark V, the front strongly resembles the ODST helmet's triangular jaw guard and rounded top, with a flatter visor shape.

This helmet is the starting helmet for all players, and is purchased and equipped by default. Currently, there are two upgrades available for the Mark V[B] helmet; the UA (up-armored) upgrade for 750 cR (This is a combination of both of the Beta upgrades); and the UA/HUL, for 1500 cR, which adds an External Hardened Uplink to the right side of the helmet, redesigned from the Beta.

Trivia

• In the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, there were two upgrades available for the Mark V[B] helmet. An External Command Network Module or "CNM", standard issue to Special Force unit commanders (1000 cR), and an External Hardened Uplink or "HUL", required for sensitive operations (5000 cR).
• While both the Mark V[B] and FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons were present in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, the Mark V[B] shoulders were changed to the FJ/PARA variant in the final game. Currently, the Mark V[B] has no shoulder pauldron permutations.
• The CNM and HUL attachments as seen in the Beta were merged into a single attachment, the UA upgrade, for the final game. The HUL is now an additional camera/sensor-like attachment on the side of the helmet, rather than being located on the top.
• In the Beta, both the helmet's attachments were implied to be intelligence gathering/communications devices; however, in the final game, it appears that the first of these upgrades is just extra armor added to the helmet for increased protection.
• The UA attachment from the beta strongly resembles the classic MJOLNIR sun visor, seen on both the Mark V and Mark VI helmets.

Gallery

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  Front and side views of the Mark V[B] helmet.

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  A Spartan wearing the Mark V[B].

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  A Spartan with the Mark V[B] helmet.

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  MJOLNIR Mk. V[B] with the up-armored upgrade attached.

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  Up-armored Mark V[B] worn by Thom-293.

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  The base Mark V[B], and its two upgrades.

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  Concept art of the Mark V[B] helmet.

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  The Mark V[B] shoulder plate as seen in Halo: Reach Beta Armory. Note that the pauldron is a part of the FJ/PARA variant in the final game.

List of appearances

• Halo: Reach
• Deliver Hope