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Unlike the form-fitting armored suits that began with the retroactively named [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]], the predecessors of MJOLNIR were bulky powered exoskeletons. In [[2511]], [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] decided to scrap the earlier iterations due to their size, lack of maneuverability, and power inefficiency. She and the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Materials Group]] abandoned the exoskeletons for Project: MJOLNIR, leaving most of the exoskeletons, (even the comparatively successful Mark IIIs, which had been introduced only [[2510|a year earlier]]), in [[Reach]]'s [[titanium]] mines.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''','' page ???''</ref><ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref>

In [[2513]], the Materials Group's research team on [[Algolis]], who were working on a separate project known as HRUNTING, began to refine the Mark III. Working at [[Weapons Research Facility T12A]], the HRUNTING team made their own development breakthroughs until they created a revised "[B]" variant of the Mark III, which they called the Cyclops. Unlike the original Mark I, II, and III exoskeletons, the Mark III [B] was intended to serve non-combat military roles such as construction, matériel transportation, terraforming, and dock work. The Cyclops eventually saw limited deployment as a logistical support unit, though operators were forced into combat on rare occasions; the Cyclops proved very effective as an anti-matériel and anti-fortification platform.<ref name="EVG"/><ref group="note">Graeme Devine, the lead writer of ''Halo Wars'', posted background information for the Cyclops on [http://www.graemedevine.com/graemedevine/Spirit_of_Fire/Entries/2009/2/23_Cyclops.html his personal website], though this information contains several continuity errors. For example, it states that the Marine Corps designed the Cyclops as a shock infantry platform - which competed with the "fledgling" [[Orbital Drop Shock ~~Trooper~~]]s - to combat the [[Insurrectionist]]s; canonically, the Cyclops was specifically designed as a support platform and the ODST had been in service for decades. Furthermore, it states that the Cyclops was removed from service after the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] was initiated; the SPARTAN-III program was top-secret and served an entirely different goal from that of the Cyclops, so the activation of the SPARTAN-IIIs should have had no bearing on the Cyclops' deployment. However, Devine states on the website that his background stories are "essentially fan fiction" and should not be regarded as canon.</ref>

In [[2513]], the Materials Group's research team on [[Algolis]], who were working on a separate project known as HRUNTING, began to refine the Mark III. Working at [[Weapons Research Facility T12A]], the HRUNTING team made their own development breakthroughs until they created a revised "[B]" variant of the Mark III, which they called the Cyclops. Unlike the original Mark I, II, and III exoskeletons, the Mark III [B] was intended to serve non-combat military roles such as construction, matériel transportation, terraforming, and dock work. The Cyclops eventually saw limited deployment as a logistical support unit, though operators were forced into combat on rare occasions; the Cyclops proved very effective as an anti-matériel and anti-fortification platform.<ref name="EVG"/><ref group="note">Graeme Devine, the lead writer of ''Halo Wars'', posted background information for the Cyclops on [http://www.graemedevine.com/graemedevine/Spirit_of_Fire/Entries/2009/2/23_Cyclops.html his personal website], though this information contains several continuity errors. For example, it states that the Marine Corps designed the Cyclops as a shock infantry platform - which competed with the "fledgling" [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] - to combat the [[Insurrectionist]]s; canonically, the Cyclops was specifically designed as a support platform and the ODST had been in service for decades. Furthermore, it states that the Cyclops was removed from service after the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] was initiated; the SPARTAN-III program was top-secret and served an entirely different goal from that of the Cyclops, so the activation of the SPARTAN-IIIs should have had no bearing on the Cyclops' deployment. However, Devine states on the website that his background stories are "essentially fan fiction" and should not be regarded as canon.</ref>

A second-generation version of the Cyclops exoskeleton was developed sometime afterward. Rather than continuing the naming system used for the pre-MJOLNIR powered exoskeletons, the new model was designated the [[Cyclops Mark II]].<ref>[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/8185354/frank_oconnor_halo_4_interview_at_microsoft_spring_shocase_2012/ '''MetaCafe''': ''Frank O'Connor Interview - Microsoft Spring Showcase 2012'']</ref>

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 Unlike the form-fitting armored suits that began with the retroactively named [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]], the predecessors of MJOLNIR were bulky powered exoskeletons. In [[2511]], [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] decided to scrap the earlier iterations due to their size, lack of maneuverability, and power inefficiency. She and the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Materials Group]] abandoned the exoskeletons for Project: MJOLNIR, leaving most of the exoskeletons, (even the comparatively successful Mark IIIs, which had been introduced only [[2510|a year earlier]]), in [[Reach]]'s [[titanium]] mines.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''','' page ???''</ref><ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref>
-In [[2513]], the Materials Group's research team on [[Algolis]], who were working on a separate project known as HRUNTING, began to refine the Mark III. Working at [[Weapons Research Facility T12A]], the HRUNTING team made their own development breakthroughs until they created a revised "[B]" variant of the Mark III, which they called the Cyclops. Unlike the original Mark I, II, and III exoskeletons, the Mark III [B] was intended to serve non-combat military roles such as construction, matériel transportation, terraforming, and dock work. The Cyclops eventually saw limited deployment as a logistical support unit, though operators were forced into combat on rare occasions; the Cyclops proved very effective as an anti-matériel and anti-fortification platform.<ref name="EVG"/><ref group="note">Graeme Devine, the lead writer of ''Halo Wars'', posted background information for the Cyclops on [http://www.graemedevine.com/graemedevine/Spirit_of_Fire/Entries/2009/2/23_Cyclops.html his personal website], though this information contains several continuity errors. For example, it states that the Marine Corps designed the Cyclops as a shock infantry platform - which competed with the "fledgling" [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s - to combat the [[Insurrectionist]]s; canonically, the Cyclops was specifically designed as a support platform and the ODST had been in service for decades. Furthermore, it states that the Cyclops was removed from service after the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] was initiated; the SPARTAN-III program was top-secret and served an entirely different goal from that of the Cyclops, so the activation of the SPARTAN-IIIs should have had no bearing on the Cyclops' deployment. However, Devine states on the website that his background stories are "essentially fan fiction" and should not be regarded as canon.</ref>
+In [[2513]], the Materials Group's research team on [[Algolis]], who were working on a separate project known as HRUNTING, began to refine the Mark III. Working at [[Weapons Research Facility T12A]], the HRUNTING team made their own development breakthroughs until they created a revised "[B]" variant of the Mark III, which they called the Cyclops. Unlike the original Mark I, II, and III exoskeletons, the Mark III [B] was intended to serve non-combat military roles such as construction, matériel transportation, terraforming, and dock work. The Cyclops eventually saw limited deployment as a logistical support unit, though operators were forced into combat on rare occasions; the Cyclops proved very effective as an anti-matériel and anti-fortification platform.<ref name="EVG"/><ref group="note">Graeme Devine, the lead writer of ''Halo Wars'', posted background information for the Cyclops on [http://www.graemedevine.com/graemedevine/Spirit_of_Fire/Entries/2009/2/23_Cyclops.html his personal website], though this information contains several continuity errors. For example, it states that the Marine Corps designed the Cyclops as a shock infantry platform - which competed with the "fledgling" [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] - to combat the [[Insurrectionist]]s; canonically, the Cyclops was specifically designed as a support platform and the ODST had been in service for decades. Furthermore, it states that the Cyclops was removed from service after the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] was initiated; the SPARTAN-III program was top-secret and served an entirely different goal from that of the Cyclops, so the activation of the SPARTAN-IIIs should have had no bearing on the Cyclops' deployment. However, Devine states on the website that his background stories are "essentially fan fiction" and should not be regarded as canon.</ref>
 A second-generation version of the Cyclops exoskeleton was developed sometime afterward. Rather than continuing the naming system used for the pre-MJOLNIR powered exoskeletons, the new model was designated the [[Cyclops Mark II]].<ref>[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/8185354/frank_oconnor_halo_4_interview_at_microsoft_spring_shocase_2012/ '''MetaCafe''': ''Frank O'Connor Interview - Microsoft Spring Showcase 2012'']</ref>