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{{Quote|Like the [[Cyclops]] mech suit but bigger and better and badder.|[[Black-Box]]<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 364''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Like the [[Cyclops]] mech suit but bigger and better and badder.|[[Black-Box]]<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 364''</ref>}} | ||
The '''HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System''',<ref name="h4guide"/> | The '''HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System''',<ref name="h4guide"/> commonly known as the '''Mantis''', is a [[powered exoskeleton]]/[[wikipedia:Armoured fighting vehicle|armored fighting vehicle]] used by the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] after the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="OXM">'''Official Xbox Magazine''' ''October 2012''</ref><ref name="THB 10.17.12">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/17/The-Halo-Bulletin-101712-.aspx ''The Halo Bulletin 10.17.12'']</ref><!-- <ref name="expertzone"></ref> --> It is derived, if tangentially, from the HRUNTING and YGGDRASIL teams' earlier [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System|Mark I Armor Defense System]].<ref name="h4guide"/> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
Standing roughly twenty feet tall, the Mantis is similar in appearance to the larger [[Cyclops Mark II]]. Its spindly legs and tiny "thorax" give the Mantis a passing resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Mantis|its namesake]], as do its weaponized arms. There are two versions of the Mantis, both of which have | Standing roughly twenty feet tall, the Mantis is similar in appearance to the larger [[Cyclops Mark II]], which itself was the evolution of [[HRUNTING Mark III (B) Exoskeleton|another HRUNTING project]]. Its spindly legs and tiny "thorax" give the Mantis a passing resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Mantis|its namesake]], as do its weaponized arms. There are two versions of the Mantis, both of which have an anti-matériel machine gun on the right arm and a missile pod on the left. One variant has a larger-caliber cannon and surface-to-air missiles; the other version has an [[M655 Heavy Machine Gun/Anti-Matériel|M655 20mm heavy machine gun]] and [[M5920 Surface-to-Ground Missile Launcher/Anti-Matériel|M5920 35mm surface-to-surface missiles]].<ref name="THB 10.17.12"/> Though it lacks the firepower and durability of the [[M808 Main Battle Tank]], the Mantis is far more maneuverable and is equipped with [[Energy shielding|energy shields]].<ref>[[:File:Mantis in action.jpg|Image showing energy shield flaring]]</ref><ref name="THB 10.17.12"/> | ||
===Service history=== | ===Service history=== | ||