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The upper body components of the MJOLNIR Hayabusa variant in green color.

Project HAYABUSA was a UNSC powered armor program developed independently from Project MJOLNIR. The program later produced a MJOLNIR variant for the Mark VI generation.^[1]

Overview

Development and history

The Hayabusa is a powered battle armor system, similar to the MJOLNIR armor, except stemming from Project HAYABUSA as opposed to Project MJOLNIR. It was developed by the RKD group, an Earth-based think tank, in the year 2536, six years before the MJOLNIR Mark V entered production. It was presented to the UNSC Ordnance Committee as an answer to the self-contained powered armor problem.^[2]

Originally, RKD developed Project HAYABUSA without knowledge of ONI Materials Group's Project MJOLNIR. After contacts were made between RKD and ONI's Materials Group, the two pooled their research resources, resulting in the creation of the MJOLNIR-compatible HAYABUSA variant. Featuring a number of stylistic and functional improvements, it became a crucial piece of hardware in the later years of the Human-Covenant War.^[1]

Design

The Hayabusa armor's advanced materials decreased its weighty bulk by nearly one-third,^[2] and was aesthetically designed after ancient Japanese samurai designs. It includes spiked shoulder pauldrons (correctly referred to as s'ode).

The Hayabusa armor's helmet was designed with a defensive and ultraviolet protective visor. Like all UNSC helmets, the visor is the weakest part. Thus, a small visor was designed to be more difficult to accurately penetrate. As such, the small visor provides for better protection of the wearer as well as better camouflage. The Hayabusa was designed with greater emphasis on heavy lifting and extra-vehicular activity than the MJOLNIR. It is slightly slower and less dexterous than its MJOLNIR counterpart, though it is nonetheless highly effective and possesses most of the design features of the MJOLNIR Mark VI.^[3]^{[notes 1]}

Game characteristics

Helmet characteristics

Unlock: Obtain all thirteen skulls

The helmet features seven angular spikes, one to each side, and the face plate is fused into a single piece and contour. The top rear guard of the helmet is pointed, revealing a protruding spike. The bottom rear, around the neck, forms a neck guard, like that of a samurai helmet. The seven spikes are always silver-white regardless of armor color. Clips can be seen on the side of the helmet.

Shoulder pauldron characteristics

Unlock: Obtain nine skulls

Its shoulder pauldrons are replaced by three metal plates arranged in an overlapping fashion similar to the armor of a Japanese samurai, also known as the "sode".

Chest characteristics

Unlock: Obtain five skulls

The chest armor features a thick, round collar piece protecting the neck, as well as an angular strip of armor that appears to be strapped over the chest, featuring a small delta in the center.

Trivia

The Hayabusa armor bears a resemblance to the armor worn by feudal-era samurai. The armor is named after Ryu Hayabusa, the protagonist of the Ninja Gaiden series and a combatant in the Dead or Alive series. The helmet is almost an exact copy of the "ninja of the future" costume in Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox. Bungie likely created the Hayabusa armor as a tribute to Team Ninja for adding Nicole-458 into Dead or Alive 4. Team Ninja, the developers of the Ninja Gaiden series and Dead or Alive series, are mentioned in the credits for Halo 3.
Hayabusa is Japanese for "peregrine falcon" and is also the name for an unmanned space mission conducted by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency that returned to Earth in 2010.

Gallery

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The first sighting of the armor in use, discovered a mere few days before Halo 3's release.
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A flaming Hayabusa helmet, triggered by the Bungie employee-only chest plate.
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Hayabusa with katana. Available upon unlocking 49 of 79 achievements.

List of appearances

Halo 3

Notes

^ Armor permutations have no effect on gameplay.

Sources

^ ^a ^b Halo Encyclopedia (2011), page 96
^ ^a ^b Halo 3, Hayabusa armor description
^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009), page 93

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[4] Armor permutations have no effect on gameplay.

[ENC-1] Halo Encyclopedia (2011), page 96

[h3-2] Halo 3, Hayabusa armor description

[3] Halo Encyclopedia (2009), page 93

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-[[File:HayabusaArmor.png|thumb|The upper body components of the Hayabusa armor in green color.]]
+[[File:HayabusaArmor.png|thumb|The upper body components of the MJOLNIR Hayabusa variant in green color.]]
-The '''Hayabusa Powered Assault Armor''' is a type of [[United Nations Space Command]] powered [[armor]], developed independently from the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR Project]]. It is compatible with [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] supersoldiers and components of the MJOLNIR armor.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref>
-==Summary==
+'''Project HAYABUSA''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] powered armor program developed independently from [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Project MJOLNIR]]. The program later produced a MJOLNIR variant for the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI generation]].<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]] (2011)''', ''page 96''</ref>
-The Hayabusa is a powered battle armor system, similar to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR Armor]], except stemming from Project HAYABUSA as opposed to Project MJOLNIR. It was developed by [[RKD]], an Earth-based "think tank" in the year [[2536]], six years before the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR Mark V]] entered production. It was presented to the [[UNSC Ordnance Committee]] as an answer to the self-contained powered armor problem. Advanced materials are used in the production of the Hayabusa armor reducing the weight of the current generation armor by nearly a third at that time.
-==Development and history==
+==Overview==
-While HAYABUSA had different goals than its rival project, MJOLNIR, both programs resulted in powerful battle armor that boasted [[energy shielding]]. It is unknown though whether the original version had energy shields. The HAYABUSA project was intended to develop self-contained power armor, and the project eventually culminated in the development of the Hayabusa Powered Assault Armor, which was developed by Facility RKD on [[Earth]] in the year [[2536]] and was accepted by the UNSC Ordnance Committee the same year.
+===Development and history===
+The Hayabusa is a powered battle armor system, similar to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], except stemming from Project HAYABUSA as opposed to Project MJOLNIR. It was developed by the [[RKD]] group, an Earth-based think tank, in the year [[2536]], six years before the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR Mark V]] entered production. It was presented to the [[UNSC Ordnance Committee]] as an answer to the self-contained powered armor problem.<ref name="h3">'''Halo 3''', ''Hayabusa armor description''</ref>
-The Hayabusa armor's advanced materials decreased its weighty bulk by one-third, and is aesthetically Japanese in design. The armor was designed after ancient samurai designs. It includes spiked shoulder pauldrons (correctly referred to as ''s'ode''). The purpose of the Japanese aesthetics was to instill fear in enemy soldiers while compensating for the armor's lack of defensive strength by angling the pieces to reduce ballistics penetration and providing a sleek, aerodynamic figure.
+Originally, RKD developed Project HAYABUSA without knowledge of ONI [[Materials Group]]'s Project MJOLNIR. After contacts were made between RKD and ONI's [[Materials Group]], the two pooled their research resources, resulting in the creation of the MJOLNIR-compatible HAYABUSA variant. Featuring a number of stylistic and functional improvements, it became a crucial piece of hardware in the later years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="ENC"/>
-The Hayabusa armor's helmet was designed with a defensive and ultraviolet protective visor. Like all UNSC helmets, the visor is the weakest part. Thus, a small visor was designed to be more difficult to accurately penetrate. As such, the small visor provides for better protection of the wearer as well as better camouflage. The Hayabusa was designed with greater emphasis on heavy lifting and [[extra-vehicular activity]] than the MJOLNIR. It is slightly slower and less dexterous than its MJOLNIR counterpart, though it is nonetheless highly effective and possesses most of the design features of the MJOLNIR Mark VI.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 93''</ref><ref group="notes">[[Armor permutations (Halo 3)|Armor permutations]] have no effect on gameplay.</ref>
+===Design===
+The Hayabusa armor's advanced materials decreased its weighty bulk by nearly one-third,<ref name="h3"/> and was aesthetically designed after ancient Japanese samurai designs. It includes spiked shoulder pauldrons (correctly referred to as ''s'ode'').
-Although initially developed as its own powered armor system, it seems that the Hayabusa armor has been modified and adapted to be compatible with the next-generation MJOLNIR armor system. This allowed it to be available for use by the SPARTAN-II supersoldiers although its field deployment appeared to be extremely limited.
+The Hayabusa armor's helmet was designed with a defensive and ultraviolet protective visor. Like all UNSC helmets, the visor is the weakest part. Thus, a small visor was designed to be more difficult to accurately penetrate. As such, the small visor provides for better protection of the wearer as well as better camouflage. The Hayabusa was designed with greater emphasis on heavy lifting and [[extra-vehicular activity]] than the MJOLNIR. It is slightly slower and less dexterous than its MJOLNIR counterpart, though it is nonetheless highly effective and possesses most of the design features of the MJOLNIR Mark VI.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia (2009)''', ''page 93''</ref><ref group="notes">[[Armor permutations (Halo 3)|Armor permutations]] have no effect on gameplay.</ref>
+==Game characteristics==
 ===Helmet characteristics===
 :'''Unlock''': Obtain all thirteen [[Halo 3 Skulls|skulls]]
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 *The Hayabusa armor bears a resemblance to the armor worn by feudal-era [[wikipedia:Samurai|samurai]]. The armor is named after [[w:c:ninjagaiden:Ryu Hayabusa|Ryu Hayabusa]], the protagonist of the ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden (series)|Ninja Gaiden]]'' series and a combatant in the [[wikipedia:Dead or Alive (series)|''Dead or Alive'' series]]. The helmet is almost an exact copy of the "ninja of the future" costume in ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game)|Ninja Gaiden]]'' on the Xbox. Bungie likely created the Hayabusa armor as a tribute to Team Ninja for adding [[Nicole-458]] into [[Wikipedia:DOA4|Dead or Alive 4]]. Team Ninja, the developers of the ''Ninja Gaiden'' series and ''Dead or Alive'' series, are mentioned in the credits for ''Halo 3''.
 *Hayabusa is Japanese for "peregrine falcon" and is also the [[wikipedia:Hayabusa|name]] for an unmanned space mission conducted by the [[wikipedia:Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency|Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency]] that returned to [[Earth]] in 2010.
-*Although HAYABUSA is a counterpart to the MJOLNIR armor, the description of one of the Hayabusa-equipped ''Halo 3'' [[action figure]]s mistakenly refers to it as a MJOLNIR variant. The figures also have ''VI'' written on their arms, but it is covered by the shoulder armor.
 ==Gallery==