FJ/PARA attachments
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| FJ/PARA | |
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 A Spartan clad in Mark V[B], employing the FJ/PARA shoulders and knees. | |
| Production overview | |
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Type: |
MJOLNIR [GEN1] |
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Role(s): |
Airborne infantry lightweight protection |
The FJ/PARA is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor.
Overview
Compatible with the Mark V, the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons and knee guards were designed specifically for airborne units, with the purpose of maximum protection with minimum weight.TEMPLATE ERROR: Template using invalid/disallowed fields: "sectionlinktext", "section"[1] In 2552, Kat-B320 of NOBLE Team wore the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons. Four other members of NOBLE Team wore the FJ/PARA knee guards: Carter-A259, Jun-A266, Emile-A239, and Thom-A293.[2][3] After the Human-Covenant War, the knee guards of NOBLE-, VIGILANT-, and Wrath-classes Mjolnir featured physical architecture similar to FJ/PARA knee guards due to the armors being recreations of custom armors which belonged to the Spartan-IIIs from NOBLE Team. Similarly, the shoulder pauldrons of INTRUDER-class Mjolnir also resembled the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons of Kat-B320's armor.[4]
In-game information
Halo: Reach
The FJ/PARA armor types are unlockable in the game's purchase system via the use of cR. In Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the FJ/PARA armor types are attainable in the Season 1: Noble progression system. The knee guards are unique as the only set of knee guards that are colored according to the player's secondary armor color.
| Armor | Description | Unlock requirements (Halo: Reach) | Unlock requirements (Halo: MCC) |
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  FJ/PARA shoulders |
Designed specifically for airborne units; maximum protection, minimum weight. |  Recruit, 250 cR
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Season 1, Tier 11 ( 1)
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 FJ/PARA knee guards |
Recruit, 10,000 cR
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Season 1, Tier 33 ( 1)
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Production notes
- "FJ" is an abbreviation of Fallschirmjäger, the German word for "paratrooper".
- In the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, the final model for the FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron was designated as the Mark V[B]. The FJ/PARA shoulders from the Beta then became the UA/Multi-threat shoulder pauldrons in the final game.
- It is possible that the FJ/PARA knee guards were intended to be the default in-game knee guards instead of a variant. Prior to the game's finalization, what would become the FJ/PARA knee guards were present on SPARTAN-B312, representing the character wearing basic armor prior to the player's customization. Even after being given fully default armor, most videos and images showed the SPARTAN wearing FJ/PARA kneeguards with otherwise fully default armor; the Xbox Avatar of Noble Six also still has FJ/PARA knee guards.
- Kat-B320's FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron pictured in a cover art image for Game Informer magazine started a recurring joke among the fan community as the shoulder can be seen resembling a face. This "character" was jokingly dubbed "Oonsk" as a humorous pronunciation of the "UNSC" labeled to the shoulder.[5] The character was later acknowledged by Bungie in their weekly updates,[6] and was included in a painting created by Frank O'Connor.[7] The painting was later auctioned off by IGN as a part of a charity event.[8]
Gallery
The FJ/PARA shoulder piece in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, now titled UA/Multi-Threat.
FJ/PARA shoulder pauldron in Halo: Reach Armory.
FJ/PARA knee guard in Halo: Reach Armory.
Kat-B320 wearing FJ/PARA shoulder pauldrons.
List of appearances
- Remember Reach
- Deliver Hope (First appearance)
- Halo: Reach
- Halo Infinite
Sources
- ^ Halo: Reach: FJ/PARA Description
- ^ Halo: Reach
- ^ Deliver Hope
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians
- ^ halo.bungie.org, The Birth of an Icon (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update: 01.22.10
- ^ halo.bungie.org, Re: kjfsklg; (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
- ^ halo.bungie.org, IGN for Haiti - Oonsk Sells Big (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
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