Recruit
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Production overview

Manufacturer(s):

Hannibal Weapon Systems[1]
Materials Group (Forearms and greaves)[2]

Testing site(s):

WG/Facility 93-00/Kotka[1]
Chi Ceti IV (Manufacturing location for greaves)[2]
FFG-045's combat lab (Forearms)[2]

Type:

MJOLNIR [GEN2][1]

Role(s):

Standard default armor configuration for all recruited Spartan personnel.

 

Template:Article Quote RECRUIT-class Mjolnir is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2) manufactured by Hannibal Weapon Systems and Materials Group. It is the standard armor for all newly recruited SPARTAN-IV personnel.[2][3]

Overview

The reactor is covered by an "Class-A hardened reactor case". The shoulders are called "Common solid-plate pauldrons". There is a power conduit on the cuisse. The feet have segmented plates to increase mobility. The armor is designed to cope with the strain and duress experienced by newly augmented Spartan-IV.[1]

The standard color scheme for Recruit-equipped Spartans aboard UNSC Infinity consists of orange-yellow stripes at various points, most notably along the center of the helmet, though the suit remains largely unpainted.[note 1] Whether this color scheme is common among all recently inducted SPARTAN-IVs is unknown.

Development History

Majority of the Recruit variant was manufactured by Hannibal Weapon Systems and was tested at WG/Facility 93-00/Kotka. Though both the forearms and greaves were manufactured by the Materials Group, where the forearms were tested at FFG-045's combat lab, and the greaves were manufactured on Chi Ceti IV. [2] Testing for the GEN2 version was swiftly done, as by January 2553 a copy of the armor was onboard the Template:UNSCship.[4]

Decades of combat experience with Mjolnir suits informed the design and electronics hardware architecture of the RECRUIT helmet.[3]

Usage

Newly inducted Spartans are required to use the Recruit-class armor for an individually determined time frame before requisitioning custom kits.[2] The armor's performance consistency raises eyebrows among the more experienced Spartans, however, and despite its popularity, many Spartan-IVs opt to diversify the armor with other variants.[1]

Spartans in the Recruit variant armor were sold as toys. One child had painted his Recruit Spartan action figure to resemble the Master Chief.[5]

In-Game Information

Halo 4

Unlock: Default

  • Description: Standard default armor configuration for all recruited Spartan personnel.
  • Forearms Description: Standardized RECRUIT-class vambrace systems, vetted in the 'FFG-045' combat lab.
  • Legs Description: Conventional RECRUIT-class full greave system manufactured on Chi Ceti IV.

Available skins: PRME(Prime) and TIGR(Tiger)

Halo 5: Guardians

Unlock: Default

  • Helmet Description: Decades of combat experience with Mjolnir suits informed the design and electronics hardware architecture of the RECRUIT helmet.
  • Body Description: SPARTAN-IVs are required to use the RECRUIT-class armor until they demonstrate mastery over their many augmentations.

Available skins: Charred, Marked, and Proven
Charred Unlock: Common REQ card

  • Cut Beta Charred Helmet Description: Though largely confined to War Games, custom patterns can be applied to RECRUIT armor before fitting.
  • Cut Beta Charred Body Description: Personalized RECRUIT armor suits the needs of a diverse segment of Spartan combatants.

Marked Unlock: Uncommon REQ card
Proven Unlock: Rare REQ card

Gallery

Normal Gallery

Skins

Note

  1. ^ All SPARTAN-IV NPCs encountered in Halo 4 (both in the campaign and in Spartan Ops) wear Recruit armor with the aforementioned color scheme. Jared Miller of the ship's Spartan Command also wears Recruit armor with this color scheme in Spartan Ops' prerendered "talking head" vignettes.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Page 20, 164
  2. ^ a b c d e f Halo 4 - Armor description
  3. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians - Armory description
  4. ^ Halo: Initiation - Issue 2
  5. ^ A Hero Falls

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