The Recon Armor is a type of United Nations Space Command body armor.
Introduction
The Recon Armor is a variant of the standard Mark VI MJOLNIR powered battle armor. It is an armor permutation in Halo 3 multiplayer. Bungie has confirmed all of the armor permutations have no effect on gameplay.
Characteristics
Helmet Characteristics
The Helmet features largely rounded features with a rise along the top of the head with two black triangles pointing out the front of the head on each side of the rise. It has a thin visor and a area of black alloy beneath it, surrounded by armor. The helmet is largely angular with a pair of what look like breathers on each side of the mouth and a small indent on the forehead.
Shoulder Characteristics
The shoulder pads are a more angular version of the EVA, with a box like shoulder pad and a section jutting out and down the arm. It also features a slanted rectangular strip of metal jutting outwards at a 90 degree angle from the shoulder pad.
Chest Characteristics
The Chest piece is similar to the Mark VI but instead of being made up of smooth plates reflecting the human body it is more angular like the other parts of the armor and reflects it with a few small changes.
Unlock
- Head: The Covenant - LOOK AT ME, I CAN EDIT WIKI TOO! - Plexiq.
- Shoulders: Cortana - Lure flood into the back of teh Pelican at the very end of the level and the sporelings will appear bouncing around in the back with shoulders on
- Body: The Ark - Kill the Brute Chieftan with the hammer, use the hammer on Guilty Spark until you kill him enough times that he turns hostile, he will flee to the location of the chest piece.
- Luke Smith has recently posted some cryptic hints as to how to get the armor on the Bungie.net forum:
- "The trigger isn't something you can control. It's not your finger that pulls it" [1]
- "There's a gun with a trigger, but there's nothing your hand can do to fire it. " [2]
Lukems cryptic clue was supposed to mean that the "trigger" was something that the player had no control over, and therefore could only be "pulled" if Bungie did it for you (by giving you the armor).
Gallery
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Recon armor seen on the Bungie Day painting
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The Recon armor in-game
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Helmet of the new armor
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A Zombie in the armor
Trivia
- The armor permutation was first discovered in the Bungie update on the 7th of July then later with videos from PAX ’07 and leaked images.
- The game guide makes no mention of the Recon armor, however, it is noted that Bungie requested that some of the armor permutations not be in the guide.