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The MJOLNIR Mark VI Recon Variant.

The Mark VI MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/R variant, colloquially known as Recon Armor, or Recon by Bungie Employees, is a type of United Nations Space Command body armor.

Development and History

The Recon armor was developed parallel to the Scout Armor in the B5D Ordnance Testing Facility in Swanbourne, Perth, Western Australia. The main purpose of the Recon Armor was to create armor with stealth capabilities and with little or no loss of endurance, specifically by reducing its IR signature, reflective surfaces, and Cherenkov radiation emission.Template:Fact

Characteristics

Helmet Characteristics

The helmet has large, 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 an area of black alloy beneath it that covers the nose, 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 pauldrons are a more angular version of the EVA, with a box-like shoulder piece 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 piece.

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 and flat like the other parts of the armor and reflects it with a few small changes. This chest piece like all armor permutations, is an attachment on to the standard Mark VI armor.

Unlock

Players can also be awarded Recon by Bungie. This can happen by making or doing something spectacular, such a map, video or screenshot. In one case, a player was awarded Recon for being killed by a street cone. You can also get Recon by getting a job in Bungie studios you will also get the flaming armour variant.

Trivia

  • Perhaps even more coveted than the Recon armor is a chest piece that has flame on the collar, simulating a flaming head. As a misconception, many people believe that there is "Flaming Reconrmor (with flaming helmet) came 10th in the Top 10 Videogame Armor, a feature by Machinima.com.[1]
  • Recon is sometimes referred to as the "LEGO" armor.
  • Back in 2008 Bungie (as a prank) released a version of Foundry that stated if the user recommended the map to 15 people they would get the Recon helmet. In the map the word "Recon" is spelled out in lights. Nobody ever got the helmet due to the fact that it was a prankAN dfhdfudfhkfhkfruyrjfufghfekfhufdvhdkfdpfdjfdhfd;euefierfegdge74730274

References

  1. ^ Starship Troopers 3 presents "Top 10 Video Game Armor". Machinima.com. Accessed on 2009-03-07

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