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Combine GEN2 enhancements with the GEN1 platform (Mark VI) |
- "I'm wearing three layers of armor. Those man-droppers in your clip would just flatten themselves against my chest."
- — LTJG Frederic-104 to Veta Lopis, referring to the ammunition of the latter's SAS-10 pistol[3]
CENTURION-class Mjolnir is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor manufactured by the Office of Naval Intelligence's Watershed Division.[1]
GEN1 overviewEdit
Design detailsEdit
The Mark VI Centurion set was an experimental platform designed to combine the Mark VI armor's architecture with GEN2-era upgrades.[4]
Development historyEdit
The Centurion armor was manufactured by ONI's Watershed Division. In October 2552 a Mark VI version of the armor was available.[5]
One of the testers was Frederic-104, with his suit having a primary purpose to serve as a testbed for new technologies before they were incorporated into the MJOLNIR (GEN2) platform, a more modern armor that would later be utilized by Spartan-IVs.[6]
UsageEdit
Spartan Frederic-104 received a prototype Centurion armor upon upgrading to the Mark VI platform at his return to Earth in October 2552, shortly before the Battle for Earth.[5] With it, Frederic fought numerous battles on Earth, and later participated in the Onyx Conflict. Following his return to Earth in 2553, he continued to field-test multiple variants of the Centurion armor during highly confidential operations,[6] until at least October 2558.[1]
GEN2 overviewEdit
Design detailsEdit
The GEN2 variant is equipped with C4I2SR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance)[7] technology which, combined with the warfighting skills of the Spartan wearer, has had major ramifications on UNSC doctrine on battlespace shaping and operations planning.[8] The suit's threat management system also features the latest situational awareness tactical software and cognition-enhancing neural interlinks.[1][2]
Development historyEdit
The GEN2 variant was developed by the Watershed Division.
UsageEdit
By 2558, a GEN2 variant of Centurion was in use by Spartan Fred-104.
In-game informationEdit
Halo 2: AnniversaryEdit
The CENTURION armor is an armor permutation for Spartan characters in Halo 2: Anniversary.
Armor | Description | Unlock requirements |
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Centurion |
Canon Fodder description: When the Watershed Division began testing next-generation CENTURION-class Mjolnir armor, they created multiple prototypes designed to marry Mk.VI underpinnings with GEN2 enhancements. | Unlocked by default. |
MCC description: This CENTURIAN-class Mjolnir prototype was the first to marry Mk.VI underpinnings with GEN2 enhancements. |
Halo 5: GuardiansEdit
Centurion was introduced as an armor permutation in Halo 5: Guardians. The helmet and body armor are unlockable as armor permutations through the Requisition system. The Argus set has one alternate skin, Ironside.
Armor | Description | Unlock requirements (Halo 5: Guardians) |
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Centurion (helmet) |
The CENTURION's C4I2SR technology combined with Spartan warfighting talent is a game-changer for UNSC operational planning and battlespace shaping doctrine. | Mythic REQ card |
Centurion Ironside (helmet skin) |
The CENTURION's C4I2SR technology combined with Spartan warfighting talent is a game-changer for UNSC operational planning and battlespace shaping doctrine. | Mythic REQ card |
Centurion (body) |
The CENTURION threat management system incorporates the latest situational awareness tacsofts and cognition enhancing neural interlinks. | Mythic REQ card |
Centurion Ironside (body skin) |
The CENTURION threat management system incorporates the latest situational awareness tacsofts and cognition enhancing neural interlinks. | Mythic REQ card |
TriviaEdit
- In the ancient Roman army, a centurion was an officer in command of a century—a company of a hundred soldiers.[9] The MJOLNIR Centurion armor bears a Roman-like crest on top of its helmet.[10]
- All Centurion armors in Halo 5: Guardians have "104" stenciled on the chest plate in Braille.
- In the final version of Halo 5: Guardians, Fred's GEN2 Centurion armor has the techsuit gloves in two colors (pale blue and light turquoise), in the same two-tone coloring scheme as Kelly-087's Hermes and Linda-058's Argus armors.
GalleryEdit
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Concept artEdit
Concept art for MJOLNIR armors in Halo 2: Anniversary.
Concept art of the Centurion and Hoplite armor.
Early concept art of Fred's Centurion armor for Halo 5: Guardians.
IllustrationsEdit
Fred (left) wearing the Centurion armor without its helmet in Halo: Escalation.
Fred escaping the Prometheans with the rest of Blue Team.
Fred-104 wearing Centurion armor on the cover of Halo: Last Light.
Developmental imagesEdit
The Centurion helmet in the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta.
ScreenshotsEdit
A Spartan wearing Mark VI Centurion on Bloodline.
Fred (right) in his newly received Mark VI Centurion armor in Halo 2: Anniversary's terminals.
Fred wearing GEN2 Centurion on Reach.
A Centurion-clad Spartan-IV with a Zubo-pattern beam rifle on Molten.
Halo 5: Guardians skinsEdit
List of appearancesEdit
- Halo: Escalation (First appearance)
- Halo 2: Anniversary
- Hunt the Truth
- Halo: Last Light
- Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Halo Mythos
- Halo: Tales from Slipspace
- Halo: Retribution
- Halo: Bad Blood
- Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual
- Halo: Lone Wolf
- Halo: Divine Wind (Indirect mention)
SourcesEdit
- ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Conventional Warfare (Retrieved on May 15, 2021) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, Armor Permutations: CENTURION - Body Description "The CENTURION threat management system incorporates the latest situational awareness tacsofts and cognition enhancing neural interlinks."
- ^ Halo: Last Light, page 76
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Marching On (Retrieved on May 15, 2021) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo 2: Anniversary, Terminal - Unyielding
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Universe - Frederic-104 (Retrieved on May 15, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Acronym Finder, What does C4I2SR stand for? (Retrieved on Jul 13, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, Armor Permutations: CENTURION - Helmet Description "The CENTURION's C4I2SR technology combined with Spartan warfighting talent is a game-changer for UNSC operational planning and battlespace shaping doctrine."
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Centurion (Retrieved on Jul 13, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder 3-21-15: Marching On Thread (Retrieved on May 15, 2021) [archive]
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