HELLCAT-class Mjolnir
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HELLCAT-class Mjolnir is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor [GEN2].[1]
Overview
Development history
Designed using artifacts from humanity's prehistoric interstellar empire, mostly from ruins of a dead world and the vault of a shattered starship.[Note 1] Spartan-IIs testing the armor showed near-perfect synchronization with the armor, though compatible Spartan-IV operators required an acclimatization period and tweaks to their augmentation maintenance before deployment.[1]
In-game information
Halo 5: Guardians
Hellcat was first introduced as an armor set in Halo 5: Guardians. The Hellcat set has two alternate skin designs; Marauder and Onslaught.
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 Hellcat (helmet) |
Tests with Spartan-II veterans show near-perfect synchronization with HELLCAT armor, but compatible Spartan-IV operators require an acclimatization period and tweaks to their augmentation maintenance before deployment. | Uncommon REQ card |
 Hellcat Marauder (helmet skin) |
Tests with Spartan-II veterans show near-perfect synchronization with HELLCAT armor, but compatible Spartan-IV operators require an acclimatization period and tweaks to their augmentation maintenance before deployment. | Rare REQ card |
 Hellcat Onslaught (helmet skin) |
Tests with Spartan-II veterans show near-perfect synchronization with HELLCAT armor, but compatible Spartan-IV operators require an acclimatization period and tweaks to their augmentation maintenance before deployment. | Ultra Rare REQ card |
 Hellcat (body) |
Built of knowledge stolen from enigmatic ruins on a dead world and materials stripped from the vault of a shattered starship, the HELLCAT is both utterly alien and strangely familiar. | Uncommon REQ card |
 Hellcat Marauder (body skin) |
Built of knowledge stolen from enigmatic ruins on a dead world and materials stripped from the vault of a shattered starship, the HELLCAT is both utterly alien and strangely familiar. | Rare REQ card |
 Hellcat Onslaught (body skin) |
Built of knowledge stolen from enigmatic ruins on a dead world and materials stripped from the vault of a shattered starship, the HELLCAT is both utterly alien and strangely familiar. | Ultra Rare REQ card |
Production notes
Internally, Hellcat armor was known by the codename "A084", with the in-game model produced by Airborn Studios.[2] The armor's original design was created by 343 Industries concept artist Kory Lynn Hubbel, in conjunction with fan Andrew Thivyanathan - who had won a contest with the charity Child's Play to design an armor. Thivyanathan wanted to base the armor on that worn by the ancient human soldiers, and the two worked to come up with the design seen in-game. Thivyanathan was also featured in-game as the character Andrew Thivyanathan, a de-glasser working on Meridian.[3][4]
Gallery
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The Ancestor warriors used as inspiration for the set.
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Concept art of the armor.
Default skin.
Marauder skin.
Onslaught skin.
Renders of the Hellcat armor.
A Spartan in Hellcat armor with an M41 rocket launcher.
Notes
- ^ While no direct link has been made, it is worth noting that the description of this "shattered starship" may match the description of an ancient human cruiser found at Site Yankee-002-G3 and documented in ONI XENO-MATERIALS EXPLOITATION REPORT 15Y1198.
List of appearances
- Halo 5: Guardians (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, Armory: Hellcat armor description
- ^ Artstation, Halo 5 Multiplayer Armor Hellcat: The render's filename,
airborn-studios-h5-a084-marmo-hellcat.jpg, reveals the armor's codename. (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive] - ^ Twitter, Kory Lynn Hubbell: "Oh also, fun fact: The Hellcat came to be when a guy won a charity auction to come in and design a Halo armor. He wanted to base it on the Ancient Human soldiers and I sat with him to get the rough sketch. It was a great experience. I wish I could remember his name :/" (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
- ^ Thivyanathan's discussion of the armor creation on Halopedia
