Sanctum's Hide
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Nanotechnology skinsuit |
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Protective and healing armour |
- Meduz 'Ra'ashai: "You must first grow your Sanctum's Hide. And not on your armor or skinsuit. It must grow directly on your flesh."
- Thel 'Vadam: "What do you mean, grow? Like scales?"
- 'Ra'ashai: "Perhaps grow is the wrong word. Accumulate might be better. It gathers on your flesh, like dirt, and cannot be washed off. Soon, you are coated in it, and it is your armor. When that happens, the Blessing comes. The Sanctum responds to your desires."
- — Blademaster Meduz 'Ra'ashai and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam discussing Sanctum's Hide.[1]
Sanctum's Hide is a thin cloth-like material formed inside the Inner Sanctum of Netherop.[2]
Overview
Design details
Named as such by the Defenders of the Sanctum, Sanctum's Hide is as tough as graphene, as light as air, self-cleaning, self-repairing, and automatically forms on the body of those who inhabit the sanctum for prolonged periods of time. The hide is formed from Precursor nanotechnology found inside the sanctum, which grows on the skin of the sanctum's inhabitants until they are covered in a thin layer of the substance. While it does not provide energy shielding or strength enhancement like MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor or fighting skins, the hide is highly resistant to physical attacks.[2]
Visually, Sanctum's Hide resembles a grey shimmering, cloth-like material.[2]
The same processes that form Sanctum's Hide can be used to heal a given wearer, and even regrow limbs - as in the case of the Ranger Klemas 'Teodoree, who had lost a leg during the Battle of Netherop and had a replacement regrown of Sanctum's Hide.[2]
When a wearer of Sanctum's Hide dies, the nanotechnology dissipates and the hide "dies" with them.[3]
List of appearances
- Halo: Outcasts (First appearance)
