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12/5/2012 5:02:49 AM
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Marine appearences in Halo 4
Whats up with the mix-matched armor sets in Halo 4? One is olive drab metallic armor with a face mask, another is mostly white and appears to be made out of more fabric like material and the other one is the same thing as the white except for the fact that it is black? (ODST's Maybe)
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dark Hunter 2100 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RedneckHamster [url]http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/2/20/Halo4_UNSC_Marines.jpg[/url] This is a pretty good visual overview of USMC- errr...UNSCMC- battledress in Halo 4. My personal theory is that the white armor plate seen on 'Infantry 3' is used by Navy personnel. The white helmets seen in cutscenes are very similar to vacuum-capable examples from Reach, and higher visibility/reflectivity would very likely be considered a safety advantage in an EVA environment. The Medic also uses white armor- remember that the USMC uses [b]Navy corpsman, not organic Medics[/b]. This could very well be a nod to present-day Marine tradition. The variations between the various Marine versions is most likely akin to the various subsets of equipment used by most armed forces. Just because two servicemen are in the same branch does NOT mean that they will be equipped in an identical manner. It appears to be separated into a lighter, more mobile armor kit( 'Officer' and 'Infantry 2'), and a heavier, frontline set ( 'Infantry 4' and 'Communications').[/quote] So I guess the soldiers in totally black armor might be ODSTs...[/quote] They don't show the common cloth-tan variant though. Also, pure black seems to be ONI security, as it's only seen in composer and the subtitles are explicitly "Security".
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Man the Medics would be easy as crap to single out.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RedneckHamster [url]http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/2/20/Halo4_UNSC_Marines.jpg[/url] This is a pretty good visual overview of USMC- errr...UNSCMC- battledress in Halo 4. My personal theory is that the white armor plate seen on 'Infantry 3' is used by Navy personnel. The white helmets seen in cutscenes are very similar to vacuum-capable examples from Reach, and higher visibility/reflectivity would very likely be considered a safety advantage in an EVA environment. The Medic also uses white armor- remember that the USMC uses [b]Navy corpsman, not organic Medics[/b]. This could very well be a nod to present-day Marine tradition. The variations between the various Marine versions is most likely akin to the various subsets of equipment used by most armed forces. Just because two servicemen are in the same branch does NOT mean that they will be equipped in an identical manner. It appears to be separated into a lighter, more mobile armor kit( 'Officer' and 'Infantry 2'), and a heavier, frontline set ( 'Infantry 4' and 'Communications').[/quote] So I guess the soldiers in totally black armor might be ODSTs...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Trinitykill But a bigger question, why do officers always get hats? "Hey guys, we need to design an armour set for the higher ranking people on the field, should we give them more protection?" "Don't be stupid Phil, we should make their head completely vulnerable! Ooh I know! lets also give them headgear that actually designates they're an officer so that enemy snipers can see!" You'd think with them all having visors, they could differentiate between who is who without needing to sacrifice protection.[/quote] Their cigars have built-in personal energy shields.[/quote] You know, that would be an exellent funny line.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Trinitykill But a bigger question, why do officers always get hats? "Hey guys, we need to design an armour set for the higher ranking people on the field, should we give them more protection?" "Don't be stupid Phil, we should make their head completely vulnerable! Ooh I know! lets also give them headgear that actually designates they're an officer so that enemy snipers can see!" You'd think with them all having visors, they could differentiate between who is who without needing to sacrifice protection.[/quote] Their cigars have built-in personal energy shields.
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But a bigger question, why do officers always get hats? "Hey guys, we need to design an armour set for the higher ranking people on the field, should we give them more protection?" "Don't be stupid Phil, we should make their head completely vulnerable! Ooh I know! lets also give them headgear that actually designates they're an officer so that enemy snipers can see!" You'd think with them all having visors, they could differentiate between who is who without needing to sacrifice protection.
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[url]http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/2/20/Halo4_UNSC_Marines.jpg[/url] This is a pretty good visual overview of USMC- errr...UNSCMC- battledress in Halo 4. My personal theory is that the white armor plate seen on 'Infantry 3' is used by Navy personnel. The white helmets seen in cutscenes are very similar to vacuum-capable examples from Reach, and higher visibility/reflectivity would very likely be considered a safety advantage in an EVA environment. The Medic also uses white armor- remember that the USMC uses [b]Navy corpsman, not organic Medics[/b]. This could very well be a nod to present-day Marine tradition. The variations between the various Marine versions is most likely akin to the various subsets of equipment used by most armed forces. Just because two servicemen are in the same branch does NOT mean that they will be equipped in an identical manner. It appears to be separated into a lighter, more mobile armor kit( 'Officer' and 'Infantry 2'), and a heavier, frontline set ( 'Infantry 4' and 'Communications').
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Marines and Spartans have tags seen through neural implants so there shouldn't be a problem identifying who's who.
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The [i]Infinity[/i] is the flagship of the UNSC Fleet. I think it stands to reason that there are officers and non-officers of every major branch of the Military aboard. Air Force - Pilots. maybe? (Granted we see no Hawks or Hornets, just Pelicans, and you could easily have Marine pilots) Marines - Obviously infantry. Army - Not every soldier is cut out to be a Marine, but they should still have combat experience with the Covenant/ Prometheans. Navy - It's a ship. It's manned by Navy personnel. Spartans seem to be their own division of the Military now. Kind of odd that ONI would relinquish command of the UNSC's most important program.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Thugzz Deluxxxe [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Grunt Warchief The difference continues to appear in Spartan Ops and they are specifically described as just being marines. In this last chapter you clearly see some examples. And my problem is what is up with all the white? Are the Covenant species blind to that color or something? Cause if they are not they are sticking out tremendously. [/quote] Yeah I don't understand why they're white. White armor doesn't really have a good track record in sci-fi... *cough* stormtroopers *cough cough*[/quote]only the medics have withe armor, and there are only white medic models in game that i know of, the UNSC must be racist
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Grunt Warchief The difference continues to appear in Spartan Ops and they are specifically described as just being marines. In this last chapter you clearly see some examples. And my problem is what is up with all the white? Are the Covenant species blind to that color or something? Cause if they are not they are sticking out tremendously. [/quote] Yeah I don't understand why they're white. White armor doesn't really have a good track record in sci-fi... *cough* stormtroopers *cough cough*
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Infinity is a mix N'match of navy, marines and air force, the only actual marine uniforms are the olive green one with the Helmet, the one with the Radio (also olive green) and the medic (white with red stripes) that Conan was using in the easter egg.
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Infinity Is a Joint operation I believe so their will be many different people working together so you will have a many different uniforms
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Maybe they are the uniforms for different groups of armed forces? Maybe they are the only clothes some soldiers could find?
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The difference continues to appear in Spartan Ops and they are specifically described as just being marines. In this last chapter you clearly see some examples. And my problem is what is up with all the white? Are the Covenant species blind to that color or something? Cause if they are not they are sticking out tremendously.
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There are army, navy, marines, and air force on board the Infinity. In squads, there are riflemen, radiomen, medics, etc.
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Probably because the Infinity crashed and a lot of people were killed so they had to mix n match.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sweety Rolls 77 Whats up with the mix-matched armor sets in Halo 4? One is olive drab metallic armor with a face mask, another is mostly white and appears to be made out of more fabric like material and the other one is the same thing as the white except for the fact that it is black? (ODST's Maybe)[/quote] Army, Navy, Marine? They could be all mismatched cause the ship crashed maybe? I think it could also be different groups within that military squad. Like Special Forces, Recon, ODST, and Marine Infantry. But does the UNSC [i]really[/i] need a strict uniform policy in the field anymore? I mean...either you're UNSC, Promethian, or Covenant. Either you're human or not. Yeah there are rebels, but they don't have a uniform, or a banner to wave over their collective heads. The taliban don't have a uniform and neither do the Insurrectinists (both aka terrorists).
