well im getting frustrated with all these posts from people making these half ass guesses! take a step back and calm down and look at whats in front of you! first : at the end of first strike, the master chief, linda, fred and will are on ther way back to earth!! they would get the new armor from halo 2! second : kelly was takin from the other spartans!!! which means she did not recieve the halo2 armor!!!!!! SO in the cover we see three sets of armor! the halo2 armor most likely has either the good old master chief, linda, fred or will in it! next u see the old armor from halo one! which is most likely kelly, as again she didn't get the new armor because she was takin! and then the new armor we see! this is obvioulsy the S III's that Ackerson was working on! frankie said its none spartan armor! ackerson project isn't called spartans its called S III's. so this has to be the armor for them! oh who said it could be for elites! sorry but the was just stupid as some mentioned the legs wouldn't fit. and did the elites shrink there fingers and grow a few extra fingers to fit into thos gloves! i mean look at the picture dude how did u think it was an elite!