Game Theory: Halo Armor's FATAL Flaw!

Alright Master Chief, let's see how strong your UNF

armor

really is, incredibly believable, hello Internet, welcome to Game Theory, where today we're out to answer a question

game

rs have been wondering for 14 years: how can Master Chief Master have an excellent suit that costs so much? Same as a small spaceship, one so strong that it's able to survive a fall from outer space and still be killed with one hit, one hit, one hit, okay, so it really takes two or so. times, three. The hand-to-hand combat has always been one of my favorites in the series. since I can never line up a shot stop moving please just stop moving what I'm trying to say is that I'm terrible at Halo multiplayer and without those beautiful instant death strokes my screen would be full of more tea bags than a lipin convention, sorry for the nobriety, but despite it being my crutch, it has always confused me how a physically augmented, titanium-plated super soldier like John 117 is so vulnerable to a simple pat on the wrist. back, good job, boss, great, now I have to wait to respawn.

So with the release of Halo 5 I thought it was time to solve the Muir mystery. What science applies to body

armor

? How does the Chief suit compare to the technology we have today? And, most important of all, is there really a reason for melee attacks? They are so strong against the Spartan super soldier to help answer this. I partnered with Microsoft to allow me to borrow a life-size version of Master Chief's armor and then speak with a real-life body armor expert to get his take on the design of this iconic armor and what might be its

flaw

.

fatal

, but before we talk to an expert, we should first take a quick look at the armor itself according to the

game

's story, the Halo franchise takes place in the fairly distant future, the 25th century and beyond, and power armor technology . in development for almost a hundred years or so, so you can imagine its design has evolved quite a bit; in fact, the Chief's sign armor only arrived after three more failed attempts before his suit emerged.

The older brands acted more like exoskeletons and the user was like inside a robotic cage, think of it as a Gundam or a mech suit, but scaled down quite a bit, these were brands 1 to three, bulky, heavy, slow and powered by a source of external power, the armor we are most familiar with in the series works a bit. a little different, more like a fortified second skin for the wearer, the soldier thinks about what movement he wants to make his muscles start moving and the suit then predicts what the next action will be and responds accordingly, it is an extension of the body, a fusion of H protective exoskeleton for man and machine, which is the latest brand of this type of functionality, although it is priced as canonically seen, the armor weighs 1,000 lbs, which, no matter how buff you are, will be a bit difficult to carry, so what is it? an intergalactic hero wannabe who uses steroids well, as we see in the scope drop, as well as in the Hy Journal written by Dr.

Katherine Hy, creator of the Spartan 2 program and the Muir power armor. The armor products require physical augmentations in order to operate the device safely, these include fortifications for the Spartan's bones, growth hormones in the muscles and parts of the brain responsible for muscle growth, and even amplifying the wearer's sight. and remember how I said that the weight of the suit doesn't matter since it predicts the weight of the wearer. Well move, it is able to do this through a neural interface implanted in the user's brain. Now in the Halo-verse, everyone in the UNC or United Nations Space Command has one, but Spartans is special to use with the Muir armor, allowing the suit's AI a direct connection. in the brain, so that's what it takes to use the suit, but what's special about it is that its 000 pounds of weight gives you a lot of protection.

The green outer layer from the helmet to the legs is made of thick titanium alloy that is bulletproof both in the game and in the game. In real life and specially treated to disperse heat from plasma-based weapons. The black you see below at all the flex points, especially around the waist and neck, is an armored suit made of a titanium-based material. Now I know what you're thinking, how can you? To make titanium so flexible, you'll have a pretty hard time getting that piece of metal into the bobbin of your sewing machine. Well, this jumpsuit is made from what is known as a nanoc composite material, which means that titanium is woven together with another substance at almost the same level.

At the atomic level, this is a real-life concept that is really cool, but while it allows for greater flexibility, it also results in a loss of strength. A metal is strong because of the ability of its atoms to bond closely. Think of it like a chain link fence. The pieces interlock and the result is a large, strong flat sheet. The strange thing about this type of Nano composite material is that when you start interspersing it at the Nano level with another material, it actually destroys many of the properties that made it strong in the first place.

Going back to the fence analogy, imagine if you replaced some pieces of fence with normal fabric, even plastic, suddenly there are a lot of weak points, everything becomes more flexible, but suddenly the strength disappears, which is definitely something that worth taking into account when evaluating strengths. and weaknesses of the suit, underneath there is a layer of gel that regulates the temperature of the suit and helps reduce damage from falls and, finally, the innermost layer is a sheet of liquid crystal that is interwoven at a molecular level, increasing the strength of the user. , speed and mobility. how it does this and what exactly it is is a

theory

for another day, as let's be honest, it's quite strange, we claim it's a crystal, but for now that's all we need to know, in short, on the surface, the Muer del Boss is like having a titanium tank strapped down. to his body, why then would he have the

fatal

flaw

of melee attacks?

Thanks to Microsoft. I had the ability to speak with an armor expert to learn about body armor technology and ask him exactly what to film and today we are lucky to be united. by Anthony, our resident body armor expert Anthony, thanks for stopping by, so tell me a little bit about your experience in space. I'm at Frontline International and have been in the business for about 20 years, so that must mean you're very aware of the new developments that are coming. It's a lot to keep up with what kinds of things, as a body armor researcher and developer, you're considering where the technology is in this space. head to head relationship with Halo, this is probably the only full body suit on the market that actually protects the entire body, you know, from head to toe, this product here is only meant to protect you in a riot situation, but in Halo , the mol armor is actually the head. from the helmet on top to the giant oversized robotic shoes on the bottom that don't really exist.

Our armor developers aren't worried about what's happening to your legs, we're worried about that and of course, yeah, I don't want to. I don't want to get shot anywhere, so please cover me as much as possible. The problem with that is that you think about how heavy that suit would have to be. Well, for the most part we're concerned about vital organs and you know parts of the body that you know you definitely don't want to hurt, so what are the key areas of the body that we should be concerned about protecting the chest? and also the head, obviously it makes sense.

I'm noticing that. There's a good amount of protection right in this region, here, one hit there and that's it, game over, but in Halo, Jon is actually shot with regular bullets from anti-armor artillery plasma rifles and the suit he has to divert them. What kind of weight would that entail? Well, when you think of a ballistic vest, you think of a vest that will cover you from the neck to your waist. That vest alone can weigh anywhere from 20 pounds to 50 pounds. Depending on what you want to protect against, let me show you exactly what I mean.

Sure, cool, this thing here is called a strike plate, okay, you can see it's a little heavy, oh dear, yes it is, my goodness, and it's made of ceramic. Ceramic is fine, but it also has a woven fabric inside the plate. How many times can you shoot it and still work? will fail, but there is a higher chance that it could fail if they were always made of ceramic, which seems very strange to me. No, actually, at a time when they were first introduced, they were made of steel, making them probably twice as heavy, so why?

The jump from steel to ceramic, the heavier something is, the more difficult it is to move it, surely as manufacturers we have to become lighter and lighter, so the resistance to bullets is balanced with the total weight of the armor and that was the key word, yeah, bullet resistant, you know? There is a myth that says you know this is bulletproof. The V Ora helmet is not bulletproof, it is actually bullet resistant, so there is no such thing as a bulletproof vest. It doesn't exist, that's a myth, come on, really, yes, you know that nothing in this industry is bulletproof.

So what you're telling me is that there are vests that you then put this into to make it more bullet resistant. I want to see one. Yes that would be great. Let me go get it. Basically, put this on like you would a t-shirt. so just put it like this, yeah there has to be an easier way to do it. Alright. I just wanted to see you do that. Oh thanks buddy, here are two plates, one for the front and one for the back. can you hold that one for me wait this is a lot lighter than the other one this is a level three instead of that level four this level three plate will protect you against smaller pistols and that plate will actually protect you against larger caliber rifles yeah I see what's it like when it's time to make me bulletproof and he comes cheap thanks there we go, here you go, so there's the front, ooh, nice, nice, cozy and tight, there you go, okay, got it? one in the back also one in the back here you go let me turn around so I have to ask.

I've noticed that thing in this whole conversation. What's up with Jason's mask? Why don't we go see it? Yes, please, seriously. This looks like something Jason Vores would wear for Halloween. What is this? It's actually a ballistic mask. So what you're saying in all seriousness because I know this is a serious business ballistic mask, which means it's a bullet resistant face. Mask, that's right and it doesn't feel like it's made of ceramic, what is this one made of? That one is actually made of Kevlar, wait, Kevlar, okay, so that's a really good question all this time we're talking about steel.

We are talking about ceramics, where is the Kevlar? All this, in reality, most of today's products are made of Kevlar. How long has Kevlar been around since the 1970s? Why hasn't there been anything new in all that time? They haven't made much progress since then. you know, about 10 years ago with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, wait, so that's the new thing that's coming. That's right, this new material is lighter than Kevlar and equally bullet resistant, actually a little higher in ballistic ratings uh, but actually lighter, that's what it sounds like. For me, all technology, whether it's steel evolving into ceramic or Kevlar evolving into this poly Ultra material, is about achieving a better balance between bullet resistance and light weight is the key word, So this is well said, let's get your opinion.

Master Chief's armor design will cool down, so let's take out John John. Can? I can call you Chief, okay Master Chief, this is Anthony, our armor expert. Nice to meet you, no offense sir, but right now we're just going to look at your armor design and I'll give you a little critique on what works and what doesn't, so for those of you who may not know at home, these top plates are all made of titanium and underneath you can see. These kind of other darker sections are meant to be a kind of body suit with Kevlar titanium fabric.

There are many other types of futuristic technology, but we're just looking at some critical design failures or successes that you see here, so in your opinion. As an expert on body armor, what works and what doesn't, overall a great suit. I mean, of course, being made of titanium really helps. Titanium is bulletproof, right, bulletproof, but it's heavy, very heavy, okay. I estimate that this suit probably weighs around 1,000 pounds if I had to guess that it is actually 100% correct, canonically speaking, the armor mwhat it's called is 1,000 lb, the vulnerabilities that I see here, the joints, you know you couldn't make a full suit without any joints, so of course you're going to have some exposure here here okay and here on the legs where you need, of course, you know to bend here, so is there a way to fix that kind of thing?

It would be a complete suit, but of course, again you'd be losing your mobility if you were to cover with some sort of armor these parts of your side now all of a sudden you can't bend and flex in time exactly, so there's really no good way to solve that problem o Well there is a way to do it but that will take away from the overall look of the suit, if it's going to keep me alive in a firefight why not? So what would that be? It would be a ballistic curtain like a curtain rod around my body or what do you mean not exactly what we would probably do is, you know, have a little bit of Snap-on maybe in two positions here two here and then build a ballistic curtain which would basically hang down and cover you so it's literally like a skirt or almost like a blanket and it's bullet resistant, what's made of Kevlar or polyethylene?

Oh, really, that would still allow you that kind of flexibility of movement, but a higher level of resistance to anything that could shoot at you from either side. That's right, those pretty Halo love handles. No offense, so outside of that, I see that all the other key places you described are being covered, we have the heart and lungs protected by the titanium plates in the chest, um, obviously, you know. the central groin region gets a good amount of protection with that nice piece of armor there, although the boss has this leg armor, and you mentioned before that in real life people aren't that concerned with protecting the legs, how we care about protecting them. our legs, the problem is that we can't sacrifice mobility and speed, fortunately, although for the Halo Universe they have solved this weight and mobility problem by including all the Spartans to have these neural adapters in the back of their heads , allowing them to connect to a computer system that runs the suit, so Master Chief agrees that it's one of those things where now all of a sudden he's not just wearing a suit like he's a man trapped in a cage, but it acts like a second skin where, because it's hooked to your brain, the suit is able to predict your movement well, allowing you that ability to be flexible and wear that amount of protection in weights, but doing it in a way that allows you to maneuver quickly on the battlefield, which is great, makes sense, however the next concern and probably the most important concern will be neck vulnerability, here your neck is exposed, interesting, so So, boss, could you turn around real quick for me?

Thank my Lord. very accommodating, so one of the things that has always confused Halo fans is that the Chief is wearing, let's say, a $3 billion super suit right here, it's the cutting edge technology for super soldiers in the 25th century and 26, and yet in games it basically collapses with one. or two basic melee attacks, which has always seemed strange to people, that he can have this super armor but then be so vulnerable to a simple blow to the back or an elbow to the head. Remember we're talking about a thousand pound suit, yes. so weight is definitely a factor and once you get the weight of the hull, which could be 100lbs and considering the tail, you have a 100lb hull moving forward and breaking your neck, yes, because all of that rests right on his neck, right. right, that's interesting too because there's also that neural connection, maybe even if it's not just the neck break, but there's also kind of a loss in that neural connection and how the suit is operated and how it connects to the brain. , maybe a whole Suddenly, without that neural connection, everything collapses and Master Chief collapses in on himself under that weight, that would be my guess, that's really interesting, so Master Chief, thank you for coming from the future and letting us criticize your armor, dissect it a little. and Anthony, thank you so much for coming, it was an honor to have you for me now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to end this episode, maybe boss, you should talk to this man about protecting that neck a little bit.

Hey, he stops having tea bags there all the time, holy cow. So, according to our body armor expert's analysis of trying to allow the Chief's neck to remain flexible, the Muer's design also leaves him vulnerable, but what's the problem here? Neck snapping or neural disconnection are good for Answer: We move on to a game that has absolutely nothing to do with Spartans or Muer Armor. Halo ODST. You see, in ODST, the power of melee attacks was drastically reduced, requiring several hits to defeat an enemy. The reason that's important is because in this game. you're playing as a normal human, not a Spartan; in fact, the ODST armor may look similar, but it is very different and acts more like traditional body armor, much lighter, and that gives us our answer to making melee attacks much deadlier in games with Spartans, it has That being something unique to those types of soldiers, their natural link to their armor, an ODST soldier's brain is not connected to 1000 pound armor, which means that melee requires more hits to take down your opponent because You actually have to do it. beat them into submission, but in games involving Muir style armor melee is op because it causes the neck to jerk severing the neural connection between Spartan and Su, head banging at its finest, as a result the suit can no longer reading the mind of its wearer and without being able to predict that person's movements, crushes him to death, don't believe me, we see it in the story of Chapter 13 of the Halo prequel story, The Fall Of Reach.

A flat video appeared in the air and showed a naval officer. lieutenant who is being fitted with the MU near the blast door someone said from off screen move your right arm please The soldier's arm blurred forward with incredible speed the marine's stoic expression collapsed in shock, surprise and pain as his arm shattered, he convulsed, clenched and screamed as he shook in pain. Jon could hear the sounds of bones breaking. The agony-induced spasms were killing him. Hy shook the video away. Normal humans don't have the reaction time or strength to handle the system. It cannot be turned off nor can the response.

It will come down to the end of the date and then once John 117 tries on the suit, the slightest movement translated his thought into movement at lightning speed, it would have been so fast if they hadn't strapped it to his arm he could have gotten lost. that had happened in every ending cites the key that translates his thought into movement without that connection Jon is as helpless as the spasming marine, the hyper-powerful movement and extreme weight of the suit become deadly for its wearer in the end it is not combat melee what kills them, it's the suit itself with no neural link intact to keep the suit working and under control, it immediately collapses crushing the user inside it is just a remake of FNAF 3 John 117 is the purple guy and it's near a spring trap, sure the death animation you see in Halo looks like you I just punched this guy into the ground, but based on the game's own science and real world body armor technology , that animation actually shows the suit doing all the killing for you.

I guess the back massage the Boss was promised is off the table, but hey, that's it. just a

theory

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