Fragmented state would be a survival “horror” halo game that takes place on a created controlled ONI station. In this game you play as an un named Oni operative who must fight his/her way through the station in an infiltration op that goes horribly wrong.
the game would start with the player and seven other operatives jumping out of a condor in space using reach erra jetpacks to glide to an orbital station as the condor and created fighters fight it out. During the infiltration though a phaton would notice the soldiers and open fire, turning 2 to ash in seconds. Your character would have just enough time to pull out a grenade launcher and fire it at the Phaton before it turns back around, sending you spinning of target as the created fighter crashes into the station, you soon following landing in the station via the hole is causes, your equipment damaged, and communication with the squad blocked.
During your mission your only allies would be a Butler AI installed in your helmet, and a few mysterious survivors on the station.
Gameplay wise, this would be a single player focused stealth game in the halo universe being an ONI infiltration unit you don’t have heavy armor, you have specialized ODST armor, no shields, little ammo, and with out your squad little support.
New mechanics in this would be a medijel unit that allows you to heal up on the fly but it only carries enough for a single full heal (on easy 2 on legendary half a health bar). Along with that would be a hacking device on your right arm that BUTLER can use to activate systems shut down by the local AI. ranging from opening doors and medical units, to activating Sentry turrets and venting rooms.
ENEMIES
in the first half of the game your main enemies will be promethean runners, soldiers, watchers, and the rare hunter killer that is the knight. Be warned knights can’t be killed sure you may destroying them but they will come back learning from the situation and adapting to kill you. Take a knight out with explosives it might come back with a watcher who will throw grenades back at you, snipe their pods off from range, the night might employ direct hard light shielding to prevent it. Each time you kill one it will come back stronger upto the point the only way to take it out is a direct hit from a spanker or even a tank.
In the second half a new threat is brought in, the flood. IT turns out that ONI was really doing dangerous stuff on the ship and the amount of bodies from the AI’s take over would result in a lot of free biomas. with the flood comes the worry of infection, popper flood which are no threat to a shielded spartan might become an instant death to you.
ALLIES
In this game your only allies are yourself and your AI at least at the start. As the mission progresses you run into some shady survivors, the remnants of your squad, and even a group of kig-yar mercs who join your side. But be warned being ONI not all allies as they seem.
EQUIPMENT
For the first time in halo your armor matters and not just in looks, find armor kits though out the levels to equip new shoulders, chest, helmet, thigh and arm mounted equipment. ranging from upping your armor with ODST plating, to adding shields with swords developed equipment. Swap your hacking module for a jackal shield slowing down butlers hack but allowing you to activate a strong frontal shield giving you a chance against even the toughest created soldier.
By default you equipment is an ODST helmet (visor), Hacking wrist mount(100% faster hacking), and ODST chest plate (20% reduced ballistic damage taken.)
But through the game you might find things like an old spartan first aid kit (Ce first aid kit 300% more medijel), jackal shield gauntlet, skirmisher shoulder shields, recon helmets and more, each changing your stats and how you play the game.
And to add to it repeat playthroughs can start with the load out of your wish.
WEAPONS
Experience the more tactical side of halo, fight off enemies with a suppressed sidekick, lay traps with a proximity fused sticky detonator, stratigicly disable your enemies with a m319(its EMP effect works on created.)
Equipment
Like in infinite and three you have equipment though they work more like 3, find them on the field and use them sparingly. Be the gear a temp shield module, a cloaking device, claymore mines, seeker drones, old covenant needler mines, or ONI tech never meant to be seen. This gear will be needed to keep you alive.
Overall
Fragmented state is meant to be a more tactical slower paced Halo, where instead of playing some state of the art super soldier or the best of the best in an ODST you are an ONI operative thrust into a stiuation you where not propperly briefed on and now have to survive. Fight a rogue AI, the flood and even ONI’s own clean up crew as you try to survive this mission gone wrong.
