Here is a question, purely fun, that has been brewing in my mind. How does the Sangheili armor work in Halo 4? Specifically, I’m referring to their shoulder plates and that little plate they have on the backs of their arms. Do they graft that into their skin as a rite of passage into the new Covenant? Were they victims of random debris from falling ships in the Sangheili civil war, that randomly happened to embed itself on the same places in each of these people?
Here is an example of what I mean. The shoulder plate isn’t visibly connected to any other pieces of armor! Jul 'Mdama isn’t wearing any kind of exosuit to attach it to. It seems to be attached solely to his scaly skin.
I want to hear your ideas. If you have a serious explanation, let’s hear it! If it’s humorous, I would still like to hear it!
That IS interesting. I expect that the arm-plate is just something to help amplify the energy shield as it goes down his arm, as I think energy shields, based on their nature, need to be generated from certain armor points. The reason the armor doesn’t cover his whole arm is because the Storm Covenant are basically scavenging for parts at this point, and they needed the cheapest possible way to keep the energy shield up.
I also noticed that the Jackal Heavies in Halo 4 also have 2 little purple armor pieces on their chin, not connected to the rest of their armor at all.
I believe the armor the Storm Covenant use in Halo 4 is older, outdated armor since they are obviously not as large and powerful as the former Covenant proper. This explains the difference in appearance. This is also supported by the Elite Zealot in Halo 4: FUD using the armor from Halo 4 even though its set in 2526, thats the armor the Covenant used early on in the war before it was later replaced with the upgraded armor you see in the main games, the Storm Covenant unable to aquire the advanced armor from the previous games have to resort to old, outdated armor from before the war.
> I believe the armor the Storm Covenant use in Halo 4 is older, outdated armor since they are obviously not as large and powerful as the former Covenant proper. This explains the difference in appearance. This is also supported by the Elite Zealot in Halo 4: FUD using the armor from Halo 4 even though its set in 2526, thats the armor the Covenant used early on in the war before it was later replaced with the upgraded armor you see in the main games, the Storm Covenant unable to aquire the advanced armor from the previous games have to resort to old, outdated armor from before the war.
> I believe the armor the Storm Covenant use in Halo 4 is older, outdated armor since they are obviously not as large and powerful as the former Covenant proper. This explains the difference in appearance. This is also supported by the Elite Zealot in Halo 4: FUD using the armor from Halo 4 even though its set in 2526, thats the armor the Covenant used early on in the war before it was later replaced with the upgraded armor you see in the main games, the Storm Covenant unable to aquire the advanced armor from the previous games have to resort to old, outdated armor from before the war.
I’ve always found fault in that theory, because clearly the Covenant remnant is not scrounging around for arms, troops, or ships. Spartan Ops is rife with boxes of extra Covenant guns laying around, Covenant Cruisers, and some of the highest kill counts we’ve yet seen on Covenant in a game (in a canon situation). The game never depicts the idea that they’re scrounging and resorting to older technology.
Additionally, your theory tying into Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is faulty in that the Pelican at the end is also the Halo 4 Pelican. And the Jackals look like Halo 4 Jackals. Clearly, they just wanted to use the most recent assets available to them, and a canonical look at the same scenario would likely show more classic Covenant armor - and certainly would not show the 255X model of Pelican.
