Elite Autopsy | Most Detailed Breakdown 

Imagine if the reason why Sangheili sword ,including the energy sword, is designed with two distinct blades capable of being effective with thrusting motion was designed for the purpose of penetraiting both hearts or lungs.

This channel literally makes me feel the same way I feel when I read the novels. I instantly get lost in it and get a sense that the Halo universe is real. Great job dude!!!!

“…Or at least kicking them in the nuts isn’t viable…” Master Chief: noted

This reminds me of the recent XCOM games where you get to do an autopsy on every alien after killing it for the first time. Maybe they ought to make an XCOM style halo… shit would be epic.

This is one of the coolest ways to break down an alien species I've ever seen. I was totally invested in the autopsy, and when the mortician discovered the hepatic musculature and realized what it was for, and tied it back into Halo lore and what we see in game, I got literal chills. Definitely more of this please.

As someone who works in a hospital pathology lab, I love this stuff! Please do more, hopefully of a Jiralhanae.

this is a gnarly breakdown, and I'm in awe at the depth of knowledge and understanding of various subjects portrayed here.

The fact that ripa moramee can get so angry he gets mad hops, fal chavamee can take on an entire army by himself and thel vadam can survive pretty much anything. It's just goes to show that some elites are in fact built different.

Very entertaining and informative. Note to self: kickin’ em’ in the balls ineffective.

Dude please don't ever let the state of Halo stop you. You're the type of person who cares enough that you should be involved in the actual franchise in a developmental capacity. Always enjoy your videos man, keep up the good work

"...at least past that kicking them in the nuts isn't a viable option," got a genuine lol from me. This is top-tier RU-vid. A sincere thank you for your efforts in creating this content.

I love this take on your usual style of breakdown. The in-universe perspective makes it even more fascinating and really makes it feel real. The fact that you've managed to compile all the known facts of the Sangheili and been able to draw conclusions from what is presented to us (especially when their appearance has differed a lot throughout the franchise) is truly impressive. I hope you consider making more autopsy breakdowns in this format, preferably of maybe Unggoy, Lekgolo or Huragok (would love to see your corpsman scratch his head at the "biology" of something technically not even biological lmao). Keep up the amazing work

Subject XS-02: SUBJECT: Xenoform-Sangheili Item 2 Love the clinical id, fits so well

A lekgolo (Hunter) autopsy would be interesting. They supposedly feed on metal, and they must have some way to connect to and communicate with other lekgolo extremely quickly. The might even specialize into different structures (ie certain worms work as brains, others as muscles, etc) in the same way that cells do in plants, animals, and fungi!

i'm surprised at the lack of speculation on the part of the doctor that the dual hearts may be the reason for the shape of the blade of the energy swords that the sangheili use. because the blades were formed that way for someone to be able to hit both hearts simultaneously with a single thrust.

I got chills hearing this... Wow... I wish there was more episodes like this

24:41 my assumption is that the twin hearts is for redundancy kinda like the chestplate like upper ribs and sternum. The twin hearts is likely also the reason for the Energy Swords twin prong like blade design. It’s meant to be stabbed into the chest where each of the prongs stabs one of the hearts.

Would love to see a Kig Yar autopsy

My imagination was working overtime listening to this and trying so hard to compensate for my limited knowledge of biology, especially speculative xenobiology. 00 is an absolute master at his craft, and I actively await any project he commits to.

I'd love to see a video done on Jackels/Skirmishers next.

I absolutely loved this, threw me right back to biology class and the ending where you get called away to report your findings really had me feeling like this was part of the world. Now I have a fun head-canon of 00 job-hopping his way through the UNSC at the height of the war, ever inconvenienced by meetings

Fascinating, just fascinating. Detailed xenobiology in sci-fi a rare gem.

As someone who loves to learn about the inner workings of all kinds of things, I really enjoy the MDBs & Armoury videos that you put out. This video is no exception, and your ability to speculate on the biology of fictional species shows just how passionate you are about both Science & Halo. Massive respect to you & your dedication 🫡 PS: Can we get a another autopsy MDB, this time for the Jiralhanae?

I would like to see more most detail breakdowns on the alien's of halo

This is brilliant, I've never seen a fictional autopsy done so well, aside from a few in some sci fi's such as the recent X-COM games Enemy Within and XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. This is exactly as I'd expect a Sangheili autopsy to go mate. Your knowledge of science, your philosophies, and Engineering knowledge you displayed (far greater than me) enhances this so much. Also great use of Mass Effect's Project Lazarus and Deus Ex: Huma Revolution (it seemed similar, correct if wrong) augmentation imagery as well. Your ability to explain the scientific details and make them understandable is great, you have many skills!

This was absolutely fascinating to listen to. You’ve done an excellent job, particularly in how you’ve explained in game behaviours, like the elite’s heavy breathing, with an interesting, but aptly alien physiology. Also shout out how you told this like an in universe autopsy discovering more with the doctor and making assumptions with him was oddly enjoyable. Would love to see more of this approach. The aliens bungie made for halo have always been one of the most creative in fiction and always been at the core of the games. I’m glad to see them getting expanded in this way. Lastly I just want to say I like how you have compared Elites specifically with crocodiles. They have always have a very reptilian look to them but I specifically think your comparison really adds to their mystique and realism as opposed to just being plain reptiles.

Would love one of these with a flood combat form or something. An ONI agent going into detail on just how wildly the flood twists its hosts bodies would be great

Talking about the actual measurements of 8 ft tall and 370 lbs really puts into perspective how large they are. In the games they seem "average height" since they are pretty much your alien mirror, but they are absolutely massive compared to normal people.

a lack of an external ear also prevents altitude perception in hearing. so moving on high or lowground is advisable. mechanicaly preventing oxigen from entering the lung, rather than CO poisoning, would still work for asphixiation. so choking out an elite is technicaly possible, especialy with bloodfliw to the brain being restricted. but the strenght and neck rib structure would make it excedingly difficult.

I was utterly fascinated until the "Past kicking them in the nuts isn't viable" line. Thank you for hurting my sides. I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. Brilliantly delivered.

Can you do one of these from the perspective of the covenant autopsying a spartan

You know, you're literally the only Halo RU-vidr still putting effort into their content. It's remarkable the amount of time and effort you put in. I don't always have time to watch but anytime I do, I'm always fascinated by your content. Keep up the good work man. It'd be great to see more videos like this, all the species and sub species of all creatures in Halo universe means the possibilities are endless. Looking forward to further autopsies. Just don't end up in midnight facility xD

I feel like an ONI Intel lackey watching the autopsy and taking notes for people who gets paid way more than me. Thank you for the upload man 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Y’all need to be liking these videos like the quality and time put into it is insane

Finally! You've been talking about this vid in VCs for 1-2 months now, glad to see it's out (...mandatory first comment spiel, etc. etc.)

Dude as a Hospital Corpsman First class, that detail made me giddy. I love it bro

26:22 I’m guessing for the immune cells the scan just found the closest counterparts. There may be differences like unique immune cells that they have or immune cells they don’t have.

Purple Hemerythrin Blood in Marine Worms and Blue Hemocyanin in Mollusks are really fascinating to learn 'normal' creatures from this planet are already so varied in their make up. I always love creators going that extra mile in taking what we know and creating creatures so beautifully real.

I'm revisiting the novels right now. Thankfully, there's millions of years of lore to analyze. Do Hurogok and Kig Yar, next. Awesome channel. Wasn't able to see the entire episode. Nice tie in to Kilo 5 with the hypothesis concerning the grain followed by a call from Osmond.

This may be the best video of yours that I've ever seen. You always manage to raise the bar for halo content quality and it's seriously impressive. Excellent work. Halo hasn't entertained me like this in a long, long time. Thanks for fixing that.

2 kidneys and a liver? Perhaps a drinking contest would be the most viable way to "dispatch" a Sangheilli for unmodified humans

Seriously need more "in universe" style videos like this. Freakin amazing bro

Dude, since I watched the Mjolnir Mk V Full Breakdown, I was completly amazed by your way of explaining technology that doesn’t exist yet, while making the Mk V Armor sound like a technology relic for us, instead of the games where tend to portray the Mk V as “Obsolete”

Did we really just get a scientific explanation for an idle animation? I love it

33:12 gotta admit that hearing the surgeon mention that kicking an elite in the nuts wouldn't be a viable option in a combat situation kinda made me laugh 😆

Really interesting that the Sangheli have such low fat reserves, or at least this one did. The caloric demand for such a biologically expensive lifestyle would be extreme. Muscle mass is huge, and cognition is probably similar to demand in humans, which is to say around 300 to 400 calories (That is just to think by a normal American adult on a normal day mind, humans in combat require about 3 to 4 thousand calories a day to function, cognition demand likely increases too). An athletic human male who is six feet tall and weighing 200 pounds maintaining a high muscle mass who works out three to five times a week requires about thirty-two hundred calories a day. The hypertrophy a normal elite would have to engage in to nurture themselves so much would be extreme. They would have to eat a truly gargantuan amount of food. Furthermore, they are doing it by a largely carnivorous diet, their intestines are very short, so they lack flexible options for forage, and make poor use of non animal matter nutrition. ONI making war on Sangheli supply ships, supply chains, and poisoning any food stuffs would be essential to the war effort, in my opinion. Such an expensive animal would be desperate for food, especially with how starved these frontline troops tend to be. Just for reference, a Grizzly bear maintains about 30 to 40 percent body fat depending on the season. Fat is highly important for the health of earth animals, I am really curious where the split lips are getting their energy from.

I think it would be great to do an autopsy with a flood infected elite or human: perhaps including a horrific body cam footage back story regarding the patient under autopsy. Just food for thought :)

Always brightens my day to see a new 00 video.

I've been familiar with your content for a while, but this is the video that made me subscribe. I legitimately sat and watched the whole thing in one go. Exceptional work, my guy! I would absolutely LOVE to see similar videos for the other races of the covenant. You could even do a Halloween episode where ONI makes someone autopsy a flood form......

This feels so amazingly real. I’m a huge nerd for the smallest of details. Showing how clever it is

The quality on this video was insane I can’t even believe you managed to sk this, great work !

I LOVE the in universe styling of doing this. Love love love it. Been waiting to see this since you first talked about it and would adore more pieces like this. I have no idea if we actually have enough biology data for other covenant species beyond speculation for this to be done with... But seeing a project like this for all viable Covenant species would be awesome. Thank you once again for your hard work, acting and writing, 00.

Man I think this is the only channel that goes deep into the lore of Halo and the anatomy of each of the Covenant races. I think I should share this to one of my Shangheili friends think he would appreciate this a lot. I would like to add maybe you can continue where you left off with autopsy. Maybe spice it up, have it be medical have a medic attempt to save a Shangheili during a surgical procedure or something related to medical? Otherwise I would like for you to continue the autopsy on the rest of the Covenant species, that be neat! I’ll also probs be using this video as reference as it could help me with what I’m planning on writing soon. Thanks for the awesome video bro!

This was a lot of fun! I would certainly be happy to watch any future autopsy videos you make.

This was quite in depth. Thank you for this, and I'm looking forward to more content like this!

Most intensely interesting halo lore video/halo video in general Ive seen in a while. Love your work and I really hope you keep this series going in some way.

This was incredible! I hope to see you do this for every Covenant species. It was fascinating, and I loved hearing it all. I hope that someday, someone will actually animate this.

Love the approach you took with this one absolutely nailing it making me think its a terminal cutscene.

I found this so damn interesting! Your work is actually phenomenal and I love watching your most detailed vids, please keep doing more like this about the other species in the covenant too!! Amazing stuff man really ❤

Love how you presented the autopsy, you never cease to show your adaptability as a content creator.

This has got to be the best character/design breakdown video I have ever seen. Making it in-universe with little tidbits of acting and context is absolutely genius.

I hope to see an autopsy on the grunts maybe even the brutes

Dude this was awesome, I'd love to watch more of these

VERY cool video man! I hope to see a part 2!

Thanks for keeping consistent even when the fans and community haven’t been. Respect

Your character said they were still working on the autopsy, not finished. Might we see a part 2 at some point?

I am impressed with the accurate use of anatomical terminology.

The content is just too good! Love the framed narrative around our Corpsman Mike Grey.

just found this channel and that was incredible in its production it looked like i was watching the personal data entry of an actual ONI researcher you just got another subscriber

I love getting to learn more Halo information, especially about some of the most badass species in this story universe. And to hear it stylized as an in universe autopsy adds to the immersion. Thank you Installation00.

I cannot wait for the other members of the Covenant to have their own respective breakdowns. The information is soooo interesting as well as giving a good insight on how these races work within the Halo Universe

Really enjoyed your vocal delivery of this video, you sound like a doctor giving a report rather than your normal bombastic style. Excellent video.

Litterally like a minute in and you just put so much work and love into these video I love the passion

I subbed to this channel when I saw the trailer for this, and was binging Halo lore. I’ve been waiting for this and I am already loving it! It’s like ASMR, which makes it even better for a relaxing viewing experience! Great work on this!

Oh pretty cool 😎 these enemies are just as iconic as Master Chief even the brutes are overlooked for these elites no other enemy has much legacy as them.

I'm immersed 100% such a cool way of doing this. Will definitely check out your backlog!

I've been waiting for a video like this, I love it! An autopsy video on the Unggoy would be awesome!

Incredible presentation. I greatly appreciate the fact that you not only go 10 extra miles to rationalise stylised physiology.But you also ground the inherent traits in reality. Very nice touch placing the procedure early in the conflict as well. It makes the remarks your character makes more explanatory rather than condescending in nature, as you are breaking it down for grunts. You deserve the budget and resources that were waisted on that TV show. Halo got incredible talent in its community. And even if it won't sometimes seem like it, you should know that your extensive effort is greatly appreciated.

Fantastic! I have always wanted to have this done. You even got some medical terms right.

So this is amazing. Please do a series where you're covering all species encountered in Halo. It'll be pretty interesting to see how you'd cover the grunt birthday skull within the autopsy

I dont think I ever got to actually hear this video start to finish. This was insanely remarkable and I'd undoubtedly would revel in the possibility of getting more content like this. So clinical and informed, the rich detail and exquisite immersion. Thank you for this.

Love the direction you decided to take with explanation ❤

What a gem! RU-vid still throws up some excellent surprises. Looking forward to binging the shit out of your previous videos!

Incredible work as always! My halo lore thirst is quenched once again. Thank you kind Sir.

This is fantastic, would love to see more in the near future.

That was eerie yet awesome. Like a real scientific protocol. Well done pal! ❤

The attention to detail is absolutely insane!

This was great, looking forward to the post briefing continuation!

This is an absolutely fascinating look into Elite biology. I would love to see more videos in this vein.

This is absolutely fantastic, really interesting and riveting examination of this dead Sangheli. Really well done - Thanks for this!

This is absolutely brilliant work!

MORE MORE there's so much potential with this concept

Keep up the hard work bub! I love this channel!

Bloody brilliant video. Love to see more in character analyses.

Amazing video love the effort put into immersion

This is awesome keep it up you're doing fantastic

A very well-made and informative video. Please do a video concerning the Engineers, biology, social structure, how the species became intertwined in the Covenant. Thank you.

I've always wondered if the elites had hooves (one of the chapters in H2 is literally named "your ass, my size 24 hoof) or claws on their feet, as clearly shown by that freak of a arbiter in the first Halo Wars.

The intro was fu*king awesome man. Keep it up I’m so glad I came across your channel again

Oh hell yeah, it’s here! Awesome!