SPI Armor - Most Detailed Breakdown 

dude, you are officially the most qualified lore guy ever know

The way you just rapid fire those 12 syllable words in such a monotone voice is scary

There should be a game as you, a spartan 3, with the spi armor

Please do a video of spartan 3 augmentations

SPI would be an amazing set of armor for frontline soldiers. Marines and Army men alike. SPI is simply barebones, but only when compared to the super decked-out Mjolnir. It is still a huge improvement over the usual marine/army men body-armor.

"...motivation and fury even a Spartan-II lacks..." Massacre of Draco III, the sight of grunts and jackals mercilessly hunting, killing, and eating civilians sent Chief and the other II's present into a "...cold fury...", They hunted down every single inhuman sonuvabitch responsible with EXTREME prejudice. Then again, that's just my opinion.

I actually would love a Halo game where you got to run around in SPI armor. Yeah you loose the shields and serious armor protection, but if you're the kind of person who prefers stealth and picking your fights SPI would be perfect for that mentality. Would present a decent challenge in my opinion, no longer can you tank and keep on tanking through. Now you got to really consider your tactical options and what you have at your disposal.

SPI armour should be given for ODST or infantry soldiers with a little upgrades In halo infinity and over sequels.

Could we see ODSTs in halo 6 in modified SPI armor mixed with covenant style shield and armor tech?

Due to the preference on stealth, sonic crystals could be included at some points in the armour e.g. The boots, these crystals are in an experimental phase irl and these absorb sound waves reducing the sound produced by an object , Basically a more sophisticated and lower profile version of your typical sound proofing

I wish there was a Stealth centered Halo spin off inspired by Splinter Cell where you play as a Spartan III in SPI armor.

Ghost of Onyx is one of my favorite Halo books, i love the SPI armor

I don't ever make comments like this because i know how the internet works blah blah blah i remember having AOL discs coming in the mail I'm not new here to the internet blah blah blah BUT How is there a dislike on this video THAT FAST withOUT someone A. Doing it by accident Or B. Stalking you and being a complete fucking weirdo. this channel is criminally underrated and deserves a bunch of Subs, the material is amazing and unless you don't like Halo there is literally no reason to downvote any of your fucking videos this is ridiculous. Don't like Halo don't fucking show up and try and watch a twenty fucking minute detailed lore video for fucks sake. Goddamn.

Great video. Considering the fact that SPI armor can be used by un augmented personnel, these should have been mass produced and distributed to Marine Recon units, Hellbringers, And ODSTs as well as standard armor during the war and made the standard armor for all non Mjolnir wearing personnel after the war. Pilots, captains, everyone. I also think they should have made more Spartan IIIs Instead of SIVs. What do you think?

It's interesting how SPI armor has a special place in the fandom due to how sad the Spartan-IIIs existence is. Like when it was revealed recently with the Iratus thing in Infinite's multiplayer, that it was SPI armor seems to have sparked a lot of attention purely due to its association with the IIIs. Regardless of whether a fan prefers the IIs or the IIIs, they are both distinct enough that each are appreciated and slotted into the lore in ways that do not step on each other's toes.

*basically, he is a genius.* I'm just gonna say, this armor sounds far more advanced and expensive compared to Mjolnir imo, stealth vehicles now days are incredibly expensive, and nowhere near as effective as this.

My favorite part of the Spartan III's is the fact that they were war orphans who volunteered to become soldiers for revenge. The definition of Raging against the Dying of the Light.

Well done on the breakdown, sir! SPI is underappreciated in the general Halo community, I think, so it's nice to see it get some love. Admittedly, it would also be nice to get a dedicated set of SPI armor permutations in Halo: Infinite.

Wow, you gained like 8000 subs in just a month :0

it would be really interesting to play a halo game where you play as a character equipped with spi armor on one of the suicidal missions they got sent on but instead of restarting from a checkpoint when you died you would just get swapped over to the next spartan 3, would change the standard halo formula up a bunch as well as how people saw spartans

I'm really glad you covered this! I honestly forgot that the SPI armor even existed

My favorite Spatans are the Spartan IIIs because they were made specifically for the Human Covenant war... please do an in depth analysis on the Spatan III augmentation and the main difference of the capability of a Spatan III to a Sapartan Ii

Just finished Ghosts of Onyx this week. I remember when I'd read it the first time as a kid, when halo 3 dropped I started wearing EVA just cause it reminded me heavily of SPI. Also hope we see the Ma5k somewhere besides Halo Custom edition lol. All depictions I've seen so far lack the ammo counter in favor of making it more FAMAS like.

i love your vids I feel like im getting a equipment debrief from a oni spook or something

“Die?...didn’t you know?....Spartans never die.”

I always thought Spartan IIIs were superior to Spartan IIs. Their augmentations were far less invasive due to the fact that they were chemical and they had refined the process to the point of a 0% mortality rate by the time Gamma Company came around in Ghosts of Onyx. They were just as strong as Spartan IIs (though the only time you ever really got to see this was in Reach due to the fact that Noble team had received MJOLNIR armor, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were weaker due to the fact that you almost always see Spartan IIs in MJOLNIR armor which has a far greater strength multiplying effect than SPI.) So if you were to put a Spartan II and III together in the same room with no armor or the same armor they would be just as fast and strong as eachother. The only reason anyone considers IIIs to be inferior is because the majority of them never received MJOLNIR. Combine this with the fact that they put far greater emphasis on training the IIIs to be superior tactical thinkers in order to compensate for their lack of top-tier equipment and you have soldiers that are all masters of battlefield tactics on an individual and group level. Not only this but many Spartan IIIs also seemed to be trained in a wide variety of technical skills like Noble 6 being a pilot in the top secret SABRE program and Kat's superior cyber warfare skills. The most obvious advantage over the IIs would be that there's more of them. The final advantage they have over Spartan IIs in my opinion, and one of the most important, is that they're not complete emotionally suppressed automatons. Spartan IIs are practically fleshy robots that almost never display any kind of emotion, even to eachother a lot of the time even though they consider their team members to be their family. Spartan IIIs on the other hand seem to be a much more close-knit group, with all members of a company considering eachother family instead of just the fireteams they got paired up with. Not only this but the increased empathy they have for eachother and other fellow humans could potentially give them a well of strength to draw from in times of desperation and could possibly turn them into far more savage combatants than even the Spartan IIs. All that being said, I'd take a company of Spartan IIIs in SPI armor over a fireteam of Spartan IIs in MJOLNIR Mk VI any day. Spartan IIIs don't get enough love and get a reputation for being inferior due to the fact that they were intended to be sent on suicide missions. If they had been deployed in the same manner that the IIs had then they would have got the love they deserved, not to mention they probably could've had a more impressive service record.

I love this channel so much. After I discovered you through the Eckhart collab I’ve watched every single one of your videos, subbed and notifications on. Thanks for the great content!!!

Love the aesthetics of the SPI armor.

So this guy is the arch warhammer of the halo universe (i love your work)

I hadn't found you through your collab, but just as a recommended video (MJOLNIR Mk IV), but the greater traffic on your channel probably lead to it being recommended. So hopefully that effect continues with how quickly you've grown, because you deserve far more subscribers.

They really should make an odst style game where you play as a spartan 3 in SPI

Absolutely amazing! You're one of the best halo lore youtubers up there with HiddenXperia and EckhartsLadder! Keep up the excellent work!

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Ngl man, I’m thoroughly impressed at your knowledge. This genuinely makes learning lore so much more enjoyable. Good on you.

13:51 even though its not really relevant to the discussion i just wanted to point out that only gamma company received those anti-shock augments.

The most detailed I’ve been waiting for!!

An infinite Season 3 screenshot thumbnail on a 3 year old video tripped me up a bit

I absolutely love the detailed analysis of all the different subjects -Great job 00-

Do a detailed series on every unsc branch including ONI

I love how you drop your CV right at the beginning, immediately overqualifying yourself XD You rock

Great video as always, but this armor still makes me mad. Spartans shouldn't be spent lightly. They aren't cheap in terms of money or the wealth of human suffering needed to turn a child into an unstoppable killing machine. Quantity has a quality of its own, but look at the record of the second generation of Spartans. They are living expressions of human ferocity. You don't put soldiers of that pedigree in something battery powered.

Great channel for a long time Halo fan who left Xbox after the 360 to get back into the series! Thank you for the great content, and keep up the good work!

Of the armor combinations best resembling SPI in Halo: Reach that had been recognized this one actually fits the bill best: Pilot helmet Gold visor ODST shoulders FJ/Para Knees All else default Sage Green, Maroon, and Steel coloration have been seen in more closely associated canon. Chest, wrist, and utility are default due to soldiers on the field who use SPI not being seen using supplemental armor, storage, or any such worn gadgets. The choice of FJ/Para knees and ODST shoulders are chosen for their maximum coverage and minimal profile.

Came across your page completely on accident while trying to find analysis and lore videos on halo, you’re officially my favorite halo page 🤙🏽

This video is way past due! Love the spartan 3s and I feel they don’t get enough love. Recently just stumbled onto your channel. It’s amazing!

I listen to these videos while I sleep keep it up reclaimer!

Amazing work, thank you for doing so much, and DAMN, are you a world class genius or what?

I just subscribed to you and I have just got to say, wow. I've watched quite a few of your videos, at least 1 a day so far. I love it! Your breakdown of the Autumn was great! Keep it up :)

Stealth based halo rpg with spartan IIIs during the war Also dam dude youve done a fantastic job once again

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A detailed explanation of my favorite armor in Halo

Autodidact Polymaph, my new favorite term. I've never known what to call myself until today, thank you.

Four and a half minutes in and I'm glued but have to stop and tell you how impressed I am already. This is looking to be a highly informative breakdown and you deserve more subscribers. When I say more, I mean more that will also continue to watch your videos, instead of ghost subs. One bit of advice, add text to the screen with the name of these compounds as you bring them up. That would be a nice addition, and it'd have some people memorise them a lot easier, but keep up this kind of detail. I'm going to watch more of your content for sure

Not going to lie,even though I know what an autodidact is,at first I thought you were referring to a Forerunner I'd never heard of,lol

Really cool channel, I especially love these long videos. You do some great research, I wish I could write a speech like you

Yes another video!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you keep it up!!!!

Personally Spartan III are my favorite thing about halo

Can you do a most detailed breakdown of ODST armor? I think they also take some kind of steroids or muscular enhancing food but nothing like Spartan augmentations or Spartan 1.1s genetics

Man I love it when you do these details on these lesser known Halo armors for me the first time I came across this set of armor was actually in the book ghost of onyx and I loved the lore behind this armor. But the loss of life should not have been that high in my opinion they should have actually considered oh hey the Spartans might actually help turn war but that's just my opinion I'm not arguing against you or anything I'm just excited that you did this! And I wanted to thank you.

This channel needs about 550,000 more subs

Great video, I have been trying to find information regarding this armor.

@Installation00 When you analyze the tech suit, you forgot to mention the ballistic gel inner layer. It was mentioned in chapter 10 in the Ghost of Onyx.

It would make more sense to distribute the SPI armor to the ODST. They go on Covert missions that require stealth. Photoreactive plates would help immensely with that. Rather than equipping a bunch of Spartan 3s with them, and sending them full sprint into a covenant stronghold, or refinery.

You really know your stuff dude!

I enjoy your very detailed analysis of the halo verse

Science 👊🏾

Love your shit dude keep up the armour break downs

The SPI should be the standard armor for all UNSC Combat personnel with modifications and specialized variations based on services and roles of serviceman. Also I recall that the Spartan 1's used powered exoskeletons in their missions do any one have more information on them?

Your qualifications in fields of study pertinent to the evaluation of Halo equipment lends to a degree of credibility that other lore videos cannot hope to match.

That was awesome! Would you be able to do something similar for some Spartan-IV armor sets? I know there are a ton of variants, but maybe address the most-described ones? These are incredibly educational and I really enjoy the technical breakdown

AND NOW ITS IN THE GAME!!!

Probably my favorite armor in halo. Especially the headhunter variant.

👍 Awesome vid. P.S. I called it in another video of yours of you being an engineer. Not that it isn't obvious, Your knowledge is informative and presentation concise, it's like you're a lecturer on RU-vid or demonstrating/pitching an idea to a contractor. I've dabbled in Software Engineering myself In HE. Not for me. Judging by the accent, South West England? Maybe South Wales. Devon or Cornwall would be my guess.

In an earlier video, you noted that ower Spartans are canon. Hear is my head cannon. For those of us who have been fans sense Halo combat evolved's release in November 15 2001 or later, your Spartan is a surviving Spartan II. For those of you who joined latter with Halo Reach from September 14 2010 or later like myself, your Spartan is a surviving Spartan III. For the rest of us who joined with halo 4 from November 6 2012 onwards, your Spartan is a newly minted Spartan IV.

So interesting , I get ideas

I think Spi armor would been good direction for the odst's getting their own style of power armor. Saw few good imagines of mark III or 3rd generation spi armor specifically created for odsts rather than spartans.

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Can you do a video on odst armor

i cannot wait for your halo ring video

Correction, I was about 15-16 years old when I came up with fiber optic pass through for camouflage and effectively panels on air craft using it, 21 years ago. At that time it was very new and glass. First learned of the technology by Descent game still but later sea floor cable application. Cool to see it more thoroughly established here. Otherwise this armor seems like polished production ODST armor. My 9 years old idea was rotating kinetic armor system to stop projectiles by simply changing kinetic direction removing potency.

This is an awsome video, thank you. You must be buisy with all the video's, but can you make one about ODST armor :)

This guy is a talking Galleria with more material science than the usual mind could comprehend lol. I luv this guy

Chromatophores are magnitudes more powerful camouflage than what little chameleons can do. As a biologist, chameleons are mostly changing their color to suit their mood not necessarily as a camouflage. Chromatophores in an octopus or cuddle fish are some of the most impressive and fastest reacting camouflage the universe has ever seen.

Watching this back... tbh I'll probably try thermal paint and uv film as different basic camo things on odst before trying full camo on SPI. Afterwards, if full camo works. I'll make sure to build a suit with absolute minimal spots the camo can't cover

Why not equip most soldiers with SPI when it is much cheaper and has camouflage available to it and some strength and speed boosts. Also how can SPI make weapons held invisible if is uses its plating material for invisibility and can you also explain invisibility in halo since I always thought they used the shields to reflect the surroundings for camouflage which allows them to turn their weapons invisible since the games also show that the shields also cover whichever weapon you hold. But how come reach invisibility allows the energy sword to go invisible while halo 1 swords are clearly visible is this a difference with the tech used on both events?

New watcher becomes new subscriber just like that. As detailed and in-depth as you get, one might think you to be an ONI spook. :p

This armor basically explains RvB’s Project Freelancer, especially the unique look, the lack of shields, and the semi-force-amplifying gauntlets.

This video should get an update with the new Halo Infinite variants, the thumbnail has been updated

I can imagine a halo game where you play as either a oni spook or spartan head hunter and this armor type is what you wear and customize to any specific play style

I have a request, I want a video of the Precursors and the theory about is technology, for me, is very interesting the concept of neurophysics Of course if is possible

Hey, you should do a video on Spartan-IV augmentations and how they work with MJOLNIR GEN2 armor

Please do a breakdown/lore video of ODST's!

I feel like I'm listening to a militant product briefing

The spi armor as of now is in the mcc

This man referred to himself as an 'autodidact polymath' and then proceeded to effortlessly earn that title

Cool let's go

Sorta reminds me of the Chinese stealth armor from Fallout series

And now we got it in Halo 3!

I would love an mixed-armor spartan team that's more than Halo: Reach. SPI Spartan-IIIs could do the covert/sabotage tasks as a support attachment before the Mjolnir-equipped Spartans roll in.

I love how in the introduction, he essentially says “The reason i can make assumptions about these cool things is because I’m educated on basically everything that can be described as cool.”