Mjolnir Explained. Exploring the vast history and science behind Master Chief's famous armor in Halo. From the Mark V in Combat Evolved, to the GEN2 Mark VII in Halo Infinite, Mjolnir is a highly advanced combat exoskeleton that can move faster than its wearer can think. Using complex and cutting edge science like piezoelectric materials, and embedded Smart AI cores, Mjolnir was Master Chief's greatest tool in his fight against the Covenant.
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Chapter selection:
0:00 - Introduction
1:03 - Armor of the Past
4:09 - Prototyping Exoskeletons
8:20 - Project Mjolnir (Mark IV)
12:06 - Mjolnir Layers
15:46 - Mjolnir's Effectiveness
17:53 - Mark V Mjolnir (Combat Evolved)
20:06 - Energy Shields
21:15 - Smart AI
23:00 - Mark VI Mjolnir (Halo 2 & 3)
24:21 - Mjolnir GEN2 (Halo 4 & 5)
26:21 - Mjolnir GEN3 (Halo Infinite)
27:42 - A Technical Marvel
The relationship with the Spartans and the ai is so interesting. Spartans are people built to be like a machine. And the ai are machines built to be like a person. Fused into one being through the armor
This is the aspect of Halo that when exploring, is boring af.
@@DigitalDNA literally how
@@user-ts2ny8jg9d to be fair. The games or books don’t really go much depth into. This is why i praised halo 4 story.
Getting good
Lmfao corn pop lives!
It's wild how much detail the writers of the halo universe put into the science behind mjolnir
The man was a scientist himself
Who knows what really exists.
They were at it since the 90s with Marathon. They had time to think it all through
Thats how build a fan base. 😄
Eric Nylund, who wrote the first few Halo novels and most of the background lore, had an educational background in chemistry and physics, which is why much of the tech in the Bungie-era Halo games had such technical explanations for how they worked.
I never considered how connected Cortana and John were trough the neural interface. It makes losing her more significant. She wasn't just a voice in his head, she was a part of him like a long time partner.
Crazy part is canonically, master chief only consciously knew her for just over half a year when you take into account all his cryo sleep!
An Otaku's wet dream come true. Lmfao. Especially those guys in Japan that marry virtual girls
my AI waifu can't possibly be this deep
Don't forget part of the reason that the AI was given to spartans is to help them interface with humanity better. The spartan program kidnap and then brainwash children into being machines and since they behaved like machines they felt no attachment to humanity or the repercussions to the actions they take that may kill many humans as long as the goals they were given are achieved. The AI was there to guide them into being better humans once again (as well as other tasks that an AI can perform). Think of all the times Cortana chided John about his actions or the repercussion they may have.
Even the mighty master chief had a nagging "wife" constantly in his head.
I think Master Chief mentioned once that after the event of Halo 4 he struggled to operate without cortana because he didn't need to ask for something, cortana was already doing what he wanted, they basically become one and Cortana saved directly master Chief life few times, back in installation 04 a Flood infector made his way throught the armour almost reached John's skin, Cortana overdrive the energy system to fry it
If you read the first 2 or 3 books of Halo, you can learn a lot about the Spartans and their trainings with and without the Armor. There is also a lot to learn about Master Chief and Cortana's relations in the second (?) book. I just recently discovered that there are more than only 3 Halo Books and I plan on reading them all soon.
Without cortana.. MasterChief will feel depressed...its a loss of something deep
Everything after reach is fanfic
@@eriklarsson6622 someone don't know how canon works
@@BeatAces don't care. Halo series ended with reach. Anything after that is fake
God, the amount of detail and effort that went into this video, the capabilities of each gen of armor, the time they were in service, the time the next gen of armor began production, everything.. down to the smallest details, amazing work, truly.
Check out Installation 00. Great Halo KZheadr and makes super cool, super detailed breakdowns. Not to mention he’s trying to build mjornir as close to lore as possible irl
@@Prophet311the main poster is a bot. I wouldn’t respond to it
This is all AI.
"whomever wears this armor, if he be worthy, shall gain the powers of Master Chief"
What if Master Chief Mjolnir Armor is made out of Uru.
jonathan?
This actually deserves more attention like holy crap. Not to talk down on them, but this video was actually more detailed than a lot of the top Halo content creators' videos. Very informative and relaxing to watch
A another reason I love halo is the believable science. It's really science fiction instead of fiction that has a bit of science. The TV show has dump all this down the drain. Just one thing. I believe the Bioform injector was already there for Mark 5 armor as I'm pretty sure I read it being used in Fall of reach, The flood or The first strike. Not sure which book exactly
The genre you mentioned after is called science fantasy.
@@user-xq6ii6qk5s Yes. But these days most of Sci fi themed shows and movies drop the science part.
@@pasindudinusha6507 I think what you meant was 'scientific' part, rather than science. In my understanding, the word 'science' means both the struggle to find knowledge and the knowledge itself, so it can be something like our own limited understanding of our world laws of physics or it can be someone's understanding of their own universe laws of physics (or the lack thereof) like things such as the commonly known/named as magic, psychic power etc. If we get to be more technical, even the power-system/magic-system in some fiction like 'Mother of Learning' that have their own well-defined parts of said power system is "methodologically" correct within their own universe and thereof 'scientific' in their own way. What I understand from your writing, what you want is actually 'our-world-physics's-scientifically-correct', and not just some mumbo jumbo regarding unobtainium and Shakespearean-influenced story plots which are prevalent in science fantasy. An easy example of the comparison between Sci-Fi and Sci-Fan are the movies Star Trek and Star Wars. It seems that you're the kind of guy who likes weaponries and wars like in the irl history of world wars and in fictions such as fallout. Got many friends like you, who sadly I'm not in contact again after the pandemic. Hope that you'll find more sci-fi works that you'll like and I'm sorry for my rambling lmao. Stay safe and healthy.
@@user-xq6ii6qk5s Yeah you are right about that. Like you mentioned Marvel and DC don't sit well with me. But I do watch their movies. I just think of them as fantasy. But I'm a fantasy fan too. It just I want a believable system even within those fantasy settings. It doesn't have to exactly as ours but I like it that when fantasy worlds have rules and systems that sets limits and enables creative opportunities. Hopefully we will see more creative sci fi work in future. By the way I hope you'll be able to contact your friends again. Maybe find some new friends too. Yours is the friendliest ranting I heard recently. I'll say the same to you. Stay safe and healthy.
There is a fine art to "plausible" science fiction. Yes, Halo is one of the better ones. Star Trek is probably the model for that form of writing. Others not so much. Science fiction CAN be a good test bed for actual science. It's a pre-hypothesis stage, where thinkers can experiment with new ideas to explore what realms of science we should develop further. Without the rigid 'peer review' of actual science. It's the planning stage of science.
Feels like I'm a 26th century student studying for a military history exam or sumthin, that's how good these videos are cuz I feel oddly immersed for some reason while watching this!
Your videos always have such a high level of quality production, intricate depth of the Halo extended lore, and attention to detail that it's genuinely sad that they aren't seen enough by the Halo community. I loved how you covered how armor has Evolved to Combat different stages of weaponry throughout history with the pros, cons, and compromises. The custom animations were also a great addition. When I saw the title, I was really hoping to see some footage or reference to The Prototype from Halo Legends, with it being a massive exoskeleton like the Mark I and II, but didn't need to be tethered and had a plethora of powerful offensive and defensive capabilities. Would have also loved to hear you describe some of the awesome features of the early models in addition to the downsides like extreme power consumption or cost but your video was already a mountain of information at half an hour long and I genuinely loved every minute of it! Even got goosebumps a few times from how cool everything was. I'm gonna go refresh my lore knowledge from your past videos. Amazing job as always!!! :D
Always intrigued me how weak a human soldier is and how a super suit absolutely turns around how a soldier would fight, halo armour has always been a fascination, excellent video
The humans in the mjolnir aren't weak. They are super soldiers without the armor.
@@alecgiblin7499 nah I mean in reality
@@ReeceCoza ahhh gotcha.
Call a recon marine, army ranger or navy seal weak and see what happens lmao. Have you seen a soldier use a “super suit” in the field?? So how would you know their tactics irl? Someone in a super suit would not be a frontline soldier, they would need regular infantry support same as a tank… as we’ve seen what happens to armor without support in Ukraine. Maybe in 2552 a powered armor suit will be available 😂
@@K20_EM1 bruh a suit that soaks bullets vs a human that drops in one shot, we are just meat suits, we are weak compared to the fictional halo suits hahabh
This video came up as a suggestion and I'm so glad it did, it's an actual masterpiece, so well produced if I didn't know any better I would have thought it was based on something real! Bravo
Hope this dude comes back some day 🙏
same
At first I was like, oh great another Halo video going over basic stuff, but as it went on, your style where it was more like a documentary of the development of the armor. As you went onto each layer without making it too complicated, I kept watching. Honestly one of the top put together Halo video I have seen in a long time. Thank you for actually caring about the topic and making it easy for newer fans to understand. Subbed and going to go back and watch other Halo videos and cant wait for more to come out if they are planned!
Extraordinary masterpiece... Lore, level of detail of both, the tech within and also the explanation given trough the video, and of course production. Thanx, glad I came by.
Your narration and writing are always great to hear. Your editing skills makes the visuals engaging to watch too! I also love this video, it has a lot of tidbits most people wouldn't know, like the relation to the Cyclops exoskeleton, or the fact that the Mark IV was used for almost 3 decades!
Or the fact you can survive for months in space
Well done vid my man, felt like I was from the future sitting in some history class learning about the armor.
This was worthy of sub. Great video. I read the books back in the day, where John becomes a Spartan and remember vaguely the membrane layer of the armour. Your presentation is quality.
I love the background music you chose for this video. Really matches the technology and armor theme
Listening to you, as an aging Halo Fan who always loved the lore and the books you put a lot of love and interest in your video. Will subscribe.
Most thorough and cohesive Mjolnir breakdown I've ever seen.
Astonishing job! The amount of work that you put not only in the content of the video but the editing as well is amazing!I hope this video gets a ton more of views in the upcoming weeks, it very well deserves it. Thank you for such an lore-informative and smooth experience!
When we needed him most, he returned! love your videos, Token.
I love how John slaps the pod interior in the video as Token says "something ENTIRELY new", implying Chief had a freak out lol
I hope you cover more games like this in depth with your great descriptions, and passion. Keep up the amazing work my guy. 👍
This is an excellent video. You've started in my real history and connected it to a futuristic fantasy world that I have enjoyed using a reasonable and logical story. Excellent work!
I really loved this video, the way you told the story of the evolution of MOJLNIR armors is marvelous. I love the engineering aspect of the video with the music. Thank you for this
Never seen your channel before but this is an absolutely awesome video. The writers of halo seemingly went to great lengths and effort to make things reasonably possible with the current rate of technology advancement. Of course they did drop the ball on the piezoelectric crystal thing. Humans have known for a very long time that piezoelectric crystals both produce energy when deformed and deformed when energy is applied to them. In fact pretty much every single automotive direct fuel injected gas and Diesel engine use piezoelectric injectors.
What's new here is probably the level of strain this new piezo material goes through when subject to voltage. Having a material strain by 10% or more without yielding is quite a feat to pull off, which is why you don't see it used in any large-scale robotics application
What a brilliant video...... this almost felt like a high-class documentary, enjoyed every second of it.
12:47 btw that's a real life thing, your basic Bic lighter work like this, you put the Piezo under pressure and their you got your spark that light up the fluid...
It fascinates me how a game was able to produce all this amazing lore. Even down to a soldier's armor. Great video.
Really well done video. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was watching a documentary on human armour and it's evolution throughout history. Two thumbs up!
Just wait till one gets to mechs.
I always love to see when you upload! You are my favourite halo KZheadr. Keep up the amazing work!
Fantastic video man, always look forward to your uploads!
Love your content, easily my most beloved voice in halo content. Keep up the good work
Hey same token!!!!! Glad to see you back again! Loce your vids and started to miss you and your content.
2:35 my man giving me flashbacks to Thatcher's trailer from R6. Great video!
This is an amazing overview. Well done
I have been a massive Halo fan for years. In the last 2-3 years especially I have dived deep into Halo lore reading many books (multiple times) as well as the Halo Encyclopedia and reading the Halopedia to death. You're ability to condense it down to an entertaining, informative, and encompassing video is incredible. I greatly enjoyed watching this video and hearing it all again. Thank you.
perfect after a hard day, thank you for your high level of quality production :D
Fantastic video! Your narration/voice is incredibly enthralling and fits the game perfectly haha
The MARK IV is my favorite iteration of the MJOLNIR armor. It looks pretty and comfortable, but at the same time heavy and intimidating, plus it doesn't have that ridiculous amount of colors and accessories. It doesn't look like a robot like the armors in Halo 4 and 5, but it's also not as unnecessarily minimalist as the one in Halo 2 and 3.
Are you talking about Chief's armor in CE? Because that is Mk 5
26:59 this is like an ad I love it
WOW! absolutely spectacular! this is so well made and presented! Brilliant stuff! incredibly detailed breakdown! ❤😁👍🏻
Amazing video and mini documentary on Halo lore and its armor. You earned my sub
Hope you're doing well. You make the most polished Halo content. Hopefully you have something in the works for us soon!
Fantastic video! Informative and encompassing. Like, you mentioned both Mark V armors. Mk V standard and Mk V b private. Earned a sub 👍Oh and Mk IV gen 2 ( which added shields )as in Halo Wars 2 is my favorite.
very informative video, exactly the one i have been looking for! Thank you
A great writer knows how to start with an anecdote or history synopsis. Draws the listener or reader in. Good work.
Excellent video with well done narration; this is actually a top quality production (thought it must have been done by Studios or 343). Thank you for this!
hey man its been a long time since your last video, hope everything is all good on your end and your happy (I know Halo isnt really for everyone right now)
Where you been man!??? Need more videos, you’re my favorite halo KZheadr
Always A+ content Token! Well done!
This was a super explanation! Thanks!!!
I love your videos bro, always a good watch
This is really awsome, your way of telling, way of explaining the various bits, like if you are listening to an actual war-based documentary. Truly amazing :)
This was a fascinating watch, I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you 😊
The armor he switches to in halo 2 is the Mark 6 . It's also noted that Spartan 2 Naomi-010 was issued GEN1 Mark VII so the suit mentioned was actually built. It was expensive. And Spartan 4s where incapable of using it hence the gen 2 armor. Chief currently uses the Gen 3 version which Is a hybrid of technology from both generations and some improvements.
Hoping to see more videos from you same token keep up the great content
i wish I could like this video 10 tiimes, the work you put in this, oh my god, thank you
Man I miss this guy
This man really is the best Halo youtuber when it comes to lore and pretty much everything else
Thank you so much for all your in-depth videos. I’m planning on writing a halo book (2, if you count the “117: Heroes never die” billboard novel I’m writing because no one else will and I SERIOUSLY want to see that) and it wouldn’t be possible without your library of halo lore.
Not to mention that I use these as podcasts while I’m waiting. Amazing content as always, Token.
Nice. What's it going to be about?
This was a video I didn't know I needed to watch. 10/10
This is, hands down, the greatest video I have ever seen.
Real life militaries actually want suits like spartan armor problem is the same the energy production and storage the damn batteries are way behind the tech level needed and lets not forget we can't even get fission reactors that snall yet let alone positive output fusion reactors which we still haven't figured it out
Maybe in the year 2500
Your governments have already figured it out. Youre a pleb with no such access.
pretty much, modern tech already supports making something like the mk1 or 2 and close to 3, but the power supply issues those variants suffer also affect any such irl designs
@@nickolaswilcox425 we can make a micro nuclear reactor. Except the smallest version would still occupy the bed of a pick-up truck.
@@DigitalDNA And if the fire team has the misfortune of being in a grid square being erased by MLRS, you are cracking open a fission reactor which is kinda bad. Fusion reactors if cracked just kinda puff out whatever was plasma and go dead.
I love the thought that the meta in red vs blue could be semi possible in halo lore,
Your videos are somehow getting even better! Keep up the great work!
I’ve been such a halo nerd since I was a little kid that I know everything about the lore better than most of the big channels but I still sit here and listen to this absentmindedly, why I wonder
You really produce the best halo content on KZhead, I will be awaiting your next upload
If it wouldn't be for the fact that 343 has ended the Original Halo Saga, you probably could have contributed to Halo 6 and 7, if there would have been... Out of all the halo based videos I've watched, you sir are an Artist ...this is simply Awesome and worthy of Archiving for future generations. Who know maybe in 500 years someone will take inspiration from this video...
very well done, love the presentation.
Sometimes people sleep on the fact that they watch a person because their voice is nice. This dude has a great voice and It’s my first video watching from him. Another person with an awesome voice who’s successful is Star Wars theory. People who can just listen to without cringing and that paired with good content make a great all around artist in this aspect.
I love Halo and Your videos are really damn good. You have my sub!
This is a very well produced video! Informative and entertaining. Got a sub from me
ima gine how long these videos took to edit. this guy deserves more subscribers
Absolutely brilliant video.
This feels like a legit history channel episode
amazing content as always man
Great video man, love it.
Nice to see an upload from token. Love the videos, man. Thanks!
They are the perfect videos to listen to while I cook dinner
Couldn't agree any more
This video is on a VERY impressive level. Nice. Halo 4 *legendary ending cinematic btw 🤯
its so realistic to how it would play out irl. i love it. its not some simple explination like oh the covenant attacked and we needed suits llike them.
Glad to see another upload man, great vid as always
Chainmail would protect you from cuts; padded armore was worn under it, but you would still be injurred from blunt force trauma. You can't slice through chainmail.
Highly dependant upon the quality of chainmail.
@@chrispellegrin People didn't wear gambison and chainmail because it kinda worked; I think chainmail being sliced open would have been quite rare. It would either be the result of poor craftsmanship (nobody would want to buy their mail), or it being hit a lot without maintenance.
@@jonathanbetenbender307 Yeah no slicing of chain mail but it was very weak against thrusts, and spears were the main weapon of war, swords were more of a secondary weapon for the rich. That's what made plate armor so terrifying to go against, you were most likely a peasant with a spear going against a guy you can't really poke with your weapon. As for sword fights the stuff depicted in media is pure fantasy, sword fight were short, a sword fight between 2 unarmored opponents would usually end in a few seconds after a feint or two and maybe a parry. Combat between 2 armored opponents was basically a wrestling match, the idea is to tackle the other guy to the ground so gaps in his armor are easier to exploit, then using a dagger to poke at the joints etc. There is quite a few videos on youtube of what realistic medieval plate armor sword fights looked like.
@Eagle3302PL Preaching to the choir, my friend.
I rarely leave comments. This video is very well done sir. Thank you for the work you put in
Excellent presentation, props. Subscribed
So well explained sounds like it exists there is real science here and everything
Beautiful production and narration
After reading the Reach data pads it's clear to me that the AI Assembly influenced humanity or Halsey somehow to equip Spartans to be as overkill as they are for human standards cause they saw hostile first contact with aliens to be an inevitability and wanted to make sure that humanity was as prepared as it could be.
Speaking of smart AI, this makes me wonder if the forerunners used the same process Halsey did creating Cortana to create the Contender Class AI.
This was absolutely amazing
I just found this channel and am loving it
great video man! love it!
Felt like an amazing history video, got the science nerd in me giddy.
The first time I really wanted to use the like button. Bravo sir!! Great video.
Fantastic video ! Well done ! Curious, what are the names of the songs you used ? I’d love to listen to them more often !
Thanks for making a great video!
I love the video! Thank you so much!
loved it. well done!