HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System

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HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System
Production information
Manufacturer	Materials Group
Class	Armor Defense System
Technical information
Armament	Primary fire: M655 20mm HMG/AM Secondary fire: M5920 35mm SGML/AM (5 per clip) Melee attack (stomp)
Crew	1 Driver
Passengers	None
Usage
Role(s)	Armor defense system Anti-vehicular platform Anti-infantry platform
Era(s)	Post-War
Affiliation	United Nations Space Command

The HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System, also known as the Mantis, is an armored fighting vehicle. It appears on campaign and multiplayer but is unknown if it will be appearing in Spartan Ops.

Overview

The Mantis is a powered exoskeleton armor defense system similar to the Cyclops. However, where as the Cyclops was designed for labor and modified to function in combat, the Mantis was created specifically for combat purposes. To that end it is equipped with several weapon and defense systems: including armor plating, energy shielding, and two weapon pods on either side of the cockpit. The weapon pods contain a machine gun on the right pod and a five-shot rocket launcher on the left pod although presumably these can be replaced with other weapons. The Mantis is also equipped with energy shielding similar to the Sabre and the Mjolnir Armor. If enemies get too close to the vehicle where the Mantis' weapon pods cannot effectively target then the Mantis can overload its hydraulc systems to perform a stomp that will eliminate close threats. The stomp is powerful enough to severely damage or even destroy small vehicles such as the Ghost or Warthog.

Trivia

• It appears to be a "mech" similar to the Cyclops.
• Like most UNSC vehicles, it's named after an animal.
• The Mantis is only the second drivable UNSC vehicle to have shields, after the Sabre.
• This mech is infamously hilarious to many because of the Ragnarok trailer's ending, which shows the Mantis teabagging a dead player.
• The Mantis seems overpowering, but can still be easily destroyed. You can charge an EMP burst and fire at it to shut it down, then either destroy it with a rocket launcher or jump on to it and blow it up with a grenade.
• It can only be boarded from the back.
• It's shields seem to be very slow to recharge

Gallery

Video

Mantis Trailer

Appearances

• Halo: The Thursday War (First mentioned)
• Halo 4 (First appearance)

See also

• Cyclops