User:Rollersox/MERLIN Stealth Flexible Powered Assault Armor

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The MERLIN Stealth Flexible Powered Assault Armor was a suit of flexible stealth assault armor made out of "unobtanium." (See "crystanium" page 631-A for further reference) The MERLIN was used by many ODSTs and SPARTANs for stealth missions. The MERLIN, unlike most assault exoskeletons of the time, did not have energy shields, as most of the MERLIN's power would be distracted toward the shields. Instead, it held very powerful active camouflage system.

The active camouflage nearly fully covered the wearer, not even showing a shimmer. The active camouflage lasted for about five to seven minutes. The prototype technology proved useful in much cases, such as the sabotage of twenty-eight Insurrectionist bases on the asteroid R-2R5, during Operation: DARK KNIGHT Phase II by SPARTAN-G272 and SPARTAN-097. The MERLIN armor was a "sister" to its counterpart, the more bulky EXCALIBUR armor, which held extremely strong prototype energy shields but fairly moderate active camouflage systems.