10-26-2016, 03:28 PM
(10-26-2016, 07:07 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:(10-26-2016, 05:47 AM)Surge Wrote: Oh man is that easier said than done. To armor the neck you risk turning an augmented infantryman into an awkward and cumbersome walking tank. Actual neck plates stop you from looking up, down, and sometimes side to side, while armored collars are less effective (especially in melee) and can restrict field of vision while being unreasonably bulky.
I'm pretty sure a fixed head wont be a problem if you have sensors around the blind spots, heck the point of a separate helmet looks silly if you armored up the neck, might as well have be a single piece helmet-chestplate armor so that the head will still move freely while still armored, kinda like a space suit
There will always be mechanical/protection tradeoffs, the Mjolnir armor is primarly designed to protect the wearer from ranged attacks, without restricting movement, or making the Spartan Soldiers unreasonably large targets; switching to a fixed helmet and onboard 360 sensor array like your proposing, adds bulk and weight to the suit, as well as introducing vulnerable subsystems that if knocked out or disrupted leave the soldier blinded.
If an opponent is going for a CQC kill, hes going to go for any vulnerable point on the suit, of which the neck is just one of many, their are major arteries all throughout the human body that if cut will cause rapid bleedout, along with trauma to the spine, fully protecting everything would require bulking the suit up to the point that you might as well just use a mech instead.