John Halo and the Marines are Marines and not Soldiers. Though, I’m not certain Halo ever shows a non-Navy Servicemember in 1-4.
It wasn’t necessary for both to be green. Master Chief could’ve had a blue (or a red, or a silver armor) and he’d still be the same.
BigPotato@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
For what it’s worth, the Army briefly shows up in Reach.
BigPotato@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I think the only thing I remember about Reach is the last mission anyway but thanks for the heads up.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Green is the universal color of soldiers. The regular soldiers in Halo were wearing green. Master Chief’s armor was green because he was a soldier. It made perfect sense to me.
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
If I remember the Halo books correctly (it’s been a while) the Spartan armor started out a golden color but dulled to green hue due to hits from Covenant energy weapons over time. Not particularly relevant to this discussion but I thought it was an interesting bit of lore.
I need to go back and reread them. Great series and well written for the most part.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
The protagonist in Halo: Reach wears gray armor with blue accents and he looks just as badass as Master Chief.
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CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sure, but they had to start somewhere. Reach is the 6th Halo game.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Halo reach came out way later, and doesn’t look half as good as master chief but that’s not due to the coloring and instead the worse looking armour
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Just want to add that, yes, Noble Six’s default armour is very cool; but you can also have them wear whatever armour and colours you like. (Including making them look basically like the Chief)