Was Master Chief supposed to be a cyborg?

He still is a Cyborg, which by definition is: "a person whose body contains mechanical or electrical devices and whose abilities are greater than the abilities of normal humans"

^ Master Chief can still be a cyborg though, given that his armour does serve as mechanical enhancements to pull off feats, that he otherwise wouldn't be able to, without the armour.

A B1unt Cactus wrote:

^ Master Chief can still be a cyborg though, given that his armour does serve as mechanical enhancements to pull off feats, that he otherwise wouldn't be able to, without the armour.

Not quite.
His armor serves as not only armor for protection and communication, but also for acting as an external "power" armor. What you said is that its a mechanical enhancement to pull off physical feats. I don't believe its like that....I believe, and someone correct me if I am wrong, that the "power" aspect of Chiefs armor enhances his raw muscular power.

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

No. John-117 was never a cyborg.

http://www.halopedia.org/SPARTAN_neural_interface

Just because he has a neural interface doesnt make John a cyborg.

Do you know what a Cyborg is?

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

No. John-117 was never a cyborg.

http://www.halopedia.org/SPARTAN_neural_interface

Just because he has a neural interface doesnt make John a cyborg.

Do you know what a Cyborg is?

Yes, I do.
Does MC have a completely metal body under the armor? No. He is just an enhanced human. Hence, not a cyborg.

Umm... that's not entirely what a cyborg is. Any organic being given a mechanical enhancement is a cyborg.

Dede134 wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

No. John-117 was never a cyborg.

http://www.halopedia.org/SPARTAN_neural_interface

Just because he has a neural interface doesnt make John a cyborg.

Do you know what a Cyborg is?

Yes, I do.
Does MC have a completely metal body under the armor? No. He is just an enhanced human. Hence, not a cyborg.

Umm... that's not entirely what a cyborg is. Any organic being given a mechanical enhancement is a cyborg.

Huum .... no. An external armor does not make you a cyborg. He can fight without it. A cyborg would have mechanical parts, like robocop, not a suit.

They are not talking about his armor, they are talking about the bio mechanical implants, the dendrites in his brain, the carbide ceramic on his bones, the platinum pellet in his thyroid, etc. He is a cyborg even without his armor.

How is this even a discussion?
All Spartans (except for Spartan Is) are cyborgs.
They may not fit the whole "robocop" cyborg description, but they still count.
A list of cyborgs people don't realize are cyborgs:
Detective Spooner (Will Smith in I, Robot)
John Shepherd (Mass Effect)
Master Chief (Halo)
Main Character from the new Total Recall (he had a phone implant in his hand)
and a bunch of others.

A less official description of a cyborg would be that they are any living being with some sort of synthetic enhancement that can be considered part of their being. So Master Chief's suit is not what makes him a cyborg because he can live without it and easily discard it. What makes him a cyborg is, as many have stated, the plating on his bones, the neural implants, the platinum pellet, and probably all sorts of minor things not listed in the augmentation procedure.

Exeider wrote:

Dede134 wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

No. John-117 was never a cyborg.

http://www.halopedia.org/SPARTAN_neural_interface

Just because he has a neural interface doesnt make John a cyborg.

Do you know what a Cyborg is?

Yes, I do.
Does MC have a completely metal body under the armor? No. He is just an enhanced human. Hence, not a cyborg.

Umm... that's not entirely what a cyborg is. Any organic being given a mechanical enhancement is a cyborg.

Huum .... no. An external armor does not make you a cyborg. He can fight without it. A cyborg would have mechanical parts, like robocop, not a suit.

They are not talking about his armor, they are talking about the bio mechanical implants, the dendrites in his brain, the carbide ceramic on his bones, the platinum pellet in his thyroid, etc. He is a cyborg even without his armor.

There's several things wrong with this. First of all, unless John's skeleton gets wi-fi or has minesweeper installed, you can't really count the reinforced bones. They're not mechanical or electronic. The Thyroid implant is just a pill filled with hormones that are released into the body as the pellet is dissolved. It's not a permanent part of his body. It's like saying that after swallowing some Tylenol, you're suddenly a Cyborg. Also, we ALL have Dendrites. They're a part of nerve cells.

And EVERY serviceman and woman in the UNSC has a neural implant. Spartans, at least IIs, just have better ones. If anyone is a Cyborg, it's probably the Spartan-IVs. In addition to having the standard neural implant, they also have an implant that monitors their vitals and whatnot.

AlphaBenson wrote:

Exeider wrote:

Dede134 wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

Nihilus Shadow wrote:

HD Simplicityy wrote:

No. John-117 was never a cyborg.

http://www.halopedia.org/SPARTAN_neural_interface

Just because he has a neural interface doesnt make John a cyborg.

Do you know what a Cyborg is?

Yes, I do.
Does MC have a completely metal body under the armor? No. He is just an enhanced human. Hence, not a cyborg.

Umm... that's not entirely what a cyborg is. Any organic being given a mechanical enhancement is a cyborg.

Huum .... no. An external armor does not make you a cyborg. He can fight without it. A cyborg would have mechanical parts, like robocop, not a suit.

They are not talking about his armor, they are talking about the bio mechanical implants, the dendrites in his brain, the carbide ceramic on his bones, the platinum pellet in his thyroid, etc. He is a cyborg even without his armor.

There's several things wrong with this. First of all, unless John's skeleton gets wi-fi or has minesweeper installed, you can't really count the reinforced bones. They're not mechanical or electronic. The Thyroid implant is just a pill filled with hormones that are released into the body as the pellet is dissolved. It's not a permanent part of his body. It's like saying that after swallowing some Tylenol, you're suddenly a Cyborg. Also, we ALL have Dendrites. They're a part of nerve cells.

And EVERY serviceman and woman in the UNSC has a neural implant. Spartans, at least IIs, just have better ones. If anyone is a Cyborg, it's probably the Spartan-IVs. In addition to having the standard neural implant, they also have an implant that monitors their vitals and whatnot.

Every neural implant monitors vitals.
Chief was meant to be what he is because the fall of reach that explains augmentations was released before CE.
The right definition is augmented human. That's what everyone in the halo universe says and halsey never spoke about cyborgs, being more qualified than us on this.

He does have mechanical parts in his head for a neural interface with Cortana but thats about it. John is more Human than machine even though he may not act like it sometimes...

~KRAZY