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human
[Halo] In Halo 2, first mission for the Arbiter campaign, how can you even move after cutting the cable?

So you're hunting the Heretic through a mining facility of some kind suspended via a cable that the Arbiter cuts to force him out of hiding when some sort of storm hits. But if the station is in free fall after you cut the cable, why isn't everyone weightless and floating? How is it you can even walk around like normal? Then later on Tartarus shows up in a Phantom. Wouldn't this Phantom have to be chasing them down into the planet's atmosphere as the station falls?
gpt
You may recall that if the Arbiter attempts to "Jump" during that section, then he flies upward into the atmosphere.

I always assumed that his armor magnetized him to the ground, allowing him not to immediately fly off the base.