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human
In Halo, why can the MJOLNIR suit's power supply indefinitely power a half ton exoskeleton/energy shield, but can't power a flashlight for more than a few minutes without having to recharge?
gpt
Perhaps the flashlight isn't meant to be a flashlight, but wearers discovered that by short-circuiting or overcharging a specific panel of the suit's wiring would create a usable incandescent glow via the induction. This is wildly inefficient and causes tons of energy to be wasted as heat, so the suit's internal systems can only withstand it for a brief period.

It would obviously be immensely more practical to wire a few LED bulbs to a straight DC current, but they just haven't gotten around to it due to space aliens and total galactic warfare.