[quote]Firmware refers to software. [/quote]Firmware refers to an inbetween state of software and hardware, hence "firm". It's neither soft or hard. [quote]I understand artistic license. Still was a piss poor attempt explain it away.[/quote]Don't shoot the messenger, you asked, I'm answering. [quote]Where has it been said there are nanobots/machines in the Halo universe?[/quote]Frank O'Conner and the K5 Trilogy. [quote]If nanobots were indeed used, as I've stated, why wasn't the damage to armor repaired?[/quote]As I said, it's a combination of artistic licence and canonical explanation.