User blog comment:TheMegaShyGuy/Halo 4 RvB Easter Eggs/@comment-4519149-20121016024429/@comment-4616231-20130224060644

There's nothing to show they're wearing some kind of sim armor. Hell, Director was able to pull enough suits of armor out of his ass for the Tex bots. So there's no reason why this can't be normal armor. Also, Freelancers aren't Spartans, so they shouldn't be able to wear the armor either.

RvB isn't going to bother with stupid bullshit from Halo canon that makes it so only certain people can wear it. It's much easier to just stick it on people and wing it.