Directorate Officer
Intent: To provide a heavy armor in Lucerne Personal Defense's line-up and provide a replacement for the canon Model 210 Armor used by Directorate Marines
Image Source: HALO Nightfall armor found here
Canon Link: N/A
Restricted Missions: N/A
Primary Source: N/A
Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
Model: Anakkona Heavy Armor
Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi, Closed Market
Modularity: Yes
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Armorweave, Insulfiber, Duraplast, Plasteel, Laminasteel, Ceraglass faceplate, Biolux-series Organoform Circuitry
Classification: Multi-purpose Heavy Armor
Weight: Heavy
Resistances
- Kinetic: Average
- Lightsabers: Low
- Environmental: Average
- EMP/Ion: High
SPECIAL FEATURES
Composite Construction: Anakkona uses a set of composite plates that integrally attached to a body glove. Each plate is constructed using a standardized process designed to maximize the effectiveness of each individual material within the armor. Each plate consists of a laminasteel lattice which holds several duraplast inserts which may be hollow to allow circuitry and wiring to run through. This unit is this placed in mold into which molten plasteel is poured under intense pressure to form the remaining bulk of this plate. The laminasteel wire frame essentially works like miniaturized slat armor, making it useful against against small explosive projectiles, melee weapons, and slugs. Additionally, it can act as a farraday cage for components integrated into the armor plate itself. However, most of the EMP/Ion protection afforded by the armor is the results of the duraplast inserts, which provide most of the overall protection afforded by the armor. The outer covering of plasteel provides additional resistance to the armor, especially to heat based weapons such as blaster rifles. The bodyglove uses a blend of armorweave and insulfiber to provide a base layer to help reduce damage that penetrates through the plates and to insulate the wearer from the environment.
NiteSite/TIN Network HUD: Anakkona uses an integrated NiteSite-based HUD system, providing users with zoom capability, low level vision, and integrated targeting capability that is especially useful with the suit's vambrace-mounted devices. Anakkonas can be linked to each other and relay real time information to each other in a form of a Target Identification Network first pioneered on assassin droids. This provides users with an unusual situational awareness and additional sensor/targeting information that might not be immediately available through the helmet's own sensors because of either range or obstacles.
Modular Vambrace Hardpoint: Both of the Anokkona's vambraces are designed with mounting recess that allow it to integrate a single small weapon (typically any pistol-grade weapon) or small device. Typical weapons that can be added include a MM9 Wrist Rocket Launcher, Dur-24 wrist laser, and ZX miniature flame projector. Commonly used devices include the Repulsor Grappling Gun, fusion cutter, and Magnaforce security shield. Each mounting point includes power socket and a datalink, allowing the device to not only be powered by the suit, but be fully integrated into the suit's HUD system as well.
Modular Backplate: Anokkona's backplate has modular fittings and power couplings that allow it to accept and integrate off the shelf equipment such as jetpacks, rucksacks, personal shield generators, and other like devices.
Twin Powercells: The Anakkona has a pair of power cells encased in armored, trapezoidal prisms on the armor's back. They not only provide power for the basic functions of the suit, but also can provide power for any devices attached to the suit. These power cells can be changed out in the field with assistance.
Basic Environmental Protection: Like many common battle armors such as stormtrooper armor, Anakkona provides limited protection from hostile environments. Each suit is vacuum proof and provides some insulation through the use of the base insulfiber-armorweave body glove. Anakkona armor also incorporates air filtering through an atmosphere processor as well as a 20 minute atmosphere supply, allowing troopers to operate for a limited time in hazardous atmospheres or in a complete lack of breathable atmosphere.
Integrated Webbing: Anakkona comes with a chest harness and belt that allows some equipment and tactical pounches to be directly attached to the suit. These typically are used to store ammunition, medkits, and other basic sundry items used by soldiers.
Integrated HUSH-98 Comlink: This comlink is integrated into the helmet in a manner similar to comlinks found in stormtrooper helmets.
Fortified: Anakkona has been designed to be particularly resistant to perhaps the most widely used weapon on the battlefield: blasters. The suit is also designed to be ion and EMP hardened, allowing it to operate effectively on worlds like Moorja which are wracked by electromagnetic storms or against opponents who widely use EMP or ion weapons. This same protection also provides protection to users of the suit who may be vulnerable to Ion/EMP weapons, such as droids or cyborgs.
Modular: Anakkona builds off of the Model 210 armor's penchant for modularity, specifically incorporating a pair of modular hard points on either vambrace to integrate small weapons and devices as well as a hard point on the back to mount larger devices such as jetpacks or shield generators.
Target Identification Network(TIN): Anakkona is specifically designed to work in numbers, where multiple suits can provide different vantage points to provide more comprehensive views and awareness of the environment to users. Not only does this provide information that might not be readily be apparent from a certain vantage point, but it also serves as a back-up in case one of the Anakkona's sensors is damaged.
Bulk: Like many heavier personal armors, Anakkona is relatively heavy, which limits the natural speed and dexterity of most users.
Weakpoints: Anakkona has several weak points. The ceraglass faceplate, while capable against many low-powered weapons, is particularly vulnerable to most rifle-grade weapons compared to the rest of the armor. Many of the inner-facing joints, such as the cubital fossa, are also only protected by the body glove. The posterior legs are similarly ill-protected.
Broadcasted: Using the TIN means that the suit is constantly transmitting, making the suit and its wearer easy to locate with the right equipment. It can also be jammed by communication's jammers, which effectively removes the advantage posed by the TIN.
Anakkona Heavy Armor was designed by Lucerne Personal Defense to replace the aging Krail M210 Armor commonly used by Directorate Marines. It is largely equivalent to that suit and many other basic battle armor in terms of protection and features. At its heart, Anakkona is another variant type of laminate armor, consisting of an environmentally sealed suit covered form-fitting composite armor plates designed to negate or reduce damage from common forms of damage. Like many battle armors, the suit also possesses a number of common enhancements including a HUD system, modular mounting hardpoints, an integrated comlink, and environmental systems. By in large, these features all make the Anakkona competitive with many battle armors found in the hands of common troopers in the galaxy.
The base layer of Anakkona is a blended insulfiber-armorweave body glove, which primarily acts as a secondary armor layer to reduce the damage wrought by attacks which pierce through the main armor plating as well as provide cushioning for the body in the case of falls and other physical impacts. The body glove also acts as basic insulation for the wearer against temperature variance, though it is not as capable as dedicated environmental suits. This layer is then covered in laminated composite laminasteel/duraplast/plasteel plates which provide the bulk of the suit's protection against most battlefield threats. It's unusual construction provides the wearer with good protection against blasters and ion weapons along with basic protection against kinetic weapons like slugthrowers. This protection is often compared to the older Katarn series armor worn by Clone Commandoes or lower grade Mandalorian battle armor. This good durability is matched by its bulk, however, and most users find it heavy and limiting in their movements. These are common problems with heavy armors, and Lucerne Personal Defense attempted to resolve some of these issues by stripping away armor near the joints as well as the back of the upper legs. While moderately successful in restoring some movement and comfort to its users, these changes also have opened up some comparative weakpoints in the armor that can be exploited by opponents. LPD salesmen are quick to point out that compromising inevitably means that no one attribute will be perfect, but that the risk can be better minimized with the right utilization of the suit's other systems.
The most obvious of these systems is the inclusion of the NiteSite Infrared and HUD system into the suit's helmet. On its own, the Nitesite provides enhanced visual acuity, including in low-light conditions, motion sensors, polarizing lenses, and a targeting computer that can be directly linked to the user's weapons. This makes it largely comparable to the MFTAS found on stormtrooper armor. Looking to gain an advantage in that field, LPD revisited the TIN concept pioneered by assassin droids and popularized by the Floating Fortress. The LPD version links multiple NiteSite units over the armor's integrated comlink, allowing the HUD to display data and feed gathered by other nearby users (typically members of the same squad). This allows increased awareness surroundings in spite of obstacles or a lack of range. It also can provide auxiliary targeting information if the user's own sensors are damaged. Perhaps the armor's second most popular feature is the inclusion of a pair of vambrace hardpoints, complete with their own datalinks and power sockets. These hardpoints provide users with some versatility in outfitting their suits for particular mission requirements. It's not unheard of to see an armor equipped with wrist rockets and wrist lasers for an assault mission, only to see the loadout be changed later on to a grappling gun and a plasma cutter to explore the wreckage of a starship later on. The armor's backplate is similarly modular, allowing the armor to integrate several larger devices, such as jetpacks, rucksacks, or larger personal shield generators. While the gauntlet hardpoints are typically plug and play, it typically takes a little more tinkering to properly integrate the controls of the backpack device to the suite's HUD system.
Anakkona Heavy Armor is started to gradually replace the Model 210 armor in Directorate service as those suits become damaged or as new units are raised. It seems likely that the Directorate will be one of the larger users of the armor, ensuring a small but steady production of the suit. It has also been offered for sale in bulk to other governments with friendly ties to LPD's parent company, Lucerne Labs. Some Lucerne Labs vessels are being sold with LPD equipment, including this armor, in their armories. Wherever Anakkona finds itself in the galaxy, it seems likely to be one of the more commonly customized armors found on the battlefield.
