Bullets and power-cells
- Intent: Bring a mass produced material for consumer use to the armor games.
- Image Source: Source
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Dilatant, D3o, Silica, Poly-ceramic, Armorweave
- Manufacturer: Agents of Chaos, The Floating Mess, Niki Priddy
- Affiliation: Niki Priddy, Agents of Chaos, Niki's Store
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Anti-Shank Cloth
- Modularity: High Modularity pre-production, None post-production
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Materials:
- Dilatant/Shear Thickening Fluid
- Polyborodimethylsiloxane
- Silica Nanoparticles
- Impregnated Poly-ceramic and Armorweave woven base material
- Classification: Dilatant Suspension Compound/Shear Thickening Fluid Compound
- Weight: Very Light
- Color: Can be dyed to color of choice. Otherwise silver in color and reflects light in a golden hue.
- Resistances:
- Energy (And other Blaster type weapons): High
- Kinetic: Very High
- Lightsabers: Low
- Radiation: None
- Vacuum: None
- Sonic: Average
- EMP: Low
- ION: Low
- Falling (only when worn): Height <7 meters -High
- Highly Kinetic Resistant - using impregnated armor grade woven materials as a basis for the shear thickening fluid, very high kinetic resistance was achieved in a pliable and easily concealable package.
- Very Lightweight and flexible - The use of shear thickening fluid inside a woven material allows for relatively free movement with minimal restrictions.
- Falling Down - From heights less than 7 meters, the shock absorption capabilities of this material will significantly reduce impacts upon the body.
- Form Fitting Purpose - Aside from being an armor grade material, it can very easily be made to line armor or even placed behind hull plating for added protection.
- Stop it - The faster the kinetic weapon, the more sturdy the dilatant becomes. From bullets to knives and even blunt weapons, if it moves fast, it will meet an abrupt halt.
- Surprisingly Light - Given the materials, one would expect this to weigh quite a bit. Refining processes have kept weight to a minimum while allowing for ease of movement by the wearer while providing ample protection.
- Cushion - Upon impacts such as trips or falls, energy from the impact is collected by the shear thickening fluid before any transference to the body occurs, aiding in the reduction of injuries such as broken bones or shocked muscles.
- The Bass - Given the density of the silica nanoparticles inside the dilatant compound, the material does have some average sonic resisting capabilities in lab studies due to the myriad of obstructions to catch and deflect sound waves paired with the material density around the particles.
- Slow and Steady - A plain old knife, slowly pushed into this material has a better chance of piercing than typical high grade vibroblades in a stabbing motion.
- Not Standard Clothing - If regular, everyday clothing were to be made from this material, it would be quite obvious you were wearing heavy and or bulky clothing.
- Long Way Down - Any fall from more than 7 meters will see the impact cushioning be rendered useless as most accelerations beyond this point surpass the cushioning capabilities.
- Scrambled - A caveat to the impact absorption of this material is it's restriction to limiting severe shock to bones and muscles. This does not stop internal organs, such as the brain, from moving on their own which can cause their own injuries.
- Blast It - While decently resistant to blasters, extreme heat from the blasts will eventually solidify the dilatant material and cause it to lose it's resistance and possibly impede movement.
- Not Sealed - While this is meant to be put beneath armor or even function as light armor, this material lacks the capability of hermetically sealing due to it's fluid properties as well as being a woven material.
- Keep a Geiger Handy - This material does not protect from any form or radiation and should not be depended upon to do so. From nuclear material to cosmic rays, the material will in fact keep a hold of the radiation once it has permeated the material. Wear/place beneath a protective material against radiation.
Perhaps inspired by Scherezade deWinter, or just plain boredom, the Anti-Shank Cloth came from a late night shower thought about how to stop knives and bullets with relative ease.
Simple experiments with a number of dilatant solutions were had, along with capable materials to hold the compound. What was found, lab tested, then field tested, came to be a product that offers decent protection from broken bones, fast moving projectiles, and operating vibro-blades. While post production pieces tend to be finite in function, the materials prior to construction are boundless.
The dilatant is fused with the woven poly-ceramic and armorweave materials, creating a comprehensive sub-armor system with limited inherent abilities not typically seen without the addition of repulsor systems. Even then, the capabilities of this material exceed the added capabilities offered in fall reduction by repulsor systems.
The ability to diffuse kinetic energy from small falls and ballistic rounds makes this material invaluable to both the military field along with civilian use for recreational uses such as sports, production facilities, and even extending to shipping uses as packaging for fragile packages.
The uses for this material are near limitless, being that of additional armor for the hulls of starships of all sizes, to being used to ensure an elder does break a bone as readily in their advanced age to ensuring a freight piece doesn't bust upon contact with the ground in special cargo containers.
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