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Intent: Provide Omega Protectorate forces armor that can be used in ship boarding operations.Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Omega Star Corps
Model: X-1 Zero-G Exosuit
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate
Modularity: Low
Production: Moderate
Material: Durplast, Environmental Underlay
Description: Adapting his old powered armor to a more useful purpose, Sarge helped a team of engineers design the Omega Protectorate's first Zero-G armor for use in boarding operations. In order to counteract the extreme cold of space, an environmental underlay was placed under the duraplast armor to help retain heat for the duration of the soldier's stay outside of a ship's atmosphere. That being said, it won't last indefinitely, and should the soldier be exposed to the cold of space for longer than an hour, their body heat will begin to dissipate and hypothermia will quite quickly set in followed by death.
However, in order to counteract the fact that the armor is designed for use outside of ships, an hours supply of oxygen is maintained inside the suit, although it can be recycled for up to an hour and a half should it be absolutely necessary. Oxygen, naturally, is refilled automatically whenever a ship is boarded. This way, should the ship they're on decided to vent atmosphere in an attempt to kill them, they have some time to work with.
Also of note are the miniature guidance thrusters set into the back of the shoulders and the boot, which use small supplies of jet fuel kept in the spine of the armor. There's enough for roughly thirty seconds of sustained use, and roughly 45 seconds if used in bursts. The armor is also capable of monitoring vital signs (heart-rate and body temperature) and transmitting that data through the HUD to the rest of the squad as a means of keeping a wary eye on each other.
as with most armors, the suit has a built in comm system and HUD which displays necessary data, most notable of which is a nav unit that, when loaded with coordinates, can display the most likely route to a target based on the information presented. So, say the squad was looking for the engine room and the ship layout is known, they merely have the coordinates input into the nav unit and it guides them where they need to be much like a GPS. Also, the bottom of the boots have magnetic clamps to lock the soldiers to the hull when activated.
This, naturally, also makes it perfect armor for use by starship engineers who may need to work on damaged vessels. And, of course, the armor is designed to protect the wearer from gunfire... kind of. It is gunfire after all.
Classification: Multipurpose
Weight: 56 kgs
Quality: 8
Other Feature(s): This armor is not powered, it's heavy and does restrict mobility to a degree. However, the natural tradeoff for this is in protection and its weight is off-set while in Zero-G enviroments.