"You have to follow your own path."
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: The CLS Vest is the next stage of combat medical technology. It allows for grievous injuries to be rapidly repaired in the midst of battle without the need of a medical training.
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- Manufacturer: Dynetech Industries
- Affiliation: Closed-Market
- Model: CLS Vest
- Modularity: Stims can be changed our for other, more unique, stims.
Production: Minor
- Material: Titanium Plates, Phrik Mesh, Refined Bacta, Power Cell, Nanites
- Classification: Medical
- Weight: Light
- Resistances:
- Kinetic: Average
- Lightsabers: Very Low
- ION/EMP: High
- Sonic: Average
- Poisons/Toxins: High
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Redundant EMP defense measures: The CLS vest is composed of very sensitive systems that must remain online for the vest to properly function. As even minor power glitches and failures can result in the vest's primary system to fail, it is imperative that the vest maintain it's power reserves. It is powered via a standard power armor power cell, with miniature ION shields deployed to defend the vest from such attacks.
- Mitotic Generation: The primary function of the CLS vest is to give the modern soldier an edge in battle to preserve their life and maintain the ability to fight. The Mitotic generator in this vest throws the bodies cell production in overdrive, allowing it to generate new cells thousands of times faster than the natural rate. With the Mitotic regeneration, extreme injuries can be healed in minutes and the soldier can effectively return to battle. This vest can go as far as to heal a severed limb in minutes, fully growing a new limb that can function just as well as the last.
- Boosted metabolism: Along with cell production/reproduction, the CLS Vest can throw the wearer's metabolism into overdrive. Generally exceeding the natural limits of the wearer's body, he/she will be able to purge their system of drugs/toxins in minutes as opposed to days/weeks. With the Vest on, most poisons, toxins, and drugs can be endured for a limited time before actual medical attention is needed.
- Stim kit: Although the chemical mixtures that make up stims cannot be used when the Vest's Mitotic Generation is in play, they do serve as effective battle-aids to keep the warrior effective in combat. A number of stimulants can be deployed by this vest, however each stim only has one injection per variant. Stims: Gylocol (Pain-suppressor), Battle Stimulant (Absorb damage better), Health Stim (Healing), Cordrazine (Jump-start).
- AID: The automated internal defibrillator is a device intended to be used only for those whose heart has stopped and are effectively dead. The internal defibrillator will send an electric jolt through the body in the hopes of re-starting the rhythm of the heart and bringing the individual back from death's door.
STRENGTHS
- Medically Superior: When it comes to an in combat solution, this vest effectively replaces the need of a medic or field doctor. With this vest on, the user will have access to advanced medical treatment that, before now, was unheard of in the midst of combat.
- Regeneration: When this vest activates it's mitotic regeneration function it will be able to mend flesh, seal wound, and even regrow limbs that have been completely severed off. It can take a few minutes for a full healing/regeneration to become complete, yet it is still a great alternative to a field medic.
- Stim Kit: Although it is not a complex stim kit, the armor does come with a number of stims that can be used in certain situations. Each stim has only enough of the chemicals for one dose and the armor can only fit four stims in the kit.
- Blaster Resistant: Blaster fire can be exceptionally damaging to the CLS systems, therefore the systems are shielded by Titanium plates with a Phrik mesh. This can allow the armor to withstand a few blaster rounds before inevitably yielding to the assault.
- ION/EMP: To keep the systems well-defended from ION technology the vest is outfitted with ION shields so that it's systems can still function well under moderate EMP/ION assault.
- Poison Resilience: The upped metabolism that the CLS system brings can allow the wearer to operate in hazardous conditions for a limited time. If he is only briefly/minorly exposed to the toxin than his body should be able to metabolize it and quickly recover, however sustained exposure will require actual medical aid.
- Lightsabers: The blade of a lightsaber is too powerful for the phrik mesh and titanium plates to absorb. Because of this the weapon of a Jedi is one of the most dangerous things this armor can feasibly come into contact with.
- Walking Death: Overuse of the Mitotic Regeneration system can be damaging to the wearer. As most living things are only designed to generate a certain number of cells over their life, the rapid deployment of excess cells through division is essentially using up a good deal of the cells distributed to a living being over it's entire life. Overuse of this vest can essentially shave time off of the wearer's life.
- Faux Healing: While the healing this vest provides is a far cry better than the alternative, it does have some draw backs. Limbs, patches, and sealed wounds are unstably crafted in such a rapid time that it leaves that area slightly weaker than normal. This means that it will be easier to break a regenerated limb or reopen a sealed wound. Extra care should be taken not to re-injure the healed zone.
- Pain: Something that could not be overlooked was the pain. Rapid regeneration is a painful process and has been known to make some people pass out because of it. Stims are provided, however they will not be effective until the vest has finished it's metabolizing process and ended the CLS system. Which means a user could be in excruciating pain for several minutes before it finally settles.
The CLS Vest is the first model in Dynetech's Medical Combat line. To date, even the most advanced battlefield medicine has still resulted in a major drop in the soldier's effectiveness in battle. With the CLS Vest, a "battlefield surgery" can be performed that will quickly return the soldier to combat with a 90% efficiency rate. When the Vest is attached, hundreds of miniature nodes enter the soldier's skin and serve as deployment points for microscopic generators that are capable of forcing cell division in the hopes of creating new cells. These generators are completely organic and dissolve into the blood stream over a matter of hours. With the refined bacta mixture that is utilized to aid the cell regeneration, cells will immediately begin to divide at incredible rates.
Made with thin Titanium plates and a phrik mesh, the armor provides some decent defense to the common soldier. The armor is a bodyarmor which means another set of armor can usually be worn over the Vest and it's considerably light. When Dynetech first designed the CLS system it was no more than an internal defibrillator hooked into a stim pack. It was a recent breakthrough in the company's medical division that led to the Mitotic regeneration systems. Once the system is fully brought online, wounds that would have once pulled a soldier from battle can be fully healed in minutes. Although, it is still advised that the wearer seek medical attention as soon as possible.
