Grand Shepherd Burtch
Retired old admiral
The Lions Pendant, which goes on the left upper chest
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Make an officer uniform for the Elysium Empire Navy
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- Special Credit: Thaliias for the insane amounts of work she put into this. This is one of my most collaborative submissions to date and this submission is every bit as much hers as mine.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Elysium Empire
- Affiliation: Elysium Empire
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: Elysium Empire Navy Officer Uniforms
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material:
- Armorweave outer fabric.
- Gildenweave inner liners.
- Spacers Leather belts and boots.
- Brass-plated Duralumin for buckles, buttons, Lion’s Pendant, and fasteners.
- A99 Aquata Breather and
- Flexicris mask and hood, contained in the collar of the overcoat.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Naval Officer’s Uniform
- Weight: Very Light
- Resistances:
- Force: None
- Kinetic: Very Low
- Water: Very Low
- Piercing: Very Low
- Lightsabers: Average
- Energy: Average
- Fire: Average
- Stun: Average
- Sonic: Average
- Radiation: High
- Thermal: High
- Cryogenic: High
- Airborne toxins: Very High
- Depressurization: Very High
- Code Cylinder Pockets
- Tracking numbers on all articles for laundry staff/droids.
- Collapsible Flexicris and A99 Aquata Breather hood is stored in the collar of the overcoat and deploys automatically in the case of a depressurization and can be manually deployed in the presence of toxins.
- Homing/distress beacon hidden in the Lion’s pendant. Designed to go off 60 seconds after depressurization. It can also be set off or deactivated manually.
STRENGTHS
- Professional appearance. An appropriate attire for both Naval Command and Formal wear.
- Protection. Decent combat protection for a navy uniform, due to the high quality fabrics that are used.
- Storage. Lots of pockets for data cards, trinkets, notes, etc.
- Comfortable. Made of fabric, and well fitted, makes these uniforms wearable for long periods of time while on duty.
- Depressurization Protection. While this uniform is not like a spacesuit, it does offer limited protection against hard vacuum against the skin for a few minutes in the event of a depressurization.
WEAKNESSES
- Water. The materials soak up water like a sponge and get heavy.
- Expensive. For a uniform that is worn every day by Imperial Officers, it is a considerable expense for the navy as a whole because of the high quality materials that are used to make it.
- Bullets. Not much resistance to high speed projectiles.
- No HUD when Flexicris and breather hood are deployed.
DESCRIPTION
This is a fairly durable, high quality uniform worn by Imperial Navy officers of the Elysium Empire. The Fabric is a royal purple colour with gold trim. Imperial officers are expected to keep their uniforms crisp and clean. While laundry staff/droids are often required to handle the laundry needs of naval warships, the ironing of creases and polishing of leather are the responsibility of junior officers. Senior officers have the option of having service droids iron and polish their uniforms for them if they so choose.
The elaborate double collar is not merely cosmetic; in a crisis or depressurization event, the inner collar deploys into a full flexicris helmet, utilizing a modern version of the excellent A99 Aqua Breather. The gold piping conceals the solid portions of the rebreather, as well as adding crisp edges to the uniform itself. Despite it’s versatility and lightness, the helmet is designed for disasters, not combat. There is no HUD display, no electronics and no communicators built into the helmet.
The homing/distress beacon is hidden inside the Lion’s crest. It is designed to go off automatically 60 seconds after a depressurization is detected. The beacon can also be activated/deactivated manually by the wearer.
