The Flame Major
Armor
Helmet
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
[*]Leather
SPECIAL FEATURES
[*]Armor:
[*]Helmet:
[*]Communication Systems:
[*]Breathing Systems:
[*]Transponder Systems:
[*]Body:
[*]Temperature Regulation System: An in-built system, designed to keep the user at a comfortable temperature, in high or low, heat environments.
[*]Environmental Seal: The armor can be sealed to prevent outside environmental hazards from leaking in (underwater, toxic air, frigid cold, etc).
[*]Pressurization: The armor can be pressurized, so as to aid the user in surviving the vacuum of space.
[*]Gauntlets: Phrik gauntlets capable of protecting against lightsaber blows for a short period of time.
[*]Utility Belt:
[*]Legs:
Strengths:
An officer's armor oft consists of nothing more than a slightly improved version of that which they already wear, or in the case of some armed forces even less armor, however it is not uncommon for very high ranking officers to commission their own suit to satisfy their own needs. Also commonplace in such practices is the act of an officer's armor representing, to some degree, their role from earlier in their military career, such as a scout officer, or an officer in heavy power armor. Both these apply to the personal suit of Caelag Vass, an armor personally commissioned to suit her needs and represent her career over the course of her time in the Iron Empire. The suit was made to be a gift for her rapid promotion, and as such very little was spared in the construction of the armor perfect for a High Colonel scout captain.
The first step was to design a suit that properly represented the role of an infiltrator or scout. As such the primary material surrounding the armorweave and basic devices was changed from a flex armor to leather, specifically rancor leather after much consideration. The beast's armor would protect the Colonel from blaster fire to a reasonable enough degree, despite its minimalistic protection against other forces. This notable weakness also prompted the collection of enough Phrik to construct gauntlets, chestplate, and helmet to protect the user's vitals and hands from worse damage.
The general aesthetics, that of robes or coats, was taken from her heritage as a Miraluka, and the accompanying helmet designed without a proper visor for the slight intimidation factor. With the form dealt with the technicians went on to more specific details. Several combat knives were attached neatly just above the utility belt of the armor, for ease of access as well as supplementary knives in the event of being disarmed or used as a ranged attack. Each wrist had a wrist weapon built into it. For engagements of stealth, the right hand had a modified rocket launcher attached, though it only fired an assortment of darts, with the advantage of being silent. The left wrist had a standard MM9 rocket system attached, for general use in war.
Besides the standard equipment used by the Iron Empire troops, the helmet had all the visor or sight based technology removed, replaced instead by the entire helmet being composed of phrik, considering the lack of a need for a visor. The boots too were redesigned to fit, using the durasteel framework of the standard soldier boots cut down as much as possible and replaced with the thick leather with only the bare minimum metal to hold the devices in place.
Once the entire set was completed, a standard six durasteel knives were forged swiftly to pair with the armor itself, and the entire suit was given to Caelag to commemorate her promotion. A symbol of her past, forged by her present, to persist and shape the future. Such was the gift designed by her family, the Iron Empire.
Helmet
- Intent: Personal armor of Caelag Vass
- Image Source: Armor Located Here (Armor originally designed by Zenimax Online Studios) Helmet Located Here (originally designed by 343 Industries)
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Armor systems based on IF/IE-A01A Infantry Armor
- Manufacturer: Caelag Vass with assistance from Iron Fury Industries
- Model: N/A
- Affiliation: Caelag Vass
- Modularity: If you count ammunition, yes.
- Production: Unique
- Material: Phrik, Rancor Leather, Durasteel, Cloth, armor-weave
- Classification: Multipurpose
- Weight: 14 kg
- Quality: Overall: 8
Plates:
Blaster: 8 - Lightsaber: 8
- Kinetic: 1
- Cutting: 8
- Piercing: 7
[*]Leather
- Blaster: 5
- Lightsaber: 0
- Kinetic: 2
- Cutting: 3
- Piercing: 3
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Resistances:
Blaster-resistance: The use of Armorweave, Phrik Plates, and fairly thick Rancor leather allows the armor to withstand blaster bolts to a very reasonable degree. - Edged Weapon Resistance: The plates of Phrik are thick enough to provide substantial protection against sharp implements.
- Lightsaber-resistance: The use of Phrik plates for the chest, shoulders, and wrists provide fairly substantial protection from lightsabers in those locations.
- EMP/Ion Resistance: To protect the armor's electronic systems, resistant materials are integrated into the armor.
[*]Armor:
- Phrik Chestplate
- Phrik Vembraces
- Phrik Helmet
- Rancor Leather covered durasteel boots
- Rancor Leather legs
- Rancor Leather coat
- Cloth and armor-weave hood, mask, and short cape
- Armorweave Bodyglove
[*]Helmet:
- Copper Faraday Cage: A mesh of conductive materials, that protects the armor's systems from electromagnetic radiation (e.g. EMP).
- Audio/Video Systems:
Audio/Video Recorder: A device which records both audio, and video. Can store up to fifteen (15) hours of content. - Audio/Video Player: A device which displays the recorded audio, and video files.
- Annunciator: A sound amplification device.
- Broadband Antenna: A device which allows the user to pick up noises and sounds, on different broadband frequencies from far distances.
- Sonic Dampeners: A device which limits the amount of sound that can reach the user's inner-ear.
[*]Communication Systems:
- Encrypted Comlink: A device that transfers voice signals from one location, to another.
[*]Breathing Systems:
- Environmental Filter: A device that removes harmful gases, such as poisons, and fumes from the air.
- Oxygen Filtration System: A device that removes solid particles, such as dust, pollen, mould, and bacteria from the air.
- Oxygen Supply: A storage vessel that holds one-hundred and twenty (120) minutes of oxygen.
- Re-breather: A breathing apparatus that adsorbs the carbon dioxide of the user's breath, to permit the re-breathing of unused oxygen.
[*]Transponder Systems:
- IFF Transponder: A transponder signal which broadcasts the user's affiliation.
[*]Body:
- Copper Faraday Cage: A mesh of conductive materials, that protects the armor's systems from electromagnetic radiation (e.g. EMP).
- Power-Pack: A small power-pack that supplies energy to the Armor's systems.
Redundant Power-Pack: A small, redundant, power-pack that supplies energy to critical systems if the primary power-pack is damaged, or disabled.
[*]Temperature Regulation System: An in-built system, designed to keep the user at a comfortable temperature, in high or low, heat environments.
[*]Environmental Seal: The armor can be sealed to prevent outside environmental hazards from leaking in (underwater, toxic air, frigid cold, etc).
[*]Pressurization: The armor can be pressurized, so as to aid the user in surviving the vacuum of space.
[*]Gauntlets: Phrik gauntlets capable of protecting against lightsaber blows for a short period of time.
- Each Gauntlet has one modular slot. The left arm contains one MM9 Rocket System for loud engagements, while the right arm holds a modified Wrist Rocket System that fires only darts for quiet engagements.
[*]Utility Belt:
- 6x Combat Knife Sheaths: Designed to hold daggers/knives for combat. Designed and positioned to be drawn with fluid motions.
- Additional Ammunition: A compartment for storing additional clips of ammunition.
- Grenades: A compartment for storing additional grenades.
- Medpac: A small first-aid kit that contains limited-utility diagnosis equipment and other essential medicines for the treatment of wounds.
- Field Ration: A prepackaged meal, easily prepared and eaten.
- Multitool: A device that contains a variety of useful tools.
[*]Legs:
- Grav Boots: A device that allows the user to move at planes fourty five (45) to one-hundred and eighty (180) degrees opposite normal gravity.
- Magno-grip Soles: A device that allows the user to magnetize themselves to surfaces which they were standing on.
Strengths:
- Phrik is Phriking Fantastic: The use of Phrik for the metal plates provides substantial protection against knives, blades, blaster bolts, and even lightsabers,
- Pretty Limber: The primary construction of the armor utilizes special leather, making it overall much lighter than other sets of similar quality and nearly lacking in inhibition of movement.
- Rancor Leather: The use of rancor leather provides modest protection against blaster fire, helping the suit to survive a battlefield despite the lack of total metal protection.
- Modularity is Key: The exact ammunition of the two wrist weapon systems can be changed out, as can the materials of the knives.
- Phrik helmet: Though not likely to stop repeated lightsaber swings, the fact that the helmet is designed for a miralkua means there are no visors, and therefore the entirety of the helmet is made of phrik.
- Sealed for your protection: Due to the harsh environments a soldier can be expected to go through, the suit has been designed with temperature regulation measures to help protect against the cold or mitigate the effects of heat.
- Copper Cages make happy soldiers: The use of copper Faraday cages through the most sensitive areas of the suit provide some protection against electromagnetic radiation, such as ions or emp devices.
- Dampened Sound: The use of sonic dampeners helps to protect the user's highly vital sense of hearing, considering the user has no eyes.
- Slugthrowers and Kinetics: Anything utilizing kinetics or ballistics have substantially more effectiveness to any part of the body.
- Leather, stylish but vulnrable: The main vitals and arms are the only locations of the thicker, more protective plates, while the rest is protected by the leathers, armorweave, and cloth. While this does enhance mobility substantially compared to a full plate set, it makes a number of kinks in the armor open to abuse. Anything that cannot be assisted by the armorweave, which is to say blasters, prove to be a significant threat to the arms, legs, waist, and neck. Even blaster fire is only moderately protected against.
- Essential Systems Only: Though the chest and head are well protected with copper Faraday cages, as they house the suit's major systems, the legs and arms are left open to emp strikes. These systems will go down with relative ease in the presence of such an attack.
- Not hands free: Neither wrist weapon is voice activated, nor are they able to be used with one hand easily. Instead, a second hand must be used to activate the device.
- Reloading is a pain: Reloading the wrist weapons is a fairly difficult task, requiring anywhere from 40 to 60 seconds to properly do so. This can be a huge liability in any situation where the user is not capable of finding enough time to do so in peace.
- Darts aren't exactly powerful: And even then it isn't a guarantee. The dart launcher on the right arm is excellent for stealth, but only against targets with exposed skin or armorweave and armor that can be pierced by the small dart. Even something as thick as a combat suit's leather can potentially stop the dart from reaching any skin, thus making it useless.
An officer's armor oft consists of nothing more than a slightly improved version of that which they already wear, or in the case of some armed forces even less armor, however it is not uncommon for very high ranking officers to commission their own suit to satisfy their own needs. Also commonplace in such practices is the act of an officer's armor representing, to some degree, their role from earlier in their military career, such as a scout officer, or an officer in heavy power armor. Both these apply to the personal suit of Caelag Vass, an armor personally commissioned to suit her needs and represent her career over the course of her time in the Iron Empire. The suit was made to be a gift for her rapid promotion, and as such very little was spared in the construction of the armor perfect for a High Colonel scout captain.
The first step was to design a suit that properly represented the role of an infiltrator or scout. As such the primary material surrounding the armorweave and basic devices was changed from a flex armor to leather, specifically rancor leather after much consideration. The beast's armor would protect the Colonel from blaster fire to a reasonable enough degree, despite its minimalistic protection against other forces. This notable weakness also prompted the collection of enough Phrik to construct gauntlets, chestplate, and helmet to protect the user's vitals and hands from worse damage.
The general aesthetics, that of robes or coats, was taken from her heritage as a Miraluka, and the accompanying helmet designed without a proper visor for the slight intimidation factor. With the form dealt with the technicians went on to more specific details. Several combat knives were attached neatly just above the utility belt of the armor, for ease of access as well as supplementary knives in the event of being disarmed or used as a ranged attack. Each wrist had a wrist weapon built into it. For engagements of stealth, the right hand had a modified rocket launcher attached, though it only fired an assortment of darts, with the advantage of being silent. The left wrist had a standard MM9 rocket system attached, for general use in war.
Besides the standard equipment used by the Iron Empire troops, the helmet had all the visor or sight based technology removed, replaced instead by the entire helmet being composed of phrik, considering the lack of a need for a visor. The boots too were redesigned to fit, using the durasteel framework of the standard soldier boots cut down as much as possible and replaced with the thick leather with only the bare minimum metal to hold the devices in place.
Once the entire set was completed, a standard six durasteel knives were forged swiftly to pair with the armor itself, and the entire suit was given to Caelag to commemorate her promotion. A symbol of her past, forged by her present, to persist and shape the future. Such was the gift designed by her family, the Iron Empire.
