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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Creating a lightweight revolutionary advanced suit of Powered Armour for exclusive use by the Order of Ren's player characters, including the Knights of Ren and Praetorians.
Image Source: Source
Canon Link: N/A
Restricted Missions: N/A
Primary Source: AV-1s Scout Armour, Juggernaut 510 Combat Power Armour, Powersuit, Powered Battle Armour, Powered Light Battle Armour, Heavy Exoskeleton, Light Exoskeleton, Thermal Gel, Power Glove.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Designer: Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation
Manufacturer: Closed-Market
- First Order Corps of Imperial Engineers (Licensed Production)
Order of Ren
[*]Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Intellectual Property Holder)
Model: Mk. I RAKGHOUL Semi-Powered Battle Armour
Cost: ~350,000 Credits
Value: ~1,000,000 Credits (Black Market Value)
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Modularity: Yes (Paint, Firmware, Software)
Production: Limited
Material: Armorweave, Duravlex, Liquid Crystal, Reinforced Duraplast, Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer, Thermal Gel, Titanium, Quadanium Steel.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Powered Armour
Weight: Extreme (180 Kilograms (397 .lbs))
RESISTANCES
Kinetic (Ballistic/Kinetic Weapons): Very High
Blasters (Directed Energy/Plasma Weapons): Low
Electrical/Ion: High
Lightsabers: Average (High; Gauntlets, Vambraces, Pauldrons)
Sonic: Low
Vacuum: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Annunciator
- Biometric Security System (Fingerprint + Facial Recognition)
- Closed Circuit Rebreather
- Cooling System
- 300Ghz Comlink (Microwave Broadband, 500km Range)
- Computer System
- Chasm-class Power Gauntlets
- Data-Port
- Defibrillator
- Environmental Control System
- Global-Positioning System (W/Blue Force Tracking)
- Heads-Up Display (Programmable, Customisable)
- Helmet-Mounted Infrared Tactical Lights
- IFF Transponder (First Order Signature)
- Liquid Induction Port (Helmet-Mounted, rotates into Wearer's mouth)
- 4x Image Magnification
- Life-Support System
- Liquid Crystal Display
- Magnetisable Boots
- Motion Tracker (HUD Display)
- Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System
- Reflec Polymer
- Servo-Assisted Boot Bracers
- Sonic Dissipators (Helmet-Lining)
- Subspace Transceiver (12.0 Light-Year Range)
- Two Terrabyte Solid State Drive
The Mk.I Rakghoul Semi-Powered Armour started development in response to the increased prevalence of Non-Force Users within the Order of Ren who found themselves with inadequate personal protective equipment for enforcing the Supreme Leader's Will when faced with particularly formidable opposition epitomized by crack elite troops and force adepts. Another reason for the armour's development was the Praetorian's armour being sometimes excessively ornate which is not conducive to the battlefield conditions that they sometimes find themselves in when executing their Lord's will or fulfilling other obligations. The Mk.I is a Powered Armour platform constructed with the intention of creating a unified protective standard for the Order of Ren, its' design consists of a matte black reflec polymer which helps to conceal its infrared signature from passive sensors with its ostensible crimson slit visor in actuality being a series of Cameras which project a liquid crystal display for the users eyes eliminating the structural weakness of a traditional visor, factory coloration of the armour is a homage to Mustafar and the Sith Lord Darth Vader of old who once struck fear into a Rebellion's heart and extinguished the Galactic Empire's enemies with ruthless efficiency.
In contrast to some of the fully-powered exoskeletons which can be quite bulky the revolutionary Rakghoul takes the best design features from past Powered Armour designs and is referred to as "Semi-Powered" relying on electrically-driven micro-servos and Thermal Gel-Layer to support the armour's weight on the wearer's body instead of a cumbersome hydraulically-powered exoskeleton as seen in antiquated designs. Sacrificing of mobility and speed was considered unacceptable as the Armour had to be user-friendly for the force sensitives within the Order of Ren whose lives are dear when measured against the incidence of force sensitives among the Human population that the First Order relies on for the bulk of its strength. In terms of physiological compatibility by species only Humans and Near-Humans with considerable similarity to Humans can wear the system. The Rakghoul features entirely new propriety clandestine technology developed for use exclusively in the project with the assistance of FOCIE and several higher education facilities in secret. The bodysuit is unique and the only production armour that features such technology as of 851 ABY.
The Thermal-Gel Layer is an integral part of the system's protective qualities and helps substitute as an exoskeleton by protecting the wearer from kinetic energy by hardening and spreading the force across the user's entire body, permitting the wearer to fall distances and survive mechanical stresses that would normally leave them dead or disabled. The Armour's Thermal-Gel Layer is crucial for the design's functionality and helps to negate abrupt impacts suffered by the wearer such as blunt-force trauma inflicted by certain melee weapons and explosives, while also having the novel impact in regards to protecting the wearer's body from massive amounts of kinetic energy generated by the likes of falling allowing survival from falls upto 300 meters though plummeting from such a distance will leave the Thermal-Gel Layer in a hardened state for an excessive period of time typically ranging from ten minutes to an hour depending on factor such as local gravity leaving its' wearer completely vulnerable. An interesting capability is the ability for the wearer is to have the thermal gel-layer harden using the on-board computer which permits them to retain their posture even while unconscious such as when sleeping. The massive thermal energy created by directed energy and plasma weapons is dissipated somewhat by the Thermal Gel-layer as it boils away helping to reduce the risk of life-threatening injury being inflicted with the first few impacts, though the suit's protective qualities are quickly compromised by such breaches making the wearer more vulnerable to a variety of threats as the system is breached. Testing concluded that the Thermal-Gel Layer has stress limits; Mandalorian Crushgaunts with great effort on the user's parts are capable of exceeding the maximum amount of kinetic stress the Thermal-Gel Layer can tolerate and will then transfer this force directly onto the wearer with the potential to inflict crippling injuries.
Beyond the fire-retardant armourweave bodysuit is the Duravlex-Titanium-Quadanium laminate armour which contains most of the more crucial and delicate moving parts such as the Micro-servos which help to support the gargantuan weight of the system and increase its' wearers constitution. Situational awareness is provided by a liquid crystal display behind the helmet's faceplate and vertical slit cameras which offer unparalleled field of view on both the vertical and horizontal axis without compromising on armour envelope or protective qualities, a distinct departure from traditional helmet design. The cameras which provide the liquid crystal a display support upto 4.0x magnification with the computer tracking the user's eye movements; when they squint the image will be magnified proportionally and can also be magnified manually. Its interior featuring intense amount of padding to help distribute the helmet's weight which hermetically seals to the bodysuit via a durable membrane that inflates around the throat, this membrane can withstand enough pressure to be usable in the vacuum of space or submerged to a depth upto 300 Meters. Environmental control systems are of acceptable quality with design towards thought of extended wear when members of the Order of Ren are in the field aiding First Order Ground forces during their Campaigns, the armour is also quite efficient at dispersing built-up heat and combined with its reflec coating can be very difficult to detect with Infrared or Thermal Sensors, aiding in the concealing of movement. The power-plant for such a gargantuan beast is a nuclear fusion battery coupled to a high-quality power supply unit which provides 676 hours before failure under typical load. Large load created by sustained combat-conditions can bring the power supply unit's life down to a pathetic 120 hours at which point the armour must be serviced to replace the failed power supply unit. Mk.I Rakghoul Semi-Powered Armour suits have an onboard oxygen supply to supply the wearer with oxygen while either in a vacuum or contaminated environment, the Rakghoul's onboard computer uses the armour's sensors to determine whether this is necessary and otherwise continues to recycle the local atmosphere via the life support system in the event the suit loses power abruptly the armour is designed so that the on-board Oxygen Supply will filter into the helmet as a failsafe to power failure within a vacuum or otherwise contaminated environment.
Given the immense weight of the armour with its wearer interred, the Rakghoul has a comprehensive on-board medical monitoring suite that can share its information with friendly First Order forces over the TEAMCOM including a miniaturised automated external defibrillator implanted within a small compartment of the bodysuit in the lower thoracic region which is managed by the on-board computer and will start after the computer receives information from the automated defibrillator unit to determine causation for the arrhythmia and based on programming conclude whether or not use of the defibrillator is appropriate based on symptoms and any ocular input that would suggest panic or unconsciousness. This is a necessary feature given the armour's resistance to electrical or ion attacks and laminate armour that would prevent access to the wearer's thoracic region in the event of cardiac emergency. To aid in the introduction of intraveneous drugs or bacta into the wearer's body there is a single-port on the ventral surface of both laminate vambraces that connects to a flexible cannula inserted into the intermediate antebrachial vein of each forearm when the bodysuit is first donned, Unfortunately, these same IV ports if identified could be used to torture a wearer of the armour that has been captured as a convenient means of introducing drugs that might make them more likely to divulge sensitive information and so their appearance is modest as a small circular hole in each vambrace which tactfully conceals the port itself. As a true suit of powered armour the Rakghoul amplifies the wearer's physical capabilities moderately permitting them to leverage increased strength, endurance, mobility and dexterity. Amplification is made possible through a number of the armour's components; the electrically driven micro-servo system is extremely quiet and yet permits the armour's weight to be entirely supported leaving the wearer feeling as if they were wearing next to nothing. Shock-resistant Chasm-Class Power Gauntlets amplify the wearer's strength permitting the wearer to wield heavy weapons and engage opponents in disarmed fighting with elevated lethality with most Human wearers finding their physical strength is exceeded reliably only by the likes of Wookies or Huok, wearers find that throwing their weight behind strikes results in the delivery of bone-breaking strikes to the average human man's thoracic region. Servo-assisted boot bracers increase speed, agility and dexterity in moderate amounts, greater augmentation was not possible without the potential of straining the user's physiology.
The Rakghoul is a highly sensitive piece of First Order hardware and each suit is bio-metrically-linked to its operator; on startup the Computer uses the liquid crystal display to scan the user's facial structure to ensure a match with the stored identity, it also uses the gloves to receive a fingerprint of each of the user's fingers. If the user's bio-metric information does not match that of the one stored the armour will completely shutdown leaving the unfortunate soul inside of a 180kg prison. Repeated attempts to bypass this security feature or tamper with the computer's solid-state drive activates an extremely nasty security fail-safe turning the Fusion battery into a thermonuclear explosive with enough power to incinerate the suit and anything around it up-to a distance of 50 meters, this fail-safe can also be activated by the wearer with a password or code set individually by each wearer and known exclusively to them in the event capture is an immediate risk. Manufacturing of the Mk.I RAKGHOUL happens in only two places within First Order Space; At the Order of Ren's academy on Skye and on the Volcanic planet of Mustafar; which is rumoured to be the source of each system's metallic armour pieces. Final assembly is completed on-site at these locations before either being delivered or picked-up by the wearer. The Rakghoul is equipped with a Subspace Transceiver which permits the wearer to establish an encrypted connection with First Order Forces either directly or through deep-space satellites, the only downside to this is the suit's encryption to the trained eye uses a distinctly First Order Cipher, alerting the discerning eye to some description of First-Order presence and that it would have to be significant to generate radio signals that powerful achievable usually only by space-faring vessels. The other purpose of this feature is to permit the Order of Ren's Overlords and Sieger Ren himself to have tracking data for each wearer which is another safeguard against theft and ensures that any potential suspicious activity on the wearer's part can be quickly identified and addressed. intercontinental communications is facilitated by a cutting-edge 300 Gigahertz Microwave broadband antennae located within the rear of Cuirass, this permits the wearer to send and receive high quality audio and video transmissions within a range of 500 kilometers with a wavelength that usually permits penetration of local ionospheres or even planetary-shield type systems so that contact can be made with space-faring vessels or satellites in low-orbit.
Variants of the Rakghoul are expected to be produced in the future to suit a variety of user-needs, environments and situations as it's more than a simple suit of Combat Armour, Rakghoul is a technologically advanced platform with the capability for its armour layout to be radically changed without compromising the underlying technology or principles that make it functional.
Strengths:
- Biometric Security: Repeated attempts to bypass this security feature or tamper with the computer's solid-state drive activates an extremely nasty security fail-safe turning the Fusion battery into a thermonuclear explosive with enough power to incinerate the suit and anything around it up-to a distance of 50 meters, this fail-safe can also be activated by the wearer with a password or code set individually by each wearer and known exclusively to them in the event capture is an immediate risk.
- Communication Suite: Each RAKGHOUL suit of armour has a high-powered broadband antennae and 300Ghz Microwave broadband antennae making it an ideal choice for deep, long-ranged reconnaissance. Powered by a nuclear fusion battery its' comlink boasts a wavelength sufficient to penetrate deflector shields such as the ones seen in planetary shields.
- EMP Hardened: RAKGHOUL is hardened against ionic interference and EMPs permitting the shielded battery, firmware, software and the micro-servos contained within to continue functioning even after exposure to large amounts of electromagnetic activity, although it will interfere with the helmet-mounted display and sometimes even force a system reboot.
- Kinetic Resistance: Thanks to a layered armour composition including Duravlex-Titanium-Quadanium laminate plates with a thermal gel layer incorporated into the armourweave bodysuit the RAKGHOUL Semi-Powered Battle Armour offers superb protection against threats which rely heavily on Kinetic Energy to inflict damage such as thrown objects, slugthrowers and other firearm-type weapons.
- Lightsaber-Resistant sleeves: Following after the traditional and more ornate armour worn by Praetorians the pauldron and vambrace armour is Lightsaber-Resistant, constructed from reinforced duraplast and stygian-triprismatic polymer permitting this area to survive contact with a Lightsaber. It must be stressed that the rest of the Armour is however, completely vulnerable to light-saber strikes.
- Moderate Amplification: RAKGHOUL Semi-Powered Armour modestly improves the wearer's strength, mobility and dexterity. Offering them greater legality in close-quarters fighting and when wielding heavy weaponry.
- Reflec Coating: Every suit of Rakghoul armour is constructed with a Reflect polymer coating which makes it considerable difficult to detect with electromagnetic spectrum imagine equipment, capable of defeating most active and passive scans allowing its' operator to conceal their movements and presence, provided the scanners are searching only on the Electro-magnetic spectrum.
- Battery & Power Supply Unit: Within the back of Cuirass is the armour's prominent shielded fusion battery unit, damaging this battery can result in total system shutdown leaving the wearer with a 180kg dead-weight on their body, making it difficult to nigh impossible to articulate movement most users will simply fall on the ground helplessly unable to stand with such an immense weight on their body.
- Blasters: One of the armour's greatest vulnerabilities is that to Blaster-Based Weapons, capable of surviving only a few shots before the armour plating's material integrity is compromised. Holes in the Battlesuit can compromise the Thermal-Gel Layer, Vacuum Protection and Compromise the user's protection against electrical attacks.
- Charrics/Masers: Chiss Charrics and Maser-type weapons deliver both thermal and kinetic energy and as a result are an effective weapon to use against the armour as the weapons Thermal's energy can penetrate through the bodysuit and deliver a substantial amount of kinetic energy straight onto the wearer.
- Force Lightning: While the armour is capable of protecting the wearer from the harmful effects of EMPs, Force Lightning would have it triggers a shutdown of the power supply unit with anything more than a brief discharge leaving the entombed operator within helpless and trapped.
- Limited-Rate Production: Rakghoul armour is labour-intensive and costs as much as a Starfighter. Units equipped with the Rakghoul Armour are appropriately small.
- Mechanical Stress: The Thermal-Gel Layer helps protect the wearer from the mechanical and hydrostatic stress exerted upon the body, however it has limits. If the Gel Layer's capacity to absorb mechanical stress is exeeded it will fail and transfer this stress through the bodysuit directly to the wearer that could result in anything from soft-tissue damage to shattered bones and potential fatality.
- Particle-Beam: Particle Beam weapons during testing have been demonstrated to over-penetrate the entire armour system, the potential for these weapons to inflict grievous wounds or injuries upon the wearer is in the extreme.
- Scanners: While the armour is camouflaged on Electromagnetic Spectrum the wearer is still detectable with scanners which search for either lifeforms or power sources. Making it difficult to conceal one's presence and position when scanners with multiple different or aforementioned criteria is being used.
- Sonic Weapons: While the head is protected from Sonic attack the rest of the body is very vulnerable to assault with Sonic Weaponry, energy created by these attacks tends to be transferred directly to the wearer with little in the way of resistance.
SUBMISSION MODIFICATION RECORDS
- 25/03/2019: Added the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation as the System's IC-designer and license holder, added the Core Imperial Confederation to the Affiliations so they're OOCly authorized by me to make use of the armour some wording in regards to the Armour's blaster weakness edited. Production increased from Semi-Unique to Limited. Specified Closed-Market.
