Beltran Rarr
Character
OS-123 Paladin Combat Armor
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an upgraded suit of combat armor for use of Paladin Company
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Katarn-class Commando Armor, Phase II Clone Armor, OS-114 "Katarn Mk. II" Combat Armor, OS-113 "Accelerated Infantry Power Suit/A.I.P.S" Combat Armor, OS-112 Valkyrie Jump Jet System, OS-122 "Katarn Mk. III" Light Powered Armor
- Manufacturer: Obsidian Star Technologies
- Affiliation: Antarian Rangers - Paladin Company
- Model: OS-123
- Modularity: Yes, two ports exist on each arm for aftermarket combat accessories to be mounted
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Fabric used in the under-webbing
- Thick tempered durasteel plates over a movable endo-skeletal frame
- Long-lasting internal lithium ion batteries (rechargeable)
- Internalized circuitry
- Energy Masking/EMP/ION shielding insulation
- Scanner components (helmet)
- Servo motors (endo-skeletal frame, retractable vibrosword, shoulder mounted blaster cannon)
- Energy shield components
- Jump Jet components
- Classification: Light Power Armor
- Weight: Heavy
- Resistances:
- Energy: High
- Kinetic: High
- Lightsabers: Low
- Other: EMP/Ion: High
- Helmet: The helmet of the Paladin Combat Armor is equipped with an internalized version of the OS-106 "Oracle" HUD and scanning device, which includes basic lifesign and energy scanning over a 50 meter radius, friend or foe HUD tagging system, nightvision and infrared vision as well as a standard-long comlink system
- Plug-in ports - The suit also sports two plug-in power ports (two on the wrists), that allow for the user to plug in additional aftermarket combat accessories in order to enhance some of the suit's already present abilities or create new ones.
- Camouflage System: The top portion of the durasteel plating has been coated with pigment changing micro-projectors, allowing the user to change their armor's color scheme to more closes match their surroundings. This provides a rough estimation of the colors of the backdrop and is not a true mirroring of the terrain around the user. This program can also be used to display preset unit markings and basic military type camouflage patterns.
- Sound Dampening field - The suit is equipped with a small sound dampening field generator in the suit's chest-plate. When activated, the dampening field prevents sound waves from being formed within in. This effect covers a small area in all directions of three meters around the suit's position. When activated, the wearer of the suit is essentially silent. This technology, however, is extremely draining to the suit's battery and can only be used for a total of 20 minutes before the suit will need to be recharged.
- Jump Jets: The suit is equipped with a scaled-up version of the OS-112 Valkyrie Jump Jet System, which allows the wearer to make small jumps upwards, forwards and backwards for short periods. It is not a jet pack and does not allow the user to fly.
- Servo enhanced speed and strength: The suit has been built over a endo-skeletal power frame which uses micro servo motors to offset the heavy weight of the armor system. A natural byproduct of this is that while the suit is operating, it gives the wearer slightly increased strength and speed.
- Adaptive Camouflage: Using a coating of micro-pigmentation projectors, the user is able to change their armor's color scheme at will. They can use the suit's HUD scanner system to roughly adapt to the colors around them, or utilize a number of basic preset military camouflage designs.
- Silent: The suit's sound dampening field, make the wearer essentially silent for short periods of time, but is extremely draining to the battery.
- Resistant to Blaster and Kinetic Fire: The suit is highly resistant to incoming blaster and kinetic forms of attack
- Resistant to EMP/ION/Energy Dampening Attacks: The suit's components have been insulated against EMP/ION type energy dampening attacks
- Increased Strength and Speed: The endo-skeletal power frame on which the armor is built gives the wearer slightly increased strength and speed while the armor system is operating
- Maintenance Heavy: The Katarn Mk. III power armor utilizes advanced state-of-the-art combat technology. As such, it requires a high level of maintenance to work optimally. If maintenance is neglected, then the suit's various systems can quickly begin to malfunction to the point of being inoperable.
- Highly Susceptible to Lightsabers: The Paladin Combat armor has no resistances toward lightsabers or weapons employing similar technology.
- Heavy: The Paladin Combat armor is very heavy to move in and requires a servo-assistive endo-skeletal frame in order to be usable by most species. If for any reason this system is damaged or otherwise made inoperative the entire armor system becomes completely inoperable and is essentially frozen in place.
- Prohibitively expensive: Due to the expensive nature of the suit's components, along with the very difficult and intensive processes needed integrate them, each of these suits is extremely expensive. As a result, they can only be deployed on a Limited basis within the Antarian Ranger units of the Silver Jedi Military
The OS-123 Paladin Light Powered Armor system can be thought of as an amalgamation of the best elements of the OS-114 "Katarn Mk. II" Combat Armor, which is widely used within the Antarian Ranger regiments and the OS-113 "Accelerated Infantry Power Suit/A.I.P.S" Combat Armor, which never really left the experimental testing stage. It is a lighter version of the A.I.P.S system, utilizing it's endo-skeletal power frame technology but at a reduced level - providing the wearer with increased speed and strength but less so than it's predecessor. When compared to the previous Katarn Mk. II armor, this system reduces the level of modularity in favor of integrated systems. This means that the potential for customization of this armor is greatly reduced when compared to it's predecessor, but allows for those systems to be properly insulated against EMP/ION type attacks, which was a major weakness for both previous armor systems. In addition to this, the prohibitively expensive nature of this armor means that it cannot feasibly be used on the same scale as the previous Katarn suit and thus cannot be thought of as a replacement and instead should be considered a complementary piece of equipment within the Antarian Ranger armory.
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