Spawn of Lirka
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DESCRIPTION
The Cloth of Ka designed for standard soldiers offers a balance of basic protection and flexibility, making it ideal for troops on the front lines or militia forces operating in dangerous, unstable environments. It is constructed to be mass-produced and provides the necessary features for combatants who need lightweight armor capable of providing adequate protection while maintaining mobility. While it lacks the elite features of specialized suits, this version of the Cloth of Ka serves as an affordable and versatile choice for soldiers who face a wide variety of threats, from hostile environments to skirmishes with enemy forces. As Nova Ka says, one must be cut from the Cloth of Ka in order to evolve. Those who prove themselves capable wearing this armor, will find themselves elevated further into the ranks of Ka.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Lightweight but durable: The Cloth of Ka is designed to be lightweight, allowing soldiers to remain agile while still offering protection from blasters, shrapnel, and environmental hazards.
- Helmet features: The helmet includes a flash resistant visor, a customizable targeting HUD, and can be sealed to allow the wearer to have up to four hours of breathable air. Minor land navigation tools are located within HUD including a range finder and compass.
- Basic environmental resistance: The armor provides moderate protection against basic environmental elements, such as heat, cold, and airborne particulates. It's sufficient for operations in most typical combat environments but not designed for extreme conditions.
- Basic energy shielding: While not as advanced as elite versions, the Cloth of Ka incorporates minimal energy shielding on the arms and torso to disperse energy-based impacts, though this is only effective against weaker blaster fire.
- Improved mobility: The design of the suit allows for swift and agile movement, making it suitable for soldiers who need to traverse rough terrain, enter buildings quickly, or engage in hit-and-run tactics.
- Modular configuration: While basic, the armor includes some modularity, allowing for the attachment of pouches, weapons, or tools for soldiers to customize their load outs for different missions.
- Miniatured grenade launcher: The shoulders of the armor feature a grenade launcher on the shoulder plates, and tied into a targeting HUD, allowing soldiers to utilize their grenades and keep their hands free.
- Affordable and mass-producible: The armor is designed with cost-effectiveness in mind, ensuring that large numbers can be produced for standard infantry or militia forces.
- Good balance of protection and mobility: Provides decent protection without hindering mobility, ideal for troops who need to be able to react quickly and move freely in a variety of environments.
- Basic defense against blasters: Offers enough protection to survive hits from light to medium blasters and melee strikes without making the wearer excessively encumbered.
- Environmentally versatile: Suitable for a variety of climates and conditions, it can endure extended field use and offers some resistance to environmental hazards like debris or minor radiation.
- Limited heavy armor resistance: The Cloth of Ka is ineffective against heavier blasters or explosives and provides little to no protection against lightsabers or similar advanced weaponry.
- Limited stealth capabilities: Unlike the Embrace of Ka, this suit lacks advanced cloaking, stealth field technology, or other specialized systems that would prevent detection in sensitive operations.
- Vulnerable to heavy projectiles: The armor's lightweight design makes it ineffective against large, high-velocity projectiles, such as anti-armor weapons, rockets, or explosives.
- Moderate durability: While functional for standard use, the armor's materials aren't as resistant to wear and tear over time, meaning soldiers might need replacement parts or repairs after prolonged engagements.
- Basic sensor systems: The sensors are rudimentary at best, providing minimal situational awareness compared to higher-end models. They may not detect advanced threats like cloaked or shielded enemies.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
Grunt Armor for the underlings of Nova and Lirka’s forces.
Technical Information
Affiliation:
Sith Order
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Duraflex fiber mesh, polymeric impact dispersion pads, reinforced plastoid plating, resilient mesh underlay, basic sensor integration, thermal reflective coating.
Classification:
Multipurpose
Defense Rating:
Average
Energy Resist:
Average
Kinetic Resist:
High
Sonic Resist:
None
Thermal Resist:
Average
Radiation Resist:
Very Low
Other Resistance(s):
This armor gives very little protection from EMP or ION based attacks but that’s more of the wearers issue as far as the production line is concerned.
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