Arc Corporation; The Speciality

[Kit]

"Arc's Latest Triumph"
A.J. Mackey

As the unofficial documenter of all things Arc in the galaxy, I feel I would be failing in my duties if I did not bring up the latest, greatest creation to emerge from Arc' factories, the individual suits of high tech battle armour.

So far, the world has seen one of these suits, but the specification for two more have emerged, and are reported to be undergoing field testing even as we speak.

These battle-suits, each named with a two letter designator and a third digit specification number (or letter) are all powerful machines. Each provides it's owner with life support, allowing them to venture into dangerous conditions that a human would otherwise perish in, as well as boosting the strength and speed of the wearer and providing him with a range of offensive weaponary.

Those are all the details anyone has of these mysterious super-weapons, but as and when it becomes available, I hope to provide as full and concise a run down of each suit as is humanly possible.

 

[Kit]

AX-1

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New/Modified:

The AX-1 is an experimental suit of heavy battle armour, that draws it's power from a rather unique source. Having finally acquired a specimen of the rarest of all weapons, the lightsaber, Arc was able to analyse the blade's components, and replicate most (save the crystal). This yielded unforeseen results, in that it provided blueprints and an example of a particularly efficient power source. Though not perfect by any means, a large number of them are more than enough to power the battle armour for a decent amount of time

However, it does require lengthy charging periods to maintain full efficiency. Although, it is possible to acquire charge from a number of electrical sources, though this risks permanent damage to the existing power supplies.

Utilising a number of unique compounds as well as an experimental energy dissipating ablative layer of armour, the AX-1 offers limited protection from both solid slug weapons and blaster bolts, but sustained fire will breach the suit. High calibre bullets (or high intensity blaster bolts) will easily breach the suit.

On top of this very real, physical barrier, the suit possesses another means to protect it’s wearer. A single small shield modulator. Built into the right fore-arm, it projects a small field (with a radius of around 15cm), with the idea of protecting the areas that are most damaged or at greatest risk.

The shield module is possibly the greatest drain on the suit's power reserves, since it is largely experimental tech at this incredibly small level. At full capacity, the shield module halves the suit's functional operating time; at half capacity, it takes around three hours off. This shield module is also free from the fading or collapsing issues experienced on ships, since it draws a constant level of power, and does not face huge amounts of punishment like ship based shielding often does. However, when faced with extreme damage it can be overloaded and caused to collapse, this takes an incredibly potent weapons however, directed incredibly precisely.

As for armaments, the suit is not lacking. Along with an arm mounted blaster (the left forearm, to be precise) which has additional ammunition contained within the suit and reloads via internal servos every two hundred or so shots, the suit also contains a single missile (a relatively tiny self propelled rocket with a large payload considering it’s size) and a shoulder mounted machine gun, which fires a large number of low calibre bullets. It is chain fed (though the chain is built into the mechanism) and can maintain a solid rate of fire for around two and a half minutes before it runs dry.

Furthermore, built into the suit are a number of gyro's and servos, that allow a normal human (even a particularly weak one) to wear the suit, and move it's considerable bulk, the metallic plating and various tech is not light, and nor are the multitude of power cells. It's not impossible without the aid these small machines provide, but it's definitely not easy.

The added bonus of these servos is that they boost strength, and speed to a lesser extent. In essence, they act as additional muscle, which along with the strength of the armour itself, allow for a human to almost double his raw strength. If a more potent energy source is developed, then this suit will undoubtedly become fantastically more potent. Arc's enemies can only pray this day never comes, while Arc prays every day for it to come a little sooner...

 

[Kit]

AX-2

Removed for modification and pending approval.​

 

[Kit]

AU-T
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Removed for modification and pending approval.

 

[Tsar Fire]

Um. Cheesy.

VERY VERY CHEESY?

Why not stuff some swiss in your beard then?:CAngry:

Come on. If they had this stuff now, why wouldn't they all be wearing them in A new hope?

Explain for this poor sceptic, please.

I just think you've seen ironman one time too many.

 

[Trakon]

The last set of armor is (correct me if I'm wrong) either Eldar Harlequin or Warlock armor from 40K.

 

[Tsar Fire]

it is, point being, it isn't SW.

 

[Trakon]

it is, point being, it isn't SW.

So basically any picture for RP Profiles that isn't SW related should be taken out? Just because it isn't Star Wars doesn't mean it shouldn't be here. Let the admins decide what's allowed or not, but thing is they don't care if it's from the opposite side of the world. I mean I use a pciture of Gordon Freeman, Joseph Turok, and I think someone else, but that's because I felt they should be used, as it fit the character's personality I had written.

Scientist like guy=Gordon Freeman

Hunter=Joseph Turok

Other Guy=Other Guy

 

[Green Ranger]

After a tip off from a concerned RPer, I actually decided to read this. Kupo, you should know better. None of this is really acceptable - triple layered shields? Hell, regular shielding is a new technology. And blasters are really unwieldy at this point - making palm mounted variants is really unrealistic, not to mention everything else strapped onto even the AX-1. As for a fusion reactor contained within a human-sized armor suit, along with fitting in the person and all this other stuff you have strapped on?

The AX-1, AX-2 and AU-T are not approved for RP usage, as all three are overpowered beyond all levels of feasibility of the era. PM me when you have revised the models and I'll review the case.

 

[Trakon]

There goes my chance to get a custom suit of armor.

I swear I didn't rat you out!

 

[Kit]

After a tip off from a concerned RPer, I actually decided to read this. Kupo, you should know better. None of this is really acceptable - triple layered shields? Hell, regular shielding is a new technology. And blasters are really unwieldy at this point - making palm mounted variants is really unrealistic, not to mention everything else strapped onto even the AX-1. As for a fusion reactor contained within a human-sized armor suit, along with fitting in the person and all this other stuff you have strapped on?

The AX-1, AX-2 and AU-T are not approved for RP usage, as all three are overpowered beyond all levels of feasibility of the era. PM me when you have revised the models and I'll review the case.

Fair enough. I'll get onto that...

 

[Tsar Fire]

I wasn't complaining about the PICTURE.

I was complaining that he just ripped off eldar armor and modified it for rp use, creating something totally innapropriate for use in this particular universe.

I can only suspend so much disbelief.

 

[Kit]

The technology issue I accept. Using a picture of Autarch armour as a problem, however, I do disagree with. It's just an aesthetic issue.

By that logic, any picture not from Star Wars shouldn't be allowed.

Regardless, I'm not changing the picture. I will be modifying the armour, but I do have a question. These armours have been forbidden on a technological basis, but there are two new guys running around with Space Marines...

 

[Will]

I wasn't complaining about the PICTURE.

I was complaining that he just ripped off eldar armor and modified it for rp use, creating something totally innapropriate for use in this particular universe.

I can only suspend so much disbelief.

Quit yo jibbah jabbah about mah picture!

 

[Trakon]

These armours have been forbidden on a technological basis, but there are two new guys running around with Space Marines...

Those provide no sheilding (to my knowledge), allow for stronger punches.

Another thing is, by size they are larger than the armors you have.

ED, your logic is narrow. I'll look through your profiles and if any don't have a picture from Star Wars I'll start to whine about it, capeche?

 

[Kit]

Power armour deflects all bar the strongest weapons! It's the second best armour in the 40k universe! How is it not overpowered?

Besides, I'm not making an issue of it. I don't give a damn, seeing as any money says that the new kids using the power armour will be gone shortly.

And, um, what?

 

[Tsar Fire]

I'm not complaining about porting PICTURES!

You could have pictures of barney for all I care!

I'm complaining about introducing over-powered weapons based on a different universe, that doesn't fit in this one. The picture is not the issue. If he'd been using pictures of imperial dark troopers, and giving them those powers, I would have still been mad.

It isn't about the pictures. Honest.

sigh...

I LIKE the pictures. I don't want you to change them. Just change what the armor can do to balance it with this current galactic tech level.

I never had anything against the pictures. I was just saying you ripped off the eldar mesh armor concept, then overpowered it. I was objecting to the fact that I don't think it is actually possible to make armor that can do all this.

 

[Kit]

Well, I've talked with Boli, and worked out exactly what it and isn't allowed. The write up, as it is now, is staying.

And, as to importing stuff from other branches of fiction, everybody will do it at some point. Even if it's low-level or on an inspirational basis. Hell, I got no complaints when I ripped Wolverine off. It's a matter of how it's used.

Sure, I would have had a problem with someone who made a character called Bob stark, who creates this suit after a war, and goes around fighting crime. But I haven't ripped off Iron Man like that. I took the suit, admittedly, kept a lot of the functions as they were, but I put it to a completely different use.

In that manner, if you've got a problem with that, then you can't use any made up tech of your own, if it bears a resemblance to things used in other fictitious literature or film.

For god's sakes, it's a suit of armour in a fictional role-play. It's not the end of the world, or even a particularly big deal. It'd been given the once over and okayed. If you don't like it, avoid it.

 

[Tsar Fire]

I was only angry about the over-poweredness, but if an admin passed it. Then its cool.

I'm not here to start arguements.