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Robotic Micro Engineers (RME)
You’ve probably seen a vid-feed of a damaged
CAV covered in a foamy substance. That foam
is the lifeblood of a CAV’s automated repair
system. It is used to transport the Robotic Micro
Engineers (RME’s), which are the incredibly
small nanobots that do the actual repairs, to the
damaged area of the CAV. Reserve tanks along
the CAV’s internal skeleton ensure that all major
locations have instant access to RME’s, while
a network of hoses allow the wizzo to transfer
foam from tank to tank as needed in the fi eld.
While the system is mostly automated and
knows which vital systems to repair fi rst, the
wizzo can pull up a 3-D model of his CAV and
view the details of any damage. He can then give
specifi c directions to the RMEs or their cousins,
Electronic MicroEngineers, which are used to
repair internal damage to the CAV’s electronics.
Infantry Protection
The mandates of survivability and functionality
have driven the latest technology of individual
infantry protection to a standard only dreamed
of during the fi rst Galaxy War. Known as the
Valdak Armor Protection System (VAPS), VAPS
was developed by the SyRam Kendric Labs
division during the First Galaxy War. Widespread
deployment of VAPS into Terran military units
began in 2165 and as with any truly innovative
idea, reverse engineered copies soon found their
way into several large and small military forces
across the galaxy. Infringement lawsuits brought
by SyRam earned minor fi nancial results and, by
2269, SyRam had completely stopped pursuing
violators.
VAPS provide protection against several threats
by incorporating drastically different solutions
that overlay and support each other to form a
workable material that can be universally used.
Two components of VAPS provide excellent
kinetic protection. First, there are nano layers
of woven base material that dissipate and
absorb the energy of the impact and spread it
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over a wide enough area, so that the projectiles
forward momentum will be stopped. Second, is
a solid fl exible coating around each stand of the
weave that is composed of sub nano-particles
of silica and ceramic suspended in a gel. This
combination of soft and hard components
results in a material with unusual properties.
During normal handling, the gel coating is very
fl exible. However, once a high-speed projectiles
impact with it, it transforms into a rigid armorlike
material. These two properties give the VAPS
user an incredible level of protection against
kinetic attacks.
The gel used in VAPS has two additional, and
extremely important, properties as well. First,
there is the automatic seal created when pieces
of VAPS come into contact with each other. This
seal achieves instant protection from almost
every known biological attack and allows the
soldier to function for short times in most hostile
atmospheric worlds. The second benefi t is due
to the fact that the non-conductivity of the gel
provides excellent protection against all types of
energy attacks by simply grounding or defl ecting
the attack.
VAPS achieves stealth and camoufl age by the
smart color change of the suspended sub nanoparticles
of silica and ceramic. These nanoparticles
can accept commands to change color
and project a logical, passive illusion of the
soldier’s surrounding environment. VAPS stealth
technology avoids electronic detection by not
emitting light or heat; they simply change their
external color.
Powered Infantry Battle Armor
A man in a suit of Powered Battle Armor is an
awe-inspiring sight. The average battle suit
stands roughly two and a half meters tall and
can weigh as much as 200 pounds depending
on its weapons and equipment load-out. Every
suit comes with atmosphere scrubbers to deal
with noxious atmospheres and its own internal