Power Armour

== Basic Information ==
Power Armour is, according to a great deal of speculative fiction, the armour of the future. 
Unsurprisingly it consists of a suit of armour, usually something resembling late medieval full plate, but made of cutting edge materials and fitted with a substantial power assist to make sure the wearer is at least compensated for the mass of the suit.
That's the basic version - more advanced versions include rocket jumping packs (or flying engines), advanced sensors, built in weapons, life support and communications equipment. The deluxe suit turns the wearer into a virtual god of war - immune to small arms and too small and fast moving to be targeted by ordnance, able to see, hear and communicate freely and (with jumping or flying equipment) hyper mobile. Added power assist may also make him incredibly strong.
Suits carry the direct interface connections (life support jacks, biometric sensors, pickups for the control system and, hopefully, some method of dealing with bodily wastes) and will usually have temperature control features as well. If the user does not have custom built armour, this suit will plug into the armour and act as an adjustor.
== Game and Story Use ==
* Most power armour is hard to finance and maintain - a small number of armoured men can potentially shred entire armies of unarmoured men and the chances of having a small, power armour equipped warrior caste is high (assuming that there are no central governments flooding the place with armoured professional soldiers).
** Great for PCs operating in places where the interplanetary government(s) troops don't often appear.
** Can do surface, vacuum or under (water) missions with very little adaptation.
* Less fun if your PCs are the unarmoured ones and refuse to retreat.
* Thematically, it's easy to imagine armoured infantry's default call when a man goes down being "armourer" rather than "medic". Actual medic calls might be moments of high drama.
* Also good for fighting giant bugs, dinosaurs, daemons etc.
** Or for civilian uses. Two-man construction crew anyone?