Nerve Suit

A Nerve Suit (also referred to as a Pilot Suit), is a form-hugging, full-bodied, microcircuitry-integrated elastomer suit similar to a diver’s wetsuit capable of transmitting haptic and thermal feedback to the wearer’s nervous system, allowing them to operate certain kinds of machinery, namely Suits, with a level of precision and delicacy that would otherwise only be possible with a cyberbrain.
Initially introduced with the Suits, Nerve Suits have been successfully reverse-engineered by AC R&D, certain national laboratories and a handful of corporate entities, and can be purchased in a variety of styles and custom makes. They are one of the best ways of improving a Pilot’s capability without resorting to surgery.
In addition to providing remote sensation, Nerve Suits have a modest amount of insulation against the elements. Some brands of Nerve Suit can be used to monitor the wearer’s health and status and even provide a limited form of automated first aid. Wear of a Nerve Suit allows the Pilot to indirectly sense the form, texture and temperature of an object they would otherwise not be in physical contact with due to being completely insulated inside of their Suit. Nerve Suits can also be used to trigger pain senses, allowing the Pilot to feel on their own bodies where their Suits are taking damage, and even stimulate nerves in a way that mimics the effects of g-forces, making them a vital part of Pilot training.
Nerve Suits must be as form-fitting as possible in order to ensure that signals from the suits circuitry are transmitted to the wearer’s nervous system as clearly as possible, and also so that they may be worn by lighter classes of Suit without issue. However, most can be worn under normal clothing and contemporary g-suits without impeding their function, and some Nerve Suits are armored to provide light personal protection, either by replacing the neoprene with an aromatic polyamide or adding hard rubber or even doron plates over the suit, it not simply adding regular ballistic body armor over it instead. The most advanced types may even include artificial muscle fibers and integrate impact-reactive materials, significantly improving Pilot survival, escape, evasion and recovery.
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