Communist power armor

Communist power armor or people's power armorRed Shift description: "The People's Power Armor will make its capitalist contemporary look like a tin can by comparison. Use whatever force necessary to demolish the corruption of this land and claim it for the proletariat" was an attempt made by the People's Republic of China in order to replicate the militarized power armor used by the United States Armed Forces. 
Although mentioned as early as the Fallout Bible in 2002 and referenced in 2011, it was only shown for the first time around April 2020, first as the Red Shift cosmetic skin, then as a red-tinted power armor worn by communist commissars in Daily Ops.
==Background==
Following the military debut of American power armor on the Alaskan battlefield in early 2067, the People's Republic of China began developing their own power armor, but remained years behind the United States.Fallout Bible 0: "2067 The first suit of Power Armor is deployed in Alaska. While lacking the full mobility of future versions, this Power Armor is incredibly effective against Chinese tanks and infantry. Its ability to carry heavy ordinance becomes key in various localized conflicts, and it has the power to destroy entire towns without endangering the wearer. China rushes to create its own versions, but they are many years behind the United States." The United States military feared such a development and, in order to counter the People's Liberation Army's power armor in the event of its deployment, the U.S. preemptively invested in electromagnetic pulse weaponry as a countermeasure.The Courier: "What's a pulse gun?"Veronica Santangelo: "Electromagnetic weapon from before the Great War. Experimental. It never saw mass production. But they were building it as a countermeasure to power armor, which they feared the Chinese were developing. Supposedly a prototype was being housed at Nellis. Imagine what it could do to the Brotherhood. We'd be on equal footing with any idiot with a gun."(Veronica Santangelo's dialogue) 
The Chinese, however, focused primarily on combating America through cunning and espionage. Rather than the brute strength of power armor, they made skilled use of covert technologies, such as stealth armor. Although some Chinese-made suits made their way into the hands of PRC commissars operating on American soil,The Red Scare power armor is worn by the Communist commissar boss during Daily Ops. other officers relied on captured American suits.The T-60 power armor is worn by the Communist commanders in the Deep.
==Behind the scenes==
* The term "Chinese power armor" often used to refer to the armor is a term coined by the fanbase to differentiate it from power armor made by the United States. Although the Red Shift and Red Scare Atomic Shop power armor skins do not have an explicitly stated country of origin, the use of Chinese script, phrases, voices and flags leaves little room for doubt. 
* The Communist power armor was designed by Chris Ortega. He preferred the version with the built-in hat, but the developers ultimately chose the one inspired by the Warmachine.Concept art"Fallout76 Communist Power Armor Concepts. I guess these have been in game for a while. These were super fun to do, I was pretty bummed that they didn’t want to use the one with the built in hat 😅"(Chris Ortega on Instagram)Chris Ortega on ArtStation
* According to Chris Ortega, his understanding of the lore from game design and art direction was that the Communist power armor was a repurposed and retrofitted U.S. design, used as propaganda for the party.Instagram DM with Chris Ortega Further clarification from Chris Ortega
* The armor includes a slogan in Chinese, 美帝必败, which stands for "American imperialism must be beaten!".
==Gallery==
;In-game
FO76_Jeets_fancy_armor.png|Front and back view
FO76 Three eyed weird PA 1.png
FO76 Three eyed weird PA 2.png|With lights on
FO76 Three eyed weird PA 3.png
;Atomic Shop 
Atx skin powerarmor paint redshift l.png|Red Shift pattern
Atx skin powerarmor paint redshift c1.png|
Atx skin powerarmor paint redshift c2.png|
Atx skin powerarmor paint redshift c3.png|
Atx skin powerarmor paint redshift c4.png|
Atx skin powerarmor paint redscare l.png|Red Scare pattern
Atx skin powerarmor paint redscare c3.png
Atx skin powerarmor paint redscare c2.png
Atx skin powerarmor paint redscare c1.png
Atx skin powerarmor model darkstar l.webp|Dark Star pattern
Atx skin powerarmor model darkstar c2.webp 
Atx skin powerarmor model darkstar c1.webp 
;Jetpacks
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack communist l.png
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack communist c2.png
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack communist c1.png
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack redcommunist l.png
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack redcommunist c2.png
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack redcommunist c1.png
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack darkstar l.webp 
Atx skin powerarmor jetpack darkstar c1.webp 
===Concept art===
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts).jpg|Chris Ortega concept art
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts 1).jpg|Model 1
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts 1a).jpg|Model 1a
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts 2).jpg|Model 2
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts 3).jpg|Моdel 3
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts 4).jpg|Моdel 4
FO76 Chris Ortega (Communist Power Armor Concepts 5).jpg|Моdel 5
Chris-ortega-commsuitspack1.jpg|Jetpack
Chris-ortega-comarmor1.jpg
Communist PA Ortega DM.png|Interview DM with Chris Ortega about the design philosophy/lore of the Communist Power Armor
Ortega pt2.png|Further clarification from designer Chris Ortega that the info comes from Game Design and the art director
==References==
Non-game
Atomic Shop
Category:Power armor
Category:Chinese materiel