MKIII Standard Configuration Battlesuit

## Overview

The MKIII Standard Configuration Battlesuit, often shortened to the Std Battlesuit III is the current armour system of choice for all Dominion shells. It is designed to turn any Dominion shell into a highly mobile continental scale infantry unit capable of effectively fielding DSI weaponry.

## Description

The Std Battlesuit consists of a flexible polymer undersuit covered almost fully in capped dark-matter plates with joints and other flexion points protected with dark-matter micromaille. Providing the utmost comfort and function it has multiple magnetic attachment points for weapons and accessories can be found at the back, sides and waist in addition to mounts for webbing and tactical harnesses. Two integrated storage units extend from the upper thighs to the back providing secure storage of small objects and munitions.

Additional protection is provided by a single layer hadronic force shield emitter with dynamic output depending on the incoming force and selected power usage budget. While not as strong as the armour itself, the shield provides extremely effective shock absorption and protection from temperature extremes.

Embedded within the undersuit is an all encompassing layer of dense synthetic muscle that additionally hooks up to actuators in the outer armour layers. Collectively these both distribute the immense mass of the armour effectively enough to provide full mobility and enhance the strength of the user a hundredfold.

The suit is fitted with a thermonuclear thruster system with the primary vents at the back and smaller ports dotting the suit. As well as supporting sustained flight speeds exceeding mach 1 and brief bursts of mach 3 and greater, these thruster ports also allow for accelerated movement of individual limbs and blast jumping. The exhaust may also serve as a weapon in niche use-cases.

The helmet is a fully sealed unit with solid faceplate and a large frontal camera lense that is easily mistaken for a visor. Full and redundant 360 degree vision is provided by multiple cameras located on both the suit and the helmet that can all be interfaced simulatenously via standard Dominion BCI capability. Much like Dominion ocular units, the vision provided is full-spectrum with numerous single and combined vision modes. Inside the helmet one will find themselves immersed in an inert high-oxygen liquid suspension of selectable reagents including various stimulant drugs.

BCI integration comes standard and allows for cognitive integration with the enhanced processing faculties of the suit's integrated computer system which is especially useful for trajectory calculation and prediction. A pure psychic interface is also available but this will not grant calculation processing benefits. If neither BCI or psychic connectivity is available, one may also resort to simple kinematic control wherein the advanced algorithms of the suit accurately predict and interpolate movement without any need for nervous system integration, but this will still require a biometric or psychic signature to unlock the suit.

Power is provided by a klein weave embedded deep within the undersuit and various capacitors located within the outer layers. No reactor is provided. Total available capacity is approximately 1×10^20 joules and a small conversion unit allows for recharging via almost all known methods.

Most of the armour material is nanomachine impregnated which in addition to providing a slow but reliable self-maintenance capability can also accelerate the regenerative processes of the user, allowing wounds to seal and bones to be knit back together in minutes. However the suit has far more reliable surviability benefits, being able to force limbs to move and support the body even if the bones have been liquefacted and joints crushed. The integrated computer can imitate cognitive faculties as long as the BCI is intact in case of brain damage or death and the suit can create pressure to forcefully pump blood. If the user is fully killed the suit can still puppeteer their body effectively and single-mindedly attempt to finish their last task before self-destructing, much akin to a cyber-zombie. These factors combine to exponentially increase the endurance of the user beyond a mere durability and strength increase.

## Capabilities

* Enhanced physical capabilities: The suit effectively turns the user into a 6000~ ton vehicle with supersonic flight capabilities and a hundred times the strength which when combined with their mass turns their body into a living weapon. Physical offense can be bolstered further by selective use of thrusters to accelerate limb movement allowing for strikes in the billions of newtons.
* Enhanced martial capabilities: As well as accelerating cognitive processing further, the suit provides enhanced perception and full 3D movement capabilty with thrusters and jumps allowing for fast, forceful and complex combat maneouvers beyond the physical capabilities of the users.
* Unparalled durability: Users of the Std MKIII will find themselves shrugging off the dozens of mach of recoil impulse of Dominion cannons, surviving thermonuclear explosions near point-blank and escaping shaves with high-powered xasers with their lives intact. While mobility is still the best defensive option offered by the suit, the immense shock absorption of the undersuit and the shielding is considered essential for using and surviving Dominion weaponry.
* Maximum survability: Even with pulverized bones, shredded organs, missing limbs and damage to brain tissue, one will find that they can still keep fighting. And if they do die, they can die assured of the fact their suit will continue the fight until it is completely destroyed.