Asahi Combat Suit Project

The Asahi Combat Suit was an advanced, highly experimental exoskeletal combat system created by Hidaki Tengan, who used it to become the superhero Asahi, leader of the Supersamurai group in Japan.

### **History**

Hidaki first had the idea of a powered suit after watching Sentai shows as a child, creating simple robotic features such as hands and arms that he won school science fairs and aided industrial automation industries before he was even 12, but rather than focus on clunky, mechanical augments, Hidaki wanted to experiment with a concept of using reactive fibres made from bioplastic material and regulated by nanomechanical actuators no bigger than organic cells and powered by highly advanced smart energy-multiplication reactors called Kamisaibo.

While the concept took years to develop, he worked on other AI, robotic and augmented reality projects throughout his teenage years whilst settled in Chichibu whilst helping Haru fight various villains and organisations.

#### **Mark One**

Hidaki's Mark One suit was very simple, developed when he was 10 but put to practical use when he was 11 helping Haru fight Kabuto and Midori Bioscience, the gear consisted of mechanical arm and leg bracers and small, now somewhat cumbersome Kamisaibo prototypes in gauntlets, the suit protected him a fair deal from some attacks, let him leap over 8 feet and allowed him to generate energy blasts, which he could also use to enhance his leaping. The suit was controlled by a modified motorbike helmet that connected to Hidaki's brainwaves.

#### **Mark Two**

The second suit was an enhanced variation of the Mk-One that featured updated software and drone-launchers, cable and net, cannons and a taser. It was heavily damaged in a fight with Kabuto.

#### **Mark Three/Four**

Hidaki's third suit was again another updated version of the Mk-One with more streamlined software and more efficient power modules, with the MkFour Hidaki acquired a better helmet and rewired a lot of the suit to respond quicker.

#### **Mark Five**

The MK Five was the first reworking of the suit that had extended leaping capabilities that bordered on flight, it had more armour and more mechanical actuators, it was much safer but also bulkier and slower.

#### **Mark Six**

A slimmer version of the Mk5, it featured more precise targeting systems, stabilised but limited flight capabilities with extendable wings, and was the first suit to feature prototype energy absorption matrix and Project Fūjin thermobaric plasma thrusters.

**Mark Seven**

The MK7 was very similar to the MK6 except that it had better targeting systems and a completely white face, to test an experimental photoplastic display and sensory enhancement material.

**Mark Eight**

The MK8 represented a complete remake of every system, rather than bulky individual components the MK8 "Yūrei" was designed from scratch using a 'photoplastic' surface layer that enabled the absorption and channelling of light, heat and other forms of energy as well as the ability to project 'emote' patterns of light onto it's face based on Hidaki's own expression. Hidaki called the suit 'too good' and would cause muscle aches and pains after excessive use and suffered excess heat build-up.

**Mark Eight . Two**

The 8.2 was actually a dialled-down augment of the first Mk8 design so that it could function more efficiently in terms of heat distribution and energy management, overall it made the systems faster and more responsive, Hidaki also improved the actuator strength and refined the flight systems.

**Mark Nine**

The Mk9 was a MK8 reworking on the same frame, featuring more segmented armour pieces, streamlined design, and varying materials designed to maximise robustness and strength while minimising weight. The airtight thermobaric flight jets and internal air collection supply were designed to work both at much higher altitudes and also underwater.