Imperial Troop Armor

## Trooper Combat Dress Uniform

The **Imperial Trooper Battle Dress Uniform** or **BDU** is the standard-issue combat uniform worn by the members of the Imperial Troop Legions. Inferior to more sophisticated armor suits such as the Battle Armor worn by the UMMD Templar Orders or the Power Armor worn by the Angelus, the armor relies on more traditional methods of protection and camouflage in combat.

## Introduction

As opposed to the Dress Uniform worn at parades and functions, the BDU is intended for use in combat situations. As a large fighting force, the Imperial Troopers use a great variety of different BDUs. Standard Trooper Battle Dress Uniform consists of armor plating over camouflaged combat utilities, and includes a number of ammunition pockets, holsters, and other features.

Unlike the radically more advanced APAA worn by the Angelus Legions, the Marine BDU does not include a dynamic energy shielding, or increased speed/strength, therefore providing far inferior protection against directed-energy and projectile weapons.

## Components

The components of the Troop BDU vary, depending on the version, Troop Regiment, Planet, or Regiment Regulations.

BDU Components
 **Armor** | The Marine BDU is equipped with ballistic armor in multiple points, such as the torso, shoulders, and the lower legs. Some versions incorporate armor in the forearms and thighs as well.
The armor is extremely resilient towards traditional ballistic weaponry. However, it is easily damaged by plasmor weaponry. The armor consists of several plasteel layers, some of which include a ballistic recoil-absorbing gel layer and a heat reduction gel layer to help reduce velocity and felt shock from ballistics, shrapnel, and explosives as well as reducing the burn caused by plasma once it reaches flesh.
 **Headgear** | Trooper helmets are often mounted with high-tech equipment, such as holographic text-displaying eyepieces, helmet recorders and microphones. Tactical goggles are also used by some Troopers. The Battle Helmet and its variants are standard issue. As well as helmets, Troopers on field operations in more humid locales sometimes choose to wear boonie covers, or those in colder environments don visored and thicker helms. Troopers have a Heads-up display not just from their helmets, but from their standard Neural interface which projects HUD data directly to the Soldier's retina. In hazardous situations, Gas Masks such as the Z20 Gas Mask are worn.
Imperial NCOs are easily recognized by the cover that they wear complete with the Imperial insigniatic Aquila, although they oftentimes substitute this soft cover for a more practical protective helmet.

## BDU Armor Variants

The Imperium utilizes several types of BDU Armor Variants.

### Pilot BDU variant

Troop pilots usually wear a modified version of the standard Combat uniform, though they are known to utilize the BDU without modifications as well. The helmet is often different from the standard Troop helmet.

### Imperial Vacuum Suit

Vacuum Suits are used by both the Imperium and the UMMD for Extra-Vehicular Activity in outer space, intended to protect the wearer from the effects of vacuum and prevent asphyxiation. They also provide protection from dust and other particles which could damage the user and their equipment. Vacuum suits are completely sealed, and come with an extra supply of Oxygen, or whatever other gas the user breathes.

These suits are vacuum suits worn by members of the Imperial Troop Regiments. The suit itself is a green body suit, with dark olive-drab armor plates, and a helmet equipped with a HUD and COMM systems.

#### Black Body Suit

This body suit is a form-fitting suit of polymer body armor that has systems that mask the infrared signature of the wearer, as well as creating a comfortable environment. The suit is fully sealed, and has an oxygen reserve of 15 minutes. The helmet has encrypted communications gear and a HUD, along with thermal sensors and motion detectors. Unfortunately, the suit's general complexity leads to complications. Over prolonged periods of time the suit will become very uncomfortable to wear, and is difficult to repair in the field.

### **Cold Environment Suits**

An Imperial Troop Regiment uniform and equipment package worn in arctic environments.