Carapace Armour - Notable Carapace Armour Patterns: Cadian Pattern "Kasrkin" Storm Trooper Carapace Armour - The Cadian Pattern "Kasrkin" Carapace Armour is the standard body armour of the Cadian Shock Troopers' elite Kasrkin Storm Troopers, which completely protects the wearer's body and features a suite of advanced technologies. The helmet is equipped with a rebreather, photo-visor, encrypted micro-bead for vox communications and a clip attachment to the side for a light source or vid-recorder, whilst the suit itself incorporates an integral auspex unit accessed via wrist display and attachments for a Grav-Chute. The power for these systems is provided for by a small power pack, equivalent in size and cost to a Lasgun power pack, which allows for a solar week of continuous use before requiring replacement. While associated with the lost Fortress World of Cadia, this pattern of Carapace Armour has been adopted by the Departmento Munitorum for use by other Tempestus Scion units from as far away from Cadia as the Calixis Sector.Hax-Orthlack Mark II Magistratum Combat Carapace - Produced by Hax-Orthlack for the Scintillan Magistratum Enforcers, this suit of light, articulated Carapace Armour is fully enclosed and features both a respirator and flash reactive eyepieces built into the helm. While most commonly encountered in the unforgiving grey-steel of the Scintilla Magistratum, Hax-Orthlack also produces this armour for the authorities of several other worlds in the Calixis Sector, and a small number also find their way into the hands of the private security retinues of powerful noble houses. This suit of armour also has a built-in respirator, micro-bead and photo-visor.Hydraphur Pattern Judge's Carapace Armour - The Hydraphur Pattern Judge's Carapace Armour represents the manifestation of an Adeptus Arbites Judge's authority under the laws of the Lex Imperialis. It is similar to the light suits of Carapace Armour worn by standard Arbites Arbitrators, complete with the distinctive matte-black and red colouring, but also incorporates a storm coat and massive golden Aquila topping the helm. The helmet features a photo-visor, encrypted micro-bead for vox communications and vox-amplifier for issuing orders to crowds, while a small light source can be attached to the shoulder plates. A power pack similar in size and cost to a lasgun's power source provides enough energy for a solar week's continuous use of the armour's various systems.Solar Pattern Void Armour / Solar Pattern Reinforced Void Armour/ Solar Pattern Heavy Void Armour - Based on designs ceded to the early Imperium by the military forces of the Saturnyne Domains during the unification of the Sol System, the void armour of the ancient Imperial Army's Solar Auxilia regiments has become largely synonymous with that legendary elite fighting force itself. Designed to allow warriors to operate in some of the harshest conditions possible, void armour provides both a high degree of protection and a limited life support capacity. Offering a degree of environmental and combat protection exceeded only by the power armour of the Legiones Astartes, void armour, as its name implies, is intended to enable a Human soldier to survive the deadly travails of space battle and the harshest of exo-planetary conditions. Void armour is a carapace-reinforced, full environmental combat body armour integrated with a life support unit. The void armour worn by the Solar Auxilia, eponymously classified as "Solar Pattern," was itself a mass-produced modification of the ancient void armour worn by the Void Hoplites of the Saturnyne Ordo. The armour was fully sealed and capable of resisting small arms fire, ballistic impacts and shock trauma, was self-healing against minor penetrations and lacerations, and was particularly resilient against radiation and thermal effects, making it highly effective for combat operations in hostile environments of many kinds, not simply the open void. Although efficient and resilient, void armour should not, however, be considered to be a match in regards to durability or sophistication of Space Marine power armour, which operates at a greater order of magnitude in terms of defence and endurance. All of the patterns of Void Armour were primarily based around a series of interlocking plates, which were enhanced with a servo-motor armature to allow a normal Human to bear the weight of the Void Armour. It also provided a high degree of protection and a limited life support capacity. All in all, the Void Armour was a significant improvement over the more common Flak Armour that was issued to regular Imperial Army troopers. A pattern of Reinforced Void Armour and Heavy Void Armour also existed to provide even greater protection to Solar Auxilia troops when fighting in Zone Mortalis environments, though at the cost of increased weight and decreased mobility.Pressure Carapace - Designed for the rigours of ship-to-ship void combat, a Pressure Carapace set is armour first and a voidsuit second. Constructed from a lightweight ceramite plating over a thin, multilayered, sealed undersuit, Pressure Carapace armour is not really designed to protect from the hazards of the void for long periods of time, instead serving more as an incidental safeguard against accidental exposure. Adeptus Arbites boarding parties, such as those serving as part of the Calixis Sector's Precinct Astra, tend to employ suits of Pressure Carapace armour during their raids upon illegal shipping, though they are far from the only organisation to use this type of armour.Windrider Carapace Scale Armour - An odd mix of armour styles, this uses small diamond-shaped armaplas plates bound together in overlapping sections, forming a flexible covering that is less restrictive than normal carapace armour. The officers of the Lacustan Windriders regiments favour this armour for the extra mobility it affords, as well as its savage appearance.