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====== Altex ====== | ====== Altex ====== | ||
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- | This article is a work in progress; It is currently not approved as canon. | ||
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- | A combination of simplified | + | Developed by the Lazarus Consortium and used throughout the LSDF, Altex is a combination of simplified structol made non-caustic and [[faction: |
- | The material can be worn loosely and have a set density or be ordered into a variable density configuration in which it becomes stretchy, adhering to the shape of the wearer' | + | The material can be worn loosely and have a set density or be ordered into a variable density configuration in which it becomes stretchy, adhering to the shape of the wearer' |
- | * Altex itself with no special treatment has a defensive rating of 0.4SP normally and 1.5SP when hardened | + | * **Standard |
- | * Its effective use as a protector involves knowing which configuration it needs to be in and when. | + | * **Hardened Altex:** 2 SP |
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==== Electrical Properties ==== | ==== Electrical Properties ==== | ||
Altex' inner layers can conduct electrical signals and the inside of the suit is designed to act as a farraday cage. The added bonus here is that it is ideal for wearable technologies since there is little need for cabling. The suit can also warm or cooler using inductive heating or conduct heat outward and then use the peltier effect as a form of thermoelectrical cooling pump. The same effect can be used to fill the suit with air as an insulator or remove air to adhere to the body for better cooling. If split, Altex can also self-knit, meaning after being cut or shot, the material can seal over the gap in question -- ideal for the construction of environmental suits. | Altex' inner layers can conduct electrical signals and the inside of the suit is designed to act as a farraday cage. The added bonus here is that it is ideal for wearable technologies since there is little need for cabling. The suit can also warm or cooler using inductive heating or conduct heat outward and then use the peltier effect as a form of thermoelectrical cooling pump. The same effect can be used to fill the suit with air as an insulator or remove air to adhere to the body for better cooling. If split, Altex can also self-knit, meaning after being cut or shot, the material can seal over the gap in question -- ideal for the construction of environmental suits. | ||
- | ==== Doping | + | ==== Doped Altex ==== |
While vanilla altex offers very little in terms of physical defense, it can be doped with other materials during its manufacturing process and inherit their strengths to a limited degree. The doping process puts carefully shaped components of the material on the microscopic level into the muscle-fibre like outer parts of the altex suit called elements. Properly expressed, these elements lock together into a single hardened plate which can be made to break in layers as a form of lossless ablation without discarding any elements. | While vanilla altex offers very little in terms of physical defense, it can be doped with other materials during its manufacturing process and inherit their strengths to a limited degree. The doping process puts carefully shaped components of the material on the microscopic level into the muscle-fibre like outer parts of the altex suit called elements. Properly expressed, these elements lock together into a single hardened plate which can be made to break in layers as a form of lossless ablation without discarding any elements. | ||
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This plate can also be made to yield, to act like hardened rubber or to bend and remember its original shape. Connected to systems which anticipate trauma, the altex can then be programmed to respond preemptively to a strike to become a body-armor which does not limit bodily movement unless a given position requires protection - and the exact nature of that protection will differ based on the incoming strike. | This plate can also be made to yield, to act like hardened rubber or to bend and remember its original shape. Connected to systems which anticipate trauma, the altex can then be programmed to respond preemptively to a strike to become a body-armor which does not limit bodily movement unless a given position requires protection - and the exact nature of that protection will differ based on the incoming strike. | ||
- | Unfortunately this type of altex has more problems | + | Unfortunately this type of altex has more problems |
- | * A common example would be the use of [[lorath: | + | Unlike standard altex, doped versions may maintain their protective properties indefinitely. |
==== Other Uses ==== | ==== Other Uses ==== | ||
Other materials with harder less yielding properties can be laminated in this defensive form of altex which then create a cheap composite armor. Even better, altex can be used as a type of artificial muscle in some cases, replacing complex hinges and joints by chemically bonding with the components it is expected to move with. | Other materials with harder less yielding properties can be laminated in this defensive form of altex which then create a cheap composite armor. Even better, altex can be used as a type of artificial muscle in some cases, replacing complex hinges and joints by chemically bonding with the components it is expected to move with. |