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stararmy:equipment:kirie_thought_armor [2022/09/24 20:50] – [Weapons and Hardpoints] etherealstararmy:equipment:kirie_thought_armor [2023/12/21 01:01] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== History and Background ===== ===== History and Background =====
  
-The earliest research into what became the Kirie started in [[timeline:ye_30]] after then [[stararmy:ranks:shosa]] [[characters:yamatai:kage_yaichiro]] was involved in a stealth mission during which he had to don a Power Armor.  His physical size, however, prevented him from using a then-modern Mindy or Kylie.  He was forced to use a Super PHALANX Power Armor which did not have sufficient stealth capabilities for the role in which it was to be used.  He was forced improvise and to act as a diversion due to this, which nearly cost him his life.  This was the second time he was nearly killed by the obsolete power armor’s shortcomings, the first time being in the previous year when the lack of an equipped [[stararmy:equipment:psionic_signal_controller]] in the same Power Armor left him vulnerable to a [[:species:mishhuvurthyar]] psionic assault.+The earliest research into what became the Kirie started in [[timeline:ye_30]] after then [[stararmy:ranks:shosa]] [[characters:yamatai:kage_yaichiro]] was involved in a stealth mission during which he had to don a Power Armor.  His physical size, however, prevented him from using a then-modern Mindy or Kylie.  He was forced to use a Super PHALANX Power Armor which did not have sufficient stealth capabilities for the role in which it was to be used.  He was forced improvise and to act as a diversion due to this, which nearly cost him his life.  This was the second time he was nearly killed by the obsolete power armor’s shortcomings, the first time being in the previous year when the lack of an equipped [[stararmy:equipment:psionic_signal_controller]] in the same Power Armor left him vulnerable to a [[species:mishhuvurthyar:mishhuvurthyar]] psionic assault.
  
 Yaichiro started researching how to make a better Power Armor which could accommodate a pilot of his stature, but also for bottlenecks of the then-current generation of technologies.  He discovered that a key drawback was the pilot itself – the joints of the pilot were contained in the complex joints of the Power Armor and kept the joints from moving too fast lest the pilot’s body take damage.  Loss of a limb or head also had harmful or deadly results, especially in space.  Wishing for a removal of this flaw the Power Armor design, Yaichiro established [[corp:kage:project_thought:project_thought_plan]] to help research the machine – both for political and security reasons as well as to give himself complete creative oversight.  They started from the beginning of Yamataian Power Armor technology, the [[stararmy:equipment:lamia_m1_space_mecha]], which was constructed with mechanical joints and at their target height, and tested high response joints and fully telepathic control systems – the Thought Armor concept.  By the time Yamatai eventually addressed the concerns of height and developed a Power Armor capable of filling Yaichiro’s original requirements, the project had transformed into a full blown optimization program. Yaichiro started researching how to make a better Power Armor which could accommodate a pilot of his stature, but also for bottlenecks of the then-current generation of technologies.  He discovered that a key drawback was the pilot itself – the joints of the pilot were contained in the complex joints of the Power Armor and kept the joints from moving too fast lest the pilot’s body take damage.  Loss of a limb or head also had harmful or deadly results, especially in space.  Wishing for a removal of this flaw the Power Armor design, Yaichiro established [[corp:kage:project_thought:project_thought_plan]] to help research the machine – both for political and security reasons as well as to give himself complete creative oversight.  They started from the beginning of Yamataian Power Armor technology, the [[stararmy:equipment:lamia_m1_space_mecha]], which was constructed with mechanical joints and at their target height, and tested high response joints and fully telepathic control systems – the Thought Armor concept.  By the time Yamatai eventually addressed the concerns of height and developed a Power Armor capable of filling Yaichiro’s original requirements, the project had transformed into a full blown optimization program.
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 ==== Boarding the Kirie ==== ==== Boarding the Kirie ====
-The Kirie is usually stored standing, but it can sit crosslegged (agura) or sitting on its legs in the traditional seiza position in a pinch to fit in cramped Power Armor bays.  The torso splits across the waist, and the upper part of the Thought Armor lifts upward on supports to provide access to the [[corp:kage:project_thought:type_33_pilot_pod]] inside.  The pilot; optionally wearing a spacesuit, bodysuit, or a regular uniform; tucks their lower body into the pod in the fetal position.  The pilot may use their inertia controlling ability to aid them if needed, but there is enough width to move the arms in the pod to make things easier.  The top then lowers onto the pilot, but will not descend if it detects an obstruction which would be pinched in the seams.+The Kirie is usually stored standing, but it can sit crosslegged (agura) or sitting on its legs in the traditional seiza position in a pinch to fit in cramped Power Armor bays.  The torso splits across the waist, and the upper part of the Thought Armor lifts upward on supports to provide access to the [[corp:kage:project_thought:type_33_pilot_pod]] inside.  The pilot; optionally wearing a [[items:equipment:spacesuit]], bodysuit, or a regular uniform; tucks their lower body into the pod in the fetal position.  The pilot may use their inertia controlling ability to aid them if needed, but there is enough width to move the arms in the pod to make things easier.  The top then lowers onto the pilot, but will not descend if it detects an obstruction which would be pinched in the seams.
  
 The pilot may end up in a true fetal position, or a modified one where the arms are up further and closer to the head.  They can switch between the two while in the cockpit as needed for emergencies, though the pilot should pick whichever position they think they can more comfortably maintain for extended periods, especially in planetary operations where there will be gravity.  Once the pilot has connected to the SPINE or the Mental Transceivers in the Pilot Pod, the Kirie's sensory and motor input overrides that of the pilot's body.  The pilot's body is massaged by the insert and cared for by the Pilot Pod's systems while the pilot's mind is free to use the Kirie as their body instead. The pilot may end up in a true fetal position, or a modified one where the arms are up further and closer to the head.  They can switch between the two while in the cockpit as needed for emergencies, though the pilot should pick whichever position they think they can more comfortably maintain for extended periods, especially in planetary operations where there will be gravity.  Once the pilot has connected to the SPINE or the Mental Transceivers in the Pilot Pod, the Kirie's sensory and motor input overrides that of the pilot's body.  The pilot's body is massaged by the insert and cared for by the Pilot Pod's systems while the pilot's mind is free to use the Kirie as their body instead.
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 ===== OOC Notes ===== ===== OOC Notes =====
-Made by [[user:toshiro|]]+Made by [[members:toshiro]]
  
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 products.product_manufacturer : Project THOUGHT, Star Army of Yamatai, Ketsurui Fleet Yards products.product_manufacturer : Project THOUGHT, Star Army of Yamatai, Ketsurui Fleet Yards
 products.product_brand :  products.product_brand : 
-products.product_releaseyear : YE 33+products.product_release_year : 
 products.product_discontinued_year :  products.product_discontinued_year : 
 products.product_usedby : Star Army of Yamatai products.product_usedby : Star Army of Yamatai
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 products.product_mass :  products.product_mass : 
-products.product_color :  
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