The ORC is an armoured exo suit with inbuilt Ion thrusters, it was designed by Galactic Horizon and built by Iemochi Innovations & Sales in YE 40.

The Orbital Re-entry Carapace ¹⁾ is an industrial exo-suit designed for working in dangerous environments with little to no atmosphere, it was designed by Galactic Horizon and built by Iemochi Innovations & Sales in YE 40. The armour plating of the ORC is highly protective and heat resistant, able to survive a fall from orbit with only some minor cosmetic damage. ²⁾ The mechanized skeleton that resides underneath the armoured layers lets the pilot lift roughly 3x the weight of the suit in addition to bearing its full weight for the pilot.

The ORC’s base layer is a padded jumpsuit made of a quilted, brown material that acts as an insulating layer. The outermost layer of this armour is made up of Nerimium plates that are off white in colour with an orange streak along the top edge. A thick collar runs around the neck of the suit and the base of the helmet, with the helmet resembling an aerodynamic skydiver’s helmet with two black circles where the pilot’s eyes would be. ³⁾ The ‘backpack’ area of the suit has a housing that contains an air bladder, two Galactic Horizon power cores and the suit’s biggest sources of thrust⁴⁾. The inside of the helmet is padded with the same material the undersuit is made of, the suit comes stock standard in these colours but alternate paintjobs can be requisitioned by the buyer upon purchase.

Allows the pilot to lift 4x the weight of the suit & pilot with relative ease.

nearly Immune to small arms fire and resistant to other forms of damage.

Thrusters and the suit’s mechanized skeleton allow the pilot to fly and move faster than they normally would be able to.

The tough armour and mechanized skeleton of the suit means that it is a pretty heavy suit.

The rigid, strength enhancing skeleton of the suit helps negate the weight of the suit itself to allow the pilot mostly unimpeded movement. In addition to this, the Ion thrusters ⁵⁾ allow the pilot to accelerate up to 60 miles per hour (96.5 kilometers per hour) in space and 20 miles per hour (32.19 kilometers per hour) in an Earth-like atmosphere.

The dimensions of each suit are customized to fit the intended pilot with enough ‘wiggle room’ for a reasonable bit of clothing to be worn underneath, as a rule of thumb the suit ⁶⁾ tends to bulk out the pilot's body with 3cm thick walls in most areas except the joints and the backpack area of the suit which is 6cm thick.

The suit’s front splits vertically down the middle from the helmet to the waist, separating the plates and creating an empty space that the pilot climbs into backwards, putting their limbs into the appropriate cavities. The pilot then uses either a holographic interface on the left forearm or the sensors that line the helmet to seal and activate the suit. Simply reverse the process to doff the armour, alternatively there is an emergency release latch located underneath each armpit that releases the armour plating and the mechanised skeleton from the undersuit when used.

When not in use, the suits are generally hung on a rack by a handle in the back of the collar.

The helmet of the suit is lined with electrodes that translates the brain’s electrical activity into actions, moving the mechanised joints of the suit in synchronicity with the pilot’s own bodily movements. A particular section that runs from each temple to connect at the back of the head ⁷⁾ is dedicated to controlling the suit’s thrusters and parachutes without the need for joysticks or other, possibly fiddly controls.

In YE 40 Galactic Horizon decided to start dipping their toes into power armour, deciding to aim more toward utility than warfare although there is no doubt this suit could hold its own in a firefight. It was decided on that they would build something sturdy and what originally was going to be constructed from lightweight polymers and alloys quickly snowballed into an armoured exoskeleton made of more heavy-duty materials.

Iemochi Innovations & Sales and Galactic Horizon always had great intercompany relations and so IIS had no issue with letting Galactic Horizon use their facilities.

The ORC is not an overly complicated piece of machinery, in fact it makes use of more than a few off-the-shelf components in its construction which allows it to be relatively easy to repair with an exception being the armour plating.

A Rip-Pod Parachute System is mounted to the back of the suit, above the power assembly - this pod contains three circular, heat treated parachutes that are 5 meters (16ft) in diameter and made of Bulletproof Wool. The Parachutes are activated via the wrist-mounted holographic display and are designed to be airbrakes rather than a gliding apparatus, the parachutes can self-pack themselves in 30 seconds through another input from the wrist display

The protection this suit provides comes from the thick, insulating suit that sits under the mechanised frame and the layers of Nerimium plates. The outermost layer is designed to take the brunt of the attacks and is highly protective against most forms of damage⁸⁾ while the gel-lined suit underneath helps cushion the impacts as well as providing shielding for the pilot from radiation and extreme temperatures.

The suit has no included stealth systems besides the potential to be painted with a camouflage pattern.

The ORC contains a simple yet effective life support system, the combined air bladder and rebreather system can support the pilot for up to 72 hours before it needs to be refilled, in addition the gel-like layer in the undersuit acts as both a pressure-suit in high G manoeuvring and a way of re-sealing any small punctures that may occur.

The ORC is powered by two Galactic Horizon energy cores located on the back that run in tandem and can fully power the suit for up to 72 hours on a single charge⁹⁾, in addition the suit has a capacitor that is kinetically charged and can store enough power to run the suit for an additional 5 hours when fully charged¹⁰⁾.

The ORC suit houses a variety of sensors that monitor both the suit’s and the pilot’s vitals, anything from power levels and suit integrity to heartrate are monitored and displayed for the pilot either on the helmet’s HUD or on the wrist display. The cameras that act as the suit’s ‘eyes’ are contain a full suite of optical, thermal, IR, UV, and Low light sensors, with seismic sensors in the boots. Communications include satellite(if available), video, suit to suit relay and standard radio(1LY range).

The suit itself comes with no built in weapons¹¹⁾ and is limited to infantry weapons¹²⁾ as well as anything that can be mounted onto the shoulder hardpoints.

The ORC suit has the following hardpoints¹³⁾:

» Left Shoulder: On the left shoulder of the suit is a hardpoint designed to hold larger items such as rifles, utility packs and larger tools.

» Right Shoulder: On the right shoulder of the suit is a hardpoint designed to hold larger items such as rifles, utility packs and larger tools.

» Left hip: The left hip hardpoint is made for tools, sidearms, a small pouch or something of similar size to be mounted there.

» Right Hip: The right hip hardpoint is made for tools, sidearms, a small pouch or something of similar size to be mounted there.

» Right Forearm: The right forearm hardpoint is made for small items and hand-mounted tools.

» Left Forearm: The left forearm hardpoint is made for small items and hand-mounted tools.

SirSkully created this article on 2018/05/16 08:33.

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