Edjia II Powered Armored Uniform

The Edjia II Powered armor is an upgrade to the Edjia Powered Armor system created in YE 34.

The advent of this suit system came about at the beginnings of the invasion of Ether. Light infantry troops were finding that the NMX had soldiers featuring super human strength, that was clearly out classing Gartagen light infantry in open combat. The Gartagen strangely do not sport any form of modified soldier, nor did their scientific community even consider such an option (Considering the secrecy behind the Gartagen Neuro-computers). Gartagen Union Engineers who were on staff, monitoring these reports quickly reacted to these horrifying reports. While the Gartagens are fast and agile, which aided their chances, they could not hope to contest NMX light infantry in CQC. A solution needed to be found to combat this severe handicap.

Prototypes take time to develop, and while the Earth Dancer Exo-suit and Gate Crasher Exo-suit were proving their mettle in combat, they are too expensive, and required weeks of specialized training to hand out to every single soldier in the Union. Using the technology that was perfected by the much larger and highly successful Exo-suit program, it was seen more cost effective to simply upgrade the existing Edjia Ballistic Armor. Engineering the upgrade proved quicker then actually making an entirely new powered armor system, and by adding more parts that increased the bearer's strength, durability, and left him with his natural reflexes and agility, it would require minimal time, and little training to implement this upgrade. The Edjia Powered Armor was born, and there was an attempt to introduce it into the field as the brutal battle.

By YE 34 The Union had brought onboard Heram J. Wazu to assist in their efforts against the NMX. One of the first things he began tinkering with was the Edjia armor, making small adjustments here and there as a starting point for a larger product line and an even larger strategy for expanding the Gartagen industrial base.

The Edjia is a light power armor by comparison to other armors as it is designed to be more of a widely distributed armor for ground soldiers than a high end power armor system. Much like the Edjia 1 the armor enhances the user’s strength, survivability, awareness, and mobility (allowing for jump deployments out of moving craft). The Edjia II offers a variety of usability improvements designed to make the armor part of a system of combat gear. The armor, weapons and handheld gear all share battery types. Exterior carrying cases hold gear for a variety of mission types that the armor might be used in. The end goal is an armor that is superior in quality to anything else in its class, and easy to operate from a logistics standpoint.

The upgrade bears little change in the original's appearance. This was intended for psychological reason among Gartagen troopers and soldiers who are used to the existing Edjia armor. The differences in the suit are primary additional parts, and additions, as well as a complete replacement of suit's composite armor plates, to plates composed of Buk the under mesh is still a soft composite, only much thicker to better absorb impacts.

Government: Gartagen Union
Organizations: Gartagen Union Army , Rapid Reaction Force
Type: Very Light Powered Armor/Environmental Suit
Model: MK-6L-34
Designer: Gartagen Union Engineers, Heram J. Wazu
Manufacturer: Gartagen Union Army

Crew: 1
Maximum Capacity: 1

Width:Armor adjust to be 6cm wider than pilot.
Height: Armor adjusts to be 6cm taller than pilot’s height.
Mass: 385 kilograms fully equipped

Ground speed: Running speed
Air speed: 120 mph Jumps
Zero Atmosphere: N/A

Range: 1 week worth of life support
Lifespan: 1 year

Armor: 1 DR(Armor Scale)
Shields: 1 DR(Armor Scale)

The Sensors and Communications gear of the Edjia is mainly passive and low energy systems intended to give maximum detecting ability without sending out any active signals that could give away the armor’s location.

An entire life support system is included not only to protect the soldier from nuclear, biological, and chemical threats, but to keep them safe and comfortable over the duration of their operations.

The Edjia II has the same mobility options as the Edjia. The suit sports two boosters on the user's back pack, and two more behind the wearer's lower legs. These boosters can be used by the user as air breaks, allowing them to drop down from fast moving craft, and to initiate a ground landing. They can also be used to let the user “hop” to heights exceeding 500 feet into the air temporary. The user can also use them to “hover” over the ground at speeds of 120 mph. The armor’s legs also include deployable snow-shoes to aid in crossing difficult terrain.

The Edjia II uses plates of Buk for protection over the chest, hips, shoulders, and extremities with high strength synthetic fibers used to protect the joints from projectiles and other piercing attacks. Small shield generators are included to protect against scalar attacks, and an enclosed environment protects against nuclear, chemical, and biological threats. Finally, metallic fibers are woven into sensitive areas of the armor to harden it against EMP attacks.

The electronics of the Edjia 2 are all designed to be EMP resistant, and to share similar batteries so that a complete resupply of all mission critical gear can be done with just a box of batteries. The non-electronic gear is designed to be similarly robust and contains everything from additional rations to prisoner restraining gear.

Price: 1950 GC