MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV: Difference between revisions

Fitted in between the outer plates and the inner padding, is a layer of liquid crystal within a piezoelectric material that deforms along a preferred axis when exposed to a electric charge.<ref name="journaljul">'''Dr. Halsey's Personal Journal''' ''July 11th, 2511 entry''</ref> This layer acts as a sheath or a suit artificial muscle; this reactive piezoelectric effect increases the strength, reaction time, mobility, speed, and all around physical performance of the suit's user.<ref name="journaljul"/> The material is amorphous, thus circumventing a major obstacle in its design: custom-fitting millions of the polygonal pieces under the second armor layer.<ref name="journalsep">'''Dr. Halsey's Personal Journal''' ''September 1st, 2525 entry''</ref> Knitted together at a molecular level the liquid crystal material is merely "poured" into a multilayered Sierpinski capillary system where microelectric fields can direct crystallization geometries.<ref name="journalsep"/> The only downfall is the materials production, which involves classified super-toxic precursor materials and requires a zero-gravity environment.<ref name="journalsep"/> As such this layer accounts for over eighty percent of the MJOLNIR armors cost of construction and materials.