MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V: Difference between revisions
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In [[2542]], seventeen years after the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR Mark IV]] entered service, production began on the next generation of MJOLNIR armor. A team under the leadership of Chief | In [[2542]], seventeen years after the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR Mark IV]] entered service, production began on the next generation of MJOLNIR armor. A team under the leadership of Chief Scientist [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] would spend the next ten years developing the suit. Using data collected from the Mark IV, hundreds of minor technical improvements, and several major changes, were made to the Mark V; most notably, the suit's armor plating underwent a total redesign and better materials were developed for its use. Separating the Mark V from the previous version of the system were two major breakthroughs in the ways in which the suit improves its wearer's combat effectiveness.<ref name="enc"/> | ||
The first major breakthrough, which was introduced with the first generation of the Mark V, was the addition of a self-recharging [[Energy shielding#Human energy shielding|energy shield]] system, reverse-engineered from captured [[Kig-yar point defense gauntlet]]s, which repel objects and energy bursts, plus any other hazardous elemental energies. While impacts on the shield place a substantial drain on the system's power supply, the system's energy regenerates once the user is no longer under fire. However, the adaptation of the shield covering the entire body weakens the magnetic field, making the Mark V's shield system vulnerable to sustained fire. Energy shield technology was first tested on the Mark IV, though such tests were not especially successful.<ref>Dr. Halsey's personal journal</ref><ref name="vis"/> | The first major breakthrough, which was introduced with the first generation of the Mark V, was the addition of a self-recharging [[Energy shielding#Human energy shielding|energy shield]] system, reverse-engineered from captured [[Kig-yar point defense gauntlet]]s, which repel objects and energy bursts, plus any other hazardous elemental energies. While impacts on the shield place a substantial drain on the system's power supply, the system's energy regenerates once the user is no longer under fire. However, the adaptation of the shield covering the entire body weakens the magnetic field, making the Mark V's shield system vulnerable to sustained fire. Energy shield technology was first tested on the Mark IV, though such tests were not especially successful.<ref>Dr. Halsey's personal journal</ref><ref name="vis"/> | ||
