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The Bubblegum Zone: Technical Aspects Log
In the year 2032, MegaTokyo was the site of Genom, the Mega
Corporation that had taken over the production of boomers, non-sentient
androids that were officially developed to help mankind. Unfortunately,
ethics were not what they could have been, and the heads of Genom decided
that adapting these biomachines to war and other uses was a good idea.
Their only opponents were four women, known as the Knight Sabers.
That was until an unexplained phenomena carried a young red-headed
Canadian university student from his campus in the 1990's to this place he
was very familiar with...
At that time, a new legend was born, and a sudden increase in
weapon effectiveness.
Contained here are some of the technical files and specifications
that Bert Van Vliet, alias SkyKnight, used to develop a whole new
direction in hardsuit technology.
Perhaps the best place to start would be the hardsuits that are
used by the various team members:
File: H8G4A78.OV
Item: Hardsuit Armour General Specification File
Description:
This file is the first of twenty that describe the general
operations of the hardsuits used in the Bubblegum Zone. While each suit
is individual, and made to suit a specific purpose, there are common
overlapping capabilities that were taken into the initial design phase.
It is because of the general capabilities, combined with the excellent
teamwork, that the Knight Sabers can work effectively in completing their
missions. This part contains the armour plating section as designed by
Sylia Stingray and Bert Van Vliet in the year 2036.
Armour Plating:
Vocal Log:
"As can be imagined, the Knight Sabers have been faced with
tougher and tougher foes and this has necessitated many changes in the
design of the armour plating of the hardsuits. These plates, which are
modular in design to allow for quicker repairs, have undergone numerous
changes over the years, but none so radical as this redesign. In using
the recorded data during a battle with the ADP, and in examining the
pieces of the cut sword blade, Bert and I have developed a new system
which has reduced the effective armour weight as opposed to capabilities.
Of course, these developments were not made overnight, and not
without a lot of pain on the parts of several of my team members, such as
Nene, Priss, and Bert. Fortunately, we lived to learn from our mistakes.
Unfortunately, Nene's recent experiences almost pushed Bert over the edge
and his armour had to be written off. He has since been pushing himself
past his limits to improve all the suits designs, especially his own. One
of the projects that he has been working on diligently is the
miniaturization of the onboard systems so that his new electromagnetic
shielding system can be installed on all of them.
In some cases, we were able to obtain the necessary manufacturing
equipment due it being taken from some of the various business holdings
from across the world. In others, it was not so easy, especially since
carbon arc lamps are hardly used these days. It was with some reluctance
that I finally gave into Berts demands to get some active uranium in order
for us to create atomic batteries.
As can be imagined, although the system provides a lot of power,
more than enough to run our equipment indefinitely if we use them in place
of our regular battery systems, I am worried about if the casing should
crack. Even a little bit of the radioactive coatings the size of a dust
grain would be enough to induce severe cancer in an individual who
breathes it in. The only thing that changed my decision was the fact that
such power would be necessary to use the carbon arc lamps and the
manufacturing equipment to create carbon sixty and carbon seventy as well
as developing nano-molecular carbon fibre tubes. While not difficult to
do, it does require a lot of power to optimize. Power that would have
been easily traced if we tried to tap the MegaTokyo grid."
Theoretical Lifetime:
Under simulation stress, using various imaging and data realigning
techniques, the worst case scenarios were evolved for the armour plate.
Actual tests of completed plates indicate little variation with the design
scale used. The most common feature of these plates is the ability to
reflect and repel most energy based weaponry.
While the worst case scenario indicated a half mission
survivability rate, the armour is generally able to survive twenty times
what previous armour types were able to use to the new construction system
and the materials used. Included in this bonus is the unexpected ability
to deflect a huge amount of the impact energy from particle and plasma
weaponry. This may be due to the new type of super conductive magnets
that have been placed over the suit, the electromagnetic flows acting
somewhat like the triple enclosure field of the plasma saber.
Averaging all conditions, the plates should last for a total of
one hundred and eight missions before critical stress is placed upon them.
In the case of critical stress failure, the plate will hold together sue
to the way the material sandwich is put together. This should still
provide a lot of protection, or at least enough for the suit pilot to be
able to make their way back to base.
Materials:
Ceramal type eight
Ceramal Type eight consists of a bubble-core ceramics that is
enhanced with strands of nano-molecular carbon fibre tubes to provide
strength in case of shattering. A combination alloy of
iron-titanium-carbon sixty-carbon seventy is then pressure forced into the
ceramic shell at a temperature of seventeen thousand four hundred degrees
under a pressure of one thousand three hundred kilograms per square
centimetre. The resultant light armour facing is then able to stand up to
small missiles containing a charge of approximately 500 kilograms of TNT.
There is little chance of vibrational stress shattering due to the
inclusion of the carbon fibres.
Carbon 60
Carbon 70
These are two types of molecules of carbon commonly referred to as
"bucky balls". A common feature of these bucky balls is that they have an
ability to be as hard as diamond but extremely flexible. Because of this,
the substance can be used for a lot of things that would have been
impractical otherwise, including the making of room temperature
superconductors. An additional benefit of bucky balls is the ability they
have to reform under the correct conditions into carbon fibre tubes.
Cloth made from these tubes is an excellent and strong bulletproof
material with a one milimetre layer being equal in stopping power to three
centimetres of kevlar.
Nano-molecular carbon tube cloth with molecular armour and sensor-net
system.
As the tubes are formed, molecular electronics and specialized
metals are placed inside alone with an energy distribution system designed
to enhance the effects of the properties of those metals. The electronics
contained within are simple localized sensors which are keyed into armour
integrity. Any disruption in the integrity causes the metals to clump due
to the energy discharges within the tubing. Said discharges allow the
metals to realign along a new line making a light 'patch' for the heavier
armour. An additional advantage is that this cloth is hard to cut except
with a laser. Cutting this cloth even with a laser requires several
minutes per centimetre as the integrity of the cloth is slowly damaged.
This is especially well used in less armoured areas such as the joints or
the neck as the cloth can be made thin, and still retain the properties of
a much thicker armour.
Nano-molecular carbon tube layering with fulerton super conductive wiring
contained in the centre of the composite structure.
This is a layer of super conductive wiring designed to have the
effect of enhancing the abilities of the onboard protection systems
designed by Bert. Besides a low level particle system which deflects most
of the energy of an object by literally melting the object before impact,
the electromagnetic fields are particularly effective against plasma and
particle beam weaponry. Another advantage of this system is that by
increasing the field momentarily in an area, the effects of a self
contained energy blade, such as the plasma sabers, can effectively be
nullified by creative a magnetic field for the blade to bounce off of. An
Additional factor is that with enough power, the suit is capable of silent
flight over the city due to magnetic levitation. The only problem with
this technique is the disruption it would cause to local electrical
equipment because of it's non-directional approach due to the weight of
both the armour and weaponry.
Included in this layer are special overload discharge capacitors
which can absorb more energy immediately and place it within the regular
capacitor systems over a period of several minutes.
Starlite
A composite material that is used in high heat situations. It
allows heat to be stopped befor critical dammage to the systems can occur.
Silver
Silver has the advantage of being 94% reflective on all ranges of
light in the electromagnetic spectrum making it ideal for use against
lasers. In past, the silver coating was used as a way of covering the
surface of the armour. Now in addition to that, small microscopic balls
of silver are mixed in as part of the surface paint for the equipment and
vehicles, this reduces the impact from laser energy by about 12% of total.
Construction:
>From inner layer to outer layer.
Layer one:
Nano-molecular carbon tube cloth with molecular armour and sensor-net
system.
Layer two:
Cross hatched Nono-molecular fibres.
Layer Three:
Starlite
Layer Four:
Cross hatched Nono-molecular fibres.
Layer Five:
Nano-molecular carbon tube layering with fulerton super conductive wiring
contained in the centre of the composite structure.
Layer Six:
Cross hatched Nono-molecular fibres.
Layer Seven:
Ceramal type eight
Layer Eight:
Silver Coating
Layer Nine:
Micro-silver paint.
SIMULATION 732, 113 RESULTS:
Impact Force: 27.8 tonnes per square centimetre.
Laser resistance: 83% reduction in impact energy.
Plasma Laser resistance: 81.4% reduction in impact energy.
Particle Laser resistance: 65.2% reduction in impact energy.
Electrical Impact: 99.4% reduction in impact energy.
Plasma Burst: 64.3% reduction in impact energy.
Plasma Beam: 73% reduction in impact energy.
Particle Beam: 47% reduction in impact energy.
High-Density projectile: 65% reduction in impact energy.
Theoretical lifetime: 108 missions.
Warning: Theoretical data only.
Recomendation: Softsuit used be made of nono-molecular
fibres.
Improved capabilities: Electromagnetic field can float armour
approximately 58 metres above the ground
in a prone position.
END SIMULATION RESULTS.
Hitomi
Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@terminal.autobahn.mb.ca
http://204.112.189.3/~hitomi
"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask questions."