File:		H8G4b56.OV

Item:		Softsuit Armour General Specification File

Description:

	This file is the second 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 softsuit general operations section as
designed by Sylia Stingray and Bert Van Vliet in the year 2036.

Softsuit:

Vocal Log:

	"Before Priss, heck even after Priss, it been hard for me to
design softsuits due to the ergonomic considerations.  Being the only male
fighting member of the Knight Sabers doesn't lend itself well toward your
mental well being.  As such, I usually left the suit capabilities to
Sylia, not bothering to understand how they worked except for a general
overview.
	Unfortunately I no longer have that option.
	Thanks to some bloody inconvenient safety devices Sylia installed
in the original series of hardsuits and softsuits, I can no longer leave
any part of the manufacturing alone in case it happens again.  Although
Sylia would say that I am just looking to go solo one of these days, my
concern is more for what may happen.  I do not want to use a suit that has
a shutdown code.
	Now others on the team, specifically Sylia, Nene, and Linna, would
love to keep the system in the suits as a way of keeping Priss and I in
line.  The reason I want it out is so that no one can send override codes
and shut me down.  Especially the General who I figure would be looking
for any reason to get my suit.
	So what could I do?
	Well, we went over all our options and decided to make the
softsuit entirely out of carbon fibre.  Not regular carbon fibre, but
nano-molecular tubes which is based in two layers and contains the control
sequencers that are required to send nerve and movement impulses to the
hardsuits fuzzy logic processing components.  Basically, it's a modern
version of the 'copy suit' that was developed to do computer animation,
but with a much better response and acuity.
	What really amazes me is that softsuits, which so many people
think are really high tech since they are required for a person to wear
battle armour properly, were developed off of a combination of old video
game and animation software and hardware of the '90's.  When I think of
all of the sophisticated softsuit designs that the military are using in
comparison, I _know_ that they spend first and think later.  Somehow it
figures.  Put a scientist or an engineer on a project, and it will be
improved to obsolescence.
	Not being trained as everyone else in this century was, I tend to
do first and think later, since none of my designs would have been
approved otherwise.
	Personally, I love getting on Sylia nerves with my little
innovations."



Materials:

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 millimetre 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 the softsuit are designed to provide a form of armour if
it ever becomes necessary to get out of the hardsuit.  At a small signal
which is activated by the wearer, the metals clump due to the energy
discharges within the tubing.  Said discharges allow the metals to realign
along a new line making a strong, but light armour suit.  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.

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."