Civitas Americae
10-11-2005, 03:30
Lieutenant Gail McAllen flung himself to the ground as rifle fire erupted from the fortified camp that he and his Mithril special operations team were assaulting.
“Damn, I’d hoped we would have gotten a bit closer before they started shooting.”
“Just rotten luck sir” replied Sergeant Jackson. “We can still rush them though.”
“You’re right. First and third squads, lay down a covering fire. Second and fourth squads, follow me.”
Heavy machine gun and automatic grenade fire burst forth as McAllen and his other soldiers charged towards the compound. Of course, the Mithril soldiers were just firing blanks, as this was a training exercise.
And for precisely the same reason, the Marine OpFor wasn’t.
McAllen stumbled and crashed to the ground as three .50 caliber machine gun rounds slammed into his chest. Picking himself up, he sprayed the offending machine gun nest with .50 caliber rounds of his own, causing the Marines to drop in simulated death. Up ahead, the rest of the platoon was eliminating the remaining strong points as he trotted up to rejoin them.
“Ah, they gotcha sir, did they?”
“Yeah. I just hope that this isn’t coming out of my salary.”
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Mk I Assault Battle Suit
Developed to aid Mithril commandos in assaults on fortified compounds, the Assault Battle Suit is a testament to the engineers of Neu Sachsen Combat Systems Inc. Having purchased the rights to the Hybrid Assistive Limb system, the engineers improved upon it, vastly increasing its strength, though this required a return to a backpack to carry batteries. Once again inspiration struck, and commercially available supercapacitors were used, giving the suit power for combat operations lasting up to six hours, with recharge via APC taking only a few minutes.
The actual armor of the suit is built out of aluminum oxinytride, molded into the proper shapes. In some areas this armor is as thick as three inches, giving the user the ability to take multiple hits from a .50 caliber machine gun and still remain combat effective. However, it is recommended that portions so hit be replaced before the next battle, if possible, as this will reduce the suit's armor effectiveness.
Needless to say, the armor makes aiming traditional weapons a bit hard. To counter this, the suit contains a heads up display and is Bluetooth enabled. Modified versions of traditional Civitas Americae weapons incorporate this Bluetooth technology to deliver their aim point information to the suit, which then shows where the weapon is aimed with a crosshair on the HUD. Currently these weapons include the AK-103, the Javelin missile launcher, the M2 heavy machine gun, and the Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher (which can be used in a semi-automatic mode with the battle suit modifications). With the last two weapons, a battle rifle trigger has been added, so that the weapons may be carried and fired in a fashion similar to that of a conventional assault rifle.
While the Assault Battle Suit is capable of hefting these weapons, and an additional 75kg of ammo or other equipment, it does not substantially add to the users running or jumping abilities, in large part because of the weight of the armor.
In case of a chemical attack, the suit is equipped with a Type 73 gas mask. In addition, the suit is equipped with a cooling system to prevent the users from becoming overheated.
Price per suit: $300,000. Average cost of replacement armor sections: $15,000. The Assault Battle Suit is available for export to approved countries.
“Damn, I’d hoped we would have gotten a bit closer before they started shooting.”
“Just rotten luck sir” replied Sergeant Jackson. “We can still rush them though.”
“You’re right. First and third squads, lay down a covering fire. Second and fourth squads, follow me.”
Heavy machine gun and automatic grenade fire burst forth as McAllen and his other soldiers charged towards the compound. Of course, the Mithril soldiers were just firing blanks, as this was a training exercise.
And for precisely the same reason, the Marine OpFor wasn’t.
McAllen stumbled and crashed to the ground as three .50 caliber machine gun rounds slammed into his chest. Picking himself up, he sprayed the offending machine gun nest with .50 caliber rounds of his own, causing the Marines to drop in simulated death. Up ahead, the rest of the platoon was eliminating the remaining strong points as he trotted up to rejoin them.
“Ah, they gotcha sir, did they?”
“Yeah. I just hope that this isn’t coming out of my salary.”
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Mk I Assault Battle Suit
Developed to aid Mithril commandos in assaults on fortified compounds, the Assault Battle Suit is a testament to the engineers of Neu Sachsen Combat Systems Inc. Having purchased the rights to the Hybrid Assistive Limb system, the engineers improved upon it, vastly increasing its strength, though this required a return to a backpack to carry batteries. Once again inspiration struck, and commercially available supercapacitors were used, giving the suit power for combat operations lasting up to six hours, with recharge via APC taking only a few minutes.
The actual armor of the suit is built out of aluminum oxinytride, molded into the proper shapes. In some areas this armor is as thick as three inches, giving the user the ability to take multiple hits from a .50 caliber machine gun and still remain combat effective. However, it is recommended that portions so hit be replaced before the next battle, if possible, as this will reduce the suit's armor effectiveness.
Needless to say, the armor makes aiming traditional weapons a bit hard. To counter this, the suit contains a heads up display and is Bluetooth enabled. Modified versions of traditional Civitas Americae weapons incorporate this Bluetooth technology to deliver their aim point information to the suit, which then shows where the weapon is aimed with a crosshair on the HUD. Currently these weapons include the AK-103, the Javelin missile launcher, the M2 heavy machine gun, and the Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher (which can be used in a semi-automatic mode with the battle suit modifications). With the last two weapons, a battle rifle trigger has been added, so that the weapons may be carried and fired in a fashion similar to that of a conventional assault rifle.
While the Assault Battle Suit is capable of hefting these weapons, and an additional 75kg of ammo or other equipment, it does not substantially add to the users running or jumping abilities, in large part because of the weight of the armor.
In case of a chemical attack, the suit is equipped with a Type 73 gas mask. In addition, the suit is equipped with a cooling system to prevent the users from becoming overheated.
Price per suit: $300,000. Average cost of replacement armor sections: $15,000. The Assault Battle Suit is available for export to approved countries.