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Martian colony 43 R&D Thread (FT,Closed, SIC)

Martian colony 43
04-04-2006, 00:11
OOC: Yes, I realize theres a million of these, but you gotta put it down on paper somewhere.

To: John McClane, Ministry of Defence
From: Honky Jitters, Martian Colony 43 Weapons, Tech, and Genetic Engineering Centre

Progress Report-

Project: Master Chief

Many years ago, the SPARTAN-II dominated the battlefield, they excelled at SpecOps missions, and were generally an unstoppable force. We at MC43WTGEC have decided to replicate and improve upon these soldiers of legend, aptly named the SPARTAN-III. They will be stronger, smarter, faster, and better than any normal soldier could hope to be, gold tipped nerve endings and all, you dig?

Development rate: 5% per Month (1 RL day)

Project Breastplate

In order to complement to SPARTAN-III's power as best we can, we are creating new power armour, using Mjolnir Mk VI as a template, and incorporating various features found in Mandalorian and Darktrooper armour, plus a few newer Martian innovations. Here is an extremely boring but nescessary list of the features.

1. Wrist-mounted blaster- Thanks to adaptation of an adjustable power pack, does not need the battery reloads of a normal blaster.

2. Wrist-mounted defoliant projector

3. Advanced Heads Up Display- Featuring Macrobinoculars, thermographic vison, electrcal output vision, movement sensors, sound sensors/amplifiers, (limited) X-ray vision, weapon status monitor, heart monitor, computer/database.

4.Helmet features- Broadband antenna, Environmental filter, Aquata rebreather.

5.Jump-Jets

6. Active Camouflage- Can only be used a few minutes at a time, despite our best efforts.

7. Personal shielding system- Increased to 36% more endurance, but can still break under sustained fire.

8.Sound suppressants

9.Synth-Muscle system- Exactly what it sounds like, Synthetic Muscle. It can grow and expand like real muscle, allowing the suit to "bulk up" and get stronger.

10. TO BE DEVELOPED-- Armour repairing Nanites.

11. Onboard "Franky" AI.

Development rate: 5% per Month (1 RL day)
Martian colony 43
05-04-2006, 08:46
Project Master Chief: Status-10%
Project Breastplate: Status-10%
Martian colony 43
06-04-2006, 08:14
Project Master Chief: Status-15%
Project Breastplate: Status-15%
Martian colony 43
07-04-2006, 06:34
Project Master Chief: Status-20%
Project Breastplate: Status-20%
Martian colony 43
08-04-2006, 02:05
Project Master Chief: Status-25%
Project Breastplate: Status-25%
Martian colony 43
09-04-2006, 01:32
Project Master Chief: Status-30%
Project Breastplate: Status-30%
Martian colony 43
10-04-2006, 05:40
Project Master Chief: Status-35%
Project Breastplate: Status-35%
Martian colony 43
11-04-2006, 06:31
Project Master Chief: Status-40%
Project Breastplate: Status-40%
Martian colony 43
12-04-2006, 06:38
Project Master Chief: Status-45%
Project Breastplate: Status-45%
Martian colony 43
13-04-2006, 01:19
Project Master Chief: Status-50%
Project Breastplate: Status-50%
Martian colony 43
14-04-2006, 03:19
Project Master Chief: Status-55%
Project Breastplate: Status-55%
Martian colony 43
15-04-2006, 02:34
Project Master Chief: Status-60%
Project Breastplate: Status-60%
Martian colony 43
16-04-2006, 01:38
Project Master Chief: Status-65%
Project Breastplate: Status-65%
Martian colony 43
17-04-2006, 02:24
Project Master Chief: Status-70%
Project Breastplate: Status-70%
Martian colony 43
18-04-2006, 03:56
Project Master Chief: Status-75%
Project Breastplate: Status-75%
Martian colony 43
19-04-2006, 08:16
Project Master Chief: Status-80%
Project Breastplate: Status-80%
Martian colony 43
20-04-2006, 03:43
Project Master Chief: Status-85%
Project Breastplate: Status-85%
Martian colony 43
21-04-2006, 03:44
Project Master Chief: Status-90%
Project Breastplate: Status-90%

To: John McClane, Ministry of Defence
From: Honky Jitters, Martian Colony 43 Weapons, Tech, and Genetic Engineering Centre

Things are looking pretty good from our end. We in our infinite wisdom have decided to put a few more little gadgets into the armour. Here's another boring list.

1. Vibro-plates- Using then same vibration technology that makes a vibro-weapon so damaging, we've added vibro-plates to the knuckles and toe-caps of the armour, combined with the synth-muscle, pnuematic strength systems, and the steroids we've been feeding the Spartans from day one, any body they hit will not be getting up again.

2.HUD upgrades- The HUD now shows the entire thermographic spectrum, plus an inbuilt speedometer, don't ask me why. The Spartans might find it useful.

3.Turbine- Its been demonstrated time and time again that Spartans cannot swim in thier armour, therefore we've given them the same turbine equipment you'd find on an Imperial seatrooper, sort of the underwater equivalent of a jetpack. Clever, no?

As for the Spartans themselves, they're all fine. We have twenty-five Spartans, age accelarated to age fourteen. They are in premium condition for the first batch of bone-grafts and nuerosuppliments.
Martian colony 43
22-04-2006, 04:33
Project Master Chief: Status-95%
Project Breastplate: Status-95%
Martian colony 43
23-04-2006, 05:46
Project Master Chief: Status-100%
Project Breastplate: Status-100%

To: John McClane, Ministry of Defence
From: Honky Jitters, Martian Colony 43 Weapons, Tech, and Genetic Engineering Centre

Yay. Now we kill things very goodly. We have twenty-five Spartan-III supersoldiers, age accelerated to Twenty years of age. With their flashy new suits, we can only assume they will be as good, or better than, John-117. With the needed experience of course.

We have also decided to incorporate the use of Nanites into various fields, particularly armour. Nanites can repair wrecked armour on ships and vehicles by covering the armour with themselves, patching up any wounds. It'll take us a few months to program them and get a few things worked out though.

Progress rate: 20% per NS month (4 RL days)
Current status: 0%