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Designation:
Dupont CVR-6 Body Armor
- Type: Hard Armor
- Year Introduced: 2050
- Weight:
- (w/o leggings) 8.2 kg (CVR-6M), 7.1 kg (CVR-6F), 10.6 kg (CVR-6C)
- (w/ leggings) 11.9 kg (CVR-6M), 10.2 kg (CVR-6F), 15.6 kg (CVR-6C)
In 2048 RDF command approved a proposal to update the CVR-3 and -4 series body
armor with new technology. The alliance with the sentinels races following the
conclusion of the 3rd Robotech War led to an exchange of technical knowledge and
many new discoveries that could be used to improve the military designs used by
the RDF. One of the most dramatic new discoveries was molecular aligned metallic
alloys taught to RDF engineers by the Spherians. MA alloys were chains of
molecules arranged in interlocking geometric patterns which eliminated material
flaws and dramatically increased alloy strength. The procedure was similar to
how turbine blades for jet fighters were produced in the late 20th and early
21st centuries but was far cheaper and could be manufactured on a much greater
scale. MA alloys were used as the basis for the new CVR-6 body armors that would
replace the older CVR-3 armors currently in service.
CVR-6 body armor comes in two different versions, a standard version and a
CVR-6C heavy combat version which features increased strength at the cost of
some flexibility and agility. CVR-3 and CVR-6 armor is interchangeable, meaning
that a CVR-6 armor will work with older cyclones (and CVR-3 armor will work with
the second generation cyclones). CVR-6C armor is specifically designed for the VR-066
Hurricane and the VR-074
Gorilla and will not work with other cyclone models. Like CVR-3 armor, CVR-6
armor is available in separate styles for men and women.
Vulnerable areas of the pilot are the upper arms, and a small part of the
abdomen and back. The armor consists of a light helmet, a breastplate with
shoulder guards, forearm guards, a groin harness, light thigh armor, and heavy
boots that constitute the legs in cyclones Battloid mode.
The CVR-6 armor has the following features:
- Limited temperature control, by the use of Peltier-electric cooling units
in armor, conducting heat between the thermally conducting inner and outer
layers of the breastplate, helmet, and leg armors. A simple reversal of the
voltage can alternate the armor from heating to cooling the pilot. Between
the thermally conducting layers on all these pieces, and on the inner
surfaces of all other pieces of armor, is a thin insulating layer, designed
to minimize non-directed heat transfer. The Peltier-electric units are
powered by small batteries in the armor units that contain them, and are
designed to assist pilot comfort in hot and cold climes. The units are
insufficient for protection above 60 and below -35 degrees Celsius.
- Filter and independent Oxygen supply, 90 minutes maximum with filter and 5
minutes with internal Oxygen alone. The CVR helmet is normally unsealed, but
when a seal is desired (or pressure drops suddenly) an inflatable ring at
the base of the helmet expands, making a seal around the pilot's neck. This
does not make the CVR an environment suit; the primary purpose of this
system is to provide battlefield protection against chemical warfare in
conjunction with a specially designed under-suit, and to provide some
protection for a pilot, until a rescue team can arrive, should his vehicle
depressurize in space.
- Heat resistant up to 500K for brief periods
- Helmet with variable-tint photochromic polarized polycarbon faceplate.
- Radio microphone and speakers in the helmet.
- Optional utility belt that mounts to the Cyclone mounting points on the
groin harness.
It is possible to wear an environment suit under the CVR armor, with the
external consumables supply leads going through the CVR armor by way of special
channels in the armor, after which they can plug into the mecha's life-support
system or, for unmounted wearers, into a standard environmental supply backpack.
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Layout adapted from Robotech
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Content by Jeffrey R. Spillner
Copyright © 2000, 1999, 1998 Jeffrey R. Spillner
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