Combat hard suit

Combat hard suits are body armor used by soldiers. It consists of a durable but flexible fabric layer on the parts of the body that require flexibility. And inflexible but lightweight panels of ablative ceramic over the more vital parts of the body.

Most combat hard suits have their own screen projectors. Energy screens are kept operating at all times, but are relatively weak. Kinetic screens are connected to a sensor system, so they only activate when a rapidly moving object is approaching.

In the event that a suit's screens take too much damage, the capacitors will need to recharge and the screen will fail, the user must simply avoid fire for a short period of time, and the screens will reactivate after a short recharge period. Suit screen power sources are rated for 1 hour of constant generation (although suit screens only activate for a millisecond or two at a time to stop a single projectile, so the screens last much longer than one hour).

If the screens take too much damage over a long period of time, the projectors will fail rather than just the capacitors discharging. If this occurs the projectors must be replaced, but they are designed to be hot-swappable. Most soldiers carry at least 3 spare projectors.

Combat hard suits are sealable to protect the wearer in harsh environments (including vacuum).

Most combat hard suits have an advanced medical suite, mostly for field diagnosis. They contain a system of nozzles which can fill a wound with coagulatory foam. This is a stop-gap measure and the soldier will require medical attention eventually. In the event a soldier is wounded, the suit's on-board systems will contact the squad medic and alert them of the injury.

Combat hard suits are equipped to deal with a soldier's needs in the field, particularly a soldier's bathroom needs.

Hard suits come with a removable helmet, which has a built-in drinking tube and radio system.

Most hard suit systems interface with a soldier's neural implants, allowing communication without speaking out loud, as well as providing information on armor condition and their weapon's information (rounds remaining, built in magnification, etc.).