Power Suit

Power Suit
Specifications
Type	Powered armor
Faction	United Citizen Federation
Affiliation	Mobile Infantry Marines Elite Guard
Function	Mechanical Warfare
Weapons	Morita Mk I Rifle (smart-linked to HUD) Twin rocket pack attachment (TAC nuke compatable) Multiple Rocket launcher pack attachment Rotary Cannon attachment Jump jet

The Power Suit is a Powered armor utilized by the United Citizen Federation during the Second Bug War. A Power Suit consists two parts: the Inner Body Suit and the Powered Suit.

History

Despite various previous Powered armor suits having been used by the Mobile Infantry the Power Suit was the first to be used in large numbers. During the Second Bug War special forces equiped with these suits began to be used in combat missons such as during the Battle of Kwalasha.

During an Arachnid attack on the Military Intelligence base Fort Casey where two Fleet ships each containing a Power Suit equipped squad engaged Arachnids. These two squads later were engaged on the John A. Warden Incident where an Arachnid Queen took control of the ship John A. Warden (7902) and crashed it onto Earth in an attempt to infest the human homeworld.

During the Second Battle of Mars several Power Suit squads were engaged in the battle with the unit Lost Patrol having dropped from orbit and deactivating a secretly placed Q Bomb before retreating back into orbit.

Components

Inner Suit

The Inner Suit is a "Muscle suit" which provides the trooper with extra muscle power. The suit is worn inside the Powered Suit.

Concept art for Inner Suit (Male)

Inner Suit (Male)

Inner Suit (Female, Mobile Infantry)

Inner Suit (Female, Fleet)

Inner Suit (Female, Fleet)

Main Powered Suit

The Main Powered Suit is an external armor worn over a inner suit, and powered by a battery. Every part of a Power Suit is mass produced with standardization in mind, hence a trooper can salvage parts from fallen soldiers powersuits on the battlefield. There are male and female versions for both Inner Suit and Main Powered Suit. The female version Powered Suit is more streamlined than the male version.

Body armor (Battle Armor)

There are several hardpoints on the armor for various optional equipment and weapons to be attached and removed, such as a Back Gatling gun, a combat knife, ammo bags (only seen on the Art version), extra armor (also only seen on Art version) and a Multi-purpose Back Launcher which can hold either two large missiles or eleven small high explosive grenades. There are three different types of missiles; a nuke missile (marked with a red outline in the front) which fires a nuclear warhead, a cluster missile (marked with a yellow outline) which breaks up into smaller cluster rockets, and a chemical missile (marked with a white outline) which releases a gas that's toxic to the bugs. On each elbow, there is a large hardpoint, which is made for interfacing with vehicles.

Weapons can be placed on the rack on the back. Each suit comes equipped with magnetic soles under the feet, to enable the wearer to walk on metal surfaces even in low gravity. The armor also enables a trooper with a super jump as well as a sneak mode (silencing footsteps).

In the Invasion mobile tie-in game, two jump jets are located on the boots and can only be used for a limited amount of time. The later version saw in Traitor of Mars feature only one large jump jet located in the backpack which will open or close when use, it's powered by a limited fuel supply carried in the suit which can enable a trooper to soften a landing, hover in places and perform very high jumps.

Helmet

Each helmet has a flashlight mounted on both left & right sides. There are four camera-eyes on the visor that provide visuals, displayed on the other side of the visor. There is a HUD system inside the helmet.

Helmets can be linked to other weapon systems, such as missile launcher onboard a Landing Ship.

The Helmet is made of a very strong metal material that has very high ballistic resistance, able to receive a bullet from a Morita and the bullet to ricochet from the Helmet

Close up of the helmet.

The HUD inside the visor.

Unit colors

Each unit has a different color, pattern, or word layout on the armor. For example the A-01 armor is a dark green and the K-12 armor is lighter green in a digital camouflage pattern, while the Elite Guard and Marauder Team have black armor.

A-01 Team
Standard dark green with word "A-01"

K-12 Team
A lighter green digital camouflage pattern with incline "K-12" printed on the armor

Elite Guard
Black armor

Roughnecks Marauder Team
Black armor

Personal emblems

Some troopers have their own personal emblems on their helmets as seen in follows:

Tony Daugherty

Ice Blonde

Shock Jock

Mech

Tia "Trig" Durer

Chow

Henry "Hero" Varro

Otis "Bugspray" Hacks

Ratzass

Holy Man

Kharon

Gunfodder

Johnny Rico

Baba

Camacho

Geo

One-Oh-One

Dutch

Merchandise

D-D-Wave

Ratzass figure

• Powered Suit Ratzass (PVC figure, 2012)

This is a figure of Ratzass holding his Gatling gun, only sold within the Starship Troopers: Invasion Blu-ray DVD limited version with only 1500 sets.

The decal needed to be applied by the collectors themselves.

Square Enix

Play Arts Kai Henry Varro

• STARSHIP TROOPERS INVASION Colonel Henry Varro[sic] (Play Arts Kai, 2013)
  • Accessories: Assault rifle*1, Grenade*1, Optional hands, Display stand*1

This is a Play Arts Kai action figure of Henry Varro.

Notes

• The female Inner Body Suit seems to be the normal uniform for a female personnel, as Ice Blonde and Trig both only wear the inner suit during the intermission, while Carmen Ibanez and Captain Jonah wear the suits under their jackets.
• The Power Suit seems more vulnerable than the Powered Armor in the novel as the enemy possesses weaponry powerful enough to destroy the armor with ease. However, the Power Suit is much lighter as the novel version are described as a "steel gorilla". Plus, it is shown to be durable from bullets powerful enough to pierce Warrior carapaces.
• Most troopers have their names near the armor between the chest and the neck, much like those in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, who have their names on the helmets.
• Much similar to the 1988 anime, the troopers use a variety of machine guns as primary armaments, such as Morita Mk III SAW and Gatling guns.
• In the Japanese version of Starship Troopers: Invasion, the Suit is known as Powered Suit (パワードスーツ Pawādo Sūtsu), the alternative name for the Powered Armor as mentioned in the original novel.
• The Inner Suit is also known as Inner Body Suit (インナーボディースーツ Innnābodīsūtsu).
• The idea for mounted weapons and jetpack on the suit have already been planned since Starship Troopers: Invasion such as the the suit already sported two weapons rails on the far back of the shoulders. However due to unknown reason, it did not make it into the final film until the sequel.

Appearances

• Starship Troopers: Invasion
• Starship Troopers: Invasion "Mobile Infantry"
• Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
• Starship Troopers: Terran Command

Gallery

Lost Patrol dropping onto Mars Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

Lost Patrol on Mars Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

On FedNet in Starship Troopers: Terran Command

Concept art

The earliest know version of the suit sketched by Mr. Aramaki in 2009.

The first idea for the suit when Starship Troopers: Invasion enter production.

Early idea for the Suit Jetpack in action.

Early idea for how the Suit Helmet amd Body Armor open or close.

Early version for the whole design.

Early idea for the Suit optional equipment (Sniper).

Early idea for the Suit optional equipment (Heavy).

Unique version of Rico suit which later evolved into him having a Marauder Mark-II for the final act of the film.

Early version of the suit showcasing how the body armor moves with the user action.

Early version showcasing how the Suit can be take out.

Cut design for a Cannon shoulder mounted weapon.

Equipments the Suit can equipped. None of the make it into the final version.

Early suit back view.

Power Suit Troopers Mood Art.

Power Suit (Male, K-12)

Power Suit (Male, K-12)

Power Suit (Male, A-01)

Power Suit (Female, A-01)

Finalized Suit Design back view.

Designs for helmet variants. Each for different units seen in the film. 1th for A-01, 2th for K-12, 3th for Jenkins Elite Guard, 4th for Rico Marauders.

References

• Starship Troopers: Invasion, Power Suits (Dead link)
• Mobile Infantry T's Diary #8: Powered Suit (Dead link; Japanese)

Citations

See also

• Powered armor
• Marauder Suit
• Power Armor (Dominant Species)

External links

• Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars [2017]; Armor Suit - YouTube

Starship Troopers: Invasion A-01 Daugherty - Ice Blonde - Mech - Chase - Shock Jock - Trig - Chow K-12 Hero - Bugspray - Ratzass - Holy Man - Kharon - Gunfodder Big Three General Rico - Minister Jenkins - Captain Ibanez Ships John A. Warden - Alesia - Franklin - Ishizuka - Sheridan - L-6 Satellite Base Related topics Power Suit - Marauder MK-II - Marauder Team - Marines (Elite Guard) - FIB