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 Life support fields are available, but expensive.
 =====Battledresses=====
-All of these powered armors require battledress skill to operate.
+All of these powered armors require battledress skill to operate. You need ranks equal to how much higher the lifting/striking ST of the suit is than your ST for TL 11 suits. TL 10 suits require +5 ranks, TL 9 +10 ranks. Each starting 5 missing ranks gives -1 DX.  Most suits have adjustable lifting/striking ST withing a range.
-====Heavy Battlesuit (TL10)====
+Suits other than cybersuits require 1 hour at a workshop and an armoury(power armor) roll to change the ST.
-Standard heavy infantry armor. Being quickly replaced in active units by the cybersuits, but will be the core of reserve infantry for a long time.
+====Heavy Battlesuits====
+===Dreadnought Battlesuit(TL11)===
+The new clumsy heavy battlesuit prototype. The shift to cybersuits for new armor meant that only about 4.5 million of these were ever made. They are operated by few of the Army heavy infantry instead of heavy battlesuits.
+These heavily-armored battlesuits incorporate portable nuclear fusion reactors, giving them unsurpassed endurance compared to earlier powered armor. A single suit can support its operator for months or even years, although he’d probably go crazy if he were stuck in there all the time.
+A dreadnought battlesuit is about the size of a heavy battlesuit (SM +1; about eight feet tall), but has more mass. Its armor is composed of titanium carbide-diamondoid nanolaminate over inner shock- and radiation-absorbing layers of liquid armor, stabilized metallic hydrogen, and bioplas.
+A dreadnought suit’s laminated armor gets doubled DR vs. shaped charge warheads (including HEMP). Like the heavy battlesuit, it also has integral superconductor-based electromagnetic armor: this increases the suit’s protection to triple DR against any shaped-charge warheads or plasma bolts. The electromagnetic armor operates off a separate D cell and is good for 20 uses.
+The suit has a full regenerative life support system, which provides continued temperature, air, and water (but not food). It is designed for operations in a wide variety of hostile environments. With its helmet on, it is sealed, and has climate control (-459° F to 1,000°F), pressure support (100 atm.), radiation protection (PF 20), and vacuum support.
+Its helmet includes a filter mask , Near miss indicator, an inertial compass , hearing protection , a hyperspectral visor , a medium laser comm and a medium radio.
+The suit’s body incorporates biomedical sensors , trauma maintenance, a provisions dispenser with two weeks of provisions, and a waste relief system. There are olfactory and audio sensors so the user can hear and smell outside the suit. The suit’s surface has a tactical ESM.
+Its powerful amplified muscles give it Lifting and Striking ST 40-45, Basic Move +3, and Super Jump 3. The suit has radar stealth,Multispectral Chameleon Surface. But the chameleon capability is nullified while the nuclear reactor is operating. To avoid this problem, a backup power cell system can operate the suit for 12 hours. The reactor needs an hour to cool off after being shut down.
+Typical trained infantry forces are at -5 DX.
+===Heavy Battlesuit(TL10)  ===
+The TL 10 Heavy Battlesuit it the standard heavy infantry armor. Being quickly replaced in active units by the cybersuits, but will be the core of reserve infantry for a long time.
 These highly-mobile suits can fight in almost any environment. They have enough life support to keep the user
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 tanks with a 72-hour air supply.
-The suit’s exoskeleton grants Lifting and Striking ST+20.
+The suit’s exoskeleton grants Lifting and Striking ST 30-35.
 It has Basic Move +2 and Super Jump 1
 It is no longer produced. There are more than 400 million in use/reserve storage.
-Operating a heavy suit without penalty requires 20 ranks(72 points) of battlesuit skill, each starting 5 ranks(20 points) below the level causes -1 to DX. Typical trained infantry forces are at -3 DX.
+Typical trained infantry forces are at -4 DX.
-====Commando Battlesuit (TL10)====
+=== Combat Walkers (TL9) ===
+These early designs have a barrel-shaped torso that
+blends into the head. There is no neck or waist articulation;
+the user must rely on sensors to see behind him and cannot
+twist his torso around. The suit’s hands are also crude (but
+very strong) grippers. Combat walkers built for humans
+stand 2.4 meters tall (SM +2).
+A combat walker is more mobile than a tank, but its
+agility remains limited. The suit can sit or kneel, but the
+user cannot crawl, get up from a prone position, jump, or
+swim. On the other hand, the walker is covered with
+depleted uranium composite laminate over high hardness
+steel alloy, and can shrug off fire from light anti-tank
+weapons.
+The suit’s exoskeleton provides Lifting ST 30-35 and
+Striking ST 30-35. Due to its longer legs, it also adds +1 to
+Basic Move. While wearing the suit, the wearer suffers Bad
+Grip 2 (p. B123). The entire suit’s weight is ignored for
+encumbrance. However, if the combat walker loses power,
+the wearer is effectively paralyzed until he leaves the suit.
+The suit has several standard accessories: a GPS (p. 74),
+hearing protection (p. 171), biomedical sensors (p. 187),
+and a waste relief system (p. 187). Its helmet electronics
+include a hyperspectral visor (p. 61), a medium radio
+(p. 44), and a small laser comm (p. 44). The helmet has
+audio sensors so the user can hear outside the suit, but it
+lacks olfactory sensors; unless the hatch is opened, the
+user suffers from No Sense of Smell/Taste (p. B146) when
+dealing with the outside world. The suit’s surface has a tac-
+tical ESM (p. 62), and incorporates infrared cloaking
+(p. 99) and radar stealth (p. 100).
+A combat walker is slightly more roomy than most other
+battlesuits. This means that it is a “one size fits all” suit that
+does not require special fitting to each user. It has a hatch
+at the back that the user must climb into; due to its height,
+the suit should be in a kneeling posture to enter, or it takes
+an extra second to clamber into it. Entry and exit are otherwise similar to most battlesuits.
+A combat walker is designed for operations on hostile alien
+worlds. It can walk underwater, but cannot float or swim. It
+has vacuum support, and can operate underwater or in
+superdense atmospheres. It is sealed, and provides climate
+control (-459° F to 300°F), pressure support (30 atm.), radi-
+ation protection (PF 10), and vacuum support. It has two
+large air tanks, giving a it a 48 hour air supply at TL9.
+Operating a combat walker without penalty requires 30 ranks(112 points) of battlesuit skill, each starting 5 ranks(20 points) below the level causes -1 to DX. Typical trained infantry forces are at -5 DX.
+====Light Battlesuits====
+===Commando Battlesuit (TL10)===
 This is a lightweight, agile, form-fitting powered armor suit.
 It is used by all active duty non infantry units and the armor of the secondary reserve infantry. Many noble guards also operate it.
-Its exoskeleton gives +15 to Lifting and
+Its exoskeleton gives 25-30 Lifting and
 Striking ST and Super Jump 2. Biomedical sensors and a waste relief system are
 standard features. The suit’s surface has infrared
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 There are almost a billion in use/storage combined in the army and the noble guards using it.  It is being replaced in active duty army units by the cybersuit.
-Operating a Commando Battlesuit without penalty requires 15 ranks(32 points) of battlesuit skill, each starting 5 ranks(20 points) below the level causes -1 to DX. Typical trained infantry forces are at -2 DX.
+Typical trained infantry forces are at -3 DX.
 ===Powered Combat Armor (TL9)===
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 boarding actions.
-Powered combat armor gives +10 to Lifting and
+Powered combat armor gives 20-25 to Lifting and
 Striking ST and Super Jump 1. Biomedical sensors
- and a waste relief system  are standard features. The suit’s surface has a tactical ESM
+ and a waste relief system  are standard features. The suit’s surface has a tactical ESM.
-.
 The helmet comes with a filter mask, a
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 There are still almost a billion in use/storage combined in the army and the noble guards using it.
-Operating a Powered Combat Armor without penalty requires 10 ranks(32 points) of battlesuit skill, each starting 5 ranks(20 points) below the level causes -1 to DX. Typical trained infantry forces are at -1 DX.
+Typical trained infantry forces are at -3 DX.
 ===Powered Space Armor TL 10===
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 This complete suit of articulated and pressurized plate
-armor enables its wearer to operate in almost any environment. It could be the standard “space marine” combat
+armor enables its wearer to operate in almost any environment.
-armor. Other space crews may also suit up before entering
+ Other space crews may also suit up before entering
 a battle or visiting a hostile environment, and engineering
 crews may wear it for dangerous damage control tasks –
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 small radio , and an infrared visor.
-They have a light exoskeleton: This is a lower-powered but less bulky exoskeleton. It grants the wearer Lifting ST+10 and Striking ST+6.
+They have a light exoskeleton: This is a lower-powered but less bulky exoskeleton. It grants the wearer Lifting and Striking ST 20-25 .
 There are about 3.5 billion in reserve storage.
-Operating a Powered Space Armor without penalty requires 10 ranks(32 points) of battlesuit skill, each starting 5 ranks(20 points) below the level causes -1 to DX. Typical trained infantry forces are at -1 DX.
+Typical trained infantry forces are at -2 DX.
 ===Powered Combat Hardsuit (TL10)===
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 small radio , and an infrared visor.
-It has a Lower-Body Exoskeleton: They include an exo-supported backpack capable of carrying up to a 70-pound Payload; when the power is on, this load is  not counted toward encumbrance. Battlesuit skill only limits DX and skills for tasks that require lower-body agility, such as melee attacks or  jumping.
+It has a Lower-Body Exoskeleton: They include an exo-supported backpack capable of carrying up to a 70-pound Payload; when the power is on, get 20-25 lifting ST for things in the pack/on torso and lgs only. Battlesuit skill only limits DX and skills for tasks that require lower-body agility, such as melee attacks or jumping.
 There are about 7.3 billion in reserve storage.
-Operating a Powered Combat Hardsuit without penalty requires 10 ranks(32 points) of battlesuit skill, each starting 5 ranks(20 points) below the level causes -1 to DX. Typical trained infantry forces are at -1 DX.
+Typical trained infantry forces are at -1 DX.
 ====Cybersuit (TL11)====
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 encumbrance.  The heavier suits have a Minimum setting that is higher than 0 to allow for the suit weight to be compensated.
-Without using the Strength augmentation you can operate a cybersuit with environment suit skill. Each +1 lifting/striking ST activates requires 1 rank of battlesuit skill. Each starting 5 missing ranks causes -1 DX. You can adjust the ST bonus to any value between the suit type minimum and the suit type maximum.  Such adjustment requires a successful Battesuit roll and 1 second/1 ST change.  Each full +5 ST gives +1 super jump.
+Adjusting the ST requires a successful Battesuit roll and 1 second/1 ST change.  20 ST gives super jump 1 and each full +5 over it +1 more.
 Also note that when wearing a cybersuit you are at -1 to maneuver rolls due to the inertia until you become familiar with such. Each weight class of cybersuits is a separate familiarity.
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 and one second to remove. The suit incorporates a dynamic chameleon surface that automatically
 changes color, pattern and infrared signature to blend in
-with its surroundings. If the wearer desires, he can use
+with its surroundings giving +2 to camouflage. If the wearer desires, he can use
-voice control to override the suit chameleon circuits.
+voice control to override the suit chameleon circuits(normally the imperial service uses their service colors).
-Its built-in systems include a filter mask, hearing protection , a hyperspectral visor , a small
+Its built-in systems include a filter mask, hearing protection, a hyperspectral visor , a small
 radio , infrared cloaking , radar stealth
 , and a tactical ESM. It is sealed and provides vacuum support. The suit itself is also a standard
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 The Imperial military suits add a shield generator and a second D-cell to power it to the features of the base model. The non shielded versions are 9kg lighter than the indicated below.
-====Ultra Light Cybersuit(TL11)====
+===Ultra Light Cybersuit(TL11)===
 This is the new navy vacsuit, quickly replacing older types in service.
-The ST range is +0 to +5 lifting/striking ST.
+The ST range is 7 to 15 lifting/striking ST.
-It has DR 20.
+It has DR 40. The shield is 26 points and it can run for 4 hours on a charge. The shield regenerates 1/2 seconds.
-The military version: 18kg
+It has a radiation PF of 2
-====Light Cybersuit(TL11)====
+===Light Cybersuit(TL11)===
-This is the base support troop model, not meant for heavy combat but giving good defense in secondary roles. Army active support troops are switching to this model. Navy cargo handlers and similar also sometimes get these to be able to switch to higher ST when needed.
+This is the new base support troop model, not meant for heavy combat but giving good defense in secondary roles. Army active support troops are switching to this model. Navy cargo handlers and similar also sometimes get these to be able to switch to higher ST when needed.
-The ST range is +0 to +10 lifting/striking ST.
+The ST range is 10 to 20 lifting/striking ST.
-It has DR 40.
+It has DR 80. The shield is 52 points and it can run for 2 hours on a charge. The shield regenerates 1/2 seconds.
-The military version:  22.5kg
+It has a radiation PF of 4
-====Medium Cybersuit(TL11)====
+===Medium Cybersuit(TL11)===
-This is the main combat model cubersuit. Most army infantry is switching to these.
+This is the new main combat model cybersuit. Most army infantry is switching to these. Most infantry does not suffer DX penalties when using the lower ST settings.
-The ST range is +5 to +15 lifting/striking ST.
+The ST range is 15 to 25 lifting/striking ST.
-It has DR 80.
+It has DR 120. The shield is 104 points and it can run for 1 hour on a charge. There is also space for a second D-cell. If added it doubles the shield run time and does not count against encumbrance.  The shield regenerates 1/2 seconds.
-The military version:  27 kg
+It has a radiation PF of 6
-====Heavy Cybersuit(TL11)====
+===Heavy Cybersuit(TL11)===
-This is the heavy assault suit. Assault infantry troops are switching to these.
+This is the heavy assault suit. Assault infantry troops are switching to these. Extremely well trained infantry does not suffer DX penalties when using the lower ST settings, but a -1 DX is common.
-The ST range is +10 to +20 lifting/striking ST.
+The ST range is 20 to 30 lifting/striking ST.
-It has DR 100.
+It has DR 160. The shield is 156 points and it can run for 30 minutes on a charge. There is also space for a second and third D-cells.If added each such adds 30 minutes to the shield run time and does not count against encumbrance. The shield regenerates 1/2 seconds.
-The military version:  31.5kg
+It has a radiation PF of 8
+===Super Heavy Cybersuit(TL11)===
+The original plans for cybersuits did not include this variant so it is fairly rare, but some army thinkers pushed for a heaver versions and this and the Extremely heavy version have been produced in small numbers. It suffers from the same DX issues as old style heavy battle suits even when used by well trained troops.
-====Super Heavy Cybersuit(TL11)====
+The ST range is 25 to 35 lifting/striking ST.
-The original plans for cybersuits did not include this variant so it is fairly rare, but some army thinkers pushed for a heaver versions and this and the Extremely heavy version have been produced in small numbers.
-The ST range is +15 to +25 lifting/striking ST.
+It has DR 200. The shield is 220 points, has 3 D-cells and it can run for 1 hour.  There is also space for up to 3 extra D-cells. If added each such adds 20 minutes the shield run time and does not count against encumbrance.  The shield regenerates 1 point/second.
-It has DR 120.
+It has a radiation PF of 10
-The military version: 36kg
+===Extremely Heavy Cybersuit(TL11)===
+The original plans for cybersuits did not include this variant so it is fairly rare, but some army thinkers pushed for a heaver versions and this and the Super heavy version have been produced in small numbers. It suffers from the same DX issues as old style heavy battle suits even when used by well trained troops.
+The ST range is 30 to 40 lifting/striking ST.
-====Super Heavy Cybersuit(TL11)====
+It has DR 240. The shield is 330 points, has 3 D-cells and it can run for 30 minutes. There is also space for up to 6 extra D-cells. If added each such adds 10 minutes the shield run time and does not count against encumbrance. The shield regenerates 1 point/second.
-The original plans for cybersuits did not include this variant so it is fairly rare, but some army thinkers pushed for a heaver versions and this and the Extremely heavy version have been produced in small numbers.
-The ST range is +20 to +30 lifting/striking ST.
-It has DR 140.
-The military version: 40.5kg
+It has a radiation PF of 12
 ====Basic imperial equiment====
 Standard imperial suit equipment in most suits if the basic suit misses them:  Small IR comm:1000-meter range,Small radio: 15km range, Wristwatch Rad Counter, Intertial navigation, IR cloaking, Radar Stealth. $3460, 3kg.
 ====Battlesuits Table====
-^TL^Armor^Location^DR^Cost^Weight^Power^LC^Notes^
+^TL^Armor^Loc^DR^Cost^Weight^Power^LC^Notes^
-|10 |Heavy Battlesuit      |all |225/150  |$210,000|225kg|10 yr|2|The standard imperial heavy infantry armor|
+|11 |Dreadnought Battlesuit|suit|400/300|$1.37mil|282kg|10 yr|1|A rare prototype heavy infantry armor. |
-|   |+ Helmet              |head|225/150  |        |     |     |  |  |
+|   |+ Helmet              |head|400/300  |        |     |     |  |  |
-|10 |Commando Battlesuit   |all |160/110  |$91,000 |74kg |E/24 hr|2|Non infantry active duty imperial troops and some noble guards.|
+|   |+ Force Screen        |full|+360     |        |     |     |  |  |
-|   |+ Helmet head         |head|160/110  |        |     |       | |  |
+|10 |Heavy Battlesuit      |suit |225/150  |$210,000|225|10 yr|2|The standard imperial heavy infantry armor|
-| 9 |Powered Combat Armor  |all |70/50    |$90,000 |74kg |E/18 hr.| 3|Many noble guards and some army reserves still operate the first generation powered armor|
+|   |+ Helmet              |head|225/150  |        |  |     |  |  |
-|   |+ Helmet              |head|70/50    |        |     |     |  |  |
+|9  |Combat walker         |all |200/120  |$330,000|950|2E/48 hr.|1|First generation heavy battlesuit|
-|10 |Combat Hardsuit       |all |110/70   |$25,000 |30kg |2D/24 hr|3 |
+|10 |Commando Battlesuit   |suit|160/110  |$91,000 |74|E/24 hr|2|Non infantry active duty imperial troops and some noble guards.|
-|   |+Helmet               |head|90/70    |        |     |     |  |  |
+|   |+ Helmet head         |head|160/110  |        |  |       | |  |
-|10 |Space Armor           |all |110/70   |$47,000 |46kg |D/12 hr|3|
+| 9 |Powered Combat Armor  |suit|70/50    |$90,000 |74|E/18 hr.| 3|Many noble guards and some army reserves still operate the first generation powered armor|
-|   |+Helmet               |head|90/70    |        |     |     |  |  |
+|   |+ Helmet              |head|70/50    |        |  |     |  |  |
+|10 |Combat Hardsuit       |suit|110/70   |$25,000 |30|2D/24 hr|3 |
-|11 |Light Cybersuit       |all |80       |$175,000|13.5kg|D/1 wk*| 3|
+|   |+Helmet               |head|90/70    |        |  |     |  |  |
-|   |+ Force Screen        |full|+156     |        |+9kg |     |  |About 70% have medium shields |
+|10 |Space Armor           |suit|110/70   |$47,000 |46|D/12 hr|3|
-|   |or + Force Screen     |full|+104     |        |+9kg |     |  |About 30% have light shields  |
+|   |+Helmet               |head|90/70    |        |  |     |  |  |
-|11 |Heavy Cybersuit       |all |160      |$250,000|22.5kg|D/1 wk*| 2|
+|11 |Ultra Light Cybersuit  |all|40+26  |$139,375  |18|1D/wk(24hr)  |  3  |The new navy vacsuit  |
-|   |+ Force Screen        |full|+208|        |     |+9kg |  |About 1/3 heavy cyber suits have heavy shields |
+|11 |Light Cybersuit  |all|80+52  |$182,500  |27|1D/wk(20hr)  |  2  |The army new support troop model  |
-|   |or + Force Screen     |full|+156|        |     |+9kg |  |About 2/3 heavy cyber suits have medium shields  |
+|11 |Medium Cybersuit  |all|120+104  |$242,500  |36|1D/wk(16hr)  |  2  |The new army main combat model  |
+|11 |Heavy Cybersuit  |all|160+156  |$400,000  |45|1D/wk(12hr)  |  2  |The new heavy assault version |
+|11 |Super Heavy Cybersuit  |all|200+220  |$387,500  |76|1D/wk(8hr)  |  1  |Rare  |
+|11 |Extremely Heavy Cybersuit  |all|240+330  |$825,000  |85|1D/wk(4hr)  |  1  |Rare  |
 Most tl 10 or lower defense systems are available.
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 attack that penetrates the screen’s DR.
-A force screen is fully ablative: every point of basic damage rolled removes one point of DR, regardless of whether the attack penetrates DR.
+A force screen is fully ablative: every point of basic damage rolled removes one point of DR, regardless of whether the attack penetrates DR. THE DR is hardened twice.
-The base conformal screen is for SM 0 creature/object. Cost, weight and energy use go up by a factor of 2 for each SM increase.
 A force screen does not normally impede the user’s ability to attack, communicate, reach, or see out of the screen. Though a force screen under attack locally changes to semi-opaque at the point of impact for about 1 second.
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      * Normal: Base shield. Used as normal military type shield.
      * Low power: Cost 1/4 the base cost, use 1/2 the power and gives 1/2 the DR.
-     * Very Low power: Cost 1/20 the base cost, use 1/3 the power and gives 1/3 the DR.
+     * Very Low power: Cost 1/20 the base cost, use 1/4 the power and gives 1/3 the DR.
      * It is possible to buy a switchable shield that has multiple power modes, use the cost of the highest mode and add +10% cost for each lower mode.
   * A force ward of given SM gets double the DR of an all around shield. A typical Ward is 2*1m and sm 1.