The Bubblegum Zone: Technical Aspects Log
In the year 2032, MegaTokyo was the site of Genom, the Mega
Corporation that had taken over the production of boomers, non-sentient
androids that were officially developed to help mankind. Unfortunately,
ethics were not what they could have been, and the heads of Genom decided
that adapting these biomachines to war and other uses was a good idea.
Their only opponents were four women, known as the Knight Sabers.
That was until an unexplained phenomena carried a young red-headed
Canadian university student from his campus in the 1990's to this place he
was very familiar with...
At that time, a new legend was born, and a sudden increase in
weapon effectiveness.
Contained here are some of the technical files and specifications
that Bert Van Vliet, alias SkyKnight, used to develop a whole new
direction in hardsuit technology.
Perhaps the best place to start would be the hardsuits that are used by
the various team members:
File: H8G4A78.OV
Item: Hardsuit Armour General Specification File
Description:
This file is the first of twenty that describe the general
operations of the hardsuits used in the Bubblegum Zone. While each suit
is individual, and made to suit a specific purpose, there are common
overlapping capabilities that were taken into the initial design phase.
It is because of the general capabilities, combined with the excellent
teamwork, that the Knight Sabers can work effectively in completing their
missions. This part contains the armour plating section as designed by
Sylia Stingray and Bert Van Vliet in the year 2036.
Armour Plating:
Vocal Log:
"As can be imagined, the Knight Sabers have been faced with
tougher and tougher foes and this has necessitated many changes in the
design of the armour plating of the hardsuits. These plates, which are
modular in design to allow for quicker repairs, have undergone numerous
changes over the years, but none so radical as this redesign. In using
the recorded data during a battle with the ADP, and in examining the
pieces of the cut sword blade, Bert and I have developed a new system
which has reduced the effective armour weight as opposed to capabilities.
Of course, these developments were not made overnight, and not
without a lot of pain on the parts of several of my team members, such as
Nene, Priss, and Bert. Fortunately, we lived to learn from our mistakes.
Unfortunately, Nene's recent experiences almost pushed Bert over the edge
and his armour had to be written off. He has since been pushing himself
past his limits to improve all the suits designs, especially his own. One
of the projects that he has been working on diligently is the
miniaturization of the onboard systems so that his new electromagnetic
shielding system can be installed on all of them.
In some cases, we were able to obtain the necessary manufacturing
equipment due it being taken from some of the various business holdings
from across the world. In others, it was not so easy, especially since
carbon arc lamps are hardly used these days. It was with some reluctance
that I finally gave into Bert's demands to get some active uranium in
order for us to create atomic batteries.
As can be imagined, although the system provides a lot of power,
more than enough to run our equipment indefinitely if we use them in place
of our regular battery systems, I am worried about if the casing should
crack. Even a little bit of the radioactive coatings the size of a dust
grain would be enough to induce severe cancer in an individual who
breathes it in. The only thing that changed my decision was the fact that
such power would be necessary to use the carbon arc lamps and the
manufacturing equipment to create carbon sixty and carbon seventy as well
as developing nano-molecular carbon fibre tubes. While not difficult to
do, it does require a lot of power to optimize. Power that would have
been easily traced if we tried to tap the MegaTokyo grid."
Theoretical Lifetime:
Under simulation stress, using various imaging and data realigning
techniques, the worst case scenarios were evolved for the armour plate.
Actual tests of completed plates indicate little variation with the design
scale used. The most common feature of these plates is the ability to
reflect and repel most energy based weaponry.
While the worst case scenario indicated a half mission
survivability rate, the armour is generally able to survive twenty times
what previous armour types were able to use to the new construction system
and the materials used. Included in this bonus is the unexpected ability
to deflect a huge amount of the impact energy from particle and plasma
weaponry. This may be due to the new type of super conductive magnets
that have been placed over the suit, the electromagnetic flows acting
somewhat like the triple enclosure field of the plasma saber.
Averaging all conditions, the plates should last for a total of
one hundred and eight missions before critical stress is placed upon them.
In the case of critical stress failure, the plate will hold together sue
to the way the material sandwich is put together. This should still
provide a lot of protection, or at least enough for the suit pilot to be
able to make their way back to base.
Materials:
Ceramal type eight
Ceramal Type eight consists of a bubble-core ceramics that is
enhanced with strands of nano-molecular carbon fibre tubes to provide
strength in case of shattering. A combination alloy of
iron-titanium-carbon sixty-carbon seventy is then pressure forced into the
ceramic shell at a temperature of seventeen thousand four hundred degrees
under a pressure of one thousand three hundred kilograms per square
centimetre. The resultant light armour facing is then able to stand up to
small missiles containing a charge of approximately 500 kilograms of TNT.
There is little chance of vibrational stress shattering due to the
inclusion of the carbon fibres.
Carbon 60
Carbon 70
These are two types of molecules of carbon commonly referred to as
"bucky balls". A common feature of these bucky balls is that they have an
ability to be as hard as diamond but extremely flexible. Because of this,
the substance can be used for a lot of things that would have been
impractical otherwise, including the making of room temperature
superconductors. An additional benefit of bucky balls is the ability they
have to reform under the correct conditions into carbon fibre tubes.
Cloth made from these tubes is an excellent and strong bulletproof
material with a one millimetre layer being equal in stopping power to
three centimetres of kevlar.
Nano-molecular carbon tube cloth with molecular armour and sensor-net
system.
As the tubes are formed, molecular electronics and specialized
metals are placed inside alone with an energy distribution system designed
to enhance the effects of the properties of those metals. The electronics
contained within are simple localized sensors which are keyed into armour
integrity. Any disruption in the integrity causes the metals to clump due
to the energy discharges within the tubing. Said discharges allow the
metals to realign along a new line making a light 'patch' for the heavier
armour. An additional advantage is that this cloth is hard to cut except
with a laser. Cutting this cloth even with a laser requires several
minutes per centimetre as the integrity of the cloth is slowly damaged.
This is especially well used in less armoured areas such as the joints or
the neck as the cloth can be made thin, and still retain the properties of
a much thicker armour.
Nano-molecular carbon tube layering with fulerton super conductive wiring
contained in the centre of the composite structure.
This is a layer of super conductive wiring designed to have the
effect of enhancing the abilities of the onboard protection systems
designed by Bert. Besides a low level particle system which deflects most
of the energy of an object by literally melting the object before impact,
the electromagnetic fields are particularly effective against plasma and
particle beam weaponry. Another advantage of this system is that by
increasing the field momentarily in an area, the effects of a self
contained energy blade, such as the plasma sabers, can effectively be
nullified by creative a magnetic field for the blade to bounce off of. An
Additional factor is that with enough power, the suit is capable of silent
flight over the city due to magnetic levitation. The only problem with
this technique is the disruption it would cause to local electrical
equipment because of it's non-directional approach due to the weight of
both the armour and weaponry.
Included in this layer are special overload discharge capacitors
which can absorb more energy immediately and place it within the regular
capacitor systems over a period of several minutes.
Starlite
A composite material that is used in high heat situations. It
allows heat to be stopped before critical damage to the systems can occur.
Silver
Silver has the advantage of being 94% reflective on all ranges of
light in the electromagnetic spectrum making it ideal for use against
lasers. In past, the silver coating was used as a way of covering the
surface of the armour. Now in addition to that, small microscopic balls
of silver are mixed in as part of the surface paint for the equipment and
vehicles, this reduces the impact from laser energy by about 12% of total.
Construction:
>From inner layer to outer layer.
Layer one:
Nano-molecular carbon tube cloth with molecular armour and sensor-net
system.
Layer two:
Cross hatched Nano-molecular fibres.
Layer Three:
Starlite
Layer Four:
Cross hatched Nano-molecular fibres.
Layer Five:
Nano-molecular carbon tube layering with fulerton super conductive wiring
contained in the centre of the composite structure.
Layer Six:
Cross hatched Nano-molecular fibres.
Layer Seven:
Ceramal type eight
Layer Eight:
Silver Coating
Layer Nine:
Micro-silver paint.
SIMULATION 732, 113 RESULTS:
Impact Force: 27.8 tones per square centimetre.
Laser resistance: 83% reduction in impact energy.
Plasma Laser resistance: 81.4% reduction in impact energy.
Particle Laser resistance: 65.2% reduction in impact energy.
Electrical Impact: 99.4% reduction in impact energy.
Plasma Burst: 64.3% reduction in impact energy.
Plasma Beam: 73% reduction in impact energy.
Particle Beam: 47% reduction in impact energy.
High-Density projectile: 65% reduction in impact energy.
Theoretical lifetime: 108 missions.
Warning: Theoretical data only.
Recommendation: Softsuit used be made of nano-molecular fibres.
Improved capabilities: Electromagnetic field can float armour
approximately 58 metres above the ground in a
prone position.
END SIMULATION RESULTS
File: H8G4b56.OV
Item: Softsuit Armour General Specification File
Description:
This file is the second of twenty that describe the general
operations of the hardsuits used in the Bubblegum Zone. While each suit
is individual, and made to suit a specific purpose, there are common
overlapping capabilities that were taken into the initial design phase.
It is because of the general capabilities, combined with the excellent
teamwork, that the Knight Sabers can work effectively in completing their
missions. This part contains the softsuit general operations section as
designed by Sylia Stingray and Bert Van Vliet in the year 2036.
Softsuit:
Vocal Log:
"Before Priss, heck even after Priss, it been hard for me to
design softsuits due to the ergonomic considerations. Being the only male
fighting member of the Knight Sabers doesn't lend itself well toward your
mental well being. As such, I usually left the suit capabilities to
Sylia, not bothering to understand how they worked except for a general
overview.
"Unfortunately I no longer have that option.
"Thanks to some bloody inconvenient safety devices Sylia installed
in the original series of hardsuits and softsuits, I can no longer leave
any part of the manufacturing alone in case it happens again. Although
Sylia would say that I am just looking to go solo one of these days, my
concern is more for what may happen. I do not want to use a suit that has
a shutdown code.
"Now others on the team, specifically Sylia, Nene, and Linna,
would love to keep the system in the suits as a way of keeping Priss and I
in line. The reason I want it out is so that no one can send override
codes and shut me down. Especially the General who I figure would be
looking for any reason to get my suit.
"So what could I do?
"Well, we went over all our options and decided to make the
softsuit entirely out of carbon fibre. Not regular carbon fibre, but
nano-molecular tubes which is based in two layers and contains the control
sequencers that are required to send nerve and movement impulses to the
hardsuits fuzzy logic processing components. Basically, it's a modern
version of the 'copy suit' that was developed to do computer animation,
but with a much better response and acuity.
"What really amazes me is that softsuits, which so many people
think are really high tech since they are required for a person to wear
battle armour properly, were developed off of a combination of old video
game and animation software and hardware of the '90's. When I think of
all of the sophisticated softsuit designs that the military are using in
comparison, I _know_ that they spend first and think later. Somehow it
figures. Put a scientist or an engineer on a project, and it will be
improved to obsolescence.
"Not being trained as everyone else in this century was, I tend to
do first and think later, since none of my designs would have been
approved otherwise.
"Personally, I love getting on Sylia nerves with my little
innovations."
Materials:
Carbon 60
Carbon 70
These are two types of molecules of carbon commonly referred to as
"bucky balls". A common feature of these bucky balls is that they have an
ability to be as hard as diamond but extremely flexible. Because of this,
the substance can be used for a lot of things that would have been
impractical otherwise, including the making of room temperature
superconductors. An additional benefit of bucky balls is the ability they
have to reform under the correct conditions into carbon fibre tubes.
Cloth made from these tubes is an excellent and strong bulletproof
material with a one millimetre layer being equal in stopping power to
three centimetres of kevlar.
Nano-molecular carbon tube cloth with molecular armour and sensor-net
system.
As the tubes are formed, molecular electronics and specialized
metals are placed inside alone with an energy distribution system designed
to enhance the effects of the properties of those metals. The electronics
contained within the softsuit are designed to provide a form of armour if
it ever becomes necessary to get out of the hardsuit. At a small signal
which is activated by the wearer, the metals clump due to the energy
discharges within the tubing. Said discharges allow the metals to realign
along a new line making a strong, but light armour suit. An additional
advantage is that this cloth is hard to cut except with a laser. Cutting
this cloth even with a laser requires several minutes per centimetre as
the integrity of the cloth is slowly damaged.
File: F7G7A88.OV
Item: Mono-molecular Ribbon Attachment.
Description:
This file is the first of eighty-five that describe the specific
operations of the close combat specialist personal armour hardsuit. This
file contains the revised general information on how the ribbon technology
works. The ribbon and the technology that is inherent in the bilateral
controls was redesigned by Sylia in the year 2034.
Softsuit:
Vocal Log:
"When Sylia first designed the mono-molecular ribbons attached to
my suit, they were somewhat bothersome, and, although hardly ever
admitted, dangerous to myself.
"Unfortunately, we did not have a choice at the time of what to do
as the weaponry we were using was mostly experimental, having been
designed along the lines of what Sylia and Mackie's father, Doctor
Stingray, had developed so many years earlier.
"Still, they did serve their purposes as a way to effectively cut
through boomers and the material that made up their shells without a large
expenditure in materials, or danger to myself due to lack of ammunition.
Unfortunately, the original design had a few major flaws, not the least of
which was that they were non- retractable. Let's just say that I am glad
that our necks are well braced when inside a suit because of this flaw.
"In the redesign, we not only made the system retractable, but
also added a couple of new electronic features that allow for some control
over where the ribbons go, and how they react. It's extremely nice as I
do not have to twist my head around so often, and it also tends to help
conceal who I am, as the dancing and choreography that I am doing at the
dance studio tends to identify me. As a student of the Arts, I know, more
than the others, except perhaps for Sylia, how much a person can be
recognized by body movements alone.
"You know, even though this is supposed to be a recording to help
recreate the suits in the future if there is ever any need, there is one
thing I have to say now: Sylia is not only a complete mystery in many
ways to the Knight Sabers, but also a rather unnerving one as well. She
is a scientist, entrepreneur, combat specialist, strategist, martial
artist, and more. Her contacts are from all over the world, and in areas
that I don't even want to contemplate at times. There are times when I
get scared, because not all of the equipment and materials that we use are
developed by us at our bases.
"For instance, where does her martial arts expertise come from?
How is she able to get materials that no one should be able to get without
being noticed? Most of all, how can one person, even with the help that
the rest of the Sabers provide, be able to effectively combat a
Mega-corporations like Genom so successfully.
"Sometimes, I get the feeling that Sylia is a boomer of some type
developed by her father, except that I've seen her injured and bleeding.
"The real mystery of the Knight Sabers is not who we are, or where
we get out technology, but what Sylia truly is.
"Is she a boomer, member of some mysterious ancient organization,
mega- genius, or more?
"It's a question I get the feeling will not be answered in my
lifetime."
Materials:
Carbon 60
Carbon 70
These are two types of molecules of carbon commonly referred to as
"bucky balls". A common feature of these bucky balls is that they have an
ability to be as hard as diamond but extremely flexible. Because of this,
the substance can be used for a lot of things that would have been
impractical otherwise, including the making of room temperature
superconductors. An additional benefit of bucky balls is the ability they
have to reform under the correct conditions into carbon fibre tubes.
Cloth made from these tubes is an excellent and strong bulletproof
material with a one millimetre layer being equal in stopping power to
three centimetres of kevlar.
Nano-molecular carbon tubes containing fulerton super conductive wiring
contained in the centre of the composite structure.
This is a layer of wiring made by combining carbon sixty molecules
with two other atoms to create a room temperature superconductor. Special
overload discharge capacitors are contained within the wiring at several
points which are not only able to absorb energy, but can be charged to
deliver an electrical discharge which can both disable a boomer as well as
temporarily shutting down certain access cores due to overloads in the
nuro-electrical system of the androids.
Nano-molecular carbon tubes with molecularly activated metals and
electronic controls.
As the tubes are formed, molecular electronics and specialized
metals are placed inside alone with an energy distribution system designed
to enhance the effects of the properties of those metals. The electronics
contained within are simple localized sensors which are keyed to perform
certain maneuvers according to the dictates of the armour's operator.
This being the case, most of the ribbon is made of these tubes and are
connected in a layering function to provide stability.
Nano-molecular carbon tubes with free carbon layer for attachment to
hydrogen atoms.
In order to get a true mono-molecular edge on a substance, the
example had to be taken from a diamond.
Diamond is a tough substance, made up mostly of carbon, and
combined in such a way that only the surface of it is covered with
hydrogen. This means that when a diamond cuts glass, or any object for
that matter, it is not carbon that is actually doing the cutting, but the
mono-molecular edge of the cut surface which is made up of hydrogen atoms.
It is the smallest edge available in the known universe, and thus what
needs to be duplicated.
In a way, this was easy to duplicate and make as the formation of
nano- molecular carbon tubes, a rather long form of the 'bucky-ball', is
created entirely out of carbon and formed in a way that is flexible, but
diamond like. It took very little research to add a few carbon atoms
along the surface in a manner designed to be several atoms long, a break,
and then several more atoms long. This gave us a flexible fibre with the
strength and durability of diamond, and a cutting edge like diamond since
the carbon "edges" were combined with hydrogen atoms.
In other words, the edge of the ribbons created with these have a
mono- molecular edge that is one hydrogen atom large. Several of these
together provide for the most perfect, cutting edge, and combined with a
little bit of electromagnetic discharge, can cut through metals as though
it was butter.
***
Hitomi
Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@terminal.autobahn.mb.ca
http://204.112.189.3/~hitomi
"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask questions."