Terran Republic armed forces (Rough draft)

The Terran Core is the principle name for the administration and governmental organisation for Earth and the closest eleven systems around humanities home world. The Terran Core was considered the unofficial head of the Democratic Federation during much of its lifetime and much of the Charon conflict, it boasted the largest population, economic wealth, industrial output and technology during the first half of the war.

Famously noted for providing genetic enhancements and The best armour to its troops, even after the Core was wiped out as a political body in 2504 its equipment had spread to much of the democratic federation. And despite its difficulty to maintain it equipment from the core continued to be used by larger resistance cells during the decades following the conflict.

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*NATS-03 Combat enhancement Suit: The NATS or Nano Armour Tube Suit is a perfect example of the Democratic Federations technological superiority during the Charon War. A skin tight suit composed of memory and programmable carbon nano tubes, the suit was the standard issue military armour and dress for the Democratic Federation. While obviously bullet proof the suits primary feature was its amazing ability to transfer the kinetic force from bullets the point of combat and spread that same force all over the body thus distributing the energy evenly and thus flattening the bullet and preventing serious internal damage to the user. Later models like the 05 would later have the ability to channel some of the absorbed energy into electrical power. The suit also mildly increased the strength of the wearer, the fibres forming a tight load bearing frame over the users body allowing them to run further, hit harder and carry roughly 100lbs more of equipment then they could normally do. In addition the tube fibres could also transfer nanites around the suit and inject them into the hosts body healing both the suit and user to some minor degree. The tubes would also clamp down around any breach creating an air tight seal and begin leaking a sticking air tight liquid over the exposed skin to prevent exposure to the vacuum of space. Beyond that the suit offered zero restriction of movement and was light weight, the two most heavy components being the helmet and micro backpack that was barely bigger than the palm of a standard human hand. These two latter components handled the on-board computing for the NATS, ranging from tactical analysis, providing various spectrums of vision, linking up to weaponry and providing targeting data, controlling calls and automatically controlling the suits various other systems. The suit could also emit a electronmagnet allowing weapons to automatically stick to the users skin like armour and also secrete a sticky paste around the body that could attach extra kinetic padding that would remain attached until a ultra sonic frequency could be applied to the armour causing it to simply 'drop off.' Despite IU's attempt to take advantage of that with ultra sonic weaponry in 2502 testing proved it was not practical to try and remove an enemies armour in a combat scenario. A final minor feature was the suits ability to inflate and shrink to the size of the user, fitting their bodies perfectly.

The suits were often beloved by the Terran Core soldiers who used them due to their practical and flexible nature, although were equally famous for making other soldiers, allies and enemies, uncomfortable. Their skin tight nature, and the fact many Terran soldiers wore nothing under this often caused many soldiers to feel awkward around them, especially since due to genetic engineering often lead them to being taller, more muscular and in turn lead to a clear demonstration of Earth and her nearby colonies more decadent and sensual culture. In addition the

*AB-MPT-02: The Apollo Beam - Mass Production Type - 02 was the first practical hand held beam rifle used by humanity. While portable heavy weapons had existed since the late 2000's it was not until an energy break through in the 2300's that a practical laser weapon could be created that could kill a man: and it took until the 2400's that the weapon could kill an enemy at a significant range. Also like most weapons by this point its inbuilt cameras meant it could be fired accurately from the hip with the assistance of a heads up display.

Firing a high intensity laser that boils away a persons armour and flesh, essentially evaporating all the moisture at the point of contact, then charring and burning the flesh the Apollo 2 had a dreaded 10 shot limit but served as one of three Designated Marksmen Rifles for the Terran Core prior to the start of the Charon Conflict. Unlike many DF weapons the Apollo was notable for its rugged design and ease of maintenance and was often preferred on fronts where supplies could be an issue, as to keep the soldier supplied all he needed to do was have easy availability to electricity to recharge the power pack. Its high damage per shot and frightening accuracy made it a beloved weapon against resistance forces in the De Destroido systems, where it made a mockery of unarmoured targets. Still it had notable weaknesses: against plate and ceramic armour and thermal padding the weapon it was near useless as it had near zero penetration. Moreover it emitted a clear prolonged red beam of energy for a full second that could be easily traced back to the attacker.

Still its service before, through and after the Charon War made it a respected weapon and a beloved weapon by the Terran Core, its allies, post war resistance groups and even Imperial Union Marksmen who notably salvaged the weapons.

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*LL - Alpha Kinetic Padding: Lunar Labs Kinetic Armour Padding was the standard issue armour that would attach to NATS suits via the chemical secretin ability. Formed from thicker layers of the same carbon tubes but more tightly compacted and made thicker, the armour was mildly heavier although more light weight than any contemporary armour at the start of the war. It was famed for its rugged toughness and self healing ability, boasting a high level of resistance against both bullets and energy weapons with only a minor restriction to the users movement. Also its mildly greater bulk allowed a greater surface area for the distribution of kinetic energy over the whole body.

Like with the NATS it was not completely bullet proof but despite its advance nature had a rugged design. Still as the war went on, as with the NATS, the Kinetic Padding began to prove woefully insufficient to the high calibre slugs that the Imperial Union equipped its forces with which would often lead to massive internal damage the suits could not heal. As such it was slowly being phased out by 2502.

Krieger - OMI-AS - 07: The Krieger from Olympus Mons Industries on Mars was a automatic shotgun rolled out in 2501 in response to the Charon conflict after the kinetic padding of the IU forces proved to difficult for average chemical propellant weapons to pierce. Essentially a coil gun shotgun, it was a rapidly firing double barrelled shotgun with three modes, single shot, double shot and alternating. It could propel its shells at high enough speeds to knock IU troops off their feet and could shred unarmoured targets down to a fine paste leading to some to consider it a terror weapon before such weapons became standard during the mid to late Charon War.

The weapon was prone to jamming on occasion and its kickback made it hard to aim leading to its Mass Production line to be discontinued by the 2503 although models were still used by Terran Core soldiers up until the end of the war. The biggest downside to the weapon was that it required for someone to be genetically modified, wearing a NATS suit or power armour to fire, as its sheer kickback meant it needed to be braced of it could break a normal humans arms. This effect lead it to be lovingly called the 'mule' by such soldiers. However like many DF weapons its high maintenance cost and preference to push the grounds of science made it hard to maintain in prolonged battlefield engagements as the magnets would degrade with use and the semi-frequent damaging could degrade the loading mechanism.

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