EMBR Armour

EMBR Armour (aka Electromagnetic Basic Reinforcement Armour) is a technology used to enhance armour strength of mobile suits and ships.

Description & Characteristics
Armour strength always proved to be a fine balance between weight and strength, where heavy units had the benefit of high protection but severely lacked in speed and mobility, while lighter units could move far more freely. One potential plan to create lightweight armour was to reinforce it with internal shielded magnetic rings, bolstering the integrity of the structure from crush damage. Each ring is shielded to protect it from outside magnetic fields and from damaging other internal components.

Each section uses an electromagnetic field to reinforce the armour above it, lessening the amount of damage inflicted on it by redistributing incoming force. EMBR armour is ideal for protecting against kinetic impacts, but does not improve the armour's defence directly against beam weapons. Instead it helps lessen the impact shock from strikes against beam sabres or shields being used to block them.

EMBR armour in mobile suits is built with a relatively simple design, each body section is constructed with several rings spanning the inside of it, usually wrapping around the suit's internal skeleton. Ships built with EMBR armour feature a more complex design due to space availability, the hull is built with the same section-spanning rings as mobile suits, but also have smaller areas of reinforcement, designed to cushion smaller areas of higher importance.

In order to remain functional EMBR armour requires a large supply of constant power, limiting the technology's use to units with an abundant power supply. While Peacekeeper ships were able to easily power the armour with earlier technology, only a few mobile suits could use EMBR armour without a greater power supply. Once the Storm Drive was successfully developed EMBR armour could be fitted in numerous new mobile suits.