Icarus Suit

The Variable Terrain Manoeuvring Suit (more commonly referred to as the Icarus Suit) is a combat suit used during the Insurrection by ESPF troops.

Description & Characteristics
Before the mass production of Peacekeeper advanced mobile suits, troops in urban environments used the Icarus combat suit to gain a tactical advantage over enemy machines and attack weak points. The suit provides protection through plates of lightweight liquid armour (plating filled with non-Newtonian fluid which provide impact resistance) and features powered actuators to improve mobility.

While the suit cannot provide protection against direct fire from mobile suit armaments, it is designed to allow for rapid movement across the battlefield through the use of gas-powered mono-filament grappling hooks and magnetic clamps. By using the surrounding buildings for cover, troops wearing the Icarus suit can latch themselves onto target machines and plant explosive charges or damage vital equipment.

Icarus Suits are built with radar absorbent materials and feature "Mimetic Camouflage", where the suit can alter its colour to adapt to its surroundings. While it does not produce a perfect camouflage, it is enough to fool the more primitive sensor systems at the time.

Each suit has a battery life of 60 minutes at maximum performance, though the battery pack can either be switched out or recharged in about 10 minutes.

Core Components

 * Battery Pack


 * Liquid Armour Plating


 * Magnetic Clamp


 * Mimetic Camouflage


 * Mono-Filament Grapple


 * Tactical Heads Up Display

Creation
Originally the Icarus suit was designed as next-generation frontline armour for troops, but was shelved due to manufacturing costs in favour of a modular equipment suit which could be fitted with more basic equipment. When Insurrectionist forces began targeting urban areas the Icarus suits were redeployed on a trial basis. Following the success shown at disabling enemy machines the Icarus was put into limited production.

Insurrection
During the war the Icarus was use in reconnaissance, sniping and tactical mobile suit warfare. However, despite the success of the suit's performance, a few models were stolen by Insurrection forces and used against the Peacekeepers. Rebel forces had fewer successful missions with the Icarus due to the improved anti-personnel weapons on Peacekeeper mobile suits.

Mothballing
Following the conclusion of the Insurrection with Peacekeepers defeating the rebels, the Icarus suit was no longer deemed necessary in combat. By 75 S.E. only special forces are still trained in how to use them but rarely make use of them in anti-mobile suit combat.

Notes & Trivia

 * The Icarus Suit is directly inspired by the Pilot Suit from Titanfall, though lacks features such as the Jump Kit, Cloak, Stim or Active Radar Pulse.