Synchronized Armor Control

, abbreviated SAC, is the name for the piloting system used in Mobile Suits designed and created by Eon Research & Development Incorporated, PowerCorp, and Eon-Power Contracting in the Empath Era.

Description
Synchronized Armor Control is best described as the synergistic mental cooperation between the human pilot and the Gundam's designated Artificial Intelligence Unit, or A.I.U. When a Gundam is constructed, an A.I.U. is built alongside that Gundam, designed with computer mechanisms that allow the A.I.U. to synchronize with and control said Gundam. However, this programming can only be used when SAC is active. To initiate SAC, the pilot may either give a verbal command or the A.I.U. will act of its own accord. The A.I.U. will then separate into sections of armor (chest, head, waist, lower legs, forearms) with features similar to their designated Gundam in terms of appearance. Using mute graviton micro-thrusters, the armor will then automatically fly to and attach to the pilot, while the armored sections will release nanomachines that will coat the unarmored sections of the pilot (sans the face) in a "film" of material similar to a leotard. Should a pilot need to enter the unit from ground level, the armor can launch steel cables with magnetic grapplers to connect to the hatch (of which there are two, one in the front and one in the back), which will in-turn launch grapplers to connect to the waist of the armor. Both cables will then reel in, pulling the pilot up and into the hatch.

Upon entry into the hatch, the pilot is entered into a special atmospheric control cockpit, which has a 360 degree view of their surroundings. Atmospheric control mechanisms will replicate the conditions of the surroundings in proportion to their effect on the Gundam, including the zero-gravity conditions of space. Hard light technology is used to replicate the surface terrain and other surroundings within the area, as well as external weapons such as melee armaments and hand-held projectile weaponry. The hard light technology will also activate at any point of contact on the Gundam, simulating the physical properties of the contacting object (texture, state of mass, speed and power of the object, etc). All of these features are designed to give the pilot the most realistic simulation of their surroundings as possible to allow for appropriate reactions.