BDU

AL2: The BDU (Battle Dress Uniform): General Description

A Star Fleet Marine will at any given point likely by outgunned and need to adapt to any number of environments. Seeing this, the SFMC put out the call for a single armor system that would utilize the best modern technology could offer, while still allowing ease of field maintenance and maneuverability. The result - The Battle Dress Uniform, or BDU. The BDU is a modular armor system, allowing a Marine to rapidly adapt for a variety of environments and levels of combat with a single basic suit. Built with molecularly interwoven ballistic fabric, high impact memory plastics with an integrated Crystalline Ablative Dispersal Matrix, the BDU allows a trained Marine vast degree movement and flexibility, while providing acceptable protection in today's combat environment with minimal weight impact. Taking it's inspirations from nano-technology and Borg adaptive capabilities, the CADM disperses energy across the matrix. The fuller the amount of the armor's plating worn, the greater the protection. As it's name implies, the CADM ablates with damage. With each hit, the CADM breaks down.. with the intensity of the blast determining the amount of ablation. Other suit functions are not effected by the break down of the CADM, although they are vulnerable immediately upon breakdown. The nano-tech also allows protection from limited exposure to offensive nano-technology.. such as Borg nanites. The CADM also provides the BDU technology it's security measures. Any attempt to alter it, duplicate it, or dissemble it without use of regularly updated code locks, , and other measures will result in the CADM and the suit literally breaking down immediately. The BDU has been tested against most known forms of energy, but caution should be taken when encountering unknown forms. Also, extreme multi bandwidth energy can 'confuse' the matrix, allowing damage to seep through. Improper use and wearing also leads to greater exposure to injury. Intensive training is necessary for a user to safely engage in a extreme activity while wearing a BDU. Regular drilling is necessary.