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The Belphegor Armor
What the armor does: Beyond basic protection, the armor is built to intimidate, and to break up Dakota's human form to confuse enemies. It works especially well if it's dark out or foggy, as the strange shapes will make any foes unsure of what they're facing, or how to attack it. It's partly mechanized, and has bits that can move on their own, but we'll get to those in time. The armour is made from fibalt, a man-made material which is lighter, like plastic, and stronger than titanium. It almost has zero drawbacks, since almost nothing can penetrate it, but it's theorized to have noticeable toxins within it, that are unhealthy to wear for long periods of time. Science has yet to conclude a longitudinal study on it, but it's advised to only be used when needed for survival, and for as short a time as possible. Dakota isn't listening to those recommendations, wouldn't ya know.
Helmet: They wear a tactical helmet with a full face visor, with reflective glass that allows their face to stay protected from sight. Built in to the helmet are two sets of horns that can retract and extend, depending on need. They are placed on Dakota's temples, and on their jaw, curling forwards like a bulls, breaking up the shape of Dakota's head, and making them look bigger.
Body: The body armor has flat plates on the chest, and flexible, ribbed sections from the ribs to the waist, allowing for full range of dextrous abdomen motion. The ribbing on the sides is made of three sets of smaller plates, while in front and back ribs are longer, covering their entire back and stomach with only one vertical separation, vs the side's three. (Hopefully later I can upload a picture of this, since it's very hard to explain)
Shoulder: The shoulder plates have two forms: Streamlined and Big Scary, which is the official name. Big Scary is when the plate sort of 'unzips,' the plate cracking down the middle to allow two other identical plates to flare up, again breaking up Dakota's shape and adding size. The plates are pointed like claws, and can flip up into position in under half a second.
Hands: Dakota wears fibalt/leather gloves to allow for flexible motion without endless plating. The forearm, wrist, and backs of hands and fingers are plated with fibalt, while in between the plating on the joints and the palms/insides of the fingers is all black, tough leather. You couldn't cut it with a knife unless you had one really sharp knife and a lot of time on your hands. The fibalt on the forearms has another unzipping mechanic, that allows two semi retractable blades to lock into place over their arms and hands. The blades are length of their forearms, with another foot of blade able to slide out and extend past their hands, acting as both a deadly weapon, and protection/confusion, further distorting Dakota's shape.
Legs: Like the body, the legs are mostly plated to allow for flexible motion, the joints aided by leather to ensure smooth movement. The leg armor has a mechanic where it can extend several extra 'feet' around Dakota's actual foot, allowing Dakota to plant themself more firmly if they need to, and, you guessed it, continuing that size/disorientation theme.
Feet: It's fibalt/leather time again. they really are a match made in heaven. Anyways, the boots are entirely fibalt, except for the soles, which are leather to allow for quiet motion, the rare times Dakota needs to sneak. Of course, a fibalt plate can cover the sole for protection, if needed. Dakota switches through them fairly frequently when hidden in darkness of fog. They can made sound over here, slip away quiet as anything, ect.
*Fun fact, fibalt makes a very unusual sound against most materials. It's sounds like a deep thrum, like those really deep drums you can only hear in your headphones or really good speakers in music.Extra: In the plates on Dakota's back, there are ten retractable additions, five on each side. They're like extra limbs, six curving down, four curling up and out past their shoulders and arms. These serve only two purposes:
1: Again with the intimidation and confusion. Can you imagine you think you know where you enemy is in the fog, then suddenly you see glimpses of these other things peeping through the fog, far away from where you though you were supposed to be aiming? That's their primary intended purpose.
2: Slight protection. These are strong, and are hard to break, good for keeping attacks at a distance, or pushing away enemies when you get swamped. But this is a secondary purpose.
Dakota doesn't use these often. It wasn't a feature they chose to add, it was in the original design they were given before the armor became theirs.
The Belphegor Armor
High-grade modern body armor
What the armor does: Beyond basic protection, the armor is built to intimidate, and to break up Dakota's human form to confuse enemies. It works especially well if it's dark out or foggy, as the strange shapes will make any foes unsure of what they're facing, or how to attack it. It's partly mechanized, and has bits that can move on their own, but we'll get to those in time. The armour is made from fibalt, a man-made material which is lighter, like plastic, and stronger than titanium. It almost has zero drawbacks, since almost nothing can penetrate it, but it's theorized to have noticeable toxins within it, that are unhealthy to wear for long periods of time. Science has yet to conclude a longitudinal study on it, but it's advised to only be used when needed for survival, and for as short a time as possible. Dakota isn't listening to those recommendations, wouldn't ya know.
Helmet: They wear a tactical helmet with a full face visor, with reflective glass that allows their face to stay protected from sight. Built in to the helmet are two sets of horns that can retract and extend, depending on need. They are placed on Dakota's temples, and on their jaw, curling forwards like a bulls, breaking up the shape of Dakota's head, and making them look bigger.
Body: The body armor has flat plates on the chest, and flexible, ribbed sections from the ribs to the waist, allowing for full range of dextrous abdomen motion. The ribbing on the sides is made of three sets of smaller plates, while in front and back ribs are longer, covering their entire back and stomach with only one vertical separation, vs the side's three. (Hopefully later I can upload a picture of this, since it's very hard to explain)
Shoulder: The shoulder plates have two forms: Streamlined and Big Scary, which is the official name. Big Scary is when the plate sort of 'unzips,' the plate cracking down the middle to allow two other identical plates to flare up, again breaking up Dakota's shape and adding size. The plates are pointed like claws, and can flip up into position in under half a second.
Hands: Dakota wears fibalt/leather gloves to allow for flexible motion without endless plating. The forearm, wrist, and backs of hands and fingers are plated with fibalt, while in between the plating on the joints and the palms/insides of the fingers is all black, tough leather. You couldn't cut it with a knife unless you had one really sharp knife and a lot of time on your hands. The fibalt on the forearms has another unzipping mechanic, that allows two semi retractable blades to lock into place over their arms and hands. The blades are length of their forearms, with another foot of blade able to slide out and extend past their hands, acting as both a deadly weapon, and protection/confusion, further distorting Dakota's shape.
Legs: Like the body, the legs are mostly plated to allow for flexible motion, the joints aided by leather to ensure smooth movement. The leg armor has a mechanic where it can extend several extra 'feet' around Dakota's actual foot, allowing Dakota to plant themself more firmly if they need to, and, you guessed it, continuing that size/disorientation theme.
Feet: It's fibalt/leather time again. they really are a match made in heaven. Anyways, the boots are entirely fibalt, except for the soles, which are leather to allow for quiet motion, the rare times Dakota needs to sneak. Of course, a fibalt plate can cover the sole for protection, if needed. Dakota switches through them fairly frequently when hidden in darkness of fog. They can made sound over here, slip away quiet as anything, ect.
*Fun fact, fibalt makes a very unusual sound against most materials. It's sounds like a deep thrum, like those really deep drums you can only hear in your headphones or really good speakers in music.
Extra: In the plates on Dakota's back, there are ten retractable additions, five on each side. They're like extra limbs, six curving down, four curling up and out past their shoulders and arms. These serve only two purposes:
1: Again with the intimidation and confusion. Can you imagine you think you know where you enemy is in the fog, then suddenly you see glimpses of these other things peeping through the fog, far away from where you though you were supposed to be aiming? That's their primary intended purpose.
2: Slight protection. These are strong, and are hard to break, good for keeping attacks at a distance, or pushing away enemies when you get swamped. But this is a secondary purpose.
Dakota doesn't use these often. It wasn't a feature they chose to add, it was in the original design they were given before the armor became theirs.
The armor is incredibly light, weighing in at 17 lbs. It's designed to be easily carried all day long, and Dakota's mods only packed on a couple extra pounds.
Fibalt, leather, wool and felt.
20xx
Fibalt is theorized to be a toxic material, and prolonged use is strongly advised against. Dakota didn't really care when they were actively using it, and still sort of don't care now that they've 'retired' it.