VTRX-2050 Variable Threat Response Battle Suit

The VTRX-2050 Variable Threat Response Battle Suit, colloquially known as the "War Machine", is a UCC-developed infantry powered armour suit used by the UC Army, first deployed in late 2049. It is a solar charged carbon-composite-based external plating armour, providing the user with full-body protection, improved situational awareness, vastly increased strength, short-range flight capabilities and heavy weaponry. The individual infantry soldier is essentially transformed into something approaching a one-man army.

The VTRX-2050 was developed over a period of 21 years from 2027 to 2048 by the Variable Threat Response Infantry Development Program (VATREID), which also led to the creation of the M5A3 drone series. The program was initially aimed at making an armoured, powered exoskeleton but shifted in the 2030s to produce a powerful infantry powered armour to compete with the Yashimese Type-35 heavy infantry exoskeleton and other global developments in the 2030s. The VTRX-2050 then underwent trials in 2048 to 2049, being deployed into the UC Army in late 2049 with selected elite units.

The VTRX-2050 has a 7.62mm minigun attacked to the back of the suit on a swivel mount, typically fires over the right shoulder. It is governed by an automated targeting system and can track targets independently of the suit's wearer, including those targets to the rear. The ammunition feed for this weapon is a belt feed from the rear torso. A 5.56mm assault rifle is attached to both forearms. In the left shoulder is abox rocket launcher capable of firing up to 24 miniature, anti-infantry heat-seeking missiles. Armour protection is provided by lightweight composite armour similar to the Burlington armour found on UCC armoured vehicles, but on a smaller scale. An experimental, shock-cushioning gel layer serves to protect the wearer from the concussion of enemy weapons impacting the suit. A specialised bodysuit is worn under the armour to provide climate control for the operator within.