Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine
With the success of the original Ultimate Soldier project back
in the Second World War, it was decided by the powers-that-be
at the Pentagon that a new version of this battlesuit would be
designed and built. Employing the most state-of-the-art tech-
nologies and advanced materials, the engineers and scientists
involved with the project were successful in their attempt to
create a 'suit which was even more powerful than the original:
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Although this new version of the Ultimate Soldier is twice the size of
its WWII predescessor, it only weighs as much as the original unit
due to the use of advanced ultralight alloys and composite materials
in its construction. Its onboard weaponry is also superior to that of
the original, with a pair of arm-mounted laser cannons (which are
concealed within the "gauntlets" when not in use) and shoulder-
mounted guided missile launchers.
Because of the limitations on how many missiles can be carried by
the unit (six per launcher), the designers chose to maximize the
effectiveness of each missile by making it a 'beehive'-type weapon,
in that each missile would be a carrier of four smaller missiles. Each
of these smaller missiles (whose warheads are more than powerful
enough to defeat the armored protection of any known MBT in the
world) is not only capable of being programmed to seek out individ-
ual targets, but can also use laser guidance to home in on their
targets. To this end, the unit has been equipped with a pair of tar-
geting lasers mounted in the launchers; the missiles are also cap-
able of homing in on targets "painted" by handheld laser designat-
ors.
Like its WWII predecessor, the new Ultimate Soldier is capable of
flight; however, unlike the earlier unit, the new Ultimate Soldier
makes use of anti-gravitic technology to extend its flight endur-
ance (rumor has it that the anti-grav technology was developed
as a result of reverse-engineered alien technology).
The unit has been designed to be capable of operating in virtually
any environment known to man -- whether it is underwater, on
the surface of the Moon, or the devastation of a Nuclear/Biological/
Chemical battlefield -- and its life-support system can protect its
operator for a maximum of 72 hours before needing to be recharged.
While the unit is capable of being operated by a highly-trained pilot,
the project's heads continue to search for an operator with the same
metahuman abilities as the pilot who used the original Ultimate Sol-
dier.
(Inspired, of course, by SSgt. Baloo's Ultimate Soldier pic.)
Major Tom 2009