"Sam here!" As the familiar logo passes by the screen, Sam begins his video-message, "You know, I've seen how these two have been sending you a few messages about future prototypes and whatever the hell that passed in their minds during the week, leaving Science behind."
"That is an unacceptable situation and it shall be tolerated no longer! Therefore, right now I'm passing you the specs of our first viable biological power armor created through the use of K-Scales, with a little touch of the MMI. Note that it is meant to be a proof of concept and little more, but it works."
REB 001 "Reptile"
Purpose: Prototype Biological Power Armor
Form: More or less something like this,
but uglier and bigger. But hey, it doesn't have any long-term severe effects!
Weaponry: Pointy monocular edge claws, acidic spit, ugly looks
Summary: The first prototype of the REB (Replicated Enhanced Biological armors) series, it is as mentioned a proof of concept. Specifically, it's related to the question "
Can we use K-Scales to create a miniature Kaiju as a power armor of sorts?"
The answer is a resounding
YES!!! After several less-than-successful tests, we managed to find the right combination of K-Scales, sound vibration and mental influence to have the replicated scale tissue create a Kaiju! In a much, much, much smaller-scale, of course (pun not intended). Naturally, since these monsters were never meant to be a reusable armor, there were… Complications when it was time to replace the pilot with another for further experimentation. Thankfully, it's all solved now.
In any case, the armor has an internal, smaller armored skeleton made with K-Circuitry and a miniaturized MMI device to allow the pilot to move the armor as if it was its own body. By default, the armored scales ensure complete immunity to the majority of weapons belonging to the small-arms category, but explosives, fire and anything big looking at the Reptile funny can wreck it very quickly. Interestingly, as the K-Scales themselves, the armor can eventually develop resistance to such elements, provided it survives exposure long enough without cooking the pilot alive or worse in the process, but that is a topic to discuss later.
Right now, you may be guessing what exactly can this power armor do. Besides giving the user an average strength of at least ten bodybuilder-type strong men, and thus being capable of carrying heavy external weaponry with little issue, we discovered that the Kaiju beasts have a "default state" of sorts when no further biological tinkering is done during their creation. As such, all Reptile armors are created with what Dr. Sheol likely considers "basic stuff" for his personal army of abominations. Namely, a set of retractable, extra-sharp claws, as well as acidic projectile.
The claws have been observed to have an extremely high cutting power despite its small size and range, as well as the capacity to regenerate themselves upon receiving damage. Interestingly, the claws are constantly sharpening themselves through a process we cannot fully understand yet. It is theorized that if said claws were constantly exposed to regeneration non-stop for approximately one hundred years, they would be capable of cutting through any material existing in our world regardless of their inherent toughness.
Moving along, the "acid spit" is exactly what it says on the tin: Highly corrosive sulfuric acid that the user can "summon" at will. Said acid is less powerful than the claws themselves, but the range is surprisingly greater than expected and has more or less "infinite ammo", assuming that the pilot can keep up doing the same action over and over. However, its armor penetration abilities are somewhat lacking against vehicle-graded enemies, for not to mention that blocking the mouth in any way or form during activation of said weapon will result in a disastrous result for the pilot. We do not recommend doing this at home!
Finally, there's a matter of public perception. Unfortunately, as you have probably noticed by now, the Reptile is not something that looks "kid-friendly", which limits its deployment possibilities in urban areas. It is also not recommended to use against actual Kaiju-sized enemies in order to avoid unpleasant accidents. Nevertheless, my staff believes that further experimentation can solve this minor issue as well as many others that shall pop up in the meantime, so we'll keep you informed.
Sam Carlson, we're done here.
PS: Originally, the armor's codename was meant to be "Krokodile", but apparently the name was already taken by the Russians decades ago. Bloody potato-
THIS PASSAGE HAS BEEN EDITED OUT FOR ITS IRRELEVANCE TO SCIENCE.
