NPD Special Project: "Rider Armor"(Special)

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((These reports are copied notes written down by The Doctor to Captain Kathryn Bale and Commissioner Samantha Burns of the NY-NPD. These notes are not public knowledge outside of the Net-Ops department and among privileged individuals with Ties to the NPD.))

Project: Rider Armor

I have to say when Onimaru came to me and pitched the idea of functional combat armor based off of a bloody children's action show, I was a bit hesitant, I mean, I was based off of a TV show myself; but I'm not really made for combat either. But when he described the purpose of the armor, and showed me footage of the abilities in action, I'm not ashamed to say that he wore me down.

ADDENDUM: The project's been going on for around a month now, and we've got two functional models with a third on the way. The Models are designated as KR-1 and KR-2, to the layman they're referred to as "Diend" and "Kiva" respectively. I've written down two attachments to this file in the event that I need to go back and review my work for whatever reason, any additions to the armor units will be mentioned in those attachments.

ADDENDUM 2: Well, the project's had a field test, and not in the manner that It'd hoped. Bloody mega-corps, capture my buddies will you? Well, now the Commissioner and Katie want to see the ever growing fruits of my labor. I'm preparing copies of my notes and the armor specs for their review, hopefully they won't crucify me and scrap the project, KR-3 is about 50% done now, framework's done, I'll start up the more advanced coding processes once this inquiry is done.

ADDENDUM 3: Another bloody disaster, this time a viral invasion of all things! Baretta was nearly deleted by a viral infection, and we've got more new members, one's a woman with a similar emotional dysfunction to the original incarnation of Amplify, another is an acquaintance of Noxus, who immediately pissed off Bit by breaking quarantine and hacking the server's door controls. Finally, we've managed to track down Justicar and Amp, both of whom are undergoing a review by Shepard, Kate and Sam as we speak.

As a result, I'm pushing the release of KR-3, and already drawing up plans for KR's 4,5 and 6. But those won't be ready for a while, so KR 1,2 and 3 will have to be enough. I've almost finished the first batch of upgrades for KR-2 and 3, but it will take a month or so to finish them up, even at my best. 

Project goals: The goals of the Rider Armor project is to provide support programs in the form of stylized armors with integrated weaponry and formations that will aid specific Net-Ops agents in the field, it is also a test to challenge my skills in miniaturizing abilities and rendering them portable. I feel that my coding abilities are more than sufficient to do this.

Project Head: The Doctor-NY-NPD Research and Development technician

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Armor Designation: KR-1/"Diend"

Appearance: link

Armor Function: The Diend Armor is a rather basic unit, capable of a variety of abilities utilizing various Data Cards that come equipped with the armor once it's activated. This made it a good armor to test the waters with while also making it useful for avatars who prefer a more basic approach to combat programs, and in the right hands these programs can be downright lethal. The armor itself incorporates several masking programs to disguise the wearer, while also providing a robust defense to the officer at the same time, increasing overall defenses by 10%. However, this armor is designed for ranged combat, focusing on pistol skills and bombarding enemies from afar. Therefore, I would recommend that avatars with a specialization in gun combat be given highest priority when using this armor.

Armor Programs: Combat - Diendriver: The Diendriver is both the main armament and the transformation tool of the Diend armor system, to activate the armor, the user simply slots the activation card into the reader on the side of the gun ((Both sides posses a reader for ambidextrous operation.)), the user then pulls on the laser sight on the bottom of the barrel and pulls forward sharply on the gun, the card is passed through the reader and the activation program is loaded into the gun. The gun is then raised above the user's head and the trigger is pulled (An activation phrase, Henshin! Or Transform! was originally used as a vocal recognition system, the unit has since been installed with a palm data reader in the grip, therefore the phrase is no longer required, I would like to state however that it is still incredibly cool- The Doctor) The armor program is then activated via an energy transfer, with the energy being provifed in the form of a pistol round. The Armor sheath covers the user within less than a second, with the distinctive blue bar-code design taking an extra second to fall into place from above the user. The whole process, from slotting in the card to the armor being secured can take less than 3 seconds with a trained operator.

As an aside, I've noticed a distinct effect on the morale of nearby civilians and officers when the armor is activated and in use, the appearance of a costumed "Knight in shining armor" to protect the populace seems to raise morale significantly, with estimated projections reaching almost a 57% increase in more dire circumstances. This seems to be an almost instinctual response, drawing from a mixture of the pop-culture consciousness that we avatars can draw from at a moments notice, as well as something else, something more...primal, perhaps... whatever the reason, the boost in morale is a most welcome benefit, with officers fighting harder and longer alongside an officer donning the suit in 90% of our preliminary simulations, field tests have yet to be approved.

The Gun program itself is essentially a De-Rez Magnum, boasting a high amount of stopping power and offering both stun and lethal ammunition options, the rounds deal heavy damage per-hit and can be fired at a rapid pace thanks to a modified cyclical program that I devised. It is also compatible with any existing pistol mods used by the user avatar. the result is the ability to combine one's own abilities with that of the armor, allowing them to mitigate the armor's more basic loadout.

Combat - Attack Ride: Blast: The Diend Driver's Blast program acts as a fusion of the commonly used Scatter Shot blaster mod and the Homing shot mod. The End result is a rapid fire barrage of magnum rounds that home in on either a single target or on multiple targets at once. The mod is activated via slotting the Diend Blast card into the reader and activating the reader program. the Mod can either be used in three barrages of ten, or a single large barrage of 30 shots. Once the mod is expended, the card is immediately ejected through the bottom of the reader, the user must then wait for a short time before they can access the program card again.((The cooldown time is 3 turns.))

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Armor Designation: KR-2/"Kiva"

Appearance: link

Armor Function: The Kiva armor is unique among the other armor's I've worked on so far in that it s designed to work for only a select few individuals, this is due to the eventual power output that the Kiva Armor will achieve, as well as it's transformation device possessing sentience. The Device, henceforth referred to as Kivat-Bat the 3rd, or simply Kivat, is a sentient program with fully realized emotional and cognitive programming. This addition makes it closer to an actual living being than a simple piece of equipment, and hopefully will make him harder to turn against us in the event of theft.

As a safeguard in the event of capture, I've added in several anti-tampering programs to his code; if someone tries to reformat him, he will detonate with roughly the equivalent force of a hand grenade. Needless to say I've informed him of this attribute, as a sentient being, he is also entitled to data back-up, which I have provided via my TARDIS for the time being. 

As for the armor system itself, it is to be slightly more flexible than the previous Rider Armor model while still focusing on a specific type of combat, in this case close quarters melee combat. The Armor's durability is slightly higher than the previous model, offering a 20% boost in defense as opposed to the Diend model's 10%.

Armor Programs: Combat - Kivat Belt: The Kivat Belt is the transformation tool of the Kiva armor system, it also acts as a holder for the Fuestles that activate the armor's various functions. To trigger the transformation sequence, the user must take hold of Kivat and press on a small button in between his ears on the top of his head, this will cause his jaw to pop open and reveal his fangs. The next step is to have him bit down on the user's hand, injecting them with the actual armor code, the bite itself causes little to no pain and there are no side effects to the injections.

The injection of the suit's code allows the user's body to acclimate to the suit's programming, and it also allows new users to be registered as ones that can be trusted to use the armor. Once the code is implanted, Kivat is placed on the small roost featured on the front of the belt, he will hang upside down and lock onto the belt, forming the actual buckle. Kivat with then use the belt to produce a specific ultrasonic frequency, this frequency will cause the implanted code to react and form the Kiva armor instantly. The whole process can take as little as 2 seconds if the operator knows what they're doing.

Combat - Zanvat Saber: This blade is the Kiva Armor's main weapon, a three and a half foot long ruby edged blade that can deflect most attacks with ease, it is light weight and double edged, allowing for quick slashes and stabs. This weapon deals an average amount of damage per strike.

Combat - Garulu Form: This is the first of the Kiva Armor's Alternate modes, Garulu form provides the user with enhanced Speed and agility. This allows the user to perform hit and run attacks and evade enemy strikes more easily. ((When in Garulu Form, the user moves at three times the speed they normally do and can jump three times as high/far, however, defense is lowered by 10%))

• Garulu Saber: The Garulu Saber is the weapon used while an avatar is in Garulu form. It's blade is serrated and leaves deep, ragged gashes in the opponent, and it's wave-like blade makes it difficult to repair the deep slash and stab wounds that it can deliver. Combined with Garulu form's enhanced speed and ability to leap at an opponent, this weapon can leave an enemy bleeding and crippled in short order.
  
  ((The Garulu Saber can only be used in Garulu form and may not be paired with any weapon besides the Zanvat Saber. When the Garulu Saber strikes an opponent it deals a large amount of damage and causes them to suffer from a crippling injury for 5 turns, this lowers an enemies defenses and makes them take 1.5 times the normal amount of damage they take. This effect does not stack and the initial hit does not benefit from this effect.))

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Armor Designation: KR-3/ "OOO" ((Pronounced Ōzu in Japanese))

Appearance: link

Armor Function: The OOO armor is the most complex unit I've designed so far, with the ability to mix and match armor pieces via a coin slot system of all things. These coins, or more accurately, medals, are in actuality compressed programs. These programs are inert and unusable until the scanning unit that is holstered on the right side of the belt is activated and slid across the belt's buckle, where the medals are inserted, the belt can hold a total of 3 coins, with each coin representing a different part of the body.

The rightmost slot is dedicated to HEAD medals, the center slot is for BODY medals, and the left slot holds the LEG medals, each medal has a different property, where one medal might allow super speed, another might allow incredible leaps or powerful kick attacks. These medals shall be separated by type, and their abilities laid out one at a time at the end of this attachment.

As for other functions, the armor is capable of gaining alternate forms, much like the Kiva unit. However, these forms are called COMBOS, combos are a specific set of medals, each with a matching theme, that synchronize to create new armor types. These new armor units have their own innate abilities and statistics, as well as the ability to access the medals separate functions. A drawback of the combo system is it's lack of flexibility, while the armors are incredibly powerful, they are limited to what abilities they have access to.

Armor Programs: Combat - Data Blade: This is the OOO armors main weapon, aside from any granted by leg or body medals. This data blade is incredibly sharp, capable of slicing a cyber speeder in half with little trouble, it can also be wielded with one arm, for attacks while mounted on a cyber cycle. This weapon deals moderate damage per strike.

Combat - Scanning Charge: This program allows the user to activate a combo's special attacks or weapons, these attacks are incredibly powerful, but drain a large amount of power when used, this means that a scanning charge can only be used once before the suit needs time to replenish it's auxiliary power supply, if the user were to try and use a scanning charge before that period has ended, the suit is liable to deactivate.

((A scanning charge can only be used once every 7 turns, if it is used again before then, the armor will deactivate for the remainder of the scanning charge's cooldown time.))

MEDALS - HEAD: The head Medals are designed to provide a variety of helmet options for the OOO armor.

Taka(Hawk) Medal: The Hawk(or Taka, whichever is preferred.) medal is designed to provide maximum sensory enhancement to the user. It's keen eyesight allows the user to see objects as far as a kilometer away, making it perfect for surveillance or recon missions. It also possesses an incredibly precise targeting computer, which takes wind speed and direction, humidity and other atmospheric factors into account automatically. This, combined with the Helmet's smart targeting program, allows it to improve the accuracy of the user by 70%. ((The Hawk Medal grants the user telescopic vision, this vision is capable of allowing a user to see up to a kilometer away, it also enhances the user's accuracy, making shots much harder to dodge. This does not make the shots seek the target, or make them unavoidable however.))

Kuwagata (Stag Beetle) Medal: The Kuwagata Medal is an offensive based head metal, it's horns are capable of gathering ambient energy from the world around them and using it to create powerful electrostatic bolts. These bolts are capable of shorting out personal shield generators and energy barriers, but comat armor, which is usually grounded as a safety precaution, is more resistant to these attacks, lightly armored or unarmored opponents however, can easily be crippled or even killed by the intensity of the Kuwagata Medal's electrical bolts. ((The Kuwagata Medal grants the user the ability to project bolts of pure electrical energy from the helmet's horns, these bolts deal high amounts of damage against energy based barriers and lightly armored opponents, but only light damage against enemies wearing medium or heavy armor.))

Lion Medal: The lion medal is designed to disorient targets with an intense burst of light, 500 lumens to be precise. This intense blast of light completely blinds anyone within 150 feet of the user for a short time, and even when complete blindness subsides, the victim's accuracy is impaired by 50% or more. ((The Lion head gives the user the ability to create an intense burst of light to blind opponents for one turn, and cuts their accuracy in half for another 5 turns, there is a distinctive glow that begins to come from the center of the lion head's forehead before the burst is fired. Enemies with tactical visors or helmets are immune to the medal's effect due to the visor's polarizers, which keeps their eyes from being damaged.))

Sai (Rhino) Medal: The Sai Medal is another offensive based head, this one geared towards close combat. The Sai Medal possesses a reinforced frame, making it sturdier than the other helmets, complimenting this fortified skull is a long, razor sharp horn mounted on the helmet. This horn allows the user to gore an enemy with a headbutt, the horn is capable of breaching even the thickest armor, and the horn's rounded and curved shape keeps the wound open, causing an enemy to "bleed out" for a time. ((The Sai head grants the user a more durable head, making head injuries half as damaging as they would normally be(unless the enemy is using an armor piercing weapon) the helmet also allows the user to punch holes in an enemy with the horn, these wounds bleed profusely and deal light damage over a period of 5 turns.))  

BODY MEDALS: The body medals provide body armor and additional weapons to the user, it covers from the neck to the waist.

Kamakiri (Praying Mantis) Medal: The Kamakiri Medal grants the user access to the Kamakiri sword gauntlets, these twin blades are mounted to the sides of the user's forearms, and have two handles protruding at 50 degrees to provide greater control. The blades are single edged and razor sharp, capable of carving bloody gashes in an opponent with a flick of an arm. The unusual placement of the blades makes mastering them somewhat challenging, but it also makes them harder to counter effectively. ((The Kamakiri Body grants access to the Kamakiri Sword gauntlets. These blades deal a moderate amount of damage per strike, but due the fact that there are two of them, as well as their unique positions on the arms, they are both harder to hit and deal two strikes per attack, one for each sword.))

Tora (Tiger) Medal: The Tora Medal gives the user the ability to use the Tora Claw gauntlets. These claws are incredibly fast, even moreso than the Kamakiri Swords, they also possess a serrated edge, making them perfect for crippling an enemy and making him vulnerable. The blades take the shape of three claws mounted on the forearm, these claws fold back when not in use, and swing forward when activated, extending a foot and a half past the users' hand. ((The Tora Body gives the user the ability to use the Tora Claw gauntlets, these claws are incredibly fast, each one capable of striking three times per post for a total of six strikes and dealing a light amount of damage per hit. The claws are also serrated, cutting deep wounds in an opponent and weakening them, this causes any attacks to deal twice as much damage. the defense de-buff is not counted during the first attack.)) (That means all six strikes, the combo is considered one attack action.)

Gorilla Medal: The Gorilla Medal allows the user to access the Gori Bagon gauntlets. The Gorilla Medal grants the user enhanced strength, which allows the user to swing the Gori Bagon gauntlets, massive hammer fists hewn from solid metal. These Gauntlets are capable of dealing devestating damage with a single blow, crushing an avatar's framework and crippling limbs. They can also be fired like missiles, striking a target with vicious force and possibly deleting them instantly.

((The Gorrila Medal gives the user the ability to use the Gori Bagon gauntlets, these metal hammer fists deal heavy damage per strike, and can be fired at a single target like a rocket.))

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KR-3 medal's Continued:

MEDALS - LEGS:

Condor Medal: The Condor Medal allows the user to use the Condor Legs, these leg pieces posses incredibly long and sharp talons, capable of breaching armor and causing an enemy avatar to "Bleed" making them take a small amount of damage for a short time afterwards. ((The Condor Medal causes any Kicking attacks to deal moderate armor piercing damage, as well as adding a chance to bleed to the attack. Whether or not a target suffers from a bleeding effect as a result of an attack from the Condor Legs is up to the target. Bleed damage lasts for 3 posts and deals light damage each post it is in effect.))

Batta (Grasshopper) Medal: The Batta Medal is used to activate the Batta legs. These legs are primarily for leaping, giving the user a huge boost in upward mobility, it also, by extension, increases damage dealt by kicks by 2x, however, unlike the condor medal, armor is not negated, and the Batta medals are incapable of causing bleeding. Still, the bone crushing impact is more than enough to send even a heavy opponent flying through the air.(( The Batta Medal gives the user a 2x boost in damage to any and all kick attacks, and allows them to leap up to a maximum height of 35 feet high.))

Cheetah Medal: The Cheetah Medal activates the Cheetah Legs, these legs cause a MASSIVE increase in footspeed, allowing the user to keep up with a high-end cyber speeder. In combat the user is able to dodge bullets, weave in between weapon strikes, and lash out with a flurry of kicks. This high-speed combat ability has a chance of overwhelming an opponent's reflexive programming, and can actually stun them as a result. ((The Cheetah Medal increases the user's speed by 5x, and allows them to use a flurry of kicks. This attack strikes five times every turn, and has a chance to stun an enemy for a post. The stun effect is determined by the target, and the combo deals a moderate amount of damage.))

Zou (Elephant) Medal: The Zou Medal allows the user to equip the Zou Legs, these legs are capable of creating large shockwaves with a single stomp.(( The Zou Medal give the user the ability to create a shockwave once per post, this shockwave travels in a straight line, and is capable of moving 100 feet in about 1 second. ((Approx. 68 mph.))

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KR-3 COMBOS:


Tatoba Combo: The Tatoba combo is the "default" version of the OOO armor, it combines the keen sight of the Taka medal, the serrated claws of the Tora Medal, and the high jumping and kicking force of the Batta Medal. As the basic OOO armor combo, it possesses no inherent weaknesses, but also gains no bonuses. The Tatoba Combo's Scanning Charge is a powerful kick, which delivers upwards of 10,000 newtons worth of force into a foe's chest, this extreme kinetic damage is usually enough to cripple, if not outright delete an opponent.

Gatakiriba Combo: The GataKiriba Combo is also known as the "Insect Combo" due to the medal's used to form it. It combines the electrical discharge abilities of the Kuwagata Medal, the KamaKiri Medal's razor sharp blades, and the Batta Medals Leg enhancements. The GataKiriba Combo is designed for close combat, with the Batta legs providing a quick means of escape if the user is outmatched. The Gatakiriba Combo gains the ability to create a nearly endless number of clones, these clones enable a single avatar to create a swarm of armored, blade wielding warriors in the middle of combat. The GataKiriba Combo fails to deliver in pure damage without use of it's Scanning Charge however, as it's weapons were meant to quickly cleave a foe apart, if a foe is durable, it quickly becomes a war of attrition. The Gatakiriba Combo's Scanning Charge creates 100 clones, and then funnels a large amount of power into the user's feet, this allows the user to leap up to a height of 50 feet, and then, with the clones mimicking the operator (And gaining the increased leg power as well.) the user flys at the opponent, crushing them beneath a rapid barrage of incredibly powerful kicks, the total amount of force exerted per kick is double the amount dealt by the Tatoba Combo's kicking attack, and with the clones battering the opponent as well, the damage delivered is staggering.

Ratoratah Combo: The Ratoratah Combo is also known as the "Big Cat Combo". It combines the blinding abilities of the Lion Medal, the Shredding claws of the Tora Medal, and the blazing speed of the Cheetah Medal. The Ratoratah Combo is a superb close combatant, superior to the GataKiriba Combo at one on one combat, while still excelling at battling multiple foes. However, it completely lacks a ranged option, it relies on it's speed to close the distance. The Ratoratah Combo does not receive a special power, instead, the abilities of it's component parts, particularly the legs, are amplified. While the combo is active, the user is now capable of moving at 6x normal speed, and for a short period of time ((I.E: for a turn, with a 4 turn cool down.)) the user is capable of supercharging the speed of the armor, moving at 10X normal speed. This includes arm movement, turning the Ratoratah armor into what has been called in testing "A walking blender". The Scanning Charge of the armor is a powerful dashing slash attack, which deals a large amount of damage.

Sagozo Combo: The Sagozo Combo is the tank of the OOO armor combos, with no enhancements to maneuverability, and with a focus on attack and defense. Also called the "Mighty Mammal" Combo, the Sagozo Combo is a mix of the Sai, Gorilla, and Zou medals. These medals make The Sagozo Combo perfect for one-on-one combat, it's armor cutting any damage recieved in half, and it's skull crushing gauntlets pounding an enemy into submission. However, it's most useful feature comes in the form of it's Special power, The Sagozo armor can manipulate gravity fields by beating it's chest.


The user beats their chest, specifically the large emblem on their torso, this kinetic energy is altered, and projected as a powerful anti-gravity field, capable of lifting upwards of 100 tons. the user can lift these objects as high as 50 feet in the air, or they can hold a higher target in place. But, when the attack ends, they simply deliver a more forceful slam to their chest, this increases the localized gravity field to over 50x normal and smashes the enemy into the ground with brutal force. However, the user is unable to move while doing this, and the armor overall is much slower and less nimble than the other armors do to it's average speed and jump height.