Cooling Suit
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Description[edit]
A Cooling Suit is a protective bodysuit worn by MechWarriors to shield them from dangerous temperatures in the cockpit.[1]. These suits are form-fitting, breathable full-body stockings or jumpsuits interwoven with thousands of tiny, flexible cooling lines[1] that also covers the feet and hands.[2] Coolant is circulated through the suit either by a pump built into the cockpit seat[2] or a compact coolant pump worn on the belt that draws power from the BattleMech.[1] Star League era Cooling Suits used a synthetic liquid coolant that was three times more effective than water at transporting waste heat.[2] [3]
During the First Star League these suits were widely issued to military pilots, but they became LosTech during the Succession Wars and were replaced by more primitive and easily-manufactured Cooling Vests. Cooling suits are still routinely issued to Clan Warriors, as the Clans never lost the technology needed to manufacture them, and they are slowly becoming more prevalent across the Inner Sphere by the start of the FedCom Civil War.[1] Even during the early Clan Invasion era functional vintage SLDF cooling suits could command millions of C-Bills.[4]
Inner Sphere cooling suits were first prototyped somewhere around 2480 by the Terran Hegemony, entered production by 2500, and became lostech by around 2850. They were eventually reproduced by ComStar in 3050, and returned to widespread use by 3065.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide, pp. 50-51, "Hostile Environmental Gear - Cooling Suit"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Star League, p.110-111, "Mechwarriors"
- ↑ Main Event, "Chapter Eleven"
- ↑ Main Event, "Chapter Fifteen"
- ↑ Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras, p.31, "Universal Technology Advancement Table"