NAM Mamba Combat Suit

The Mamba is the most recent Nepleslian combat gear. Unlike the Golem Assault Armor, the Mamba is intended to provide non-powered armor units a stealth suit and a light combat armor in one go. With a loose air-flowing suit at the base layer, a custom-print Nepleslian Ballistic Vest, and reinforced combat plating the suit is far from unprepared. As the Golem relies on combat defense, using large and covering padding, the Mamba carries a unique system within its cloak, undersuit, and sections of thicker cloth worn beneath its armor. This system, MAMBA, stands for Mirror-All Mirage Battle Assistant. A low power signature, the ability to adjust its heat signature, and reflective fibers within the shawl and undersuit allows the Mamba to engage in active camouflage when moving slowly or almost entirely vanish from view when the user goes still. While the suit can be deployed without the shawl, it greatly loses effectiveness and simply makes the suit appear as a blurry image. In short, those within recon roles or even within the legendary IPG might find the suit useful with the shawl while common soldiers simply prefer it for the increased mobility and light-weight the suit provides.

Beyond the name-sake of the Mamba, the suit's two other most prominent tools are its unique ballistic mask and its right gauntlet. While the user wears a balaclava-like mask, they put on the ballistic mask and its rig to essentially hide their eyes from sight. Hidden behind the visor, the user can look out and utilize an eye-based mono-eye binocular that can freely adjust within the ballistic mask. This eye allows soldiers to scope in without requiring binoculars or using their weapon's sights, effectively allowing them to survey things up to 800 meters with clarity. The mask itself, as a ballistic mask, carries roughly the same protective power as the suit's ballistic vest, allowing the user to shrug off facial hits so long as it doesn't slip through the cracks of the mask that the mono-eye utilizes to move about. The right gauntlet is a far more simple tool, essentially an electromagnetic slingshot. Using two barbs to generate a field, the operator can use it to fling grenades and various objects silently without much movement. While situational, it grants the operative various options on how to approach or even open up attacks.

In short, while the Mamba lacks the sheer defensive might of the Golem it can easily make up for it with a lighter load, flexible tools, and a stealth system that even when damaged grants the user some efficiency in evading enemy detection or fire. The shawl and suit being able to adjust to its weather and harsh weathers, however, will likely see to an increase in use within forests and jungles where the Golem would be far less comfortable. And, while it might be named after a fearsome snake, the Mamba can never hope to outmatch its big brother in sheer combat power within the urban sprawls.

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