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WarMain

Real Name: Arno Achilles Stone
Occupation: Executive Chairman of the Board (Advanced Cybernetics And Dynamics Industrial), Inventor, Hero
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Legal Citizen of the United States with no known criminal record, offcially recognized hero of Paragon City
Place of Birth: Paragon City, Rhode Island
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Mary Stone (mother), Walter Stone (father), Henry Stone (brother), Samantha Stone (wife, deceased)
Group Affiliation: Justice Avengers
Base of Operations: Paragon City, Rhode Island
Origin: Technology
Archetype: Blaster
Security Level: 50
Accolades: Atlas Medallion, Crey CBX-9 Pistol, Freedom Phalanx Reserve, Vanguard Medal, Geas of the Kind Ones, Portal Jockey, Task Force Commander, Elusive Mind, Eye of the Magus
Primary: Energy Blast (Power Bolt, Power Blast, Sniper Blast, Aim, Power Burst, Explosive Blast, Nova)
Secondary: Energy Manipulation (Power Thrust, Energy Punch, Build-Up, Bone Smasher, Boost Range, Total Focus)
Other Powers: Flight (Hover, Fly), Fitness (Hurdle, Health, Stamina), Fighting (Boxing, Tough), Munitions Mastery (Body Armor, Surveillance, LRM Rocket), Speed (Hasten)

Background

Arno Achilles Stone was born January 3rd, 1969 to Mary and Walter Stone at the M. Harvey Medical Center in the Founders' Fall district of Paragon City and from an early age it was apparent that Arno possessed a keen intellect and a natural predilection toward things mechanical. As a child, Arno was able to build fairly complex mechanical devices scavenged from a variety of materials found around his home. By his teens, Arno had an uncanny grasp in several disciplines of engineering and by the time he had completed high school was considered a prodigy. Arno's college years were no less productive as his insatiable drive for knowledge and inventive genius allowed the young Arno to surpass his peers and teachers.

During Arno's time in college, he had invented and patented several new technologies and used the gains from his inventions to provide the startup capital for an engineering firm. During this time Arno would meet the love of his life, Samantha Smith, who worked as a paralegal for his father's practice. The attraction was instant and mutual and despite a long courtship, the two were married after Arno had successfully matured his small firm into the much larger Advanced Cybernetics and Dynamics Industrial (ACADI).

ACADI's primary business was in developing ultra high performance materials and proccesses for use in advanced prosthetic devices of all sorts, from artificial limbs to sensory replacements. The company also branched out into several other areas of engineering, including working for DARPA in the development of powered exoskeletons. ACADI had prospered until the rikti invasion. While the primary business was more important than ever, Arno also realized that the resources of his company could also be used to help stem or eliminate ther rikti threat. After the war, Arno leveraged his company's relationship with the government to aquire research projects based on captured rikti technology for both the military and civilian sectors. The act did not come without consequences as one of ACADI's chief rivals, Crey Industires, took notice after thier monopoly on captured rikti tech was lost.

Initially, Crey complained bitterly and sought legal action in an effort to prevent Arno and ACADI from carrying out thier program. When that failed, Crey offered to buy ACADI from Arno with the promise of a healthy fortune. Despite the offer, Arno remained faithful to his employees and his business. Afterwhich Crey again made an offer and again Arno refused. Ultimately Crey began an illicit campaign to undermine ACADI itself, force Arno out and liquidate the buisness gaing its contracts and developments for itself.

The plan like the offer proved unsucessful, forcing Crey to step up its actions against ACADI which resulted in a manufactured publicity stunt between Crey's own Paragon Protectors and the Freakshow. The effort was staged near the ACADI campus in Independance Port and was desinged to heavily damage the property and create several casualties. The plan proved partly successful as property damage was kept to a minimum, however the latter part of the action had proved incredibly successful as Arno's wife had been caught in the crossfire and sustained severe injuries which resulted in her death while Arno watched helplessly from a distance.

Almost immediately after, it was made known to Arno that the event had been no accident and that it wouldn't be the last unless Arno capitulated. A greiving Arno instead choose to again take the huge conglomerate on in a more direct fashion. Retreating to his private lab and the advanced concepts and research division of ACADI, Arno pooled the best minds and resources of his company to take a previous program to a new level. Arno reopened Project WarMain (the original internal codename for the powered exoskeleton DARPA project) and in less than a year had a working model that had completely eclipsed any previous work. The effort produced the mark one alpha powered exoskeleton dubbed "WarMain".

Arno had orignally planned to don the armor and go after Crey directly, however the threat posed by the Outbreak riot proved a more immediate threat. After helping the authorities in the riot, Arno realized he didn't have the skills or talent nessecary to take Crey on directly. Instead the fledgling hero decided to take to the streets of Paragon city in an effort to hone his skills and perfect his armor.

While unable to put an end to Crey Industries and its illegal operations, Arno in the guise of WarMain has been an ever present thorn in thier side, setting them back on several occasions, including the personal capture of Countess Crey herself. Ultimately, Arno realized no measure of personal revenge would bring his dead wife back. Instead Arno as WarMain works with other heros and his company in an effort to make Paragon City and the world a better safer place.

Abilities

Arno possess the average human strength and stamina for a person of his age who engages in moderate regular exercise. Arno's cognitive ability is substantially higher than the average humans and is a genius in the fields of materials and mechanical engineering as well as electrical and computer engineering.

Equipment

Besides Arno's access to a variety of devices he has invented and those available to him in ACADI's inventory, his primary piece of equipment is the WarMain powered exoskeleton.

Project WarMain

Specifications: Mark III Delta “WarMain” Powered Exoskeleton
Design Team: Arno Stone (ECoB), Sol Cogley, John Brahms, Fenton Mullhall, Vickie Palmer, and Preston Potts
Major Contractor: Advanced Cybernetics and Dynamics Industrial – Advanced Concepts and Research (ACaDI-ACaR)
Price as Constructed: 400,000,000 USD

Armor Exterior Dimensions and Weight
Height (overall): 1.91 meters
Width (overall): .81 meters
Depth (overall): .58 meters
Weight (empty): 159 kilograms

Exoskeleton Armor Composition

The surface layer’s signature blue/gold color scheme is comprised of an ablative ceramic applied over the primary layer and is engineered to resist and scatter a wide range of electromagnetic frequencies and magnitudes deemed harmful to both armor and occupant with a secondary function of limiting the armor’s infrared and radar signature.
The primary layer is composed of yttrium, zirconium, and aluminum oxides vapor deposited over irregularly stacked hexagonal micro-tiles composed of rhenium-tungsten laced cryo-milled beryllium bonded to a titanium diboride faced fused aluminum/titanium foil laminate shell reinforced by a beta-carbon nitride honeycomb lattice backed by carbon fiber reinforced radiopaque polymer sheathing for rigid armor elements and overlapping and interlocking micro-scales of the same composition (as the tiles) mechanically affixed to radiopaque carbon nanotube and modified para-aramid nano-weave sheathing for flexible armor elements. Rigid armor segments are attached directly to the exoskeleton chassis via electromagnetic, thermal, and kinetic attenuating hard points while flexible armor elements are attached to the rigid elements.
The secondary layer houses a multi-layer insulation/beta cloth jacketed flexible segmented polyamide-imide membrane containing a network of biomemetic electroactive polymer fiber bundles suspended in silicon based magnetorheological fluid (for kinetic energy management and localized redundant armor) and attached to a titanium diboride laced geodetic silicon carbide/titanium matrix chassis with integrated electric motors for articulation and support.
The tertiary layer is comprised of a nano-composite impregnated isobutylene polymer radiopaque membrane bonded to graduated density modified polychloroprene dilatant cellular foam padding for added insulation and protection. The padding is embedded with a silicon micro-tube network utilizing resonant laser micro-pumps connected to strategically located bladders for internal temperature, acceleration and pressure control.

Notes: The armor composition denotes a typical cross-section in a typical region of the armor. Specialized regions utilize hardened structures to support, isolate and protect dedicated and/or specialized systems. In addition each layer possesses integrated electronics and power handling systems which are heavily redundant and cross-linked for rapid and almost uninterrupted function as systems and components are damaged in use. Also embedded in the armor is a network of sensors for malfunction detection and environmental control. Embedded in the upper two layers of the armor are waveguide arrays arranged to allow discrete control over the armor’s various energy operations. Performance specifications for the exoskeleton's surface/primary layer call for the armor to resist a typical kinetic penetrator round impacting the surface with approximately 3.32 x 10^3 J (joules) of energy and the ability to dissipate a directed electromagnetic energy attack with approximately 1.3 x 10^9 J of energy.

Exoskeleton Articulation/Mobility

Type: Electrochemomechanical biomemetic fiber bundles attached to a titanium diboride laced geodetic silicon carbide/titanium matrix chassis with integrated electric motor assistance.
Musculature Enhancement: The exoskeleton allows the wearer to lift/press approximately 10,160 kilograms under normal operating conditions.
Limits: Under maximum operating conditions, the exoskeleton can enable the wearer to lift/press approximately 15,240 kilograms for approximately 30 seconds before system degradation occurs and system performance suffers. With sufficiently diverted power the exoskeleton can boost maximum operating performance to 19,304 kilograms for approximately 10 seconds before onset of critical system failure.

Notes: The biomemetic fiber bundles are designed to reflexively contract under impact, creating localized zones of higher density that are better able to resist forces that would otherwise injure the occupant. The electric motors provide minimal assist to the fiber bundles and are instead used to provide low power articulation and mobility both to conserve energy and when the exoskeleton is low on power. The exoskeleton itself is designed to mostly mimic the normal range of human movement except where such movements would hyperextend the occupants body. Another feature of the exoskeleton are the telefactoring gauntlets which mimic the function of the occupants own hands while providing increased protection and additional space for specialized tools or functions.

Exoskeleton Flight System

Type: Variable specific impulse electrodeless magnetoplasmadynamic arcjet thrusters in conjunction with a drag reducing energy envelope
Flight Control: Plasma bleed to reaction control thrusters for low speed/fine control and drag reducing energy field for high speed/gross control.
Maximum Delta-v: 1099 m/s.
Maximum Acceleration: 117.7 m/s^2 at sea level (and 26.9 m/s^2 @ max payload).
Lift Capacity: 1000 kg.
Maximum Thrust ("Dry"): 20.58 kN (kilonewtons).
Maximum Thrust ("Wet"): 27.85 kN.
Maximum Altitude: 27,432 m (meters) with xenon fuel enrichment.
Range: 4,000 km (kilometers) at an altitude of 27,432 m, unlimited range @ sea level.
Fuel: Liquid Xenon as "wet" thrust and propellant in a vacuum and/or low density atmospheric conditions.

Notes: The energy envelope makes high speed flight possible by reducing the exoskeleton's coefficient of drag as well as providing protection from the extreme amount of heat generated during high speed flight in addition to deflecting small debris in the exoskeleton's flight path. In operation the energy field is somewhat reminiscent of a lifting body in shape for typical flight operations with the shape being deformed for optimal operation as the situation dictates.

Exoskeleton Articulation Seals/Reinforcement

Type: Reinforced and shielded cam locks in conjunction with ferrofluidic hermetic face seals for all major exoskeleton attachment points with pressure compensated rotary joints and labyrinth seals at all articulation points augmented by a positive a pressure environment.

Exoskeleton Life Support System

Type: Self contained full environmental control and advanced life support.
Duration: 744 hours on filtered external air or 168 hours utilizing onboard rebreathing mechanism augmented with liquid oxygen stores.
Exposure (thermal): 172 to 1500 Kelvin external while maintaining 277 to 316 Kelvin internal environment with up to a maximum external flash/blast limit of 3695 Kelvin for approximately 5 seconds.
Exposure (pressure): 0 to 5472 kilopascals external while maintaining 101 to 162 kilopascals internal.
Exposure (chemical- biological - radiological - nuclear): 744 hours on externally filtered air for OSHA/NIOSH red zone threats which call for level "A" protective equipment, including protection against alpha/beta radiation with gamma radiation mitigation (directed attacks significantly reduce the effectiveness of CBRN exposure times and are dependent on the intensity of the attack).

Notes: The life support system allows continuous exoskeleton operation to a maximum safe depth of 547 meters below sea level and a maximum safe altitude of 21, 336 meters without the need for special equipment. Operation above and below these limits requires additional consideration and modification as the situation requires. Critical operational limits allow intermittent operation above these limits but mean time before the onset of critical failure is haphazard at best and is fully dependent on environmental factors and preexisting operational stress imposed on the exoskeleton. The life support system is further augmented by a first aid/advanced life support diagnostics array that utilizes a defibrillator and several onboard drugs dispensed through pneumatic injection in conjunction with other hardware adaptations in order to counter toxins and revive the occupant as well as counter cardiac and respiratory arrest. The FA/ALS system is also configured to provide performance enhancement of the occupant in situations that require increased response and activity levels as well as providing limited environmental adaptation when onboard systems cannot effectively cope with the threat. The life support system is further augmented with onboard nutrient and water stores (including water reclamation) so that the occupant can remain functional for up to 168 hours without the need to seek external nourishment.

Exoskeleton Power Supply

Type: Hybrid Collector/Converter array coupled to a high density storage medium.
Primary: Zero Point Energy Collector array coupled to a Motionless Electromagnetic Converter.
Secondary: Ambient electromagnetic recharging in conjunction with strategically placed piezoelectric generator arrays.
Tertiary: Thermal and electromagnetic waste recovery and conversion.
Energy Storage: Advanced insulated gate bipolar self regulating ceramic “ne plus” ultracapacitor cells.

Notes: The primary power supply for the exoskeleton is a hybrid zero-point energy collector based on recovered rikti technology coupled to a motionless electromagnetic energy converter. The hybrid power supply generates in excess of 542.6 terawatts an hour at peak output. The power supply is connected to Advanced insulated gate bipolar self regulating ceramic “ne plus” ultracapacitor plasma cells with the capability to store 27.13 terawatts of energy. High energy transfer is accomplished through the use of magnetically shielded high energy plasma conduits chosen for their ability to enable large scale energy transfer with a long life safely within the confines of the exoskeleton. Low energy transfer operations are conducted by the use of more conventional super conducting elements. Secondary power generation is handled through the implementation of ambient electromagnetic recharging as the exoskeleton passes through and around electromagnetic energy potentials in conjunction with radioisotope piezoelectric generators . Tertiary system recoups waste thermal and electromagnetic energy in an effort to increase efficiency and reduce exoskeleton energy signatures. The secondary and tertiary systems combined are incapable of providing support for high energy operations. Instead the two systems support low energy operations including life support and basic motivation as well as provide minimal power for "hibernation" mode.

Exoskeleton Control System

Type: Hierarchical computer array utilizing a heuristic near artificial intelligence operating system.
Primary: 3D array of 4096 complex nanoprocessors with 128 terabytes of shared memory and a peak performance in the 1.8 petaflop range allowing the implementation of the VIos (Virtual Intelligence operating system).
Secondary: 5 task specific computers (defense - life support - mobility - offense - power) slaved to the primary system with each consisting of an asynchronous 2D array of 256 complex nanoprocessors with 25 terabytes of shared memory and peak performance in the range 113 teraflops.
Tertiary: Numerous local component asynchronous simple processor arrays featuring 1 terabyte of memory and a peak performance in the 50 gigaflop range.
Control Interface: Non-invasive cybernetic interface in conjunction with verbal commands, biofeedback, body motion sensing and visual target acquisition.
Data Feedback: Retinal scan display, 3D positional audio, and tactile sensation.

Notes: The primary computer's function is the implementation of the Vios which allows the control system to seamlessly integrate all exoskeleton operations with near zero response time under nearly every predicted theater of operation without limit to the occupants commands pursuant to the operational limits of the exoskeleton and its hardware. The VIos offers near artificial intelligence capability without the danger and unpredictability of an operating system that is essentially self aware with only minimal expense to the exoskeletons environmental adaptability. The secondary control system speeds the exoskeletons major system response time and in conjunction with the tertiary control system provides continuous error checking for all control systems. The secondary system also provides emergency backup control in the event of primary system failure with a substantial reduction in exoskeleton adaptability. the tertiary system provides even more basic control in the event of primary and secondary control system failure and also allows autonomous control of individual armor segments in the event of separation.

Exoskeleton Navigation System

Type:Advanced Inertial Reference in conjunction with Global Positioning and Astrocompass
Primary: Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere with redundant Hemispherical Resonator and Fiber Optic Gyros as backup and error checking.
Secondary: GPS-GLONASS Interoperability and Compatibility Array in conjunction with Enhanced LORAN
Tertiary: Electro-Optical Astrocompass in conjunction with laser Infermatory dead reckoning.

Notes: The navigation system is capable of accuracy down to .962 km/h drift (kilometers/hour) @ maximum delta-v under regular operation and 2.77 km/h @ 366 m/s in tertiary only mode. Nominally the primary and secondary systems operate in tandem for constant error checking and postional agreement with the tertiary system being referenced whenever the exoskeleton is traveling at speeds lower than 9 m/s as an additional redundancy.

Exoskeleton Communication System

Type: Integrated Radio/Opitcal Communications suite with translator.
Primary: Broad and narrow band radio frequency and free space optical utilizing a digital/analog capable transmitter and receiver array.
Secondary: Multi-frequency public address system

Notes: The onboard communications system provides the WarMain exoskeleton with the ability to provide direct communication between the exoskeleton and any number of objects capable of utilizing radio frequency or free space optical communications as well as utilizing a wide array of existing terrestrial and extra-terrestrial communications networks (satellite, cell phone, two way radio, blue tooth, wi-fi, infrared, ect) with a variable rate encrypted/decrypted data transmission capability that meets or exceeds any current or foreseeable technology. The system is also equipped with a two way real time language translator that is fully capable of translating most terrestrial languages spoken by one percent or more of the human population. The public address system also operates through the translator as well with an added security feature of completely changing the operator's speech and vocal pattern output .

Exoskeleton Sensor System

Primary: Advanced Multi-Role High Resolution Electronically Scanned Array Scalable Agile Beam Surveillance Radar
Secondary: High Resolution Electro-Optical and Infrared Distributed Aperture Locator Array
Tertiary: High Resolution Multi-Mode (Thermal - Acoustic - Chemical - Electromagnetic - Pressure - Thermal) Distributed Grid Sensor Array

Notes: The Primary and Secondary sensor systems provide 360 degree spherical all weather day/night situational awareness at all times. Providing air to air/air to surface/surface to air/very short range surface penetrating capability with air/ground/maritime moving target indication including continuous automatic threat detection and identification to a range of 177.1 km. The tertiary system provides additional short range (99.8 meters) capability enhancing threat detection, identification, and analysis as well as providing enhanced tracking capability. All three systems have active and passive modes for stealth operation and when chained together effectively simulate the full range of human senses (enhanced by the high resolution capability including advanced signal processing and interpretation).

Exoskeleton Weapon Systems

Type: Accelerated Charged/Neutral Particle Emitters
Description: Gauntlet mounted laser gated solid state tachyon shear accelerated particle emitters capable of charge coupling and beam, bolt, cone or area discharge allowing for a variety of effects with exoatmospheric and endoatmospheric capability.
Range: 92 m
Limits: In beam or bolt mode the emitters are capable of a maximum discharge of 1 x 10^6 J of kinetic energy coupled with 1.5 x 10^9 J of electromagnetic energy with a maximum duty cycle of 9.93 seconds per discharge including a 2.2 second cooling cycle. Area discharges require both gauntlets to be chained and involve an overcharge pre-firing cycle which significantly boosts emitter kinetic energy performance to approximately 1 x10^8 J with a correspondingly shorter duty cycle time and increased cooling cycle. The final chained emitter function of the gauntlets involves a single burst area effect capable of boosting kinetic energy performance to approximately 5 x 10^10 J but results in significant energy depletion (on the order of 30 to 40 seconds before the primary power supply can provide enough power to resume high energy operations) along with a corresponding amount of time needed for emitter cool down and function reset. Minimum kinetic emission is rated at 1 x 10^ -1 J with a minimum electromagnetic emission of 5.2 x 10^ -19 J
Secondary: Micro missile launcher employing high impulse thermobaric warheads
Description: Dorsally located mass accelerated high off bore sight air delivered fin stabilized/controlled micro missile utilizing a timed/impact detonated thermobaric charge.
Range: 200 m
Limits: The exoskeleton carries a maximum of 10 micro-missiles in a reinforced storage and ejector assembly on the dorsal area of the armor. Maximum yield under optimal conditions with the standard thermobaric warhead is 2.3 x 10^10 J kinetic and 4.19 x 10^10 J thermal. The warheads can be fitted with a shaped penetrator that allows the warhead to penetrate hardened targets (typically 4 such rounds are included in a standard load out) but at significantly reduced blast capability.

Notes: All ranged weapons systems are designed with "high off bore scope" and "fire & forget" capability (including CIWS countermeasures) if they involve a projectile.

Type: Kinetic Barrier Generator
Description: Owing to physical space constraints and material characteristics, the exoskeleton utilizes a kinetic barrier generator to boost defensive capability. The exoskeleton's armor and composite construction alone can stop the equivalent of a standard NATO round weighing 9.33 grams and traveling at approximately 838 m/s. The generator significantly steps up this capability to dissipate approximately 4.186 x 10^3 J of kinetic energy. The barrier generator relies on a series of nested fields designed to collapse in on one another and in the process altering the mass of the object until it reaches a total energy of 1.2 x 10^3 J and harmlessly bounces off the armor. The system is also tuned to dampen directed electromagnetic attacks possessing 1.5 x 10^9 J energy or greater and like the kinetic dissipation function. The nested fields attempt to reduce total directed attack energy to 9 x10^2 J or less.
Limits: The barrier can effectively dissipate 25 attacks per second totaling 1.06 x 10^5 J of kinetic energy and/or directed energy attacks totaling 3.7 x 10^10 J of electromagnetic energy. The kinetic barrier system is ineffective against objects traveling less than 11.8 m/s or objects with less than 8 x 10^1 J of energy in either case. The kinetic barrier system also has a overload capability of 8.78 x 10^13 J total energy absorbed over .53 seconds with the onset of critical system failure.

Notes: A third function of the Kinetic Energy Barrier provides a drag reducing envelop during flight operations. This field or envelop also steers small objects out of the exoskeletons path during flight. The envelop features a staggered layer arrangement that necessarily places the greater number of nested layers in the forward direction of travel which results in less standard protection of the exoskeleton as it passes over and to the rear. Rear ward energy dissipation and dampening are approximately 59.7% of standard operating strength while forward operating strength is approximately 1.14 times standard operating strength. In the event of critical failure during flight mode at maximum delta-v, the barrier generator can sustain the envelop for approximately 15 seconds while the exoskeleton automatically decelerates to a safe operating speed.

Exoskeleton Countermeasures System

Type: Multi-spectral electromagnetic multifunction countermeasures system
Description: Uni-directional jamming system used to foil infrared, laser, and radar detection, guidance and tracking systems

Type: Electromagnetic, Acoustical, and Thermal Management System
Description: The exoskeleton is equipped with various ceramic coatings designed to reduce its electromagnetic and thermal signature in conjunction with electromagnetic and thermal sinks within the exoskeleton that either act as a waste recovery system helping to increase effciency or reducing the exoskeleton's signature by passively releasing the captured energy in the sinks. Acoustical management is achieved by carefully insulating and mounting armor components and by utilizing an active anti-sound array that cancels or mutes the exoskeleton's acoustical signature.

Type: Multi ordinance close-in weapons system
Description: Quick deploying rapid blooming chaff and/or flares in conjunction with advanced high explosive air bursting ammunition (stacked variable rate electronically fired 20mm sphereical rounds). The close-in weapons system is contained in the shoulder pods of the armor.

Notes: The countermeasures system used by the armor is a preemptive/reactive-hard/soft kill system based on an electronically fused optical locator array in conjunction with passive electromagnetic, thermal and acoustic sensors utilizing advanced signal processing. The system allows passive identification and warning of threat targets without compromising the stealth capability of the exoskeleton. Once threat targets are identified or the stealth capability is compromised, the armor steps up countermeasures activity with the Multi-spectral/function electromagnetic countermeasures system. This intelligent system is capable of detecting and interfering (jamming or through deception) with the operation of various sensor based targeting and guidance systems (most notably radar and infrared). When electronic countermeasures fail, the exoskelton can utilize the close-in weapons system to defeat threats.

Miscellaneous Exoskeleton Systems

Type: Experimental Phased State Exoskeleton Storage/Retrieval Device
Description:Owing to the need for the operator to quickly don or store the exoskeleton, an experimental device utilizing quantum entanglement to link the exoskeleton to the operator allows the assembled exoskeleton to be stored in a low power state slightly out of dimensional phase. When activated the exoskeleton is brought back into phase with the operator. The phasing process is handled completely on the exoskeleton's end (due to high energy requirements) and the operator is fitted with a signal device that acts as a homing beacon, allowing the exoskeleton to adjust to the operator no matter the location. Activation results in a large static discharge that resembles a lightning strike. The operator is completely insulated from the phasing effect and it is largely useful as a "shock and awe" device.