Something that's been on my mind for a little bit has been combat armor and counterweights.
Benjamin's Shell Bullet Arm, when active, is much more massive than his seemingly normal left arm. Granted, his musculo-skeletal system has been enhanced to cope with the changes in Ben's physiology, but the simple matter is that he does not have the mass to balance that monster out properly.
Until the Boskonian War, Benjamin never really had any reason to go looking for trouble, as it was. That aside, most of the operations he partook in required him to be in the pilot's seat of the Magnificent Midnight. However, just because you never know, he did construct a sort of battle armor.
The armor is not really meant to be protective - that comes as a side affect of being made of armor steel plate. The primary goal was to provide a means to counterbalance his right arm. Thus, it consists of a breast plate with a pauldron and heavy armor for his left arm. Typical coloration is a Lunar camo-pattern (various shades of gull gray) or black. If they have time before going into the battle field, Gina will help Ben apply camouflage to his right arm as well using canned spray paint.
Of course, that is only a basic configuration. With time, the armor will change and new features will be added. It is a slow process, of course, and at the time of Mayonaka's decanting he was only on the second revision, which included a battle-steel heavy-blade weapon for his right arm and a 9mm automatic rifle and 40mm grenade launcher incorporated into the left arm. An integral shield provides additional protection as well as mounting points for the weapons.
Thoughts? Overkill? Stupidity?
Benjamin's Shell Bullet Arm, when active, is much more massive than his seemingly normal left arm. Granted, his musculo-skeletal system has been enhanced to cope with the changes in Ben's physiology, but the simple matter is that he does not have the mass to balance that monster out properly.
Until the Boskonian War, Benjamin never really had any reason to go looking for trouble, as it was. That aside, most of the operations he partook in required him to be in the pilot's seat of the Magnificent Midnight. However, just because you never know, he did construct a sort of battle armor.
The armor is not really meant to be protective - that comes as a side affect of being made of armor steel plate. The primary goal was to provide a means to counterbalance his right arm. Thus, it consists of a breast plate with a pauldron and heavy armor for his left arm. Typical coloration is a Lunar camo-pattern (various shades of gull gray) or black. If they have time before going into the battle field, Gina will help Ben apply camouflage to his right arm as well using canned spray paint.
Of course, that is only a basic configuration. With time, the armor will change and new features will be added. It is a slow process, of course, and at the time of Mayonaka's decanting he was only on the second revision, which included a battle-steel heavy-blade weapon for his right arm and a 9mm automatic rifle and 40mm grenade launcher incorporated into the left arm. An integral shield provides additional protection as well as mounting points for the weapons.
Thoughts? Overkill? Stupidity?