Gray Fox's exoskeleton



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Overview
Originally designed by Tokugawa Heavy Industries the type one exoskeleton is the type used by most of the Cyborg Ninjas which provides a shell that an injured soldier can be connected to permanantly. Missing body parts can be replaced with mechanical ones. The suit is also able to provide life support functions.

General Design
This type of suit is clearly designed primarily to provide incredible protection against any and all forms of physical attacks such as crushing and ballistic impacts(1). During Gray Fox's demonstration of the suits capabilities it is capable of supporting at least half the weight of Metal Gear REX shown as he alone prevented its foot from crushing Solid Snake(1,2). After which the suit was able to withstand two other crushing attempts by REX - being crushed once against the wall by the cockpit of REX, the second being stomped upon by REX's foot before finally succumbing to a third stomp(1,2). Additionally whilst the suit is commonly protected from taking damage by the wearers deflecting incoming projectiles with their swords the suit has also demonstrated it is also able to withstand REX's machine gun rounds as one grazed Grayfox during his confrontation with it(1).

Asthetic Design
The appearance of the exoskeleton almost entirely a blue representation of a male musculature appearance with red shoulder pads, gauntlets, elbows, knees and ankles and white head. The colours are presumably inspired from the American flag.

Intergrated Technology
Infrared Sensor - The mask of the suit is equipped with thermal imaging via the sensor visible on the mask, granting the wearer the distinct advantage of being able to see potential dangers and traps such as infrared laser detection beams and other users of stealth camoflauge aswell as being able to see through most thin surfaces.

Optic Camoflauge - The exoskeleton, like most others comes with a built-in optic camoflauge device allowing the wearer to remaing indetected even in the center of enemy compounds which they may activate and deactivate by mere willpower. The device however has also demonstrated susceptibility to chaff grenade interference which causes the device to deactivate.

Arm-Mounted Cannon - Gray Fox was able to mount a cannon on-to his right arm which appeared to fire rapid plasma bolts.

Enhanced Abilities
Enhanced Agility - The wearer is capable of almost super-human agility and reflexes(1) which allowed Gray Fox to evade almost every attack made by Metal Gear REX during his battle with it.

Enhanced Movement - The wearer is also granted super-human running speed and jumping capabilities which allowed Gray Fox to leap to a height equal to the cockpit height of Metal Gear REX.

Enhanced Strength - As demonstrated by Gray Fox the exoskeleton allowed him to lift soldiers in-to the air with a single arm and thow them great distances, with great force(1) and break human bones with ease.

Vulnerabilities
Despite the exoskeletons amazing robustness against physical attacks it also demonstrates incredible vulnerability to laser weaponry, during Gray Fox's confrontation with REX his arm was caught by its laser beam and was therefore cut clean off. Another vulnerability of the exoskeleton is its susceptibility to chaff grenades which apparently interfere with the suits power systems preventing the suit from movmement entirely and thus paralyzing the wearer for its duration(1,2).

References

Reference 1: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Reference 2: Metal Gear Solid