Fiction:United Knights Alliance/Technology/UKA Standard Battle Armor

History and Description
The United Knights Alliance Standard Battle Armor, or UKA-SBA for short, is a cutting-edge battle armor that all front-line (UKA) infantry soldiers wear into battle. It is designed to protect the wearer from high impact ballistic and plasma weaponry. In stead of being one continuous piece of armor, the armor comes in multiple "plates" that interlock to provide phenomenal protection while retaining the wearer's flexibility. This armor was intended to be worn on top of the United Knights Alliance Elite Battle Suit (UKA-EBS), and in conjunction with the United Knights Alliance Knight Helm (UKA-KH).

The UKA-SBA first saw use in 2772 AD, during the Enlightenment War. The UKA-SBA was worn by Elite UKA forces such as the Volver Knights, Soldarian Super Elites, and the many Khans of the Hyperon Grand Khanate. It was originally intended to only be used by the elite forces, but due to its effectiveness, and the fact that UKA war scientists found a way to mass produce the armor, all UKA infantry units are allowed to wear this armor into battle.

Unlike the UKA Elite Battle Suit, the UKA Standard Battle Armor is exclusive to the races of United Knights Alliance. It is seen as the official uniform of the alliance, and they believe that selling it to to others would cause the UKA to lose one of their many upper-hands in ground combat.

Technology
The UKA-SBA is a multilayered heavy plate outer-armor that is made of multiple interlocking metal plates. Each plate is roughly 2.7 millimeters thick, and curved in such a way that swords, and sometimes ballistic projectiles, glance or skitter off the plates without harming the wearer. The layering of the plates is typically doubled, meaning that two plates are worn on top of each other per body part.

The complete armor set contains circutry within the inner layer of the bottom plates that connects not only to the UKA Elite Battle Suit, but also to the UKA Knight Helm interface. This allows the wearer to manually activate/deactivate the armor's UKA Portable Shield Generator, and remotely remove individual plates (or the entire set of armor).

Outer Layer

 * Ceramic Coating - The outer layer off all of the plates has a plasma resistant ceramic coating. Designed to prevent the metal underneath from being damaged by plasma-based projectiles.
 * Ukanium Plate-Metal - The majority of the armor plates are composed of Ukanium, an extremely durable alloy of Asconium, Titanium, and Steel. Designed to disperse impacts from any source.

Middle Layer

 * Ballistic Nylon - Designed to dampen or outright stop high impact ballistic projectiles that manage to pierce the outer layer.


 * Energy Shielding Compartment - A hollowed out compartment in one of the back plates meant to house a UKA Portable Shield Generator. Provides energy shielding across all layers and plates of the battle armor.

Inner Layer

 * UKA-EBS Compatibility Layer - A light-fabric inner layer that allows for the armor to be connected to the UKA Elite Battle Suit.


 * UKA Knight Helm Compatibility Circuitry - A layer of light-fabric that contains circuitry, typically interlaced with the UKA-EBS Compatibility Layer, that allows the wearer to control armor functions from their UKA Knight Helm.