This is typically the most advanced form of personal protection available it usually is at least Immune to Bullets or whatever else is used in Five Rounds Rapid in the local 'verse superior models may mount Deflector Shields allowing the armor to No-Sell damage well above its apparent weight class.
(In many cases, the wearer gains effective Super Strength). As a result, it at the very least negates its own perceived weight and allows the wearer to carry thick, bulky armor plating without being encumbered. The powered armor is built around an exoskeleton combined with a supplemental system that acts as artificial muscle, mimicking the wearer's own movements in a sort of purely mechanical Synchronization. Powered Armor is the Sci-Fi Counterpart of the iconic medieval plate armor, frequently used by Space Marines, Super Cops or futuristic Knights. The Knight in Shining Armor's fashionable protective wear does well enough against swords and arrows, but as the field of battle became increasingly dominated by technology, any reasonable amount of protection a soldier may carry becomes obviously inadequate to face bullets, missiles, Death Rays and autonomous war machines � not to mention all manner of Big Creepy-Crawlies prone to invading planets.
