Goliath Power Armor
Goliath power armor is the main armor worn by the Martian Marine Corps Force Recon Marines for combat scenarios. These suits are resistant to most small arms, and are much stronger than the typical Martian Light Armor used by typical Martian marines and soldiers.
Goliath armor utilizes an inbuilt multibarrel minigun firing armor-piercing, high-explosive, and 6.25mm incendiary-tipped caseless ammunition. Inbuilt RPGs (Rocket Propelled Grenades) have also been shown to be worn within the back of the armor and can be remotely targeted. Grenades are also used by Marines in this armor and can be attached directly onto the armor exterior for storage. The inbuilt weapons onboard Goliath armor are DNA encoded and cannot be operated by anyone but the assigned Marine user.
One of the most fearsome sights on the battlefield is military power armor. Two and a half meters tall and weighing 400 kilograms even before a soldier climbs inside, power armor provides both a formidable offense and defense. Half armor and half spacesuit, the armor has radiation shielding sufficient to let soldiers walk through a nuclear bomb crater minutes after the blast. The armor’s titanium and ceramic-composite exterior shielding is typically painted with camouflage patterns appropriate to the assignment, and enemies are often surprised just how well an enormous soldier in power armor can blend into the environment when they stand still. The armor’s hydraulics system magnifies the wearer’s strength, much like a mech rig, and carries most of the weight of the suit, allowing soldiers in power armor to undertake marathon hikes and move surprisingly fast. They also enable the armor to carry heavy weaponry, typically a rotary machine gun and sometimes a grenade launcher or micro-missile pack. Sensor packages feed data to the wearer on the helmet’s HUD, allowing them to identify and track infrared targeting lasers used by opponents’ weapons, and even visually parse those weapons using the suit’s camera feeds to match them against an internal database. Those same cameras monitor in all directions, sending feeds back to squad officers and their military command center, which can monitor the life signs of both the soldiers and opponents who have been detected and attacked.
Despite all these capabilities, power armor is still designed for maneuverability in tight spaces, enabling infantry to move in microgravity and storm their way through the narrow confines of ships. Less so is a newer addition to the Martian arsenal: 4-meter tall, 9-ton combat mechs, walking tanks carrying rail guns and missiles adapted from ship weapon systems. They are strictly ground-assault troops, and there are few installations or opponents able to stand against them for long.
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