Kinetic Armor

Kinetic Armor, also called Echani Armor and Shield Suits, was a form of developed by the  at some point during the, which was capable of deflecting most forms of energy.

Crafted by Echani armorsmiths with thousands of micro-projector emitters embedded into the outer armor, Kinetic Armor functioned by emitting a repulsive barrier when highly-polarized energy came too near to the wearer, or when projected energy approached the wearer too quickly, thereby protecting the wearer from both high-intensity energy as well as burst energy, such as from. When active, Kinetic Armor enveloped the wearer in a compact energy field, similar in function to the, another innovative Echani creation.

Because the emitters on the armor created a cyclonic oscillating energy field, it was also able to deflect small particles of matter, although nowhere near to the effectiveness of a. Kinetic Armor was almost exclusively utilized by the Echani due to their knowledge of crafting them, and was created in order to compensate for the Echani's preference for melee weaponry over blasters and other ranged weaponry in combat.