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IA-4 Infantry Suit
Classification: Infantry Battle Suit

The IA-4 Infantry Suit is the standard battle suit for the Colonial Marine Corps. It is capable of protecting the wearer from a limited sustained burst from the M-81 Pulse Rifle and has significantly improved the survivability of the soldier in the field in all theatres.

The IA-4 includes an integral micro-fusion power generator, which powers the standard M-81 Pulse Rifle sidearm, as well as the micro-motorized muscle augmentation and impact-absorption systems. The impact absorption systems are particularly robust, allowing a soldier to fall up to thirty feet on high-gravity worlds with a minimal likelihood of injury. The Helmet Mounted Display provides "Heads-up" instrumentation concerning armor integrity, weapon status, and threat tracking.

The IA-4 includes the standard M-81 and attachment power socket, as well as integral M-17 mine dispenser unit.

PA-9 Scout Suit
Classification: Infantry Battle Suit, Propelled

The PA-9 was the first of the rocket propelled battle suits. It is almost identical the IA-4, but includes a powerful, computer-stabilized plasma rocket pack and a more powerful micro-fusion generator. The pack superheats a limited amount of gasses into a plasma state before ejecting them through the vectored exhaust nozzles. The suit's computer makes constant, tiny adjustments to the nozzles' release vector to stabilize flight and responds to the wearer's commands to alter direction.

The super-heating process takes place in a separate chamber of the rocket pack and takes several seconds to achieve maximum levels. This sharply limits the sustained flight potential of the pack. While work has been done to improve the capacity and speed of the processing chamber, no significant gains have yet been made without compromising the safety of the wearer.

Additionally, the PA-9 is built with radar-, infrared-, and sound-absorbent composites to reduce its detectability on the battlefield. The resulting limited stealth characteristics improve the PA-9's usefulness for reconnaissance missions.

PA-11 Combat Suit
Classification: Infantry Battle Suit, Propelled

The PA-11 is the standard battle suit for the Colonial Marines "Jump Corps," nicknamed "Dreadnauts." It has significantly greater armor levels than the PA-9 (at the sacrifice of some of the stealth characteristics and overall rocket pack performance), as well as a shoulder-mounted hardpoint for heavy personal weapons. It is an excellent general-purpose battle suit, useful for a variety of missions.

PA-15 Assault Suit
Classification: Infantry Battle Suit, Propelled

The PA-15 is the ultimate in personal armored protection. While it's limited rocket-pack performance and high sensor cross-section make it a liability for some missions, it's incredible armor and weapons capacity make up for it. The PA-15 includes a second shoulder-mounted hardpoint for personal heavy weapons, as well as a second M-17 mine dispenser.

Due to maintenance expense and limited supplies of the PA-15, it's use is only authorized for mission-critical operations.

PAX-21 Dreadnaut Suit
Classification: Infantry Battle Suit, Propelled, Experimental

The PAX-21 is nearing the end of its prototype evaluation phase and has thus far proved itself admirably. Blending the best of both worlds of the PA-15 and the PA-11 battle suits, the PAX-21 can be viewed as a lighter, cheaper version of the assault suit. While not as heavily armored as the PA-15, it includes two M-17 integral two shoulder-mounted heavy weapon hardpoints and two M-17 mine dispensers. It also includes slightly heavier armor than the PA-11. Colonial command expects to phase this suit into the Jump Corps units within the year.