The Skinsuit
Beneath tribal armor, most warriors wear a skintight body glove made of entek-laced metadura. This deceptively sophisticated underlayer serves several purposes. It protects the wearer from chafing. It contains a nanotech recycling system that collects body fluids and other secretions, detoxifies them and uses the collected water to rehydrate the warrior. Waste material is shunted to a discharge port in the armor, to be ejected at the warrior's discretion. Finally, the bodyglove assists in establishing the neural interface with the armor, by providing an enhanced conductive medium via the wearer's own salt-laden perspiration.

Many tribals refer to the skinsuit as the "stinksuit." The name is an exaggeration, however, as the nanotech recycling components produce very little residual odor. In fact, IshM'lak wrinkled her nose more at the nickname than any memory of bad smells.

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