Tools Highcastle Ltd Multispectral Analysis Facial Interface (MAFI)

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  1. insidertrading

    insidertrading Daedalus Staff Member Administrator Technician

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    I didn't want to make a wall of text. Please refer to [THIS] for a full dive on each conditional functionality.

    Name
    : Highcastle Ltd Multispectral Analysis Facial Interface (MAFI)
    AKA: God-Nods.

    Description: The MAFI is a state-of-the-art, helmet-integrated device featuring a modular, drop-down design with a high-resolution internal screen utilizing Augmented Reality technology. It's encased in a durable polycarbonate composite and includes a direct-decay imaging system with a hyper-pure germanium semiconductor detector behind a durasteel plate.

    Abilities:

    Multispectral Analysis
    Environmental Hazard Detection
    Real-time Data Overlay
    Datalink Integration for seamless system communication

    Conditional Abilities:
    Aegisalt-based Infrared Thermal Imaging
    Advanced Biosensors for Biological Hazard Detection
    Impervium-enhanced X-ray Vision
    Integrated Ultrasonic Sensors for Structural Integrity Analysis

    Limitations:
    Reliance on Dense Electron Battery pack for prolonged operation
    Potential volatility of high-capacity DE batteries
    How does it work: The MAFI employs various sensors and AR technology to analyze and display environmental data. Its direct-decay imaging system detects specific radioactive isotopes, while additional sensors provide thermal imaging, biological hazard detection, X-ray vision, and structural analysis.

    Flavor text: Developed by Highcastle Ltd, the MAFI is designed for demanding field operations, providing comprehensive analytical capabilities in a compact, helmet-integrated form.

    Attainability: Semi-Closed Designs in character have recently been finalized, and will be owned and deployed by HighCastle.

    Needless to say these will be wallet-cryingly expensive. Feel free to recommend a price, but I'm probably going to set it in the mid 20k range.

    Tags: [Military], [Industrial], [Civilian]

    Category: Wearable
     
  2. Ryanatorx

    Ryanatorx Galactic Officer Community Monitor Gold Donator

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    Pending. First pass grader for today. At a first glance, this seems totally fine - a documentation of something that probably doesn't need an app. However, since we're here, might as well give you the detailed second read-through. There's no glaring flaws or anything like that.

    Does the helmet sensor suite permit seeing all of this stuff at once? That seems like it would create a very busy display. If not, then how is it visualized? The x-ray visualizer is going to increase the chances of everyone it's aimed at of getting cancer, which is a funny conditional ability. Ultrasonic analysis tends to be done with contacts, not from a helmet. Is there a device generally attached for deploying them? If not, then the conditional limitations limiting their use in particularly dense atmospheres and space should be noted. Three different ultrasonic mechanisms are listed, and while lasers would work in space, they also have are the most power hungry and prone to maintenance issues (lenses getting misaligned by bumps, ect. Some of the most interesting parts of a story come from equipment failure, so it's cool to have those sort of things outlined in a tech document like this!)

    Because this is so many sensors crammed together, it has to be asked: how bulky does this tend to get? It sounds like it should be pretty large, and also pretty heavy. It's also an incredibly large number of complex sensors crammed together, all perfectly set up to get misaligned. Does the helmet have some sort of sold-with procedure for aligning them? How hard/expensive is it to do maintenance and get replacement parts for it? Does Highcastle provide the only place for repairs, or can people repair it themselves/with third-parties?

    On the price note: real life quad nvgs can run around 40k USD (80k pix), so I think something in that range is probably a good ballpark for it.

    Nice, detailed app to add some depth to the setting. I like it :)