Hotaru is Armed and ready by Xenonomous on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Hotaru's cute new battle outfit! She scrapped together some gel ceramic plates which are very light and highly effective at stopping Xyphane weapon projectiles, as well as protection from regular human rounds, rated for 7.62 and below. She has 5 .308 magazine pouches for her XR90 battle rifle and 3 magazine pouches for her 10mm P10M2, she has some extra carry pouches for her booboo kit and other items. The red on her clothing might seem kind of pointless, and even disadvantageous. But Xyphanes actually cannot see the color red, so it not only helps identify other humans but also just shows up as a dark green to a Xyphane. Her battle rifle is a 20 inch barrel, equipped with a suppressor as well as a flashlight and combat foregrip, the panel that flips open on the side is a small information screen called the gunfighter tablet, that can be used to see how many rounds are in the gun as well as a range finder and allows the toggle of most of the weapons' systems such as the attached IR laser and red laser built into the range finder part. An LPVO is also on the weapon, allowing for close range and sniping distance engagements. While you cant see it she also has canted iron sights on the side of the LPVO just in case she cant use it for whatever reason. The rest of her kit is on her pack which isn't shown here, but you've seen it before, water, sleeping, clothes, more armor, survival kit, trauma kit, etc are in there. She gets this outfit about halfway into the manga series.