Editing BDU

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						<font size="4">AL2: The 
BDU (Battle Dress Uniform): General Description</font></b></font><font size="4">
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<td> <p><font size="4">A Star Fleet Marine will at any given point likely 
by outgunned and need to adapt to any number of environments. 
Seeing this, the SFMC put out the call for a single 
armor system that would utilize the best modern technology 
could offer, while still allowing ease of field maintenance 
and maneuverability. <br><br>
The result<span lang="en-us"> </span>- The Battle Dress Uniform, or BDU. <br>
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The BDU is a modular armor system, allowing a Marine 
to rapidly adapt for a variety of environments and levels 
of combat with a single basic suit. Built with molecularly 
interwoven ballistic fabric, high impact memory plastics 
with an integrated Crystalline Ablative Dispersal Matrix, 
the BDU allows a trained Marine vast degree movement 
and flexibility, while providing acceptable protection 
in today's combat environment with minimal weight impact. 
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Taking it's inspirations from nano-technology and Borg 
adaptive capabilities, the CADM disperses energy across 
the matrix. The fuller the amount of the armor's plating 
worn, the greater the protection. As it's name implies, 
the CADM ablates with damage. With each hit, the CADM 
breaks down.. with the intensity of the blast determining 
the amount of ablation. <br>
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Other suit functions are not effected by the break down 
of the CADM, although they are vulnerable immediately 
upon breakdown. The nano-tech also allows protection 
from limited exposure to offensive nano-technology.. 
such as Borg nanites. <br>
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The CADM also provides the BDU technology it's security 
measures. Any attempt to alter it, duplicate it, or 
dissemble it without use of regularly updated code locks, 
, and other measures will result in the CADM and the 
suit literally breaking down immediately. <br>
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The BDU has been tested against most known forms of 
energy, but caution should be taken when encountering 
unknown forms. Also, extreme multi bandwidth energy 
can 'confuse' the matrix, allowing damage to seep through. 
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Improper use and wearing also leads to greater exposure 
to injury. Intensive training is necessary for a user 
to safely engage in a extreme activity while wearing 
a BDU. Regular drilling is necessary. 
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