Axtlan's Design Sheet - Formation (Characters)
Trying to push the character designs past just “uniform ideas” and into something that already belongs to a working Formation society. Not just infantry either. Recruits, veterans, commanders, religious figures, specialist suits, enhanced bodies, operator roles, and even companion beasts. The point is to make the same Formation logic through all of them.
A lot of it should feel civil and military at the same time. The sun doesn’t really allow certainty without artificial control of the environment, so people should look like they belong to a system that trains, filters, reinforces, and keeps improving itself.
Formation characters should be like part of the same structure that the buildings come from.
Early Formation outfit. From birth to death, people are already on the line in some way. Para-military, built for the survivability of the inexperienced, but still usable by veterans.
Version without the field equipment. Could be a casual or training uniform. Anyone wearing it is expected to become a soldier when needed.
Distinguished serviceman. More formal, internal-control type. Watching the outside discipline, order, and enforcement from within.
Veteran figure. Service time actually changes your place in society. Someone still on active duty even when not officially deployed.
Top-brass type. Commander or general. Grounded, ready, precise.
A command without needing extra decoration.
A female version of a commander. Not a male-centered culture, everyone needs to be able to hold a gun and defend their position. Reproduction capacity should be highly rewarded, giving them respect, as without new children, there are no new soldiers.
Religious-philosophical figure. Field presence, strategy, engineering, architecture, and ideological direction. Someone who mostly works from within systems rather than outside them.
Higher religious leader. More extreme version. Gave up part of his humanity to connect more directly with Formation systems, research, and analysis.
Light armor version. Like most Formation armor, it should adapt to the wearer easily. Unisex by design. More about filtration, radiation management, and survivability than raw protection.
Main battle suit. Heavier version of the light armor. Built for holding and taking actions. Better sensors, better environmental handling, harder to move fast in.
Enhanced-body suit. Tied to Formation’s body-improvement programs. Armor or movement help, giving already amplified people stronger specialization.
Heavier enhanced suit. For people who still want more armor after enhancement. Built for impact, heavy tools, construction effort, and direct force.
Specialist suit. Quick type. Could branch into pilot, medic, or long-range scout roles. Bulkier than normal armor for non-enhanced personnel, with more layered protection and filtration.
Driver’s suit. Civil or military. Comfort, machine interconnection, and protection without getting too bulky to sit and operate properly.
Operator suit. Best for system control, multi-target processing, hacking, and structure operation. A person turned into a working terminal.
Formation war-dog or bonded companion beast. Not just symbolic. Depending on the status, it has real utility. Another extension of Formation systems, bred or built to smash through armor, vehicles, or groups.