I have a post that I really want to write.
Every time I do, it veers off in unintended directions.
So let's talk about vacc suits!
This applies to my Traveller universe, which is an amalgam of OGLBB and GURPS tech.
Most spacers wear "skin-tights" almost continuously. They are a counter-pressure style suit and would look like a leotard to we TL8'ers. Because such suits leave nothing to the imagination, spacers also commonly wear a flight-suit over them. The flight suit provides pockets as well as modesty. In one pocket is an inflatable helmet for emergencies. This attaches to the "neck ring", which isn't on a daily wear skin-tight. It would be uncomfortable and get in the way. There is an adaptor interface that runs below the neck and over the shoulders. A real ring can be attached to this interface or the collapsable collar of the bag-helmet can attach directly.
Most lifetime spacers wear a comm headset near continuously with a substantial portion of the population getting the equivalent implanted so that it cannot be knocked loose or become lost.
Some people are nervous about the bag helmet, but in fact the material it is made from is tougher than the helmets issued to infantry in the early 21st century.
The skin-tight is comfortable enough for daily wear, but it's decidedly lacking in protections for doing real work on the outside of a ship. They are intended as an emergency item only. There are various over-suits that can add physical, thermal and radiation protection to a skin-tight if there's no means at hand to change into what spacers would call a "hard" suit.
Every time I do, it veers off in unintended directions.
So let's talk about vacc suits!
This applies to my Traveller universe, which is an amalgam of OGLBB and GURPS tech.
Most spacers wear "skin-tights" almost continuously. They are a counter-pressure style suit and would look like a leotard to we TL8'ers. Because such suits leave nothing to the imagination, spacers also commonly wear a flight-suit over them. The flight suit provides pockets as well as modesty. In one pocket is an inflatable helmet for emergencies. This attaches to the "neck ring", which isn't on a daily wear skin-tight. It would be uncomfortable and get in the way. There is an adaptor interface that runs below the neck and over the shoulders. A real ring can be attached to this interface or the collapsable collar of the bag-helmet can attach directly.
Most lifetime spacers wear a comm headset near continuously with a substantial portion of the population getting the equivalent implanted so that it cannot be knocked loose or become lost.
Some people are nervous about the bag helmet, but in fact the material it is made from is tougher than the helmets issued to infantry in the early 21st century.
The skin-tight is comfortable enough for daily wear, but it's decidedly lacking in protections for doing real work on the outside of a ship. They are intended as an emergency item only. There are various over-suits that can add physical, thermal and radiation protection to a skin-tight if there's no means at hand to change into what spacers would call a "hard" suit.