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Advanced Soldier RIG

Production History
Manufacturer:	Earth Defense Force
Specifications
Protection	30% Damage Resistance
Features	Features 25 inventory slots
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The Advanced Soldier RIG is a military-grade RIG, issued to Earth Defense Force personnel. The RIG features built-in Stasis and Kinesis modules.

DescriptionEdit

The Advanced Soldier RIG is a fatigue and body armour assembly designed for combat use, and is standard issue protective wear for EDF Marines and Sailors.

The assembly is composed primarily of dark grey, vacuum-rated fatigues bearing a number of utility pockets, and white body armour plates, including armoured boots, a cuirass, cuisses, spaulders, rerebraces, vambraces, and a head-enclosing combat helmet.

The breastplate bears an insignia which may represent the Earth Defense Force or the USM Valor.

TriviaEdit

The RIG is not featured in Dead Space 2.
The Soldier RIG costs 99,000 Credits and is available for purchase after loading a "Cleared Game" save. Once loaded, head towards a Store (which is first seen near the tram at the end of Chapter One).
The Soldier RIG is the second best RIG in the game with a total of 30% damage resistance, the first being the Advanced Unitologist RIG which has a total of 60% damage resistance.

The red stripes above the right eye-slit may be a form of rank insignia.
If the player rotates the camera to face Isaac's helmet, while near a wall, the light from the eyes will disappear.
The suit bears a resemblance to the Imperial stormtroopers' armor from the Star Wars franchise. The helmet also looks like the EOD Helmet from the Halo series of video games.
The Advanced Soldier RIGs worn by the Marines and Sailors encountered on the USM Valor seem to differ from the RIG worn by Isaac, namely in their inclusion of a left shoulder spaulder and their stripped down helms: whereas Isaac's combat helmet fully encapsulates his head, those worn by Valor personnel seem only to consist of a mask fitted to the head via solid band. As well, Isaac seems to wear a balaclava and gridded lower mouth guard.
The Soldier Suit and EarthGov Security Suit featured in Dead Space 2 are also military-issue combat wear, but differ markedly in appearance.
If one looks closely at the face of the helmet, it holds a very faint resemblance to a human skull minus a lower jaw (complete with a hole corresponding to the nasal area).
It is possible that the Advanced Soldier RIG first superseded the Legionary Suit and is a Marines variant of the Soldier Suit.
John Carver's Special Forces Suit bears a strong resemblance to this RIG.
Robort Norton's suit has the symbol of the EDF on the left breast of the suit; the same symbol located on the right breast of the Soldier suit.
It is worth noticing that the suit itself lacks a holo-viewer.