Cargo Frame: power armor exo-frame equipped with groundside, underwater, or vacuum bulk cargo handling rather than armor and military arms.

Climbing Frame: power armor exo-frame equipped for sports such as scaling vertical walls, cliffsides, and ice.

Construction Frame: power armor exo-frame equipped with groundside, underwater, or vacuum construction tooling and moving or handling large structural loads rather than armor and military arms.

Rescue Frame: multi-role power armor exo-frame equipped for fire response, medical response, or search and rescue roles in situations too difficult for unprotected responders.

Assault Armor: heavier power armor reinforced to carry the heaviest weapons for frontline assault.

Combat Armor: “multi-mission” power armor allowing a good mix of sensors or weapons for a variety of general combat missions.

Enforcer Armor: law enforcement rated power armor for civilian patrol and enforcement duty.

Scout Armor: lightly armed and armored frame primarily for electronic signal intelligence, remote sensing, or targeting.

Technical Armor: construction or cargo frames adapted to guerilla, insurgent, militia, or resistance use by organizations unable to secure true enforcer or military power armor.

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