Iron Man Capability Thread

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Don't say I didn't warn you...


Sources include;

About 500+ issues of Iron Man and the Avengers,
Wikipedia,
www.ironmanarmory.com
www.advancediron.com
An Iron Man Technology Overview - article by Will Gillies (in italics; I don't necessarily agree with all of his numbers, but it was one of the more comprehensive and well-written descriptions of the technology I've found).

Not complete nor perfect, but I'll refine it over time. The pics are working, but don't always fully load on the first try.

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Strength Level

Without his armor Tony Stark possesses the normal strength of a normal human man his age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise. The various armors magnify Stark's strength to superhuman levels, enabling him to lift (press) from roughly several tons to 175 tons.

Originally, the armor converted electrical energy into raw strength through miniaturized, transistor-based electro-motors. After the development of sufficiently advanced electromagnetic force-fields, however, these became the means of providing strength as well as structural integrity. This more "organic", integrated approach proved very successful, and the Iron Man-armor is quite probably the most powerful individual armor in the world today.

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Repulsors

Iron Man's standard offensive weapon has always been the concussive repulsor beams that are fired from the palms of his gauntlets. Through the use of a rapid-fire sequencing combat computer the repulsors are able to engage multiple, moving targets instantly with almost 100% accuracy.

Although the Iron Man armor provides its wearer with immense strength, this was considered too limiting as a means of offense or defense. Thus, the armor was outfitted with a range of advanced weapons. The basic weapon of the Iron Man system is the repulsor, a potent electron/proton beam which exerts a powerful "pushing" effect, the actual effects of which can vary from punching someone out without doing permanent damage, to vibrating falling glass shards to sand, to blasting a hole straight through a mountain. The repulsor can also exert a thermal effect, although this is less powerful. Each Iron Man armor is fitted with two repulsors - one in each hand. The early models, up to Mark III, did not possess repulsors, relying instead on powerful electromagnetic fields to repel, attract or otherwise manipulate metal objects.

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Pulse Bolts

Fired from the cuffs of his gauntlets, these concussive force blasts pick up kinetic energy along the way, so that they hit harder the further they have to travel, can be focused until they reach disintegration intensity.

The final main weapons system is the "pulse bolt" projector. Integrated in the wristcuffs, this system projects a pulsed sequence of electromagnetically charged kinetic charges which start out less powerful than the maximum output of the repulsors, but pick up ambient energy from the atmosphere as they travel, accelerating and increasing their charge. The thermokinetic impact over a distance is enormous; over more than a few miles, however, the bolts destabilize and disperse.

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Flight/ Boot Jets/ Skates

Boot Jets incorporate high-speed dual-source turbines in the boots coupled with gravi-magnetic propulsion for flight.

Skates: retractable, jet-powered roller skates.

The primary way of travel for Iron Man is of course flight. Several systems cooperate to allow efficient flight. A less forceful version of the structural integrity force field, which allows Iron Man to shift hundreds of tons after all, can "push" against the Earth’s own electromagnetic field and keep the armor aloft. It also allows Iron Man to fly at speeds of up to about 200 miles per hour. Incorporated into the boots of the armor, however, are small, but very powerful jets which can propel Iron Man at a speed of about Mach 8. They provide enough power to lift a load of about 500 tons. Specialized space armor was outfitted with self-contained jets which allowed maneuvering in space, and the first model of "space" armor could reach orbit using integrated, nuclear-powered jets. These were, however, deemed too dangerous for use in later models. Recently, the Iron Man armor has been utilizing repulsor-based propulsion systems, possibly for energy-efficiency reasons.

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Lift Capacity

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Booster Rockets



Chest Beam

Chestpiece mounted projector can be adjusted for a variety of effects such as search light, heat beams, tractor beam, lasers, image inducers, and ultraviolet light.

The secondary weapons system is the Omnibeam, an electromagnetic lasing beam mounted on the chest, capable of projecting a bundle of light greatly varying in width, intensity and wavelength. It can act as a searchlight, an image projector or a powerful laser beam. This weapon, initially simply a spotlight, evolved through stages referred to as the Monobeam, Unibeam, Tri-beam and Multi-beam.






Image Inducer

Holographic generator to create decoys images.

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Energy Absorption/ External Power Source

Wide spectrum energy assimilation circuits allow for massive energy assimilation, allowing the armor to absorb various forms of energy and utilize it for augmented strength or channeled through the suit’s offensive systems.

The original armor and many models after it relied on battery charges, and could receive power from the mains, simply by plugging in. This was convenient, as the wearer, Tony Stark, also relied on the breastplate to keep his heart beating, but the amount of power was of course limited, even despite Stark’s advances in energy storage technology. The problem was solved only temporary by making the armor more and more energy-efficient, as its systems become more and more powerful and more demanding. Fairly soon, however, the armor was fitted with systems that allowed it to absorb current through any part of the suit’s surface, simply by making contact with an electricity source. The armor proved capable of handling a considerable peak, absorbing energy from as exotic a source as a magically generated bolt of lightning. The system proved invaluable on many occasions. The energy absorption grid was eventually improved to the point where it could absorb any kind of energy that hit the surface of the suit, absorbing sunlight and heat to power up. Later still, an internal perpetual generator was included in the armor - it generated power from decelerating the continuous rain of cosmic particles, a source of energy that can never be exhausted and can be tapped anywhere. At least one model of armor, the second type "space"-armor, incorporated a miniature nuclear fusion reactor.

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Power Storage Pods

Detachable batteries that can generate a local force field, override machines, or be set to detonate. Primary source of power storage for the earlier model armors.



Override

When required, armor systems including strength amplification and repulsor intensity can be greatly increased, theoretically by about 800%, by bypassing safety circuits and limiters. However, this can result in a complete system failure of the armor.

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Magnetism

From the very first armor, the suit’s have incorporated extremely powerful magnetism used for various effects including structural integrity, strength amplification, flight and offense and defensive systems.







Tractor Beam