Away Team Equipment 8 - USS Highlander

EVA Spacesuit

The current operational EVA pressure suit used through out Starfleet is the Type - 3 SEWG. This model is characterised by modular construction designed to fit most humaniod personnel.

The average suits empty mass is 19.6 kilograms, and 30.1 kilograms with backpack and full consumables loading. All flexible inner pressure bladders are constructed from 59 alternating microlayers of duranium hexylamide and 2,1,3 polyurmedane, with a total thickness of 0.86 centimetres. The outer thermal micro meteoroid covering consisting of 61 layers of woven disellenide-carbonitrium fibers jacketed with plasma-sprayed silica excelerine, with a total thickness of 1.2 centimetres. The helmet, backpack and chest plate are typically molded from aluminium borotritonide and standard transparent aluminium is employed in the helmet faceplate.