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In the Rifts role-playing game, a Glitter Boy is a suit of power armor known for both its highly reflective laser-resistant armor, and the powerful railgun that is the signature weapon of the original model. It is used as a name for the pilots who wear the armor as well. The Glitter Boy is one of the definitive images of the Rifts RPG, and appears nigh-universally across the brand. The Glitter Boy appears in the Rifts prequel game Chaos Earth, under it's original name of the Chromium Guardsman. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (572x640, 60 KB) Summary A USA-G10 Glitter Boy, from the Rifts Role-playing Game. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (572x640, 60 KB) Summary A USA-G10 Glitter Boy, from the Rifts Role-playing Game. ...
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Originally intended to be an parallel dimension to Rifts where the massive deaths were cause a minute after midnight when the released PPE was as magnified. ...
Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. ...
A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. ...
Powered armor (also mechanized, battle, personal armor and suits) is a science fiction concept referring to a type of armored self-powered exoskeleton that is typically intended for use in battle, construction and survival in dangerous enviroments. ...
Experiment using a (likely argon) laser. ...
A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy—rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant—into projectile kinetic energy. ...
Originally intended to be an parallel dimension to Rifts where the massive deaths were cause a minute after midnight when the released PPE was as magnified. ...
See also: SAMAS In the Rifts RPG, SAMAS is a classification of Power Armor, standing for Strategic Assault Manned Armored Suit. ...
Known Variations
USA-G10 The G-10 is the original Glitter Boy that not only helped reshape the Post-Apocalyptic world all over Earth, but played a hand in causing the apocaplypse in the first place(The nuclear attack that triggered the Great Cataclysm was the result of a series of events that started from a single battle involving several Glitter Boys wiping out an entire army). Though originally created by the pre-rifts United States, plans for its manufacture were unearthed and isolated examples of the armor found stored in ruined military installations leading to it being reverse engineered, allowed its use in the Post-Apocalyptic era. Its only armament is the "Boom Gun," a powerful shoulder-mounted railgun that causes a deafening sonic boom when fired. The Boom Gun is so powerful that the Glitter Boy has to anchor itself to the ground to keep it from being thrown to the ground and backwards 30 feet. Used primarily in North and South America and Japan. Later upgrades by Free Quebec include the addition of a light antipersonnel laser and a retractible vibro-sword, similar to the Triax model. The USA-G10 is also one of the few examples of power armor that are designed to accommodate a pilot for days or weeks at a time, complete with drinking water reserves and a high-protein nutrient paste; though it must be noted that long-duration use will adversley affect the pilot's muscle tone.
Tri-Galactic Military Services, a mercenary company operating in the Phase World universe, operates an entire company of Glitter Boys, dubbed "The Golden Horde" In the Chaos Earth environment, the Glitter Boy is a powerful weapon used by NEMA in the defense of the remnants of humanity. It should be noted that the Chaos Earth version is called the Chromium Guardsman, after the reflective alloys it's made out of. A mercenary is a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national or political considerations. ...
Originally intended to be an parallel dimension to Rifts where the massive deaths were cause a minute after midnight when the released PPE was as magnified. ...
Originally intended to be an parallel dimension to Rifts where the massive deaths were cause a minute after midnight when the released PPE was as magnified. ...
Triax T-550(Cyclops) Due to an exchange of technologies with Free Quebec, the German company Triax managed to create this sleeker, smaller version of the Glitter Boy. It has the same Boom Gun as the G-10, but also carries additional armaments in the form of a small laser, missiles, and a vibro-blade. Used by both the NGR and Free Quebec. The New German Republic is a fictional country in the Rifts tabletop role-playing game, occupying the same lands formerly known as Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. ...
USA-G13: GB-Mark III Space Glitter Boy Mark III This is a space-borne version of the original G-10, nearly identical except for modifications to allow it to operate in Zero Gravity. Used almost exclusively in the Orbital Community floating above Rifts' Earth.
USA-G14: GB-Mark IV Space Glitter Boy Mark IV A more heavily armored version of the Mark III, armed with a heavy Particle Beam Cannon.
USA-G15: GB Mark V Space Glitter Boy Mark V A new design, with a smaller Particle Beam Cannon, and additional laser armament.
Japanese "Point" Glitter Boy A variation of the Glitter Boy designed for Reconnaissance missions (the armor is painted in camouflage in the field). Typically armed with a rapid-fire laser cannon as its main armament. Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
Japanese "Hawkeye" Glitter Boy Another variation, armed with missiles for Anti-air work.
Glitter Boy 7 A variation typically found in South America. Armed with a multi-barreled laser cannon and gatling railgun. Many G7s are built for female pilots.
QGB-2-20 Glitter Girl A new design created by Free Quebec, the Glitter Girl is a Reconnaissance and Intelligence-oriented suit. As its name suggests, the 2-20 is made exclusively for female pilots. Armed with a heavy assault cannon for sniper work and combat, and missiles.
QPA-98 Side Kick An original Power Armor design, the Side Kick was created by Free Quebec to protect their Glitter Boys on the field of battle. Armed with a rapid-fire Grenade launcher, a powerful jet pack, and the same laser-resistant armor as the Glitter Boys, the Side Kick is a stalwart defender of the Glitter Boy legions of Free Quebec.
QGB-3-30 Tarantula A mostly successful attempt by Free Quebec at an alternate armament and stabilization system for the Glitter Boy. Covered in stabilization fins that give it its name, the Tarantula is armed with a combination plasma cannon, laser, and rapid-fire railgun as its main weapons, as well as a back-up ion blaster and vibro-blade.
QGB-7-70 Taurus A Quebec-made Artillery variation of the Glitter Boy. Armed with either a pair of high-powered mortars, or laser cannons. A 155 mm artillery shell fired by a United States 11th Marine regiment M-198 howitzer Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...
US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ...
QGB-8-88 Silver Wolf A "light" combat version of the Glitter Boy designed for special opperations. Armed with missiles, vibroblades, lasers, and a heavy particle cannon.
Trivia The Glitter Boy (and its pilot) is the first character created by Kevin Siembeida for the game that would eventually be called Rifts, and was meant to be the central character class of the game. Then, both the game and the armor were known as Boomers. The names were changed with Siembeida found out that the anime Bubblegum Crisis used the name for the deadly androids found in the series. A scene from the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime ) is an abbreviation of the Japanese word アニメーション (animēshon), which is based on the English word animation. ...
Bubblegum Crisis is an anime OVA series that takes at least part of its inspiration from Philip K. Dicks and Ridley Scotts Blade Runner. ...
A Boomer, original Buma, is a fictional synthetic life form developed by inventor Katsuhito Stingray in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis. ...
The 'boomgun' is called a railgun, but operates more like a coilgun in how it is depicted, using magnets to accellerate a cluster of projectiles down a barrel. A coilgun (also known as Gauss gun, Gauss cannon or Gauss rifle) is a type of cannon that uses a series of electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic shell to very high velocities. ...
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