See Also- Armor Systems of the Colonial Pact.

The latest in a long line of lower cost 'hard suit' type power armor systems favored by the Colonial Pact Army and various other civil security services for its lower cost and ease of maintenance. It trades the more flexible synth muscle design of more advanced suits for a hard servo type system with an overlaying of inter-connected hard plate armor typically backed by a flexible sealed spall suit to protect the user against kinetic impacts and burning form energy weapons.

(Caption: The grey colored Vikhr on the left is of Pact construction while the blue colored one is of ONI production.)
Mostly consisting of smooth armor plate on the outside with a distinctive smooth top helmet with the tri-optical system characteristic of the Vikhr armor system, as stated before it is a hard plate armor style power armor with overlapping layers of light to moderate weight armor plate. The linkages being composed of flexible armored mesh. Notable features include the shoulder pauldrons, the neck and collar armor protecting the more vulnerable mesh near the armors neck, and the large modular backpack system on the power armor's back.

A 'plate armor' style power armor relying on hard mechanical servos, interlinked hard armor, and some measures to allow for flexible joint movement. It is brute, simple, and generally difficult to kill at the cost of some mobility and wearer comfort. However it has been found in the years since its production this trade off was more then worth the reduction in price, trading the complexity and cost of a synth muscle power armor for the lower cost tried and true. As a result as said above it has become a favorite in the power armor trade, very heavily used in applications where the lower grade exo-suits would be hazardous or outright to dangerous. The two largest users being the private and commercial sector followed closely by the general issue variants of the Colonial Army.