Tinq Armor (Patreon)

Idea that's kinda sorta been rattling around in my mind for a long time.

Tinqari Regenerative Armor, as the name would suggest, is rarely, if ever, seen in any hands other than those of a Tinqari for two main reasons.

First, its availability: Given the incomprehensibly high durability of the armor, compounded with its ability to reconstruct itself of nontrivial damage out of seeming nowhere, zero known facilities remain that are even remotely able to produce such kit. Said would-be process eludes even the Tinqari themselves—it is widely assumed the Precursors responsible for engineering this warrior species also provided them with said boon.

This restorative capability is, through equally unknown means, also boosted by the Tinqari's own already impressive healing factors. This synergy thrives to the point that, when compounded as such, the armor is able to "clone itself" from bisected specimens—the sole reason such pre-Fall tech remains so proliferant even in the modern day.

As for the quandary of the armor, so readily replicable, not finding usage all over the galaxy (whether via trade agreements or 'liberation' from prior owners), that is answered by the second reason. Just as a Tinqari works symbiotically with the armor to aid its regenerative capabilities, the armor in turn boosts those of its wearer. However, the intelligence within the armor itself pays no mind to the species of whomever is inside of it. Its name is quite demonstrative in that regard: Any non-Tinqari wearing the armor will, after a spell being treated by it, find themselves under the helmet to be a fully healthy Tinqari themselves.

The question of whether this transformational function was foresight or oversight remains a debated topic among xenoanthropologists, with some positing that this was the "original, intended" way for Tinqari to increase their numbers, by involving themselves with outsiders and embarking on "elopement hunts"—fitting, given the species' "Space Valkyrie" moniker.