"Well, as time has gone on, technology has went more for more shields then armor. My armor is up-to-date officers power armor. It's not the best, for sure, since the alliance has to mass produce these things and give them to hundreds of soldiers. But if you see any high rank officer in the alliance, most of the time he's going to be wearing this set, possibly with a few mods. I was lucky enough to keep my set from when I was deployed, to be the main security for this entire embassy. As you can see though, not much activity" Tuck said, as he brought Spot to the store.
Invictus followed into the store, impressed by it. She looked at Ivette "You know, this place may have some good stuff to offer. We'll see"
It looked like a convenient store, with food, drinks, house hold items, and such, as well as a entire area devoted for space needs. That included weapons, parts for ship electronics, shields, and armor. It was pretty big, and anything a pony would need, you would find in there. Tuck brought little Spot to the counter, and went into a room in the back. Spot stood up, wobbily on his legs, and a little frightened. He gave Invictus a sad look, as he sucked on his pacifier, but all the mother did was sigh. She gave him a pat on the back, and re-positioned his hooves under him, but that's all she did, because Tuck returned soon after. He had a pack of diapers, and a metal contraption that looked like a long, metal rectangle. It wasn't too long, just much more long then wide, like a rod.
"Take that diaper off of him, will you? If he hasn't... you know, used it"
"Why?" Invictus asked Tuck, raising a eyebrow
"You'll see, I'm sure your friend will shoot me if I did anything to your foal ma'am" Tuck said as he opened the package
"Okay then...." She checked the back of his diaper, but it was completely dry. She took the old one off of him and tossed it. Invictus looked at Spot for the first time since he was born without a diaper, she was surprised he didn't have any other spots on his coat on the part of his back and flank that the garment covered. Spot started to shiver, which, made Invictus feel even worse. From there, Tuck put a different type of diaper on him, one that had a large black stripe running down the back. At first it looked too big for him, but Tuck pulled a band that made it tighter on him.
"So, this black material is a special type of elastic that will keep the shield tight to his butt. Since this part of the diaper isn't used by the foal, what will go into the elastic, is the rod in a special pocket. What the rod will do, is send a electric pulse to his spine. This pulse will run up his spine, then use his back as a pathway for the shield"
Tuck pressed a button on the rod. It made a sphere that Spot could fit in, around his hoof "This sphere shape is inefficient, so what the device will do, will use his spine as a guide. At first, it will hurt him, but after a minute, the shield will be fitted to him by using his back, it will be efficient, and protective. This model doesn't usually protect the legs, but because your boy here is so small, it may actually give you that feature"
".... It will hurt him?" Invictus said, putting her ears down. Tuck nodded, but the blue pony butted in. She followed them here
"Yes... only for a few seconds. He won't cry though... because... well, you'll see. But I think the pain is worth the protection he'll have, and this will be the first, and last time, he'll ever have to feel it" She said with a frown