exobubble                 
                                          
       the exobubble is a prototype       
          exoskeleton created by          
  amata texnologiyasi's miltech company.  
 it's   mostly  marketed  as  a  strength 
  multiplier, for lifting heavy objects.  
                                          
                                          
        demo incident         
                                          
   during the first public demonstration  
      in twenty twentyfour, the pilot     
  bous anemoeitiai was severely injured   
    when demonstrating the exobubble's    
 ability to  withstand  mortar shells. it 
    successfully deteced the explosive    
 device  and automatically folded  into a 
      blast-resistant form; due to a      
  miscalibration of anemoeitiai's height, 
 his left arm and leg were  crushed. upon 
      unfolding after the explosion,      
 anemoeitiai was  still conscious but  in 
 severe shock. he had suffered no  damage 
        from the actual explosion.        
                                          
                                          
        muppet scandal        
                                          
  while anemoeitiai's contract did waive  
 all  claims  for damages due  to injury, 
 due to the event  being livestreamed and 
        the following pr blowback,        
 texnologiyasi promised top-of-the-world  
 care with prosthetics or  regrown limbs. 
        anemoeitiai was moved to a        
    texnologiyasi hospital, where was     
      withdrawn from the public eye.      
                                          
     in the hospital anemoeitiai was      
  provided with five sentient felt-like   
 creatures, meant  to assist  him  during 
   initial recovery. upon learning that   
 they could not disobey his  commands, he 
 started ordering them to  perform sexual 
 acts on him. a video of this was  leaked 
            by hospital staff.            
                                          
  the dent in texnologiyasi's reputation  
 due to  the  exobubble  malfunction  was 
 quickly eclipsed by  "the muppet video", 
 as    it    came    to     be    called. 
                                          
       the creatures were considered      
   bioweapons, and were destroyed. this   
 sparked   even   further   debate  about