ACPA Armor, equipment like this had not appeared in the city for a long time, not even in Night City.
There were two reasons. First, after the collapse of the Old Net, the corporations had lost a great deal of technology. They had recovered quite a bit over the past fifty years, but with constant wars and mutual distrust, their recovery had been far slower than expected.
Second, ACPA was battlefield equipment-in this era, even elite battlefield equipment. It was unlikely to appear outside a frontline battlefield.
NCPD's adoption of the Centaur Exoskeleton was a fairly positive signal from Militech: they were now able to start trying to introduce exoskeletons based on the γ-class ∑ Linear Frame, like the Centaur Exoskeleton, into the police market.
And it had indeed been proven that when a beast of such vitality appeared in urban terrain, backed by a group of infantry disrupting the enemy from the shadows, it was devastating.
By this point, the Valentinos had already been somewhat cowed by the fighting.
Although Padre had baptized and prayed for them before this death race began, in Night City...
Perhaps the Valentinos had established themselves through faith and ethnic ties, but after all these years, how many truly devout believers could there be in such a colossal organization?
Most gang members were kids with little education or knowledge. Perhaps they'd be moved when Padre gave them a loaf of bread and a patch of land where they could sleep without worry, but as they grew older...
Who didn't like fancy cars and beautiful women? Who didn't like money?
Who didn't want to be the toughest guy around, to pour all the grievances they'd suffered onto something, and still be able to call it "justice"?
But things like that only happened in stories, like