“… I just always figure a prominent feature has to have one use at least.” Deathscythe’s wings were 90% goth aesthetic, but the other 10% the usefulness of being able to blend in the void of space or a dark corner of Earth. And, well. Built in shields of Gundanium of course.

Shields were never incorrect and couldn’t go astray so far as Duo was concerned. Even if he wasn’t Trowa “spray and pray” Barton.

“So it’s metal taken from Mars instead of the Moon. So it’s not gundanium most likely.” Duo chews on that for a moment and then provides, as if by some explanation of why their suits don’t appear on his little info pad :

“Mars isn’t even terraformed yet.”