Isolation suit

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An isolation suit is a type of highly technological type of clothing used by the Federation on pre-warp cultural observation or 'duck blind' missions. They are equipped with a basic cloaking device which makes the user invisible to natives, so not to contaminate their culture. They are, however, quite visible with properly configured sensor equipment, which the base of operations for the mission will generally utilize to keep tabs on field personnel. (TNG movie: Star Trek: Insurrection; DS9 - Mission: Gamma novel: Lesser Evil)

The Star Trek: Fact Files state that isolation suits use holographic technology rather than a cloaking device to achieve their invisibility.

When visible the suits are a red colour and look somewhat like EV suits. This is no coincidence as the suits are sealed well enough to block out the noise of operatives in communications with the mission base from close by natives.

In 2376, the Trill Hiziki Gard used an isolation suit to evade capture after he assassinated the Bajoran First Minister, Shakaar Edon, on Deep Space 9. The ploy was successful for some time, but he was eventually tracked down by Lieutenant Ro Laren and Taran'atar to a small crawlspace above Ops. (DS9 novel: Lesser Evil)

Gard's isolation suit was later discovered to have originated from the USS Kelly, a ship which was destroyed at the Battle of Rigel. It was believed the suit was one of many items the Orion Syndicate had salvaged from the battle site. Councillor Bera chim Gleer later brought up the issue of the isolation suit in a session of the Federation Council. (DS9 - Worlds of DS9 novel: Trill: Unjoined)

See also: stealth suit.

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