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"Royal Guard/Capitol Defense Force's Uniform, Dated 2084 AD"

Three years after the Rift Incident, in which refugees from another world came to Earth and found sanctuary within the Kingdom of Monsters, King Asriel and Chara Dreemurr tasked the Royal Academy of Arcane and Scifentic Studies (RAASS), headed by Chief Royal Scientist Dr. WingDing Gaster, with creating a more modern and improved uniform for the Royal Guard and those serving in the Capitol Defense Force. Previously, both organizations used magic forged medieval type armor, the same sort of armor that had been used millenia ago during the war between Monsters and Humans. Analysis of the battle based on first hand reports as well as study of damaged armor revealed that this kind of armor continued to have a deficiency that had been just as deadly in that first conflict.

It was heavily resistant to magic... but practically worthless against physical attacks. As one field report stated, the enemy was able to deal major damage even with just their hands and feet in several instances, the armor offering little defense and being shredded or torn through like wet tissue paper.

To this end, the new uniform needed to be able to offer physical protection while also sticking to a core lesson of Queen Chara's rigorous training- stay mobile, stay quick, don't let the enemy land a hit.

Dr. Gaster at the time was rather pre-occupied with his studies on dimensional rifts with the Tal-Rooter Dr. Cressiac, and so while he was nominally in charge of the project, he served more of an advisory role and left a fair bit of the work to the highly intelligent Dr. Alphys and his son Dr. Sans.

Alphys proceeded to spend two years conducting research and study on the various forms of protection that humans had created through the ages, from the time of Monster's imprisonment to when they vanished without a trace from the face of the Earth. She began to come up with an idea after some suggestions from Sans and some inspiration from some of the video games and anime they both enjoyed, and set to work mixing modern human protection with various magical protections and construction methods.

The end result was quite an interesting uniform, one that nearly any Monster could equip thanks to a combination of spells that Alphys weaved into the main piece, the main hand/limb Gauntlet. The Gauntlet possessed the ability to conjure up and disspell the uniform, which morphed to fit the user in question and or changed some of its armor and spell properties based on the role the user played on the battle field. The uniform was capable of protecting against most conventional physical, ballistic, concussive, and a large amount of magical damage. This even included the bodysuit which had minor strength and speed enhancements to give a boost to all members of the Guard. It also did little to hinder the users mobility, creating a balance between movement and protection, which was of particular use for the Royal Guard's doctrine of small, mobile squad based groups operating alone or in larger groupings.

A fair number of Monsters would make fun of the uniform in the early days after it became available, due to it looking in many ways like something out of an anime (while some others chuckled at the more... sensual aspect of the generally form fitting bodysuit). Most of the Royal Guard and members of the Capitol Defense Force came to enjoy it, and many would wear the gauntlet off duty as well so they could be ready at a moments notice for any kind of emergency.

Undyne, who would become Captain of the Royal Guard in 2091, was particularly fond of it. Though this is rumored to have been due more to the first impression it made on Dr. Alphys after she donned it.

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Done by the amazing  cyaneworks, this is the first piece of art that is fully and specifically set for my Undertale AU. They did an amazing job on this both for Alphys and Undyne, and I am so happy with it~