Dark Armor has been designed with a desert scheme camouflage. Each component of the armor has been applied with a mingled pattern of brown tones to better blend with a desert environment.

Dark Armor has been fitted with a water reclamation system, allowing this Dark Armor to filter and purify fluids excreted from the body for reconsumption and reducing the amount of water needed.

The helmet viewplate in this Dark Armor has been coated with a thickened specialized material in order to reduce the potential for glare in sudden high-brightness situations. It affords the user a clear view of situations that would typically be difficult to see or disorienting, but does not restore itself to the ambient lighting quickly.

Dark Armor has been fitted with a full life support system suite, ensuring that at all times the wearer's body receives enough vital nutrients for a finite amount of time.

Dark Armor has been reinforced with a special type of ablative plating, providing it with advanced protection from the removal of the original material from Dark Armor by means of vaporization, chipping, scarring, and other erosive processes.

Dark Armor is fitted with a climate-controlled body-glove, that allows the wearer of this Dark Armor to operate in extreme temperature conditions without loss of function, or freezing or burning to death.