Y-17 Trauma Override Harness

Y-17 Trauma override harness are skeletons who are wearing space suits in the Big Empty in 2281.

Background
The Y-17 Trauma Harness was developed at the Y-17 Medical Facility for the United States Armed Forces in the war effort, most likely the Resource Wars with China. It was intended to completely eliminate the need for field medics by automatically administering chems and most likely Stimpacks to wounded soldiers on the battlefield, and even automatically evacuating them to a field hospital if needed. The harness never made it past testing phase, however, as it was unable to tell if the user was already dead, thus creating a walking corpse. In terminals around the facility, it is also described by the scientists who developed it as dangerous and "doing more thinking than the people inside them." Without designating a home base, the suit would enter an unpredictable wander state, which describes most of the harnesses wandering the Big Empty.

Biology
Y-17 Trauma Harnesses can be found all over the Big MT compound. They wield any random energy weapon, including Plasma Casters, Plasma Rifles, Plasma Defenders, Flamers, Incinerators, Tri-Beam laser rifles, and Tesla Cannons. Even though the users are dead, head shots are still extremely deadly to them.

Appearances
Y-17 Trauma override harness appear in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.