The combat suits used by the Zharan Liberation Army were designed in the 2360s. By the time they intervened in the Frontier War in 2379, millions had been issued to ZLA personnel, who wore them in combat against Coalition forces in the last 2 years of the war.
ZLA combat gear comes in all three variants of the Military Camouflage System (codenamed Snow, Haze, and Fog) and is optimized for combat effectiveness in all environments that ZLA military personnel experience in their service to the Zharan Collective.
Human personnel call these suits “insectoid” due to the helmets worn as part of the ensemble. These helmets unnerved humans facing them in the Frontier War, as did zharan soldiers’ cold, silent efficiency at killing. For more info, check out thespacerssaga.substack.com