There was a slight shimmer in the air, about five meters away from the man, like a heat haze The shimmer grew and grew until everything behind it was distorted to the point of being unrecognisable. Then a cyan tricorn appeared in the shimmer, slowly surrounded with the rest of an otherwise dull grey helmet, and then grey downwards, revealing a grey and purple suit of armour, scaled as to look like a komodo dragon's skin "Most impressive. That was thermo-optic camouflage, invisible to most sensor arrays, let alone the naked eye." It's voice was hard and synthetic, with a slight trace of an accent. "So, what brings you here?"