Traveller find research interesting? Suit experiments harvest light power from nature, create superior casing! But more

Traveller find research interesting? Suit experiments harvest light power from nature, create superior casing! But more resources required, eheu. Copper metal good, cadmium metal better...

Fine shavings of some synthetic material float in the air around this Korvax, dusting the floor and their boots. They seem excited, buzzing with the satisfaction of invention. Detecting my curiosity, the lifeform proudly shows me their custom suit modifications. Woven into the fibres enclosing their joints is a network of tiny solar cells. But some sections are not yet finished...