I got the feeling stuff like the Judas bullets were only possible because of alien metals from the Incident, so I guess Hammer Tech dove straight into researching it to prevent their company from flatlining after Justin was arrested. The fact it still hit the black market would imply Hammer folded anyway (when you’re charging a million plus per round people don’t buy funnily enough). As for the suit, yeah, it feels like an infantry scale answer to a full Suit

that makes sense. I imagine a bankruptcy sale or new blood coming in “here we go, bullets made from an unknowable metal, 30 dollars or best offer!”