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While I know the Metallic thing is most likely a reference to the [url=https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/Metallic_Armor]Metallic Armor[/url], between it and the beetle theme I can't help but think of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bad_Beetleborgs] Big Bad Beetleborgs and Beetleborgs Metallix[/url] 

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I was actually envisioning it being extra nano-mass that forms additional armor segments around them and increases the energy in the main Scarabs' Power Cores. While this isn't exactly what I had in mind, it's vaguely similar to the Lion Fire Armor power-up:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/OWK0ZN0pzZc[/youtube]