Marine helmet

Marine helmet

A marine armor helmet, with a built-in status computer and layered plasteel-weave plates. Armor like this is often used by rapid-incursion space marines.

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Tech Level

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Market Value

635 

Mass

1.5 kg

HP

160

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

4 °C (7.2 °F)

Insulation - Heat

2 °C (3.6 °F)

Armor - Sharp

106%

Armor - Blunt

45%

Armor - Heat

54%

Lifestage

Adult

Coverage

Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw

Layer

Headgear

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Marine armor

Skill Required

Crafting 7

Work To Make

21,000 ticks (5.83 mins)

Work Speed Stat

General Labor Speed

Resources to make

40 + 1

Technical

Has Quality

True

thingCategories

ArmorHeadgear

thingSetMakerTags

RewardStandardHighFreq

defaultOutfitTags

Soldier

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HiTechArmor

A Marine helmet is a full-head power armor helmet that forms a full set along with the Marine armor.

Acquisition

Marine helmets can be crafted at a fabrication bench once the marine armor research project has been completed. Each requires  40 Plasteel,  1 Advanced component, 21,000 ticks (5.83 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter, and a crafting skill of 7.

Alternatively, they can be received as a quest reward, found in ancient shrines, purchased from outlander and Empire traders and faction bases, or obtained from the following raider kinds:

Raider Kind	Chance	Average Quality	Health
Elite mercenary	?	Normal	70-230%
Boss	?	Normal	70-230%
Grenadier	100%	Normal	70-230%

Summary

When worn by a slave, a marine helmet increases the rate that suppression is lost by 10% per day. This stacks additively with all other forms of suppression loss rate offsets.

Analysis

Marine helmets are in the middle of the 3 power armors, stronger than the recon helmet, and weaker than the cataphract helmet. Unlike the simple helmet and flak helmet, all 3 power armors cover the full head. The marine helmet is roughly equivalent to a Recon Helmet of one quality level above (e.g. a Normal Marine Helmet ~= Good Recon Helmet), or a cataphract helmet one quality levels below.

The marine helmet only costs 10 plasteel more than a recon helmet. And unlike the body armors, helmets do not slow the wearer down. Therefore, there is little reason to make recon helmets over marine helmets, once Marine Armor has been researched.

Likewise, cataphract helmets only cost an additional 10 plasteel compared to marine. However, researching Cataphract armor requires 2 of its techprints. This can potentially be an issue; but once you can build cataphract helmets, there is little reason not to unless you already have a particularly high quality marine helmet.

Without the Royalty DLC, an end-game colony should equip marine helmets on every colonist that does not require some other specialized headwear, such as the social impact hats or the mechlord helmet.

Stats table

Marine helmet	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality
Awful	63.6%	27%	32.4%	160	-3.2 °C (-5.8 °F)	+1.6 °C (2.9 °F)	315
Poor	84.8%	36%	43.2%	160	-3.6 °C (-6.5 °F)	+1.8 °C (3.2 °F)	475
Normal	106%	45%	54%	160	-4 °C (-7.2 °F)	+2 °C (3.6 °F)	635
Good	121.9%	51.75%	62.1%	160	-4.4 °C (-7.9 °F)	+2.2 °C (4 °F)	795
Excellent	137.8%	58.5%	70.2%	160	-4.8 °C (-8.6 °F)	+2.4 °C (4.3 °F)	950
Masterwork	153.7%	65.25%	78.3%	160	-6 °C (-10.8 °F)	+3 °C (5.4 °F)	1585
Legendary	190.8%	81%	97.2%	160	-7.2 °C (-13 °F)	+3.6 °C (6.5 °F)	3175

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Styles

Ideoligions allow the selection of styles which then change the texture of the certain items and buildings when constructed by the colony. These style variants can be crafted if the colony has the selected style, or can be looted from raiders from factions with the requisite style.

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  Base variant

• 

  Animalist variant

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  Morbid variant

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  Totemic variant

Trivia

Every marine helmet found on an Imperial Grenadier will be green.

Version history

• 0.19/1.0 - it received a recipe change and a rename from Power helmet to Marine helmet.
• 1.1 - Received a buff to sharp protection (100% --> 106%) and blunt protection (36% --> 45%) and a nerf to heat protection (90% --> 54%).
• 1.1.2647 - No longer meets the clothing requirement of nobles, replaced in that role by Prestige marine helmet
• 1.2.2753 - Icons of spacer armor now display as off-white instead of dark gray.
• 1.3.3066 - Now spawns on new Imperial grenadiers.
• 1.3.? - Description changed to fix the lore inconsistency as Imperial Janissaries don't wear the helmet. "Armor like this is often used by imperial janissaries and rapid-incursion space marines." -> "Armor like this is often used by rapid-incursion space marines.".

See also

• Prestige marine helmet - a variant of the marine helmet that both pleases nobles and improves psychic ability.

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Apparel

Torso | Clothing

Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid ) • Tribalwear (Kid )

Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt

Slave collar

Sash • Kid romper

Armor

Flak vest

Legs | Clothing

Pants (Kid )

Armor

Flak pants

Shell | Clothing

Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid ) • Robe

Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe

Burka • Slave body strap

Heavy bandolier

Lab coat

Armor

Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )

Head | Clothing

Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask

Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat

Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask

Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask

Ceremonial hood • Ritual mask

Armor

Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet