Difference between revisions of "Flak vest"

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The flak vest is a type of apparel (armor) that protects well against sharp/piercing attacks (e.g. bullets, stabs, cuts, bites), and offer minor protection against blunt attacks, explosions and the ever-present threat of clubs, maces, and wild animals. They also reduce movement speed by 0.12. The vest protects torso, neck and shoulders. Flak vests can be purchased from traders, manufactured, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates. Flak vests are typically encountered after the third or fourth raid, depending on difficulty and wealth (this assumes Rough and Crashlanded scenario, so somewhat 'standard' wealth).

Acquisition

Flak vests can be crafted at a Machining table once the Flak armor research project has been completed. They require 60 Steel, 30 Cloth, 1 Component, 9,000 ticks (2.5 mins) of work, and a Crafting of 4.

They can also be bought from orbital, Outlander, or Empire traders, as well as Outlander and Empire faction bases. Flak Vests are also commonly found on Outlanders, Pirates, Ancients and Imperial Troopers .

Summary

Analysis

Flak vests provide good protection at low cost and for a very small decrease in movement. The vest provides significant protection for the torso, neck, heart, lungs & kidneys (if one of them is already destroyed) and liver, all of which are immediately fatal if destroyed, and which constitute all the body parts that do so that are not exclusively covered by helmets. This comes at the cost of offering no protection to the extremities. For this reason, besides rarer deaths by consciousness or blood loss, a flak vest offers more survivability than recon armor, or its variants the locust armor and prestige recon armor . However, the risk to the limbs is still greater.

Additionally, flak vests occupy the middle layer, meaning that overgarments such as duster or flak jacket may be worn over the top, whereas power armor variants occupy both the middle and outer layers so they cannot be worn with the duster. This further improves the torso protection and provides some, but still less protection, to the extremities.

The combination of flak vest and dusters with protective materials such as devilstrand or thrumbofur allow the flak vest to compete in torso protection against the marine armor of similar qualities and their low price, smaller movement speed, and low research cost make them attractive alternatives. However at all qualities the marine armor will outperform any combination of flak vest and duster in terms of limb protection.

Stats table

Flak vest	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Awful	60%	21.6%	16.2%	200	-0.8 °C (-1.4 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	113
Poor	80%	28.8%	21.6%	200	-0.9 °C (-1.6 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	169
Normal	100%	36%	27%	200	-1 °C (-1.8 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	225
Good	115%	41.4%	31.05%	200	-1.1 °C (-2 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	280
Excellent	130%	46.8%	35.1%	200	-1.2 °C (-2.2 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	335
Masterwork	145%	52.2%	39.15%	200	-1.5 °C (-2.7 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	560
Legendary	180%	64.8%	48.6%	200	-1.8 °C (-3.2 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	1125

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

Version history

Prior to Beta 19, it used to be called the Armor vest. It was much more expensive and did not protect against heat.

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

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 == Analysis ==
-Flak vests provide good protection at low cost and for a very small decrease in movement. The vest provides significant protection for the torso, neck, heart, lungs & kidneys (if one of them is already destoryed) and liver, all of which are immediately fatal if destroyed, and which constitute all the body parts that do so that are not exclusively covered by helmets. This comes at the cost of offering no protection to the extremities. For this reason, besides rarer deaths by [[consciousness]] or [[blood loss]], a flak vest offers more survivability than [[recon armor]], or its variants the [[locust armor]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} and [[prestige recon armor]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}. However, the risk to the limbs is still greater.
+Flak vests provide good protection at low cost and for a very small decrease in movement. The vest provides significant protection for the torso, neck, heart, lungs & kidneys (if one of them is already destroyed) and liver, all of which are immediately fatal if destroyed, and which constitute all the body parts that do so that are not exclusively covered by helmets. This comes at the cost of offering no protection to the extremities. For this reason, besides rarer deaths by [[consciousness]] or [[blood loss]], a flak vest offers more survivability than [[recon armor]], or its variants the [[locust armor]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} and [[prestige recon armor]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}. However, the risk to the limbs is still greater.
-Additionally, flak vests occupy the middle layer, meaning that overgarments such as [[duster]] or [[flak jacket]] may be worn over the top, whereas power armor variants occupy both the middle and shell layers so they cannot be worn with the armor. This further improves the torso protection and provides some, but still less protection, to the extremities.
+Additionally, flak vests occupy the middle layer, meaning that overgarments such as [[duster]] or [[flak jacket]] may be worn over the top, whereas power armor variants occupy both the middle and outer layers so they cannot be worn with the duster. This further improves the torso protection and provides some, but still less protection, to the extremities.
-The combination of flak vest and dusters with highly protective materials such as [[thrumbofur]] allow the flak vest to compete in torso protection against the [[marine armor]] of similar [[Quality|qualities]] and their low price, smaller movement speed, and low research cost make them attractive alternatives. However at high qualities for torso protection, and at all qualities in terms of limb protection, the marine armor will outperform any combination of flak vest and duster.
+The combination of flak vest and dusters with protective materials such as [[devilstrand]] or [[thrumbofur]] allow the flak vest to compete in torso protection against the [[marine armor]] of similar [[Quality|qualities]] and their low price, smaller movement speed, and low research cost make them attractive alternatives. However at all qualities the marine armor will outperform any combination of flak vest and duster in terms of limb protection.
 {{Apparel Quality Table}}