Difference between revisions of "Prestige recon helmet"

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A prestige recon helmet is a full-head power armor helmet introduced by the Royalty DLC that forms a full set along with the prestige recon armor. It combines the defensive ability of the recon helmet with additional the psychic boosts and noble-pleasing of eltex apparel.

Acquisition[edit]

Prestige recon helmets can be crafted at a fabrication bench once the recon armor research project has been completed. Each requires 40 Plasteel, 1 Advanced component, 40 Gold, 15,750 ticks (4.38 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter, and a crafting skill of 6.

Analysis[edit]

The prestige recon helmet improves a pawns Psychic Sensitivity by 5%, and improves the pawn's base neural heat recovery rate by 0.033 heat per second, though this will be modified by their psylink level. This primarily improves a pawns psychic power, but note that it also makes them more susceptible to psycasts themselves, as well as psychic drones. This increase is inferior to the eltex helmet that the prestige recon helmet replaces, but in exchange it is significantly more protective.

Protection-wise, the prestige marine recon is exactly as defensive as the regular recon helmet. Recon helmets are the lowest tier of the three power armored helmets, the other two being the marine helmet and the cataphract helmet. As such they're both significantly cheaper and have fewer research requirements, while also offering significantly less protection. While they have the same full head coverage, the recon helmet is roughly equivalent to a Marine Helmet one quality level below (e.g. a Normal Recon Helmet ~= Poor Marine Helmet), or a cataphract helmet two quality levels below.

Compared to the non-power armored helmets like the simple and flak helmet, the recon helmet is almost totally superior. It offers superior coverage, covering the face as well as the head, has a higher armor rating than even a plasteel flak helmet and requires 20 less plasteel to construct, however it does require a relatively rare advanced component instead of two of the more common components.

War veils and war masks provide identical coverage, but even with high level materials, they only offer a fraction of the sharp and blunt protection.

Prestige recon helmets also appease the headwear requirements of all nobles.

Stats table

Prestige recon helmet	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Awful	55.2%	24%	27.6%	120	-3.2 °C (-5.8 °F)	+1.6 °C (2.9 °F)	355
Poor	73.6%	32%	36.8%	120	-3.6 °C (-6.5 °F)	+1.8 °C (3.2 °F)	535
Normal	92%	40%	46%	120	-4 °C (-7.2 °F)	+2 °C (3.6 °F)	715
Good	105.8%	46%	52.9%	120	-4.4 °C (-7.9 °F)	+2.2 °C (4 °F)	895
Excellent	119.6%	52%	59.8%	120	-4.8 °C (-8.6 °F)	+2.4 °C (4.3 °F)	1070
Masterwork	133.4%	58%	66.7%	120	-6 °C (-10.8 °F)	+3 °C (5.4 °F)	1785
Legendary	165.6%	72%	82.8%	120	-7.2 °C (-13 °F)	+3.6 °C (6.5 °F)	3575

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

Stat	Increase
Psychic Sensitivity	+5%
Neural Heat Limit	+4
Base Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.033/s
Effective Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.054/s

Version history[edit]

1.1.2647 - Added
1.2.2753 - Icons of spacer armor now display as off-white instead of dark gray.

See Also[edit]

Recon helmet - the base model. Identical protection, but not acceptable to nobles and offers no improvement to psychic abilities.

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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 == Acquisition ==
-Prestige recon helmets can be crafted at a [[{{P|Production Facility 1}}]] once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. Each requires {{Required Resources}} and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work.
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 == Analysis ==