Recon helmet

Recon helmet

"A high-tech armored helmet with a built-in status computer and a protective plasteel-weave plate. Armor like this is often used by imperial scout troops or glitterworld police forces."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Market Value

525 

Mass

1 kg

HP

120

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

4 °C (7.2 °F)

Insulation - Heat

2 °C (3.6 °F)

Armor - Sharp

92%

Armor - Blunt

40%

Armor - Heat

46%

Coverage

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

Creation

Work To Make

15,750 ticks (4.38 mins)

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

Acquisition

As a complicated piece of technology, Recon Helmets can only be made at the Fabrication bench and requires Recon Armor to be researched in order to be constructed. Crafting the helmet requires 30 plasteel and 1 advanced component.

Alternatively, the helmet can be received as a quest reward, purchased from traders, or found on Imperial Janissaries and other Raiders.

Analysis

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.

Recon helmets also appease the headwear requirements of all nobles.

Stats table

Recon helmet	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality
Awful	55.2%	24%	27.6%	120	-3.2 °C (-5.8 °F)	+1.6 °C (2.9 °F)	260
Poor	73.6%	32%	36.8%	120	-3.6 °C (-6.5 °F)	+1.8 °C (3.2 °F)	395
Normal	92%	40%	46%	120	-4 °C (-7.2 °F)	+2 °C (3.6 °F)	525
Good	105.8%	46%	52.9%	120	-4.4 °C (-7.9 °F)	+2.2 °C (4 °F)	655
Excellent	119.6%	52%	59.8%	120	-4.8 °C (-8.6 °F)	+2.4 °C (4.3 °F)	785
Masterwork	133.4%	58%	66.7%	120	-6 °C (-10.8 °F)	+3 °C (5.4 °F)	1310
Legendary	165.6%	72%	82.8%	120	-7.2 °C (-13 °F)	+3.6 °C (6.5 °F)	2625

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

Trivia

Every Recon helmet found on an Imperial Janissary will be black.

Version history

Added in 1.1.

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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

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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

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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

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