Flak jacket

Flak jacket

A tough fabric jacket with armor plates sewn in. While it's not as good as solid armor, it offers effective protection against all manner of attacks while remaining quite comfortable.

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Market Value

290 

Mass

4 kg

HP

260

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

14.4 °C (25.9 °F)

Insulation - Heat

3 °C (5.4 °F)

Armor - Sharp

40%

Armor - Blunt

8%

Armor - Heat

10%

Coverage

Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm

Layer

Outer

Creation

Work To Make

14,000 ticks (3.89 mins)

Resources to make

70 + 50 + 1

The flak jacket is a piece of protective apparel. It provides protection to the torso and arms at the cost of a -0.12 c/s penalty to movement speed.

Acquisition

Flak jackets can be made at a machining table, once flak armor has been researched. A flak jacket requires 70 steel, 50 cloth and 1 component and 14,000 ticks (3.89 mins) of work to craft.

Flak jackets can also be commonly found on Outlanders, Pirates, Ancients, and Imperial Troopers.

Analysis

With low resource costs, accessible research, and the ability to be worn over flak vests, flak jackets can provide useful protection in the early game. However once sufficient devilstrand is available, typically by mid-late game, devilstrand dusters are strictly superior. Devilstrand dusters cover the legs, provide slightly more sharp and blunt protection, slightly more insulation as well as excellent heat protection, and eliminate the movement speed penalty. Other late-game materials such as Hyperweave and Thrumbofur offer similar effects. Due to the speed and coverage detriments of flak jackets, even dusters of strong leathers, like rhinoceros leather may be preferable despite offering slightly less protection to the upper body.

Stats table

Flak jacket	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality
Awful	24%	4.8%	6%	260	-11.52 °C (-20.7 °F)	+2.4 °C (4.3 °F)	145
Poor	32%	6.4%	8%	260	-12.96 °C (-23.3 °F)	+2.7 °C (4.9 °F)	215
Normal	40%	8%	10%	260	-14.4 °C (-25.9 °F)	+3 °C (5.4 °F)	290
Good	46%	9.2%	11.5%	260	-15.84 °C (-28.5 °F)	+3.3 °C (5.9 °F)	360
Excellent	52%	10.4%	13%	260	-17.28 °C (-31.1 °F)	+3.6 °C (6.5 °F)	435
Masterwork	58%	11.6%	14.5%	260	-21.6 °C (-38.9 °F)	+4.5 °C (8.1 °F)	725
Legendary	72%	14.4%	18%	260	-25.92 °C (-46.7 °F)	+5.4 °C (9.7 °F)	1450

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

Version History

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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