Difference between revisions of "Flak jacket"

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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 almost strictly superior, with their only statistical downside being a tiny decrease in cold insulation. Devilstrand dusters cover the legs, provide slightly more sharp and blunt protection, significantly more heat 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	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
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.}

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.

Base variant
Spikecore variant

Version History

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 ==
 With low resource costs, accessible research, and the ability to be worn over [[flak vest]]s, flak jackets can provide useful protection in the early game.
-However once sufficient [[devilstrand]] is available, typically by mid-late game, devilstrand [[duster]]s are almost strictly superior, with their only statistical downside being a tiny decrease in cold insulation. 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.
+However once sufficient [[devilstrand]] is available, typically by mid-late game, devilstrand [[duster]]s are almost strictly superior, with their only statistical downside being a tiny decrease in cold insulation. Devilstrand dusters cover the legs, provide slightly more sharp and blunt protection, significantly more heat 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.
 {{Apparel Quality Table}}