Flak vest
Flak vest
A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. While quite effective at deflecting gunshots and stabbing attacks against the chest, it does nothing to protect the limbs.
Base Stats
- Tech Level
- Industrial
- Market Value
- 225
- Mass
- 4 kg
- HP
- 200
- Flammability
- 60%
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 1 °C (1.8 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 0 °C (0 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 100%
- Armor - Blunt
- 36%
- Armor - Heat
- 27%
- Coverage
- Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder
- Layer
- Middle
Creation
- Crafted At
- Required Research
- Flak armor
- Skill Required
- Crafting 4
- Work To Make
- 9,000 ticks (2.5 mins)
- Resources to make
60 + 
30 + 
1
- thingCategories
- ApparelArmor
- defaultOutfitTags
- Soldier
- tags
- IndustrialMilitaryBasic
The flak vest is a type of 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.
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 skill 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
The vest protects the torso, neck and shoulders. It also reduces the wearer's base move speed by 0.12 c/s. This -0.12 penalty is then multiplied by Moving and other factors to actual movement speed.
Analysis
Flak vests protect well against Sharp damage, which includes all bullets, at a low cost and at a very small decrease in movement. Specifically, the vest covers the neck, torso, and the internal organs (heart, liver, lungs, kidneys), which are immediately fatal to lose / lose both of. The only vital organs a vest does not cover are the head and brain, which headgear serves to protect. They also cover the shoulders, protecting artificial arms entirely.
As vests occupy the middle layer, they can be worn with overgarments, like a duster or flak jacket, for even greater protection.
Flak vests provide much more sharp protection than flak jackets or flak pants. And, as mentioned, they cover the torso and most vital organs. Outfit your colonists with vests and flak helmets first, then consider getting jackets and pants.
Comparisons
Despite being much more advanced, the recon armor provides worse Sharp armor than a flak vest alone, only faring slightly better against Blunt. Recon does cover the arms and legs, and has no movement penalty. But, overall, the flak vest with any sort of outerwear is better for raw protection - deaths from limb damage (specifically, from blood loss or lowered consciousness) are considerably rarer than torso shots.
When worn with a protective duster, such as one made out of devilstrand or thrumbofur, the flak vest is directly comparible to the marine armor. Marine armor still protects the limbs much better than any duster.
Stats table
 Flak vest
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| 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
Beta 19 - Renamed from Armor vest to Flak vest. Now significantly less expensive and protects against heat.
- 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