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

Layer

Headgear

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Recon armor

Skill Required

Crafting 6

Work To Make

15,750 ticks (4.38 mins)

Resources to make

30 + 1

Technical

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HiTechArmor

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

Acquisition

Recon helmets can be crafted at a Fabrication bench once the Recon armor research project has been completed. They require  30 Plasteel,  1 Advanced component, 15,750 ticks (4.38 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 6.

Alternatively, the armor can be received as a quest reward, purchased from outlander and Empire traders and faction bases, or found on Imperial Janissaries and other Raiders.^[Which?]

Analysis

The first helmet to offer full head and face coverage since the tribal war mask, the recon helmet is the lowest tier of the three power armored helmets, the other two being the marine helmet and the cataphract helmet. It is roughly equivalent to a marine helmet one quality level lower (i.e. a normal recon helmet ~= poor marine helmet, etc.), or a cataphract helmet of two quality levels lower, both of which offer the same full coverage. Although offering noticeably less protection, recon helmets are both significantly cheaper and have fewer research requirements.

Compared to the simple helmet and flak helmet, the recon helmet is preferable by almost every measure. It offers superior coverage, adding complete face coverage, has a higher armor rating than even a plasteel flak helmet, and requires 20 less plasteel to construct. Its only drawbacks are that it requires an advanced component, which the simpler helmets do not, and requires plasteel, which is only an option with the simpler helmets.

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

So, if you have the materials, this is the obvious choice unless you can produce one of the other power armor helmets. Note that there are no movement or significant weight considerations to any helmets, and all three power armor helms are equal (minor) insulation in hot/cold weather.

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.}

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.

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  Base variant

• 

  Animalist variant

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  Morbid variant

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  Totemic variant

Trivia

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

Version history

• 1.1.0 - Added.
• 1.1.2647 - No longer meets the clothing requirement of nobles, replaced in that role by Prestige recon helmet.

See Also

• Prestige recon helmet - a variant of the recon helmet that both pleases nobles and improves psychic ability.

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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