Psychic foil helmet
Psychic foil helmet
A thin helmet containing finely-tuned sheets of psychically-absorptive foil. Reduces the impact of psychic waves.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 2 °C (3.6 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 1 °C (1.8 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 9%
- Armor - Blunt
- 9%
- Armor - Heat
- 27%
- Coverage
- Head, Left Ear, Right Ear
- Layer
- Headgear
- thingCategories
- Headgear
- tags
- IndustrialMilitaryBasic, IndustrialMilitaryAdvanced, SpacerMilitary
The psychic hoil helmet is a piece of headgear that decreases the psychic sensitivity of the wearer, and is primarily useful for protecting an individual pawn against psychic phenomena.
Acquisition
This item cannot be crafted. It can only purchased through trade or found on raiders.
Summary
A psychic foil helmet reduces a pawns Psychic Sensitivity by 90%. This means it dampens the effect of psychic drones, as well as certain psycasts
and psycasting ability. If a pawn is already Psychically Dull, then this will make them completely immune to psychic shock lances and psychic insanity lances (and all other psychic effects).
Analysis
The psychic foil helmet is a niche item primarily useful to reduce the mood impact of psychic drones, especially on your psychically sensitive colonists. However, it will also reduce positive psychic effects, such as the psychic emanator.
Despite being called a helmet, its protection is comparable to a bowler hat and only one of low-mid tier materials. It only blocks minimal damage and, with its low HP, wouldn't last very long either. Quality does not affect its psychic protection, so an Awful foil helmet blocks psychic effects just as well as a Legendary foil helmet.
In Royalty, they also have some worth in protecting pawns from psycasts, especially in a melee where friendly fire is possible. They can appear on some raiders, which will make them resistant to your psycasts. It is thus important to check a pawns gear before attempting such tactics.
Stats table
 Psychic foil helmet
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Awful | 5.4% | 5.4% | 16.2% | 80 | -1.6 °C (-2.9 °F) | +0.8 °C (1.4 °F) | 125  |
| Poor | 7.2% | 7.2% | 21.6% | 80 | -1.8 °C (-3.2 °F) | +0.9 °C (1.6 °F) | 188 |
| Normal | 9% | 9% | 27% | 80 | -2 °C (-3.6 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 250 |
| Good | 10.35% | 10.35% | 31.05% | 80 | -2.2 °C (-4 °F) | +1.1 °C (2 °F) | 310 |
| Excellent | 11.7% | 11.7% | 35.1% | 80 | -2.4 °C (-4.3 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 375 |
| Masterwork | 13.05% | 13.05% | 39.15% | 80 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +1.5 °C (2.7 °F) | 625 |
| Legendary | 16.2% | 16.2% | 48.6% | 80 | -3.6 °C (-6.5 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 1250 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
| Stat | Increase |
|---|---|
| Psychic Sensitivity | -90% |
| Neural Heat Limit | -72 |
Version history
- 0.9.722 - added.
- At some point post A14 - texture updated.
- At some point (1.1?), the armor rating was increased from Sharp/Blunt/Heat of 5/5/0 to 9/9/27 and the HP was doubled
Previous texture as of A14
- 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