Cataphract armor
Cataphract armor
A suit of heavy powered armor, built for maximum protection at the cost of mobility. Heavy layered plasteel-weave plates with solid ablative coatings stop all but the most well-aimed or powerful attacks. Neuro-memetic assistors prevent the suit's massive weight from immobilizing the wearer entirely, but the suit is still quite cumbersome. Armor like this is used by imperial cataphracts to break heavily fortified positions in frontal assaults when no other option is available.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 20 °C (36 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 6.7 °C (12.1 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 120%
- Armor - Blunt
- 50%
- Armor - Heat
- 60%
- Coverage
- Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg
Creation
- Work To Make
- 75,000 ticks (20.83 mins)
Cataphract armor is a type of advanced apparel (armor) introduced by the Royalty DLC that can effectively block gunshots, cuts, blunt trauma, or burns. It forms a full set of armor along with the Cataphract helmet.
Acquisition
As a complicated piece of technology, Cataphract Armor can only be made at the Fabrication bench and requires Cataphract Armor to be researched in order to be constructed. Researching Cataphract Armor in turn requires the previous power armor projects to be researched as well as the use of two Cataphract Armor Techprints to unlock. Crafting the armor requires 
150 plasteel + 
50 uranium and 
6 advanced components.
Alternatively, the armor can be received as a quest reward, purchased from traders, or found on Imperial Cataphracts and Stellic Guards.
Analysis
Cataphract armor provides the best protection of any armor in the game, especially against blunt, and can block heat damage. Like Recon armor and Marine armor it also covers the limbs in addition to the torso making for great overall protections. It provides roughly the same protection as a Marine Armor of one quality level above its own, or of Recon Armor two quality levels above its own. It also allows a pawn to reach the cap of 200% sharp protection at Legendary quality. Compared a flak vest and duster, Cataphract armor offers strictly superior protection to all body parts when all items are the same quality, regardless of duster material.
However, it is much more expensive, needs a long time to make and also needs the Cataphract Armor research before being available. Acquiring it through fighting the Empire is also difficult due to their ubiquitious Death acidifier implants and the general difficulty of killing the pawns wearing this armor and carrying the empires best weapons. The armor provides a significant Move Speed debuff of -0.80 c\s, double that of Marine armor and over six times that of a flak vest, making the armor impractical for every day wear by some pawns.
Cataphract armor also appeases the middle and outer torso requirements of all nobles, replacing both the Royal vest/Corset and the Royal robe.
Stats table
 Cataphract armor
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Awful | 72% | 30% | 36% | 400 | -28.8 °C (-51.8 °F) | +9.6 °C (17.3 °F) | 1560  |
| Poor | 96% | 40% | 48% | 400 | -32.4 °C (-58.3 °F) | +10.8 °C (19.4 °F) | 2340 |
| Normal | 120% | 50% | 60% | 400 | -36 °C (-64.8 °F) | +12 °C (21.6 °F) | 3120 |
| Good | 138% | 57.5% | 69% | 400 | -39.6 °C (-71.3 °F) | +13.2 °C (23.8 °F) | 3620 |
| Excellent | 156% | 65% | 78% | 400 | -43.2 °C (-77.8 °F) | +14.4 °C (25.9 °F) | 4120 |
| Masterwork | 174% | 72.5% | 87% | 400 | -54 °C (-97.2 °F) | +18 °C (32.4 °F) | 5120 |
| Legendary | 200% | 90% | 108% | 400 | -64.8 °C (-116.6 °F) | +21.6 °C (38.9 °F) | 6120 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
Trivia
Cataphracts were heavy armored cavalry used in warfare by people in Europe.
Every set of cataphract armor found on an Imperial Cataphract will be white, while every one found on a Stellic Guard (Warden or Defender) will be red and of Excellent quality.
Version history
Introduced in the initial release of the Royalty DLC.
- 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