Marine armor
Marine armor
A suit of powered armor. Layered plasteel-weave plates are very effective at stopping attacks, with few vulnerable joint sections. Neuro-memetic assistors allow a human to wear the armor and still move easily.
Armor like this is often used by rapid-incursion space marines.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 32 °C (57.6 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 9 °C (16.2 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 106%
- Armor - Blunt
- 45%
- Armor - Heat
- 54%
- Coverage
- Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg
- Layer
- Middle, Outer
Creation
- Crafted At
- Required Research
- Marine armor
- Skill Required
- Crafting 7
- Work To Make
- 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins)
- Resources to make
100 + 
20 + 
4
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- ApparelArmor
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- defaultOutfitTags
- Soldier
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- HiTechArmor
Marine armor is a set of power armor that forms a full set along with the Marine helmet and can effectively block gunshots, cuts, blunt trauma, or burns.
Acquisition
Marine Armor can be crafted at a Fabrication bench once the Marine armor research project has been completed. They require 100 Plasteel, 20 Uranium, 4 Advanced components, 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 7.
Alternatively, the armor can be received as a quest reward, found in ancient shrines, purchased from outlander and Empire 
traders and faction bases, or obtained from the following raider kinds:
| Raider Kind | Chance | Average Quality | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite mercenary | ? | Normal | 70-230% |
| Boss | ? | Normal | 70-230% |
| Grenadier |
100% | Normal | 70-230% |
Summary
When equipped, it slows its wearer's move speed by −0.40 c/s.
When worn by a slave
, marine armor increases the rate that suppression is lost by 30% per day. This stacks additively with all other forms of suppression loss rate offsets.
Analysis
Marine armor is in the middle of the 3 power armors - more protective than recon armor, but less protective than cataphract armor. As expected, it is also the middle tier in terms of expense. Marine armor is roughly equivalent to a Recon armor of one quality level above (e.g. a Normal Marine armor ~= Good Recon armor), or a Cataphract armor one quality level below.
A flak vest and strong duster are able to provide similar levels of protection. Due to the game's Armor Rating calculations, a vest and devilstrand duster are roughly equivalent, while thrumbofur or hyperweave dusters are superior. As marine armor occupies both the middle and outer layer, you can't wear a duster with it.
Both flak vests and dusters protect every vital body part, except for the head, but vests do not cover organic arms or any leg. Even though power armor provides superior coverage, flak vests and devilstrand are much cheaper than marine armor, while protecting all vital areas. In addition, flak vests only slow the user by -0.12c/s, rather than -0.40 c/s from marine armor.
Stats table
 Marine armor
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Awful | 63.6% | 27% | 32.4% | 340 | -25.6 °C (-46.1 °F) | +7.2 °C (13 °F) | 1015  |
| Poor | 84.8% | 36% | 43.2% | 340 | -28.8 °C (-51.8 °F) | +8.1 °C (14.6 °F) | 1525 |
| Normal | 106% | 45% | 54% | 340 | -32 °C (-57.6 °F) | +9 °C (16.2 °F) | 2035 |
| Good | 121.9% | 51.75% | 62.1% | 340 | -35.2 °C (-63.4 °F) | +9.9 °C (17.8 °F) | 2535 |
| Excellent | 137.8% | 58.5% | 70.2% | 340 | -38.4 °C (-69.1 °F) | +10.8 °C (19.4 °F) | 3035 |
| Masterwork | 153.7% | 65.25% | 78.3% | 340 | -48 °C (-86.4 °F) | +13.5 °C (24.3 °F) | 4035 |
| Legendary | 190.8% | 81% | 97.2% | 340 | -57.6 °C (-103.7 °F) | +16.2 °C (29.2 °F) | 5035 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
Trivia
Every set of marine armor found on an Imperial Grenadier will be green.
Version history
In older versions,[Which?] it only reduced move speed by 0.1c/s but also reduced Global Work Speed by 10%
- Beta 19 - it received a buff to armor rating, the crafting time was greatly reduced, and the cost was changed. It also received a new description and name.
- 0.19/1.0 - Renamed from Power armor to Marine armor
- 1.1 - it received a slight nerf to sharp protection (108% --> 106%).
- 1.1.2647 - No longer meets the clothing requirement of nobles, replaced in that role by Prestige marine armor
- 1.3.? - description changed to fix the lore inconsistency as Imperial Janissaries don't wear the armor. "Armor like this is often used by imperial janissaries and rapid-incursion space marines." -> "Armor like this is often used by rapid-incursion space marines.".
See Also
- Grenadier armor - a slightly less protective variant of marine armor with an integrated grenade launcher.
- Prestige marine armor - a variant of marine armor that both pleases nobles and improves psychic ability.
- 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