Recon armor
Recon Armor
A suit of light partially-powered armor, designed to permit quick movement. Lightweight plasteel-weave plates block attacks without compromising mobility, and neuro-memetic assistors in the lower body allow a human to wear the armor and still move easily. Armor like this is often used by imperial scout troops and glitterworld police forces.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 32 °C (57.6 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 9 °C (16.2 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 92%
- Armor - Blunt
- 40%
- Armor - Heat
- 46%
- Coverage
- Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg
Creation
- Work To Make
- 1,000 ticks (16.67 secs)
Recon armor is a set of power armor that forms a full set along with the Recon helmet.
Acquisition
As a complicated piece of technology, Recon Armor can only be made at the Fabrication bench and requires Recon Armor to be researched in order to be constructed. Crafting the armor requires 
80 plasteel, 
10 uranium and 
3 advanced component.
Alternatively, the armor can be received as a quest reward, purchased from traders, or found on Imperial Janissaries and other Raiders.
Analysis
Recon armor is the lowest tier of the three types of power armor, the other two being the Marine armor and the Cataphract armor. As such they're both significantly cheaper and have fewer research requirements, while also offering significantly less protection. While they have the same coverage, the recon armor is roughly equivalent to a Marine armor one quality level below (e.g. a Normal Recon armor ~= Poor Marine armor ), or a cataphract armor two quality levels below.
Compared a flak vest and duster (of plainleather, devilstrand, hyperweave, thrumbofur), the recon armor offers strictly superior protection to the arms and legs when all parts are the same quality, regardless of duster material. The protection of the torso, neck and shoulders is reliant on the interactions between Armor Rating calculations and is currently unclear.
It occupies both the overgarments, middle, and shell layers, while flkak vests only occupy the middle layer - meaning it can't be worn with tribalwear.
Recon armor also appeases the middle and outer torso requirements of all nobles, replacing both the Royal vest/Corset and the Royal robe.
Stats table
 Recon armor
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Awful | 55.2% | 24% | 27.6% | 280 | -25.6 °C (-46.1 °F) | +7.2 °C (13 °F) | 770  |
| Poor | 73.6% | 32% | 36.8% | 280 | -28.8 °C (-51.8 °F) | +8.1 °C (14.6 °F) | 1155 |
| Normal | 92% | 40% | 46% | 280 | -32 °C (-57.6 °F) | +9 °C (16.2 °F) | 1540 |
| Good | 105.8% | 46% | 52.9% | 280 | -35.2 °C (-63.4 °F) | +9.9 °C (17.8 °F) | 1925 |
| Excellent | 119.6% | 52% | 59.8% | 280 | -38.4 °C (-69.1 °F) | +10.8 °C (19.4 °F) | 2310 |
| Masterwork | 133.4% | 58% | 66.7% | 280 | -48 °C (-86.4 °F) | +13.5 °C (24.3 °F) | 3540 |
| Legendary | 165.6% | 72% | 82.8% | 280 | -57.6 °C (-103.7 °F) | +16.2 °C (29.2 °F) | 4540 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
Trivia
Every set of Recon armor found on an Imperial Janissary will be black.
Version history
Added in 1.1.
- 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