Heavy shield unit

Heavy shield unit

A mechanoid-built projectile-repulsion device. The user can shoot out, but the shield will block shots coming in. This shield only protects the user, not those around them. It does nothing against melee attacks or heat. The shield will break instantly if hit by EMP.

Base Stats

Type

Gear

Mass

3 kg

Flammability

0%

The Heavy shield unit is a piece of apparel added by the Biotech DLC.

Acquisition

Is worn by some mechanoid commanders when summoned. Diaboli from the 3rd summon, war queens from the 2nd, and apocritons from the first summon.

Not always worn if these mechs appear in regular raids.^{[Do they spawn?]}

Summary

The heavy shield unit creates a shield, like the shield belt, but allows the user to fire out.

It has 400 shield HP, compared to 110 HP from a normal quality shield belt. This results in taking 133.3 damage before it breaks. However, it recharges at 1.3% / second, over 10x slower than a normal shield belt.

Broken by EMP.

Like all utility items, a heavy shield unit is treated largely like any piece of apparel, however some exceptions exist. Utility items are worn on the waist and are mutually exclusive only with each other, regardless of the layer or coverage of other apparel worn. Additionally, utility items never become tainted, deteriorate from being worn, or inflict a worn-out or tattered mood debuff when damaged.

Analysis

Much like most weapons wielded by Mechanoids, the heavy shield unit cannot be made by the player, or obtained from the corpses of dead mechanoids. They boast a notable amount of hp, but recharge at a very slow rate. because of this, you likely wont need to worry about the shield after you've broken it once. The easiest way to remove the shield is simply to use any kind of EMP weapon to destroy it instantly and stun the carrier.

Version history

• Biotech DLC Release - Added.

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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