ARMOR ATTACHMENTS
Armor, like personal weapons, has a number of custom-
ization hard points and can be just as easily modified as a
blaster or slugthrower. By design, armor attachments are
more defensive in nature, leaning towards special coat-
ings or environmental sealants, as well as enhanced op-
tics and built-in communications. As with weapons, a fair
amount of common sense on the part of the players and
Game Master is required when modifying armor. Most
suits of armor can only hold one environmental system,
such as cold or heat resistance, or one type of optical en-
hancement in the helmet.CORTOSIS WEAVEAlthough uncommon and even considered archaic in
this day and age, some armorers specially equip pro-
tective gear with an underlying weave of rare cortosis.
This does tend to make the armor more resistant to
being penetrated (especially by energy weapons), but
the cost is seldom worth the result.
Models Include: Numerous variants.
Base Modifiers: The armor gains the Cortosis quality.
Modification Options: None.
Hard Points Required: 2.
Price: 10,000 credits.THERMAL SHIELDING SYSTEMUtilizing both active and passive cooling systems, along
with an insulated body glove and special coatings on
the armor plates, this attachment allows a wearer to
withstand dangerously high temperatures. This ther-
mal shielding is proof against open flames, molten rock
and steel, intense heat, and even some forms of radia-
tion. This attachment can be installed on any armor
that covers the entire body and can be sealed.
Models Include: Atlas Corp Model 451 Heat Exchanger,
Min-Dal 3100 Firebrand Suit, Kaminoan Armorsmiths
Thermal Shielding System.
Base Modifiers: Reduces the difficulty of Resilience
checks made to resist the effects of fire and extreme
heat by one. Removes up to • • added to checks
due to extreme heat or fire.
Modification Options: None.
Hard Points Required: 1
Price: 1,000 credits.HEATING SYSTEMLike thermal shielding, cold shielding is installed in
armor to protect the wearer against dangerously
low temperatures and frigid environments. Equipped
with small, efficient heating elements and double-
insulated against the cold, this attachment allows a
wearer to survive in places where the ambient tem-
perature can be dozens of degrees below freezing.
Perhaps the most famous type of cold shielding isGEAR AND EQUIPMENT
ELDCE OF THE EMPIREthat built into the custom laminate armor worn by
the Imperial Army's snowtroopers. This attachment
can be installed on any armor that covers the entire
body and can be sealed.
Models Include: Atlas Corp DL87 "Frostback" Armor
Enhancement, Min-Dal Model 00 Heating System.
Base Modifiers: Reduces the difficulty of Resilience
checks made to resist the effects of extreme cold by one.
Removes up to •• added to checks due to extreme cold.
Modification Options: None.
Hard Points Required: 1
Price: 1,000 credits.ENHANCED OPTICS SUITEBuilt into a helmet, this system provides an individual
with a host of specialized optical and audio sensors.
Each system is equipped with passive light amplifica-
tion, thermal signature readers, ultrasound pickups, mil-
limeter wave emitters, video capture, and common opti-
cal enhancements. This may be installed on any armor.
Other Models Include: BioTech MULTI Enhanced
Vision System, Atlas Corp Full-Spectrum Optical En-
hancer, Neuro-Saav Anq-Y Enhanced Optics Suite
Base Modifiers: Removes up to • • added to all
Perception, Surveillance, Vigilance, and combat skill
checks due to darkness, smoke, or other environmen-
tal effects that obscure vision.
Modification Options: 1 Skill (Vigilance) Mod.
Hard Points Required: 1
Price: 1,750 credits.STRENGTH ENHANCING SYSTEMStrength enhancing systems easily converts a suit of
full armor into a power-assisted suit. Composed of
a matrix of electrically controlled myomer synthetic
muscle fibers backed up with nano-hydraulics, the
MSES increases a wearer's raw physical strength, al-
lowing him to lift more and carry more for longer pe-
riods of time. This attachment can only be used with
laminate armor or similar full-body hard armor suits.
Models Include: Industrial Automaton Xr5 Power As-
sist, BioTech "Brute" Strength Enhancer, Atlas Corp
Myomer Strength Enhancing System.
Base Modifiers: Increases wearer's Brawn by one
point while wearing this armor. This does not increase
soak or wound threshold.
Modification Options: 2 Skill (Athletics) Mods, 2 In-
nate Talent (Brace) Mods.
Hard Points Required: 2.
Price: 5,500 credits.