From:	"GCS/MU d? -P+ c++ l u-(+) e+(++) m(+)(*)@ s/+ n-(---) h f+@ w+
Subject:	This hardened armor stuffer
Date:	Sat, 9 Oct 1993 23:18:20 -0400

OK, so what do you say to the person with armor of 10/9 on a good day, 3/3
on a really bad day (orthoskin is a wonderful thing:) -- ok, so it's a good
day, he (*I*) is wearing his light sec. and helmut, being fired at by a
gun that does, oh, 8S (for the hell of it -- I just picked the damage
code out of the blue). Note that 8-10=(-2). Does he still have to roll
against 2's and take damage as though his ballistic was 6? If so, why in
the HELL would the higher armor even exist???

Personal opinion: the roll should be made to check for rule of 1's, but if
the char has at least one 2 floating around, the bullet is deflected.
This, chummers, makes a LOT more sense than completely ignoring the fact
that he's wearing more armor than the bullet has power. And if you don't
even need to bother w/ the sec. armor, what about Armor Jacket?
Houndstooth? (Makes a difference... I'm 6/6 wearing a Houndstooth,
resisting, oh, a light pistol w/ 6L. I say it bounces off -- that's WHY
I'm wearing armor!)

--Short Fuse

"A hole in the head is worth 2 in the foot..."