From:	Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:	Re: Heavy Security Armor; Hardened?
Date:	Wed, 12 Apr 1995 02:09:10 GMT

> While reading that post something struck me as weird : Since when does
> security aror provide hardened protection? I just reviewed mys SSC (1st
> edition unfortunately) and SRII and nowhere do they mention hardened
> protection. Am I mistaken?
>
> Just checking!

If you read Fields of Fire, you can add gel-packs to harden any armour with
rigid plates (or something similar). You can also get totally munchkinous
16/12 hardened personal armour.

Someone even tried to wear it in my game once, heh heh heh... <low and
maniacal chuckle, backlit by a smouldering character sheet>

I liked a lot of FoF but not that armour. Not even for "crisis" work: I
can't see a PC having cause to wear stuff like that twice in a lifetime.
I'm fairly lax on "clothing" armour, but anything else is *out* - too
obvious for urban work, too heavy and awkward for field work. Specialised
applications only: and isn't it nice that a 20D armour-piercing missile
costing only 1,200 newyen came out at the same time? A couple of those
in the guardroom for just that sort of emergency...

Not to mention the modifiers to Stealth rolls. And the reputation it gets
you as a complete wuss.

But in your question, the armour was customised with the gel packs, not
off the peg security panzer-pants.


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him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better or
for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him.

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk