Standard-issue reinforced vest offering basic protection against projectiles and shrapnel.
Easily concealed under clothing, provides minimal but crucial protection.
Effect: Reduces incoming Physical Harm by 1 level (minimum 1).
Binding rationale: Body 1 — minor encumbrance and restriction of movement.
Form-fitting suit with adaptive camouflage, sound-dampening, and thermal masking.
Minimal physical protection but excels at reducing sensor signature for infiltration.
Effect: Reduces incoming Physical Harm by 1 level (minimum 1). Reduces effectiveness of sensor-based detection (visual, thermal, EM, audio — GM determines mechanical effect, likely increased TN for detection checks).
Binding rationale: Ghost 2 — requires constant mental adjustment and predictive modeling to optimize camouflage patterns and mask signatures against active scanning.
Basic Extra-Vehicular Activity suit for vacuum and common environmental hazards.
Bulky but reliable suit for standard space operations and hazardous environments.
Effect: Provides protection and life support in vacuum and hostile environments. AV 1 against Physical Harm, AV 2 against Environmental Harm.
Binding rationale: Body 2 — significant bulk, restrictive joints, and life support pack impede movement.
Heavier torso and limb protection with rigid plates over a reinforced undersuit.
A balance between protection and mobility, common among security forces and mercenaries.
Effect: Reduces incoming Physical Harm by 2 levels (minimum 1).
Binding rationale: Body 2 — noticeable weight and bulk, slightly restricting flexibility.
Full-body powered armor plating for frontline assaults.
Maximum kinetic protection using layered composites and limited servo-assistance. Visibly bulky and intimidating.
Effect: Reduces incoming Physical Harm by 3 levels (minimum 1). Hardened: the first Break Bound Gear result makes it Faulty instead of Broken.
Binding rationale: Body 3 — significant weight and rigidity greatly impede natural movement, requiring strength to operate effectively.
Armored and weaponized spacesuit for hostile boarding actions and zero-G combat.
Integrates heavier plating, mobility thrusters, and system support for combat operations in space.
Effect: Provides enhanced protection, life support, and weapon/gear carrying capacity for space combat. Combat Sensor Array aids targeting or awareness. Load Bearing ignores up to 5 points of Binding Cost from attached gear.
Binding rationale: Body 3 — extremely heavy and restrictive, requires significant physical effort to move effectively despite thrusters. Ghost 1 — from the Integrated Sensor Array’s neural feed.