Difference between revisions of "Ablat Personal Armor"
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Revision as of 02:39, 16 April 2020
| Generic Ablat Personal Armor | |
|---|---|
| Type | Personal Armor |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Cost | Cr75 |
| Size | 4.5 liters |
| Weight | 2 kg |
| Also see | Personal Armor |
Ablat Personal Armor is a cheap alternative to reflec, and is fashioned from a material which will ablate (vaporize) when hit by laser fire. [1]
The ablation of the material carries away the energy of the laser, and protects the wearer. Continued fire against ablat degrades its effectiveness, but the armor is cheap and easily replaceable. Ablat also has some value against other forms of attack. [1]
As a generality, ablative armor is consumable and not very effective against slugthrowers or other KEW weaponry. It’s more useful as a coating on more conventional armors or a layer within composite armors. [2]
Ablative armor has been known since pre-spacefaring days. With the advent of increasingly effective energy weapons, ablative armor came into wider use and increasingly more effective ablative armors were developed.
Laser Weaponry comes into maturity during the TL:7-9 epoch as target designators and later anti-material weapons and naturally defenses against it are developed. Ablative materials have been used in a variety of applications since their advent at the the beginning of the TL:4-6 industrial epoch. However, it’s only with TL:7-9 materials science and miniaturization, that they become useful as personal battlefield defenses. [3]
- Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 41-43.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 74.
- Marc Miller. "Imperial Soldier’s Weapons & Armor Guide." MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy (1990): 132.
- Martin Dougherty. Guns, Gadgets and Gear (Avenger Enterprises, 2007), 46.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 625.
- Citation Missing - Core Rule Book
- Citation Missing - Central Supply Catalogue
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 41.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak