Energy Age Armour

The following Armours are available at PL 8 and later.

Boost Armour

Boost armour is powered armour that augments the character's physical abilities. A character wearing boost armour is stronger, faster, and more nimble than ever before. Special mechanisms augment physical strength, granting a +4 bonus to the character's Strength score. Sensors can detect incoming attacks and augment reaction times, granting a +2 bonus on all Reflex saves.

Additionally, boost armour can improve traction and augment the ability to move quickly, increasing the character's movement speed by 10 feet. Boost armour is lightweight and form-fitting, and provides less protection than heavier combat armors.

Unisoldier Heavy Combat Armour

The ultimate step in the creation of the one-soldier army, unisoldier heavy combat armour is an all-in-one package that makes the wearer a formidable opponent in combat. The wearer is covered from head to toe. The helmet includes a built-in heads-up display and a visor that changes tint to dampen the effects of sudden bright lights, making flash-bang grenades useless against the wearer.

Additionally, the armour usually has built-in slots for the addition of onboard computer systems, though not all armour's make use of the option.

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Energy Age Armour Gadgets

The following Gadgets are found in the Energy Age and can apply to Armours of that era or later, provided all gadget-specific restrictions are observed.

Gravity Anchor

With space combat almost as common as ground combat in the Energy Age, armour manufacturers seek to make their armour more useful in both space and atmospheric combat. One such enhancement is the gravity anchor gadget, which generates a field of artificial gravity around the armour's wearer. In low gravity and zero gravity conditions, the gravity anchor can be activated to give the wearer the benefits of full gravity in any situation. Characters with this gadget are unaffected by low gravity and zero-g conditions.

Restrictions: None.
Purchase DC Modifier: +4.

Morphic Metal Alloy

A combination of nanotechnology and armour engineering, morphic metal alloy is a special material used in the construction of armour to enhance the user's ability to move freely. When activated, morphic metal bends and shapes itself to the contours of the wearer's body, giving it both a snug fit and increased mobility. An armour with the morphic metal alloy gadget reduces its armour check penalty by 1 and increases the maximum Dexterity bonus by 1 as well.

Restrictions: None.
Purchase DC Modifier: +6.

Neg-Grav Boosters

Similar in design to the gravity anchor, but with an opposite purpose, neg-grav boosters can be installed into any armour to give the wearer the benefits of low gravity conditions. Neg-grav boosters create a low-gravity field around the user and counteract the effects of gravity, allowing the character to jump to incredible heights. Any armour with this gadget grants a +10 bonus on all Jump checks in any situation where gravity is a factor. This gadget has no function in zero-g environments.

Restrictions: None.
Purchase DC Modifier: +4.