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'''Author’s note:''' Back in the mid eighties when my
sister, brother, a couple of our friends and I would get
together and play Star Frontiers, this is one of the
items we came up with. I used the polyplate armor as
given in the back of the Digitally Remastered version of
Alpha Dawn and applied an exoskeleton to it. There are
also a number of optional items that can be added to
the suit at time of purchase or at a later date. The suit
is custom fit to a specific person.
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Power armor is a full suit of polyplate armor combined
with an exoskeleton. Full Polyplate Armor is a hardened
polymer carapace designed to protect a combatant
from harm. The suit comes standard with a 100 SEU
power backpack built into the armor and a utility belt.
The helmet is full faced and the visor is HUD ready
(There is a power usage display for the 100 SEU power
backpack displayed din the upper left corner of the
visor). The helmet comes standard with a Chronocom
(time being displayed in the lower left corner of the
visor).

[[File:PowerArmor.png|right]]
The exoskeleton
consumes 4 SEU per
hour giving it 25
hours of continuous
use. Because it’s
powered it eliminates
the -10 to all
Dexterity and
Reaction Speed
checks as well as
providing all
the
standard
benefits of an
exoskeleton (vertical
jump of 5m in 1g, +20
to hit in melee, +10 to
damage in melee and the
wearer can move at twice
his/her normal speed).

A power screen can be used
with the power armor and will
attach to the utility belt along with a 50 SEU power
beltpack. Defensive suits can not be used in
conjunction with the power armor.

{| style="width:350px;"
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|align="left"|Defense||Cost (Cr)||Wgt (kg)||Energy||DEX/RS
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Partial Polyplate|| 1,250|| 8|| 100 pts|| -5
|- align="center" style="background:#eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Full Polyplate|| 3,000|| 15|| 250 pts|| -10
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Power Armor|| 5,600|| 25|| 250 pts|| --
|-
|colspan="5"|'''Partial Polyplate''' armor absorbs 1/2 damage from beam and physical attacks.
|-
|colspan="5"|'''Full Polyplate''' armor absorbs 3/4 damage from beam and physical attacks.
|-
|colspan="5"|'''Power armor''' absorbs 1/2 damage from beam and physical attacks.
|}

'''Protection''' - Characters protected by this armor take
only one fourth (round down) the damage that should
otherwise be applied to them, if that damage comes
from a beam weapon or physical/inertial source. The
other three fourths apply to the armor.

'''Ablative''' - The armor can take 250 points of damage
before it stops protecting the wearer.

'''Optional Equipment''' (all optional equipment will add
to the cost and mass of the power armor). All costs
include installation.

{|
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Item||Cost (Cr)||Mass (kg)||Notes
|-
|Retractable Sungoggles||2|| --|| --
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Compass||11|| --|| HUD in lower right corner
|-
|Flashlight||6|| --|| Mounted to Helmet, shoulder or forearm
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Gas mask||33|| --|| --
|-
|IR goggles||330|| --|| Fits over visor (removable)*
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|IR Jammer||550|| 1|| --
|-
|Magnigoggles||220|| --|| Fits over visor (removable)*
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Poly-Vox||1,650|| 1|| Helmet mount only
|-
|Radiophone||550|| 4|| Helmet mount only
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Toxi-Rad Gauge|| 25|| --|| HUD in upper right corner
|-
|HUD targeting system||2,500|| --|| See below
|-
|colspan="4"|* These items can be removed by the user and placed in a protective carrying case which is attached to the utility belt.
|}

All optional equipment can be added at a later date.
HUD Targeting System – The HUD Targeting System is
a small device that is attached to the barrel of any
ranged weapon and provides a HUD cross-hair on the
helmet visor when activated. It provides the user with
a +10 to hit with that specific weapon. All HUD
Targeting Systems are calibrated to that one specific
weapon and helmet, they are not interchangeable
without being recalibrated (a cost that is almost as
much as the targeting system itself), A HUD Targeting
System most be purchased for each weapon it is to be
used with.

Power Armor - Revision history

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