DoubleTech Industries Military Labs : Power Armor

[Williham]

Greeting esteemed representatives of $NATIONAL_MILITARY_FORCE!

DoubleTech Industries are proud to present to you the next big thing in personal armor: Power Armor!

This heavy-duty, fully-covering armor is designed with the individual soldier in mind, providing all the protection they could possibly[sup]1[/sup] need!

While the armor might seem heavy when you put it on, once powered by a standard issue UPS unit, the integrated servo motors will provide full[sup]2[/sup] mobility for over 20 minutes[sup]3[/sup] on a single charge.

A number of these suits, with helmets, have already been shipped to military bases and field offices for you to test and enjoy!

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[size=6pt]1: Not including unforeseen possibilities.[/size]

[size=6pt]2: Mobility may be somewhat less than full.[/size]

[size=6pt]3: Under ideal testing conditions, field conditions may differ.[/size]

[slydogg9692]

T-51b, is that you? I love T-51b. T-51b forever!

I don’t suppose you can add a Bozar or a Gauss rifle in future updates?

[Jihelu]

I WANT A WINTER ADDITION.

[Jihelu]

[quote=“slydogg9692, post:2, topic:627”]T-51b, is that you? I love T-51b. T-51b forever!

I don’t suppose you can add a Bozar or a Gauss rifle in future updates? :)[/quote]
And last time I checked the T-51b has a power supply that lasts about…a couple hundred/thousand years

[slydogg9692]

[quote=“Jihelu, post:4, topic:627”][quote=“slydogg9692, post:2, topic:627”]T-51b, is that you? I love T-51b. T-51b forever!

I don’t suppose you can add a Bozar or a Gauss rifle in future updates? :)[/quote]
And last time I checked the T-51b has a power supply that lasts about…a couple hundred/thousand years[/quote]

Call this one the prototype/shittier version: T-50b? T-51a? T?

Whatever. My imagination is set. T-51b forever!

[Williham]

It’s not a T-51b.

It’s more like an early T45-d.

[slydogg9692]

[quote=“Williham, post:6, topic:627”]It’s not a T-51b.

It’s more like an early T45-d.[/quote]

Looking up at the lore again, it does match up well with the T-45d.

Still…T-51b forever!

On to another topic: would a slight STR bonus make any sense for this item? Or is armor powered only to the point where the mobility issue (almost) becomes a non-issue?

[Williham]

The basic power armor currently implemented is little more than a prototype or proof-of-concept model.

Further models representing technological advancement will be introduced down the line.

[system]

What about stealth armor?

Shit why you remind me of fallout 3, sniff my copy broke.

Also what about self powered suits? Gasoline/Reactor powered ones?

Reactor power source would run off water, since it needs cooling.
Also it would explode if run dry.

[slydogg9692]

Since I love Power Armors so much ([size=12pt]T-51b forever![/size]), I decided to dick around in-game (with a git build updated as of 3/31/2013) and see how Power Armor fares.

After wishing [size=8pt](What? I’m not looting the world just to look for one.)[/size] me the whole set (Basic power armor, basic power armor helmet, and UPS) I rushed headfirst into the first zombie infested area. Here are a few observations.

[ol][li]Unpowered (UPS off), the whole set had an encumbrance of 5. Each part encumbered the parts they were supposed to encumber.[/li]
[li]Powered (UPS on), the whole set had an encumbrance of 1. There was an instance where the encumbrance was 4, but I haven’t yet replicated it. Scratch that, the 4 was caused by not having any volume for item space.[/li]
[li]Very damage resistant. I let myself be surrounded by lots of Zs and I barely got damaged. As in my health bar was unchanged. Ran around craters for fun too. Funny thing happened: once I was surrounded by Zs and a spitter zombie decided to come to the party. As usual I just stood around for a while, the yellow Z just spitting at me now and then. The Zs surrounding me melted away; I was left completely unscathed, save for armor damage.[/li]
[li]Pretty durable. It lasted a 10+ in-game minutes under constant Z assault. It’s kind of weird though, seeing how “fragile” they are considering that they’re power armor, but I guess it’s just me.[/li]
[li]You can’t wear the armor if you have the helmet on first. Possible bug? Addendum: the bug apparently, was that I was able to wear the helmet on first without the armor, which shouldn’t be possible. Wielding the helmet then equipping it equips it even without power armor.[/li][/ol]

Verdict: Very durable, very useful, but not very practical for everyday use due to its reliance on UPS (which eats through batteries like hell) and, since it’s rare enough I think, the lack of repairing options.

As a side note, is it possible to create/is there a search function for the Debug screen? For the purpose of easier cheating debugging/testing I mean.

[system]

Add fusion or fission batteries to power them plz.

Also have a repulsion shield upgrade that eats through moar batteries but protects the suit from damage.
[size=4pt]Untill you run out of batteries.[/size]

[Atelerd]

Already in 0.4 pre-release.
I dunno, but i think that it’s not acting like bullet-proof, because NPC shot my torso from his shotgun for 95 damage. Also he piked it with awl pike, and after five or seven 30-40 damage hits power armor become ‘very damaged’.
Also, it needs to be powered with plutonium cells, really. Maybe some kind of reloading it, I dunno…
How about internal climate control?

[Williham]

[quote=“Atelerd, post:12, topic:627”]Already in 0.4 pre-release.
I dunno, but i think that it’s not acting like bullet-proof, because NPC shot my torso from his shotgun for 95 damage. Also he piked it with awl pike, and after five or seven 30-40 damage hits power armor become ‘very damaged’.
Also, it needs to be powered with plutonium cells, really. Maybe some kind of reloading it, I dunno…
How about internal climate control?[/quote]

There are some limitations to how well armor can work, unfortunately.