Been raiding a lot of labs. A trick I learned to get rid of security bots when you have a Finale like Weapon/CBM storage is to hide behind the glass and let them deplete their ammo firing at you. I just went through a particularly tense moment of having to try and sneak around the Security Bots, which isnāt easy when you have only 3,000 power to work with your Cloaking System.
Also, breaking into the Finale Room with the Sonic Resonator was not one of my brighter momentsā¦
Iād opt more for encumbrance being a factor over weight.
A sneaking movement type would help. I also once read a novel where the protagonist was a thief and he had shoes with especially thick rubber soles that helped him move quietly.
Thrown objects should create noise when they land as well, even if they arenāt particularly loud it would be something.
This is really all I have to add. I also skimmed through most of this thread so I may have missed something important.