Vibro-enhanced powered weapons have long dominated the melee market.
Now, the first vibro-enhanced powered armours enter the field.
Counter-Frequency Plating oscillates in the same frequencies as vibro weapons, negating the weapons’ enhanced qualities.
The plating is an upgrade to the hard sections of an existing armour’s outer layers.
The modification is rather bulky, resulting in a slight reduction in overall armour strength and mobility. The armour’s userlife is reduced by 25% due to the increased energy requirements.
Upgrading a suit of powered armour with Counter-Frequency Plating costs 480c.
Game Use:
Against powered vibro weapons the PV of Counter-Frequency Plating equipped armour is increase by +5.
Counter-Frequency Plating reduces the overall PV of armour by -1 against all attacks.
The wearer of Counter-Frequency Plating equipped armour suffers -1 DEX in addition to any other modifiers entailed by base armour type.
The Counter-Frequency Plating is destroyed in a single location is destroyed if the armour suffers more than 5 points AD in that location.