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Originally Posted by Langy
No, the 35/5 DR concealable armor is in High Tech (and Action 1). It's called 'Advanced Body Armor', is flexible (unlike armor with a rigid insert), and provides a +4 Holdout bonus, making the net penalty to Holdout only -8, so someone skilled at Holdout could reasonably hide it under an undercover long coat or some other heavy clothing.
Of course, that TL10 concealable armor has a -6 penalty to holdout going by the rules in High Tech, so it's not all that much better than the TL8 stuff at being not-seen, while the TL8 concealable vest has a -4 penalty to holdout.
Also, the 'Advanced Body Armor' is specifically mentioned as being based on a real-life set of armor, 'Pinnacle Armor's SOV', which is more commonly known as 'Dragon Skin'.
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Well strictly speaking in UT the concealable armor never appears to be armor, just clothing. If it is light clothing like T shirts and lingerie it has less Dr.
So the UT armor should have no real penalty as armor because your business suit can be a suit of concealable armor. See the tailoring armor rules.
This gets mitigated or fixed by assigning the tactical vest with inserts the same concealability though.