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Originally Posted by DanHoward
The Chinese worked out how to do it about 500 years ago. They had a type of scale armour with each scale shaped like the Chinese character for mountain (the armour was called "mountain armour"). When assembled and interlaced through each other the scales formed a star-shaped pattern. The construction flexes in one direction but not the other. When struck it "shock hardens" on impact. I've tried making a few reconstructions and the scales have to be precisely shaped and carefully fitted together but it works wonderfully. Low Tech will cover this variant.
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Ooo...ooo...ooo...I am
SO looking forward to Low Tech, then! I can see the Immortal Legion (the Berian Emperor's personal bodyguard) armored in this stuff, with the armor made of "Berian Silver"...