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Originally Posted by Varyon
Inserts would be a good example of armor designed to work together than doesn't work right alone - except in this case, the inserts are useless without carriers, rather than just fitting poorly.
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Yeah, but the ballistic vests with pockets for the inserts still work
without the inserts. Without any penalties. Which is a direct analogue to a flexible underlayer you can wear alone and a rigid add-on that still doesn't add -1 DX layering penalty.
Mind you, I
am open to considering that it might be an oversight in
High-Tech not to give TL8 tactical vests -1 DX layering penalty when worn with rigid ceramic plates that cover large parts of the chest front and rear.
I just think that for consistency's sake, we shouldn't give TL9+ armour that can be worn with or without a removable rigid layer for defence against military weapons a layering penalty
unless we do the same to the equivalent TL8 armour.