[UT] Tactical Vests

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by CarrionPeacock

Thanks for the replies, I will consider it covers chest (front and back) as it seems like a good compromise between realism and playability.
The Battlesuit Design blog post is very nice also, thanks for linking it.

'Torso' in UT means 'hit locations 9-11', just as it does in the Basic Set. Thus if you're using the more recent hit locations of LT, etc. the vest cover Chest and Abdomen, and the Trauma plates the Chest (and Vitals).

Giving them 5/6 coverage might be unnecessarily fiddly, but would make Clamshell armour slightly more attractive (because as it is that stuff is basically junk, and I'd only ever expect to see it on canon-fodder). One thing I would consider is ruling that when shooting at 'armour chinks' on vest+plate, hitting a 'chink' means bypassing the plate.