Brand Loyalty: Death-Blockers Ltd.

In today's post I cover the second part of Refplace request, which was to cover some body armor. 

Need protection and need to look good while doing it? Want peace of mind but don't want to look like your a walking tank? Need the prospect of death blocked from your life?  Then you need Death-Blockers Ltd. for all your armoring needs! 

Death-Blockers: Block Death. Look Good.



Since this post wasn't as crunch heavy as last weeks (most of my time was dedicated to just making sure my assumptions got as close to RAW as possible, hence why only one post last week) I decided to have a little more fun and do more detailed write ups on the body armor I'm covering. Then I got to thinking, why not go all out so I decided to make this a a follow up to my Brand Loyalty post and themed all my armors around a fleshed out company. Hope you guys enjoy!


Death-Blocker Ltd (TL10)

Originally started a hundred years ago as Death Heads, a fashion company that catered to making outfits for preforming artists that were taking part in a death metal revival at the time. After one of their more high profiled regulars gave them a request to make them an outfit that also doubled as protective body armor, they branched out into the custom body armor market to great acclaim and changed their name Death-Blockers Ltd.. Now they are well known for their concealable body armors with an edge, though they still do fashion designs for the more "hard core" acts of the current generator, both armored and regular. A current trend with them is to excursively use a high exclusively blend of ruggedized bioplas for all of the flexible armor. While many armor producers feel it's lower resistance to fragments and slashing weapons is a detriment but Death-Blockers has stated they feel it's greater protection against energy weapons and self-healing factor more then makes up for it. Their current motto is Block Death. Look Good. 

Company Type: Niche- Rugged, uses Bioplas, makes armor that looks like normal clothes.

Standard Modifiers: Rugged, Styled, Rainbow option, Buzz Fabric option.

Notes: Makes designer body armor made to pass as normal clothes. While the high profile targets (politicians, business leaders and the like) make up most of their market they do cater to the personal defense market as well. They currently prefer to use Bioplas armor.

Quickline: Death Blocker Ltd; Niche-Rugged, uses Bioplas; Makes designer body armor.


Rugged
By RAW Rugged can't be used on clothing or armor since unlike with a mechanical or electrical device which can just be swapped into a more rugged housing, the only way to double the DR of them is by making them out of  a stronger material or by doubting their thickness which in turn would double their weight. It should, however, be possible to make clothing and armor that is less likely to wear out and have a higher HT.

So I propose this variant.

Rugged (Clothes and Armor)
"Ruggedized" clothes and armor are made to withstand abuse and are made to higher tolerances or in the case of clothes or fabric based armor, tighter and heavier weaves. This gives +2 to HT and increase DR by 20%. Cost is ×1.5 and weight is ×1.2.

Some examples form their catalogue

Defender III Bioplas Armored Long Coat  (TL10)
An armored Long Coat for businessmen, corporate solo operatives civilians who want to be street stylish while also being protected. It covers the torso, arms and legs up to the knees ( in combat, if the leg is attack, roll 1d. On a 3+ a protected era is hit). Made of  bioplas (Ultra-Tech pg. 170-171) it incorporates vericloth, buzz fabric, memeswear (all on Ultra-Tech pg. 39) and  a C5 Small Printed Computer ($100, 0.5 lbs, 10TB storage, 2B/20hrs. Covers 2ft^2 and is powered by flexible power cells which cost $12 per cell. See Ultra-Tech pg. 22 for computer rules, pg. 23 for the Printed option and pg. 19 for Flexible Power Cells.). Do to its size it gives a +4 bonus to holdout. As with all of the items in the Death-Blockers Ltd. catalogue, The Defender III is only made to the highest of standards and made to last using a heavier, more rugged strain of bioplas (Counts as Rugged, see above for variant rules for using Rugged with clothes and armor).

TL   Armor             Location          DR             Cost        Weight       Don    LC
10    Defender III   Torso, Arms,     36/12*†     $13,400     5.4              6           3
                                Back of Legs   

*Armor is Flexible
†Use the higher DR value against piercing and burning damage and the lower value against all other type of damage.


Life-Sure Bioplas Concealed Armored Shirts (TL10)
Stylish, comfortable and rugged. be sure your life is safe at all times with Death-Blocker' Life-Sure line of armored shirts. Designed to look like normal daily wear, the Life-Sure line of Concealed Armored Shirts lets you be safe in your day to day without raising an eye brow from the world around you! Made of  bioplas (Ultra-Tech pg. 170-171) it incorporates vericloth, buzz fabric and  memeswear (all on Ultra-Tech pg. 39). As with all of the items in the Death-Blockers Ltd. catalogue, the Life-Sure line is only made to the highest of standards and made to last using a heavier, more rugged strain of bioplas (Counts as Rugged, see above for variant rules for using Rugged with clothes and armor).

Life-Sure is available in short sleeve, long sleeve and tank top.

Counts as light clothing and is Concealable.


TL   Armor                                     Location                DR             Cost        Weight       Don    LC
10    Life-Sure, short sleeved           Torso, Shoulders     18/6*†     $4,800        1.8              3          4
10    Life-Sure, longed sleeved         Torso, Arms           18/6*†     $6,600         2.4              3          4
10    Life-Sure, tank top                    Torso                    18/6*†     $4,400         1.6              3          4


*Armor is Flexible
†Use the higher DR value against piercing and burning damage and the lower value against all other type of damage.


High-Life Aegis Bioplas Armored Business Wear (TL10) This line of finely crafted three-piece suits (available in both male and female styles) gives comfort and protection at both the boardroom and ballroom! Never before  has not becoming a victim been so stylish! This set of armored business wear consists of a thick overcoat, dress shirt and dress pants. Tie sold separately! The overcoat and dress shirt give the arms and torso a combined DR of  Made of  bioplas (Ultra-Tech pg. 170-171) it incorporates vericloth, buzz fabric and  memeswear (all on Ultra-Tech pg. 39). As with all of the items in the Death-Blockers Ltd. catalogue, the High-Life Aegis line is only made to the highest of standards and made to last using a heavier, more rugged strain of bioplas (Counts as Rugged, see above for variant rules for using Rugged with clothes and armor).

Counts as Styled (+1 to reaction rolls), cost is already counted below.

TL   Armor                               Location                    DR             Cost          Weight       Don      LC
10    HL Aegis, over coat          Torso, Arms                24/8*†         $17,100        3.2              3          4
10    HL Aegis Dress Shirt         Torso, Arms              18/6*†          $13,300         2.4             3          4
10    HL Aegis Dress Pants          Legs                       18/6*†           $8,800            1.6            3          4
*Armor is Flexible
†Use the higher DR value against piercing and burning damage and the lower value against all other type of damage.

Professional Protector II Bioplas Armored Vest with Inserts  (TL10)
SWAT? Corporate Enforcer? Military Contractor? When it's your job to be a protector then you need the conferences that the armor you wear is your protector! The Professional Protector II brings quality protection at a price you can afford. The set includes a high grade Bioplas (Ultra-Tech pg. 170-171) armored vest with enough pockets and straps to hold 30lbs of gear and ammo (counts as Basic Quality Load-Bearing Equipment, see High-Tech pg. 54) and  incorporates vericloth, buzz fabric, memeswear (all on Ultra-Tech pg. 39) and  a C5 Small Printed Computer ($100, 0.5 lbs, 10TB storage, 2B/20hrs. Covers 2ft^2 and is powered by flexible power cells which cost $12 per cell. See Ultra-Tech pg. 22 for computer rules, pg. 23 for the Printed option and pg. 19 for Flexible Power Cells.). As with all of the items in the Death-Blockers Ltd. catalogue, the Professional Protector II  line is only made to the highest of standards and made to last using a heavier, more rugged strain of bioplas (Counts as Rugged, see above for variant rules for using Rugged with clothes and armor). It also comes with a removable neck and groin guard, 2.1lbs each (weight is already included in the stat line below).

The vest also includes pockets for 4 Ceramic Nano-Composite inserts for added protection that give complete protection to the torso. They each weigh 3.4lbs and take 3 seconds to insert on average.

TL   Armor                                Location                 DR               Cost             Weight       Don      LC
10  Protector Armored Vest        Torso, Groin, Neck    48/16*†       $13,500         6               3              3
10    +Trauma Inserts                  Torso                        50‡               $1,030          13.6           12           3


*Armor is Flexible
†Use the higher DR value against piercing and burning damage and the lower value against all other type of damage.
‡Armor insert are treated as Semi-Ablative.