Camo scout armor The camo scout armor , camo armor , camo suit , or camosuit was an armor designed by Creshaldyne Industries to protect the wearer from both injury and detection . Using miniature photoreactive fiber s , the suit changed its color to blend into the background . Its hard plates provided protection against damage . Sparsely available throughout the galaxy since the time of the Clone Wars — sometimes through the illegal Gundark ' s Gear Datalog — the camo armor was used by scouts , bounty hunters and members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Description . The camo armor , also known as camo scout armor , and as camo suit or camosuit , was a protective covering that prevented damage from being inflicted upon the user . To do so , several hard plates were woven into the fabric of a body glove armor through the use of a widespread armor technology . The camo armor was a light item , weighing no more than six kilograms . It was classified as a medium armor and intended to be used by scouts — thus the name " scout armor . " The camo armor based its marketing campaign on a technological advance of passive defense that increased the hiding or stealth abilities of the user . To do so , the camo armor had a network of miniature photoreactive fiber s embedded within it . Those items allowed the armor to absorb surrounding light and change color , matching its present environment . While this tricked Human eyesight , the light - and color - sensitive fibers could not absorb and process every kind of light . The individual known as Vox noticed that it was less than useful against species with natural infrared vision or against lifeform scanner s , including specifically - configured macrobinoculars . History . Developed by Creshaldyne Industries , the camo armor was commercially available , with a price of 6 , 000 credits , from the last days of the Galactic Republic onward , although frequently only in limited areas . During the Galactic Civil War , users of the camo armor included a number of bounty hunters , and sometimes members of Alliance Special Forces who wore camo armor for both protection and furtiveness . Homack , a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , kept one suit of camo armor in the survival kit of his X - wing starfighter and opined that snipers could profit from its use . Once , he was shot down and crash - landed on Atrivis . Thanks to his camo armor , Homack evaded enemy Storm commando s long enough to steal a starship . In the first days of the New Republic , the camo armor was available through Gundark ' s Gear Datalog , the illegal database of the arms smuggler Gundark . Homack posted a message there about the advantages of the camo armor and his own experiences with it ; he was answered by Vox , who listed the perceived disadvantages of the item . Circa 10 ABY , members of the Karazak Slavers Cooperative used camo armor and mounts to patrol the perimeter of their camp on Gabredor III . An enemy mercenary unit , the Red Moons , detected these riders using macrobinoculars , and one of the camo - using slavers was defeated by mercenaries Lex Kempo and Sully Tigereye . Behind the scenes . Camo scout armor was first mentioned in the sourcebook " " ( 1994 ) , written by Rick D . Stuart for West End Games ' " . " Its stats were repeated , along with new information and the first illustration depicting the item ( by an uncredited artist ) , in " " ( 1997 ) , written for the same game . Both sources list the camo as a light armor , more effective against physical damage than against energy , and available for 1 , 500 . " Arms & Equipment Guide " ( 2002 ) , written for Wizards of the Coast ' s " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " , and " The Clone Wars Campaign Guide " ( 2009 ) , written for Wizards ' " Saga Edition Roleplaying Game " , both classify the same item as a medium armor , more difficult to use , equally effective against all kinds of damage , and valued in 6 , 000 . " The Clone Wars Campaign Guide " also considers this item to be particularly hard to obtain . When in conflict , this article gives precedence to the more recent source . " Arms & Equipment Guide " also included a new illustration of the camo armor by Chris Trevas ; however , this depiction was quite different than the one in " Fantastic Technology " , being instead similar to a light scout armor seen in the book " " ( 1997 ) .