Reinforced Insulated Sheath armor The Reinforced Insulated Sheath armor , or R . I . S . armor for short , was a form of heavy , yet flexible battle armor that saw use during the Galactic Civil War . It could be customized in a variety of colors . Mol Ni ' mai , a male Bothan master armorsmith living in the mountains of the planet Dantooine , was the inventor of the armor . R . I . S . armor could only be crafted by the most proficient armorsmiths . In addition to its more basic resource requirements , the armor also required the bones and hides of various creatures within the galaxy . The armor had eight separate pieces which included two biceps , two bracers , a chest plate , a set of leggings , a helmet , and a pair of boots . During the Galactic Civil War , sometime after the Battle of Yavin , Ni ' mai taught a spacer and fellow armorsmith how to make the armor . Following this , R . I . S . armor saw use by several disparate organizations throughout the galaxy . Description . The Reinforced Insulated Sheath was a heavy , yet flexible battle armor . It provided equal protection to all areas of the body and could be customized in a wide variety of colors , from blue to black to red . Its protection could be augmented with a personal energy shield . The armor ' s construction was particularly difficult , requiring not only the skills of a experienced armorsmith , but many rare materials from across the galaxy , in addition to its more mundane material requirements of various minerals and synthetic materials . The mundane materials were fiberplast , copper , gemstone , aluminium , intrusive and extrusive ores , and synthetic cloth . The rare materials were the hide of a gurk king and the scales of a giant dune kimogila from Lok , and the bones of a woolamander harrower from Yavin 4 . The armor ' s appearance layer required the feathers of a peko - peko albatross from Naboo . The armor consisted of eight separate parts that included two bracers , two biceps , a helmet , a chest plate , a set of leggings , and a pair of boots . The helmet included a wide - brimmed top and a visor over the eye holes to protect from sun glare . The bracers and biceps had bladed pieces of armor attached . The boots had two spikes protruding from the sides . The leggings were skirt - like , with several pieces of protective armor attached . History . The Reinforced Insulated Sheath armor , or R . I . S . armor , was the invention of the male Bothan master armorsmith Mol Ni ' mai . Sometime after the Battle of Yavin , at the height of the Galactic Civil War , Ni ' mai was visited by a spacer at his hut in the mountains of the planet Dantooine . The spacer was an armorsmith as well and wished to learn from Ni ' mai . Ni ' mai demanded 50 , 000 credits from the spacer before he would agree to lessons , which the spacer readily paid . Credits in hand , Ni ' mai began to instruct the spacer in the construction of R . I . S . armor , explaining the construction of its armor segment and its appearance layer . Once he was satisfied that his student had learned the basics , he tasked the spacer with constructing a pair of R . I . S . boots . The spacer was successful , and Ni ' mai rewarded his student with the schematics for the remainder of the armor pieces . The armor became rather prevalent in the galaxy thereafter . Individuals to utilize R . I . S . armor included Russ Grimblade and other members of the Hidden Daggers pirate organization , who were known to wear pieces of the armor . Borantok , a member of the Blackscale slaving group on the planet Kashyyyk , also used pieces of the armor , as did several Chiss poachers within the Etyyy region of Kashyyyk . A group of bandits known as the Razor Runners on the planet Mustafar employed the armor heavily amongst its members . Behind the scenes . The Reinforced Insulated Sheath armor is a type of heavy armor in the 2003 video game " Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire Divided " . The armor , along with its designer and the quest to learn how to craft it , were added to the game in November 2003 . The player must be a master armorsmith to craft the armor . R . I . S . armor is of the " Battle " type within the game , meaning it provides equal protection from energy and kinetic damage sources . Prior to the addition of Mandalorian armor to the game , the R . I . S . armor was the most difficult to construct , as it required many rare items from creatures both difficult to find and to defeat . Prior to 2005 and the release of the " New Game Enhancements " for " Star Wars Galaxies " , the peko - peko feathers gave a health bonus when used to construct the armor . Additionally , the acklay within the Geonosian Bio - Lab on Yavin 4 could drop a schematic for an Interwoven R . I . S . Armor Segment . However , with the release of the " NGE " , this item no longer drops , and if a character has already learned the schematic , crafting it produces a normal R . I . S . armor segment . Like the majority of armor in the game , R . I . S . armor can be acquired for free while playing on the game ' s test center .