Prestige recon armor

Prestige recon armor is a set of power armor introduced by the Royalty DLC that forms a full set along with the Prestige recon helmet. It combines the defensive ability of Recon armor with additional the psychic boosts of Eltex apparel.
== Acquisition == 
Alternatively, the armor can be received as a quest reward, purchased from traders, or found on Nobles and other Raiders.
== Summary ==
The improves a pawns psychic sensitivity by , and improves the pawn's base neural heat recovery rate by heat per second, though this will be modified by their psylink level.
To consider themselves properly dressed and avoid a "Want <TITLE>-specific apparel" moodlet, nobles must wear rank-appropriate apparel. A satisfies all non-headwear related requirements of all nobles. Note that any quality requirements must still be met to avoid the separate and stacking a "Want <TITLE>-quality apparel" moodlet.
== Analysis == 
The improvement to Psychic Sensitivity primarily improves a pawn's psychic power, but note that it also makes them more susceptible to psycasts themselves, as well as psychic drones. This increase is inferior to the eltex vest that the prestige recon armor replaces, but in exchange it is significantly more protective.
Protection-wise, the prestige recon armor is exactly as defensive as regular recon armor. Recon armor is the lowest tier of the three types of power armor, the other two being the Marine armor and the Cataphract armor. As such they're both significantly cheaper and have fewer research requirements, while also offering significantly less protection. While they have the same coverage, the recon armor is roughly equivalent to a Marine armor one quality level below (e.g. a Normal Recon armor ~= Poor Marine armor), or a cataphract armor two quality levels below. 
Compared to a flak vest and duster, the recon armor offers strictly superior protection to the arms and legs when all items are the same quality, regardless of duster material. The interactions of two layers are dictated by the games Armor Rating calculations, and the result is that any combination of duster and flak vest offers superior protection of the torso, neck and shoulders than the recon armor, assuming all items are the same quality. The overall impact of the opposing traits of superior arm and leg protection and inferior torso, neck and shoulder protection on pawn survivability is currently unclear. However in this comparison, it should be noted that several vital organs are in the torso and the destruction of these can result in immediate death.
It should also be noted that flak vests come with a movement penalty of -0.12c/s while the recon armor does not, meaning may be a reason to choose the recon armor even with inferior protection. 
It occupies both the overgarments, middle, and shell layers, while flak vests only occupy the middle layer - meaning it can't be worn with tribalwear.
== Version history ==
* 1.1.2647 - Added
* 1.2.2753 - Icons of spacer armor now display as off-white instead of dark gray.
== See Also ==
* Recon armor - the base model. Identical protection, but not acceptable to nobles and offers no improvement to psychic abilities.
* Locust armor - another, slightly less protective, variant of recon armor with an integrated jump pack instead of psychic improvement 
Category:Armor