Gundam Vehicle Armor

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Armor can be welded or otherwise fixed securely to a vehicle’s superstructure, providing Damage Reduction to the vehicle.

Installing armor on a vehicle requires a Craft (mechanical) check (TN 20). The check is made after investing an amount of time determined by the vehicle’s size: Large - 3 hours, Huge - 6 hours, Gargantuan - 12 hours, Colossal Type 1 - 24 hours Colossal Type 2 - 48 hours, Colossal Type 3 - 96 hours, Colossal Type 4 - 192 hours, Colossal Type 5 - hours. Armor can be removed in half the time with a successful Repair check (TN 20).

Different types of vehicle armor are presented below, along with the following statistics:

**Equipment Bonus:** The equipment bonus that the armor provides to the vehicles Damage Reduction.

**Armor Penalty:** vehicle armor applies this penalty on its operator’s Balance, Climb, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, and Tumble checks. (this in specific applies to mecha)

**Speed Penalty:** The amount by which the armor reduces the vehicle’s base speed.

**Purchase TN:** The cost of the armor.

**Restriction:** Since vehicle require a license to own and operate, vehicle armor does not require a special license to purchase.

**Armor Type**

most vehicle has armor fixed to the outside of it though not all vehicle do and how effective the armor is depends on the materials and the thickness of the armor the armors weight and restrictive nature of the armor effects the maneuverability handling of the vehicle

**Vehicle Armor Material**

Just as with a vehicle super Structure material a vehicles armor material helps to define the abilities of the vehicle and greatly affects the overall stats of the vehicle.

**E-Carbon (PL 6)**

An artificial allotrope of carbon, employed as the armor material of numerous recent-make conventional mobile units. Said to be one of the newest and strongest materials available, and are used on mobile weapons as a results. It is said to be dozens of times as strong as carbon nanotubes and are used for various other purposes, like Orbital Elevator construction.

**GN Composite Armor (PL 6)**

A defensive laminated composite GN Particle charged armor is used by Celestial Being on most of their mobile weapons. When charged with GN Particles the material provides its full armor bonus to damage reduction even against energy weapons. GN composite armor can only be mounted on a GN Drive equipped vehicle and requires 2 power slots to provide its damage reduction of +25. if the armor is not charged with GN Particles it only provides damage reduction of +10 and only provides half its damage reduction against energy weapons.

**Gundanium (PL 6)**

Gundanium is a very rare metal that is as increasingly hard and strong as it is light, and it is resistant to even energy weapons. though early in the time after its descovery it was impossible properly refine and shape witch is why it was used as a base component for making luna titanium. The material provides its full armor bonus to damage reduction even against energy weapons.

**Luna Titanium (PL 6)**

Luna titanium is a composite alloy of Titanium and poorly refined Gundanium ore. The material provides its full armor bonus to damage reduction even against energy weapons.

**Neo Gundanium (PL 7)**

Neo Gundanium is an advanced composite alloy using several materials to further enhance the enherant properties of gundanium. The material provides its full armor bonus to damage reduction even against energy weapons.

**Neo Titanium (PL 6)**

Neo Titanium is an advanced composite alloy using several materials to further enhance the inherent properties of titanium.