Advanced power armor (Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel)

The **advanced power armor** is a piece of armor in *Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel* and *Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2*.

## Characteristics

Main article: T-51 power armor
The T-51 is the apex of pre-War powered combat infantry development. Developed over a decade of war by West-Tek, it incorporates many of the lessons gleaned from the T-45 power armor service history. Unlike its predecessor, the T-51 benefits from a long development cycle and uses custom-made components to create not a stop-gap model, but a weapon that provides the best possible protection through incorporating the latest passive defense features.

Like the T-45, it is designed for a single human operator, patterned after the human silhouette. Unlike its older sibling, the exterior shell is made from a poly-laminate composite capable of absorbing over 2.5 kilojoules of energy without damage. The strength of the material is further enhanced by the organic, rounded profile of the shell, improving the chances of deflecting projectiles and explosions compared to the older steel plating present on the T-45. The shell is coated in a 10 micron silver ablative layer that allows for reflecting laser blasts and radiation emissions without damaging the composite surface directly. The surface can be treated in a special chemical process to increase its defensive properties substantially. To further enhance protection against direct contact with and contamination by radioactive, biological or chemical substances, the armor can be made air tight, allowing its operator to explore even the most contaminated areas with reasonable safety as long as the armor is not compromised. The helmet is an integral part of this protection, fitted with a rubberized cowl mounted to the chest plate and providing a tight seal. As with all T-series, the vision slit is bullet-proof. Compared to its predecessor, the helmet is smaller and more durable, made out of a single piece of composite, with an easily removable vision assembly. As with the T-45, the ear ports double as accessory mounting points, with a drop-down aiming ocular being standard on all T-51 suits. A forehead-mounted lamp is provided for convenience.

The T-51's ace in the hole is the hydraulics system integrated into the West Tek power armor frame. Powered by a back-mounted TX-28 Micro-Fusion Pack generating 60,000 watts, the HiFlo hydraulics integrated into the frame of the suit allow it to carry the bulk of the suit and allow the soldier to carry heavy weapons into combat. Due to the design of the T-51, it's much more nimble and agile than the T-45. However, to achieve optimal performance, the armor has to be custom-fitted to each operator. A properly fitted armor worn by a well trained operator feels like an extension of one's body. Comfort is imperative to success in combat operations, aided by the power armor's ability to recycle urine into perfectly drinkable water, allowing the operator to survive for weeks in power armor.

The advanced T-51b is a suit modified by the scientists of the secret Vault and features proprietary upgrades.

## Characteristics

This is the best set of armor available in the game. It shares the appearance with the standard power armor but provides even higher damage resistance as well as protection from energy, fire and radiation.

## Locations

* Secret Vault Laboratories 3: Under crates suspended.

1. ↑ The Vault Dweller: *"{112}{}{What type of armor is that your wearing.}"*
Darrel: *"{135}{}{This is Powered Combat Infantry Armor model T-51b or more commonly know as Power Armor.}"*
(DARL.MSG)
2. ↑ Armor appearance in the games.
3. ↑ The Vault Dweller: *"{207}{}{Base Information}"*
ZAX 1.2: *"{211}{}{West Tech Research Facility:*
 Founded in 2002 as a private contractor for the United States government, the company initially consisted of two divisions--the Advanced Weapons Research and the Biomedical Sciences divisions.}{241}{}{ In 2069, West Tech was the single largest contractor for the United States government; its largest contract being Powered Infantry Armor Model T-51b. }{242}{}{In light of significant advances in 2076 by the NBC on the Pan-Immunity Virion Project, the United States Defense Department, in fear of international espionage,}{243}{}{ moved a team onto the site to secure and oversee the project, now dubbed the FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus) project.}" *(GPWRTERM.MSG)*
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5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Power armor specs: *"The T-51b Powered Infantry Armor is designed with the latest passive defense features for both civilian and military disturbances. The back-mounted TX-28 MicroFusion Pack generates 60,000 Watts to power the HiFlo hydraulic systems built into the frame of the suit. Made of the latest poly-laminate composite, the T-51b shell is lightweight and capable of absorbing over 2500 Joules of kinetic impact. The 10 micron silver ablative coating can reflect laser and radiation emissions without damage to the composite subsurface."*
6. ↑ The Vault Dweller: *"{218}{}{Power Armor. Status: Complete}"*
ZAX 1.2: *"{231}{}{Power Armor Specs:*
 The T-51b Powered Infantry Armor is designed with the latest passive defense features for both civilian and military disturbances. }{250}{}{The back-mounted TX-28 MircoFusion Pack generates 60,000 Watts to power the HiFlo hydraulic systems built into the frame of the suit. }{251}{}{Made of the latest poly-laminate composite, the T-51b shell is lightweight and capable of absorbing over 2500 Joules of kinetic impact. }{252}{}{The 10 micron silver ablative coating can reflect laser and radiation emissions without damage to the composite subsurface.}" *(GPWRTERM.MSG)*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets p.66-67: *"Power Armor is the latest development in personal body armor. This armor must be custom fitted to the user and is so heavy that it requires internal micro-motors to allow movement. Hardening is a process that increases the protection of normal Power Armor. Advanced Power Armor is a completely new, postwar design of this Cadillac of the personal protection world (tail fins optional)."*
8. ↑ Ancient Brotherhood disk: *"The fact that I can smell Soto's burning flesh where his arm was taken off means that my power armor is no longer air tight, so I'm sucking up a lot more rads than I had planned on. I'm leaking hydraulics at an alarming rate. We need to get far enough away from this place before my armor dies."*
9. ↑ The Courier: *"You're saying that you killed a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin?"*
Ricky: *""*
The Courier: *"Please go on. This promises to be entertaining."*
Ricky: *"I was walking along, minding my own, and up pops one of them Brotherhoods. He yells  So I hand it over, just to make him think I'm scared! But really I'm not! I never am! Before he knows what hit him, I draw my 11 machinegun and BAM! BAM! Right through the eyeslit in his helmet! D.O.A.!"*
The Courier: *"What a load of crap. The eyeslits of T-series power armor are bullet-proof!"*
Ricky: *" All I know is, he died up real dead when I killed him, okay?"*
(Ricky's dialogue)
10. ↑ The Sole Survivor: *"One good idea can make all the difference."*
Preston Garvey: *""*
Sturges: *" "*
The Sole Survivor: *"What makes that Power Armor so special?"*
Sturges: *" "*
The Sole Survivor: *"And I can use the minigun like a... rifle?"*
Sturges: *" "*
(Preston Garvey's and Sturges' dialogue)
11. ↑ The Vault Dweller: *"{137}{}{It looks like it would be cumbersome to wear.}"*
Darrel: *"{147}{}{Cumbersome? Not in the least. The sacred armor is so finely constructed to such exacting specifications that it feels like an extension of the blessed one's own body. It increases one's strength many times over and helps you resist the effects of radiation so that you may more effectively serve the brotherhood. I would feel diminished without my holy armor.}"*
(DARL.MSG)
12. ↑ Paladin: *"{103}{}{Did you know you could survive for weeks without water in a suit of powered armor?}"*
(GENPALAD.MSG)
13. ↑ Appearances in the series.