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[[Tungsten Armor]] is a type of armor that may be installed on spacecraft to increase their overall defensive capacity. Tungsten offers the equivalent protection of twenty centimeters of [[durasteel]] (roughly eight [[laser]] hits). It is available for sale to privateers at [[Ship Dealer|ship dealers]]. [[Gabriel Quentin]] wrote about tungsten armor in [[GEMINI SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW]].
[[Tungsten Armor]] is a type of armor that may be installed on spacecraft to increase their overall defensive capacity. Tungsten armor offers the equivalent protection of twenty centimeters of [[durasteel]] (roughly eight [[laser]] hits). It is available for sale to privateers at [[Ship Dealer|ship dealers]]. [[Gabriel Quentin]] wrote about tungsten armor in [[GEMINI SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW]].


==Specifications==
==Specifications==

Revision as of 03:19, 23 March 2023

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Tungsten Armor is a type of armor that may be installed on spacecraft to increase their overall defensive capacity. Tungsten armor offers the equivalent protection of twenty centimeters of durasteel (roughly eight laser hits). It is available for sale to privateers at ship dealers. Gabriel Quentin wrote about tungsten armor in GEMINI SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW.

Specifications

Version Protection Cost Front Rear Sides
Privateer Playguide Manual 20 cm 20 cm 20 cm each 1,500 credits
Privateer 50 cm 50 cm 50 cm each 1,500 credits 700 credits

Users

Tungsten may be installed on the stock Tarsus, Orion, Galaxy and Centurion.

Images

Wing Commander Privateer Player's Guide

Armor

There are two types of armor available. Both are repairable if damaged and offer significant protection. Most ship’s hulls are built to keep you pressurized and immune from radiation, but they do not do much to stop a mass driver. If you can afford an escort, you may not need armor, but other protection is much less reliable.

Tungsten

Protective equivalent: 20 cm durasteel. Tungsten armor may cost a little more but can stop up to two torpedoes. If you are a courier in Potter Quadrant, working for bureaucrats, you probably don’t need this level of protection. As you are clearly a reader of our humble little journal, you are more likely a risk taker who runs guns out to the edge of the Kilrathi border and therefore need all the protection you can get. I recommend you not pinch millicredits and spend the extra necessary to get tungsten armor.

Privateer Playtesters' Guide

ARMOR

Tungsten armor provides the equivalent protection of 20 cm durasteel. Even though it is more expensive than plasteel, you should definitely make this investment as soon as possible.

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