Velian Flak Vest
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| “ | A heavily reinforced vest designed to protect grenadiers from shrapnel and back blasts. As such, the Flak Vest reduces cuts and scrapes on top of dampening bullet impacts. | „ |
| — Velian Flak Vest In-game description |
The Velian Flak Vest is the Colonial Armour Uniform.
Description
The uniform has two benefits:
- It reduces bleed chance by 75%, making it 12.5% instead of the default 50%.
- It reduces Light Kinetic damage by up to 33%, depending on the range. The reduction is zero at point blank range and grows proportionally with the range until it reaches 33% at 30m range and beyond.
When equipped, the uniform adds 35% weight, which reduces overall movement.
The uniform only has four inventory slots. The only two ammo types that stack in the uniform are 8mm and .44 (3 per slot).
Upon death, this uniform is permanently destroyed and cannot be recovered. Warden players are unable to equip any uniform that belongs to the Colonials, and visa versa.
Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory (Uniforms) | 100 x Basic Materials  |
Crate of 5 x Velian Flak Vest  |
00:01:30 |
| Mass Production Factory (Uniforms) | 100 x Basic Materials |
Crate of 5 x Velian Flak Vest |
00:15:00 |
Must be fully researched in the Weapons and Structures 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Storage
It does not stack in structure or vehicle inventories (1 per slot). It can only be stored in the stockpile of Bases (32k max).
It can't be packed into crates.
Crates of Velian Flak Vest can be directly submitted to any item stockpile that accepts that item to transfer their content. The crates can also be stored in the crate stockpiles of Storage Depots (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots. However it is much more efficient to transport it in bulk amounts as crates, either delivering them to a Base's stockpile with a Truck or to a crate stockpile with shipping vehicles carrying Shipping Containers.
Tactics
Due to the added weight of the Armour Uniform, it is very useful for open top vehicle crews (Field Guns, Half-Track gunner, etc) where the crew is extremely vulnerable to infantry attacks. This also applies to Tripod users, as being stuck in a static firing arc makes you vulnerable to flanking infantry.
Given that the uniform's Light Kinetic damage resistance is maximum beyond 30m and close to nonexistent at close range, it is mostly useful for long range engagements such as when using a Machine Gun, a Long Rifle, or Sniper Rifle. Notably, it allows a Colonial soldier to survive a shot of the warden Clancy-Raca M4 Sniper Rifle.
Gallery
Velian Flak Vest
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