Personal Armour
Once you've researched Alien Alloys, you will be able to research Personal Armour, which is a vast improvement to the standard coveralls.
While serving as a vital upgrade to the pitiful defenses offered by an unarmored X-Com soldier, personal armour is only mildly effective against weapons like the Heavy Plasma you'll end up facing in later missions, though it can often withstand a single frontal hit if you're lucky. Personal armour is also inexpensive and fast to produce, and since you often end up with huge stockpiles of alien alloys, you will seldom run out of materials to build the armor with.
This armor should see heavy use until you can build the Power Suit, which dramatically outperforms the personal armour.
This armor is used in UFO: Enemy Unknown. In Terror from the Deep, the Plastic Aqua Armor is the equivalent.
Statistics
| Facing | Protection |
|---|---|
| Front | 50 |
| Right | 40 |
| Left | 40 |
| Rear | 30 |
| Under | 30 |
Any soldier wearing Personal Armour or better will be completely immune to the effects of fire -- but a Power Suit or better is needed against stun damage from smoke.
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