On 19Dec2020 0757, Jeff Zeitlin wrote:
>> Armour in MT does tend to be a bit excessive. 'Cloth' is TL6 armour, and
>> I'm not sure what in the heck it's supposed to be made of, because it's
>> better than anything we've managed to make until quite recently. The
>> penetration values of slug-throwers probably all need to be bumped up a bit.
> I think that notionally "cloth" is supposed to be something like a
> ballistic vest - basically, a cop's "bulletproof vest", which is a quilted
> nylon canvas with kevlar inserts. TL6 is maybe a bit early; kevlar wasn't
> used until the 1970s. Prior to that, the inserts were made of steel, or
> occasionally aluminum.
That's the thing - it's a full suit of some kind of ballistic cloth that
can stop most rifle bullets, yet is light enough to be a reasonable
armour choice. We can't make that *now*.

--
Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>