M36 Imperium: Armor

Flak Armor

Flak armor is usually, but not always, full body warplate.

Physically made up of two layers, a protective and flexible body suit with attachment points for armor plating, most commonly made of armaplas.

Unlike more advanced types of armor, Flak Armor lacks any kind of energy shielding or a servo motor armature and has largely fallen out of favor by M36, with less than a thousand planets still manufacturing it.

Carapace Armor

Carapace Armor is full body semi-powered warplate.

Physically made up of a series of interlocking ceramite plates and enhanced with a servo motor armature that bears the ceramite plating's weight.

Further enhancing the armor's protective capabilities is a Refractor Field.

Carapace Armor by definition lacks any kind of hermetic seals without additional non-standard equipment.

Worn by the Divisions of the Planetae Militarum, Carapace Armor is the most ubiquitous type of armor in the Imperium.

Void Armor

Void Armor is full body semi-powered warplate.

Physically made up of a series of interlocking ceramite plates and enhanced with a servo motor armature that bears the ceramite plating's weight.

Further enhancing the armor's protective capabilities is a Refractor Field.

Void Armor is hermetically sealed, giving its wearer the ability of operate in toxic environments and the void of space for limited periods of time without any additional equipment.

Worn by the rank and file of the Solar Cohorts that make up both the Astra Militarum and Lunar Auxilia. Void Armor is a common sight across the Imperium and manufactured in staggering quantities by the various Forge Worlds across the galaxy.

Power Armor

Power Armor is full body powered warplate.

Physically made up of heavy ceramite plating placed over a body suit made of electro-motivated fibre bundles that mimics and augments the muscular strength of the wearer.

Further enhancing the armor's protective capabilities is a Conversion Field.

Power Armor is hermetically sealed, giving its wearer the ability of operate in toxic environments and the void of space for extended periods of time without any additional equipment.

Worn by the legionaries of the Legiones Astartes and by officers of both the Astra Militarum and Lunar Auxilia. Power Armor is manufactured on Forge Worlds and many advanced worlds of the Imperium.

Tactical Dreadnought Armor

Tactical Dreadnought Armor, also known as Terminator Armor, is heavy full body powered warplate.

Physically made up of ceramite, plasteel, and even adamantium plating placed over a body suit made of electro-motivated fibre bundles that mimics and augments the muscular strength of the wearer.

Further enhancing the armor's protective capabilities is a Construct Shield.

Tactical Dreadnought Armor is hermetically sealed, giving its wearer the ability of operate in toxic environments and the void of space for an almost indefinite period of time without any additional equipment.

What sets Tactical Dreadnought Armor apart from other types of armor in the Imperium is that there are several specialized patterns currently in use. Based off the patterns designed while the Imperium was still in its infancy, there is Cataphractii-based, Tartaros-based, and Indomitus-based.

Cataphractii-based Tactical Dreadnought Armor is typically used when fighting the Beast Orks and is designed to be an impenetrable bulwark against all that it comes across. The drawback being that it is almost dangerously slow and puts the most strain on the wearer's body.

Tartaros-based Tactical Dreadnought Armor is typically used against the Chaos Eldar and in any Webway-based campaigns. Designed to be as swift and dexterous as Power Armor, the only drawback to truly be found is the high cost in manufacturing each unit.

Indomitus-based Tactical Dreadnought Armor is the standard variant issued to the Legiones Astartes. It represents the middle ground between the other two variants used by Astartes and is the both the cheapest and least complex design of the trinity.

Worn by veterans and squads that are expected to encounter Zone Mortalis conditions, Tactical Dreadnought Armor is a masterwork of human engineering and is exclusively produced by the Forge Worlds of the Imperium.