Re: FT-Improved armour

>  > Reminds me of "metal" armor from Car Wars.
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>
>Is this good or bad, only played carwars 3 or 4 times (was a freinds
game),
>but this was a long time ago (god, must be 14 years, when I was at
school).

Neither good nor bad. A game mechanic is a mechanic is a mechanic...

>If you only have 1 point of armour, whats the point of using more
expensive
>armour in the first place, that has twice the mass cost for the same
>protection.

I was thinking for a nation/race that used this armor exclusively or 
as a design convention.