Upgrade Armor
Go to Gadgeteer Skills (level 2 skill, trained at the Training Room)
Upgrade Armor
Allows you to add improvements to your armor which will increase its effectiveness.
Unspecified effect!
Noncombat SkillCost: 5 PP
When Used
Without Improved Tinkering:
Fireproofing: You add a fire-resistant coating to your armor. It'll get worn off eventually, but it should last you at least half an hour.
Effect Given: Upgrade Armor: Fireproof (+15% fire resistance)
Damage absorption: You build in some absorbent padding to your armor. It'll fall apart eventually, but it should last you at least half an hour.
Effect Given: Upgrade Armor: Absorption (+?% armor power)
Improve reflexes: You mechanize and power some of the joints of your armor. It's bound to get broken eventually, but you should be able to get half an hour out of it at least.
Effect Given: Upgrade Armor: Reflexes (+5 Reflexes)
With Improved Tinkering:
Resistance: You apply a high-tech coating to your armor. It'll get worn off eventually, but it should last you forty-five minutes or so.
Effect Given: Upgrade Armor: Resistance (+10% resistance to fire, ice, and electric)
Superabsorbence: You build in some high-tech absorbent padding to your armor. It'll fall apart eventually, but it should last you at least forty-five minutes.
Effect Given: Upgrade Armor: Superabsorbance (+? armor protection)
Initiative: You build in some high-tech micromotors to your armor, greatly increasing your agility and reaction time. It's bound to get broken eventually, but you should be able to get forty-five minutes out of it at least.
Effect Given: Upgrade Armor: Initiative (+8 Reflexes, +?% initiative)
Notes
Only one of these effects can be active at a time and each can be shaken off in the character menu.