Recon Armour

Recon Armour is a form of Tau armour that is a variant of the Combat Armour worn by all Fire Warriors in battle, as it lacks some of the segmentations; trading a level of protection for greater freedom of movement. Recon Armour is most commonly utilised by Tau Pathfinders as it is more suited to their scout role. Recon Armour is constructed in two layers. The outer face is a hard, ultra-dense nano-crystalline metal veneer bonded to an inner layer of high performance, thermo-set, molecular polyethene. The outer layer material is known as Fio’tak in the Tau Lexicon, and is commonly used as a form of armour across nearly all Tau units due to its lightweight nature and impact resistant structure. The inner layer of Recon Armour acts as an energy-absorbent padding for energy dispersal, and helps prevent blunt trauma effects from high velocity impacts. The highly advanced materials used in its construction are very resilient to penetration and lightweight compared to more conventional Imperial materials such as plasteel. Additionally, the nanocular-thread fatigues beneath are interwoven with sound-absorbing fibres to aid in avoiding detection. The construction techniques are unknown to the Imperium as the Adeptus Mechanicus is forbidden from investigating dangerous alien technology by the Ordo Xenos.