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Recon Armour

A T'au Pathfinder wearing Recon Armour.

Recon Armour is a form of T'au infantry armour that is a variant of the Combat Armour worn by all Fire Warriors in battle. Recon Armour lacks several of the reinforced layers and armoured plates of Combat Armour, trading a degree of protection for greater freedom of movement. Recon Armour is most commonly utilised by T'au Pathfinders as it is more suited to their role as forward scouts.

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 T'au Lexicon, and is commonly used as a form of armour across nearly all T'au 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 Recon Armour's construction are very resilient to penetration and lightweight compared to more conventional Imperial materials such as plasteel.

Additionally, the nanocular-thread fatigues worn beneath Recon Armour by a Fire Warrior are interwoven with sound-absorbing fibres to aid in avoiding detection. The techniques used in the fabrication of Recon Armour are unknown to the Imperium as the Adeptus Mechanicus is forbidden from investigating dangerous alien technology by the Inquisition's Ordo Xenos.

A comprehensive sensor suite mounted in the helmet allows for similar upgrades to Combat Armour.

Sources[]

  • Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pg. 70
  • Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign, pg. 80
  • Rogue Trader: Tau Character Guide (RPG), pg. 27
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