Half-armor

Half-armor was combat armor that wasn't rated for space and that didn't have built-in weapons.

There were multiple grades of half-armor, at least one was called "paramilitary-grade".

By the time of Mirror Dance, half-armor in the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet consisted of:

• A nerve-disruptor shield net
• A flexible torso-armor for protection from projectile weapons
• fatigues, made from combat-rated fabric that would not melt or burn
• Various tools and belts for weapons, a rappel harness and spool, emergency oxygen, and so forth.
• A power pack that generated a plasma arc mirror field for protection from plasma weapons.
• Over the head was a helmet with a great deal of communications capability and telemetry; text was displayed in the visor.

Compare space armor.