Lesser Carapace

The subject has a heavy shell over his head and upper torso.
Type: Minor positive.
Effect: Originally created for personal expression and quickly adopted by some gang members and ++Xtreme Wrestlers, a character with this mutation has a thick, turtle-like plating over his head and part of his torso. He may have facial hair, but no head hair, and the shell can be coloured in a wide range of patterns (set when the mutation is gained). A few such shells bear the names and logos of long-vanished corporations (these were the sponsors of the aforementioned wrestlers, and the fact that these genetic modifications have made it into the germ-lines of Gamma Age humans and animals has preserved their names for generations).
A Lesser Carapace grants a +1 natural armour bonus to Defence and DR 1/-. However, it inflicts a -1 modifier on Acrobatics and Swim checks. Acquiring this mutation a second time converts it into Greater Carapace.
Biotech: Graft.