Mandalorian Armor

"The armor I wear is five hundred years old. I reforged it to my liking, but the battles, the history, the blood all lives within it. And the same goes for every Mandalorian." "This armor is part of our identity. It makes us Mandalorians who we are." ―Sabine and Alrich Wren

Mandalorian armor referred to the traditional armor worn by the human warrior clans of the planet Mandalore. Common traits included a helmet with a T-shaped visor that concealed their faces, and armaments like whipcord throwers, flamethrowers, and jetpacks.
The Mandalorians' bloody history made their armor an iconic symbol of fear. Mandalorian armor was made from beskar, which was one of the strongest metals in the galaxy. Beskar could protect the wearer from blasters and even lightsabers. The bounty hunter Jango and his cloned son, Boba Fett wore customized Mandalorian armor, which was made with a beskar alloy.

Design

"My armor is like my second skin. I'm being serious: sometimes I totally forget I even have it on and I fall asleep in it." ―Sabine Wren

Traditional Mandalorian armor consisted of a helmet, shoulder pauldrons, vambraces, breastplate, codpiece, knee-pads, and thigh and shin guards clasped over a body stocking. Mandalorian helmets often had a macrobinocular viewplate, tactical heads-up displays, a comlink, and an antenna tipped with a rangefinder that could be pulled over the viewplate to enhance imagery. Mandalorians also wore magnetized shoes. Sabine Wren programmed a holo-imager in her helmet's rangefinder to take snapshots.
Mandalorian vambraces were computer-controlled tools bristling with weaponry, designed to combat the abilities of a Jedi. They potentially included:

• Flamethrowers
• Wrist lasers
• Wrist rockets
• Whipcord throwers
• Projectile buzzsaws
• Shield emitters
• Retractable wrist blades
• Kamino saberdarts
• Grappling lines
• Paralyzing darts
• Repulsors
• Whistling birds

The Mandalorians used many models of jetpacks, including the Z-6 and JT-12, to increase maneuverability in combat as well as fly. These were often tipped with a launcher that were used to fire anti-vehicle homing missiles. However, they could also be used to fire a grappling hook linked to an internal winch. Gyro-stabilizers made it easy to maneuver in the air, and were capable of both short jumps and long-distance flight.

Manufacturing process

Only a select few craftsmen in the galaxy know how to forge Mandalorian Armor. It requires special knowledge and special equipment.

Significance

Considered to be a cultural artifact of the Mandalore people.

Item type

Armor

Related ethnicities

• Mandalorian

Rarity

Extremely Rare

Base Price

Priceless

Raw materials & Components

True Mandalorian Armor is made from Beskar also known as Mandalorian Iron.

Extra: Mandalorian Armor

Permission: Be a Mandalorian

Cost: Possess an aspect indicating Mandalorian heritage

Made from the near indestructible metal beskar, Mandalorian armor is highly resistant to all types of damage. In addition Mandalorians are known to have a wide variety of weapons built into their armor.

Aspects: Walking Arsenal

Create an Advantage: Within the armored helmet lies a heads-up display that assists in tracking enemies in combat, granting a +2 bonus to Notice rolls used to create advantages related to tracking or targeting enemies on the battlefield.

Attack: Mandalorian armor has an aspect called Walking Arsenals. If you are wearing the armor, you can invoke this aspect to bring to bear any weapon necessary to the situation, but you can also suffer a compel when on planets with strict weapons restrictions.

Defend: You gain Armor:3 against physical attacks while the armor is on.