I was thinking about what kind of armour isn't too heavy but also can't be called "light". "Metal" is too broad and then I remembered the word "plasteel" which seems to fit. I honestly know nothing about it. 
I think ceramic will fit the bill. Thing is, there are people that use steel armor against bullets. But first, I'll explain modern body armor.
From what I've seen, there's 2 types of body armor, hard and soft.
Mostly they seem to be vests with inserts, ballistic plates. Soft seems to be Kevlar fiber, layered cloth, and other soft materials layered to provide protection.
Hard armor, is ceramic and steel, steel is the cheap option, but if you want to block rifle bullets, it's going to be heavy.
Then there's ceramic, which is lighter for about the same protection, they're expensive though, but the price of life is very high.
From what I can see, there is level 4 plating, capable of blocking black tip armor piercing rifle rounds.
Though I should add that this is bullet resistant armor, which is why they're always replaceable plates. You don't want to trust the armor with a second rifle bullet.
Then again, you wouldn't want to get hit in the first place. Also, vests usually have webbing on the outside, you know, those stripes you see on the armor.
The webbing lets you attach all sorts of pouches and stuff to it. Which is why you almost never see bare ballistic plates.
It does stretch - Kar's hair is made out of a biological equivalent. The stuff used in armour is kept quite packed together and doesn't move nearly as much as the hair but it's still enough to allow for easy movement. The only reason the entire thing's not made of nanoweave is because plasteel keeps the cost down and some areas (like the chest) don't need the extra flexibility.
If it stretches, it compromises it's defensive capabilities. By not stretching, a bullet's force would have to either push a large amount of surrounding area, or it'll have to tear through the material.
Though it does technically stretch most of the time, due to how they create it. But if it stretches anymore than denim, then it's going to start doing real damage
through the armor.
Ah, so what I'm looking for is an air filter? Those are the things that let you more easily breathe in air, right?
Ah, the filter masks, the source of the iconic masked heavy breathing.
As the filter becomes saturated with filtered agents, it becomes harder and harder to breathe. So some include replaceable filters.
Though I'm unsure if Kevak will include such mechanics. Or if he'll include the replacement of ballistic plates.
I'll change the name to Mind Shield to avoid confusion. The original name came from a device that did the same thing except to ALL psychic attacks (thought it was too OP so I limited it to telepathy).
Yeah, after some thinking, I think I can word my argument a bit better too. A psi-jammer has you attack the psi signal, and scrambling it, it's an active countermeasure.
That's why I think a psi-jammer has technology be used to do psionic stuff.
But yeah, mind shield works better, as it's either a passive or active
defense system.
Not really. It lets me go up and down easily but not very quickly (meant to prevent death from falling), that's it.
So it's basically the Icarus system from Deus Ex: HR? Well, except it also lets you climb upwards. And without the lightning. ... So basically nothing like the Icarus system.
Shot down my own comparison there, anyway.
It's just that, levitation doesn't imply limits, so it sounds like you can just hover 10 meters into the sky, and do the XCOM Ethereal tactic (rain heavy plasma fire upon their enemies).
This but less extreme. It's also recharging things at touch (or near touch), not at range.
Well, not charge at range, but he can still shoot lighting at people. Seems a bit of a strange augment. Well, guess it's another redundant system.
The mental processes necessary for echolocation weren't trained, they were wired into the brain. A few other augments necessitated a rewiring of the brain to properly handle them. It's why the Brainpower augment only gives a +2/-1 and not something higher like what a pure intelligence build would give.
Well, maybe it is possible with just enhanced senses. But I just don't picture him being blinded enough to learn how (just dodge the smoke instead).
Who says Kar is a super soldier? He's a perfectly ordinary man who's a bit taller than the average Joe. Nothing super soldiery about him, no siree. He's not a Lahmian either.
What do you mean they're not regular augments? I can tell you now that they're not chemical/psionic/whatever augments, they just make his physical body aesthetically pleasing.
The charisma augments are a bit non-standard. Not standard space pirate fare. Combat augments, dime a dozen, charisma augments, they tend to not be factory standard.
This would make the best ones be hand crafted, as beauty isn't something you can just pin down.
I just judged from the more standardized augments and equipment, that he went for a bit of a package deal.
Specifically, the super soldier package, because who wouldn't want that package.
I'm glad to know I made a decent character. Thanks.
Well, it's mostly that it's not as OP as I initially assumed, as for decent character, we'll see. ... Once Kevak decides to start this game.
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