
You are not a traditional fighter, but what you lack in combat prowess, you make up for with technical skill. A true testament to the unified power of man and machine, you wield your Battle Jacket as though it were an extension of yourself, allowing you to fight on par with powerful warriors with relative ease.
- Racial Requirement: Any
- Transformation Type: Manifested Power
- Prerequisite(s): Expert Pilot Talent
- Maximum No of Stacks: 1
- Tier of Power Requirement. 1+
| AG | FO | TE | SC | IN | MA | PE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | +2 | – | – | +2 |
Dedicated Pilot: While you may be unable to keep up with other fighters on your own, thanks to a bit of ingenuity and a lot of hard work, you’ve found a way to keep up thanks to your Battle Jacket.
-[Passive]: Halve your Maximum Life Points and reduce your Soak Value by 2(bT).
-[Passive]: Reduce your Combat Rolls by 2(bT) while you are not Piloting a Vehicle or Battle Jacket.
-[Passive]: You benefit from and may trigger this Manifested Power’s Transformation Traits while Piloting a Battle Jacket.
-[Passive]: For every 2 Skill Ranks in Piloting you possess, increase your Battle Jacket’s Combat Rolls by 1(bT).
-[Passive]: Your Hype Maneuver can use your Personality Modifier instead of the Score for its effects.
-[Triggered, 1/Encounter]: If your Battle Jacket is destroyed and does not possess the Escape Function Jacket Module, halve the reduction to your Life Points from the Battle Jacket’s destruction. If it does have the Escape Function Jacket Module, you do not reduce your Life Points at all.
Jacket Crafter: Due to your innate understanding of your Battle Jacket, you are capable of improving its abilities in ways others cannot.
-[Automatic/Start of Combat Encounter]: If you only possess a single Battle Jacket, double its Maximum Life Points and then that Battle Jacket regains Life Points equal to 1/2 of its Maximum Life Points.
-[1/Encounter]: You may spend 3 Actions to Repair your Battle Jacket.
-[Passive]: Your Analysis Maneuver can use your Scholarship Modifier instead of the Score for its effects.
-[Passive]: Any Battle Jacket you have created has its Maximum Life Points and Maximum Ki Points increased by 5 and 2 (respectively) for each Power Level you have reached.
-[Passive]: Depending on your ranks in the Craft (Vehicles) Skill, apply the following effects:
- 2+: When you Repair a Battle Jacket, it regains Ki Points equal to 1/2 of the Life Points it regained.
- 3+: Increase the amount of Life and Ki Points your Battle Jacket regains by being Repaired by your Scholarship Modifier.
- 4+: Reduce the Action Cost for the second effect of Jacket Crafter to 2 Actions and change the Keywords for its effects to [1/Round, 3/Encounter].
- 5: Increase the Awareness, Defense Value, Soak Value, and Might of your created Battle Jackets by 1(bT).