Armor (Flagg Industries)

A list of all Body Armor products designed by the Flagg Institute and manufactured by Flagg Industries.

Type-0 "Ballistic Mesh"
Technically speaking, Ballistic Mesh is not an actual body armor product, but instead a base for more advanced suits and plates. Nonetheless, Ballistic Mesh is extremely light and can resist fire, tears, and cuts which provides a modicum of protection against scrapes, stabbings, and slashes. While Ballistic Mesh alone cannot protect the wearer from fire, the fact that it is non-flammable does allow it to be used in more advanced armors.

Although it shares many similarities to Kevlar, it differs in that BM is made in sheets whereas Kevlar comes in fibers.

Type-1 "Streetwise"
T-1 is the most basic level of body armor and is designed for civilian usage. Commonly, it comes in either soft vests to be worn underneath plainclothes or sold as sheets to clothing companies to make bullet resistant apparel.

It is made of thin layers of Kevlar, enough to resist some small arms fire and the majority of pistol caliber rounds while still remaining light and flexible.

Type-2 "Patrol"
T-2 is marketed for Law enforcement and Private security as being both comfortable and flexible but durable for firefights while being cheap to make. Plates of Carbon Steel are wrapped in chemically-treated Kevlar to resist Acid. (In other words, the Kevlar is made chemically basic; we'll call it Chemo-Kevlar) and held together by Ballistic Mesh. The finished product looks not unlike Dragon Skin. Most examples are sold as plain vests which allow other pieces of Load-bearing equipment to be worn over it.

Type-3 "SWAT"
T-3 is the next iteration of the T-2 line. This line is marketed towards militaries and elite law enforcement. Although more expensive and less flexible than T-2, it is said to provide the best protection against all threats. Thus, many Eliminators choose to use T-3 armor for their tactical suits.

Like T-2, the armor starts with plates of Carbon Steel for its weight and durability. These plates, instead of being wrapped in Kevlar, are given an anti-spalling coating designed to catch shrapnel from shattering bullets. Said coating is also Chemically basic and contains minute amounts of Blue dust to better resist acid and flames respectively. These plates however, have to be made much larger and thus lose the organic flexibility. Instead, T-3 attempts to compensate by using Ballistic Mesh and Treated Kevlar over joint areas which has worked reasonably well.

Type-4 "Hazard"
T-4 is a unique armor that focuses on protecting the user from flames and acid rather than bullets. As such, it is marketed toward rescue teams and sees limited military and LE purchases.

Although tough, Carbon Steel is still vulnerable to acids and given enough damage, the Kevlar wrappings and Anti-spalling coating will fail. T-4 uses specially engineered polymer plates which are designed from the ground-up to be acid resistant. Said polymers are also Thermoplastics which become malleable under high heat as opposed to outright melting. These plates are then wrapped in and strung together by Chemo-Kevlar to add additional acid, heat, and bullet resistance (yes, Kevlar is non-flammable.) Thus, it still has a modicum of bullet resistance, but nowhere near the levels of T-3.