| Storyline: | FSC-Fabbed Armor |
| A contact offers the opportunity to get access to an entirely new armor service from the Free Streets Compact. | |
| Type of Storyline: | Power Play |
| Repeatable: | Unique |
| Era of Storyline: | Any |
| Minimum PL: | 3 |
This Storyline has the following additional prerequisites:
- anyone who sells Armor
- OR anyone with the Paraoid trait
- OR anyone with the Syndicate Merch trait (or possibly any Syndicate boss)
The following jobs may be part of this Storyline:
- Good Faith Slapdown (Three stage mission: break contact from prison, assassinate warden, bodyguard contact)
- new service FSC-Fabbed Armor
This storyline requires a Power Play by a Contact with one of the following:
- anyone who sells Armor
- anyone with the Paranoid trait
- anyone with the Syndicate Merch trait (or possibly any Syndicate boss)
Currently (August 2025) it is not clear what the exact requirements are for a contact to be eligible for this power play. There is a trait "paranoid" whose description says it allows armor services, so any contact with this trait qualifies. We cannot yet give the exact requirements.
The story line starts with a qualified contact in the timeline with the dialog "I need your help quickly on a power play - I have an inroad with the FSC armor fabbers, but it won't last"
The power play has a single three-stage mission, "Good Faith Slapdown". There is a FSC contact, Fabber Collins, who has been kidnapped and imprisoned by a Syndicate Blade, Split-eye. Collins works for a group called "the units", a massive, completely independent fabrication organization. They don't rely on the megacorps for anything.
The first stage of the mission is a prison break to free Collins. The second stage is a hard target assassination of Split-eye. The third stage is a bodyguard mission to extract Collins. Since it is a three stage mission, managing consumables and overall sec level is a challenge. A sec level of 25+ is possible since the sec level at the end of each stage is kept as the starting sec level for the next stage.
Be aware that at the start of the third stage extraction mission, there is additional joy when VIP hunters appear around turn 2-3.
When the three stage mission is complete, the contact offers the "FSC Fabbed Armor" service at level 3. This immediately offers two excellent stealth armors. The service can be improved to at least level 6. The armor reference page should show the details of these armors, although (as of August 2025) it is out of sync with the actual armors available in the market.