Dermal insulation

dermal insulation

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$ 120.00 Commerce Value 3 lbs. Weight
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Infobox data from game version 2.0.207.72

[Implant] - dermal insulation

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Pillowy fiberglass scales tense around a supporting axis. Once installed, they'll unwind and inflate under the skin.

+6 heat resistance
+6 cold resistance
+6 electrical resistance
+6 acid resistance

Destroyed when uninstalled.
Target body parts: Body, Head, Back
License points: 2
Only compatible with True Kin genotypes

Perfect

Cybernetic Info

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dermal insulation is a lower cost cybernetic which upon installation grants the user a +6 bonus to each of the four Elemental resistances , this boost is considered permanent and can stack with other sources or copies of the implant.

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Can somewhat reduce the danger of certain enemies capable of heavy elemental damage, such as humors and gyrohumors
• Low cost allows for installation without much impact on the user's ability to install other implants.
• Can be useful for traveling in locations with extreme temperatures such as Bethesda Susa and the Asphalt Mines

Disadvantages

• kaleidocera capes, kaleidocera muffs and kaleidocera krakows all provide a much higher increase to overal elemental resistance (+20) without taking up a valuable cybernetics slot.
• Does not provide a unique or especially difficult to obtain bonus.
• The Head, Body and Back slots are generally competitive, which can make the opportunity cost of installing less impactful implants very high.

Tips

Spoiler Warning: This article contains information normally only found in the course of advancing the main quest line.

• Becomes noticeably more effective if the user originates from Yawningmoon or Ibul. The innate +15 to heat or cold resistance castes from those arcologies start with, is increased to 21 with the implant installed, providing fairly substantial protection especially if found early.
• Can be used to reduce the damage of the multi-elemental Irisdual Beam possessed by the Girsh Nephilim.
• Melee-focused characters who generally do not need certain back slot exclusive cybernetics like gun rack or phase-adaptive scope may have an easier time finding space for dermal insulation or other utility implants such as intravenous port.