VaccSuits

[Spartan159]

Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't VaccSuits by definition end up with Sealed = to at least 18, to defeat Suffocation = 3, ie, Vacuum? Am I missing something here?

 

[Ulsyus]

Where are you getting the vacuum rating from: Benchmarks?

 

[Spartan159]

Where are you getting the vacuum rating from: Benchmarks?

T5.09 page 472, bottom left, The Atmosphere Types, Human Effects column.

 

[kilemall]

Does T5 model the difference between a VaccSuit 'keeping air in' and a HazSuit 'keeping dangerous or high pressure atmo threat out'?

 

[Timerover51]

Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't VaccSuits by definition end up with Sealed = to at least 18, to defeat Suffocation = 3, ie, Vacuum? Am I missing something here?

A Vacc Suit, by definition, should protect from a vacuum. I would ignore all of the extraneous verbiage.

 

[Ulsyus]

Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't VaccSuits by definition end up with Sealed = to at least 18, to defeat Suffocation = 3, ie, Vacuum? Am I missing something here?

Yes, you are correct. Under Personal Combat - Armour and Protection is a section labelled Sealed:

Sealed is protection against Gas, Infection, Stench, Poison, Vacc, and Tranq.

For example, Scout Eneri Dinsha 777777 is exploring a Hellworld beyond the Imperial border. He is using a StHHES-8 Standard Heavy Hostile Environ Suit -8 Sealed-22.
As he explores he encounters:
Rough Vegetation = Cut-1
Noxious volcanic gases = Stench-3 / Poison-1
Poison Thorn Bushes = Tranq-2.
None of which can overwhelm Sealed-22.

Good pick-up