Typical Armor by TL
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There are many different types of armor; these are simply guidelines as to who might be using them. "Paramilitary" refers to corporate security forces, second-line troops, terrorists, and riot police. "Mechanized infantry" are soldiers who ride into battle in armored personnel carriers.
TL0 (Stone Age)
Civilian: TODO
xxx: TODO
TL1 (Bronze Age, -3500+ CE)
Civilian: TODO
Hoplite: Full Helm
TL2 (Iron Age, -1200+ CE)
Civilian: TODO
Hoplite: Full Helm, Argive Shield
Legionnaire: Lorica Segmentata, Pot Helm, TODO
TL3 (Medieval, 600+ CE)
Civilian: TODO
Light Infantry: TODO
Heavy Infantry: TODO
Light Cavalry: TODO
Heavy Cavalry: TODO
TL4 (Age of Sail, 1450+ CE)
Civilian: TODO
Light Infantry: TODO
Heavy Infantry: TODO
Light Cavalry: TODO
Heavy Cavalry: TODO
TL5 (Industrial Revolution, 1730+ CE)
Civilian: TODO
Light Infantry: Steel Vest
Heavy Infantry: TODO
Light Cavalry: TODO
Heavy Cavalry: Steel Corselet
TL6 (Mechanized Age, The Great War, 1880+ CE)
Civilian: Silk Vest
Police: Bulletproof Vest
Light Infantry: TODO
Heavy Infantry: TODO
Light Cavalry: TODO
Heavy Cavalry: TODO
Airmen: TODO
TL7 (Nuclear Age, WWII, 1940+ CE)
Civilian: TODO
Police: TODO
TL8 (Digital Age, 1980+ CE)
TODO
TL9 (Microtech Age, 2025+ CE?)
I don't quite think so. It's 2021 CE now. Robot cars: yes, not common yet. Space elevators: not coming up for a long time. Manned interplanetary space flight: maybe in twenty years or later. Electolasers: nope. Heavy laser weapons: nope. Battlesuits: planned, none built. Combat robots: kind of; remote-controlled flying combat drones are used. Micro fuel cells: nope. Deuterium-hydrogen fusion: almost, but it's been "almost" for decades. High-temperature superconductors: still far from common. Human genetic engineering: nope. Tissue engineering: some experiments have been made. Artificial wombs: nope. Cybernetic implants: if you wish to describe them as such, but not really.
Civilian and Police: Reflex jacket, trousers, vest or tailored armor. For spacers, a civilian vacc suit or zero-G worksuit.
Light Infantry or Paramilitary: Reflex tactical suit or vest; light infantry helmet.
Mechanized Infantry or SWAT: Combat hardsuit (or space armor), or powered combat armor.
Heavy Powered Infantry: Combat walker.
TL10 (Robotic Age, 2070+ CE?)
Civilian and Police: Nanoweave jacket, trousers, vest or tailored armor. For spacers, a skinsuit or nanoweave vacc suit.
Light Infantry or Paramilitary: Nanoweave tactical suit or vest; light infantry helmet.
Mechanized Infantry or SWAT: Combat hardsuit, space armor, or commando battlesuit.
Heavy Powered Infantry: Heavy battlesuit.
TL11 (Age of Exotic Matter)
Civilian and Police: Bioplas or monocrys jackets, trousers, vests, and tailored armor. For spacers, a bioplas space suit.
Light Infantry and Paramilitary: Bioplas or monocrys tactical suits, or a cybersuit.
Mechanized Infantry or SWAT: Military cybersuit.
Heavy Powered Infantry: Dreadnought battlesuit.
TL12 (Sufficiently Advanced Technology)
Civilian and Police: Energy cloth jackets, trousers, vests, and tailored armor. In superscience settings, a force screen belt.
Light Infantry and Paramilitary: Energy cloth tactical suits or a nanosuit. In superscience settings, a force screen pack.
Heavy Powered Infantry: Warsuit.