Airwire headset
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Airwire headset
A simple head-mounted comms computer that slightly enhances a mechanitor's control bandwidth. This allows them to control more mechs.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 0 °C (0 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 0 °C (0 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 0%
- Armor - Blunt
- 0%
- Armor - Heat
- 0%
- Clothing For Nudity
- False
- Lifestage
- Adult
- Coverage
- Head, Left Ear, Right Ear
- Layer
- Headgear
Creation
- Crafted At
- Required Research
- Basic mechtech
- Skill Required
- Crafting 4
- Work To Make
- 2,100 ticks (35 secs)
- Resources to make
50 + 
4
- Has Quality
- True
The airwire headset is a piece of apparel added by the Biotech DLC that increases the bandwidth of mechanitors.
Acquisition
Airwire headsets can be crafted at a Machining table once the Basic mechtech research project has been completed. They require 50 Steel, 4 Components, 2,100 ticks (35 secs) of work, and a Crafting skill of 4.
Pawns in The Mechanitor scenario start with an airwire headset equipped.
Summary
The airwire headset increases a mechanitor's bandwidth by +3. This increase is not affected by quality, though the usual apparel stats are affected as normal.
The airwire headset does not count as clothing for pawns with the nudist trait or with pro-nudity ideoligions.
Despite this, it does still count as clothing coverage for pawns who prefer not being naked
Analysis
An airwire headset equates to 3 more militors or general labor mechs, in exchange for the protection from a simple helmet or other headgear. While they deteriorate over time, airwire headsets are much cheaper, in both resources and power, than 3 band nodes. Somewhat useful, especially if your mechanitor does not participate in direct combat.
Once Standard Mechtech is obtained, you can create the array headset, which gives 3 additional bandwidth and only costs 4 components more to create. Note that, until you actually need their bandwidth, either headset does not actually help you. For mechanitor starts, you can take off the airwire headset until reaching the initial 6 bandwidth cap to save on headset health.
The only stats that are meaningfully affected by quality are the deterioration rate and market value, thus in most cases there is essentially no benefit and some detriment to higher quality headsets. Note that deterioration rate only applies to deterioration from being outdoors and the like, it does not affect the damage taken from attacks or being worn day-to-day. Properly storing any unworn headsets, as you likely are anyway, completely negates the benefit.
Stats table
 Airwire headset
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Awful | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 115  |
| Poor | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 173 |
| Normal | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 230 |
| Good | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 285 |
| Excellent | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 345 |
| Masterwork | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 575 |
| Legendary | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60 | -0 °C (0 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 1150 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
Version history
- Biotech DLC Release - Added.
- Torso | Clothing
- Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid
) • Tribalwear (Kid ) 
- Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt
- Slave collar
- Sash • Kid romper
- Armor
- Flak vest
- Legs | Clothing
- Pants (Kid )
- Armor
- Flak pants
- Shell | Clothing
- Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid )
- Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe
- Burka • Robe • Slave body strap
- Heavy bandolier
- Armor
- Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )
- Head | Clothing
- Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask
- Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat
- Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask
- Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask
- Ceremonial hood
- Armor
- Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet