Gunlink

Gunlink

A targeting computer that helps the user aim. It detects and analyzes targets using infrared, visible, and millimeter-wave electromagnetic sensors. An onboard targeting computer displays firing solutions on a retinal projection. It offers no protection at all.

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Tech Level

Spacer

Market Value

345 

Mass

1 kg

HP

100

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

0 °C (0 °F)

Insulation - Heat

0 °C (0 °F)

Armor - Sharp

0%

Armor - Blunt

0%

Armor - Heat

0%

Coverage

Head, Left Ear, Right Ear

Layer

Headgear

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Gunlink

Skill Required

Crafting 6

Work To Make

15,750 ticks (4.38 mins)

Resources to make

10 + 1

Technical

thingCategories

ArmorHeadgear

thingSetMakerTags

RewardStandardHighFreq

defaultOutfitTags

Soldier

tags

Gunlink

tradeTags

HiTechArmor

The gunlink is a piece of headwear added by the Royalty DLC that increases the wearer's accuracy with ranged weapons but provides no protection or insulation.

Acquisition

Gunlinks can be crafted at a Fabrication bench once the Gunlink research project has been completed. They require  10 Plasteel,  1 Advanced component, 15,750 ticks (4.38 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 6.

Alternatively, the armor can be received as a quest reward, purchased from traders, or found on Imperial forces.

Summary

Gunlinks offer no protection or insulation but increase the wearer's shooting accuracy by +3.0. The quality of the gunlink does not affect the bonuse to accuracy. Gunlinks prevent the wearing of any other headgear. It does not count as clothing for nudity, such as for the nudist trait.

The table below shows post-processed shooting accuracy per tile of distance for each skill level, with and without a gunlink, assuming the pawn is healthy. It also shows the improvement to DPS of wearing the gunlink at Short (12 tiles), Medium (25 tiles), and Long (40 tiles) ranges. That is; if it shows 200%, a pawn wearing the gunlink will deal 200% of the DPS of an equally skilled pawn without a gunlink using the same weapon.

Skill Level	Standard	Gunlink	GL DPS % @ Short	GL DPS % @ Medium	GL DPS % @ Long	Skill Level	Standard	Gunlink	GL DPS % @ Short	GL DPS % @ Medium	GL DPS % @ Long
0	89%	93.5%	181%	343%	719%	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	91%	94%	148%	225%	366%	11	97.25%	98%	110%	121%	136%
2	93%	94.5%	121%	149%	190%	12	97.5%	98.167%	109%	119%	131%
3	93.5%	95%	121%	149%	189%	13	97.75%	98.333%	107%	116%	127%
4	94%	95.5%	121%	149%	188%	14	98%	98.5%	106%	114%	123%
5	94.5%	96%	121%	148%	188%	15	98.167%	98.666%	106%	114%	122%
6	95%	96.5%	121%	148%	187%	16	98.333%	98.833%	106%	114%	122%
7	95.5%	97%	121%	148%	187%	17	98.5%	99%	106%	113%	122%
8	96%	97.25%	117%	138%	168%	18	98.666%	99.125%	106%	112%	120%
9	96.5%	97.5%	113%	129%	151%	19	98.833%	99.25%	105%	111%	118%
10	97%	97.75%	110%	121%	136%	20	99%	99.313%	104%	108%	113%

Note that shooting accuracy for the pawn has exponential decay calculated per tile, meaning that a small increase (even 1%) in shooting accuracy will have a significant effect at longer ranges.

For example:

• A colonist with shooting accuracy of 99% has a base accuracy of 72.5% against a target 32 tiles away (0.99³² = 0.7249)
• With 98% accuracy, the base accuracy against the same target becomes only 52.4% (0.98³² = 0.5239).

Analysis

The only stats that are meaningfully affected by quality are the deterioration rate and market value, thus in most cases there is little-to-no benefit and some detriment to higher quality gunlinks.

The gunlink provides an additional +3 shooting accuracy, translating into an additional 3 levels of skill at the cost of providing absolutely no protection or insulation to the head. In normal firefights, the gunlink should be passed over for helmets, but should be prioritized over hats and masks. The gunlink is better used for snipers with a Sniper rifle to take out far away targets.

DPS Impact by Skill

Quality table

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Gunlink	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality
Awful	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	173
Poor	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	260
Normal	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	345
Good	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	430
Excellent	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	515
Masterwork	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	860
Legendary	0%	0%	0%	100	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	1725

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Version history

• 1.2.2753 - Added. Fix: Gunlink displays shooting accuracy stat offset as %.
• 1.4.3523 - No longer counts as clothing for nudity.
• 1.4.3563 - Reduce the frequency at which they appear in quest rewards, as they're overrepresented at low colony wealth values.

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Apparel

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

Armor

Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet