Anti-static armour

Gabe: "Teresa, what d'you know about this armour?"

Teresa: "It's impressive, Gabe. The internal power supply polarises the armour plating. It's virtually indestructible as long as it has power!"

-Gabe and Teresa discuss AS armour in Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror

Anti-static or AS armour is a type of body protection used by enemies in Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow.

Advantages

Lian: "Gabe, I've got you covered. (fires at the Red Section soldier and doesn't hit him) Shit!"

Red Section soldier: "Quite a suit, isn't it?"

AS armour bestows its users with almost complete invincibility against conventional weapons; bullets will simply ricochet off whoever wears it as long as its power source was operating. Assailants who attempted to engage users with a melee weapon, or their bare hands, would themselves be struck by a burst of electricity.

It was used mainly by 'elite' Red Section and al-Jamil operatives.

Bitar's suit in particular was super-armoured to the point that even electronic weapons failed to disable it, requiring Gabe Logan to provoke the detonation of an explosive device in order to neutralise the terrorist.

Limitations

Teresa: "Not many weaknesses. But strong electrical interference could disrupt the circuitry. That could weaken the suit a bit. At least for a while."

AS armour was not without its downsides: a particular concern was that enemies who employed electronic attacks like the EMP grenade, taser, EDT darts and similar weapons could temporarily disrupt their system, allowing subsequent bullet-based assaults to harm users for a few brief seconds.

Notable users

• Singularity
• Ghassan al-Bitar
• Malak

Trivia

• While electric attacks were the only way to render the armour inoperative in Dark Mirror, Logan's Shadow added more weaknesses to this particular type of protection. For example, players could also use explosive grenades and knee shots to trip a user, causing them to be susceptible against bullet-based attacks.
  • Similarly, in Dark Mirror, users could be hurt on any body part as long as players electrocuted them beforehand. However, Logan's Shadow requires players to fire bullets at the backpack specifically to drain a user's health.