I understand ballistic armor arent fit to dispel heat generated by the Alien plasma weaponry.. only partially.
There are many ballistic vest core.
Some are kevlar/steel plates, and i dont understand why the steel wouldn t provide some protection even minor,
Others are Kevlar/ceramic plates.
And there s were the game theory goes to hell, Ceramic are extremely resilient to heat, thats whe they are used on space shuttle (ok its a special ceramic) but ballistic ceramic would provide cover.
Now i understand that maybe, this is the case for the first armor.
The ballistic ceramic could be less resistent, the steel even less.
But even then, i don t understand why we haven t a starter armor, it doesn t make sense.
Could be heavy Bulky provide little armor but it would be player choice to use it or not.