Half Light Armor Block

The  Half Light Armor Block is a set of half-height structural blocks in Space Engineers. Armor blocks exist in many variants such as  Light Armor Corner,  Light Armor Slope, and  Light Armor Block.

Usage

Armor is the primary structural component of all ships, rovers, and stations, providing a framework to which other blocks can be attached. Additionally, armor provides protection from environmental dangers, crashes, impacts, and attacks from hostile players.

• Light Armor is cheap to build and light-weight, but provides only basic protection.
• Heavy armor provides the best structural integrity and is much more resistant to damage, but has a high material cost and drastically increases the ship's mass.

Note that welded and unwelded blocks have the same mass, but armor resists damage only when fully welded.

It's best to use a combination of armor types.

• Use Heavy Armor to build the spine that holds your battleship together and to protect vital blocks; use Light Armor for decorative greebling or quick scaffolding.
• Use Heavy Armor along the bottom of vehicles and Light Armor along the top to lower the center of gravity and increase stability.
• Use Heavy Armor sparingly because you cannot linearly lift more mass by adding more thrusters (which are themselves heavy).
• Heavy Armor blocks require extra Metal Grids to achieve maximum durability, whereas Light Armor can be built cheaply from day one.
• On PC, all armors cost 1 PCU; on consoles, all armors cost 2 PCU.

Recipes

Large Half Light Armor Blocks

Block Name	Mass	HWD	Build time in secs	PCU (PC)	PCU (console)	Steel Plates	Metal Grids	Steel Plates (optional)	Mount Point Front	Mount Point Back	Mount Point Left	Mount Point Right	Mount Point Bottom	Mount Point Top
Half Light Armor Block	240	1x1x1	4	1	2	10	0	2	front	no	left	right	bottom	top
Half Slope Corner Inv. Light Armor	460	1x1x1	8	1	2	19	0	4	front	back	left	right	bottom	top
Half Slope Corner Light Armor	40	1x1x1	2	1	2	1	0	1	no	back	no	right	bottom	no
Half Slope Inv. Light Armor	440	1x1x1	8	1	2	18	0	4	front	back	left	right	bottom	top
Half Slope Light Armor Block	80	1x1x1	2	1	2	3	0	1	front	no	left	right	bottom	no
Light Armor Half Corner Block	120	1x1x1	2	1	2	5	0	1	front	no	left	no	bottom	no
Light Armor Half Sloped Corner	220	1x1x1	3	1	2	9	0	2	front	no	left	no	bottom	no
Light Armor Half Sloped Corner Base	220	1x1x1	4	1	2	9	0	2	front	back	left	right	bottom	no

Small Half Light Armor Blocks

Block Name	Mass	HWD	Build time in secs	PCU (PC)	PCU (console)	Steel Plates	Metal Grids	Steel Plates (optional)	Mount Point Front	Mount Point Back	Mount Point Left	Mount Point Right	Mount Point Bottom	Mount Point Top
Half Light Armor Block	20	1x1x1	2	1	2	1	0	0	front	no	left	right	bottom	top
Half Slope Corner Inv. Light Armor	20	1x1x1	3	1	2	1	0	0	front	back	left	right	bottom	top
Half Slope Corner Light Armor	20	1x1x1	1	1	2	1	0	0	no	back	no	right	bottom	no
Half Slope Inv. Light Armor	20	1x1x1	3	1	2	1	0	0	front	back	left	right	bottom	top
Half Slope Light Armor Block	20	1x1x1	1	1	2	1	0	0	front	no	left	right	bottom	no
Light Armor Half Corner Block	20	1x1x1	1	1	2	1	0	0	front	no	left	no	bottom	no
Light Armor Half Sloped Corner	20	1x1x1	1	1	2	1	0	0	front	no	left	no	bottom	no
Light Armor Half Sloped Corner Base	20	1x1x1	2	1	2	1	0	0	front	back	left	right	bottom	no

Structural Blocks