Editing Eltex helmet

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{{infobox main
|name = Eltex helmet
|image = Psyfocushelmet.png|Eltex helmet
|description = A lightweight helmet designed for psychic focusing. While it provides little physical protection, its special materials enhance the wearer's psychic sensitivity and dissipate neural heat.
|type = Gear
|type2 = Armor
|hp = 80
|mass base = 0.8
|marketvalue = 500
|armorblunt = 9
|armorsharp = 9
|armorheat = 27
|insulationcold = 4
|insulationheat = 1
| coverage = Head, Left Ear, Right Ear
|layer = Headgear
| thingCategories = Headgear
| tradeTags = PsychicApparel
| tags = Psychic
| defaultOutfitTags = Soldier
| thingSetMakerTags = RewardStandardMidFreq
}}</onlyinclude>
Introduced by the  [[Royalty (DLC)|Royalty DLC]], the '''Eltex helmet''' allows psychic pawns to be more effective, improving the strength and cooldown of their [[Psycasts]].

== Acquisition ==

This item cannot be crafted but only purchased through trade or received as a quest reward.

== Analysis ==
Despite being called a helmet, its protection is comparable to a [[bowler hat]] made of low-mid tier materials and almost non-existent. Even at legendary [[quality]], even a normal quality autopistol only has a approximately a 1/150 chance to be stopped by the helmet, and with its low HP, the helmet will rapidly degrade. In fact, the AP of most weapons in the game will completely invalidate the armor of the eltex helmet. So in exchange for the psychic buffs it leaves the wearer's head completely unprotected. Loss of the head is obviously fatal, damage to the eyes significantly impairs effectiveness and damage to the brain is permanent and devastating even when not fatal. Care must be taken to keep the wearer out of harms way and if possible, a [[shield belt]] is recommended.

Thus, the eltex helmet is obviously neither a frontline helmet nor utility clothing. Instead it is exclusively focused on one task - buffing a psycaster. However, it is inferior in this role to the [[eltex skullcap]]. While the helmet does offer some insulation and armor, as previously established both are basically negligible. With effectively nothing to gain in return, there is little reason to choose the inferior buffs to psychic abilities that the helmet offers. And the disparity is significant - only a legendary quality helmet offers superior a psychic sensitivity to a awful quality skullcap, and its still inferior in neural heat recover rate.  However, as neither piece of headwear can be crafted, sometimes only the helmet is available. 

Compared to [[prestige recon helmet|prestige]] [[prestige marine helmet|power]] [[prestige cataphract helmet|helmets]], the helmet offers somewhat better psychic buffs, while the helmets offer significant protection up to and including the best available in-game. Thus, the role of the particular psycaster is a key factor, with a front-line psycasting fighter preferring the prestige helmets, while the support-oriented psycaster might prefer the helmet. However, unlike the skullcap, the benefit to psychic power is relatively small - a legendary eltex helmet increase the neural heat limit by only 13 more than a prestige helmet of any quality. This is roughly equivalent to the cost of a single first level psycast. Therefore, even the support psycaster may prefer the craftable and much more protective prestige helmets over the eltex helmet.

Eltex helmets also appease the headwear requirements of all [[Titles|nobles]].

An Eltex helmet improves a pawn's base [[Psycasts#Neural_Heat_Recover_Rate|neural heat recovery rate]] by 0.066 heat per second, though this will be modified by their psylink level, and increases their [[Psychic Sensitivity]] by an amount dependent on the quality.

{{Apparel Quality Table}}

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{{#vardefine:basesensitivitybonus|0.15}} {{#vardefine:baseheatratebonus|0.066}}
{| {{STDT| c_07 text-center}}
!Quality
!Awful
!Poor
!Normal
!Good
!Excellent
!Masterwork
!Legendary
|- 
!Psychic Sensitivity
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*0.5*100 round 0}}%
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*0.66*100 round 0}}%
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*0.83*100 round 0}}%
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.00*100 round 0}}%
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.16*100 round 0}}%
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.32*100 round 0}}%
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.5*100 round 0}}%
|- 
!{{H:title|link=no|Neural Heat Limit increase from the increase Psychic Sensitivity assuming Level 6 Psylink |Neural Heat Limit}} {{ref label|Lvl|Lvl}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*0.5*80 round 0}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*0.66*80 round 0}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*0.83*80 round 0}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.00*80 round 0}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.16*80 round 0}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.32*80 round 0}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:basesensitivitybonus}}*1.5*80 round 0}}
|- 
!{{H:title|link=no|Neural Heat Recover Rate increase before Psylink level modifers|Base Neural Heat Recovery Rate}}
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
| +{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}/s
|- 
!{{H:title|link=no|Neural Heat Recover Rate increase assuming Level 6 Psylink |Effective Neural Heat Recovery Rate}} {{ref label|Lvl|Lvl}}
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
| +{{#expr:{{#var:baseheatratebonus}}*1.625 round 3}}/s
|}
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:{{note|Lvl|Lvl}} Assuming Psylink level 6

== Version history ==
*Introduced in the initial release of the [[Royalty (DLC)|Royalty DLC]]
*1.1.2579 improved cold insulation.
*1.1.2647 renamed from Psyfocus helmet.
*1.2.2719 Psychic sensitivity now scales with quality.

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