Editing Armor (section)

==Usage==
[[File:Armor.png|thumb|in-game 5x21 example]]

Armor is the basic passive defense, represented in Aurora as a NxM grid of armor cells. N is the Armour Rating, represent the thickness of the armour you set in ship design. whereas M is the Armour columns, determined by the number of components the armor must cover. 

Incoming fire destroys cells of armor instead of the internal components of the ship. Every larger ship needs some form of armor to survive. The most important quality for armor to have is thickness, as a ship does not need to be completely stripped of armor for damage to pass through to the [[Internal Damage|internal components]] underneath. 

Armor does not protect against [[Mesons]] and [[High-Powered Microwave]]s, nor does it help against the effects of [[Shock Damage]].

Larger ships get thicker armor for the same percentage of armor, representing that the surface area grows slower than the internal volume of the ship.  The first few levels of armor tech also benefit civilian constructions as it reduces the mass used on their single armor layer, although this gets negligible with better armor tech.

A major limitation of armor is that it may only be repaired in a [[Shipyards|shipyard]] or [[Hangar deck|hangar]].