My question is, Does armour deplete as a character gets hit in combat? Even though I have been running an Eclipse Phase game for almost year I still think of myself as being new to the game. Originally I did not even consider the fact that armour might deplete during combat until one of my newer players assumed it did. I think because he read the short paragraph on the top of page 209 where it is titled "Repairing Armor". If armour does not generally deplete during the average combat session, would armour repair even come up often at all during a game? If armour is damaged and does deplete, would that come from the damage prevented by the armour after taking AP into account? I'll admit I do like the idea of depleting armour even if that is not how it is supposed to be played but I would really like to know how it is supposed to be played. On a side note, is there a chart anywhere showing durability for items such a weapons and gear. I am asking because nanoswarms:Saboteurs (p.329) can damage items but I do not see anything showing examples of durability for items. Also I would think Area effect weapons would damage gear as well.