Trappedinwikipedia wrote:

Shape Adjusting doesn't prevent you from wearing body armor, but it could interfere with shape adjusting things you can do. There's two rules for max armor, and it's not clear which is the one to use. The EP core rules state that you can't have more armor than you have DUR (page 194, layered armor), but Transhuman states that the max is 32 (page 110, picking armor). Honestly, if your Reaper isn't covered in tacticool MOLLE gear you're wasting your credits.

ubik2 wrote:

Page 194 of Core has rules limiting layered armor. In particular, you're limited to the durability (40 for the Guard), and you will take a -20 penalty if you're layering multiple armors. This doesn't actually apply to your case, since the inherent 12/12 doesn't count as a layer, and the synth heavy combat armor is considered an armor modification. What does prevent this is the description on page 310 of Core that says the heavy combat armor enhancement is not compatible with worn armor. For the way you've described it, I'd probably drop the heavy combat armor, and rely on the worn armor, since you're trying to pass as a biomorph. Mechanically, you'd be better off with the synth heavy armor, and not wearing armor, but it's unclear if that armor is supposed to be concealable. Your GM may simply let you use both, and just ignore the effects of the lesser (the worn armor). In that case, you have the 28/28, but look like you're wearing the same armor as the other security guards. Note that it is pretty easy to abuse the armor system with all the armor modifications. This doesn't really break the system, since at that point, your opponents just use called shots to bypass your armor. It does mean that guy with a skill of 80 only damages you half as often. Less skilled opponents will have to take extra actions to aim to hurt you. There was a printing of the rule in Transhuman, which I preferred, where the limit was set to 32, regardless of durability. Apparently, this was an error, though, and the limit was intended to still be the morph's durability. Of course, a static limit doesn't make a whole lot of sense for small morphs (you can't make that insect size bot bulletproof) or large morphs (the APC should be bulletproof), so durability works better in those cases. Edit: Note that the automatic rifle railgun with AP ammo will do 5d10+6 at AP -14 with full auto, so this will still average 6 damage even if you do have 41 armor. If they're using called shots, and penetrate half the time, the automatic rifle with biter ammo is the better choice, doing 6d10+6 (39 average). With your adjusted armor of 28, both attacks are pretty similar, doing around 19 points of damage after armor (halving the called shot version to account for non-penetrating hits).

Trappedinwikipedia wrote:

Being able to put on a synthetic mask doesn't actually imply that you're human shaped, it just means that you can drape faux-meat over the synth. A Reaper, Flexbot, or even Fenrir can put on a synth mask, but those don't look remotely human.