A small number of Valdemarian armors and weapons have been recovered, mostly from underground areas. It is not out of the capacity of the major powers to copy this equipment although is not considered cost effective. Still, they are considered extremely valuable.

Valdemarian energy clips are similar to energy clips used around the Three Galaxies. Their design is slightly different and the two are not compatible. Some people who have managed to acquire Valdemarian equipment have had adaptors to use standard energy clips.

Armor:

Valdemarian Jump Suit:
This is a lightweight body armor similar to the Consortium Jump Suit. It is a form fitting lightweight jumpsuit quite strong for such a lightweight suit. Fitted with helmet and gloves, the suit was worn by ship crews when ships entered combat. It was not designed for heavy combat and front line combat forces were usually equipped with power armor and support troops usually used standard or heavy combat armor. Some fighter pilots preferred the Jump Suit although many preferred the standard combat armor. Tank crews usually also used standard combat armor. Sometimes also used for light duty space operations and might have even been used by civilians in various roles. As well, the Valdemarian did have an equivalent to the "skin suit" used by most civilian spacers. The suit has limited, two hour, life support. Only a handful of these suits have ever been recovered.
M.D.C.:
Main Body: 35
Head: 30
Arms (2): 15
Legs (2): 20
Weight: 9.92 lbs (4.5 Kg)
Penalties: Full Mobility, has no penalties to prowl, swim, or gymnastics
Market Cost: 100,000 credits (extremely rare)
Valdemarian Combat Armor:
The Valdemarian military used two basic combat armor designs, effectively a medium class armor and a heavy combat armor. The armor is made from the same golden materials which their starships are made from and is incredibly strong for its size. Most front line combat was in power armor but the combat armor was used for support troops. As well, tank crews and many fighter pilots used combat armor. Also used for heavy duty space operations. Unlike the Jump Suit, the combat armor had the full environmental systems of standard body armors. The suit has a built in stealth system similar to the system used in Naruni camouflage armor. The armor was fitted for the integration of a force field generator system as well. On the back of the armor is a mounting system for a "backpack" module. Modules included an energy cell, flight pack, or mini-missile launcher. Only a few of these suits have even been recovered.
Camouflage System: The body armor can change its colors to match the background and can mask most energy emissions effectively making the armor effectively invisible. The stealth system is most effective when the body armor is stationary. In these cases, there is a -10 penalty to strike. If the wearer is moving slowly, it will make the armor visible but there will still be at -5 to strike. Military class sensors reduce these penalties by half.
M.D.C.:
Main Body: 120
Head: 80
Arms (2): 65
Legs (2): 80
Weight: 15.98 lbs (7.25 kg) without force field
Penalties: Very Good Mobility, -5% to climb, and -10% to prowl, swim, acrobatics, gymnastics, and other similar skill rolls.
Market Cost: 250,000 credits (extremely rare) without force field
Valdemarian Heavy Combat Armor:
Second design of combat armor designs, heavier than the standard suit. Usually issued to front line support units working in roles which preclude the use of power armor. Suit was considered too bulky to be used inside of tanks and fighters. Like the standard suit, this suit had full environmental systems. It is fitted to use a force field generator module and has a built in stealth system. As well, there is a backpack mount which a mini-missile back pack, power cell, or flight pack can be carried. Like with the regular combat armor, a handful of these suits have been recovered.
Camouflage System: The body armor can change its colors to match the background and can mask most energy emissions effectively making the armor effectively invisible. The stealth system is most effective when the body armor is stationary. In these cases, there is a -10 penalty to strike. If the wearer is moving slowly, it will make the armor visible but there will still be at -5 to strike. Military class sensors reduce these penalties by half.
M.D.C.:
Main Body: 150
Head: 100
Arms (2): 85
Legs (2): 100
Weight: 20.06 lbs (9.1 kg) without force field
Penalties: Good Mobility, -10% to climb, and -15% to prowl, swim, acrobatics, gymnastics, and other similar skill rolls.
Market Cost: 350,000 credits (extremely rare) without force field

Valdemarian "Standard" Force Field Generator:
The technology of the Valdemarian force field generators appears to be fairly similar to the Naruni systems although it does not appear as if the Naruni systems were adapted from the older civilizations technology. Valdemarian systems are more compact than Naruni systems but not as advanced as Vallex technology is rumored to be. The standard force field generator is in the form of a harness instead of a belt and can be worn over light armor including the jump suit. Only a couple of sets of each type of force field generator have been recovered.
M.D.C.: 100 - The force field will stop energy attacks and fast moving objects. Slow moving objects can pass through. It regenerates one M.D.C. per melee round unless overloaded and then cannot be activated for twelve hours if overloaded.
Duration: 12 hours per energy cell / e-clip
Weight: 8.38 lbs (3.8 kg)
Penalties: None
Market Cost: 10 million credits or more (incredibly rare)
Valdemarian "Heavy" Force Field Generator:
While the "Standard" force field generator was usually worn as a harness over a set of light body armor, the "Heavy"force field generator is a module designed to fit into a special designed bay in standard and heavy combat armor. Unlike the Naruni force field, the Valdemarian system, when fitted into a Valdemarian armor, does not require any modification of the armor. Only a couple of these sets of force field generator modules has even been recovered.
M.D.C.: 200 - The force field will stop energy attacks and fast moving objects. Slow moving objects can pass through. It regenerates one M.D.C. per melee round unless overloaded and then cannot be activated for twelve hours if overloaded.
Duration: 8 hours per energy cell / e-clip
Weight: 12.13 lbs (5.5 kg)
Penalties: None
Market Cost: 12 million credits or more (incredibly rare)

Valdemarian Light Fusion Pistol:
For small arms, the Valdemarians preferred fusion weapons over lasers or particle beams. Starships were armed with Grazers although such weapons do not appear to have been adapted to anything smaller than capital ship weaponry. Fusion Weapons work much like plasma weapons but the material is even hotter. The spell impervious to fire will protect the target from the weapon but the weapon inflicts full damage against heat resistant materials. The gun uses powerful magnetic fields to contain and collapse the plasma until it reaches fusion. It then releases as a powerful bolt of particles. In an atmosphere, the beam travels down a path burned by a low powered laser. Only a handful of Valdemarian small arms have ever been recovered.
Weight: 3.31 lbs (1.5 kg)
Mega Damage: 6D6 per single shot
Rate of Fire: Single Shot only (No bursts)
Maximum Effective Range: 984.3 feet (300 meters) in an atmosphere.
Payload: 12 shots per short E-Clip or 16 shots per long E-Clip
Market Cost: 200,000 credits (extremely rare)
Valdemarian Heavy Fusion Pistol:
Larger version of the fusion pistol used as a backup weapon for troops not in power armor. Weapon is more powerful than the light fusion pistol but has shorter range. Fusion Weapons work much like plasma weapons but the material is even hotter. The spell impervious to fire will protect the target from the weapon but the weapon inflicts full damage against heat resistant materials. The gun uses powerful magnetic fields to contain and collapse the plasma until it reaches fusion. It then releases as a powerful bolt of particles. In an atmosphere, the beam travels down a path burned by a low powered laser. Only a handful of Valdemarian small arms have ever been recovered.
Weight: 5.51 lbs (2.5 kg)
Mega Damage: 1D6x10 per single shot
Rate of Fire: Single Shot only (No bursts)
Maximum Effective Range: 656.2 feet (200 meters) in an atmosphere.
Payload: 8 shots per short E-Clip or 12 shots per long E-Clip
Market Cost: 300,000 credits (extremely rare)
Valdemarian Graviton Needle Beam Pistol:
In addition to fusion based small arms, the Valdemarian also developed gravity based small arms. Instead of firing a projectile, the weapon fires a beam of gravitons which shreds the target in gravity waves. Such weapons seemed to be rare even in Valdemarian service and none have yet been recovered. These weapons would be incredibly difficult for even the Consortium of Civilized Worlds or Trans-Galactic Empire to copy. One of these weapon would likely sell for millions of credits. The weapon does full damage to targets with the spell impervious to energy and cosmic knight will take 1/10 damage (10%) instead of the normal 1/100 damage (1%). Theoretically, the weapon can actually be used against targets which travel at faster than the speed of light although range is too short generally to be effective.
Weight: 3.96 lbs (1.8 kg)
Mega Damage: 3D6 (Optional rule is that cannons gets a critical on a natural 18, 19, or 20 due to its high penetration).
Rate of Fire: Single Shot only (No bursts)
Maximum Effective Range: 1,640.4 feet (500 meters) in an atmosphere.
Payload: 8 shots per short E-Clip or 12 shots per long E-Clip
Market Cost: Would sell for millions of credits. No Valdemarian Graviton small arms have ever been recovered.

Valdemarian Fusion Rifle:
This weapon was issued to troops in the field who were not in power armors. The weapon is considered quite powerful and effective. Fusion Weapons work much like plasma weapons but the material is even hotter. The spell impervious to fire will protect the target from the weapon but the weapon inflicts full damage against heat resistant materials. The gun uses powerful magnetic fields to contain and collapse the plasma until it reaches fusion. It then releases as a powerful bolt of particles. In an atmosphere, the beam travels down a path burned by a low powered laser. Only a handful of Valdemarian small arms have ever been recovered.
Weight: 17.64 lbs (8.0 kg)
Mega Damage: 2D6x10 per blast
Rate of Fire: Single Shot only (No bursts)
Maximum Effective Range: 2,624.67 feet (800 meters) through atmosphere
Payload: 20 shots per short E-Clip or 30 shots per long E-Clip. Can use a special backpack power cell for 120 shots.
Market Cost: 500,000 credits (extremely rare)
Valdemarian Heavy Fusion Rifle:
In many cases this weapon should be considered more of a support weapon than a standard weapon. It draws immense amount of power when fired and uses a special power cell, usually carried as a backpack, or pulls power from an external source. Fusion Weapons work much like plasma weapons but the material is even hotter. The spell impervious to fire will protect the target from the weapon but the weapon inflicts full damage against heat resistant materials. The gun uses powerful magnetic fields to contain and collapse the plasma until it reaches fusion. It then releases as a powerful bolt of particles. In an atmosphere, the beam travels down a path burned by a low powered laser. Only a handful of Valdemarian small arms have ever been recovered.
Weight: 27.56 lbs (12.5 kg) without backpack
Mega Damage: 3D6x10 per blast
Rate of Fire: Single Shot only (No bursts)
Maximum Effective Range: 1,640.4 feet (500 meters) through atmosphere
Payload: 10 shots per short E-Clip or 15 shots per long E-Clip. Can use a special backpack power cell for 300 shots.
Market Cost: 800,000 credits (extremely rare)
Valdemarian Graviton Needle Beam Rifle:
In addition to manufacturing a Graviton Needle Beam Pistol, the Valdemarians produced a graviton needle beam rifle. The weapon does not inflict as much damage as the plasma weaponry but is quite long ranged. The weapon appears to have not been a regular issue weapon but only issued for special purposes. Due to its long range, the weapon was a quite effective sniper weapon. As with the "Needle Beam" Pistol, none of these rifles have been recovered. One of these weapon would likely sell for millions of credits. These weapons would be incredibly difficult for even the Consortium of Civilized Worlds or Trans-Galactic Empire to copy. The weapon does full damage to targets with the spell impervious to energy and cosmic knight will take 1/10 damage (10%) instead of the normal 1/100 damage (1%). Theoretically, the weapon can actually be used against targets which travel at faster than the speed of light although range is too short generally to be effective.
Weight: 14.33 lbs (6.5 kg)
Mega Damage: 6D6 (Optional rule is that cannons gets a critical on a natural 18, 19, or 20 due to its high penetration).
Rate of Fire: Single Shot only (No bursts)
Maximum Effective Range: 6,561.7 feet (2,000 meters) in an atmosphere.
Payload: 16 shots per short E-Clip or 24 shots per long E-Clip
Market Cost: Would sell for millions of credits. No Valdemarian Graviton small arms have ever been recovered.

Valdemarian Mini-Missile Backpack:
For the most part the Valdemarians used mini-missiles as their support weaponry. Instead of carrying a hand held mini-missile launcher, a backpack style mini-missile launcher was carried. The backpack is surprisingly similar to the backpack used by Triax on Rifts Earth and several similar systems are used by militaries and mercenaries within the Three Galaxies. It does have a capacity for six mini-missiles instead of four. The Valdemarian combat armor types had a special mounting to be able to carry a backpack system. Even so, these backpack systems are quite rare.
M.D.C.: 80
Weight: 23.15 (10.5 kg) empty and 35.05 (15.9 kg) loaded with six mini-missiles
Mega Damage: As per Mini-Missile Type (See Phase World Missiles).
Rate of Fire: One at a time or in volleys of two (2), four (4), or six (6).
Maximum Effective Range: Missile range is 2 miles (3.2 km) in an atmosphere and 100 miles (161 km) in space.
Payload: Six (6) Mini-Missiles
Market Cost: 100,000 (extremely rare)

Valdemarian Contra-Grav Flight Pack:
Similar in basic design to the Contra-Grav flight packs currently used in the Three Galaxies although both lighter and more energy efficient. There is no fusion version of the flight pack but will operate for 48 of flight before needing to be recharged. There were two basic models of the flight pack. One is worn like a standard backpack and can be worn over the lightweight jumpsuit while the other fits into the "backpack" module for the combat armor designs. A handful of these flight packs have been recovered.
Top speed in an atmosphere is 360 kilometers per hour (223.7 mph) and can accelerate up to 0.25 G in space. Because flight pack is contra-grav, wearer can actually fly into space or descend from space to the surface of a planet. Flight Pack also gives +2 to dodge while flying. Weight with full mobility is limited to 200 kilograms (440.92 lbs.) Carrying additional mass / weight limits speed in a similar manner to a standard contra-grav flight. Flight pack has an extremely sophisticated computer which allows the wearer to operate the flight pack at a 42% skill rate even if they do not have the skill to pilot the flight pack.
M.D.C.: Standard backpack: 40. Combat Armor Module: 60.
Weight: 16.53 lbs (7.5 kg)
Market Cost: 500,000 credits (extremely rare)
Valdemarian "Power Cell" Backpack:
The "Power Cell" is used to power energy weapons and was often carried by troops not operating in power armors. Power cell is designed to specifically lock into the back of the Valdemarian combat armor. The power cell carries enough charges for twenty times the number of shots as a large e-clip for weapons. When one of these backpacks is worn, a contra-grav flight pack or mini-missile back pack cannot be worn. Like most Valdemarian equipment, these power cells are extremely rare.
M.D.C.: 60
Weight: 4.85 lbs (2.2 kg)
Charges: Carries charges equal to 20 large e-clips
Market Cost: 200,000 credits (extremely rare)

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