Nightsolo's Mass Effect Armor

The game has a pretty straight-forward way of comparing stuff. If it's not better than what any your characters already have, get rid of it.
There is an inventory limit of 150 items. Sell or Reduce to Omni-Gel all the stuff you're not going to use.
All items have levels, from I to X (1 to 10). In the tables below, these are given as ranges. The lowest number is at level I, the highest at level X.
The items you find correspond to your character level. i.e. as you level up, the items you find will be of higher level. Items you already have do not level up.
It's difficult to say which items are the "best" in any category, as some gamers may prefer, say, Shields to Damage Protection.
In order to buy these items from the Normandy Requisitions Officer, you'll need the manufactuerer's Licence. See the Licences Page for how to get them.

Armor

Type	Manufacturer	Wearable By	Dam Prot	Shield	Tech/Bio Prot
Hydra	Aldrin Labs	human, quarian	5-23	49-175	12-32
Onyx	Aldrin Labs	human, turian, quarian	5-23	49-175	12-32
Mercenary	Ariake Technologies	human, turian	12-30	91-325	12-32
Predator L *	Armax Arsenal	human, turian	24-30	342-450	46-50
Partisan/Skirmish	Batarian State Arms	human, turian	12-30	77-275	20-38
Freedom/Hoplite	Cerberus Skunkworks	human, turian	38-51	91-325	60-69
Explorer/Liberator/Survivor	Devlon Industries	human, turian, quarian	5-23	56-200	4-26
Duelist/Guardian	Elanus Risk Control Services	human, turian	2-20	70-250	0-19
Mantis/Predator/Scorpion/Ursa	Halne-Kedar	human, turian	12-30	84-300	20-38
Spectre	Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works	human, turian, quarian	16-34	84-300	12-32
Janissary	Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works	human, turian	16-34	84-300	12-32
Crisis/Hazard	Jormangund Technology	human, turian	21-37	140-500	28-44
Colossus **	Kassa Fabrication	human, turian, quarian	62-65	285-375	32-38
Titan *******	Rosenkov Materials	human, turian	34-44	130-150	26-38
Phoenix	Sirta Foundation	human, turian, quarian	2-20	49-175	20-38
Assasin/Gladiator	Elkoss Combine	human, turian	12-30	49-175	0-19

* starts at Level VI
** starts at Level VII
*** starts at Level IV

Type	Manufacturer	Wearable By	Dam Prot	Shield	Tech/Bio Prot
Hydra	Aldrin Labs	human	17-35	63-189	1-21
Onyx	Aldrin Labs	human, krogan, turian	17-35	63-189	1-21
Mercenary	Ariake Technologies	human, krogan, turian	24-42	117-351	1-21
Predator M *	Armax Arsenal	human, krogan, turian	36-42	378-486	38-42
Partisan/Skirmish	Batarian State Arms	human, krogan, turian	24-42	99-297	10-28
Freedom/Hoplite	Cerberus Skunkworks	human, krogan, turian	47-59	117-351	55-64
Explorer/Liberator/Survivor	Devlon	human, krogan, turian	17-35	72-216	0-14
Duelist/Guardian	Elanus Risk Control Services	human, krogan, turian	14-32	90-270	0-6
Mantis/Predator/Scorpion/Ursa	Hahne-Kedar	human, krogan, turian	24-42	108-324	10-28
Spectre/Janissary	Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works	human, krogan, turian	28-45	108-324	1-21
Crisis/Hazard	Jormangund Technology	human, krogan, turian	32-48	180-540	19-35
Colossus **	Kassa Fabrication	human, krogan, turian	68-71	315-405	22-28
Titan *******	Rosenkov Materials	human, krogan, turian	44-54	150-270	16-28
Phoenix	Sirta Foundation	human, krogan, turian	14-32	63-189	10-28
Assain/Gladiator	Elkoss Combine	human, turian	24-42	63-189	0-6

* starts at Level VI
** starts at Level VII
*** starts at Level IV

Type	Manufacturer	Wearable By	Dam Prot	Shield	Tech/Bio Prot
Hydra	Aldrin Labs	human	33-51	84-210	0-10
Onyx	Aldrin Labs	human, krogan	33-51	84-210	0-10
Mercenary	Airake Technologies	human, krogan	40-58	156-390	0-10
Predator H *	Armax Arsenal	human, krogan	52-58	432-540	30-34
Partisan/Skirmish	Batarian State Arms	human, krogan	40-58	132-330	0-18
Freedom/Hoplite	Cerberus Skunkworks	human, krogan	58-71	156-390	50-59
Explorer/Liberator/Survivor	Devlon	human, krogan	33-51	96-240	0-2
Duelist/Guardian	Elanus Risk Control Services	human, krogan	30-48	120-300	0-0
Mantis/Predator/Scorpion/Ursa	Hahne-Kedar	human, krogan	40-58	144-360	0-18
Spectre/Janissary	Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works	human, krogan	43-60	144-360	0-10
Crisis/Hazard	Jormangund Technology	human, krogan	46-62	240-600	10-26
Colossus **	Kassa Fabrication	human, krogan	76-79	360-450	12-18
Titan *******	Rosenkov Materials	human, krogan	57-66	180-300	6-18
Phoenix	Sirta Foundation	human, krogan	30-48	84-210	0-18
Assain/Gladiator	Elkoss Combine	human	40-58	84-210	0-0

* starts at Level VI
** starts at Level VII
*** starts at Level IV

last modified 14 July 2012