Defensive Fortification

Defensive Fortification  is a ND1 Nomad health and shield upgrade.

Acquisition
This upgrade can be purchased from a merchant or developed with resources. The upgrade will be installed the next time you enter the Nomad.

Blueprint
The Defensive Fortification blueprint is available when Ryder reaches Level 6. It requires the following resources for development:
 * Beryllium Icon.png Beryllium x120
 * Cadmium Icon.png Cadmium x40
 * Element Zero Icon.png Element Zero x30

Mechanics
Defensive Fortification directly increases the health of the ND1 Nomad for any difficulty. After the Nomad's life support is depleted completely, this upgrade increases the amount of time the Nomad can withstand health damage in a life support depleting hazard zone by 25%. The 25% time increase is the same regardless of hazard type (heat, cold, etc).

Difficulty level influences how long hazards will take to deplete Life Support and how long until death occurs. The easier the gameplay, the longer the amount of time until Life Support fails. Once Life Support fails, health damage occurs until the ND1 Nomad explodes. Conversely, the harder the difficulty, the less time is available.
 * Narrative difficulty is the same amount of Life Support and heath depletion time as Normal.
 * Casual difficulty is the same amount of Life Support and heath depletion time as Normal.
 * Normal difficulty is the standard amount of Life Support and heath depletion time.
 * Hardcore difficulty decreases the amount of Life Support and heath depletion time to 75% of Normal.
 * Insanity difficulty decreases the amount of Life Support and heath depletion time to 60% of Normal.

Life Support and health times in the tables below are displayed as Narrative, Casual, Normal, Hardcore, and Insanity.