armorplast n.
a strong protective material likened to plastic (as being light, flexible, or transparent)
Typically portrayed as being transparent, although in the Star Wars universe it is described as a ceramic substance.
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1964
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Keith Laumer
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By putting his face flat against the armorplast panel he was able to see the ship, now a flaring fireball dropping in along a wide approach curve.
Thunderhead in Galaxy Science Fiction Apr. 41/2 -
1965
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Keith Laumer
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The skin is an inch thick and tougher than armorplast.
Retief, God-Speaker in Worlds of If Jan. 107 -
1974
K. H. Scheer
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I slowly walked to the transparent energy-wall which Amonar had installed in place of the usual armorplast windows.
tr. K. H. Scheer Perry Rhodan #52: Fortress Atlantis iv. 44 -
1993
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David Weber
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Kilgore’s ears rang as a rifle bullet spanged off his armorplast helmet.
On Basilisk Station xxviii. 347 -
1999
Steve White
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The armorplast was so strong that it didn’t really compromise the ship’s structural integrity in any measurable way.
Emperor of Dawn 223 -
2005
Matthew Stover
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The hand he extended…wore a jointed gauntlet of armorplast. [Ibid. 92] He is built to dominate. The ceramic armorplast plates protecting limbs and torso and face can stop a burst from a starfighter’s laser cannon.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 91
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