well, glad to see its not just me who finds the whole 'armor and sensors' thing a little confusing...
If we go back to the CRB page 445, it has this to say about sensors and housings...
SENSORS
Sensors are found almost everywhere. Cheaply produced
by the billions, miniaturization and integration
have made sensors both located everywhere and hard
to spot. You can put sensors in just about everything,
and lots of people do. Your can of FizzyGoo is watching
you and reporting back to marketing. You can play the
sensor game, too.
Sensors need to be placed in a housing or case of
some sort, or built into another device. Sensors can record
data themselves or forward it wirelessly in real-time
or as files to other devices. Sensors are available in seven
ratings (2–8) and two types: single and array. When you
use the sensor array for Perception Tests, you may use
your Electronic Warfare skill in place of your Perception
skill, and you may use the sensor’s Rating as your limit.
Sensor array: This sensor package includes up to
eight functions listed under Sensor Functions.
Single sensor: This is a sensor that can do only one
function listed under Sensor Functions.
Which is fine. A sensor must be mounted to something, or built into something. Great.
HOUSINGS
Sensors can be put into devices that have capacity.
Most vehicles and drones come factory-equipped with
a sensor array (at a rating listed with their stats). What
you can put your sensor in is limited by the Rating of
the sensor (see Sensor Housings table).
Righto, so are you saying only Drones and Vehicles have Arrays? Or is that just a general example? Assuming its just an example, then why not put an array into armor?
From there, it directs to the sensor housing table. (as mentioned before) And it gives us a much of size examples and the upper limit of the sensor in question.
IF we look at the Sensors table on the same page, again it gives some interesting info:
it had a listing for both hand held (1-3) and wall mounting sizes (1-6) and their capacity.
It has the capacity cost for an array([6]) , and it has the cost for a single sensor([1])....
So, an Array can never fit into a hand held unit?
And an Array can only fit into a wall mounted unit. which can only have a max rating of 4 for the array...
And again, no mention directly of armor.
When I read up under clothing and armor, THEY don't directly come with any capacity mentioned. (although clothing does reference nifty things like 'commlinks and music players woven directly into the fabric').
Its not until we hit the ARMOR MODIFICATIONS section that we hear anything about armor and capacity.
ARMOR MODIFICATIONS
Any piece of worn armor can be upgraded with a range
of modifications. The Capacity of a piece of armor is
equal to its Armor Rating. Armor modifications have
variable Capacity costs. Each modification also has a
rating between 1 and 6, except as noted.
So, does this capacity extend to anything I want like sensors? Or is it just or armor mods?
The table in RnG pg 87 does seem to imply you can install individual sensors into a suit of armor...