diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/_SSS/store_items.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/_SSS/store_items.ftl
index 7a0583ef77..a3d19217e1 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/_SSS/store_items.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/_SSS/store_items.ftl
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 uplink-carp-box-name = Dehydrated Carp Box
 uplink-carp-box-desc = Box filled with 4 dehydrated carps. Make sure your friends pet it as well!
+
+uplink-armour-upgrade-name = Armour Upgrade Kit
+uplink-armour-upgrade-desc = An armour upgrade kit. Use on your armour to upgrade the protection. Armour will drop if equipped!
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Catalog/sss_uplink.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Catalog/sss_uplink.yml
index 887d588245..d1e3326ee1 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Catalog/sss_uplink.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Catalog/sss_uplink.yml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
   description: uplink-clothing-no-slips-shoes-desc
   productEntity: ClothingShoesChameleonNoSlips
   cost:
-    Telecrystal: 4
+    Telecrystal: 2
   categories:
   - SSSTraitorWearables
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
   description: uplink-clothing-shoes-boots-mag-syndie-desc
   productEntity: ClothingShoesBootsMagSyndie
   cost:
-    Telecrystal: 4
+    Telecrystal: 1
   categories:
   - SSSTraitorWearables
 
@@ -349,7 +349,17 @@
   icon: { sprite: /Textures/Clothing/OuterClothing/Hardsuits/syndicate.rsi, state: icon }
   productEntity: ClothingBackpackDuffelSyndicateHardsuitBundle
   cost:
-    Telecrystal: 8
+    Telecrystal: 3
+  categories:
+  - SSSTraitorWearables
+
+- type: listing
+  id: UplinkArmourUpgradeKitSSS
+  name: uplink-armour-upgrade-name
+  description: uplink-armour-upgrade-desc
+  productEntity: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgradeKit
+  cost:
+    Telecrystal: 3
   categories:
   - SSSTraitorWearables
 
@@ -388,3 +398,13 @@
   conditions:
   - !type:ListingLimitedStockCondition
     stock: 1
+
+- type: listing
+  id: UplinkArmourUpgradeKitSSSDetective
+  name: uplink-armour-upgrade-name
+  description: uplink-armour-upgrade-desc
+  productEntity: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgradeKit
+  cost:
+    Telecrystal: 2
+  categories:
+  - SSSDetectiveWearables
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/store_items.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/store_items.yml
index dda811146e..2fc94e15a9 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/store_items.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/store_items.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,18 @@
         reagents:
         - ReagentId: Water
           Quantity: 30
+
+- type: entity
+  name: Armour Upgrade Kit
+  parent: [BaseItem, BaseSyndicateContraband]
+  id: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgradeKit
+  description: An armour upgrade kit. Use on your armour to upgrade the protection. Armour will drop if equipped!
+  components:
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: Objects/Misc/module.rsi
+    state: abductor_mod # temp - new item might be better but for now this will work
+  - type: Item
+    size: Small
+  - type: Tag
+    tags:
+    - ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgradeKit
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/suspicion_clothing.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/suspicion_clothing.yml
index d252451e00..2f1d98c33f 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/suspicion_clothing.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Objects/suspicion_clothing.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,38 @@
 - type: entity
   parent: ClothingOuterVestWebMerc
   id: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicion
+  suffix: SSS
+  components:
+  - type: Armor
+    modifiers:
+      coefficients:
+        Blunt: 0.9 # 30% to 10% resistance, Blunt and Slash are underused damage types, increased viability for Melee
+        Slash: 0.9
+        Piercing: 0.7 # 50% to 30% resistance, giving a path for upgradable armour. Fine tune this value as it could be 20% instead.
+        Heat: 0.9
+  - type: ExplosionResistance
+    damageCoefficient: 0.9 # Leaving this incase we want to modify it.
+  - type: Construction
+    graph: UpgradeClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicion
+    node: start
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicion
+  id: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgraded
+  suffix: SSS-Upgraded
+  components:
+  - type: Armor
+    modifiers:
+      coefficients:
+        Blunt: 0.9
+        Slash: 0.9
+        Piercing: 0.5 # 30% back to 50%, weaker to the base game bulletproofvest
+        Heat: 0.9
+  - type: ExplosionResistance
+    damageCoefficient: 0.8 # 10% to 20%, equivilent to the base game bulletproofvest
+  - type: Construction
+    graph: UpgradeClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicion
+    node: upgraded
 
 - type: entity
   parent: HoPIDCard
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/Clothing/suspicion_clothing.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/Clothing/suspicion_clothing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e986bdf0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/Clothing/suspicion_clothing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- type: constructionGraph
+  id: UpgradeClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicion
+  start: start
+  graph:
+    - node: start
+      edges:
+        - to: upgraded
+          steps:
+            - tag: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgradeKit
+              doAfter: 4
+
+    - node: upgraded
+      entity: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgraded
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/tags.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/tags.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beffb47f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_SSS/tags.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: Tag
+  id: ClothingOuterVestWebMercSuspicionUpgradeKit