I've seen Armor Master in a few different Specialization Trees,

I was wondering does it stack with itself?

So for example the PX-11 Power Armor would then have a Soak of 5 if you have two Armor Master Talents?

What about the Improved Armor Master Talent, would you then get 2 additional Defense die?

Armor Master is not a ranked talent. It can only be taken once. Likewise for the Improved version.

Ok thanks was hoping for an additional soak there,

oh well

In that Same Vein can multiple ranks of Jury Rigged be applied to the same piece of Gear? or does each subsequent rank have to be applied to different gear?

IE I have 3 ranks of Jury Rigged can I give my blaster +1 damage, needs 1 less advantage to crit and decrease its encumbrance by 2?

Ok thanks was hoping for an additional soak there,

oh well

In that Same Vein can multiple ranks of Jury Rigged be applied to the same piece of Gear? or does each subsequent rank have to be applied to different gear?

IE I have 3 ranks of Jury Rigged can I give my blaster +1 damage, needs 1 less advantage to crit and decrease its encumbrance by 2?

no only one jury rig per piece of gear.

Well shucks... There goes my idea for Gadgeteer/Outlaw Tech/Heavy then.

Just how much soak are you looking for anyway?

I wanted to see if it was possible to get a 20 soak.

So far the highest I've gotten was 16

Why on Earth would you waste the xp points doing that when there are so many ways to ignore the utility of soak? You're essentially begging a GM to use them all against you if you do it.

I thought it would be a fun concept to roleplay around with.

Not counting Strain damage, what other ways besides Pierce and Breach that get around soak?

I wouldn't worry about the GM trying to get around your soak—that's just too annoying.

It's much easier to just kill your fellow, less armored companions and then force you to retreat or surrender.

Now, where is that "evil laugh" emoticon because mine is a most evil laugh. Mwah ha ha ha!

Bola launcher, particularly by someone with half decent Range(L), hit with a Triumph and that's a PPPPP difficulty to break out of. Glop grenades; don't even need any Advantages to activate the Ensnare quality and once you're immobilized all you can do is try and break free. Pretty easy really to take someone out of action and not worry about soak. Once you're taken out of action it's really just a matter of time.