Question about faction vendors and stealth gear

[Jubei]

I'm getting ready to start a new character after taking a break for a few months. Does anyone know how JKK compares to Free drones in terms of stealth gear components? I know free drone has black cloth and soft foam padding with 150+ quality but I don't recall if JKK even sells those items.

My new character is going to be a stealth energy pistol build and I was thinking about trying protectorate and JKK instead of my usual free drone/coretech route.  I've never allied with protectorate before so I'm curious if they sells top end components for energy pistols and energy shields as well.

[harperfan7]

Free drones are the best for cloth and padding as far as I know, thought JKK does sell them.  Protectorate are best for guns and vests.  The best for energy stuff is either coretech or [REDACTED], with mercantile.