PeeBee ' s outfit makes sense for her character , as she gives zero fucks about what people think of her . While I do hope she has some armor for combat , it wouldn ' t be the end of the world if she didn ' t , she ' ll have a shieldbarrier after all . My thinking is the same for Jack and Samara . Miranda on the other hand , that was gratuitous , and made the character seem a little ridiculous . I ' d counter by saying that a c u t e s h o r t y j a c k e t s h owingoffjustenoughmidriff is close to the definition of i nsecureandcareswhatpeople think . Sorry but if you ' re part of an Ark of your races ' last hope for survival in an alien Galaxy then anyone not wearing a full ABC protective suit has a death wish or is functionally retarded . Especially when they are ubiquitous and socially normative . My guess is that is not what Bioware is trying to convey with her character design . My bet is they want her to look spunky and they are generally sexist and stuck in the 80 s 90 s enough that they think this design works . And Mac Walters steamrollered his team of good writers once before due to hubris and IMHO writes bad stories . I see no reason to give the man a pass .