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Utility Belt

A utility belt is a common item for those on active missions where quick access to tools and gear is a necessity; even Imperial stormtroopers use them. Their contents will vary with their user and their planned actions; sabotage missions might have belts with explosives and security slicer chips, while a ship mechanic might have his stuffed with his favorite tools. Some belts also have weapon holsters or clips.

Utility belts increase the character's encumbrance threshold by 1.

Models Include: Numerous Variants.

<font size=1>Please see page 183 of Edge of the Empire for details.</font>

Surveyor's Bag

Surveyor's bags are made by numerous companies and are marketed to the men and women tasked with exploring and mapping the wild places of the galaxy. The bag itself has a vertical rectangular body with one large compartment, and it is typically worn over the shoulder and across the body, with the bag resting on the wearer's hip or at the small of his back. They are constructed of thick, hard-wearing, weatherproof synthetic textiles designed to stand up to heavy usage and protect the bag's contents from impact, the elements, and foreign-matter damage. The large compartment can hold all manner of equipment and has a sleeve sewn inside that fits most common datapads and portable computers. The exterior of the bag holds a number of covered pouches of different shapes and sizes, with additional clips, straps, and loops for extra carrying and storage. A single large flap folds down and securely covers the main compartment and most of the external pouches. The inside of the flap has a weather-proof, see-through pouch for storing maps, charts, and other references for quick access and easy reading.

Surprisingly roomy for their compact size, surveyor's bags increase the user's encumbrance threshold by 2.

<font size=1>Please see page 53 of Enter the Unknown for details.</font>

Backpack

A backpack can serve many important functions: it can be used for carrying survival gear or even smaller allies and droids. Most are simple affairs of fabric and straps, with better styles including internal bracing and back support so that heavier weights can be carried far longer.

Backpacks increase the character's encumbrance threshold by 4.

Models Include: Numerous Variants.

<font size=1>Please see page 180 of Edge of the Empire for details.</font>

Comlink (long range)

A common device found across the galaxy, comlinks come in a variety of forms depending on their function and user. Each allows for audio messaging between two parties though advanced models can transmit multiple users or network groups together. Personal comlinks are often small, hand-held cylinders capable of communicating over distances into low orbit. Some models are built into helmets and armor segments. Longer-range versions are usually carried as large satchels or in backpacks, and can reach across a planet and to ships in high orbit (or even elsewhere in the same star system). Most operate on a standard net of frequencies that can be adjusted as desired to elude detection.

<font size=1>Please see page 171 of Edge of the Empire for details.</font>

Electrobinoculars

Electrobinoculars come in many shapes and sizes, depending on their role and the species to use them. Neuro-Saav's Model TD2.3s, for example, are electrically powered and allow for high levels of magnification in zoom and panoramic views. They also offer vision in very high or very low levels of light, thermal imaging, and (in more expensive versions) recording and playback modes. Informational overlays also provide distances, elevations, and velocities of sighted targets.

Electrobinoculars allow the user to see normally in low light or extremely bright conditions, and can magnify targets up to ten kilometers away. When using electrobinoculars, characters may also remove up to :eK: imposed due to long range or poor light.

Models Include: Neuro-Saav Model TD2.3 Electrobinoculars, Fabritech "Longsight," TaggeCo. Model 3 Imperial Army.

<font size=1>Please see page 175 of Edge of the Empire for details.</font>

Fabritech 7000 Geoscanner

Miners and prospectors depend upon a reliable geoscanner to identify the location of ore deposits. A range of different sensors probe beneath a planet's surface to a depth of nearly two kilometers. These handheld devices can detect the different elements and minerals present in the strata as well as ascertaining their relative frequencies. These systems can be tuned to recognize precious minerals and ores, even estimating the quantity and trade value of deposits. Geoscanners warn users of any seismic, volcanic, or thermal activity, so that appropriate precautions may be taken. They also recognize hollow areas and subsurface water deposits, which can be crucial in choosing a location to mine.

A geoscanner adds :eB: to any Perception, Lore, or Education checks related to studying the subterranean environment within medium range of the user.

Stimpack

Stimpacks are auto-injection tubes filled with medicine, bacta, and painkillers. They are field-ready emergency health recovery products, and useful for quick healing in the field. There are countless makers of stimpacks, from Chiewab Amalgamated Pharmaceuticals to Athakam MedTech.

It takes a maneuver for a character to inject a stimpack in himself or another..Stimpacks are one-use items, and automatically heal 5 wounds. Characters can use stimpacks more than once, but each use heals one less wound (so the second use heals four, the third use heals three, and so on). The sixth stimpack heals no wounds—the character is already oversaturated with the medicine for it to have any effect. It takes a day for the character's body to process the stimpacks and for him to be able to use them at full effectiveness. See page 220 for more information.

Models Include: Numerous Variants.

<font size=1>Please see page 177 of Edge of the Empire for details.</font>

Data Goggles

These goggles overlay the wearer's field of vision with additional information. That information is typically drawn from the HoloNet, although localized sources - including a vehicle's sensors - may be used instead. The selected information is customizable, and an interface device is required to manipulate it. When the goggles are used by students, an instructor can send material from a datapad to the students' goggles as appropriate, providing new information as a lesson progresses.

At the beginning of an encounter, a character may select one Knowledge skill. For the remainder of the encounter, the character adds automatic :e*: to all checks he makes using that skill while wearing the data goggles. The GM may rule that a character needs to obtain specialized data files to upload into the data goggles before using them.

Species Database

Every encounter with a new species offers the possibility of biological offense, embarrassment, or even accidental poisoning. To avoid this, many organizations equip their diplomats with custom-built datapads loaded with specific biological details of every known species. In theory, such compendiums help operatives avoid injuring a sensitive body part or inadvertently wearing a known allergen as floral decoration. Cynical individuals have noted, however, that such information can also be used for more nefarious purposes. Most species databases also contain cursory cultural notes, but the core focus of such texts is biology rather than historical or societal studies.

A character using a species database adds :eB::eB: to Knowledge (Xenology) checks.

Models include: The writings of Mammon Hoole.

<font size=1>Please see page 53 of the Desperate Allies Sourcebook for details.</font>

Datapad

Datapads are common on most technologically civilized planets, and are used to record, store, display, and organize almost any kind of data from basic text to holographic recordings. Most come with a small display screen, though some use holoprojectors and are small enough to be easily carried in one or two hands, depending on the model. They are commonly encoded or encrypted so that only the actual owner can operate them; some are even set to wipe all data if unauthorized users attempt access.

Models Include: Numerous Variants.

<font size=1>Please see page 181 of Edge of the Empire for details.</font>

Ground-Penetrating Sensor Pack

Another sensor suite produced by CryonCorp, the GPSP is a powerful ground-penetrating radar suite marketed to companies involved in gas and minerals exploration and chartered search and rescue. Little more than a bulky stack of fine-tuned sensors mounted in an impact and weather-resistant plasteel case, the GPSP uses a powerful ground-penetrating radar array to look through solid objects to see what lies beneath. Either carried slung over an operator's shoulder by a stout strap or mounted to a small repulsor cart, the GPSP can see through soil, dense stone of various types, most kinds of ores and processed metals, organic and inorganic debris, duracrete, ferrocrete, and nearly any other kind of substance that might be encountered. Recently, CryonCorp has released an updated version of the GPSP geared more toward scholarly exploration, with a radar array specially tuned for penetration of

inorganic, artificially produced building materials like the kind found in the ruins of ancient cities. Using a GPSP does not require a skill check, but interpreting the unit's findings might. If the Game Master sees fit, he can require a Computers skill check to figure out what exactly the GPSP is seeing.

<font size=1>Please see page 47 of Enter the Unknown for details.</font>

Load-Bearing Gear

Load-bearing gear, or combat webbing, is a system used by soldiers to carry necessary equipment on their persons in easily accessible pouches. They are commonly made of hard-wearing reinforced textiles, and often with removable armor plates.

Load-bearing gear increases a wearer's encumbrance threshold by 3.

Models Include: Imperial Armory M-4 Army Combat Webbing, AHH "Striker" Tactical Vest.

<font size=1>Please see page 198 of the Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook for details.</font>