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Expensive Jewelry

People associate wealth with authority, and jewelry is an immediate means to display wealth. The distinctive silver sheen of the Durindfire crystal, the brilliant ever-changing sparkle of the Sorian crystal, and the living rainbow gems from Gallinore all attract the eyes of onlookers, making the wearer more memorable.

A character displaying one or more expensive gems adds automatic :e^: to Charm and Deception checks, but others add :eB: to checks to recall the character.

<font size=1>Please see page 51 of the Desperate Allies Sourcebook for details.</font>

Comlink (handheld)

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>

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>

Cultural Etiquette Manual

Diplomats rely on protocol droids to ensure not only fluent translation, but also to prevent embarrassing cultural incidents. However, when a protocol droid is not available, or a situation is too specific for a general-purpose droid, emissaries turn to cultural etiquette manuals, specialized datapads with nearly every potentially relevant cultural detail for a given group. A cultural etiquette manual can, for example, help a diplomat choose the perfect opening gift when greeting an unfamiliar society, or avoid accidentally insulting a visiting diplomat. Of course, actively consulting a datapad during an important function creates a level of awkwardness, but the manual does enable a diplomat to extensively prepare beforehand or during a handy lull in conversation.

A character with a cultural etiquette manual adds automatic :e^: to social checks made to interact with members of the culture to which the manual pertains.

Models include: Baobab Archives Compendiums.

<font size=1>Please see page 50 of the Desperate Allies Sourcebook for details.</font>