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Holo-messenger

Usually reserved for formal affairs or the dealings of the wealthy, these small, disk-like devices .create holographic recordings or transmissions that may be played back as a small projection. The user can easily hold a holo-messenger in one hand. Though uncommon, they have played an integral part in many revenge or entrapment schemes.

<font size=1>Please see page 171 of Edge of the Empire 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>

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>