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then be slid into the box. Each new pack powers the armor for 4 months. Power packs already in suits discovered by the PCs are good for 1-4 months. This suit interferes with the operation of power screens. Pressure Suit (Suit of Lights) D&D Blackmoor Armor Class: 0 Armor Value: Does not provide AV Power Pack: 12 Hours Cost: 10,000 Encumbrance: 0 cn. When inactive, this item looks like battle armor with a hood and a slightly larger box woven into the neck. When it is active, it gives the wearer a multicolored aura. A pressure suit has the same characteristics as battle armor, but it also creates an atmospheric envelope around the wearer. Characters wearing a pressure suit are immune to the effects of heat, cold, and lack of atmosphere. The suit needs to be recharged after every 12 hours of use. Recharging consists of replacing the standard power pack that powers it and hooking the box woven into the neck up to a small nozzle found next to the keypad in any of the Beagle's locks. This suit also interferes with power screen operations. Skiensuit Star Frontiers Armor Class: 0 Armor Value: Cost: Civilian: 500 Military: 300 Encumbrance: 20 cn. Does not provide AV A Skiensuit is made of light ballistic cloth. It absorbs damage just like an inertia screen. It can also be used along with inertia screen. A character wearing both a Skiensuit and an inertia screen would take only onequarter damage from projectile attacks. The suit is ruined when it takes 50 points of damage. Two types of skiensuits are available: military and civilian. Military skiensuits are camouflage green. Civilian skiensuits look like regular clothing. Smart Clothes XXVc Armor Class: 4 Armor Value: 5 Cost: Full Outfit: Tunic: Pants: Gloves: Boots: Encumbrance: 1,000 Gp 500 Gp 300 Gp 100 Gp 100 Gp 300 cn. Much of the combat and military clothing are what is called smart clothes. Smart clothes incorporate internal circuitry and microcomputers for climate control, communications and defense. All NEO uniforms, the garb of the RAM security forces and combat troops are fully wired. An outfit of smart clothes is designed as modular garments (pants, gloves, tunic, boots, etc.), so that if one section is damaged, it can be easily removed and replaced. Woven into the fabric of the standard smart uniform are thousands of hair-thin conductive plastic fibers. These fibers are connected in turn to tiny microchips woven into the seams of each garment. Small microplugs are meshed into self-adhesive tabs at the edges of the clothing – when you put on a uniform top, for example, you simple match the tabs at the bottom of the jersey to the tabs along the waistband of the pants, press them together, and the circuit is complete. When it is connected to a power pack contained within the smart uniform’s utility belt (see below), integrated wiring has several uses; each filament can carry several impulses and perform several different functions at the same time. The wiring can be used to heat or cool the suit and the individual inside. The wiring can also be used to connect to various clip-on attachments (see below) which can be hung on the clothing using self-adhesive fasteners. Monitors on the cuffs on the uniform tunic provide liquid-crystal (LCD) readouts on the status of power packs, clothing and wearer temperature, heartbeat, respiration, and external conditions (such as poisons in the air, radiation, or extreme climatic conditions). Many weapons are either energy-based or use smart bullets. Integrated wiring provides protection from both types of weapons. The dense mesh is specially treated to absorb laser energy and disperse it throughout the clothing, turning a searing bolt into a slight increase in overall body heat. In addition, the tough wiring net 21 of 33
instantly contracts in response to a burst of kinetic energy (the impact from a solid projectile, a knife slash, a blow from a fist), offering protection to the body underneath. With an ECM attachment used in conjunction with a utility belt and power pack, the integrated wiring can create a strong jamming field that confuses incoming smart bullets. Also, the composition of the mesh makes it resistant to penetration by all forms of radiation (+3 Bonus to saving throws, if the radiation was encountered while the mesh was being worn). As with the protections against lasers and kinetic-energy weapons described above, this function of the mesh works without the wiring being connected to a power pack. Adventuring Gear Communicator (Talk Box) D&D Blackmoor Power Pack: 6 Hours Cost: 100 Encumbrance: 5 cn. This item is a gray eggshaped device that fits in the palm of the hand. A retractable metal clip extrudes from one end. This communicator lets the user have a two-way conversation with anyone who has an implant or communicator or with any device that is plugged into the alien communications network (a computer, for example). Communicators have a range of 48 miles. They can always receive anything being transmitted on their band. When in transmit mode, they transmit all sounds within 12" inches. A character activates a communicator by giving the transmit signal (a verbally communicated alphanumeric code, in most cases). The small clip is a belt clip that can be thumbed out for carrying or thumbed out of the way when the device is in use. If the user tells the communicator to "translate", it automatically translates everything that it receives into whatever language the user is speaking. His own words are not translated. Squeezing the base of the device causes it to eject its power pack. A new power pack can then be slid into the base. Each pack can power the device for six hours of continuous use (about 24 conversations). Datachip DragonStar Cost: Blank: 1 Program: 50 Encumbrance: 1 cn. These small, flat optical disks can store up to one terabyte of data – sufficient storage for 50,000 fully illustrated encyclopedia volumes. A wide range of applications and searchable, customizable database programs are commercially. Some of the most common are listed below. Players and DM’s are encouraged to develop new ones as well. Program Skill Agricultural Science Labor (Farmer) Animal Husbandry Animal Training Art Collector's Price Guide Know Market Value Computers and Electronics Science (Electronics) Desktop Physicision Healing Biological Survey Science (Biology) Alchemical Database Alchemy Encyclopedia Knowledge (Geography and History) Military Surplus Guide Know Market Value Religious Database Mysticism Survival Guide Survival <strong>Tech</strong>nical Design Database Engineering Datapad DragonStar Cost: 300 Encumbrance: 10 cn. This is a lightweight, handheld personal computer. It can be used as a notepad, personal scheduler, calculator, graphics tablet, and library. Standard datapads use verbal or cursor input, though collapsible keyboards are also available for rigorous or technical tasks. Data is typically displayed on a holographic projection, digital glasses, or the integrated flatscreen display. Standard features include a datachip port and wireless modem for networking and communications. Datapads provide users a +2 bonus to ability and skill checks. If the user has purchased specific database programs, the datapad provides a +2 on skill checks that depend primarily on information or calculation. A datapad has sufficient onboard storage for 10 data programs, which can be installed from datachips. Spellbook Software is a specialized program suite designed to store, organize, and allow easy access to a magic-user’s spells. Spellbook software costs 100 Gp per page of spell storage, and this storage can be upgraded as needed. Magic-users never have to worry about running out of space or carrying around heavy tomes. Best of all, Spellbook software can be backed 22 of 33
Page 1 and 2: By Anthony K. Harvey (Darkon Turas)
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Page 21: Power Pack: 20 Charges Cost: 1,000
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