Item
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Effects
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Cost & Rarity
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Enc
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Sourcebook
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Datapads & Databases
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Consolidated Learning Systems Transliterator
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Handheld device that translates languages, including dialectic colloquialisms. Remove from Charm, Coercion, or Negotiation checks that are added because of linguistic differences.
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1200cr/3
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1
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DoH48
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Cultural Etiquette Manual
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Set of guides for interacting with various species and/or cultures, in print or as data on a datapad. Those who study the manual before interacting with the group it applies to may add to social checks for interacting with them within the next day.
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35cr/3
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0
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DA51
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Datapad
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Small device combining communications device, holo messenger, handheld computer and personal database, usually with holographic interface devices and ability to connect to the HoloNet. All datapads can be encrypted, and usually have protocols that allow them to be wiped with codes sent from simple comlinks.
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75cr/1
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1
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AoRCore187, EoECore183, FaDCore183
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Data Goggles
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Goggles that provide AR display and input (via a small device on the wrist), providing information from units that can send data; they are most often connected to datapads to stream their data displays, but they can be connected to other detection devices as well. If using HoloNet or local data nodes, choose one Knowledge skill; during that encounter, gain to all checks made using that skill while wearing the data goggles.
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250cr/1
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1
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DoH48
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Hologoggles
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Training sim goggles that provide training and study in a given field. Choose a Skill and a rank, such as "the second rank of Ranged (Light) skill." After eight weeks of use (at a few hours a day), the user may purchase that rank as though the skill were a career skill. In order to advance beyond that, however, the user must purchase a new set with more difficult task settings.
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6000cr/6
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1
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DoH48
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Insider's Guide
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Printed or datapad publication describing a regional area, granting an automatic to find a specific location or service within the region covered.
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25cr/2
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0
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DA51
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Mem-Stik
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Simple data storage device, in a variety of shapes.
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30cr/2
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0
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CaM46
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Meren Data MDD-12 "Mercantiler" Datapad
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Datapad programmed with region-specific business information, including up-to-date exchange rates and common market prices for various goods, as well as links to stock markets and commodities trading houses. When used in the region for which it is programmed (Core Worlds, Inner Rim, Mid Rim, or specific Outer Rim territories), gain to Negotiation checks to buy and sell goods.
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250cr/3
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1
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FH47
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Microaxial "Starmapper" Handheld Navicomputer
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Small dedicated datapad used to assist in astrogation course plotting; can also be used to call up maps and star charts for reference. Automatically updates databases when entering a system with an open HoloNet feed. Grants to all Astrogation checks (can reduce or eliminate bonus if user hasn't updated via HoloNet in a while).
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3500cr/8
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1
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SS48
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MicroData P-2 Pocket Attache
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Datapad with rich administrative functions and state of the art security encryption. It is a Difficulty for slicing purposes, and the first failed check causes the system to auto-delete everything on it permanently.
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800cr/6
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1
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LoNH111
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Military Field Manual
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Print or digital publication with advice on a variety of military procedures. Once per scene, may consult as a test to gain to any task covered by the manual's advice.
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25cr/4
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1
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AoRCore187
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Species Database
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Custom datapad with information on a given species, providing biological knowledge about them, adding to Knowledge (Xenology) tests regarding that species.
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150cr/2
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2
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DA51
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Synoptic Teacher
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A small device worn around the temples while sleeping. The user must make a Discipline check; if successful, the synoptic teacher instills a single Skill (chosen when purchased) into the sleeping character's subconscious at rank 3 for the rest of the game session. Failure results in the character's strain threshold being halved for the rest of the game session instead. A can result in minor neural scarring, making using that specific synoptic teacher impossible any longer.
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8500cr/4
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1
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DoH48
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TranLang Holo V Audio/Visual Translator
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Small handheld translating device programmed with millions of forms of communication that can translate spoken languages in real time, analyze and attempt to translate unknown spoken languages, read and decode text and other forms of visual communication. Gain to Knowledge (Lore or Xenology) or Intellect checks to understand a language.
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750cr/3
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1
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EtU48
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Workshop Manual
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Manual that gives exhaustive detail on one single brand of vehicle. Downgrade the Difficulty of any checks to repair or maintain that vehicle when using the manual to perform those tasks.
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100cr/vehicle rarity
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1
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SoT45
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Urban Compass
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Constructed around a datapad, a suite of miniaturized sensors and data transmitters that pick up the broadcasts and other electronic information around it to navigate in large cities. Reduce checks to find one's way around a city by . Can also turn up information on local establishments and customs, granting to find information about the city's contents.
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125cr/1
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1
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EV50
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