Tools of the trade
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General Equipment
- Grapnel Projector - This device is about the size and shape of a 20th century Terran rifle grenade launcher. It
possesses a gun stock-style grip and barrel, into which a multi-pronged grapnel may be inserted. The
projector can be used to launch explosive pitons when mountain climbing or to shoot a grapnel up the side of
a building. The projector operates on an efficient electrostatic charge from two internal high-output energy
cells, but it accumulators must recharge for two minutes between uses. One set of batteries is good for 30
uses.
- Monofilament Solvent - This is an alcohol-based, polymer-dissolving chemical that is dispensed in small
pump-spray or aerosol applicators. The solvent dissolves all monofilament strands that are strung in door
entrances or other locations to cut anyone who runs across them. One applicator contains enough solvent to
clear approximately five man-sized entryways.
- Orientine Acid - This volatile chemical easily dissolves glasilica, thin chromesteel, and other common
building materials, thus permitting access through non-standard entrances. It must be stored in a special vial
or flask of resin-compound, one of the few materials that can withstand its effect. After the orientine acid has
dissolved an object, the user pours a second chemical (Compound ED 161) over the orientine acid, rendering
it totally harmless and safe for contact. (A quantity of ED 161 comes with each vial of orientine acid.)
- Phaser Cutting Torch - This device is similar in size and shape to a phaser 2, but it is equipped with a small
sighting scope and only a single cutting setting. It is designed for penetrating duralloy and plasteel bulkheads,
and uses a standard phaser 2 power pack.
- Precision Microwelder - Originally created for Engineering and electronic component repair, this tool is
commonly used for disabling electronic alarm and sensor detection systems. It produces a tiny jet of plasma
capable of fusing sophisticated alarm circuitry before the system has time to react. It uses one high-output
energy cell, which is good for three uses.
- Communications Scrambler - This device is small and spherical, with a smooth button in the top of the
surface. When activate, the device will send out a communications and sensor scrambling code with an
oscillating and random frequency. To engage in extra-ship communications with this device requires hooking
it into the primary communications terminal and constantly adjusting which frequencies are being used.