Gear: Miscellania

Consumables

  • Drink: One liter of liquid sustenance, such as water, beer, juice, cheap wine, sweetened carbonated beverage, or milk.

    Mass: 1 kg
    Price: $0.2, or free for water if you bring your own container.

  • Fresh Meal: One meal of fresh goods for an active person - cooked meat or seafood, vegetables, fresh fruits, etc. It will quickly spoil if not eaten or refrigerated. On the other hand, it tends to be tastier and more refreshing than anything designed to last while on the trail.

    Mass: 1 kg
    Price: $1

  • Rations: Provides one meal for an active person in a compact, portable package. If kept sealed, the rations stay edible for years.

    Mass: 0.5 kg
    Price: $1.5

  • Rations, Dehydrated: Like rations, but with the water removed so that they weigh less. Add water to rehydrate before eating.

    Mass: 0.2 kg
    Price: $1.5

  • Trail Meal: One meal for an active person from relatively non-perishable foods - jerky, dried fruit, nuts, crackers, hard cheese, canned goods, pemmican, flatbread, etc.

    Mass: 0.5 kg
    Price: $1

Clothing

Clothes of the Verge are self-cleaning, self-dewrinkling, and self-folding (but not self-sorting, alas, and matching socks is still a chore. On the other hand, that is what domestic robots are for.).

  • Adaptive Soles: Adaptive soles adjust their shape and texture to produce optimal grip on surfaces. They also dampen the sounds of footfalls, and mask the noise of snapping twigs or crunching gravel. They are thin and flexible enough that the wearer can feel and react to the ground underfoot. Adaptive soles give a +1 bonus to Coordination tasks to avoid slipping and to Sneak tasks to avoid being heard. Adaptive soles come with a full set of footwear - either shoes, sandles, or boots.

    Price: $5

  • Chameleon Clothes: An option available for the other suits listed here. It allows the colors and patterns of the clothes to be changed. The clothes will have several pre-set color schemes and patterns, but if synched to a computer's AI assistant new designs can be downloaded or designed. Add +$5 to price.

  • Fancy Clothes: A get-up designed to impress.

    Mass: varies a lot, 1.5 kg is somewhat typical.
    Price: a bunch. The more you pay, the fancier you look. Starts at $30 and goes up, way up, from there.

  • Light Clothes: The equivalent of t-shirt, shorts or jeans, sun hat, and sneakers or sandles.

    Mass: 0.5 kg
    Price: $5

  • Load-Bearing Gear: Belts, bandoleers, vests, etc. designed to hold gear for easy access in the field.

    Mass: 1 kg
    Price: $5

  • Medium Clothes: The equivalent of long-sleeved shirt, jeans, hat, and boots.

    Mass: 1.5 kg
    Price: $10

  • Rugged Clothes: A suit of medium clothes that can stand up to abuse. These clothes are generally waterproof but breathable.

    Mass: 2 kg
    Price: $15

Lifestyle

  • Cash-Card: While most people use their identi-cards for purchases, those concerned with their privacy can use anonymous cash cards. The card contains an electronic record of money stored within its memory in a fashion that is easy to identify but hard to forge. Transfers occur electronically, from card to card or card to transaction terminal.

    Price: $1, not counting the price of the stored cash.

  • Identi-Card: A card the size of a modern driver's license or credit card. It contains a holo-photograph of the user and embedded chips store the user's biometric and genetic information as well as important medical history, current address, and legal restrictions (like having one's rights to carry a firearm revoked, being on parole, or being under house arrest). The card is used for identification, but also stores memberships in any organizations the owner might have (like shopper's clubs or hobby associations), insurance information, can be used to make credit or debit purchases, and can store electronic cash in its memory in the same fashion as a cash card. For most people, their identi-card is the only card they need to carry, greatly slimming down their wallet. All republic citizens, legal residents, and legal visitors are assumed to have an identi-card for free; the mass is negligible.

Luggage, Bags, Packs, and Containers

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