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by [[Bill Logan]]

==Explorer Vest==
[[File:Vests.png|right]]
Characters in the Star Frontiers games spend a lot of time
adventuring. When they adventure, they often find themselves
burdened down with travel gear: toxy-rad guages,
toolkits, solvaway canisters, first-aid packs, spare ammunition,
survival rations, etc. They often find themselves
encumbered and their movement rates suffer.

The Explorer Vest (by UniHo) is designed to help the intrepid
adventurer tote about his various pieces of gear. It
is built of rugged material (though offers no damage protection)
and is water resistant.

A character wearing an Explorer Vest can treat his
Strength score as if it were 5 points higher when determining
encumbrance effects. This effectively allows 5
more kilograms of gear to be worn without affecting
movement.

An Explorer Vest itself has a negligible weight (its mass is
quite evenly distributed, though when stored it is considered
to weigh 0.5kg). It costs a mere 50Cr, and can be
ordered in white, black, khaki, and grey. It can be adjusted
to accommodate any of the four core Frontier races
(even the Yazirian’s wings).

==Tactical Vest==
Sometimes it’s not adventure on a character’s mind;
sometimes they’re out for payback. Other times they’re
deployed on a purely militant mission: bounty hunting, big
game hunting, assassination (surely your characters
aren’t into contract killing?), or mercenary special missions.
When this is the case, the Tactical Vest is a decent
option.

The Tactical Vest is designed to hold:
* eight ammunition magazines
* four grenades
* two variable timers
* one kilogram of Tornadium D-19

And look dangerous while doing it. All of these items,
when properly placed in the vest compartments, weigh
nothing to the character wearing carrying them. It also
has several straps designed to hang off the bottom of the
vest, to act as rigging onto which pistol-sized weapon holsters
can be attached.

The back of the vest includes five SEU PowerClips in a
network of heavy-duty canvas rigging, all wired together
with integrated power routing and buffering to form the
equivalent of a standard 100-SEU Power Backpack. 1.5m
power cords can be pulled and locked in place (festooned)
and will retract when pulled and released. Up to four devices
can be powered in this manner. Unlike a standard
Power Backpack, these five 20-SEU PowerClips can be
replaced independently (though not by the vest’s wearer
while being worn, and quickly enough to be done effectively
during combat).

The Tactical Vest is built of an extremely durable ballistic
material. If worn alone, treat it as a 25 point skeinsuit.
Skeinsuits cannot be layered, so if worn over another
skeinsuit, both of the protective layers will take the same
damage. For example: a character is shot for 34 points of
damage. He takes only 17 points, and both his skeinsuit
and his tactical vest take 17. If worn over an albedo suit,
it nullifies the protective nature of that suit.

The Tactical Vest is not inexpensive. It is not often worn
by large armies because of this. Mercenaries and adventurers
comprise the bulk of the vest’s sales. The vest can
be adjusted to fit any of the four core Frontier races (even
accommodates a Yazirian’s wings), and can be purchased
in black, white, khaki, hunter green, and in several types
of camouflage. It weighs 2kg and costs 750Cr.

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