BURN GEL

Cost: 1.8 credits/5 platinum

Availability: Illegal

A clear chemical gel, safe to handle with one's bare hands. When a slight electrical charge is run through it, it becomes an extremely powerful acid capable of cutting through even a ship's hull. The gel is extruded from a pistol-shaped dispenser, and a thin trail of it leads to an igniter. Burn gel works anywhere - underwater, in space and burns for as long as the charge is active. The cost listed will cover 4 applications of burn gel.

Cost: 0.2 credits/1 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

Sold in 8" tall tin cans, fire jelly was originally designed as an alternative to camp fires for the Unification War. When lit the jelly burns at 550 Fahrenheit at a rate of 1/2" per hour; the can is largely heat-proof, and putting the lid back on quickly snuffs the low-burning, smokeless flame.

GARDEN BUNK

Cost: 18 credits/45 platinum

Availability: The Core

When you can't afford to buy fresh vegetables, you can grow them - even on your boat where the 'garden bunk' has become moderately popular. Consisting of a plastic soil trough (sized to fit on a small bed), it comes with growing lamps and a small sprinkler system. Garden bunks don't afford a huge harvest, but when morale is down, a few fresh tomatoes can do wonders.

GUN VAC CASE

Cost: 2.6 credits/6 platinum

Availability: The Core

Since most weapons need atmo to fire, it stands to reason someone would think of a way to fire one in space too. A gun case is designed for a specific type of gun. It closes around the front end, making it look like it's got a barrel about five times wider than it should be. The case pumps air into the chambers and barrel when you pull the trigger, allowing the weapon to discharge normally. Unfortunately, a lot of the internal atmo is wasted with each pull. So the air generally lasts for only 10 shots before the case needs to be refilled on the ship.

MULTIBAND

Cost: 4.8 credits/12 platinum

Availability: The Core

The evolution of the digital watch has led, at long last, to the Multiband. It's an all-in-one watch, digital compass, calculator, alarm, radio receiver, generic remote control, and voice memo. Unfortunately multibands break easily and are mostly-popular only among students as a fashion accessory.

MULTI-TOOL

Cost: 2 credits/5 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

A handy little combination tool consisting of pliers, scissors, screwdriver, pryer, knife blades, file, and a bunch of other widgets, depending on how fancy it is. It's no substitute for a set of precision tools, but in a pinch, a multi-tool will do fine by you.

PAINT SET

Cost: 1.2 credits/4 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

A set of paints (watercolors, synthetics, or oils), brushes, a few tools for keeping 'em clean and a box to store the whole mess in. Outside of a Companion's personal effects, this isn't something you'd find much out on the Rim.

PATCH TAPE

Cost: 1.2 credits/3 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

A holdover from the war, patch tape looks like a roll of shiny rubber material. The thin tape is airtight, and the adhesive coating on one side provides a hold strong enough to seal a vacuum suit at full pressure.

PURIFICATION CRYSTALS

Cost: 0.4 credits/1 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

Frontier settlers and soldiers usually stock packets of these powdery, pale blue crystals. One packet (a box has 20) can cleanse up to a gallon of water for human consumption, killing pretty much all bacteria and parasites, just as if you'd boiled it. The issue comes from consuming it for prolonged periods of time, the crystals tend to also kill the bacteria inside your body that is necessary for healthy living.

SEWING KIT

Cost: 0.8 credits/2 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

A bunch of spools of thread, a bundle of needles and pins, and a tiny pair of scissors can keep your duds looking a little less raggedy than they might otherwise.

SNAPLINK

Cost: 0.4 credits/1 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

An oval-shaped ring of metal with one section that opens and locks closed, snaplinks are used everywhere to secure gear. They come in a variety of weights, from ones thick as a finger for holding cargo, to smaller ones used to fasten personal gear onto your belt or harness.

TRASH INCINERATOR

Cost: 7.4 credits/19 platinum

Availability: Most ships come equipped with some way to dispose of garbade, but there is always a market for ways to quickly and quietly get rid of refuse. The incinerator is a small metal crate fitted with electrical heating coils; ot can destroy, in a matter of moments, almost any organic material that can fit into the 2'x2'x2' space. The resulting residue and ash is collected in a small filter that occasionally needs to be cleaned.

WELDING TAPE

Cost: 0.7 credits/2 platinum

Availability: Everywhere

A chemical-imbued adhesive tape that can instantly weld two metal surfaces together. To use it, stick it to one metal surface, remove the neutralizing backing, and stick the other metal surface to it, sandwiching the tape between them. The chemicals in the tape rapidly ignite and produce an adhesive weld, sticking the two substances together with near the strength of a proper weld. The cost listed is the price per meter.