Personal Gear
-Space Suit
Space suits are vital for anyone who plans to travel
in space. Space suits also come in handy when
exterior repairs are needed between departure
and arrival, or when stepping out into a totally
unknown atmosphere. The TaggeCo. Standard X
(actually made by a dozen secondary manufacturing
and distribution factories on Kuat, Fondor,
Bilbringi, and Corellia) is a popular model for numerous
starships or space stations. It does not include
long-term life support, but is useful for short
spacewalks. It includes small thrusters to aid in
movement, magboots for adhesion in weightlessness,
a comlink, and micro-tool fittings. Like most
suits, it also comes with repair packs to seal suit
tears or gasket leaks
-Crash Survival Kit
While life is usually controlled and comfortable,
there are many times when physical survival becomes
an issue. A forced landing might strand a
crew deep in Tatooine's deserts, or a speeder failure
could result in extended durations in glacial
snow. Most ships, especially smaller ones such
as fighters and escape pods, contain kits to help
ensure survival until rescue or repair. Pretormin
Environmental (a company specializing in exploration
and survival gear) makes a popular model
of survival kit small enough to fit into an escape
pod or snubfighter. Their contents include a thermal
cloak, multipurpose knife, distress beacon,
two emergency comlinks, wire spool, ration bars,
basic medpac (equivalent of the GLiS Emergency
Medpac), two respirators, water filter and jug, glow
rod, 50 meters of high strength microfiber, ten ration
packs, and a flare gun. Some pirates would
augment their kits with compact blasters or other
weapons, knowing that often their enemies will
also be eagerly searching for them, although Pretormin
Environmental doesn’t equip their kits with
weapons as standard.