R213 Life Support

Life support is automatically present inside a starship, on a planet with "good" air, on orbital shuttles, and in certain areas
on any planet regardless of air (those with the title of the area in white-colored type, see R204G). In any other situation,
including situations with bad or no air, or in space life support is required.

A utility suit provides life support for one day to the wearer. If the wearer is accompanied by a PS robot (R222C), life support
last indefinitely — for as many days as the robot accompanies the wearer. After the robot leaves the suit can still provide life
support for one more day alone.

A life support unit (LSU) carried on a ship’s boat will provide life support to everyone within the boat for one day. LSUs will
not function in a skimmer, because a skimmer is not air-tight (the LSU effect will therefore leak away instantly).

In an emergency, a PS robot (R222C) can provide life support for any character for one hour, even if without a utility suit.

A character without life support for five minutes will die. Five minutes is enough time to put on a utility suit, get to a PS
robot, or get into a starship or ship’s boat (with LSU). If none of these are immediately available, death will result unless the
character is carrying a stasis unit and turns it on.