R210 Vehicles & Equipment

There are various ways to travel, including on foot, and in various vehicles. Vehicles include star ships, ship’s boats, orbital
shuttles, commercial vehicles, and skimmers. You also have access to a wide range of equipment, including weapons
(sidearms, heavy hand arms, skimmer guns, boat guns, and starship guns), robots, utility suits, and other items.

Each item of equipment has a tech level ranging from 1 to 6. When you find, purchase, or encounter someone using an item
of equipment, refer to the Tech Level of Equipment (R235) table, roll 1d6, and cross-reference the tech code of the system
with the roll. The table indicates the item’s actual tech code, from 1 to 6. As a result, the tech code of the system will generally
suggest tech levels of items, but the table result can vary the results.

Some Level of Equipment results show "*1" as the result. If you encounter an individual with this result, they are unarmed, and
any fight will be hand-to-hand (R230G); any other found or purchased equipment is considered tech level 1.

Prices of equipment are noted in event paragraphs, when you have the opportunity to buy or sell. Wealth code can affect
prices, see R229A. The special costs associated with crewmen and other hirelings are noted in R220, and the special costs
for your starship bank payments in R203E.