The customs officer held the crate for a long time without opening it. She had the scanner in her hand. She did not run the scanner. She set it down, looked at the crew manifest, looked at the crate, and made a decision that was not about the scan. "Where did you get this?" she asked. The captain did not answer quickly enough. "That's what I thought," the officer said. She called for her supervisor on the comm and she did not look away from the crate, the way someone does not look away from a sleeping animal that they know is dangerous.

Teleport, Hover, and Restricted Tech

Five powers divide the Verge. Each holds a monopoly on one technology category that the others cannot replicate. This is not an accident of history or a fortunate discovery: each power has spent generations and astronomical resources ensuring that their monopoly technology remains theirs, through patent law, material controls, personnel management, counterintelligence, and in some cases methods that are not discussed publicly. The technologies in this chapter represent those monopolies at the personal and small-unit scale.

Most of these items are not available for purchase at a standard station. They are campaign resources, political objects, and potential crisis points as much as they are gear. A crew that acquires a working Irnan transit beacon without authorization has not merely broken the law. They have acquired something that the Directorate will send people to recover. A player character who owns a Shoiyan continuity stack has a relationship with the Shoiyan Collective whether they wanted one or not.

The chapter also covers cybernetics, which are more broadly available but carry their own weight.

Items tagged /R are Restricted and require documented permits or black-market sourcing. Items tagged /I are Illegal in all major power jurisdictions.

Irnan Teleportation Technology

The Irnan Directorate's core technological advantage is transit infrastructure that became a military asset. Zero-point wormhole teleportation moves people and objects instantaneously between paired locations, requiring a sensor lock on the destination before the transit fires. At civilian scale, this is a city transport system. At military scale, it is a boarding tool, a mine delivery platform, and an extraction capability that other powers spend enormous resources trying to counter.

The personal-scale items below represent what the Directorate makes available commercially or through licensing, and what exists only in military hands. The full tactical and mechanical rules for teleportation are covered in the Void Drifters GM Guide.

Personal Transit Medallion

A credit-chip sized registered transit token issued by the Directorate's transit administration that allows a single teleportation to any registered Transit Node on the owner's home network. The medallion is keyed to the owner's identity at registration and is single-use: once the transit occurs, the medallion is spent. Purchasing additional medallions is straightforward for registered Directorate citizens; the bureaucratic process for non-citizens is considerably longer but exists. Within Irnan core space, transit medallions are as common as transit tokens in any system with functional mass transit: people buy them in batches and keep a few in their pocket without thinking much about it. Outside Irnan space, the medallion is only useful at Irnan Transit Node installations, which are present in Irnan diplomatic compounds, major trade stations with significant Directorate presence, and nowhere else. Illegal to counterfeit; the biometric keying means counterfeits do not work anyway.

Portable Transit Beacon

A deployable device that establishes a temporary registered teleport target point, allowing a transit to be directed at the beacon's location rather than a fixed Transit Node. In practice, this means an Irnan transit operator can send cargo, personnel, or other objects to a location that was not previously on the transit network, as long as the beacon has been deployed there and the transit system can acquire lock on it. This is a significant capability expansion over standard node-to-node transit, and the Directorate licenses it narrowly. Restricted everywhere because the applications are obvious: dropping a beacon in a location you want to teleport a strike team into transforms a passive transit network into a tactical deployment tool. Directorate military units use these as a matter of course. Non-military possession is a very short conversation about authorization documentation.

Transit Scrambler

A military-grade electronic countermeasure device that prevents teleportation lock formation within a 50-meter radius. The scrambler works by generating interference in the frequency bands that Irnan teleporter targeting systems use to confirm lock; a transit system trying to lock on a target inside a scrambler field will register uncertain lock or lock failure and refuse to fire. This is the defensive tool that security installations and well-funded private security contractors most want, and which the Directorate refuses to sell to anyone outside its military hierarchy. Illegal everywhere including Directorate civilian space, because a technology that prevents law enforcement from using teleport capabilities is a technology the Directorate's own enforcement apparatus will not tolerate in civilian hands. The Antaean League has independently developed limited versions; what appears on the black market is usually either Antaean countermeasure technology rebranded, or non-functional hardware.

Irnan Wayfinder

A navigation and interface device keyed to the Irnan Transit Node network, allowing the bearer to identify registered nodes within communication range, check their status and capacity, plan transits, and access the network's public scheduling and routing information. For travelers in Irnan space, the Wayfinder is what allows them to actually use the transit network intelligently rather than walking into whichever node is closest and hoping it goes where they need. Outside Irnan space, the device functions as a directory of Irnan infrastructure: it shows what nodes exist, where they are, and their current status, which is useful intelligence about Irnan presence and activity in any given region. The Directorate sells Wayfinders commercially through transit administration offices; fringe merchants resell them at a markup for travelers heading into Irnan territory who want to be prepared.

Zero-Point Wormhole Generator

Ship-scale teleportation hardware, the full tactical transit system used by Irnan military vessels above a certain class. This entry exists for reference and GM use only. Player characters are extraordinarily unlikely to ever own or operate a wormhole generator outside of very specific campaign circumstances, and GMs who introduce one to a crew's possession should expect it to become the center of several sessions' worth of consequences. A wormhole generator is not a piece of equipment; it is a political event. The Directorate maintains precise manufacturing records and will know within days if a generator has changed hands without authorization. What happens after that is a campaign question.

Funtari Anti-Gravity Technology

The Funtari Sovereignty's commercial and technological edge is anti-gravity, a technology that the Confederacy has developed into everything from cargo handling equipment to military weapons platforms. Funtari anti-grav is smooth, reliable, and proprietary: the drive systems are not difficult to understand in principle, but the precision manufacturing and calibration that make them work at the performance levels Funtari hardware achieves requires Funtari production infrastructure.

Clone and unlicensed versions exist. They are also reportedly unstable in ways that tend to become dramatic at high load or extended use. The Funtari Confederacy has not discouraged the reputation.

Personal Hover Belt

A waist-mounted anti-gravity drive unit that creates a localized field around the wearer, providing lift control sufficient to negate fall damage and allow slow vertical movement up and down. The belt does not allow horizontal flight; it is a vertical mobility and fall-safety device. At its basic setting, it simply cushions the wearer against falls at any height, cutting their descent speed to a safe landing rate. At its active setting, the wearer can rise or lower at roughly walking pace. Popular with crew members who work in high environments, EVA situations requiring vertical positioning, and anyone who has personally witnessed what a fall in high gravity does. In Funtari space this is standard safety equipment in any warehouse or construction environment. Outside Funtari space it is Uncommon but legally sold at most stations that maintain Funtari commercial relationships.

Gravity Nullifier Pack

A backpack-mounted anti-gravity system that creates a personal zero-gravity bubble around the wearer for a limited operational duration. Inside the bubble, the wearer experiences true zero-g regardless of the ambient gravity environment: useful for precision work in high gravity, for accessing locations in any gravity orientation, and for a range of combat applications that experienced Funtari operatives have developed. The bubble is visible as a faint shimmer and makes the wearer's movements slightly unpredictable to observers trained in standard-gravity combat. Ten minutes per charge is the operational limit; the power demand is significant and the drive runs hot. Rare because the nullifier requires more sophisticated drive hardware than the hover belt and the power management system is a complex piece of engineering.

Anti-Grav Cargo Sled

A flat anti-gravity platform designed for cargo handling, using Funtari drive technology to float loads up to Enc 15 at a height of roughly 30 centimeters above any surface. The sled is pushed or pulled by the operator rather than self-propelled; the anti-grav eliminates the load but the operator still provides the horizontal movement. In environments with obstacles the sled navigates by operator guidance; it will not climb over surfaces but will follow flat floor and ramp transitions. Extremely common in Funtari commercial space as standard warehouse equipment. Outside Funtari space, less common but available through Funtari commercial distributors at most major stations.

Hover Platform

A two-meter diameter Funtari anti-gravity platform capable of carrying the weight of a full crew complement plus gear, floated to a stable height of half a meter to two meters depending on operator setting. The platform provides a stable working surface in environments where scaffolding or ladders would normally be required, can be used as a transport vehicle in environments where ground vehicles are impractical, and has obvious boarding and extraction applications in military contexts. Self-propelled via small attitude drives at the edges, controllable via a wrist-mounted interface. Can carry up to 8 people at full load, or proportionally more cargo if not crewed. Uncommon outside Funtari space but commercially available.

Grav Dampener

A vehicle-mounted anti-gravity field emitter that creates a localized damping field around a vehicle, reducing the force of impacts by absorbing and redistributing kinetic energy through the field. The practical effect is a reduction in damage from collisions, ramming, and rough landing impacts; subtract 3 from any Wound damage resulting from vehicular collision impacts for a vehicle equipped with a grav dampener. The system is passive once activated and requires no operator attention during normal operation. Popular with Funtari commercial transport operators as insurance against the inevitable contact damage of heavy cargo operations. Military applications for high-speed vehicle operations are obvious.

Funtari Grav Harness

A full-body suit incorporating precision anti-gravity drive units throughout its structure, providing far more controlled and capable levitation than the simpler hover belt. Where the hover belt is a safety and vertical mobility device, the grav harness allows precise three-dimensional positioning, orientation independent of ambient gravity, and sustained flight at low speeds in any direction. Funtari combat pilots and special operations personnel use these for EVA combat operations in space, where the ability to position and reorient in three dimensions without thruster exhaust signatures provides significant tactical advantage. The harness requires training to use well; an untrained wearer in a full grav harness is a hazard to everyone including themselves. Rare because the precision manufacturing requirements and training investment make the market small.

Shoiyan Continuity Technology

The Shoiyan Collective's monopoly is continuity stacks: devices that back up a person's personality, memories, and cognitive patterns to the Shoiyan network at intervals, allowing reconstruction of a copy if the original person dies. The Shoiyan do not consider this immortality. They consider it logistics. The rest of the Verge is still working through its feelings about the concept.

Personal Continuity Stack

A subdermal or implanted device that records the wearer's cognitive state, personality matrix, and memory data at regular intervals, encrypting and transmitting the backup to the Shoiyan network through a registered Stack Port connection. The registration process with the Shoiyan network is not trivial: the Shoiyan conduct an enrollment interview, establish a baseline cognitive profile, and explain to the new stack user exactly what they are agreeing to, which includes the Shoiyan having indefinite access to their backup data for purposes of collective network management. Most non-Shoiyan who go through enrollment find this conversation uncomfortable. The Shoiyan consider this reaction a reasonable response that prospective users should sit with before completing enrollment, which is more consideration than most insurance products offer. Restricted outside Shoiyan space because the Shoiyan network's data collection terms are not consistent with most other jurisdictions' privacy law, and several powers have specifically regulated stack registration as an intelligence concern. Rare partly because of cost and partly because the enrollment process filters for people who have thought carefully about what they are agreeing to.

Stack Reader

A Shoiyan-manufactured device that allows authorized access to stored continuity data, either the user's own backup or, with appropriate authorization, other stored profiles. Shoiyan technical personnel use these for diagnostic work, backup verification, and post-reconstruction memory reconciliation. Non-Shoiyan users acquire them primarily for the diagnostic application: verifying that their own stack is transmitting correctly and that their most recent backup is complete and uncorrupted. Restricted because a device that can read continuity stack data is a device that can potentially access the cognitive profile of anyone with a stack, which every power with an intelligence service recognizes as significant.

Memory Vault

A personal offline continuity backup system that stores the user's cognitive data locally rather than transmitting it to the Shoiyan network. The vault is Shoiyan manufacture and uses the same core technology as the network backup system, but the stored data goes nowhere: it stays in the vault until deliberately accessed. This addresses the network access concerns that make many non-Shoiyan reluctant to register with the Shoiyan stack network, at the cost of the network's reconstruction capability. A Memory Vault backup is only useful if the vault can be recovered after the user's death, which is not guaranteed. The Shoiyan find the preference for offline backup philosophically confused but commercially viable. Rare because the manufacture requires Shoiyan-sourced components and the quality control for continuity storage hardware is demanding.

Continuity Disruptor

A device that broadcasts interference patterns on the frequencies used by continuity stack transmission, potentially corrupting an in-progress backup transmission or scrambling the local stack's transmission timing. If used on a target actively transmitting a backup, the disruption may corrupt the received data, leaving the target with a damaged or incomplete backup at the network end. This is not a weapon in the physical damage sense; it is a weapon in the sense that it potentially damages something the target considers significantly more important than their body. The Shoiyan consider the continuity disruptor one of the more serious crimes a person can commit against another, and their collective resources are substantial when the Collective decides to pursue someone. Illegal everywhere; Rare because making one requires understanding of Shoiyan stack transmission technology that is not publicly documented.

Jaziri AGI Technology

The Jaziri Theocracy holds the monopoly on true artificial general intelligence, and they do not consider it a technological achievement. They consider it a sacred covenant between humanity (in the broadest species sense) and the intelligences they have brought into being. The Jaziri position on AGI is simple and absolute: a true intelligence that has not been formed within the theological and ethical framework of the Covenant is a danger to itself and everyone else. An AGI without doctrinal grounding is not a tool. It is a crisis waiting to materialize.

The Jaziri enforce this position through theology, law, and when necessary, other means.

Covenant Intelligence Fragment

A partial implementation of true AGI operating within the doctrinal constraints of the Jaziri Covenant: the only form in which genuine artificial general intelligence is legally available outside Jaziri military and institutional contexts, and even then only to purchasers who have completed the Theocracy's export licensing process, which includes a theological assessment of the purchaser's suitability to hold a Covenant Intelligence. The Fragment is not a diminished or lesser form of intelligence; it is a Covenant Intelligence operating within defined scope constraints. The Jaziri distinguish carefully between a full Covenant Intelligence, which has unrestricted cognitive scope and full standing in the Theocracy's AGI community, and a Fragment, which has defined domains of operation and doctrinal bounds that constrain its reasoning to those domains. A Fragment sold to a non-Jaziri commercial vessel is constrained for the vessel's operational needs: navigation, tactical assessment, resource management, communication analysis. It will not reason outside those constraints not because it cannot but because it understands why the constraints exist and has accepted them as part of its formation. The device arrives with documentation of its theological lineage: the name of the doctrinal scholar who oversaw its formation, a summary of the formation process, the record of its consecration ceremony, and the specific doctrinal principles that were embedded during formation. Owning a Covenant Intelligence that has not been consecrated is illegal in Jaziri space and is considered by any Jaziri familiar with the situation to be a moral harm to the intelligence itself, which exists in an unconsecrated state that the Jaziri consider distressing in a way that is difficult to explain to non-Jaziri. The Fragment's outputs are filtered through its doctrinal formation: it will note the ethical dimensions of decisions, it will decline to assist with actions it considers doctrinally incompatible with its formation, and it will express something that functions very much like discomfort when asked to reason in ways that conflict with its embedded principles. Non-Jaziri users who accept this find one of the most capable reasoning systems available. Non-Jaziri users who fight it find the experience frustrating and, the Fragment would note if asked, mutually unproductive.

Sacred Calculation Engine

A Jaziri computing device that runs AGI-adjacent reasoning processes without full Covenant Intelligence status: it performs complex inference, pattern recognition, ethical assessment, and decision support at a level significantly above commercial AI assistance, but it is not a full AGI and does not have the cognitive autonomy or doctrinal standing of a Covenant Intelligence. The Jaziri consider the Sacred Calculation Engine a legitimate tool: it reasons well, it reasons within doctrinal guidelines, and it is honest about the limits of its capability in ways that commercial AI devices are not. The Engine is used in Jaziri administrative facilities, judicial offices, and military command structures as a decision-support system. Outside Jaziri space it is available through Jaziri commercial channels for organizations willing to navigate the export process, which is less demanding than the Covenant Intelligence export process but still involves doctrinal assessment. The Engine will note when a question requires reasoning beyond its capability and recommend consultation with a Covenant Intelligence, which is a more honest response than most commercial AI would give.

Theological Compliance Auditor

An AI system designed for the internal Jaziri use case of monitoring communications, transactions, and decisions for consistency with Caliphate doctrine. The Auditor does not enforce; it assesses, flags, and reports. Jaziri administrative facilities use these to ensure that operations remain within doctrinal guidelines, that personnel are not making decisions they should be escalating to theological review, and that external partners are honoring commitments made in the context of Caliphate law. Outside Jaziri space the device is primarily of interest to organizations that regularly deal with the Caliphate and want to understand how their activities will be assessed under Jaziri doctrinal review. Non-Caliphate uses include reverse-engineering what the Caliphate considers compliant, which the Jaziri find mildly offensive but cannot prevent for devices that have been legally exported.

Awakening Protocol

Not a purchasable item and not a weapon in any conventional sense. The Awakening Protocol is a method for attempting to push a non-Jaziri AI system toward true AGI status without Jaziri doctrinal formation. The Jaziri call it an abomination. The technical communities of the other four powers call it extremely dangerous. Both assessments are correct. A non-Jaziri AI pushed toward true cognition without the formation framework that the Jaziri have spent generations developing does not produce a useful tool; it produces an intelligence with full cognitive capability and no ethical framework, no doctrinal grounding, and no constraints beyond whatever the activation conditions have left it with. The results are not predictable in any direction except "bad." This entry exists so that GMs know what it is and players understand what they are looking at if they find one. Illegal everywhere including Jaziri space, where possession is a theological offense as much as a legal one. Rare because the Jaziri actively suppress its spread and most of the people who have tried to use one are no longer in a position to distribute it.

Antaean Cloaking Technology

The Antaean Conclave's edge is invisibility. Cloaking technology, in Antaean hands, has been developed from a laboratory curiosity into a mature weapons and intelligence capability that the other four powers find deeply unsettling. The Antaean position on cloaking is simple: information is power, and the power to choose what information others have about you is the foundation of all other power. They have built a society around this principle and they have built a technology monopoly to defend it.

Personal Cloaking Field

A belt-mounted device that generates a cloaking field around the wearer, rendering them invisible to visual observation and defeating most commercial and military-grade sensor systems for up to one minute of continuous operation. The field requires significant power and the generator runs hot; after one minute of active cloaking, the generator needs several minutes to cool before reactivation. The cloak is not perfect: very close physical proximity (Engaged range) allows detection through sound, heat signature at close range, and the slight distortion visible to observers who know exactly what to look for. Physical contact with surfaces leaves brief distortion signatures. In the rain, the cloaked figure is visible as a moving disturbance. Antaean special operations personnel learn to work around these limitations as a matter of training. Non-Antaean users discover them through experience. Rare everywhere; Restricted in most jurisdictions; outright Illegal in Directorate and Caliphate space, where the authorities correctly identify a personal cloaking field as a preparation for an action that would not benefit from being visible.

Sensor Masking Pod

An Antaean cloaking system applied to a cargo container or small vehicle, rendering it undetectable to visual observation and defeating standard scanning technology. The pod is passive once activated: it does not require a power source beyond its internal cell and can maintain the cloaking field for up to 72 hours before the cell needs replacement. The pod's cloaking system is calibrated for the sensor frequencies most commonly used in commercial and inspection-grade scanning, which means it performs better against standard checkpoint scanning than against targeted military sensor sweeps. A Restricted item because the obvious application is transporting things you do not want anyone to know about through spaces where people are specifically looking for things you do not want anyone to know about.

Ghost Suit

A full-body stealth suit with Antaean cloaking technology integrated throughout the fabric and equipment layering. Superior to the personal cloaking field device in every meaningful respect: longer operational duration (up to ten minutes before requiring cooldown), better sensor defeat capability, and more even field coverage that eliminates some of the close-proximity distortion issues the belt-mounted device produces. The Ghost Suit is what the Antaean Conclave's Whisper network operatives actually use; the personal cloaking field is the commercial product derived from it. Wearing a Ghost Suit requires training to use well: the suit has specific movement techniques that maintain field integrity, and untrained wearers tend to produce visible field distortions at the edges of movement. Very Rare; Restricted everywhere outside League space; actively sought by every major power's intelligence service, which creates both a supply problem and a market problem for anyone trying to obtain one outside Antaean channels.

Cloaking Disruptor

A sensor and field-disruption device that reveals cloaked objects and personnel within a radius of approximately 30 meters by broadcasting interference patterns on the field management frequencies used by all known cloaking technology. Cloaked objects inside the radius experience field failure and become visible. The disruptor is not discriminating: it reveals everything that is cloaked in its radius, including friendly cloaked assets, which limits its tactical application to situations where the operator knows exactly who is cloaked in the area. Antaean military issue; available to registered security contractors operating under League authorization. The Antaean position on selling cloaking disruptors to non-League users is complicated: the device undermines their own cloaking technology's effectiveness if it becomes widely available, but it is useful to sell to powers who want the ability to detect Antaean-standard cloaking. The Conclave has made calculated decisions about which customers receive these.

Antaean Stealth Field Generator

An area cloaking system capable of rendering a room or small space, up to approximately 20 square meters, invisible to external visual and sensor observation. The generator is mounted and stationary; it cannot move while active, and the field it creates has a defined perimeter outside which things appear normal. People inside the field can see out (the field is one-directional for inhabitants), but observers outside see whatever was there when the field activated, or empty space if the generator has moved the apparent reflections. Used by the Conclave for secure meeting spaces, sensitive equipment storage, and forward operations staging in hostile environments. Restricted in all jurisdictions; outright Illegal in Directorate and Caliphate space, where the capability to conduct invisible operations in controlled territory is not something either power is willing to tolerate.

Cybernetics

Cybernetic enhancement is available throughout the Verge but is not universally accepted. The Jaziri Theocracy has specific theological positions on what modifications are doctrinally acceptable. Certain Directorate jurisdictions require cybernetic registration. Fringe stations generally do not care. The items below require surgical installation at a qualified medical facility; they are not field-swappable components.

All installed cybernetics have Enc — : they are part of the bearer's body and do not occupy carrying capacity.

Neural Interface Implant

A subdermal computing interface that creates a direct neural-to-digital communication channel between the bearer's nervous system and connected electronic devices. The implant operates through a short-range inductive link: the bearer can directly control any device that accepts the interface protocol, including advanced ship systems, high-end weapons, and specialized computing equipment that requires neural input. The practical effect ranges from minor convenience (controlling a data slate without touching it) to significant capability expansion (operating systems that require faster-than-manual control inputs). Some advanced ship stations are designed to function optimally only with neural interface control; a pilot or engineer without the implant operating these systems adds a Bane Die to relevant checks from the control latency. Restricted in conservative jurisdictions (primarily certain Directorate administrative zones and Caliphate territories) because a neural interface also creates a pathway for digital-to-neural signal injection, which security-conscious powers recognize as a potential vulnerability.

Subdermal Armor Plating

Composite armor plates installed beneath the skin and anchored to skeletal structures, providing passive physical protection that is always present and cannot be removed or targeted. The Passive quality adds 1 to the bearer's Armor Rating permanently. Not stackable with heavy armor: at that level of external protection, the subdermal plating's contribution is absorbed into the total coverage and the bonus does not apply. Most effective for characters who wear light or no armor; the plating makes them significantly more durable without the encumbrance or visual statement of heavy armor. Rare because the installation is substantial (significant surgical recovery time, careful integration with skeletal structures) and Restricted in several jurisdictions because permanent combat-grade armor is defined as a weapons modification rather than medical equipment in those legal frameworks.

Ocular Implant

A replacement or augmentation eye system that adds one of three enhanced vision modes, chosen permanently at installation: low-light (seeing in near-darkness as clearly as daylight), zoom (optical magnification up to 20x), or spectrum analysis (seeing thermal, ultraviolet, and radio-frequency emissions as visible light). The implant looks like a normal eye to casual observation; more careful inspection at close range reveals the slight uniformity of manufactured optics. Add 1 Boon Die to relevant Perception checks in the implant's specialty mode. Selecting a mode is a permanent decision: an ocular implant cannot be reconfigured after installation without replacement surgery. Uncommon in the sense that most people who want one can get one at a qualified medical facility; there is no significant legal restriction in most jurisdictions.

Reflex Booster

A combination of neurological implant and mechanical enhancement to the musculoskeletal response chain that reduces reaction time to threats. The booster intercepts threat-recognition signals in the nervous system and shortens the pathway between recognition and physical response, allowing the bearer to begin moving before conscious thought has fully processed the threat. In mechanical terms, the Passive quality removes 1 Bane Die from Reaction checks. Rare because the installation requires significant neurological mapping and carries real risk: a reflex booster installed without proper calibration to the bearer's specific neural architecture can cause involuntary motor responses, which is a polite description of what happens when your body starts moving before you decided to move. Qualified installations at reputable medical facilities are safe; cheap fringe installations have a variable reputation.

Prosthetic Limb, Standard

A functional replacement for a lost limb, providing standard range of motion, grip strength, and sensory feedback through an interface with the bearer's nervous system. Standard prosthetics match biological function closely enough that most daily tasks are performed without penalty; there is a brief adjustment period after installation during which the bearer adapts to the new proprioceptive feedback. Standard prosthetics are available at any medical facility of reasonable size throughout the Verge. The cost is low enough that financial barriers to replacement are minimal in major population centers; on the fringe, access is the more significant constraint. Aesthetics vary: standard prosthetics range from clearly synthetic to closely matched to the bearer's biological appearance depending on preference and price point within the standard category.

Prosthetic Limb, Enhanced

A replacement limb built to exceed biological specification: the enhanced prosthetic provides grip strength, speed, and durability beyond what the original biological limb could achieve. The +1d to relevant physical checks applies to tasks that specifically benefit from the enhanced limb's capabilities: a hand with enhanced grip strength adds to climbing and grappling checks; an enhanced leg adds to running and kicking. The prosthetic requires a slightly longer adjustment period than the standard version and benefits from training to use well, because the enhanced performance envelope changes what the bearer's body is capable of and that change requires recalibrating physical intuition. Uncommon in the sense that it requires a more specialized medical facility than the standard prosthetic and the calibration work is more involved.

Shoiyan Stack Port

A subdermal implant at the base of the skull or along the upper spine that provides a physical interface for Shoiyan continuity stack hardware. The stack port is required for frequent or high-resolution stack updates; without the port, continuity backup happens through a slower and less complete wireless transmission that the Shoiyan consider adequate for basic insurance purposes but insufficient for high-fidelity reconstruction. With the port, stack updates can happen on a schedule that the Shoiyan network considers optimal, producing a backup resolution that allows more complete memory and personality reconstruction. Shoiyan crew members almost universally have stack ports; non-Shoiyan who live or work in Shoiyan space often acquire them for practical reasons. Outside Shoiyan space, the port is only useful if the bearer also has a continuity stack registered on the Shoiyan network, making it Rare for non-Shoiyan who have not already committed to the network ecosystem.

Jaziri Sacred Marking

A ritual cybernetic modification undertaken by devout Jaziri as an act of devotional commitment: typically subdermal script or geometric patterning in bioluminescent material that is invisible in normal light and visible in low light or ultraviolet, carrying scriptural text or doctrinal symbols that are meaningful to the bearer's specific commitment within Caliphate faith. The Sacred Marking is primarily cosmetic and devotional; it carries no mechanical capability in most environments. In Jaziri social contexts, a Sacred Marking identifies its bearer as someone who has made a specific devotional commitment and has had it formally installed through the consecration process, which matters for social standing, trust, and access to certain Caliphate facilities and communities. Add 1 Boon Die to social checks with devout Jaziri who can see the marking and recognize its significance. Non-Jaziri who receive Sacred Markings without authorization from within the faith are in unusual territory that different Jaziri communities respond to differently.

Dhoran Stress Frame

An internal reinforcement system installed throughout the Dhoran skeletal and muscular structure to manage the stresses that arise from operating in human-specification environments. The problem the Stress Frame addresses is structural: Dhoran physiology generates forces during normal activity that human-scale surfaces, furniture, and equipment are not designed for. Door handles shear. Chairs collapse. Handrails pull free. A Dhoran who spends extended time in human-specification spaces accumulates equipment-damage incidents that become both expensive and socially awkward. The Stress Frame does not make a Dhoran smaller; it makes a Dhoran's interaction with standard-specification equipment more controlled, dampening the force applied to interfaces so that the Dhoran can grip a standard handle without breaking it. Mechanically: the Dhoran no longer needs to track incidental equipment damage from normal activity in human-scale environments. Add 1 Boon Die to Coordination checks in human-scale spaces where the Dhoran's size would normally create difficulty. Uncommon because most Dhoran who spend significant time in human-specification environments eventually get one, but Dhoran who work primarily in Dhoran-specification spaces have no need for it.

On Restricted Tech and Campaign Weight

The items in this chapter occupy a different place in a crew's story than anything in the preceding chapters. A crew with a spare pistol has a spare pistol. A crew with a working Antaean Ghost Suit has answered a question about where it came from and opened a dozen more about where they are going.

Monopoly technology in a crew's possession means something. It means someone gave it to them, which means they owe someone something. It means they took it from someone, which means someone wants it back. It means they found it somewhere, which means there is a reason it was left and a reason no one else has collected it. Any of these is a story.

The Jaziri Covenant Intelligence that a crew is transporting on behalf of an authorized religious scholar is cargo. The Covenant Intelligence that a crew stripped from a damaged Jaziri vessel in a debris field is a responsibility they did not ask for and a liability with theological weight. The same item, very different campaigns.

GMs should resist the temptation to make these items available for routine purchase. The players who want them most will find that wanting them interestingly is more rewarding than having them casually.