Modular Backpack Frame

To ensure each soldier can carry the necessary kit into battle, military organizations utilize a modular load-bearing frame, which accepts up to two rectangular modules to create a pack tailored to a specific combat role.

MODULAR BACKPACK FRAME

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The metal frame has an upper-left antennae mount that accepts most comlinks and connects them to a hands-free headset. The frame can be fitted with up to two different modules from the following list:

Temperature Control Unit: This unit includes a specialized bodysuit that attaches to it, removing up to two setback dice from the user's checks to resist extreme heat or cold. [Price 500, Encumbrance 2, Rarity 3].

Power Unit: This portable power can recharge a depleted piece of equipment as an action, or a droid or larger piece of machinery in two hours. Once per encounter, it can allow the wearer of the backpack to ignore an "out of ammo" despair result in the same manner as an extra reload. [Price: 250, Encumbrance: 3, Rarity 3].

Comms Unit: This pack functions as a comms hub, routing communications up to long range on the planetary scale. Its encryption adds two setback dice to checks made to unscramble the signal. [Price: 500, Encumbrance: 2, Rarity: 4].

Sensor Unit: This unit features a raised, rotating dish not unlike the similar, smaller unit common to astromech droids. The sensor can be set to alert a soldier to movement nearby, or to scan the area for movement and life signs to long range on the personal scale, adding an automatic advantage result to Vigilance checks. [Price: 3,000, Encumbrance: 2, Rarity: 3].

Oxygen Unit: This unit can provide an additional twelve hours of oxygen when connected to any rebreather, breath mask, or environmentally sealed suit. [Price: 300, Encumbrance: 3, Rarity: 3].

Storage Unit: This empty storage module increases the wearer's encumbrance threshold by 3. [Price: 25, Encumbrance: 0, Rarity: 2].