Drift Escape Module

Armor Upgrade (Heavy, Powered)

Level :

7

Price :

1000

Bulk :

1

Hands :

—

Capacity :

—

Usage :

—

System or Slots:

1 Slot

Dose :

—

Description :

This upgrade adapts and miniaturizes Drift engine technology into a single-use emergency escape mechanism. You can activate the upgrade as a full action to perform one of two effects while you’re in the Drift. The first option is to have the upgrade eject you from the Drift and deposit you on a random planet or similar celestial body in Near Space, the Pact Worlds, or the Origin System (the Vast lacks enough Drift beacons). The upgrade simultaneously sends a distress message along with your new coordinates to a comm unit of your choice; you can set a different message and recipient with 5 minutes of work.   The second option causes the upgrade to predict a nearby Drift region likely to have starship traffic, then teleports you there and activates a midrange general distress beacon. Under most circumstances, a passing starship notes and answers the beacon within 3d20 hours.   Either use destroys the module after it fulfills its purpose, its energy drained and many parts melted from the strain.