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Equipment

Instead of earning new abilities from levels, classes, skills or abilities, the primary way characters in Zero Point gain new abilities is by acquiring and using new Equipment. 

Equipment takes many different forms, such as handheld devices and weapons, backpacks, and even portable structures that are deployed in the field. Equipment can do just about anything you can imagine, from stun guns to med packs and jump jets.

All the information about a piece of Equipment is listed on their Equipment Sheets, which are separate from the primary rules document that you’re reading now. All currently available Equipment Sheets are available online, and physical copies are kept in a binder in a public place. (Equipment Sheets are often updated, so make sure you're looking at the most current version!)

Charges & Ammo

Some Equipment can be used infinitely, but most of the time it has either a Charge that can be depleted or an amount of Ammunition that can be expended.

Equipment that has a Charge can only be used once before it needs to recharge. Equipment always recharges during a Rest (covered in the Combat section), which means that you can usually use it only once per scene.

Equipment that uses Ammunition works until it’s out of Ammunition. “Ammunition” is anything that a prop needs to use in order to operate. For a blaster, that’s darts. It could also be battery power, ounces of a fluid, or anything else that is physically expended as the Equipment is used.

Inventory

You do not need to keep item cards or any other proof of ownership for any of your gear. If you are carrying the prop, you are carrying the Equipment.

Once a character has Clearance (covered below) for a piece of Equipment, it is assumed that they have access to it immediately and at no cost, so long as they have the prop that represents it.

There is no limit on how much Equipment your character can own, but they can only carry up to their Equipment Slot limit (covered below).

Repairing & Reloading

Equipment can be repaired, recharged, reloaded or even replaced by visiting the Armory. Place your Equipment within the area around the Armory and state, “Repair and reload!” to start the process. So long as you don't use the Equipment and your Equipment doesn't leave the Armory, it will automatically return all your gear to full operation in about 5 minutes.

Props

All Equipment a character is carrying must be physically represented with a prop. Equipment has a form, such as it being a dart blaster or backpack, and design requirements, such as needing tubing, being a certain color, or representing a component in a specific way.

While it's much preferred that every piece of Equipment has its own prop (because it's cool to have unique, bespoke props), we recognize cost and storage may be restrictive. If using the same prop for multiple pieces of Equipment, you must always meet all the design requirements listed on the Equipment Sheet, and have some way to visually distinguish that it is representing one thing and not another. For example: using a removable snowflake placard on your ice gun to distinguish it from your heat ray, which has a fire placard.

Clearance

The use of Equipment is restricted on the Station. If you do not have the proper Clearance to operate a piece of Equipment, the Station will simply prevent the Equipment from working if you try. 

This means that you cannot pick up your allies or opponents’ gear and immediately use it, even if you understand how to do so. 

Gaining Clearance to use a piece of Equipment requires that you are properly trained and tested on the Equipment's use. You must also spend Continuing Education Units (CEUs) that are earned by attending games. CEUs are comparable to EXP in many other campaign boffer LARPs.

Equipment Sheets list the cost in CEUs, as well as the testing materials.

Slots

Characters can  only carry a certain amount of Equipment of certain types at a time. These allowances are called Equipment Slots.

You have 3 General Equipment Slots which are anything other than Backpacks, Armors and Consumables.

You may also have 1 Armor Equipment, 1 Backpack Equipment, and 1 Consumable Equipment at a time. 

• General

• General

• General

• Armor

• Backpack

• Consumable

Armors are any kind of outer layer, like metal plating or a Space Suit. They cannot be layered, and you may only wear one at a time.

Backpacks usually provide abilities that can completely change your tactical role, such as a Drone Pack, or an Engineering Pack. They must be worn on the back and be roughly the size of a normal backpack (though they can be of any shape).

Consumables are single-use items that are consumed upon use, and must be re-stocked back at the station. Consumables might be items that must be used in conjunction with other Equipment (such as extra ammo magazines), or used on its own (such as a Burn Cure).

Normally, you can only carry a single Consumable at a time, but many Backpacks have additional Consumable Slots that allow you to carry Consumables associated with the Backpack’s purpose. For example, a Medic Pack allows you to carry extra medical items, and an Assault Pack allows you to carry extra ammunition and a grenade. Consumables have Tags, which is what Backpacks will refer to when designating what kinds of extra Consumables it can carry.

Restrictions

Station Zero has strict rules of engagement for its crew, which restricts the use of certain Equipment.

Lethal Force

Station Zero will not approve the use of potentially lethal Effects with any kind of Equipment other than Melee or Thrown Weapons. This means that any Effect that causes Damage is not allowed.

For example, a normal modern gun that Bleeds targets is restricted. An acid grenade that Burns targets is restricted. You may invent these items as Equipment, but you won’t be allowed to use them, even if you have Clearance and have them Equipped.

However, if you look at the Basic Melee Weapon entry on the Equipment list, you’ll see that it is capable of inflicting Damage, Bleed or Mangle, all of which are lethal Effects. The use of lethal Effects with Melee or Thrown weapons is allowed.

Station Zero will not allow the use of HazMat or Biohazards by station personnel for any reason, even when using Melee or Thrown Weapons.

Lethal Force Authorization

One way to get around these restrictions is to use a Lethal Force Authorization, which is only available to members of the Tactical Division.

Designate a target, point and declare, “LETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZATION!” loud enough for the target and anyone in the immediate area to hear. Anyone that heard the Authorization may now use lethal force from any source on that target. 

Hazmat and Biohazard use is still restricted.

System Overrides

There are some forces on Station Zero that have access to the system, and are willing to override it. Often times these sources will exchange Data Cards or favors to allow you unrestricted use of certain weapons for an agreed-upon length of time.

Dealings with these individuals may have unintended consequences.