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Drafting Equipment: A set of rulers, straight edges, stencils drafting pencils, erasers as well as pads of plain paper and grid paper. Available in a kit for small projects weighing 2kg and a large kit for larger projects weighing 6kg.

Electronic Stethoscope: A sensitive contact mike attached to a digital amplifier, with headphones. It can detect human activity even behind massive walls or underground. Assume that it can hear sounds through 2.74m of loose stone or 0.3m of solid material. It is also used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal rolls to detect or defuse mechanical bombs. 0.18kg.

Expanded Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Independent Field Kit: This kit consists of two complete environment units and a smallish, fully automated “receptor.” Soil, water and other “solid” samples are fed into the receptor, and, within five minutes, an amazing amount of data can be obtained from the sample. When connected to a computer, it will report the presence in the samples of radioactivity and its intensity, any extraordinary chemical contamination and any unusual biological presences. It will also report the relative lethality of radiological or chemical contamination and assign a “best guess” of any biological contamination found.

In depth analysis of chemical or biological specimens by a lab will still be necessary to acquire precise information. This kit is not a magic box. It is an expanded version of the standard issue NBC kit that is keyed to look for particular traces and report on certain anomalies. Without a computer and its database, it will simply provide a readout of certain percentages of various chemical, radiological and biological measurements. Even with the computer, its “guesses” may well be wrong, and they are limited to checks for expected contamination caused by The War. It may indicate that a water sample is clean when in fact, it is contaminated with giardia. This is because it is not looking for this infestation since it is unlikely that this usually non-fatal bacteria would be used as a bio agent. Weight: 20kg.

Geologic Sampling Field Kit: To the casual observer, this kit looks like a glorified rock-hound’s set up. It contains the tools and other paraphernalia needed to acquire mineral samples from their native environment. In addition, it has the necessary instruments for charting slope, dip, strike and the like for geologic formations. This includes a Brunton compass, strike and dip measuring equipment, etc. With this equipment, and the Survey Kit mentioned below, and the proper training, the user will be able to construct a geologic map of the area. Weight: 7kg.

Meteorological Kit, Team: This kit contains a variety of instruments which can be used to determine air, land and water temperatures, determine wind speed and direction, humidity, air pressure, rainfall amounts, and so on. To be used effectively, this kit must be set up somewhere and monitored. Contents include 2 cubic meter helium tank; a helium tank regulator, hose and nozzle; barometer w/case; (12) folding reflectors; (12) red cosmoprene weather o; (6) balls of twine; (2) note pads; canvas hood w/polarized viewing lens; stopwatch; rain gauge; folding yardstick; anemometer; sling psychrometer/thermometer all contained in a hard plastic case. The gear cannot predict the weather, but information collected can be useful in formulating an “educated guess,” especially with the help of a computer. As with everything else, training also helps. The kit is most useful in collecting a database on which later predictions can be based. Weight: 30.kg.