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Board equipment tends to be like its
users... quirky, bizarre, and prone to completely ignore the laws of
physics when it suits them. While this is amusing, it makes practical
matters such as maintenance and repair a nightmare, to say nothing of
mission planning when Command is uncertain how various Boardies'
equipment will react to each other.
With the advent of mass production techniques, the brave
souls of the Board Armoury have finally managed to see the introduction
of
standardised equipment and vehicle classes to as many active personnel
as possible. While oldbies complain this leads to a loss of the
individual quirks that made Board life what it is today, the overworked
engineers point out that customisation modules, nanotech adaptation
circuits, and jury-rigged "enhancements" are all the average Boardie
ever seems to need to personalise his gear to a ridiculous degree
anyway...
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