The Sergeant did not have to clear his throat. He could just begin - at full volume - and instantly quiet the room of recruits. "The Remote Gun Platform. You worms would know it as a Tankbot. Is your best friend on the battlefield next to the guy sitting beside you. You will come to love this thing for its functionality, its ability to see the enemy, and for its ability to be blown up instead of you. "

This millennia-old book is one of the most famous books of prophecy in all of the realms, second only to the Book of the Cannon itself, and takes the front seat in the minds of most as the quintessential book foretelling the future.

But all is not as it seems

The mainstay of heavy weapon squads of the twenty-seventh century, the PR-13 Plasma Rifle permits a man to become a maestro of destruction.

Space, and indeed, the outdoors in general, usually lack cover stout enough to stand up to heavy lasers and plasma weapons. This man portable unit is one designed solution to the rule.

Sure you loot the area, but what about the creatures’ actual coffins that they were buried in?

Cursed swords that bring bad fortune to whoever wields them. Or are they?

Here is a list of those not-so-attractive treasures that the PC's might find on their quests.

Because the Mind is a Muscle, too.

Sometimes the simple solutions are best..

PADD is an acronym for Personal Access Display Device, a hand-held computer interface. This is a science fiction "common item", found in a variety of milieus.

"With the OP(im) implant you can be the master of your own space and time!" - Advertisement

We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster. - The Six Million Dollar Man

Think of it as a nuclear machine-gun...

'To the victor goes the spoils' it is said but what if those spoils are not what they seem. What if those items of victory, are deadly.

A metal that can only be tempered once, and ever after it shall know no flame, nor shall heat harm it

The engines and playthings of the artificer kings.

Some say you can't keep a good undead down. They've obviously not come face to foot with these boots.

The Median forked dagger, a weapon evolved out of hunter's tools, found almost exclusively in northeastern Media.

The fifth generation of gynoid robots produced for the inhabitants of Technopolis.

The product of anti-sound research, the Silence Field or "Silencer", became arguably one of the symbols of 21st century.

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