Comm Units

Andrali-Tech's Low Profile Comm System

The name kind of gives this product away: it consists of a tiny comlink set, made up of a very small ear-piece reciever and transmitter, and a "dot" mike with an adhesive bottom. The mike can be placed on most surfaces and be relied upon to stick for up to six hours; if properly used/placed, it can easily be mistaken for a person's mole. Due to the size of the mike, it cannot relay to the ear piece transciever from a distance of more than 15 feet, and therefore is very limited in the role of an electronic bug. The entire unit is rather useful for bodyguards and security personnel who are attempting to retain a low profile; the unit is very hard to discover with a visual scan, and is rather difficult to detect with sensor scans as well, as it has a rather low power output & range. The unit can broadcast in many different bandwidths, and can be easily modified for transmission encoding. Also, a small signal booster can be added to the unit, effectively quadrupling its range, and giving it surface-to-orbit capabilities. The signal booster is roughly the size of a small datapad.

Model: Andrali-Tech - 2LP Comlink unit Cost: 150 credits for a single set; 100 credits for a booster.
Type: Low profile comlink Availability: 2F
Skill: Communications: comlink Difficulty: Moderate
Game Notes: In order to purchase this piece of equipment, a bounty hunter's or an investigator's license must be presented, and appropriate fees must be paid. Each unit has a range of 10 kilometers wtihout the additional booster (range of 40km, and surface to orbit capable with the booster). Very Difficult to see with a passive Search attempt. Active searches are reduced to Difficult. An active sensor search has a difficulty of Difficult as well.


Andrali-Tech's Mute Sub-vocal mics

This design is not available on the open market, and is produced (and sold to the Black Market) in small quantities without the knowledge of Imperial officials. The Mute is designed to be used with the Low Profile system, in place of the dot mic. The unit can be strapped to the throat of the user, and is able to read the vibrations of the user's vocal chords at any volume of speech. This means that the Mute can pick up and translate the vibrations of even a light whisper with little difficulty. This enables the user to communicate with little fear of being overheard.

Model: Andrali-Tech ICU 4 Sub-Vocal mic unit Cost: 200 credits
Type: Extremely low profile comlink Availability: 3X
Skill: Communications: comlink Difficulty: Moderate
Game Notes: Possession/purchase/sale of this item is considered a Class 4 Infraction under Imperial law. User's opponents can only detect the user (audially) with an active listening search: Very Difficult target number; or by other electronic detection means. If the Low Profile unit is used in conjunction with the Mute, the Low Profile's detection difficulties also apply.


Revised 07/25/98

By Thomas Hill

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