Editing House Rules (section)

==High Index Technology==
Both Yerdanova and Tierny bought High Index ships, but our tech index is Low.  Since we have a good backstory explaining why the Tech Index of the planet used to be higher, and since both of them are from off planet anyway, it seemed unreasonable to limit everyone to Low Index equipment.  So, here's what our GM came up with:

#  You can purchase High Index equipment if you want, at the cost of 2 RP during character burning.
#  Generally speaking, High Index equipment can't be replaced in-game.  So if your High Index blaster gets destroyed, its gone.  It may be possible, though very expensive, to replace/purchase High Index equipment through Black Market contacts and the like (St. Vier may prove very useful for this).
#  For items that actually take damage, like vehicles, assume that only about half (round down) of any damage they take is repairable.  So if your ship takes 5 points of structural damage,  you can repair two of them.