Items on the standard equipment list are those that player characters start with for free, based on their career and/or skill choices.

ALL characters start with the following gear:

• Federation-issue Sidearm [One handed, up to 18 dart capacity]
• 1 Energy Ammo Voucher [20 darts]
• One-handed Melee Weapon
• 30 Federation credits
• Light Armour* (2 Kinetic Armour) or a Hazard Suit (Protection from biological, chemical and radiological effects)
• Personal Field (Absorbs 3 points of Energy damage / 10 minute recharge) or an Atmospheric Filtration Mask (Filters hazards from breathable air for the wearer)
• 2 grenades of choice (Grenades only):
  • EMP Grenade (MASS DRAIN)
  • Shock Grenade (MASS SHOCK)
  • Fragmentation Grenade (MASS BLAST)
  • Force Grenade (MASS FORCE)
• Bow (Bows only)
• 2 Handed Melee Weapon (Two Handed Weapons (M) only)

*For characters with the Medium or Heavy Armour skills, Light Armour must be selected at character creation, which gets upgraded to Medium or Heavy.

ENVOY characters start with the following additional gear:

• 30 Federation credits
• Handcuffs
• Encryption Unit (Encryption only)

MILITARY characters start with the following additional gear:

• 2 Energy Ammo Vouchers
• Federation Sidearm (Dual Wield Blasters only)
• Medium Auto-Rifle (Longarms only)
• Heavy Auto-Rifle (Heavy Weapons only)
• Medium Armour (Medium Armour only. Must select Light Armour.)
• Heavy Armour (Heavy Armour only. Must select Light Armour.)
• Combat Shield (Shield Only)

ENGINEER characters start with the following additional gear:

• Tier I Materials Kit
• Tier II Materials Kit (Engineer II only)
• Personal Access Device (Hacking only)
• Cybernetics Scanner (Cybernetics Engineer only)
• Explosives Kit (Explosives only)

MEDICAL characters start with the following additional gear:

• Tier III Medical Kit
• Foraging Pack (Herbalist only)
• Tier IV Medical Kit (Medical II only)
• Portable Medical Scanner (Physician only)
• Bio-electric Tissue Repair Stimulator (Physician only)
• Cybernetics Scanner (Cybernetics Surgeon only)
• Neural Imager (Neurologist only)
• Surgical Equipment Kit (Surgeon only)
• Microsurgery Tools (Surgeon only)
• Surgical Medicine Kit (Surgeon only)

SCIENCE characters start with the following additional gear:

• Portable Scientific Scanner (Field Scientist only)
• Microscope (Scientific Insight only)
• Chemistry Kit (Chemical Synthesis or Biochemist only)