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)

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)
• Heavy Armour (Heavy Armour only)
• Combat Shield (Shield Only)

ENGINEER characters start with the following additional gear:

• Tier III Materials Kit
• Tier IV 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)
• Microsurgery Tools (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)