Gear
Gear is normally handled by Item-based special abilities you select. However, some gear can simply be picked up and interacted with in game. These provide you temporary special abilities until you drop or lose the item. If you want to keep supplies you find beyond the scene you found them, you can invest a Surge. This permanently reduces your maximum number of surges by 1 per three tiers worth of items you want to keep. If you can't afford any more, you can swap out other item-based abilities instead. If you still can't afford it, these items will be broken, lost, stolen, forgotten, or otherwise removed from you by the next time you rest.
You're assumed to have basic gear and access tools such as a communicator, clothes, government ID, digital wallet, at least one email/social media account, and one free self defense device (ex. common civilian pistol, survival knife, pepper spray, etc.) For all other gear, you buy Item-based special abilities for them. If you buy an item and haven't leveled up or don't have an item-based ability to swap for it, you can instead expend a surge to temporarily gain a special ability and/or weaknesses you normally wouldn't have. If you're out of surges, you can spend 1/2 your max FP to gain these benefits. If you're also out of FP, you have bigger problems and are probably in the middle of a fight.
Economy
Credits are a universal currency. A single credit translates to one copper. Most transactions are done in credits, but coinage and tradegoods are often used as well, particularly for illegal deals that want no digital trail. 1 silver = 10 copper/credits, 1 gold/mithril = 100 copper/credits, 1 adamantine/platinum = 1,000 copper/credits.
Average wealth by level is (level)2 * 1,000 credits.
Cost of an item is
base cost + (tier)2 * 1,000 credits.
tier 0 = base cost (lvl 1 have 1,000 wealth)
tier 1 = base cost + 1,000 credits (lvl 2 have 4,000 wealth)
tier 2 = base cost + 4k credits
tier 3 = base cost + 9k credits
tier 4 = base cost + 16k credits
tier 5 = base cost + 25k credits
tier 6 = base cost + 36k credits
tier 7 = 49k credits
tier 8 = 64k credits
tier 9 = 81k credits
tier 10 = 100k credits (lvl 20 have 400,000 wealth)
Common Supplies
This is list of common items you may find lying around.
Cattle Prod 3 (Attack: Very Light Melee Electricity + Staggering + Stunning | Wielded Item Trait) (Brawn, Finesse, or Melee)+2 vs. Dex, 1d4 + 1/2 (attack skill) electricity damage + target is stunned 1 for 1 round on a hit, stunned 2 for 1 round on a crit
Cloaking Device 2 (Hide in Plain Sight + Vanish | Worn Item Tech Trait)
Communicator (Telepathy: Digital only | Worn Item Tech Trait)
Concealed Armored Vest 2 (Armor + Hidden Talent | Worn Item Tech Trait)
Dagger 1 (Very Light Melee Piercing Attack | Wielded Item Trait) (Brawn, Finesse, or Melee)+2 vs. Dex, 1d4 + 1/2 (attack skill) piercing damage
Envirosuit 1 (Endurance | Worn Item Tech Trait)
Envirosuit 3 (Endurance + Hold Breath + Self-Sufficient | Worn Item Tech Trait)
Knife 1 (Very Light Melee Slashing Attack | Wielded Item Trait) (Brawn, Finesse, or Melee)+2 vs. Dex, 1d4 + 1/2 (attack skill) slashing damage
Knuckle Taser 3 (Blast: Light Melee Bludgeoning + Electricity Attack | Wielded Item Tech Power) +2 accuracy, 1d4 + (1/2 Brawn, Finesse, or Melee modifier) damage + target staggered 2 on a crit, staggered 1 on a hit if attack also hits Constitution
Pistol (slugthrower) 1 (Light Short Range Piercing Attack | Wielded Item Power) (Marksmanship)+1 vs. Dex, 1d6 + 1/2 (attack skill) piercing damage
Rifle (slugthrower) 1 (Heavy Long Range Piercing Attack | Wielded Item Power) (Marksmanship)-1 vs. Dex, 1d10 + 1/2 (attack skill) piercing damage
Spacesuit 3 (Endurance + Hold Breath 2 | Worn Item Tech Trait)
Taser 2 (Attack: Very Light Melee Piercing + Staggering | Wielded Item Trait) (Brawn, Finesse, or Melee)+2 vs. Dex, 1d4 + 1/2 (attack skill) electricity damage + target is staggered 1 for 1 round on a hit, staggered 2 for 1 round on a crit
Vibroblade 2 (Blast: Light Melee Sonic + Slashing Attack | Wielded Item Tech Power) +1 accuracy, 1d6 + (1/2 Brawn, Finesse, or Melee modifier) damage
Welding Tool 2 (Light Melee Heat Attack + Tool: Repair metal | Wielded Item Tech Trait) Mechanics+1 vs. Dex, 1d6 + 1/2 (attack skill) heat damage
Automatic: Add the Unavoidable upgrade to an attack to get semi-auto. Add Area to it as well to make it Full-Auto.
Heavy Weapons: Add the Kickback upgrade to an attack.
Damage Types: Allows the weapon to deal two damage types at once. A "force" weapon would be bludgeoning + sonic, while a "plasma" weapon would be electricity + heat, and so on and so forth. Laser weapons are just heat and don't need this upgrade, just choose heat instead of bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing.