Signature Gear
#rules_replace #character_option
This advantage adds plot protection to any piece of gear that you own. It does not provide the wealth to get that gear -- take the Wealth advantage or use the Trading Points for Money (see Character Creation Rules - Neon Horizons) to finance the purchase. Signature Gear costs 1 point to protect any one piece of equipment that costs no more than the campaign's average starting wealth. For example, in a TL8 game, you could add Signature Gear to any one piece of equipment that cost $20,000 or less for 1 point, regardless of your Wealth level.
More expensive gear costs progressively more, using the levels of the Wealth advantage as benchmarks. If the gear costs up to twice the campaign's starting wealth, it costs 2 points to make it into Signature Gear. Up to five times starting wealth costs 3 points; up to 20 times starting wealth costs 4 points; up to 100 times starting wealth costs 5 points; and every additional x10 to its cost adds an extra point.