Emergency Locker

An Emergency Locker is typically a small cabinet holding a Vacc Suit and emergency supplies.

• It is a kind of Ship Equipment.
• Its contents are effectively identical to a Survival Kit.

Description (Specifications)

Imperial safety regulations require that a stocked emergency locker is provided for each crewmember and passenger carried aboard a starship or spacecraft. They are designed to give an individual the best chance of survival either in a vacuum or in a variety of planetary environments. Similar emergency equipment is carried by the vessels of most other spacefaring cultures.

Emergency Lockers are sited in locations where they are easy to access, typically close to airlocks, within passageways, and within generally accessible areas such as wardrooms and lounges. They are clearly marked.

Regulation Locker

Contents

Each Regulation Emergency Locker officially contains:

• An emergency (lightweight) vacc suit with an inflatable bubble helmet.
  • The vacc suit is made from high visibility materials.
• A "grab case" containing a variety of supplies: dimensions of 50 x 40 x 15 cm. 0.1 kg.
  • Filter Respirator Combination: one per kit. Negligible weight.
  • Water: eight half-liter cans. 6 kg.
  • Food: thirty day supply. 1.5 kg.
  • Cold-Light Sticks: 30 included. 0.3 kg.
  • Commlink/Beacon: one per kit. 1.5 kg.
  • Flares: four per kit. 1 kg.
  • Rifle, Survival: a light-weight rifle which disassembles into three basic components. It has 500 rounds of ammunition. 2.5 kg (including ammo).
  • Tarpaulin, made from high visibility materials. 2 kg.
  • Cord: 2mm x 300 m. 0.1 kg.
  • Rope: 1 cm x 50 m. 0.2 kg.
  • Grappling Hook: 0.5 kg.
  • Climbing Spikes & Hammer: 1.5 kg.
  • First Aid Kit: 1 kg.
  • Machete. 0.35 kg.
  • Binoculars. 1 kg.
  • Sheltersuit and Heat Pump: 2 kg.
  • Water Purification Equipment, including Water Purification Tablets: 1 kg.
  • Inflatable Raft: 0.5 kg.
  • Miscellaneous: a compass, fishhooks and line, mirror, matches, etc. Negligible weight.
  • Survival Manual: varying formats depending on manufacturer. 0.1 kg.

Total kit weight is 23 kilograms.

"Light Locker"

Most vessels carry a reduced version of the Regulation Emergency Locker: the so-called "Light Locker". Generally it strips out bulkier items (such as climbing equipment) and anything that could be hazardous to the personnel aboard the vessel if it fell into the wrong hands (such as the rifle, the ammunition and the machete).

Contents

• An emergency (lightweight) vacc suit with an inflatable bubble helmet.
• A "Grab Pack" containing a variety of supplies: dimensions of 40 x 30 x 15 cm. 0.1 kg.
  • Filter Respirator Combination: one per kit. Negligible weight.
  • Cold-Light Sticks: 30 included, 0.3 kg.
  • Commlink/Beacon: one per kit. 1.5 kg.
  • Flares: four per kit. 1 kg.
  • Tarpaulin, made from high visibility materials. 2 kg.
  • Cord: 2mm x 300 m. 0.1 kg.
  • First Aid Kit: 1 kg.
  • Sheltersuit and Heat Pump: 2 kg.
  • Water Purification Equipment, including Water Purification Tablets. 1 kg.
  • Miscellaneous: a compass, fishhooks and line, mirror, matches, etc. Negligible weight.
  • Survival Manual: varying formats depending on manufacturer. 0.1 kg.

Total kit weight is 9.1 kilograms.

A "Light Locker" may contain separately stored packaged supplies of rations and water that may be taken as required.

History & Background (Dossier)

Emergency lockers were noted as a construction requirement on vessels of the Terran Confederation.

The contents of the modern Regulation Emergency Locker were defined during the expansion of the Sylean Federation, when the crews of ships were far more likely to find themselves stranded in barren, unpopulated wildernesses. Light Lockers, lacking weapons and more specialized equipment, are more common within civilized areas, where the risk of a hijacking is greater than the dangers presented by a forced landing in a remote region.

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• Loren K. Wiseman. CT Double Adventure 4 Marooned/Marooned Alone (Game Designers' Workshop 1981) 7-8
• Equipment drawn from CT Book 3 Worlds and Adventures.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science