Editing Goods

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[[Goods]] are the [[equipment]], [[gun]]s, gadgets, [[gimmick]]s, [[device]]s, and technological toys. They also include more mundane items such as [[food]], [[drink]], construction materials, [[drug]]s, luxury items, [[tool]]s, and emergency response items.

==Metahistory==
The use of '''Equipment''' to enhance the [[character]]'s abilities is one of the first underlying concepts described in the original [[Versions of Traveller]]. The acquisition of more expensive, exotic or improbable items was one of the rewards built in to that original system.

As the game system has progressed, the list of goods available has extended as rules were added for designing ever more complex items from subatomic size to [[Megastructure]]s.

== Goods Subcategories ==
There is a [[Goods/summary|summary list]]. 

Articles about goods in the encyclopedia are placed into following categories: 

; A - Protections, Safety (Armor, Clothing, Insulation, etc), Augments.
: [[Goods/Fabric|Fabrics]], [[Goods/Protective gear|Protective gear]], [[Goods/Personal Armor|Personal armor]], [[Goods/Cyberware|Cyberware]], [[Goods/Powered Armor|Powered Armor]]
; B - Breathing Gases. Specialized Mixtures.
: [[Goods/Breathing apparatus|Breathing apparatus]]
; C - Cables and Surface Gear.
: [[Goods/Survival gear|Survival gear]], [[Goods/Climbing gear|Climbing gear]]
; D - Detectors (Sensors, Sensory aids, Signal amplifiers, etc).
: [[Goods/Sensory aid|Sensory aids]]
; E - Emitters (of signals capable of being sensed).
: [[Goods/Communications gear|Communications gear]], [[Goods/Emitter|Emitters]]
; F - Food. Nutrients
:  [[Goods/Beverages|Beverages]], [[Goods/Foods|Foods]], [[Goods/Spices|Spices]]
; G - Non-Breathing gases.
: <No Category> 
; K - Containers, Carriers, Cases, Backpacks, Holsters.
: [[Goods/Container|Containers]]
; L - Liquids. Liquid Manipulating Equipment. Pumps.
: <No Category>
; M - Construction Materials, Structural Items.
: [[Goods/Construction material|Construction materials]]
; N - Information, Software, Data, Apps, Programming. Computers.
: [[Goods/Computer|Computers]], [[Goods/Computer programs|Programs]]
; P - Power. Power Supplies. Power Cells. Energy Sources.
: [[Goods/Power supply|Power supplies]]
; Q - Small Craft.
: [[Smallcraft]]
; R - Drugs (Rx) and Medical.
: [[Goods/Medical|Medical]], [[Goods/Drugs|Drugs]]
; S - Structures, Shelters,
: [[Goods/Structure|Structures]]
; T - Tools. Toolkits. Basic Machines
: [[Goods/Tool|Tools]], [[Goods/Tool kit|Tool kits]]
; U - Unique items
: [[Goods/Personal items|Personal items]]
; V - Vehicles.
: [[Civilian Vehicle]], [[Combat Vehicle]], [[Paramilitary Vehicle]], [[Goods/Personal mobility|Personal mobility]], [[Goods/Personal vehicles|Personal vehicles]]
; W - Weapons
: [[Goods/Weapons|Weapons]]
; X - Explosives. Exothermic Chemicals.
: [[Goods/Explosive|Explosives]]
; Y - Robots, Automatons, Strangeforms.
: [[Robots of Charted Space]]

''Notes:'' Materials such as grain or wood should not be in the library, unless there is a special Traveller-related reason (q.v. [[Hellboria Wood]]).

=== Technological Stages of Goods Development ===
==== [[Emergent Period]] ====
'''[[TL-0]]:''' <br>
At [[TL-0]], sophonts use [[found tool]]s, acquired items from their [[environment]] to master their [[environment]] and the non-technological [[creature]]s surrounding them.
Do not be fooled, useful {{TL|0}} tools continue in use into higher tech levels. Clay Bowls, Bone Buttons and Wooden spoons are all still used in advanced societies.

==== [[Foundational Period]] ====
'''[[TL:1-9]]:''' <br>
By [[TL-1]] and beyond, sophonts have learned how to use basic tools to construct more sophisticated tools: tools making tools.

==== [[Interstellar Period]] ====
'''[[TL:10-18]]:''' <br>
By [[TL-10]] and beyond, sophonts have learned how to manufacture advanced tools using [[Makertech]] and other sophisticated technologies.

==== [[Ultra Period]] ====
'''[[TL:19-27]]:''' <br>
By [[TL:19-27]], [[robot]]s become [[society]]'s ''Basic Workforce,'' radically transforming everyday life for non-robotic [[sophont]]s. Early [[robot]]a manifest various levels of autonomous behavior, but lack the deep ability for independent decision-making which constitutes true [[artificial intelligence]]. At this point, tools build more sophisticated tools, that are in turn built by tools, with tools, and were intellectually formulated by tools as well, completely removing non-robotic sophonts from the equation. 

This ushers in what [[economist]]s have long called a post-scarcity economy. It is not an unlimited post-scarcity economy, but most goods necessary to life are widely available for negligible value. Many societies provide extensive social safety nets, most consumer goods can be had affordably, and [[makertech]] has so advanced that most manufactured goods can be quickly had where they are needed most.

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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