Standard battery packs

Prior to the Terran Confederation joining the star faring races of the Known Universe, each faction in the tripartite war used different power systems to power their man-carried equipment, often having multiple standards depending on the race manufacturing the piece of equipment or even which clanhold built it. This literally made every Terran military officer mad with rage as they yelled at their Imperial counterpart to stop being so inefficient (the rant was more than only on batteries, as a Terran engineer, Michel Allard, is reported to have cataloged 237 different types of bolts on an Elven warship). This led to the introduction and adoption of the MSB (Military Standard Battery) for use by all allied forces, which in turn leaked into production by the Dwarven clanhold for use by the Royal forces as well.
The typical battery pack is a small, 8cm long rectangle which can be popped in a matter of seconds into most pieces of hardware. They can easily be recharged, with non-rechargeable version being available for sale for non-military use, on any power outlet or computer using standard dataports (which is significantly slower, of course, but still possible). Some soldiers have been known to plug in a used battery in their Neural ports to recharge them, which is absolutely not recommended yet possible.
A MSB has a number of charges equal to 10 times their Equipment level. When connected to a power outlet, it recharges 2 x its equipment level charges a minute. When connected to a computer dataport, it recharges 1 x its equipment level. Fast charge batteries double this recharge speed, but are 4 times more expensive then standard batteries. High capacity batteries are available, with 15 times their Equipment level charges, but they are 3 times more expensive. An high capacity, fast charge battery costs about 10 times the price of a regular battery pack.
Type 	Cost
MSB pack 	100 x (1.5 * Equipment level)
Fast charge pack 	400 x (1.5 * Equipment level)
High capacity pack 	300 x (1.5 * Equipment Level)
Fast charge high capacity pack	1000 x (2 * Equipment level)
Non-rechargeable pack 	25 x (Equipment Level)
Category:Equipment