Executive Card

The **Executive Card** is an equipment in Risk of Rain 2, added in the *Survivors of the Void* update.

Whenever the holder makes a purchase with gold, 10% of the gold spent on that purchase (rounded down) is returned to the holder after a moment. This effect has a 0.1 second cooldown. In addition, when the holder purchases from a Multishop Terminal, Equipment Triple Shop, or the shop dropped by the , the other terminals will *not* close and will instead remain open for purchase, allowing the cardholder to get all the items from the Multishop.

## Notes

* Unlike most other equipment, this item cannot be activated manually; instead, its activation is triggered when purchasing something with gold. This matters for the  and , which will trigger whenever a purchase is made.
* Due to how equipment cooldowns work, the cash-back effect will not work if the Executive Card is picked up while there is a current equipment cooldown from the previously-held equipment. If the holder makes a purchase while the Executive Card is still on cooldown, Multishop Terminals and their variants will close after making a purchase, and they will not get 10% back on the purchase.
	+ Equipment charges provided by  can be used to mitigate this effect, but charges will only be replenished when the cooldown finishes regardless.
	+ Note that with the Executive Card's cooldown being 0.1 seconds if the player is repeatedly pressing the Interact Key in front of a multishop, it is possible to purchase the second item while the equipment is on cooldown and lose out on the third terminal. Therefore, it is advised to hold down the Interact Key instead, as the frequency with which it registers as pressed will avoid this issue.
* If held by  while using , the Executive Card *will not* function if it is not in MUL-T's active equipment slot.
* 's  will inherit the equipment's passive effect when he holds it and they will be able to hack and buy all three items of Multishop Terminals for free with a single beacon.

## Tips

* Though it denies the use of more powerful active equipment, this item can drastically increase the amount of items picked up from a stage. The holder is also still free to swap out the Executive Card for a different equipment later in the run, once they are satisfied with their extra items.
	+ This is especially useful on the fourth and fifth stage environments (, , , and ) because Multishop Terminals on those stages are guaranteed to contain Uncommon items.
* If the player is holding an Executive Card while the previous equipment is on cooldown, upon the cooldown expiring all the equipment charges will be effectively refreshed as any remaining cooldowns will use the Executive Card's, which is negligible.

## Lore

```
//--AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION FROM UES [Redacted] --//

"When you're on the planet, keep a look out for any loose UES Security Chests. Orders from the higher ups, we're to retrieve any and all parcels that were aboard the Contact Light and bring 'em home. When you locate them, open the Security Chest and retrieve the item within. When you've verified the contents of the chest, move out and continue with your other assignments. Understood?"

"Sir yes sir! But how are we going to open them? They're locked tight, aren't they?"

"A good question, soldier. Everyone, take one Executive Credit Card, then pass the tray to your next squad mate."

"E-Executive cards...? Aren't these only used by like, super rich folks? How are we ever going to pay it back?"

"What? No. You don't pay it back."

"But aren't we borrowing money?"'

"Yes."

"So don't we have to pay it back, eventually?"

"Yes, with another card."

"Sir, I don't understand."

"No, you just uh... well you see, the way these cards work is that, uh... [?] well you can take out a low-interest loan to... the buying power of debt is...[??]"

//--TRANSCRIPTION UNINTELLIGIBLE --//
```

## Version History

Survivors of the Void
* (Undocumented) Added New Equipment: Executive Card

## Trivia

* The card number appearing on the item references the release date of the original Risk of Rain: November 8th, 2013.