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We now have envirosuits! This is a type of armor you can wear that lets you live, temporarily, in the vacuum of space after your ship is destroyed. These suits are available in some relevant IC areas - have fun exploring :) If your ship explodes, regardless of class size and regardless of blockade, and you are wearing an envirosuit then you will be jettisoned into space to drift aimlessly instead of dying. If you are able to eject, that will still take precedence. Now here is the fun part... You have a 20 minute oxygen timer (though we may change this if it feels too long or short) to drift and be rescued (or kidnapped I suppose). You can only be rescued by designated ships, which have a special hangar bay that can accommodate tractor capturing envirosuits. You cannot be tractored into a normal ship hangar. The first of these ships is now in game and the blueprint is publicly available. When you are tractored in, you will wake up STUNNED. If your ship has advanced sensors and can see how many lifeforms are onboard, they will also see the race of the person in the envirosuit (or their disguised race). Everyone else will just see a vague size descriptor. Envirosuits cannot orbit planets and they cannot be shot down or piloted around. They just..drift. Note that they can be blown up with grenades (if you really want to off your character) or if they happen to drift into the sun (which is unlikely).