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Whai equipment and tools are highly personalized things. They are as often adorned and illustrated as the bodies of the Whai themselves. Personalization may include the adding and use of charms, scrimshaw, ink, paint, carvings, inlay, gemstones, knotwork, patinas, plating, etching, engraving, and embroidery. Some have commented that this practice of decoration is a way of masking its previous owner, but to the Whai it is adding a new chapter to the piece’s story and allowing its provenance to shine through rather than hide it. A highly decorated, but used and maintained, tool or device is regarded as a prized possession.

===Cybernetics===

 

The nature of these cybernetics varies from species to species, and from user to user, but generally consists of some Tahora blood (or synthetic analog) and electrical components. Some alien species cybernetics are fully bio-mechanical while others are only wires and silicon. Before the Vāk, the planet Dynae was one of the sector’s preeminent cybernetics hubs. Military, industrial, and civilian cybernetic augmentations and enhancements designed for ranges of sentient bodies were widely produced on the planet. What knowledge and facilities that survived the ''Great Cataclysm'' have continued production and development with the Tahora Whai.

Much like their ship counterparts, space stations are equally cobbled together and jury-rigged enterprises. While often built around a stable core or foundation, many stations experienced rapid expansion to counter overcrowding. Cargocontainers, ships, and all manner of space debris can be found fuzed to the core, forming a sprawling station. As a result, most stations in the Rangi have limited artificial gravity and decentralized infrastructure.

 

 

Notable Stations:

Uses:

* Translation and Speech Synthesis. Common to communication across species and cultures.

* Facilitating group decision making via The Gam

* Starfinding and Navigation, aka Astronavigation