Survival Still
    Introduced at TL 11, a survival still contains a small fusion plant and chemical distiller/synthesizer that turns almost any organic material into water and what is called nutrient pasete in the technical manuals, or "glop" to anyone who has used a survival still. The input hopper will hold 10 liters of material and in about 2 hours time can process it.  If material that cannot be safely converted is used, it unit will not process anything in the hopper until the unsuitable material is removed. Nutrient paste is usually stretched out with known edible material or rations into "glop stew", or dried and used as ration bars.
    The still is a simple version of a ship's recyclers, which under computer control can turn glop into synthetic food with a bit more texture and flavor. If a crew has a craft capable of landing, the still is only used to provide raw nutrient paste to the ship's recyclers.

TL            Vol            Wt            Price
11             40 l.          60 kg        50k Cr
13             30 l.          45 kg        25k Cr
15             18 l.          30 kg          8k Cr

To repair a survival still.
Difficult; Average Electronics/Mechanical, Edu; 1 hr

 © 2004, Alan Spik, The brother of a genius! He likes his glop edible.
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Adapted from a post to the TML