Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

turtleneck

A tasteful wool turtleneck, modeled after cashmere. Unencumbering and warm, but lacking storage.

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twenty-dollar currency bundle

A thousand twenty-dollar bills, divided evenly between ten violet currency straps, and bundled together with rubber bands.

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twenty-dollar currency strap

A hundred twenty-dollar bills held together by a violet currency strap.

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two-dollar currency bundle

A thousand two-dollar bills, divided evenly between ten green currency straps, and bundled together with rubber bands.

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two-dollar currency strap

A hundred two-dollar bills held together by a green currency strap.

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UMP45 20-round makeshift magazine

An improvised 20-round straight single-stack box magazine consisting of little more than a bent sheet of steel held together by duct tape and hope, for use with the H&K UMP45 SMG.

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unfermented root beer

A mixture of water, sugar, yeast and sassafras roots that will eventually become root beer, if brewed in a fermenting vat.

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unfermented soy sauce

Brine with mashed soybeans, wheat flour and koji mold added to it. If you want to make soy sauce from this, the next step would be to let it ferment.

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unfermented vinegar

A mixture of water, alcohol and fruit juice that will eventually become vinegar when fermented in a vat.

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unflavored gelatin dessert

An unflavored jiggly, sugary treat made from gelatin and sugar. It would taste better with some flavor.

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UPS conversion mod

A device that replaces conventional battery connections with a connector port that can plug into a UPS. Any device modified with this can be used without a battery as long as you have a charged UPS with you.

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ursine mutagen

A rare substance of uncertain origins. Causes you to mutate.

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ursine mutagenic primer

A processed mutagenic primer that's the color of honey, and is just as thick.

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Valencian paella

A traditional dish originating from Spain, more specifically from the region of Valencia. A very tasty and filling dish made traditionally of rabbit, beans, rice, chicken, spices and sometimes snails.

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vegan butter

A light brown butter substitute made from nuts. Differs from other nut butters in that the fats are removed from the meat and only the fats retained.

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vegetable broth

Vegetable stock. Tasty and fairly nutritious.

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vegetable cooking oil

Thin yellow vegetable oil used for cooking.

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vegetable hosomaki

Delicious chopped vegetables wrapped in tasty sushi rice and rolled up in a healthy green vegetable.

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vegetarian nachos

Salted chips made from corn tortillas, with beans on top. Could probably use some cheese, though.

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vehicle forge rig

A forge rig made to run off a vehicle's storage battery, with integrated tool storage for metalworking equipment.

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vehicle kiln

An electric kiln made to run off a vehicle's storage battery.

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vehicle scoop

An assembly of motors and sheet metal that allows a vehicle to clean the road surface by removing debris and contaminants.

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very large storage battery

A huge storage battery containing many lithium-ion cells. Holds a tremendous amount of energy. Could be installed into a storage battery case for easy removal from a vehicle, or just welded straight in. Can also be plugged into a static power grid.

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vinegar

Shockingly tart white vinegar. This is what you get when you let your booze ferment too long.

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Virgin Mary cocktail

An alcohol-free variant of the Bloody Mary cocktail; basically tomato juice mixed with some spices.

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vitamin C supplement fragment

a small slice of a vitamin C supplement, providing as much vitamin C as a human can conceivably absorb.

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vodka

A beverage of alcohol, water, and not much else. In America, men make vodka, but in Soviet Russia, vodka makes the man.

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vodka wort

Unfermented vodka. Water with sugar from the enzymatic breakdown of malted grains, or just added in pure form. You need to put it in a fermenting vat to brew it.

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washing soda

A handful of white, odorless, hygroscopic powder. Often used as a cleansing agent and for glass manufacturing, among other things. Also known as sodium carbonate or soda ash.

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wasteland sausage

Lean sausage made from heavily salt-cured offal, with natural gut casing. Waste not, want not.

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water faucet

A metal faucet that can be attached to a water tank for easy access.

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water purification tablet

Intended for the clarification and disinfection of unsafe drinking water while camping or traveling, this sodium dichloroisocyanurate-based purification tablet removes dangerous contaminants using powerful chemicals. The label says to use one tablet per liter (4 units of water).

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Seeds

watermelon seeds

Seeds

Some watermelon seeds.

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wax slug

A round of 12 gauge birdshot that has had the crimp opened, and wax poured into the shot to mimic the performance of a proper slug.

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wearable camera

A point-and-shoot digital camera with a digital viewfinder, a backup 'iron-sight', and flash. You can look at your photos on the digital screen, or transfer them with a memory card. This one can be worn over your neck.

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wearable professional camera

A 35 mm digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera with optical and digital viewfinders, a zoom lens with auto-focus and stabilizer, and flash. You can view your photos on it or transfer them with a memory card. Before the Cataclysm, you could have taken professional-grade photos using this. This one can be worn over your neck.

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wearable RX12 jet injector

A modified RX12 jet injector which can be worn on the body. A label on the side warns against using more than two doses per hour.

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welding rod

A length of coated welding electrode - a 3 mm thick steel rod coated in a special flux. During the welding process, the hot metal of the electrode fills the seam, jointing parts together while the flux protects the surface of the seam from atmospheric gases and rapid cooling. Required for arc welding.

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