Finances

BITs and Credits
Nearly all of the playable As Stars Decay universe operates on the binary money system of BITs and Credits. Credits being an older form of digital currency representing an overall wealth in assets, and BITs being a physical, energy based conduit coin.

BITs
BITs were seemingly discovered throughout the galaxy nearly a century ago, although there is speculation that the Ursine have known about them all along. Tiny mineral like shards that seem to be perfect hexagons. They house tremendous power and can seemingly power anything, big or small, with enough of them. For this reason as a universal power source, Active BITs are traded as a form of currency that is better than Gold of aeons past. Still, their tremendous power can sometimes ruin the device they are used on, and a perfect converter has not yet been discovered.

Credits
'"Credits? Now there's a misused terminology: can you imagine people trying to say, 'Excuse me sir, but may I have some credit on my credits? Oh, and if you can, you you put some credits in my debit bank?'. But, ah, the name caught on, and now good bankers such as I have to suffer our brain aneurysms in silence..." '-Gorfax, Point Banker

Credits represent a player character's collective cumulative wealth; it does not necessarily have to come just from units that follow the GIS (Galactic Imperial Standard) set in place by the Jerusalem Sector, but can also represent rare materials, objects, or favors they can call in.

However, because Credits are digitally stored, without efforts to hide your transactions, they are rather easily accesible. Some shops will deal specifically in Credits for this reason, to be able to have plenty of information about whom they are dealing with via a transaction record, essentially using personal data to build a list of items worth offering at increased rates.

Uses for Credits
Credits like all currency are used for purchasing; this can be as mundane as common objects, such as weapons, armors, and helpful tools, but they can also be used to bride people or purchase other services, such as medical facilities or housing accommodations.

Gaining Credits
Credits can be gained by doing missions that have a reward of payment for them. Other than that, credits can be gained by selling gear, doing jobs, looting bodies, or simply finding spare change lying around.