Category: Weapons, Armor, and Equipment
Type: Secondary

The development of practical manufacturing omni-tools allow modern militaries a great deal of flexibility in equipment load-outs. A vast number of field modification kits, or "upgrades", are available for common equipment such as weapons, armor, omni-tools, biotic amps, and even grenades.

An upgrade kit typically consists of less then a dozen unique parts and an optical storage disc. When loaded into an omni-tool, the OSD provides all technical specifications required to manufacture the tools and additional parts necessary to install the upgrade onto another piece of equipment. Assembly is typically modular, and installation can be completed in less then a minute.

Since omni-tools are designed to used common battlefield salvage materials such as plastic, ceramics, and light metals (rendered into semi-molten "omni-gel" for quick used), it is quite possible for a trained soldier carrying upgrade kits to customize gear on the battlefield to fit the current tactical situation.