The Cryptonauticon, Vol I

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RECIPE BOOK
The Cryptonauticon, Vol I
Produced by:	found as loot on high-level NPC ships
Teaches:	Small Coward's Armor (Recipe) Small Double-Planked Armor (Recipe) Small Fool's Armor (Recipe) Small Heavy Flanked Armor (Recipe) Small Lightweight Hull (Recipe) Small Race-Built Hull (Recipe) Small Smooth Planked Hull (Recipe)

This dusty tome has neither author nor date of publication. The recipes make seemingly nonsensical references to alchemical compounds and astral alignments, but their efficacy cannot be denied.