Loot cards are valuable resources and artifacts discovered by Drifters in the Fringe. The cards are airdropped to Drifter NFT holders whose Drifters have traits necessary to acquire specific specimens. They will be useful.

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The Fringe is a new universe founded by the creators of the film PROSPECT.

Primary collection:
https://opensea.io/collection/fringe-drifters

It starts with NFTS. Then we make a movie. Holders build and vote the whole way.
More details at http://fringedrifters.com


Specimen Card - Fringe Drifters

A rare mineral mined from an asteroid used to augment tattoo ink. In its native form Figment displays properties of attraction and coherence. Individual particles seek to cluster together; governed by unseen forces. This animation provides the shifting sand with its tell-tale shimmer.

Drifters incorporate figment to adorn the skin with art that can shift and alter its appearance, images to which it also lends its name. Encountered rarely in the Fringe; these Figments immediately endow the bearer with a certain amount of implied status, daring or wealth. Nowhere is this more apparent than the elaborate full body figments of some Beshtala-Chanko elites. 

Their technical mastery has also given rise to rumours of a more clandestine purpose, such as signifiers of secret societies concealed beneath the skin or the encoding of illicit messages on go-betweens (unwitting or otherwise). Given the elite"s penchant for secrecy; what becomes of these messengers after delivery is subject of some speculation. 

Flux

The Voidcloud makes all the fastest routes through the void untenable for most pilots. Step up to the bench at any port and youll hear tales, tall or not, of a mysterious siren song. The song starts as an intoxicating hum that inexorably shifts into screams of abject terror and doom as it consumes all matter it touches, ships and drifters alike. The Voidcloud is a hive mind eusocial organism that lives in deep space, its movement is sporadic and unpredictable outside of rumor and legend. They say it follows gravity, light, or maybe heat. Few ships navigate through Voidcloud space without trouble, and many are never seen again. The difference is mastery of the Murk Ring. Its inventor is a mystery. If you imbue a small sample of Voidcloud matter into this apparatus, it acts as a compass for the skilled Longhauler. A queenless hive is harmless and docile, but proximity to the hive will make it sing and surge in the direction of the Voidcloud. Pilots lucky and savvy enough to fly with a Murk Ring can use that signal to stay alive. Best to make sure youre one of them.

Murkring

Mining asteroids and comets is a competitive and toilsome trade. The suits/gloves/wearables can rip and tear if caught on a jagged edge, in a battle with another mining crew, etc. Rips can be fixed quickly by applying the applicator syringe into the suit where the tear is. Needs to be applied within 20-30 seconds. When applied the COAG in the syringe will give a short blast of oxygen to restore breathing, then it bubbles and solidifies to recreate the seal in the suit. Most spaceships are sold/outfitted with the COAG units as an upsell. There are refillable COAG cartridges. The COAG has a duration of 12-36 hours, after which it begins to deteriorate and the seal breaks down. The duration will be shorter in the presence of solar flares or if exposed to high heat.

SUIT COAG

Early settlement of the Fringe brought with it a large contingent of asteroid miners. In their travels they encountered patches of Blackfish floating in space or near phosphate ore fields of large asteroids. Early encounters caused concern when its corrosive nature caused suit breaches and when it spontaneously ignited or exploded in the oxygen rich interior of a spaceship. It became highly sought after for its volatile properties once procedures for its safe handling were determined. A later chance encounter with a Gursht provided the answer to how Blackfish was formed. A crew of miners saw the beast and as they approached, they were surprised to see an expulsion of black liquid from its rear. Upon inspection it was found to be Blackfish. Apparently, the asteroid swallowing creature was drawn to uranium. Rock phosphate ore commonly found on asteroids could contain millions of tons of uranium. As the asteroid was broken down during digestion the hydrochloric acid in the belly of the beast dissolved the uranium and the reaction caused the creation of Blackfish which was then passed as waste. Blackfish is used primarily as a flammable source for weapons and as an explosive when triggered by oxygen for breaching. One of the first uses of Blackfish that brought its devastating properties to the forefront of Fringe lore was its use in the ammo cartridges of the Cream Steamer. This Junkyard-Built weapon became known for its sticky fire. The dual igniters at the end of the barrel proved insufficient to completely burn the expanding combustion of the trapped Blackfish. Some of the unburnt chemical exited the barrel igniting in the presence of oxygen as it travelled, often sticking to the victims and igniting on contact. Fowes Trent put it straight when he said, Death by sticky fire is slow and loud.

Blackfish

The Wirecutter is a small worm-like creature that is attracted to light and burrows through things to reach it. The tendrils on the side of its body shoot out air enabling it to "hop" from asteroid to asteroid. It survives on electricity. It has small whiskers on the front of its face that detect electric fields. The whiskers are sensitive enough to detect minor amounts of electricity within an asteroid. When drifters started arriving with their ships, Wirecutters were attracted to the ship"s power and began burrowing into the wires! This disabled many Fringe ships. Some Drifters have taken to using Wirecutters to sabotage competitor ships. One Wirecutter is not a big deal but a group of Wirecutters is very bad! Youve got to kill them quickly or else your ship will shut down before you can say wrangle an asteroid. Turning off all electronics and lights is the best defense against them. They have no self-defenses and are not naturally attracted to humans, but if one makes contact with the skin, its burrowing instinct takes over and youre in for a bad time. Vort and other companies that make electronic devices hire poachers to capture Wirecutters and use them to find sources of electricity on asteroids. They have to be very careful because if a wire cutter gets loose and is attracted to the ship, especially if its in a group, it could be fatal to the people inside. So always wear a spacesuit, even when youre inside your ship.