Talk:Communications Relay/@comment-76.102.75.80-20160831013433/@comment-68.238.222.254-20161211203758

The Alterra file on the lifepods explains it: lifepods are equipped with different item loadouts, so "be sure to choose the right one for the circumstances." Translation: We're too cheap to stock each lifepod with everything you might need, so if you end up on a desert planet with a wetsuit and a Seaglide, well, tough luck, Chuck.