Tech Name: Spacers Stretcher, sometimes referred to as 'spacers body bags' for their appearance and ultimately dual use.
Manufacturer: Various - most species have created some form of the device in one way or another.
Rarity: Ubiquitious
Appearance: A large, thick body bag sized to fit most members of the species who manufactured it. Ones produced for interspecies use are sized to fit beings 10 feet or more in height and width to ensure it's always big enough. The exterior is coloured however the manufacturer desires, and typically features a hook, winche or some other form of tethering point.
Intent: The tool is to be used in search and rescue operations in no atmosphere situations. The bag is intended to be used to provide void protection to survivors who don't have it so they can be safely brought aboard rescue ships - and for those who haven't survived, it lets any bodies be preserved. The bag itself is the same material that composes the protective layers of a space suit, featuring a sealable hatch to make the bag airtight once a survivor has been placed within it, or in some cases is left as a sheet where the edges have to be welded or fused together to form the bag. The former is easier to use, whereas the latter design is more versatile and better capable of handling a wide variety of shapes and sizes different species might come in. Internal gas canisters either left to float freely inside the bag or attached to the inner sides of the bag provide an appriopriate atmosphere inside the bag for the encased survivor once the bag is sealed. Typically features a tethering point so the bag can be towed, which is more eloquaint and safer than just pushing or handling the bag by hand.
Strength: Simple, cheap, practical and as a result also easily adjustable in size and inner atmosphere.
Weaknesses: Can't encompass absolutely all shapes and sizes, provides no mobility to the person inside the bag, and the designs made to be welded are good for only one use - once cut open to let the survivor out, welding it shut again in another use risks either an inadequate seal or weakening of the void protective properties of the bag.
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