Protect Inventory Items

DESCRIPTION This is a slate that you can use to "protect" up to 40 items (weapons, clothing, spacesuit parts, books and misc items) by marking them as quest items so they cannot be accidentally dropped, sold, transferred or confiscated. Just activate the option in the slate, drop the item you want to protect on the ground, select the new activate option on it, and it will be protected and added back to your inventory.

The slate also allows you to view a list of which items you have protected, and remove their protection.

Digipicks, credits, astras, and certain items used exclusively for supply missions cannot be protected. Please exercise caution when protecting any items directly involved with quests. Items can still be removed from your inventory by scripts or if used for crafting.

There is a setting in Gameplay Options to change the slate to an aid item so that it can be added to favorites, like the option Simple Summon Rover has. If using the aid item mode, note that it doesn't start with a * unlike the regular version. When added to your favorites wheel it will show the food symbol (crossed knife and fork). There will also be 2 of the aid item in your inventory, this is necessary to avoid the remote from appearing in your new items list each time it is used.

Note that when modding or upgrading weapons and spacesuit parts at workbenches, the game is technically destroying the old object and giving you a new one. So when this happens they will be removed from the protected items list and you will be notified that you'll need to protect them again.

You cannot protect resources by default, but this can be overridden with another setting in Gameplay Options. You'll be notified if you use any resources that you have protected, and they will be removed from the list.

You can craft the slate at an industrial workbench.

This is from my "xtcrefugee's miscellaneous small mods" collection on Nexus Mods, I can be reached there.