# Walkie-talkie

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| \<ITEM NAME>        | > WALKIE-TALKIE               |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| \<REQUISITION COST> | > 12■                         |
| \<ITEM TYPE>        | > ELECTRONIC / COMMUNICATIONS |
| \<BATTERY LIFE>     | > 12 MINUTES                  |
| \<METALLIC?>        | > NO                          |

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The walkie-talkie is a standard radio device used to send and receive voice communication messages to and from other users of similar devices. The device must be powered on with \[Q] before usage, which will drain battery life passively, but allow the user to transmit their voice with \[LMB] when holding the walkie-talkie, and receive all incoming voice from users utilising either another walkie-talkie, headset, or tactical helmet.
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The walkie-talkie can only be obtained by purchasing it via the `store` command in the terminal or personal terminal at a cost of 12■.
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* An almost vital tool when communicating with a terminal operator to save precious time, scrap, and lives.
* Useful for communicating strategy and encountered threats to avoid as a team.
* Due to the walkie-talkie's long battery life, there is rarely any disadvantage to leaving the device powered for the duration of a moons day cycle, as it is possible to recharge the device when you reach the ship or leave the moon.
* Walkie-talkie outputs can be passively heard by other nearby players, so it is not always necessary to have one for each player if teams are formed.
* The walkie-talkie can intermittently receive transmissions from a [Ghost Girl](https://clarkuk.gitbook.io/themostlethalcompany-wiki/modpack-content/bestiary/interior-entities/the-girl), if one is present.
* The walkie-talkie will transmit a garbled static effect to other radio devices if an employee who is currently transmitting audio is killed.
* Walkie-talkies cannot be used hands-free, but their upgraded counterparts, the headset and tactical helmet, can be used while holstered.
* It can be worth leaving a backup walkie-talkie on the ship so that anyone who urgently needs to communicate can retrieve this device.
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