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Clothing salvage supplies the city's shops with garments, replacement fittings and donor fabric. Lancers search abandoned stores and homes for stock that can still be worn or repaired. A dry, well-kept shell can be worth more than a large pile of damaged clothing. The return changes with demand, especially when useful sizes or weather-appropriate layers become scarce.
Storage conditions can vary inside the same building. Garments in a protected cupboard may remain usable while exposed stock has deteriorated. Closures, seams and fabric condition help determine whether an item should be sold whole, repaired or taken apart for sound material.
A Lancer has limited room for the journey back. Knowing what a clothing trader needs makes selection more useful than collecting indiscriminately. Technical features from the Old World only add value if they still work or can be supported. Failed electronics in a garment may leave ordinary clothing behind, and the buyer prices what remains rather than what it originally cost.
