Is there any chance of ever gaining slightly customized equipment? For instance, my character influence has bracers that run a taser current through her gloves, but operate for all effective purposes as stun guns. She also has taser discs she can throw at enemies, which again, work just like a taser mechanically, but for fluff purposes are smaller discs she throws rather than being projectiles from a handheld device. There is a rule in the core rulebook for getting nicer versions of items (items with 'luxury features') by increasing their purchase DC by 1 (or more, in some cases), with no mechanical benefit other than knowing "you bought the very best."
I understand if it's too much trouble, and I can certainly deal with using the regular equipment, though maybe these mostly-fluff alterations could see use later on, at higher levels.