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Keywords are:  'thief skill salvaging equipment parts salvage'

Skill: salvage equipment        Lvl 27 Thie  (28%)
                                (helpful)   Requires: mechanical aptitude
                                Group: Thief tinkering

Usage:
search <mechanical corpse>

This skill allows an experienced thief to salvage working or usable pieces
from machinery.  It is used automatically when searching the corpses of
mechanical creatures.

The extracted equipment can be used to make explosives and the fluids may
be used in potion or poison brewing.