Rafaela left the shop with a voucher that could either be used for a small discount or a full outfit, depending on the outcome of the race.
The experience also let her understand that the merchants offering the free services and items to the registered racers expected to get something in return, even if it wasn't money. However, instead of making her wary, that made her feel more comfortable about taking advantage of the offers, so she sorted through the list of shops more carefully, looking for ones that could be useful.
She ate the most extravagant meal that she'd had in years at one of the restaurants. In another shop the automated system cheerfully assisted her by crafting replacements for some of her clothing, without exceeding the gift credit. None of the shops were likely sources for critical ship supplies, but she checked each one that seemed to have any chance, and lucked into one that had specialty autoserve supply packets.
