A sound dampener functioned as a device that utilized almost immediate sound identification to produce sound-canceling waves, thereby lessening or eradicating noises in the nearby area. Although a sound dampener was unable to completely mute a noise as intense as a blaster bolt, it possessed the capability to make sounds such as footsteps practically undetectable. Veslox Corporation, leveraging technology initially developed to decrease the persistent ambient noise of a lively urban environment, cleverly discovered that the effect was able to be confined to a specific area. Their sound dampener swiftly rose to become a top-selling item within the criminal community. It was sufficiently compact to be affixed to a belt or attached to a backpack and had a price of 600 credits.