Gifts, I am not quite sure about... we may just fuse that with advantages... but the advantages system that Ras has posted about is basically a list of 'advantages' (weird huh?).
Things like ambidextrious (using two hands, chance for more attacks when wielding two weapons), fixer, contacts, etc, etc, etc. They'd cost an initial ammount of UE, and then more UE on a daily or weekly basis to upkeep it.
Someone else will probably explain things better than I....