COMMUNICATIONS GEAR

Subdermal Speakers
Usually mounted under the skin just behind the ear, these tiny speakers vibrate various bones in the ear to transmit sound. Sound coming over them cannot be overheard.

Cybercomm Link
The cybercomm link consists of a transducer and a radio transmitter. The transducer translates thoughts into words, so that the user need not speak aloud; the transmitter sends and receives these unspoken impulses. No external evidence of this system's use is visible or audible. Quadruples the number of spoken words allowed in a Free Action.

CYBEREYES

Image Link
Allows the display of a vidphone image within the field of vision and functions as a Display Link.

Protective Covers
Protects cyber and normal eyes against impact and particles. Available in standard transparent or one-way reflective material; one-way adds 20 percent to the price. At the gamemaster's discretion, covers give 1 point of Impact Armor to the eye area.

EYE DATAJACKS

EYE LIGHT SYSTEMS

EYE WEAPONS

Eye Gun
Treat as a hold-out pistol with one-half range (round down), a -1 Damage modifier, and a +1 recoil modifier. One shot per reload. Reloading takes 10 Combat Turns, but a successful Biotech test reduces the reload time by half of the character's Quickness. Rounds cost five times the normal price. Firing requires a Special Skill or Quickness Test. Cannot be linked to any kind of aim enhancer. After firing, a character must apply a +2 modifier for all visual tests for a period of (6 - Unaugmented Body) Combat Turns, for a minimum of 2 Combat Turns.

EYE LASER SYSTEMS

Laser Tracker
Ties into a cyberlimb or external weapon mount and auto-tracks a designated target. This function is built into the unit and does not require an additional laser designator.

Tool Laser
The tool laser has a Damage Code of 4L. If it is used as a weapon, make Combat Tests using the character's Quickness or a Special Skill. These tests have a Base Target Number 4, with a +1 modifier to the target number for each meter or part thereof beyond 1. The Power of the attack is -1 against targets up to two meters away and -2 against targets up to four meters away. Will not penetrate reflective metals or silvered glass, but can cut mirrored plastics.

CYBEREAR ACCESSORIES

Balance Augmentor
This device reduces the target numbers by -2 for any Skill Tests involving balance, such as climbing, walking across a narrow platform, landing after a jump, and so on. It also applies a -2 modifier in the character's favor to avoid Knockdown.

ORAL WEAPONS

Oral Gun
Treat as a hold-out pistol with a total of four shots. Reloading takes one minute per shot. Ammo costs triple the standard price. Use a Special Skill or Quickness for the Ranged Combat Test. Cannot be linked to aim enhancers.

Oral Spur
Treat as a cyberspur; use a Special Skill or Quickness for the Melee Combat Test.

Oral Whip
Range equals one meter. Damage is 6M. Use a Special Skill or Quickness for the Ranged Combat Test.

TOOTH COMPARTMENT

To remove a storage tooth takes 2 Complex Actions and a successful Quickness (4) Test.

CRANIAL BOMBS

DERMAL PLATING AND SHEATHING

FINGERTIP COMPARTMENTS

All of the above require a fingertip compartment, see SRII.

Fingertip ExpertPicks
These lock picks have a Skill Rating of 3, and using them is a Complex Action. Most key-and-tumbler locks have a Rating of 2 or 3 depending on their complexity. Resolve attempts to open the lock with an Opposed Test between the lock's rating and that of the ExpertPicks.

CYBERLIMBS

Semi-natural Covering
This semi-synthetic, natural-looking skin covers the cyberlimb. It adds a +3 modifier to the target number of any visual Perception Tests made to notice the cyberlimb. Note that clothing adds an additional +3 modifier at the gamemaster's discretion, based on how much of the limb is showing.

LIMB ENHANCEMENTS

MAGNETIC CYBERLIMB SYSTEM

CYBERARM GYROMOUNT

Direct Neural Interface
Allows cybernetic control of any device not originally designed to be cybernetically controlled that is placed in a cyberlimb, at a 50 percent increase in the device's cost.

OTHER CYBERLIMB ACCESSORIES

Replacement Hand
Attaching/removing a replacement hand requires a free hand and a Complex Action. A variety of tool and gear/weapon hands are available, at a 30- percent increase of the cost of the weapon itself. Weapons built into a replacement hand receive a +1 modifier to the target number for purposes of Combat Tests.

Cyberarm Cyberdeck
Players may install standard or cranial cyberdecks in cyberarms. For standard decks, multiply the price of the selected deck by 4. Increase the Availability target number by 25 percent (round up), and double the Base Time for acquiring it. See Shadowtech for rules on installing a cranial cyberdeck in the arm. Increase the standard target number for building each component by +2, and increase costs and Base Times per component by 20 percent.

Tactical Computer/Orientation System
Cyberarm versions of these pieces of equipment work in the same way as cranial versions (see Shadowtech).

CYBERLIMB WEAPONS

Shock Hand and Cyberarm Taser
The shock hand does 8S Stun Damage and holds 12 charges. It must be recharged after 12 uses. The cyberarm taser does 10S Stun Damage, but can fire only two shots before recharging. It has the same ranges as the standard taser.

CyberSquirt
The CyberSquirt fires up to 10 shots at a time of chemical/biological agents in a special gelling agent. Like the non-cybered Ares Squirt, the cyberSquirt holds 10 chemical rounds and the gel reservoir holds enough gel for up to 20 shots. The reservoir must be reloaded once for every 2 cartridge reloads. The gel is made of DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide), a utility chemical that forces the skin to absorb delivered chemical/biological agents. Porous armor, such as armor clothing and Kevlar weaves, offers no protection against DMSO. Rigid armor (higher than 5, or plated) applies half its normal Defensive Rating (rounded up) against DMSO attacks.

CYBERTORSOS AND SKULLS

Body Plating
Soft armor adds 1 point of Ballistic and Impact armor per level, cumulative with any armor worn. Hard armor also adds 1 point of Ballistic and Impact armor per level, but functions as hardened armor per the critter power Hardened Armor. Body plating can also be applied to cyberlimbs.

WIRED REFLEX SYSTEMS

Reflex Trigger
Activating or deactivating wired reflexes with a reflex trigger requires a Simple Action.

MOVE-BY-WIRE SYSTEM

Level 1: +1 Quickness, +2 Reaction, +1D6 Initiative, +1 die for Athletics and Stealth tests
Level 2: +2 Quickness, +4 Reaction, +2D6 Initiative, +2 die for Athletics and Stealth tests
Level 3: +3 Quickness, +6 Reaction, +3D6 Initiative, +3 die for Athletics and Stealth tests
Level 4: +4 Quickness, +8 Reaction, +4D6 Initiative, +4 die for Athletics and Stealth tests

WEAPON MOUNTS

Tracking Mount
This mount is a motorized, pivoting tracking system that ties into an eye laser designator. It can take light, heavy or machine pistols and submachine guns, and assault rifles; triple the cost of the weapon. Player characters can buy external ammo pods that hold 50 rounds, but only one pod can be mounted at any given time. The system gives users 3 points of Recoil Reduction, plus the same modifiers as a laser sight.

Articulate Arm
This mount works like a tracking mount, but has a full range of motion and covers a 360-degree firing area. The articulate arm can take all light weapons up to a light machine gun. The system gives users 3 points of Recoil Reduction, plus the same modifiers as a laser sight.

MISCELLANEOUS CYBERWARE

Air Tank
The internal air tank can be vented if necessary. It takes about 20 minutes of air, and takes 5 minutes to refill.

Taken from the pages of Jens-Arthur Leirbakk