Information Overload

2057:
A new year, a new challenge. Be

prepared.
WHAT´S GOING ON HERE?

IS IT...?
YEAH!
A NEW NETBOOK FOR SHADOWRUN!

This time, BulletShower, another runner on the turf, has laid his
greedy hands on another netbook originally published for
Cyperpunk 2020. In original, there were three of them: first and
second, and the Finnish edition. Matush Manhunt have compiled
them into one big volume.
It brings you the conversions for all three Information Overload books -
more soon to follow! Now wipe that ugly smile off your face, chummer. ;)
As always, feel free to change what you don´t like ...
I´ve also deleted entrances that have already been covered somewhere
else, most possibly in one of the Plastic Warriors publications.
Something about the author

Norbert G. Matausch has been into roleplaying since 1984. Born in Germany, he started
playing Midgard and Realms of Arkadia, the English translation of a fantasy rpg called
„Das Schwarze Auge“. His roleplaying party hasn´t changed very much since the
beginning. Also, we are proud to tell you we were among the first German players to
own the first edition of Shadowrun 1, hardcover, and, of course, play it ;)
In 1991, he sold the copyrights of his own roleplaying system „Plüsch,
Power&Plunder“, which was the first comic roleplaying book dealing with living teddy
bears, and which was rated 3rd best roleplaying game in 1992, though it was still a
„fannish“ product. :)
He´s into diceless roleplaying for several years now.
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INFORMATION OVERLOAD 2057 TRICKS OF THE TRADE
• Gurth (for being the Guru, and for
tolerating my miserable tries of writing
TRICKS OF THE TRADE
Anybody out there who wants to email
me? Maybe even anybody out there who
´s also playing diceless roleplaying
• Dutch; and for motivating me to do the
games?
conversions: „Why don´t you do
Send me your two cents:
it?“)
nmatausc@nw80.cip.fak14.uni-
• CybLord, who actually is the author of
muenchen.de
the IO: Finnish Edition. Sorry chum, I
Visit my little homepage, if you want to couldn´t find your adress ...
read more about a PSI-System for SR, or if
• Bull-the-one-who-found-out-about-the-
you´d like to get a really easy diceless
inacceptable-abbreviation-of-my-name-
roleplaying system written by me („No
first :) (Beware of my SOTA carp
Points Heroes“):
thrower!)
http:\\www.cip.fak14.uni-
• My players for crying out in pain
muenchen.de\~nmatausc
whenever I confront them with new
The Copyrights: ideas. What a mess! How great an
All articles used in this publications are agony!! :) (Quote: „My god — you
subject to individual © held by their ´re a real moron“)
respective authors. This publication is ©
• everone else I forgot to mention here; if
1997 by BulletShower.
you feel treated bad, please let me
Disclaimer: know.
Shadowrun is a registered trademark of
• last not least my Daddy for having the
FASA Corporation.
patience to let me abuse his computer
Cyperpunk 2020 is registered trademark
equipment :)
of Richard Talsorian Games.
What I´ve used:
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What I´d like you to do with this file:
Courier New, Arial, Banco and an
Copy it. Distribute it. In any form you like.
own creation, Shadowtalk (make sure
But please, do NOT
to install them onto your computer)
• modify the file and/or
• lotsa Diet Coke, and protein-rich food
• distribute modified versions of this file
• lotsa draft HP LaserJet 4L (yeah, that one
• make any money out of it ´s out of production now) printouts
Ahem ... THANX to all the following:
• My girlfriend Heidi for providing me
with all sorts of SR stuff, and for being
my girlfriend :)
• Superdan for writing the original files:
for more information on CP2020, or
comments, or mailbombs, contact
Dan Bailey at:
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INFORMATION OVERLOAD 2057 WOTSINNIT
Something about the author I ELBOW/KNEE SPIKES 19
TRICKS OF THE TRADE II BUILT-IN MACHETTE 19
STEPHENSON TECH. SKULLGUN 19
Definition 1
NEWTEETH 20
CYBERWARE 1 POWERJAW 20
TASTE BOOST 1 CHIPWARE 21
MILITECH CYBERNETICS DETECTION 1
SPEED-READING CHIP 21
COMPUTER (MCDC)
PACKAGE DEAL™ SKILLCHIPS 21
SLEEPER PROCESSOR 2
TEXT TRANSLATION CHIP 22
COMPASS IMPLANT 2
HOMING CHIP 23
MENTAL CO-PROCESSORS 3
NO-GUILT BEHAVIOR CHIP 23
EARS 3
FACEDOWN CHIP 23
NANOAUDITORY REBUILD 3
DREAM SUPRESSANT CHIP 23
ECHOLOCATION SYSTEM PROCESSOR 4
ACCENT CHIP 24
EYES 4
BIOTECH 24
EMERALDTECH XR RAY VISION 4
VARIABLE-CHAMBERED HEART OPTION 24
RAVEN MICROCYB CYBERSENSOR 4
NEOAPPENDIX 25
RETINAL PROJECTORS 5
NEOLUNGS 25
ODIN'S EYE 5
POISON GLANDS 25
MONOVISION 6
BIOHOLSTERS 26
LOCKDOWN 6
ENHANCED MITOCHONDRIA 26
ENHANCED PERIPHERAL VISION 7
OPTIMIZED BRONCHII 27
SHAPE RECOGNITION 7
DOGBREATH 27
DOUBLE-SLIT PUPILS 7
RHODOPSIN BOOSTER 27
OLDMOVIE CYBEROPTIC 8
NICTATING MEMBRANES 27
COMMUNICATIONS 8
CROCHEART 28
CYBERVOCAL SYSTEMS 8
GLYCOGEN BANKS 28
BODYWARE 9
BIO-EPV 28
NUTECH TVSKIN 9
BIOCOMPASS 29
DATANAILS 10
ADRENAL GLAND REMOVAL 29
DATATEETH 10
EQUIPMENT 29
SKULLWEAVE 10
LIFESTYLE 30
DNA-MAINTENANCE NANITES 11
SWATCH SURVEIL 30
NITROGEN BINDERS 12
SWATCH STREETER 30
CYBERBLOOD NANOTECHS 12
ARMORSAVER DRINK 30
MEDCON VEIN CLIPS 12
ENDURODRINK 30
FACEMORPH SYSTEM 12
NANO-PAPER 31
ENHANCED NERVOUS SYSTEM 13
FOREVER COOKING FOOD PRODUCTS 31
LINEAR FRAME: ALPHA 13
DEATHBAT 32
CHIPLOK 14
ELECTRONICS 32
DOUBLE SIDE BORG 14
ALPHA WAVE GENERATORS 32
LIMBS 14
SLEEPTIME SUBLIMINAL GENERATOR 32
SILVER TECH. HOLOHAND 14
SUBLIMINAL BEHAVIOUR 33
DYNALAR NEW CYBERFINGERS 15
SUB-PROCESS ENCODER
SCISSORHAND 15
CYBERPLUGS 33
LOCKING JOINTS 16
SMARTGLASSES 34
NULIMBS 16
PRESSURE TRIGGER 34
CYBERWEAPONS 17
WORKING GEAR
FRIZBLAUNCHER 17
THERMITE-IN-A-TUBE 34
POP-UP HANDBLADES 17
IWO PLUG-IN AIR FOULERS 35
CYBERTAIL 18
MEDIA EQUIPMENT 35
STRANGETECH CYBERTAIL OPTIONS 18
WALL SPEAKERS 35 LIQUID KNUCKLES 51
STEPHENSON TECHNOLGIES SOUND 36 VEHICLES 51
OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM GROUND 51
COMPOUNDS 36 URBAN AUTOMOTIVES ROADHOG 51
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES 36 ROLLS-ROYCE SLEEKSHADOW 52
TORTURE MITES MILITECH "BIG BOY" LIGHT 52
ANTI-PURSUIT LIQUIDS 36 ANTI-TANK VEHICLE
CLOTHING AND ARMOR 37 AIRCRAFT 52
HOTT EVERWEAR FASHIONS 37 DEATHTECH INDUSTRIES JETPACK 52
SECURITY JACKETS BOEING HAWKE 53
DEATHTECH COMBATBOOTS 37 HARRIER JUMPJET 53
SMARTARMOR 38 COMPUTERS & MATRIX 54
HEALING ARMOR OPTION 38
HARDWARE 54
PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR INSERT 38
WACKO'S HOME PHARMACY 54
POWERED ARMOR 39 COMPU-MOD
MILITECH GALVESTON PA 39 JACKLOCK 54
ARASAKA WRAITH PA 40 TABLET 55
DYNALAR ATLAS PA 40 GLOVES AND GOGGLES INTERFACE 55
LONDON PUNKNAUGHT PA 41 "HOT KEY" KEYPAD 55
NASA/ZETATECH/MILITECH 41 NORTHERN NETCOM HOLOGRAPHIC 56
ARMSTRONG PA CYBERDECK "HOLOBOARD" SYSTEM 56
MILITECH DOWNTOWNER PA 42 TRANSCRIPTOR 56
POWERED ARMOR EQUIPMENT 42 NETFUSE 56
TECHNOTRONICA M-40PA 42 SOFTWARE 57
PULSE RIFLE CYBERSPACE SUBLIMINAL FILTER 57
KALASHNIKOV AK-2020PA 43 THE AUDIO VIRUS 57
REFLEX BOOST FILTER 43 A PICTURE'S WORTH 58
PA EMP SHIELD 43 OH-ONE-OH-ONE 58
PA SHIELD 44 GENERATION 58
GOD INTERFACE 45 SERVICES 59
ORBITAL FRAMES 45
THE ASSASIN'S GUILD 59
WEAPONS 45 PARTNERS, INC. 59
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES SEEDS 46 APPRAISAL NETWORK 60
LUGER THUNDERBIRD 46 MEYER & MEYER 60
TSUNAMI ARMS HELLBOLT 47 EXTREME COURIER SERVICE 61
SANCHEZ TWILIGHT 47 EINSTEIN SERVICE 62
GONZ-TAURUS ALL-IN-ONE MODEL 47 BIGWAVE SURF MONITOR SERVICE 62
ARASAKA BIG GAT 47 SMOOTH OPERATOR SERVICE 62
WEAPONSMITHS MINIACE 47 NEO-ANARCHIST´S GUIDE 63
VALMET RK-2020 48
TO THE MSP METROPLEX
MILITECH ALL-PURPOSE COMBAT GUN 48
SETSUKO-ARASAKA NINJA 48 NEW SKILLS 66
VALMET HAKKAPELIITTA 48 CORPORATIONS 67
MR. ACID 48 INTERNATIONAL WEAPONS
IWO RAZORWHIP II 49 OUTFITTERS 67
SNIPERWEAPON 5000 49 J.J. MACGEE, INCORPORATED 67
SLOWKILLER PAINBALLS 50 KRAMDEN BIOTECHNOLOGIES 68
KENDACHI TRI-DAGGER 50 ECLECTICA FASHIONS 68
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES 50 VIRTUALITY, LTD. 69
LOOGIE GUN PTO CORP. 70
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES 51 SUNRISE MICROPROCESSORS 71
Definition:
Information Overload -- A psychological condition,
characterized by a dazed
sort of catatonia, that occurs when the human brain
attempts to assimilate
too much information at one time.
CYBERWARE
"Some of the new cyber on the market is simply frightening! They're pushing
nanotech and cybertech to the limits and just throwing this stuff out on
the street for any snapperhead to use as he pleases! I think it's about
time we got some hard-core government regs to dictate the control and sale
of cybertechnology."
- Eduadro Rodriguez, mayor of Austin, shortly before his assassination
by boosters of an unknown gang
HEADWARE
TASTE BOOST LEGAL
A simple modification to the tongue, this enhances the sense of taste to
allow for detection of poisons, etc. as well as over-seasoning... Can be
toggled for when you want to enjoy your aunt's 5-alarm chili without losing
your sanity.
Essence Cost Rating Availability Cost Street Index

0.25 ---- 3/48hrs 1,000¥ 1
MILITECH CYBERNETICS DETECTION COMPUTER (MCDC) 2-

E3
This is a new neuralware computer originally designed by Militech for use
by the Green Berets and other American Special Forces Units. The computer
recieves data from up to four different non-visual cybernetic sensory
devices, such as cyberaudio units or Doc Richter Seismic Detectors (Solo of
Fortune 1). The computer processes the data recieved and calculates the
exact location of where the noise or vibrations are coming from. It then
signals the user via cyberaudio with a tone, in what direction the the
signals are coming from. (Sound is a better indicator of exact direction
than sight is). A voice then gives exact range. The computer can also be
linked to cybernetic sonar, or radar implants. If someone has interface
plugs, they can link themselves to non-cybernetic detection equipment as

well. This enables the user to hide completely out of sight, and remain
completely motionless and still detect someone nearby. Great for ambushes,
which is why it was designed.

2.5 --- 4-CB 60,000¥ 4
≅Be careful with this thing. Chummer of mine got trapped real bad when them Lone Star cops used it
on him and his crew.≅ Running_Scared (none/ofyour/biz)
SLEEPER PROCESSOR
LEGAL
This neuralware add-on allows you to sleep, wherever you are! It works on
the same principles of a sleep inducer (CB1, first section), but the
sleeper has an integral function that calulates the rest you need and makes
sure you sleep only that much. Never oversleep again! And, the special
calculator will also stimulate adrenal release to keep you from falling
asleep again!
(NOTE: for an extra 100¥, the sleeper can be tied into a pain editor so one cannot be
awakened even by jostling when asleep.)

0.05 --- 8/4 days 200¥ 1
COMPASS IMPLANT 4- CA
The ultimate in survival gear! We bury a small digital compass in your body
so that you'll always know which way north is! It's cheap, it's accurate
and it comes with a variety of readouts! Available in audio, visual, or
balance format! In the balance form, the user will feel a slight "tug" to
the north!
Game notes: If the player opts for the balance feedback, he will have no
trouble with day-to-day life, even things that normally require good
balance (bicycling, skating, etc.), but if they stand at the North or South
Pole, the feedback will create a nasty whirling sensation -- they must pass
a Quickness(4) test or be overwhelmed by the sensation (-1 to Initiative and INT)
until they are removed from the Pole by at least 10 meters. Must have Times Square or
Times Square Plus to get visual feedback.

Audio 1 --- 6/4 days 400¥ 1
Visual 1 --- 6/4 days 400¥ 1
Balance 1.25 --- 6/4 days 400¥ 1.2
MENTAL CO-PROCESSORS
LEGAL
Mental co-processors are a new technology where a biochip is planted in the
brain and assists it with certain functions - like math, for example. But,
unlike chipped skills, a person with a mental co-processor can still learn
and increase their skill. However, some co-processors actually alter your
natural attributes. Below is a list that is by no means definitive. Ask
your MicroTech Dealer about others!
MATH CO-PROCESSOR: Gives the user a permanent +1 bonus to their Mathematics

skill..
0.25 ---- 6/6 hours 1,000¥ 1
≅Hey, this is great! I´m having my tests next month!≅ -Razorback (22:43:01/02-04-57)
≅Whoa, boy, get outa here! Don´t waste bandwidth.≅ -Dragstore (deleted/deleted/deleted)
VISUAL CORTEX CO-PROCESSOR: Give the user a -1 target number for Perception tests
when using visual cues.
0.25 --- 8/6 hours 2,000¥ 1
COOLNESS CO-PROCESSOR: Gives the user a -1 target number for all test involving chuzpe,
using a special biofeedback system..
0.25 --- 6/10 hours 2,000¥ 0.9
SPATIAL AWARENESS CO-PROCESSOR: Gives the user a +1 bonus to their

Draw/Paint skill.
0.25 --- 3/6 hours 2,000¥ 0.9
The biochips must be installed inside the skull physically and cannot be nano-
constructed there because they are too complex. If you have a skill that is augmented
by a co-processor, you may still learn and increase in that skill.
EARS
NANOAUDITORY REBUILD LEGAL

Don't feel like having your skull cracked open to get cyberaudio crammed in
there? Expertly designed nanosurgeons can rebuild sections of your auditory
canal to improve your hearing.
Game notes: Gives the user enhanced hearing range and level damper as if he had the
two cyberaudio options. The process takes 4 days and the character is deaf for 3D10
hours after the injection (deafness begins in 1D6 hours from the time of injection).

0.25 --- 10/10 days 4,500¥ 1
ECHOLOCATION SYSTEM PROCESSOR

LEGAL
Get the power of the bat! Low-lite still requires light! A thermograph is
good for only heat! Now, use sound emissions to see! Requires Kiroshi Video
Imagers, a CyberVocal system with the SubSonic option, and cyberaudio with
Enhanced Hearing Range, and you will be able to see in pitch-blackness,
regardless of the heat emissions. Game notes: This allows the individual's
three aforementioned systems to interface and create a visual image from
the returned sonic data. The system works at near-real-time, but not
perfectly, thus the character is at +1 Target Number for Perception based tests while
using this item for visual data. A TriTech White Noise Generator will foil this system. It
is neuralware.

--- --- 8/4 days 5,000 1,1
EYES
EMERALDTECH XR RAY VISION 2- CA

The latest option in cyberoptics, developed for our IRA medics in the
field. Worried that your patient might have a broken bone? Just flip on
your Xr Ray vision and look for yourself. Xr Rays are actually r-neutrinos,
a small particle that passes through all organic materials. This has the
same effect of X-Ray technology but without the need of a transmitter or
any of the harmful radiation effects. Xr ray vision allows the user to
penetrate layers of any organic material, discerning what is inside to a
limited effect. Unfortunately the receptors for this are so complicated,
that only a small number of them can be fit into the cyberoptic. This gives
the Xr Ray vision a range of only 1m (3 feet). So while you can look under
someone's jacket if they're standing right next to you (and only if they
are wearing non-metallic laced armor), looking through walls is pretty much
out of the question. This does give medics an advantage when diagnosing or
treating patients (+1 to skill), which is more than worth the 5000¥
pricetag. Order one today and a proceed of 5% of each sale will go to help sponsor
your local I.R.A. chapter.

2 --- 8/14 days 5000¥ 2.5
≅Don´t believe what these suits tell you. The device as such is not bad, it´s the sounds what´s really
enerving. I´ve used it once, and it constantly hummed so loud everybody around could hear it. Find a
way to dampen it, or leave it.≅ -Crossborder (again/too/lazy)
RAVEN MICROCYB CYBERSENSOR 2-

CB
A variation of the Cybersnake, the Cybersensor is a cyberoptic mounted on a
long retractable appendage. Often used to replace a lost eye or implanted
in the arms or throat, the Cybersensor is often used by police or black ops
teams to see around corners or up through windows. Maximum range of
extension is about two feet. The Cybereye can have 3 options implanted due
to the slightly smaller size of the eye itself and the nature of the
Cybersensor system..

0.3 --- 6/24 hours 8,000¥ 1
RETINAL PROJECTORS 3-
CB
With this cybereye option, tiny devices in the cybereye project random,
subliminal message-inducing patterns onto the retina of another person
within 2 feet who is looking into the cybereye, or has the cybereye looking
at the pupil.
Game notes: the user gets -2 to Persuasion/Seduction test target numbers.

0.1 --- 8/6 days 8,000¥ 2
≅Get a hold on this! Yup! I tried it on a girl! And it worked!≅ -Grinner (22:53:01/02-01-57)
≅Describe!≅ -Razorback (23:43:01/02-04-57)
≅... we´re married. :)≅ -Grinner (01:03:01/02-05-57)
ODIN'S EYE 2-
CC
It is said that the Norse god Odin gave one of his eyes in the search of
knowledge. You don't have to do that to get the drop on your opponents and
rivals. OE is a cyberoptic option that enables you to emulate any kind of
cybereye without additional wiring. It does this by pulling electroneural
signals from SOMEONE ELSE'S CYBEROPTIC! Just activate OE, and you can see
what the target sees through his eye. Video images, Times Square, DUD
readouts, thermal, etc. OE will compensate if the scanned target has two
cybereyes by putting the image in letterbox format. OE has a digital
download function, in case anything you see could be important later.

(NOTE: takes all options on a cybereye. Odin's Eye has a 15 meter range.
Any cybereye in that range can be "read", and the same image will appear in
the user's cybereye. OE can also be used to detect for the presence of
cyberoptics.)

1.2 --- 3/24 hours 10,000¥ 2
≅Goddamn. What´ll they come up next? Feel somebody else´s feelings? Ever wanted to know what
Seattle´s politicians do at night? ;)≅ -Quikfinder (ha/ha/ha)
MONOVISION LEGAL
Were you upset when you could only afford anti-dazzle for one eye and had
to hobble around with only one eye functioning? Well, nevermore. With the
new MonoVision we replace your entire optic ridge and both eyes with a
single wide-angle cyberoptic, giving you that cool visored look so "in"
with today's boosters!
Game notes: You only pay once for the cyberoptic option, both in cost and
Essence. This cyberoptic format can carry six options but, best of all,
with its revolutionary wrap-around styling, it gives its user perfect
vision of 180 degrees and extends peripheral vision to a full 225 degrees!
The wraparound give -1 to Perception test target numbers and -2 to all target
numbers involving surprise, ambush, etc.

0.4 --- 4/48 hours 6,000¥ 0.75
≅Problem is, people are scared of you. No wonder. I worked at a small local newspaper some time
ago. And one of the reporters had such a thing. Didn´t wanna talk to him for longer than five
seconds.≅ -Tony (22:53:01/02-04-57)
LOCKDOWN 4- CB
It's been many a time when a street sam or cop has been outdone by an
invisible sniper. Our human ears, even augmented, aren't designed to pick out the
precise locations of gunshots. Now, with Lockdown, you can spot a sniper or
gunman anywhere! Using the user's internal computer in coordination with
Times Square Plus and advanced audio, Lockdown applies a graphic "picture"
of the bullet's trajectory over the user's vision, and places a red
rectangle in the general location of the firer. The more shots fired, the
better Lockdown can get a pinpoint on the location!
Game notes: Lockdown is neuralware and requires TimesSquare Plus, a bodycomp (see
Chromebook 2), and cyberaudio with Enhanced Hearing Range. Each two shots
decrease the user's TN for finding a hidden target (by Awareness/Notice) by 1, and
will use the targeting scope to negate all penalties for firing blindly after ten shots.

0.25 --- 6/24 hours 8,000¥ 1.4
ENHANCED PERIPHERAL VISION 6-

CB
Worried about being backstabbed? Concerned with the possibility of getting
your throat cut? Get EPV from Kiroshi and never worry about it again!
Game notes: User gets a -1 to all target numbers involving surprise,

ambush, etc.

0.1 --- 5/48 hours 3,000¥ 1.25
SHAPE RECOGNITION 3-
CA
Need to pick objects out of a crowd? The newest cyberoptic option from
Kiroshi can help! Program your specifications onto a blank chip, drop it in
your socket, and the SR-processor will interface with the chip, and then
proceed to pick out the things specified by the chip, surrounding them with
a colored halo (user chooses the color when programming the chip - ain´t that
comfortable).
Game notes: The system can access up to three different chips at once.
Programming cannot be incredibly general ("halo all firearms"), but can be
semi-specific ("halo all handguns") to extremely specific ("halo all
Malorian Arms 3516 Pistols").

1 --- 10/6 days 10,000¥ 2.5
DOUBLE- SLIT PUPILS
LEGAL
Ever wonder how a dolphin sees clearly through the boundary between water
and air? It's in the structure of its pupils! They're double-slit to
compensate for the amount of refraction encountered! Now you can have that,
too! Great for the amateur or professional diver that needs to see what's
going on above the surface as well! New from Kiroshi!
Game notes: Allows characters to see clearly through the air-water

boundary.

0.05 --- 4/48 hours 2,000¥ 1
OLDMOVIE CYBEROPTIC GUESS, CHUMMER

Do you have a penchant for old movies? Just want a new perspective on real
life? Another weird and fun product from StrangeTech can make your life
more fun! Try it with a hit of Purple Pause and watch what happens! Note:
StrangeTech does not advocate the use of illegal narcotics.
Game notes: When this option is activated, all cybereye functions will appear in black-
and-white, just like an old 1950s television. This does lead to some problems with
visual input, thus a +1 target number penalty to the user's perception skill is applied
when visual cues. However, all hallucinogenic drugs have their effectiveness halved
while the option is active.

0.1 --- 4/48 hours 1,500¥ 1
COMMUNICATIONS
CYBERVOCAL SYSTEMS LEGAL

• Boxalter
• NewThroat
Dakai Soundsystems has come up with new innovations in recording and
analyzing voice patterns. Their scientists have created CyberVocal™
Modifications.
NewThroat involves extensive surgery in which the entire throat region is

operated on and much of it is replaced with electronic sound synthesis
devices. Left behind is a throat which can be chromed
or left to look like flesh. It also has a new voicebox, but this one can have up
to four voices at one time, and only opening a small covering is required
to change those voices already in it. It can have any two special features
built in.

1 --- 4/6 days 6,000¥ 1.5
Boxalter is much simpler and cheaper. It involves removing the individual's

voicebox and replacing it by an electronic device.
This device can have one voice in memory and one special feature. Changing
the voice does not require surgery, merely time. Boxalter can only use one
voice at a time.

1 --- 4/48 hours 3,000¥ 1.5
OPTIONS:
• Mimic. This device when linked to CyberAudio, allows the individual to copy other
voices that he has heard almost perfectly. The character can only slightly alter
what he has heard, otherwise repeating verbatim what he has heard. Useful for an
assassin luring unsuspecting characters as if he were a friend. This is not the same
as the Voice Pattern option. The user of this option can only repeat what he has
heard, he cannot extrapolate new words without having heard those words. This
costs 25 percent of the according level of Voce Pattern (see Chromebook
Conversions, CB1). The Legality Code of the Mimic Option is 2-CB
• Volume, +300¥. This device allows the individual to alter the volume of his voice
radically, from the barely audible whisper to a megaphone roar. The benefits are
obvious, but also shouting at top volume causes temporary deafness to all within
5m.
• Scramble, 300¥. This device electronically alters the individual's voice, making it
completely unidentifiable, but also making it sound so electronic that it cannot
pass as a voice. It does keep Vocal Pattern Tracers from catching you though!
• Armor, 300¥. This is only possible with NewThroat, as it involves armoring the entire
throat, giving it an armor rating of 5/3. This is useful when dealing with
cutthroats!
• SubSonic, 300 ¥. This device gives the individual the ability to speak in the subsonic
and supersonic levels, allowing the individual to call dogs as if with a dog whistle. It
can be used to send signals to others, on otherwise impossible frequencies.
from: Interface, Volume 1, Issue 3, reprinted without permission

BODYWARE
NUTECH TVSKIN
LEGAL
NuTech's new synthskin uses the latest in optical fiber technology to make
your body a vidscreen. With the right programming chip (25¥, plugs into
wrist or chip socket), you can use the NuTech TVskin's patented GridWork
system to make the screen on your body anywhere, and any size.
(NOTE: Using the chip, the operatior will see a green square grid
criscrossing their body. They select first the top left corner, then the
lower right corner, and the skin in that area will become equivalent to a
vidscreen. Uses a small battery pack (20 nuyen, 4 hour life), which many users
place into a subdermal pocket.)

1 human sized 3/24 hours 5,000¥ 1
1 ork-sized 5/48 hours 7,000¥ 1
1 troll-sized 8/48 hours 10,000¥ 1
DATANAILS
LEGAL
New advances in flatscreen technology allows the creation of displays so
small you can use them as replacement fingernails! Watch TV on your thumb,
display computer graphics on your ring finger, or whatever! DataNails are
fully compatible with all current existing video transmission protocols!

0.05 --- 4/48 hours 500¥ 1
DATATEETH
LEGAL
Now this is a smile with flair and character! From Dynalar, the same people
who brought you DataNails! Why just give them a predatory smile? Show them
what's going to happen to them in full THX-Color on your incisors! Run with
it!
0.01 --- 6/48 hours 700¥ 1
≅Ha! „Show them what´s going to happen to them..“! When somebody is so stupid to do that, he´s
bound to lose some of his precious teeth, I swear.≅ -Razorback (10:43:01/02-04-57)
SKULLWEAVE 2- CA
Let's face it -- the cranium is not as strong a bone as it needs to be. One
good blow to the head, even with a helmet on, and your life can be ruined
-- death, memory loss, brain damage, all of these are a real concern.
Bodyweight helps increase your survivability with a new system to keep that
brain of yours from getting smashed into pudding! Special nanites reinforce
and strengthen your skull, making it tougher! No ugly subdermal plates! Not
a lot of excess weight! Just good, well-engineered protection where it
counts the most!
Game notes: A person with SkullWeave does *not* take double damage from
physical blows to the head. Lasers, bullets, etc., will still do normal
damage, but kicks, punchs, and baseball bats will not. HC=1d6. SC=N.

1.2 --- 8/6 days 25,000¥ 2
DNA- MAINTENANCE NANITES 3- CA

Going space? Worried about excessive radiation, death, or God forbid,
radiation sickness in the middle of a high-class party at Crystal Palace?
The new Nanite treatment from the Utopian Corporation will help prevent
cancer and extend your lifespan at the same time! Available in two levels,
to fit your budget and needs!
Game notes: The DMN treatment is actually available in three levels, but
the third is not actually marketed by Utopian. You must have the high-power
connections to get the Gamma-level treatment -- a Near Impossible
target to beat!
Alpha-Level DMN Treatment: The nanites will reduce

radiation damage to the character by 10 rads per hour of exposure. This
means that if a character would have taken 50 rads in one hour, he'll
actually take 40. But, it does not mean that he will go down to 30 the next
hour! He'll still be at 40 rads, total accumulation. Thus, it will reduce
the amount of incoming radiation damage, it will not heal it! The
Alpha-level Treatment will extend the overall lifetime of the user by 5
years (provided he doesn't die from radiation poisoning first).
Availability Cost Street Index
6/20 days 70,000¥ 1
Beta-Level DNM Treatment: The nanites will reduce

radiation damage to the character by 20 rads per hour of exposure. The
system works like the Alpha-level: it will reduce incoming damage, but not
reverse it. It increases the overall lifetime of the user by 10 years
(provided they don't die a nasty and painful death).
6/20 days 140,000¥ 1
Gamma-Level DNM Treatment: The nanites are

rumored to reduce radiation damage to the character by 40 rads per hour and
increase the user's lifetime by 20 years! Of course, all of this is
unconfirmed....
6/20 days 300,000¥ 4
For more on radiation damage and poisoning, see "Deep Space" (soon or maybe not so
soon to be converted into SR ..)
NITROGEN BINDERS LEGAL

Cheap and effective nanotech! Did you ever think you'd hear those two words
to describe nanites? It's true! SeaTech has whipped up a simple nanite in
its labs that will prevent divers from getting nitrogen narcosis no matter
how fast they ascend!
Game notes: Prevents the "bends", negating all negative modifiers for divers who
ascend at s speed higher than >>save<<.

0.4 --- 6/48 hours 3,000¥ 1
CYBERBLOOD NANOTECHS
LEGAL
Ever wish you had more endurance? Ever wish you could run a bit faster?
When you get TechShack's Cyberblood Nanotech treatment, we drain 2 pints of
your blood, and replace them with our specially-designed oxygen-carrying
nanotechs, and then suppress the body's ability to replace that blood. The
result: faster running and better endurance! Game notes: Cyberblood adds a
+1 to the recipient's Endurance skill.

0.3 --- 6/6 days 10,000¥ 2
MEDCON VEIN CLIPS 6-

CA
The greatest danger to any downed 'Punk on the street is dying before
medical aid (even the famous Doc Wagon) can arrive to try to revive you.
What does many people in is sudden shock brought on by massive blood loss.
MedCon has been very successful in remedying this situation by placing
clips on major veins and arteries that can reduce or stop bloodflow when
required. Specialized sensors that (amongst other things) monitor pulse and
respiration contract and expand the clips as necessary.
Game Notes: -4 on all test for dying which are made only half as rapidly as normal.

0.7 --- 6/10 days 30,000¥ 1
≅These saved my life more than once. Good buy.≅ -Drill (04:02:24/02-01-57)
FACEMORPH SYSTEM 4-
CC
Now you can change your appearance at a thought! Originally developed by
the KGB, the FaceMorph system has been made available outside the Soviet
Union. It is upgraded from the old Soviet system, and now uses
nanotechnology and simple bioware to change the structure of your face. It

won't make you look like Silverhand or Eurodyne, but it will make you less
recognizable.
Game notes: Allows you to change your original appearance at will.

When it has been changed, it will be more difficult for someone to recognize them. If
the observer knows the user's appearance well, recognition is a Perception(8) test. If
the observer hasonly seen the user a few times, it will be a Perception(12) test.
A change takes 30 seconds to implement.

1 --- 12/12 days 10,000¥ 2
ENHANCED NERVOUS SYSTEM 4- CC

Ever wish you could get boosterware and not have to spring for a neuralware
processor? The new Enhanced Nervous System bio-upgrade from Raven Microcyb
allows you to! An injection of synthetics and nanotechs is all it takes.
After three days, all your major nerve trunks are cross-wired allowing for
faster reaction times. You can even combine it with all forms of
boosterware!
Games notes: This nanotech treatment gives the character a

permanent +1 bonus to their REACTION stat. A character with an enhanced nervous
system may use other types of boosterware. Another advantage of an enhanced
nervous system is that the only place a cut spinal cord will paralyze the owner is above
the shoulders.

0.3 --- 8/8 days 15,000 1
LINEAR FRAME: ALPHA 4- CC

Boost your strength and intimidation factor with the newest class of Linear
Frame from Militech! Not suitable for building PAs, but still good enough to kick some
tail in the Combat Zone.
Game notes: This linear frame is only for boosting

strength. PAs may not be built around it. It enhances
the
wearer*s strength by +3.

2 --- 6/6 days 10,000¥ 1
CHIPLOK LEGAL
Are you worried about theft of your chips while you're asleep or
incapacitated? No problem! ChipLok is a special device attatched to your
chipware socket. It locks the chips in place until the proper
card key is run through it. ChipLok is also used by mental health
officials, to keep the "Pacifism" chips installed in their patients.

0.1 --- 4/48 hours 5,0000¥ 1
DOUBLE SIDE BORG 2- CC

Full body conversion option. The borg with Double Side conversion has all
its joints altered. The head is placed on a 360 degree mount, and the body
is designed to look androgynous. The effect is, if there is any reason for
the borg to turn around, it merely rotates its head, and the entire body
switches facing! Arms and legs bend both ways, so the borg can never be
pinned face-down.

7 --- special543,000¥ 1
(see the Plastic Warriors´ Errata Sheets)
Game Note:
The „bidirectional“ cyberlimb option can be purchased as a single package also. The
user loses no Essence. Its availability is 6/6 days, and it costs an additional 20
percent of the cyberlimb´s basic cost.
≅Scaaaaary!≅ -Razorback (hate/these/stamps)

≅You bet. They have one DS borg in New World Wrestling Foundation™. Of course s/he is a heel. My
god, the crowd goes crazy when he „turns“ around. Absolutely scary.≅
-Wonderboy (tried/real/hard)
LIMBS
SILVER TECH. HOLOHAND
LEGAL
In the Holohand there are small holoprojectors in each finger. This creates
an illusion of 3D-object floating in the air above the hand! Used for
battlefield analysis, teaching, etc..

0.35 --- 3/4 days 50,000¥ 1
DYNALAR NEW CYBERFINGERS
LEGAL
Chemscanner
Simple. Sitck your finger to suspicuos-lookin' stuff and it'll instantly
tell if it's toxic! Needs TimesSquare for visual data.
0.15 --- 6/6 days 2,500¥ per level 1
Blowtorch
This finger packs a minature blowtorch and a small fuel canister enough for
30 secs of burn.
0.15 --- 4/4 days 1,000¥ 1
Flesh Mount
Allows a cyberfinger to be installed on non-cybered hands. Great for Yakuza
members after atonement! May be combined with the Quick-Change Mount from
ChromeBook 2.
0.2 --- 4/4 days 2,000¥ 1
One-Shot Special (ATTENTION: Legality 4-CC)

The final holdout! This cyberfinger holds a single 5mm round in the tip. It
may use different types of ammo and may be made into a smartgun. CAUTION:
May be black-market cyberware in some areas!
• Weapons stats are: 1 round (internal), 4L
0.15 --- 12/8 days 2,000¥ 3
Ballpoint Finger
A great toy for executives or students. The leakproof pen in the fingertip
holds enough ink to write a ten-mile line! It can even write in zero-G or
underwater! Refills are available in a variety of colors and cost 2¥.

0.15 --- 3/3 hours 100¥ 1
SCISSORHAND 4- CC
This hand option replaces the hand from wrist with two blades. They give
the user very little manipulation ability because the blades may damage
objects(a - to Quickness GM decides). They inflict 9M damage at melee
combat(punching with this impossible, but thrusting is, oh boy). Cruel and black-market
stuff which is is heavy use among Blood Razors.
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0.4 --- 6/8 days 20,000¥ 0.8
LOCKING JOINTS 5-
CA
Great for wrestlers, judo masters, and fighters of all types! Now you can
lock your joints in any limb in place, preventing it from moving or being
bent in a way it was never meant to bend!
Game notes: Cannot be combined with any sort of double-jointing option. To

move a locked joint is a Strength(15) test. Affects the major joints, not the digits.
Quickness is reduced by 1 with that limb for every joint locked -- so if you lock your
shoulder and wrist in your arm, you are at -2 Quik with it. It affects all major joints in
the limb (arm: wrist, elbow, and shoulder; leg: ankle, knee, and hip).

0.15 --- 6/48 hours 10 percent 1
of limb´s cost
≅I just imagine two fighters having these joints ... after five minutes of struggle, somebody has to get
the blowtorch to free them. Bwahahaha!≅ -Netsuck (not/with_me/baby)
NULIMBS 4- CA
Don't want to go full-metal, full-psych damage? Don't want to just get
another generic clone-tank limb? Go with a NuLimb! NuLimbs are the balance
point between meat, metal, and nanite! Not as psychologically damaging,
looks cool, and functions quickly and efficiently! We toughen up the bone
structure, interlace the muscles and tendons with new fibers, build armored
panels inside with the nanites, and create a new composite limb for you!
NuArm
0.5 --- 6/4 days 70,000¥ 1
NuLeg: adds +1 to Body (acts as dermal plating). No additional installations possible
0.5 --- 6/4 days 70,000¥ 1
NuLimbs cannot use the following limb upgrades: Quick-change mounts,

hydraulic rams, thickened myomar, artifical shoulders, or RealSkinn. They
can however, use Reinforced Joints and Microwave/EMP Sheilding.
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CYBERWEAPONS
FRIZBLAUNCHER 4-
CC
The FrizbLauncher fires about 5cm wide monofilament disks from the arm
laucher witch can hold 10 disks. A hit causes 10M. A hit also subtracts
1 point from any armor. In calm weather, disks may fly even to half a
mile. The FrizbLauncher is used to quiet assasinations or delivering a
microbug inside from the next rooftop.

none --- 8/7 days 2,000¥ 2
POP- UP HANDBLADES 4-
CC
Yet another version of the ever-popular hand-implanted cyberweapons,
StreetTech presents the Pop-Up Handblades. Less obvious than wolvers and
not as fragile as classic rippers, Pop-Ups show only as two or three metal
or polymer tracks along the back of your hand until activated. Once
triggered, they spring up and out with enough force to sever bone and lock
into place. Since the upper edge of the blade need only glide vertically
within its housing channel, these blades can be monofilament enhanced for
more cutting power. Pop-Ups cut upon impact be it a backhand slap, punch,
triggering the blades against someone's arm, etc.
Pop-Up Handblades resemble classic sundial pointers, having a long upper
edge that stands at a 45-dregee angle to the back of the hand and a curved
edge above the knuckles. Each blade is a solid piece, the curve meeting the
upper edge in a vicious point, the long blade slanting back into the hand
near the wrist. Popular in pairs and threes, these blades conceal easily
beneath gloves or even long sleeves. Pop-Up Handblades are considered black
market cyberware and StreetTech never heard of them, or you. Got it?
Version Essence Cost Damage Availability Cost Street Index

standard none (str+3)L 6/5 days 8,000¥ 1.5
Monoblade none (str+4)L 8/5 days 10,000¥ 2
≅This should about do it. Holy shit, this is ridiculous.≅ -Razorback (22:43:01/02-04-57)
≅What do you mean? Ridiculous? I have a pair of my own!≅ -Chromedome (knows/the/hack)
≅And? What effective are they? You come up with your schmitty-shitty blades, weave nice patterns in
the air, and I just pull the trigger. Twice.≅ -Razorback (22:58:16/02-04-57)
≅You forget my boosterware.≅ -Chromedome (knows/the/hack)
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CYBERTAIL 4-
CC
Ever need a tail for a cyberware biosculpt job? Don´t
like biotech? Or do you just want some really unusual
cyberware? The new CyberTail from Cytech is the cure for your
dementia! The CyberTail is under full control of the user and
can even be
equipped with a wide variety of options!
Game notes: A CyberTail is attached at the bottom of the

spine and is under complete control of the owner. It can be
used by itself as a weapon (4L damage)

0.6 --- 6/8 days 7,000¥ 1
Options:
• Prehensile: The character may hang by the tail (+20 percent cost for trolls) and
handle simple objects (GM's call).
• Stinger: 8L damage in melee combat and may have the tip treated with poison or
drugs.
• SuperChrome: Looks cool.
Thickened Myomar: In terms of damage it counts as two attacks by a tail swipe (but
not that of a stinger).
Prehensile none --- 6/8 days 4,000¥ 1
Stinger none --- 8/8 days 5,000¥ 2
SuperChrome none --- 4/48 hours 2,000¥ 1
Thickened Myomar none --- 8/10 days 5,000¥ 2.5
STRANGETECH CYBERTAIL OPTIONS 4- CC

Just when you thought you'd seen it all! Yes, we, the twisted minds at
StrangeTech decided that the CyberTail needed more! More! More! So, here
they are! The new line of CyberTail Options all those mentally deranged street cats out
there!
• Lizard Option: Some lizards can drop their tail when being hunted bypredators,
enabling them to escape and survive! Someone got you by the tail? Don't worry
about it! Just a quick thought and the tail pops out of the socket at the bottom of
your spine!
• Variable Length: Great for when you're searching for the "just right" lookfor your
evening out on the town! Short tail with a long dress, or a long tail with a short skirt,
either look is HOT this season!
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• Sensory Extension: Put your tail where you won't risk your head! And at thesame
benefit! Now you can see and hear around corners! Holds two optic options and
three audio options.

Lizard Optionnone --- 3/6 hours 300¥ 1
Variable Length none --- 4/6 hours 500¥ 1
Sensory Extension none --- 6/12 hours 800¥ 1
ELBOW/KNEE SPIKES 4-
CC
Handy, helpful cyberweapons for use in a squeeze! Four-centimeter spikes
can be packed into the elbow or knee of your cyberlimb so that when
extended, they are parallel to the lower leg or forearm. The spike is a
Teflon-coated titanium alloy that can carve right through most street
armors! Warning: This item may be black-market cyber in some areas! Game
notes: An elbow or knee spike attacks armor as if it were armor-piercing. Damage is
(str+3)L.

none --- 6/5 days 2,000¥ 3
BUILT- IN MACHETTE 4- CC
The ultimate jungle fighter's tool. The BIM is an implant blade as long as
the user's forearm (8-14") and 3" wide at the base. It slides out of a
wrist port over the user's hand. The BIM is well suited to a number of tasks, including
jungle clearing, miscellaneous cutting, and the ever-popular anti-personnel uses.
Does (str+2)M damage.

none --- 8/5 days 3,000¥ 3
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES SKULLGUN 2- CC

Neal, one of the Patron Saints of Cyberpunk, first postulated the SkullGun
in his novel, The Diamond Age. Well, we at Stephenson Technologies are
dedicated to bringing his ideas to life...and we have! The SkullGun is a
wonderfully fun piece of equipment! A nano-gun built into the bones of your
forehead! It shoots nanite-projectiles, builds new ammunition out of your
body's supply of nutrients, and has an incredibly small bore, making it
virtually undectable to the human eye! Concerned about the impact of a
nanite-sized bullet? Don't be! They hit with the force of a .22-short!
Don't believe it? Read the August 2056 issue of "Solo of Fortune"!
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Game notes: The SkullGun is an extremely rare weapon, but is available for
sale on the commercial market! It requires its own skill to operate
(SkullGun: Quik-based, all target numbers to hit +2). All the components for the gun
are stored inside the bone of the forehead! The SkullGun also "liberates" material from
the body to create reloads for the gun, if necessary -- the effect is so small that
the user will not even notice it. (Unless they're starving to death, GMs
take note.) The system can create 100 new rounds per day. As a weapon, it
has the following stats: Type: Hold-out, damage 4L, range: hold-out
The inaccuracy (ie, the increased TN) is a reflection of the incredibly short barrel on this
little monster. The bore is so tiny that it takes a Perception(14) test to realize that it is
there -- it could be mistaken for a large pore. WARNING: This is black-market
cyberware in all of the UCAS. Not usable in Full-Body Replacements. May be made into
a smartgun for an additional 6000¥.
Essence Cost Damage Availability Cost Street Index

0.5 6L 20/20 days 20,000¥ 4
≅Hmmmm - a living gun factory. Nice.≅ -Black_Lace (grump/grump/di-grump)

≅Yeah, but I heard that sometimes the gun can be triggered when you´re in a very extreme emotional
state.≅ -Ear (it´s/simply_too/late)
NEWTEETH § 4-
CC
Teeth that'll stand up to the rigors of fighting and survival! NewTeeth are
guaranteed not to come out unless you suffer a skull fracture! They're
fused right into the bone! And talk about sharp! Definitely worth having in
any situation! They look normal, unlike Vampires, and are great for
undercover work! They even fuse with the bones of the skull, making them
impossible to knock out (without shattering the cranium, of course)...
Damage is (str-2)L, Reach -1.

0.05 --- 2/12 hours 300¥ 1
POWERJAW 4- CC
This new system from Dynalar increases the viciousness of your bite! It
winds myomar through your jaw muscles, increasing the force of mastication!
With PowerJaw and a set of NewTeeth, it becomes possible to bite through an
old-style encyclopedia!
Nullifies any negative modififer to strength when it comes to biting.

0.1 --- 4/12 hours 400¥ 1
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CHIPWARE
SPEED- READING CHIP
LEGAL
Time; who has enough? Even when you receive all of your mail and news
electronically, you often find youself passing over things due to a lack of
time in which to read it all. Would you like to remedy that problem without
losing data or biting into your schedule? How about being able to read your
normal daily imput in half the time, or less? Instinct Thinkware's
Speedreader Chip is exactly what you need. Simply slot the chip and get
reading. You'll find yourself assimilating printed information in half or
less the time it took you before, at full normal comprehension levels. So
subscribe to more magazines, download more books, connect with more
correspondents, and never again worry about the lack of leisure time.
Instinct Thinkware will handle all that. Instinct Thinkware's Speedreader chip is
completely compatible with our Text Translation Chips. Works with any cyberoptic.
Game Notes:
Halves reading time for characters up to INT 6, time drops to one third of normal
above INT 6. Reading comprehension level is normal. Requires cyberoptic.
Type Rating Memory Required Availability Cost Street Index

Know --- 300 Mp 6/3 days 8,000¥ 1
PACKAGE DEAL™ SKILLCHIPS VARIES

So you can fly the hovercraft, but can you fix it? You're chipped into your gun,
but what if it jams? Buy another skillchip and hope its generic information
covers model-specific information? Why bother when you can get Instinct
Thinkware's comprehensive Package Deal™ skillchips? Package Deal™ chipware causes
the need for multiple chipping for a single purpose to be obsolete. Two varieties of
skillchips exist to make your life a little less complicated.
• Vehicle-specific chips contain the appropriate driving/pilot information along with

repair skills, all completely specific to the vehicle you're running or interfaced
with. Instinct Thinkware has been working with all of the major vehicle
manufacturers in America and Japan as well as several European and Third World
countries to produce chips to cover most of your on- and off-road needs.
Standard vehicle Package Deal™ skillchips cost 6,000¥ for ground-operated
vehicles and 9,000¥ for air-operated vehicles. (LEGAL)
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• Weapon-specific chips contain the appropriate weapon operation and repair
information and are compatible with your Digital Weapon Uplink. Again, Instinct
Thinkware has worked in cooperation with various weapons manufacturers around
the world (and in space) to cover as many products as we can. Standard weapon-
specific chips cost 6,000¥ , military and other heavy weapons-specific chips are
12,000¥. (LEGALITY 4-CA)
Type Rating Memory Req. Availability Cost Street Index

Vehicle-specific Know --- 500 Mp 6/3 days varies 1
Weapon-sepcific Know --- 600 Mp 8/4 days varies 2
These skills operate as theoretical B/R skills. All TN are reduced by 2 for B/R tasks.
All skills are particular to a specific model of weapon or vehicle and attempts to use
chipped skills with similar weapon/vehicle types should be made with +2 to the TN [or
more - Referees are advised to use logic in ruling if chip is even applicable]. Feel free to
change the Availability when it comes to rare/military tech.
TEXT TRANSLATION CHIP LEGAL

Want to read Chekhov in the original Russian? Or Sun Tsu in Chinese? Mein
Kamph in German (oh no, please no)? Perhaps your tastes run to the more recent
Luxure l'Cybernetique which has yet to be released in English. Or maybe you just
want to know what all those signs in the foreign vids say... Sure you can
always pop in a language chip but who wants to spend that kind of Nuyen if
you don't have to?
Instinct Thinkware presents the economical solution. Each Textreader
Translation Chip gives you a high school equivalent in language reading,
and is completely compatible with any basic cyberoptic imput. It's as
instinctive as your native language and a boon to anyone who's ever been
interested in expanding their knowledge without draining their savings. For
just 2,000¥, you, too can read the world's greatest literature in its
original form! Over 50 different languages are currently in production and
the line is expanding weekly. Available are: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic,
Ancient Greek, Arabic, Aramaic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese,
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German,
Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean,
Lao, Latin, Malay, Middle English, Nepali, Norweigan, Old English, Polish,
Portugese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovakian, Somali, Spanish,
Sumerian, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
They´re working on Cityspeak, also ;) (Requires cyberoptic. Reading skill only.)

Know 4 - 6 Rating x 20 Mp 3/24 hours memory x 15¥ 1
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HOMING CHIP LEGAL
Instinct Thinkware has made it again! A chip that so many have been looking for!
Great for parents who don´t want their children to go out all night. This chip comes
completely with a manual for succesful father/motherhood. The chip is programmable
once only, and ist internal clock must be set at a certain time before it can be used.
When the „internal alert“ goes off, the wearer wants home, urgently.
Don´t forget to program where „home“ is, though.

special--- 200 Mp 4/12 hours 1,000¥ 1
NO-GUILT BEHAVIOR CHIP 4- CC

Do you feel trapped by anxiety? Always unsure that you're doing the right
thing? Slip in the no-guilt chip. No-guilt is designed to supress that
annoying conscience that can so often be wrong. Go ahead. A little hedonism
never hurt anyone. WARNING: Behavior Services takes no responsibility for
crimes commited while under the influence of this chip. Maximum recommended
continuous running time is half an hour. (Writer's note: If you don't feel
guilty about it, why take it out? Also, this can bring people to a new
level of capriciousness. There's nothing stopping someone on this chip from
committing murder, theft, etc. just because they feel like it. But they
signed the contract, so Behavior Services, Inc. isn't responsible.)

special--- 460 Mp 12/10 days 12,000¥ 3
FACEDOWN CHIP
LEGAL
Know the right things to say, the right body language! When you're in a
club out in the Zone, and some dorphed-up booster gets in your face, its
your cojones against his, and you need to show them that yours are bigger!
The Facedown Chip from Militech is a database of all the old classic
facedowns from Hollywood, TV, and every other source we could find! Now
you'll have it all at your mental fingertips!
Game notes: Gives the user a +1 skill bonus on all facedown rolls, while running.

Active --- 440 Mp 8/10 days 20,000¥ 1
DREAM SUPRESSANT CHIP

LEGAL
Problems sleeping? Post-traumatic stress syndrome keeping you up all night?
This new technology from MicroTech can give you a restful night's sleep by
repressing REM sleep. Game notes: A Dream Supressant Chip works as
advertised, allowing the user a restful night's sleep, dream-free. However,
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for every week of use, the user will temporarily lose a point of Charisma. All
lost CHA can be regained through a night of normal sleep.

special--- 50 Mp 4/48 hours 3,500¥ 1
ACCENT CHIP LEGAL

Another handy gadget for operative/disguise work, an accent can put any
type of accent on your native language. When ordering, specify your native
language and your desired accent. Inquire about special discounts on French
with Russian accent and Japanese with Portuguese accent.

Active 1-6 Rating x 20 Mp 4/4 days Memory x 30 ¥ 1
BIOTECH
"Why go with bioware? It's the wave of the future! Completely undetectable
by normal scanning systems, it's the system of choice for the up-and-coming
Street Sam! Remember the guy that went after Saburo himself in 2056? He got all
the way to Saburo's floor before the AI systems killed the netrunners and
his backup went down. If they'd held out for another two minutes, Arasaka
would've been decapitated...."
- Sgt. Andrew Andrews, cadre at Fort Bragg, NC, and freelance Street Sam
VARIABLE- CHAMBERED HEART OPTION

LEGAL
Everyone knows that the crocodile has a variable-chambered heart, right?
Right? Well, okay, so you didn't know. But do you know why? On land, the
heart works like a four-chambered mammalian heart, and underwater, it
behaves like a three-chambered amphibian heart, allowing the blood to
bypass the lungs, allowing the reptile to hold its breath longer! Now you
can get that function on your Cyberheart (see Chromebook 1 for
Cyberhearts)! Hold your breath longer! Get better endurance! Go for it!
Game notes: Doubles the amount of time the user can hold their breath, and
gives a +1 to the endurance skill!
Body Cost Availability Cost Street Index
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1 10/12 days 20,000¥ 1
NEOAPPENDIX LEGAL
Gonna be out on the front for a long period of time? Need more food than
you'll be able to carry with you? The NeoAppendix from Biotechnica will
help you in your quest! The NeoAppendix is an activated form of your
natural one (which was deactivated by evolution), enabling your body to
digest cellulose! You can live off of tree bark and grass trimmings if
necessary! (Eat grass or die! :)) )
Game notes: Gives the owner a +2 bonus on all Wilderness Survival skills
related to finding food.

0.4 6/6 days 10,000¥ 1
NEOLUNGS
LEGAL
The evolved lung is not a very efficient system -- it only utilizes 17% of
the oxygen inhaled at any time. NeoLungs from Biotechnica improve the
flow-patterns of inhaled air, making them more circular, increasing the
amount of oxygen your body can take in.
Game notes: The user becomes able to hold their breath twice as long as
normal, or they can breath at half their normal rate without difficulty.

1 8/6 days 50,000¥ 1
POISON GLANDS 2-
BC
Genetechnics has developed a new type of bioware: Poison Glands. The
genetic grafting process also includes an immunity to the type of poison
used. The poison comes in four possible types: hallucinogens, nausea,
somatic, and biotoxins. These types are varied according to potency and
reaction time. The best part about the glands is that, no matter how often
you use them, they continue to produce poison! Three different packages are
available. They can only produce one type of toxin, which must be chosen prior to
implantation.
• Teeth -- Like a snake, poison can be injected through natural fangs installed in the
teeth. This also causes bite damage.
• Hands -- Poison sacs can be engineered to coat rippers or wolvers, delivering the
poison with a successful slash.
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• Skin -- One of the sneakiest delivery methods! Touch your opponent. Anywhere.
With any exposed skin. You sweat poison. This stuff works on contact.

Teeth 0.05 10/6 days 30,000¥ + (100 times cost of 1 dose of toxin) 3
Hands 0.2 10/4 days 30,000¥ + (100 times cost of 1 dose of toxin) 3
Skin 2 12/20 days 60,000¥ + (100 times cost of 1 dose of toxin) 3
BIOHOLSTERS 3- BB
Genetechnics has developed bioware that everyone can use! It used to be
that people could find your gun by patting you down. This was because your
holster was external to your body. With our new liposuction and cosmetic
surgery techniques, you can place a firearm in pouches within your own
flesh! It's a little more noticeable than a subdermal pocket (T#4 to
spot when looking at bare skin), but under clothing, there's no noticeable
bulge, even when being frisked!
• Light Pistol Holster: Upper arms, thighs, abdomen.

• Medium Pistol Holster: Thighs or abdomen.
• Heavy Pistol Holster: Thighs or abdomen.
• Very Heavy Pistol Holster (damage greater than 9M): Thigh only.
NOTE: Makes it a Perception(12) test to spot the gun in a "pat

down" search. Metal sensors and Scanways will still spot the gun unless the
pouches are scanproofed (at an additional cost of 6,000 nuyen).

Light Pistol Holster 0.3 8/6 days 2,000¥ 2
Medium Pistol Holster 0.4 8/6 days 4,000¥ 2
Heavy Pistol Holster 0.5 10/10 days 6,000¥ 2
V. Heavy Pistol Holster 0.6 10/10 days 10,000¥ 2
≅Hey, your pants are bulking!≅ -Coolio (need/no/thang)

≅Not my pants, babe, not my pants [Clic]≅ -Coolio (need/no/thang)
≅If that´s supposed to be funny, forget it! Equal rights for women and metas!≅
-Netazone (I/know/too)
ENHANCED MITOCHONDRIA
LEGAL
Optimum performance from your body! The Enhanced Mitochondria system
from Revolution Genetics will let your body go farther, faster, and longer! The
mitochondria are structures in your cells that convert food to energy, and
Revolution has found a way to optimize them, using a viral engine that
rewrites pieces of your genetic code! And the rewrite is a dominant trait!
Meaning? Your kids will be born with optimized mitochondria!
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Game notes: Gives the user a -2 to all Endurance-based target numbers. The trait
becomes dominant in the user's genetic code, meaning that there is a good
chance that the kids will be born with the same abilities.

0.2 6/48 hours 6,000¥ 1
OPTIMIZED BRONCHII
LEGAL
Rebuild the oxygen-exchangers in your lungs! Need more endurance from your
body? Get Optimized Bronchii from Revolution Genetics of Antarctica! Your
body will be able to dump more oxygen into your blood more efficiently!
Game notes: This system is not compatible with NeoLungs. It gives the user
a -1 to all TN for Endurance tests.

0.2 6/24 hours 4,000¥ 1
DOGBREATH LEGAL
Need the absolute last holdout? Or do you just need to get rid of that irritating
blind date? The DogBreath system from Kramden Biotechnologies is the system for
you! A small gland is grown in a nutrient tank and carefully grafted
into the back of your throat, then coaxed into linking to your
nervous system. At a thought, you can exhale a small cloud of stun
gas!
This gas does 7M stun damage. The DogBreath gland holds
enough spray for four shots, and can produce an extra shot per
hour to replace lost ammunition.

0.4 8/8 days 20,000¥ 2
RHODOPSIN BOOSTER 5-
BA
Need to see in the dark without clunky electronic systems? Get
Biotechnica's Rhodopsin Booster! Rhodopsin is a chemical that cranks up the
sensitivity of your retina to light! Now you'll be able to see it the dark
whenever you want to!
Game notes: Gives the user the equivelent of Low-Lite Cyberoptic vision.

0.2 10/24 hours 2,000¥ 1.25
NICTATING MEMBRANES LEGAL
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Get the extra edge of protection for your eyes! Lots of predatory animals
have them, you should too! You're a predatory animal, right? We thought so!
Anyway, get this second set of eyelids and keep your eyes intact!
Game notes: Subject get a -2 on all TN for test based on air or water-borne
irritants, including tear gas.

0.1 6/48 hours 1,500¥ 1.25
CROCHEART LEGAL
Now you can get all the benefits of a variable-chambered heart in a
biological implant! More fun than you can possibly imagine, from the
cutting edge in human biotechology, Revolution Genetics, Inc.!
Game notes: Has all the same effects as a Variable-Chambered Cyberheart.

1.6 10/10 days 140,000¥ 3
GLYCOGEN BANKS LEGAL

It's the fuel that powers your muscles during aerobic efforts! Glycogen is
produced from carbohydrates and stored in the muscles and liver. When it
runs out, your body must burn fat and lactic acid to continue working.
Well, at Kramden Biotechnologies, we modified normal human liver tissue to
work as a sponge for glycogen! They're sugically implanted near the major
muscle groups in the body where they can deliver their fuel at optimum
speed and amount!
Game notes: gives the user a -1 to all TN concerning Endurance

0.2 6/24 hours 4,000¥ 1
BIO-EPV LEGAL
Need to see what's coming up behind you and don't want to spring for
tasteless and obvious cyberware? Run with Bio-EPV (Enhanced Peripheral
Vision), from Biotechnica! A viral engine encourages growth of your retina,
with increased rod-and-cone density around the edges, allowing for a better
view of your periphery!
Game notes: User gets a -1 to all target numbers involving surprise,

ambush, etc.

0.3 6/4 days 5,000¥ 2
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BIOCOMPASS 4- BA
Need the benefits of a compass without the detectability of cyberware or
clunky equipment? The new BioCompass system from BrainWerks allows you to
locate north almost without a thought! In the early 1990s, it was posited
that the ethmoid bone had something to do with it -- the bone, located
above the bridge of your nose, has a small iron deposit in it, and it was
theorized that more nerve growth into the deposit would allow better
sensing of north. Well, we decided to test that theory, and we confirmed
it! Now the technology is available to you! Come in to the nearest
BrainWerks Outlet and we'll stimulate the nerve growth while you wait.
Game notes: Locating north is INT(4) test. In the presence of high

magnetic fields, such as power lines, this becomes a TN of 6.

0.1 4/6 hours 2,000¥ 1
ADRENAL GLAND REMOVAL 4-

BA
Need that extra edge in a facedown? Get jittery too easily? Do you need icy
calm? Get your adrenal glands removed! Come into a BrainWerks Outlet and
we'll schedule you for an appointment immediately!
Game notes: Gives the user a -1 to all TN regarding facedowns and other tense
situations. Also compatible with the Facedown chip.

0.3 6/6 hours 4,000¥ 2
EQUIPMENT
"A poorly-equipped 'Punk is a dead 'Punk. It doesn't matter what terrain
you're dealing with, be it the desert, Mars, or the streets of Night City.
If you aren't prepared, you're dead."
- Morgan Blackhand, "The Enforcer's Handbook," 3rd edition
„Equipment is, like, you know, the flesh and bones of an operation, you know. You can
´t rob a bank when all you have is a stone inside a sock, you know. A mean, like, a
stone in a sock can be a good thing to have in the pen, but not, like, you know, in
freedom.“
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- Rudolph E. Pump, troll ex-soldier, to his friend´s 8-year-old son
LIFESTYLE
SWATCH SURVEIL 5- E1
Perfect for guys who want to know where their enemies are! From the outside
the Surveil looks likeordinary watch with lots of options. With a flick of
a switch the clock mechanics open revealing a set of tracers, trace monitor
and a mini-radio . And the exterior will still look like a golden Rolex!
Conceil Rating Weight Availability Cost Street Index

8 3 --- 6/48 hours 4,000¥ 1.1
SWATCH STREETER 5- E3
This new awesome watch uses the same technique as the Surveil but this one
packs a small buzzsaw which can cut handcuffs with ease and a mini-mace. The exterior
looks like a black sportwatch.

8 --- --- 8/10 days 10,000¥ 2
GROUP 7 ARMORSAVER DRINK 4- E3

Need to rebuild damaged skinweave or subdermal
armor? This is the way to go! ArmorSaver Drink is a
specially-blended mix of natural liquids,
synthetics, and nanites, that will rebuild your cybernetic armor systems
after they have been damaged. Available in chocolate shake, coffee,
lemon-lime, and cherry.
Game notes: One can, when consumed, will replace 1 point of subdermal armor or
2 points of skinweave. It will never take the armor beyond its max value, and
anyone who drinks it that does not have either system will get violently
sick. (Can ya say barf, baby?)

--- --- --- 6/15 days 350¥ 3
ENDURODRINK
LEGAL
Non-addictive, effective, and perfectly legal in all major sports!
EnduroDrink is the perfect blend of fats, carbohydrates, and electrolytes
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to keep your body fueled at an optimal level!
Game notes: Drinking a can will allow for a -1 to all Endurance-based TN for two
hours after consumption. The effects are not cumulative either in Endurance
or time, however.

--- --- --- 4/12 hours 10¥ 1
NANO- PAPER 3- E3
The ultimate in security! Militech Intel Ops use this stuff! All you have
to do is flash it with a special light (10¥) and it turns into dust! No
one will be able to recover any of your writing!
Game notes: The light is a special frequency and color, and will cause the
paper to dissolve instantly, making anything permanently unreadable. Of
course, there's the rumors that Militech has another light that will cause
the paper to reassemble itself....but that kind of tech is many years in
the future, right? Right?

--- --- --- 12/10 days 3¥/sheet 2
FOREVE R COOKING FOOD PRODUCTS

LEGAL
Genetechnics has developed Forever Cooking as a way to get that special
someone coming back for more! Each FC meal is color and number coded, and
different patterns can be found on the same style of food. This is because
FC uses 25 separate ultra-addictive substances for each type of meal. With
this wide variety, all you have to do is take off the FC wrapper, and your
friend (or enemy) will be hooked on your food! Just keep the code from
them, and they'll have to search through the frozen food aisle themselves
to slake their addiction!
Game notes: This stuff is strength 3 psychologically and physically

addictive, or, for people who happen to really use the original SR Addiction rules:
Addiction 4P, Tolerance 2, Strength 4...
None of the substances are alike, and eating another kind can
get you addicted to that, too. Luckily, the addiction rolls are only made
twice a day. Bon appetit!

--- --- varies 5/5 hours 10¥ to 35¥ 1
≅Try „Indian Chicken With Rice And Red-hot Sauce“. It´s so delicious, I´m eating nothing else any
more.≅ -Coolio (need/no/thang)
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≅Hey! Wassat a joke? You´re joking, right?≅ -Bronk (my/bladder´s/filling_up)
DEATHBAT
LEGAL
The ultimate piece of baseball gear! This bat was used by EBM's corporate
softball team to destroy their competitors, Microtech, at the Corporate Olympics in
2055. A liquid-filled titanium bat results in light weight with a substantially
increased velocity!
Game notes: It's a great softball bat! It can also be used as a melee weapon of the
following stats: (str+2)M
Conceil Damage Weight Availability Cost Street Index

2 (str+2)M 2 4/12 hours 200¥ 1
ELECTRONICS
ALPHA WAVE GENERATORS 2-
E2
The alpha wave generator is a new development in crowd control. An alpha
wave generator, which comes in the form of a field projector, uses an
subsonic wavelength several levels below and hundreds of times faster than
the Arasaka Nauseator. The quick, short pulses of subsonic noise disrupt
certain neurotransmissions, usually sedating the victim. If the victim can
resist the sedation, his thought processes will be many times slower than
normal. (make Bod(12) test; Those who pass have INT and INITIATIVE
reduced to one third; effects remain for 10 minutes after the field has
dissipated) 100¥ for a bomb with 10 meter range and 30 second duration
20,000¥ for a field generator with a 40 meter range and an infinite
duration, as long as the power source is running. Only sold to police
departments.

how? 12 25 20/7 days 25,000¥ 4
Game Notes:
For more information on how the AWGs work, see the Plastic Warriors CB-
Conversions, page 51: Arasaka Nauseator.
SLEEPTIME SUBLIMINAL GENERATOR 2-

E3
The SSG is designed for one purpose: subliminal messages. Record your
personal message, and place the walkman-sized box within 3 feet of the
target's bed. When the SSG detects a person, it sends ultrasonic sound
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waves to revertebrate off the skull, replaying the message over and over
again in the slumbering ears of all who sleep in the room. Bugs can't hear
it, because the voice plays only in the target(s) heads. Unfortunately, it
takes about a month of patterning to condition a response by this method,

which is always an answering-machine like tone. When the tone plays, the
target should carry out the subliminal suggestion, then forget it entirely.
(NOTE: The suggestion can only be a one sentence action, like: "Shoot the
chairman of the board." or "Take the Uzi out from under the table, spray
the room, then jump through a window." Victims make a Willpower(8) for
each clause in the sentence.) The device rolls 6 dice in an Opposed Success test vs.
the target´s Willpower. Each net success for the device means the target carries out
one command clause.
Conceil Damage Weight Availability Cost Street Index

8 6 --- 20/20 days 30,000¥ 5
SUBLIMINAL BEHAVIOUR SUB-PROCESS ENCODER

????
"300 SBSE units missing. Thief found and terminated, but units still at
large. Go to plan B-345, "theft of encoding device", and rewrite all
non-shipped chips." -- Applied Chipware internal note
"The SBSE doesn't exist. It's a media fairytale. No one could produce a
typewriter-sized device that could program any of the standard behavior
chip programs onto ANY chip with only a -1 skill point decrease. DMS just
wants us to think that the chipware firms are trying to control us. They
need a lot more than rumor... By the way, if one DID exist, how much would
you pay me for it? Just hypothetical, of course." - Vladmir Rostov, Russian Expatriate/Fixer
≅I can give valuable information on this topic. What do you pay.≅ -Ear (it´s/simply/too_late)
≅You have received my private posting. Let´s start.≅ -Coolio (need/no/thang)
≅Hey, does anyone of you netheads know where Ear is? I´ve been waiting for over five hours.≅
-Coolio (need/no/thang)
≅Has anyone seen Ear? He´s got something I gave him. I need it back.≅ -Coolio (need/no/thang)
≅Drek! This pinhead! Drek! Drekk!≅ -Coolio (need/no/thang)
CYBERPLUGS LEGAL
Now you can get compact cyberaudio systems without the empathy damage or
the surgery! New Cyberplugs from Dakashi Sound Systems can hold any two
cyberaudio options inside them! They're compact, easy, and comfortable!
Game notes: Holds any two cyberaudio options (which must still be paid for
on top of the cost of the plugs).
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5 --- --- 6/4 days 3,000¥ 1.25
SMARTGLASSES 4-
E1
They look like normal, everyday glasses, but are actually a
state-of-the-art optics system! They have one option space for cyberoptic
options, which will give the user sight as if they had that option.
Observers will not be able to tell the difference even when the option is
in use. Also available as helmet visors, windowpanes, automotive
windsheilds, and aircraft canopies - contact Kiroshi for details.

why? --- --- 8/10 days 5,000¥ 1
PRESSURE TRIGGER 3- E1
The ultimate in concealable switches, this high-tech new pressure trigger
from DemoliTech is paper thin and comes in a wide variety of colors,
including camoflage patterns. It can be hooked to claymores, blasting caps,
a radio switch for informing you of someone's presence.
Game notes: Trying to find a deliberately hidden pressure trigger requires a

Perception(6) test. A "smart" processor in the trigger will prevent inconsequential
things, like rain, wind, rats, etc., from setting off the trigger. Large amounts of
pressure, like a human footstep, will set it off, however.

see notes --- --- 6/24 hours 20¥/sqare ft. 3
WORKING GEAR
THERMITE- IN-A-TUBE 4-
E3
"Many people ask me, Dan, why did you make a squeezable toothpaste tube
full of thermite? My answer: because there are those bulkheads and safes
and locks that just can't be opened without a little heat. And thermite
reaches near-fusion temperatures. In the tube there's enouch to do a 40'
strand of thermite. With my special phosphorus primer, all you have to do
is light a match to it, and FOOM! You're meltin' steel!" - Dan, of Dan's Industrial Supply
Game notes: Cuts through up to BR 24 material at the rate of 2 meters an hour.

--- --- --- 20/10 days 3,000¥ 6
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IWO PLUG- IN AIR FOULERS 3-
E1
Everyone appreciates an air freshener. Some people really like to have
clean-smelling air. These people like the fact that the plug-in kind have
26-day lives, so their air smells good. IWO hates these nitpicky people.
Our plug-in devices release gases of several different mixtures. All of
them are designed to be undetectable to the normal nose, covered by our
scents. All plug-ins can fill a 10x10 room with gas, and last 30 minutes
after being plugged in and activated. Activation is accomplished by
flipping the switch at the bottom, and the process cannot be reversed.
IWO's plug-ins are 4"x3"x2".
Effect Availability Cost Street Index

Burnt Almond Scent Neurostun-VIII 8/6 days 70¥ 2
Wintergreen like Hasish 6/24 hours 100¥ 2
Potpourri like Mace XII 8/6 days 50¥ 2
Spring Breeze like Truth-Spell 8/10 days 200¥ 3
Hickory Smoke: like Burnt Almond, 8/8 days 130¥ 2
but with a 4d6
minutes delay
MEDIA EQUIPMENT
WALL SPEAKERS
LEGAL
Do you hate having to position the speakers in your house? Are your
neighbors too friendly? Well, a wall speaker is what you need. Each speaker
is about the size of a silver dollar and has a removable adhesive that
allows it to stick to any surface. The wire in the back can be attatched to
a stereo or other instrument. Through vibration, the speaker will use the
whole wall as a sounding board. It's omnidirectional, and can be turned up
just as loud as your regular speakers. NOTE: There have been some nasty
Net-Rumors that the wall speakers will collapse low-income housing. This is
not true. The vibrations given by a speaker at power "5" will not collapse
a free standing wall of balsa wood. Musictronics makes no guarantees for
wall safety above Barrier Rating 6.

in a way ... --- --- 4/always 600¥ 1
≅Heh heh heh. Slam in the bass and watch the neighborhood jump!!≅
-Crackhead (inhale/inhale/exhale)
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STEPHENSON TECHNOLGIES SOUND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM
LEGAL
Vitaly Chernobyl and the Meltdowns used it in the novel "Snow Crash" to
make the acoustic most of their sound setting! Now, you can have the same
system! In 15 minutes, the Sound Optimization System will have created its
own internal map of the surrounding and will find the optimal location for
each speaker in your arsenal! It's lightweight, compact (about the size of
any other rack component) and will make you sound phenomenal!
Game notes: Adds +2 to any music/singing skill for every member of the band, while
running.

3 --- 12 4/always 2,500¥ 1
COMPOUNDS (no drugs, of course ;) )

STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES TORTURE MITES 2-
E3
Need to squeeze some information out of your prisoner? Stephenson
Technologies churned out the Torture Mites a la Diamond Age. You inject
them into the victim's spine and they attach themselves to the nerves at
random locales. A radio signal will cause a mite to activate, sending a
pain signal into the nerve. Agony from nowhere! Officially endorsed by
Militech's 1st Human Intelligence Company (Interrogation).
Game notes: 1d6+1 Mites will attach themselves to the spinal cord, stimulating
various parts of the body (left up to the GM). When a Mite is activated (they can
be activated seperately, or in groups, or all at once), it causes
excruciating pain in the victim. For every two activated Mites, the victim
receives a +2 to their willpower test TN.

--- --- --- 20/20 days 8,500¥ 5
ANTI- PURSUIT LIQUIDS 5-

E3
People shouldn't chase you. It's not nice. That's why AssassinTech has
developed the Anti-Pursuit liquids. Spill on the ground behind you, and the
pursuers have problems! As an added feature, all liquids are clear, making
them hard to discern from floor wax or water!
Game notes: One liter covers 3 square meters.
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• Stickum: all who step through must make a Strength(12) test to get their foot or feet
free to take another step.
• BadFumes: all who pass by must make a willpower(6) test or be overcome with
nausea.
• FireFun: Encapsulated alkaline metals are suspended in an aqueous flammable gel. If
anyone steps on it, it goes up in flames!

Stickum 6/6 hours 400¥/liter 1.25
Bad Fumes 6/6 hours 400¥/liter 1.25
FireFun 6/12 hours 450¥/liter 1.25
CLOTHING AND ARMOR

HOTT EVERWEAR FASHIONS SECURITY JACKETS
LEGAL
What is it that sets a person apart in the world? Clothing, that's what.
And Hott knows it. Other companies produce adequate protection in plain,
boring packaging, making the wearer look like just another streetie. Sure, you want to
keep from getting shot, but do you have to look like a bag lady while doing it?
NEVERMORE! All Hott security jackets are available in a variety of styles, including
athletic, business, and leisure looks. Never again be olive drab, be Hott instead.
Our products are available at all fine stores around the world.
Products:
• Athletic logo jacket - most national and some local teams (armor 1/1): 1220¥
• Faux military in jungle cammo, desert cammo, or urban cammo (armor 2/1): 2300¥
• Blazer or suit jacket - guaranteed match to your slacks (armor 1/1): 2000¥
• Sweatshirt - comes in a variety of designs, inc. pop fashion (armor 1/1): 850¥
• Warm-up jacket - major sports teams and vid show logos (armor 2/1): 2500¥
≅Look at the price tag! I don´t get it!≅ -Spunky (that´s/his/name)
DEATHTECH COMBATBOOTS
LEGAL
The CombatBoots are made of leather and interior of kevlar(armor 2/2). In the
side there is a holster for a knife or a small handgun. At the bottom there
are climbing spikes and a mini-radio for emerengy situations. Inside is a
small pocket for spare ammo.
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--- --- 2 4/4 hours 250¥ 1
SMARTARMOR 3- E3
Tired of being weighted down by your armor? Have you blown a quick-draw
because you felt like the Michelin Man? Militech's new SmartArmors
interface with your nervous system and move with your body to reduce their
encumberance! Game notes: SmartArmor is available for only a few types of
armor. They are: Medium and Heavy Armor Jackets, Door Gunner's Vests, and
MetalGear. The user needs to have an interface plug and a neuralware
processor. The armor is not reduced, but the encumbrance is, however.
SmartArmor cannot be retrofitted to old armor; it must be purchased new. It
also takes 24 hours to adapt to a new user, and until the initial 24-hour
period is over, the armor has its standard encumbrance value applied to it.
Game Note:
if you´are working with encumbrance rules, allow the wearer of smartarmor to reduce
the weight of the armor by ist smartarmor rating. This is to reflect the armors abilities
to adapt to ist wearer in the most effective way. The weight itself is actually not
reduced.
as armor 1-3 as armor +2/+7 days +(Rating x 100 percent) as armor
as armor 3-6 as armor +3/+10 days +(Rating x 100 percent) as armor
HEALING ARMOR OPTION 2- E3

Tired of shelling out tons of nuyen to buy new armor after every firefight?
Now you can get the technology that the Army just got! Healing armor! A
radical new innovation from Revolution Genetics of Antarctica! Healing
armor is alive - a special bio-plastic organism capable of stopping a
bullet!
Game notes: Healing Armor regrows 1/1 per 5 hours. It may not be combined
with SmartArmor (see previous entry). Damage from lasers and microwavers is
permanent, the GM should use their discretion as to the effects of fire,
acids, and bio-weapons.

as armor --- +1 +4/+10 days +600 percent as armor
PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR INSERT

LEGAL
Last chance! Okay, the bullet's torn through your helmet -- what's left to
stop it from tearing through your brain? Your skull? Yeah, right. Take
yourself down to the nearest Militech store and get yourself a LastChance
Protective Headgear Insert! A thin sheet of Kevlar that will fit under any
headgear and be completely concealed -- it could be the smartest decision
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you make this week!
Game notes: The LastChance is fully concealable under any form of full-headgear
(helmets, hats, etc.) It has an armor of 2/0. It may not be made into Smart or Healing
armor.
Conceil Rating Weight Availability CostStreet Index

12 -- -- always 550¥ 1
POWERED ARMOR
"Powered armor is the future of the battlefield -- it's tougher than
straight-leg infantry, more maneuverable and airmobile than APCs and
old-style mechanized infantry. This division will be making a serious
investment in powered armor."
- Gen. Andrew Kendrick, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, in an interview
with "Solo of Fortune", December 2056
Power Armors don´t cut down the agility of the wearer. Of course, it has to be said that
Power Armors are not the stealthiest. Their heavy weight make it almost impossible to
overhear them. The designers have reacted to the complaints of several military and
corp generals and brought them several options for PA, (which however can´t be fitted
into existing PA, sorry guys):
• Stealthing: dampens the PA´s noisy operating sounds and the CLANK! when it walks
or runs (50,000¥)
• Slow Boost: based on the assumption that the PA has according operating tools, it´s
possible to perform very precise „manual“ actions (thus ignoring the normal +4 to
all TN when it comes to dexterity tasks) (70,000¥)
• Power Boost: the PA can run faster. Comes in 10/5 increments, each costing 5,000¥.
MILITECH GALVESTON POWERED ARMOR 2- E3

The newest PA in the UCAS Army inventory is now available to police and
corporate forces as well! Designed to patrol the border of Mexico, the
Galveston is the ultimate light-infantry PA! Available now! It´s been built using the new
super-lightweight Orbital Frames! This PA can be steered by orks also!
Head Right Arm Left Arm Right Leg Left Leg Torso
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• God Inter- • Retractable • Retractable • Light Tool • PA EMP • Reflex Boost
face Mono-PA Mono-PA Suite Shield Filter
• Grenade Sword Sword • Ribbon • Ribbon • Medkit
Launche • HMG rounds • Mini Cannister Canniste • Escape Hatch
r (100) Grenade r • Extra Power
• Grenade • PA Shield Launcher Cell
Launche • HMG • PA Sheild • HMG rounds
r (100)
• Battletac
System
Add to STR Ballistic Impact Weight Availability Cost Street Index

+ 10 3 3 860 30/6 months 393,810¥ 5
ARASAKA WRAITH POWERED ARMOR 2-

E3
The ultimate in light combat equipment with stealth capabilities! The
Wraith is not meant to be used against other PAs, but against organic
targets. Quiet and efficient, the ultimate killing machine! This one is also pretty
comfortable for ork-type metahumans. Note that the Ghost uses Stealthing, Slow Boost
and Power Boost.
• Rigging • Retractable • Retractable • Light Tool • Green ring • Escape Hatch
Interface Mono PA Mono PA Suite 4 (20) • Toolkit
Sword • LAW III (1 • Smoke • Extra Power • Arasaka
• Flechette Pistol shot) Grenades Cell (2) Nauseator
• 100-round (10) • PA EMP
Flechette Shield
Clip

+5 2 2 491 20/6 months 193,810¥ 3
DYNALAR ATLAS POWERED ARMOR 2- E3

The newest battlefield menace from Dynalar! Big, ugly, and tough, the Atlas
can go anywhere! It contains state-of-the-art operator interfaces and a
wide variety of offensive and defensive systems for almost any situation!
It´s equipped with: EnviroSeal™, PowerBoost
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• Rigging • Retractable • Arasaka • Extra Power • Extra Power • Escape Hatch
Interface Mono-PA Nauseator Cell (2) Cell (2) • Food/Filtration
• Flashbang Sword (2) • Smoke • Smoke • Commo Link
Grenade • HMG + 100 • Light Tool Grenade Grenade • Military Radar
s (20) rounds Suite s (30) s (30) • EMP Grenades
• Green Ring (4) • Rostovic • Flashbang • Flashbang (10)
4 (20) Wrist Racate Grenade Grenade • Micromissles
s (10) s (10) Anti-Armor
• Techtronica • Techtronica (4)
M40 M40
Pulse Pulse
Rifle Rifle
• Powered • Powered
Skate Skate

+ 10 7 5 1024 30/6 months 216,570¥ 5
LONDON PUNKNAUGHT POWERED ARMOR DARN

ILLEGAL
Now you can own a replica of the armor that went bezerk in downtown London!
Yes, with the original suit, Martin Leeds, a London gang member, went crazy
and killed 43 people before a EuroDefense Force squad took him down! Now
you can own this suit, currently being replicated by DeathTech Industries!
It comes completely with the Gazenfleur Housebreaker Harness, EnviroSeal™,
PowerBoost, and it carries a smart-chipped Federated Arms Light Assault 15, and the
Kendachi M-33 Power-Sword (see ChromeBook 1, page 54-55)
• Full Comm • LMG + 100 • Monowhip • Extra Power • Unpowered • Smoke
Unit rounds • Unpowered Skate Grenades
• Healing • LMG rounds Skate (20)
Armor (200) • Rubber Pellet
• Monowhip Mines (20)

+2 1 1 468 30/5 months 51,610¥ 5
≅Gosh! They replicate our baby! But they forgot important details. Gosh! These corps try to make
money out of everything. Disgusting, I should say.≅ -Best_British (God/shave/the_Queen)
NASA/ZETATECH/MILITECH ARMSTRONG POWERED ARMOR 2-

E3
The newest entry into the space battlefield, the Armstrong is the current
favorite of the Militech Space Marine Corp! These suits were used successfully in a
Militech hired-out operation against Biotechnica's Luna Facility, performing without a
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single casualty! It´s equipped with EnviroSeal™, PowerBoost, and the famous Militech
Cyborg Rifle
• Rigging • Assault • Retractable • Life Support • Life Support • Food/Filtration
Interface Cannon Mono-PA • Extra Power • Extra Power • Extra Power Cell
• Smoke • Rostovic Sword Cell Cell • Electronics
Grenade Wrist • Mini Grenade • Flashbang • Flashbang Package:
Launche Racate Launcher Grenade Grenade • - Scrambler
r + 10 • Arasaka • Arasaka s (10) s (10) • - A/V Recorder
Grenade Nauseator Nauseator • Rostivic • Rostivic • - Laser Detector
s rounds rounds • - Laser Comm
• Life Support (2)
• Militech Rocket-
Grenade
Launcher

+7 2 1 899 30/5 months 231,100¥ 5
MILITECH DOWNTOWNER POWERED ARMOR 2-

E3
The suit designed with C-SWAT units in mind, the Downtowner, from Militech
is the ultimate in 'borg-stoppers! A wide array of weaponry, so that you
will always have the firepower equivelent to the situation!
Equipment: EnviroSeal™ and Power Boost.
• Rigger • Retractable • HMG + 200 • Light Tool • PA EMP • Escape Hatch
Interface Mono-PA rnds. Suite Shield • Extra Power
• Sensors 6 Sword • Militech SDP30 Cell
• Grenade • Militech Cyborg • Militech • Radar
Launche Mini-Gat Rifle + Cyborg • Electronic
r (2) 100 Rifle + Suite:
• Flashband • Mini-Gat rnds. 60 rnds. • - Scrambler
Grenade rounds(1 • Heavy Pistol • Techtronica • - Cell-Phone
s (10) 000) + 30 rnds. M40 Pulse • - A/V Recorder
• Militech R-G Rifle
• - Laser Comm
Launcher
• Grenade
Launcher
• Smoke
Grenade
(20)
• Rubber Pellet
Grenade
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+6 5 3 712 30/5 months 142,780¥ 5
Powered Armor Equipment

"The technology for powered armor is moving rapidly, far surpassing the
leaps and bounds made by aircraft in the early 20th century. The powered
armor of the future will be lightweight, tote a wide variety of weapons
systems, be stealthy and deliverable from orbit."
- Dr. Quentin Michaelson, head of PA R&D, IEC
TECHNOTRONICA M-40PA PULSE RIFLE ¥ 2-

E3
Technotronica has modified it's best-selling M-40 pulse rifle for use by
PAs. Greater ammo capacity, better reliability, longer range, faster rate
of fire - and still the same devastating effects!
Conceil Ammo Mode Damage Weight Availability Cost Street Index

--- 9(c) SS special 15.5 20/10 days 9,300¥ forget it
KALASHNIKOV AK-2020PA ¥ 2-
E3
The new weapon of the Soviet Army has also been modified for use by their
Powered Armor systems. It, too, is available for purchase in the West.

--- 100(belt) SA/FA 12M 10.5 24/10 days 8,600¥ 3
REFLEX BOOST FILTER 2-

E3
Need faster responses from your PA? Feel slow and sluggish without your
boost running and can't afford a bioware booster? IEC has finally fixed the
problems of interface and feedback between boosterware and the reflex and
control systems!
Game notes: Allows the trooper to use electronic reflex-boosting systems

with their reflex/control system. Note that if the user has a bioware-based
reflex boost, he may use that without a filter.
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--- --- 15 20/6 months 20,000¥ 5
PA EMP SHIELD 2-
E3
I know what you're thinking, "Hey, don't they already have an EMP Shield
option for PA?". Well yes, but this isn't that kind of shield. This
weapon/defensive accessory comes from the medieval days. That's right, a PA
sized shield, but more than that this shield has a micro-laser pre-impact
sensor linked to a focused "flatfire" EMP generator that will not only
scramble any electronics that get a little too close, it also creates an
ionized defense field that will rip apart most simple projectiles. As a
bonus, it can be used offensively by smashing it into an opponent. The
defense field is also backed by a durable cera-metal composite armor disc,
to protect the delicate instruments. An expensive, but effective tool. This
device requires a lot of power to function; it takes 8 hours of normal PA
operating power to run the EMP generator for 1 hour.
Game notes: EMP Generator does 15D, plus creates Point Blank pulse
rifle effects. Sealed armor only protects half as effective, sealed and grounded armor
protects with fully. Normal armor is useless. Half the damage is lethal, the other half is
stun. The protection of the EMP works on a 1-4 on a d6. The EMP field rolls 8 dice
versus the weapon´s power. If the EMP rolls more successes than twice the weapon
´s staging, the projectile shatters. The back-up shield is 3/2, which is not treated as a
'layer' of armor, but rather a part of the field. Power requirement is as mentioned
above. Note that one extra power cell will run this device for one hour
(kinda convenient, no?). This weapon is mounted externally on the arm or torso and
can draw power from anywhere in the suit, but it is more convenient to give each
shield its own power cell.
Conceil Weight Availability Cost Street Index

--- 20 35/6 months 50,000¥ 5
PA SHIELD 2-
E3
Okay, so maybe you're on a bit of a budget and can't afford one of our
lovely EMP Shields. Well, we've got an alternative. It's simple, cheap, and
works almost as well. The PA Shield. Basically, we re-designed the basic
armor disc without any of those delicate powered components. Now you can
parry a PA-Monoblade without worrying about it slicing your arm off and it
works well against other hazards too, like 20mm PA-cannons. It's cheaper
and lighter than a full shell of heavy armor but works almost as
effectively, and with the armor already on your PA it will make you
practically bullet-proof. Then there are the offensive abilities. Oh yeah,
it doesn't quite match the knife-type AP ability of a PA sword, and it
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doesn't even come close to the PA-monoblade, but for a defensive weapon it
can really thrash. Imagine getting hit with a 1.25m diameter cera-metal
disc with the strength of an PA behind it. You're thinking "Ouch" right?
Well, that's precisely what they'll say, as long as they still can say
anything. For those who insist on having at least knife-style AP we offer a
shield with an arrangement of spikes or blades, as you desire, for only a
little extra (+7,550¥). We also offer custom painting of cammo designs,
insignias, or whatever you would like. (Cost varies, but we have several
"smiley"s in stock, from a large cancelled order, that we're selling at
normal cost, to defray the cost of manufacturing them).
Game notes: What more can be said? It's a big reinforced composite cera-
metal disc, attached to the arm of an PA. Armor 4/4 vs 50% of
all attacks, when it is "readied," by the trooper inside. This is an externally
mounted item on an arm or torso mount (specify front or back for torso
mount, protects against 80% of attacks from that direction). Damage is
(str+8)S, or (str+12)S with blades/spikes on arm, if you want to
put it on the torso it isn't really usable as a weapon unless it has
spikes/blades in which case it just makes grappling attacks.

--- 25 35/6 months 7,500¥ 3
GOD INTERFACE ¥ 2- E3
The new top-of-the-line reality interface! MicroTech moves to the head of
the market with the new God Interface, a step beyond normal sensors available for
vehicles! Four of the five senses (everything but taste) become available to the pilot and
that combined with an advanced targeting system turns a God Interfaced PA into a
battlefield terror!
Game notes: Has all the functions of sensors, plus Xr-Ray Vision (see Cyberware),
tactile boost in the fingers/hands, and olfactory boost. It allows the simultaneous
targeting of five weapons.

--- 5 35/7 months 60,500¥ 4
ORBITAL FRAMES 2-
E3
Need a lighter frame while retaining the same strength rating and
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durability? IEC has taken to manufacturing PA frames in orbit, using
zero-grav techniques unlike anything on Earth!
Game notes: 4x normal frame cost, 1/2 normal weight. All other stats are
unaffected.
WEAPONS
"The current trend seems to be toward exotic and unusual weapons. It's
really sad that no one seems to remember the good old-fashioned
reliabilitiy of a Beretta nine-millimeter."
- Lt. Jason Dixon, Militech, 1st Quick-Response Battalion
„Business was running, everything was fine/got myself a Uzi, and my brother a nine.“
- KRS-One, conscious rapper, „Love´s gonna getcha“, 1992
One last word concerning weapons, weapons, weapons ...

I´m sure that weapons will be covered in the next original IO-publications. But I think,
we already have more than enough weapons to choose from. This is the reason that I
won´t convert them into the SR format. No weapons in future SR-IO!
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES SEEDS 2-

E3
Straight out of the Diamond Age, are seeds! Plant them in the ground and
wait! Within 24 hours, you'll have the item you need! Really! The
walnut-sized unit dispatches millions of nanites upon activation (done by a
spray) and build the item it is programmed to! The ultimate survival tool!
Game notes:
GM's take note that the amount of time given may be altered by the
availability of materials in the soil. In a desert, it might be a good idea
to double or even triple the amount, in a landfill, maybe half the given
time would be good.
• Handgun Seed: Takes about twenty-four hours, builds a Colt Alpha-

Omega(Chromebook 1).
20/10 days 2,500¥ 5
• Knife Seed: Takes about six hours, builds a typical knife.
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10/5 days 600¥ 4.5
• Food Seed: Takes about five hours, creates one (human) ration of food.
10/5 days 300¥ 4
• Ammo Seed: Takes about six hours, creates a 20-pack of caseless 9mm or
10mmrounds.
20/10 days 1,300¥ 5
• Mine Seed: Takes about twenty-four hours and builds a Claymore mine (see Plastic
Warriors Running Gear p.25, for more info)
20/15 1,800¥ 5
LUGER THUNDERBIRD 4-E

Luger's heavy combat handgun. Uses 13mm cased ammo (25 ¥ per 50) and
CANNOT be smartgunned because the enourmous barrel heat would melt the
electrics!

4 8(c) SA 10M 3 3/24 hours 1,300¥ 2
TSUNAMI ARMS HELLBOLT 3-H

Tsunami has made another success! The Hellbolt is a three-barreled weapon
from hell! It uses the 7.6mm caseless and silencers in all three barrels.
The gun is getting attention in booster gangs as "punishment" weapon

--- 3xbelt FA 12S 15 6/6 days 5,300¥ 3
SANCHEZ TWILIGHT 5- E
This exeptionally rare Mexican weapon uses 16mm ammo with propellant of
hi-tec binary liquid which grant the lethality. There are approx. 150
Twilights existing in the UCAS. The price is anyway very high

3 5(c) SA 12M 3.5 20/10 days 1,300¥ 5
GONZ- TAURUS ALL- IN- ONE MODEL1 4-H
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From Gonz-Taurus comes an ultimate Street Sam's weapon! It packs an assault
rifle, grenade launcher and a bayonet in to one frame. The total weight is
18kg empty and 25kg loaded. The gun is very bulky and at intensive fire
often overheats with "expanding" effect to granades (1-10 at D100 after 3

rounds of constant fire.

--- 30(c) SA/BA/FA 8M 18 6/24 hours 9,300¥ 2
ARASAKA BIG GAT 2- M

Heavy gatling from Arasaka. Usually mounted is anti-infrantry tanks and
aeroplanes. Few of these are mounted with rocket-launchers for special
delivery to EBM. Needs a linear frame or PA for use from hands.

--- belt FA 10S 25 24/10 days 8,000¥ 2
WEAPONSMITHS MINIACE 5-E

Really small(16cm) but heavy (11mm) pistol. The ace that you need when your
railgun fails. In common use with boosters as "last-chance" weapon.

6 3(c) SA 10M 2 8/24 hours 1,300¥ 2
VALMET RK- 2020 5- F

A quite rare assault rifle from Finland. In there it is in common use with
the police. In UCAS a Street Sam called Arnold Sundquist uses this and it's
gaining wider respect in America too because its quality and cheap price.

3 40(c) SA 8M 4 5/24 hours 1,000¥ 2
MILITECH ALL- PURPOSE COMBAT GUN 3-H

Militech's answer to Gonz-Taurus.
The APCG is not as heavy(10kg empty, 16kg loaded) and cheaper than its
counterpart. It packs a the power of a Kendachi Dragon Flamethrower combined with
shotgun and assault rifle! This grants usability in most combat situations. Common only
with UCAS Army and some Corps. If somebody can find this at street then it's a fucking
miracle. As a final chance a small handgun (use Ceska Diplomat data) is hidden at the
stock.

--- 30(c) SA/BA/FA 8M 10 26/24 hours 8,300¥ 2
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SETSUKO- ARASAKA NINJA 3-E
A sure Japanese quality product. The Ninja is at common use because its
accuracy and big clip. The only bad side is the big pricetag and ammo cost
(double the cost) from the unusual caliber. Made from aluminium with black
finish. A weapon for a Street Sam with a sense of style.

5 15(c) SA/BA 7M 1.5 6/24 hours 400¥ 2
VALMET HAKKAPELIITTA 4- G
The smallest SMG ever made is now available outside Finland! The
Hakkapeliitta uses a special .22 custom ammo which is quite rare.

7 15(c) SA/BA/BF 7M 2 8/48 hours 900¥ 2
MR. ACID 3- J
Are you bugged by that loser in Metal Gear? Can't get the C-SWAT guys to
fight fair? Use Mr. Acid. Mr. Acid was developed from a high-intensity
fertilizer sprayer used by Biotechnica and outfitted with a high-pressure
gas cartridge like those on fire extinguishers. Fill the backpack tank with
acid (200¥), pressurize the cartridge, and spray away!
Game notes: the spray may be swept like a flamethrower. Each hit reduces the armor
rating by -1/-1.

3 4(m) SS 10M 5.5 8/5 days 1600¥ 2
IWO RAZORWHIP II 4- B
The first razorwhips kind of stank. We admit it. It caused major hand
injuries and had some dull blades. Well, International Weapon Outfitters is
back with a better whip. Why? Here are the improvements:
1) Extended Range
Now can hit something two meters away, slashing with the bladed tip!
2) Insta-Coiling
The new insta-coiling allows the RWII to roll into an easy carrying
snail at the flick of the wrist. Also, the whip will now wrap around
anything it hits, sawing through as it's pulled away!
3) Handguard
Can't use it without one of these!
For those of you new to the Razorwhip, here's the basic design: We make a 2
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meter polyfiber whip, then plate the outside with interlocking serrated
blades, culminating in a bladed tip. Wrap the RW around anything, and pull:
it's like using a saw!
Conceil Ammo Reach Damage Weight Availability Cost Street Index

6 --- +2 10M 1.5 8/24 hours 400¥ 2
SNIPERWEAPON 5000 2-J

IWO strikes again with the Sniperweapon! Sniperweapon is a gun accessory
that allows you to shoot at anyone in an area without even being there!
Installed on the top of your rifle, SW has a multioptic node, an
auto-tripod swivel, integral DUD processors, a 90986 CPU, and a small
scanner. Bottom line: Program it for a certain person (using photos on the
scanner) and it will wait 'till he comes around. BANG. Program it to hit
all people without a certain insignia, and teleoptics will tell friend from
foe. BANG. The processors will automatically shut off and eject the clip in
case of a misfire, and are designed to shoot a given target until it falls
down. We suggest using an extended clip if you plan on establishing a
perimeter. For the default program, it will only shoot John F. Kennedy (the
research assistant from Terminal Ballistics was mugged by the Kennedy
posergang last week).
NOTE: Acts as an AI with INT 5, Rifle of 6. Can be fooled if the target

has been bodysculpted. No sound sensors. Can only shoot what it sees.

---- 15(c) SA 14S 6 18/14 days 12,000¥ 4
≅12K for this! Hah! Get a perp from the Barrens, promise him five hundred plus one evening´s drinks
for free, and there you go!≅ -Blushface (phew/it´s_hot/in_here)
SLOWKILLER PAINBALLS AS FILLING

Paintballs stink. They don't hurt that bad, and they just mark things up.
Whoopee. At IWO we think the airgun user needs a better paintball round. That's what
slow-killers are. Each slowkiller is a colored gel filled with microcapsules of a toxic or
semi-toxic substance. The liquid evaporates in ten minutes, leaving a colored powder
of microcapsules sticking to the target's clothes. When they break (and they break
easily) they leave an oil-based contact poison wherever they touch. One slowkiller will
give a target enough material to expose him to one to two doses of the substance,
depending on where it hit and how curious he is. Get them at every fine paintball store!
• Neurostun: 10 x normal cost
• Nerve Agents: 20 x normal cost
• Sleepdrugs: 7 x normal cost
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• Superglue: (breaks open when pressed, adhered items take 4L damage pulling off)
6.5 x normal cost
KENDACHI TRI- DAGGER

LEGAL
A conventional Dagger which has two spring-loaded "parrying blades" which
can be extended to trap an enemy blade (and option of automatic breaking of
monoblades if the attacker fumbles).
Conceil Reach Damage Weight Availability Cost Street Index

8 0 (str)L 0.25 2/4 hours 80¥ 1
≅Plain bulldrek. This has been invented hundreds of years ago, they called it a „blade catcher“.
Problem was, most blades couldn´t be caught, but broke the fragile dagger.≅
-His_story (I/failed/exams)
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES LOOGIE GUN 3-J

The ultimate in non-lethal anti-personnel technology! Stephenson
Technologies took this right out of Snow Crash and put it straight into
your hands! Fire a glom of our Loogie (the actual chemical is a trade
secret) and watch your victim end up glued to their environment!
Game notes: If a person is hit with a Loogie, they may make a Strength(10) test to
avoid the effects. If they fail the roll, they get a +2 modifier to all target numbers
involving physical activities. If the Rule of One applies, this mod increases to +4. A
reload costs 70 nuyen.
Conceil Ammo Mode Effect Weight Availability Cost Street Index

5 8(can) SS see notes 1.5 8/24 hours 600¥ 1
STEPHENSON TECHNOLOGIES LIQUID KNUCKLES

LEGAL
Safety in a plastic pipe! Liquid Knuckles, straight out of Y.T.'s Snow
Crash arsenal will set people straight! One good blast to the face and
they'll look and feel like chiseled Spam! Enjoy! The can lasts for 5 hearty sprays.
Game notes: A Head hit is required for the spray to take effect. When hit,
the victim takes a 10D stun damage.

9 5 SS 10D stun 0.1 6/24 hours 90¥ 1
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VEHICLES
Being a 'Punk means doing everything in style, even going places. When it
comes time to purchase your own vehicle, make sure that it screams of
originality."
- unknown
GROUND
URBAN AUTOMOTIVES ROADHOG
LEGAL
The Roadhog uses a "bigfoot" design allowing it to go where no car has gone
before. Used by nomads and roadgangs because of its amazing off-road
capability and durability. There are rumors of "modified" Roadhogs from
Urban Automotives to black-market sales. They are not true, honestly.
Handling Speed Body Armor Signature Apilot Cost

3/3 133 4 1 3 ---- 50,000¥
Seating: 3 front + 3 rear
Economy: 20 km/liter Fuel: IC/80 liters
Cargo/Storage: 25 CF
Accessories: MapMaker (see Chromebook Conversions), EnviroSeal
ROLLS- ROYCE SLEEKSHADOW LEGAL

Rolls-Royce takes a step to 22. century with this luxury AV. It's fast,
stylish, safe and durable. Perfect for executive with a real sense of
style. Available in three colours: black, white and silver. If you want to
go fast get a the Mach but if you want to go with style get the
Sleekshadow. The cost is larger but quality is worth it's price.

3/6 492 4 2 3 2 1,000,000¥
Economy: 20 km/unit Fuel: ImpE/60 units
Cargo/Storage: 4 CF/trunk
Accessories: Rigger interface, Cell phone, Crash Cage, APPS, Anti-Theft System
Rating 10, Ejection seats, GridLink, Seat Massagers, VR Holosystem
≅I doubt that RR is still British. „Sleekshadow“! Never, ever in a whole life, an English RR designer
would christen a Rolls „Sleekshadow“! Never ever! ≅ -Best_British (God/shave/the_Queen)
MILITECH "BIG BOY" LIGHT ANTI- TANK VEHICLE

2- E3
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You can't get to the target zone because there are three T-100 tanks
stopping the way? Never more! The Big boy is the solution. Carrying 16
anti-tank missiles it will stop almost any armored IFV. Available in any
Militech dealer now!

5/10 64 3 2 3 2 3,000,000¥
Cargo/Storage:
Accessories: APPS
AIRCRAFT
DEATHTECH INDUSTRIES JETPACK 4-
E3
The Jetpack is a rocket-powered backpack that can reach the speed
of 88 mph! It also has micro-thursters for maneuvering. Its fuel tank
has enough fuel for 1 hour of continuous use. The Jetpack is
controlled with a switch panel and a joystick whitch are attatched to
a contol rod in the right side. 500 bucks more for cybernetic control.

5 117 1 0 6 hah! 2500¥
Seating: one, and no seat, chummer
Cargo/Storage: none
Accessories: whaddaya like? APPS or something ;)
BOEING HAWKE 2-
E3
The Hawke is an answer to a situation where you got to clear an area
completely. A zeppelin bomber equipped with 10 remotes for A-A defense. The
Hawke is totally military design which is in use with some big Corps like
Arasaka but there is one private Hawke in the "Hitler's Sons" Nazi gang.
Special equipment: Military navigation system, Autopilot, 10 Militech
RPV-400 remotes(see CB Conversions, p45), 80 drop bombs(explodes-upon-impact-
version [EUI] of Thermite Limpet Mines, see Project 3, p75), 6 AP Missles (see Project
3, p66)

5 93 40 1 5 4 12,000,000¥
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Cargo/Storage: 100 CF
Accessories: APPS
HARRIER JUMPJET 2- E3
Need a fast gunship? AV cost to much? Gyro's
to light? Not enough clearence for a Osprey? Than we
have just the thing. Through a special marketing
agreement, Gryphon Arms Inc. has accuired 150 USMC
surplus Harrier Jumpjets (most in mint condition)
complete with hard points and main gun. For a
nominal extra fee a team of expert tatical maintenance
and modification Techs will set these little darlins up
just for you.

2 865 9 6 5 4 255,000¥
Cargo/Storage: 3 CF
Takeoff Profile: STOL
COMPUTERS
& MATRIX
"The Net is becoming a place of rapid evolution, violently Darwinian. The
smart adapt and survive, the stupid stumble and die."
- Spider Murphy's Netguide
Hardware
WACKO'S HOME PHARMACY COMPU- MOD 3-
E2
Modify your laptop with the only compumod ever banned from public sale! The
WHP is a drug scanner with an intelligent keyword database attatched. When
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WHP is used with a personal computer, the database can tell what the sensor
probe is in, its molecular compound, and how to duplicate it! There is also
a question and answer function so one knows just the right chemical for the
job.
Game notes: Adds +2 to Pharmaceutical skill when used. Roll the compu-mods rating
in dice against a target number set by the GM (or, if you are using Ocelot*s Drug Lab
101 rules, against the Total Difficulty divided by 9, plus 1.)

--- 1-6 Rating/2 24/20 days Rating x 10,000¥ 4
JACKLOCK 5-
E3
This device, when placed on the end of an interface plug, will prevent a
netrunner from jacking out. More specifically, if he plugs in with it, and
selects "jack out" from the menu, his command will be rejected and he won't
be able to use the menu again until the modem is deactivated (i.e. he is
physically unplugged) and reactivated. It looks like a coaxial cable
extension (average diff to spot, if you're looking for it), and is now
gaining use among corporates who want their netrunners in until the bitter
end.

--- --- like normal 18/10 days 600¥ 2
cable
TABLET LEGAL
Voice activation is too expensive, but you hate typing. No problem. The
tablet, from Microtech, has a handwriting processor chip and screen
receptor that allows you to write directly onto the screen. The same
"stylus" (which can be replaced by any semi-pointed object if lost) that
uses the screen can also be used to select menu choices, like a mouse. Give
your computer the personal touch with the tablet. Can only be added to an
existing computer.

4 --- 1 4/always 1,000¥ 1
GLOVES AND GOGGLES INTERFACE ¥

LEGAL
The staple of Netrunners before the age of the neural interface and
Cybermodem Link, the "G & G" system (often nicknamed GloGo Rigs) have long
since been rendered obsolete by the conventional neural interfacing
technology. Made up of two parts, a set of oversized glasses which includes
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a wrap-around screen and position sensitive sensors, and a sensory "glove"
(also with position sensors). While using the GloGo interface, the user is
unaffected by Anti-Personnel Programs but suffers a +6 to all his TN
Note: Mentioned in the description of Explorer One Retro Cyberdeck (Chromebook 3,
Pg 65) but never detailed. Good for those Meat deckers in the group.

--- --- 1 always 100¥ 1
≅Good opportunity to practice without danger of getting harmed≅

-Best_British (God/shave/the_Queen)
≅Pah! Pain is a good teacher.≅ -Flagellant (God/whip/the_Queen)
"HOT KEY" KEYPAD ¥

LEGAL
Those who use turtoises for Netrunning have always been the snails of the
'Net (ain´t this a surprise). The problem's is the thought-action of Interfaces are just
simply superior than eye-hand coordination, even with GloGo rigs and complex
graphical interfaces. The "Hot Key" pad can be programmed to reduce
key-punching to a bare minimum. Each button can be programmed to activate a
macro (pre-programmed series of commands), or other function. A program can
be launched, a file can be downloaded with but a touch of a button. Compatible with
the Gloves and Goggles interface. The Hot Key reduces the penalty to all target
numbers by 1 when used while decking with a turtoise (using a „normal“ computer),

3 --- 0.5 always 300¥ 1
NORTHERN NETCOM HOLOGRAPHIC

LEGAL
CYBERDECK "HOLOBOARD" SYSTEM ¥
The latest in videobord technology, the Canadian Northern Netcom, has
released the Holoboard system. A circular series of holoprojectors, either above the
'Runner, or in another location, shows exactly what the Netrunner sees as he's in the
Net. For best effect, the user should stand in the midst of the projectors. The view is
simply awesome!

--- --- 0.5 6/48 hours 1,000¥ 1
TRANSCRIPTOR
LEGAL
A transcriptor is a cybermodem option that, when attatched to a printer,
will print out all netspace locations visited, programs and ICONs
encountered, and files copied. It prints as the netrunner goes along, and
provides a great record for your Street Sam friends to find out what happened to
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you.

5 --- 2.5 6/48 hours 5,000¥ 1
NETFUSE 3- E2
There's a problem with corporations these days. They have no sense of
humor. You try to read office memos, and BAM! You get hit with a Liche.
There goes your life. You can prevent that with NetFuse. Netfuse attaches
between your phone jack and your deck's plug. If the current coming in is
too strong, NetFuse burns out and you lose your signal. This means that a
successful hit from any Grey Ice that attacks either the cyberdeck or the decker will do
no damage! (Not entirely true. There is a ten percent chance that you will take 3L stun
damage.) Black Ice has only a fifty percent chance of hitting instead of NetFuse taking
you out. Netfuse needs to be replaced every time it saves you, but how much is your
life worth?
(NOTE: Netfuse will burn out while disconnecting. Also, Netfuse can only be
used on tabletop or portable cyberdecks, not cellular models. NetFuse
leaves an electrical backwash giving all tracing Ice a -3 on their tracking
roll. Also, one cannot activate a cyberdeck without replacing a burnt
NetFuse.

8 --- --- 8/48 hours 1,500¥ 1.25
≅You´ll have to hurry up. So many deckers are ordering our product that delays are „pre-
programmed“≅ -NetFuse_SysOp (order/NetFuse/now)
Software
CYBERSPACE SUBLIMINAL FILTER (SENSOR UTILITY)
2- D
This program will filter subliminal "suggestions" from an incoming
Internet/Virtual Reality signal. Handy to detect those Aliens that roam our
net! Bartmoss did it, now so can you! These little goodies usually can't be
bought, and if they are used for some time, the originator of the
subliminal signal may become aware of the program and will then try to find
a way to defeat it. Don't trust anybody who'll sell you one of these!
Because the filters have to be pretty specialized, you're on your own here!
Options: Area-effect, Link, Mobility, One-Shot, Penetration, Staging, Link
Size: (Rating^3) x 3 Mp
To work, make a Success Test pitting the rating of the Cyberspace Subliminal Filter
against a Target Number equal to the Security Rating of the Node, or against another
persona´s masking.
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THE AUDIO VIRUS (ATTACK PROGRAM) 6- D
Okay, you folks have heard of that obnoxious anti-personnel program Spider
Murphy reported in the 'Netguide, which simulated a nasty smell that made
the unwary 'punk vomit. But that's old news... The newest fad on the
Internet is the Audio Virus. If it overcomes a 'deck's defenses, it will
play a sound or tune to the affected runner - at something above percieved
180 decibels. The most nasty and un-stylish thing to hurt your victime with
would be random noises, but I'm sure that the NetWatchers can tell you that
bad music can be very effective, too. Just plug in those leftover 20th-century tapes of
Julio Iglesias or Take That and see your enemies run like weefles! Make a normal matrix
combat attack sequence. For every net success the Audio Virus gets, it reduces the
Willpower of the target by 1.
It's icon is, of course, a photo-realistic stereo system, which, if turned
on, will tremble and vibrate from the noise that it makes. The referee may and should
give a bonus on the roll for sounds/music that would be exceptionally
disturbing/annoying to the victim. A hip techno netjunkie might be particularly
vunerable to Beethoven, while that hardliner Kerry Eurodyne fan might react allergically
to a Beatles song, and Arasaka is said to really hate Silverhand.
If an Audio Virus reduces a runner's effective Willpower to 1 or below, the
runner can't stand the noise and immediately disconnects.
On a side note, this was tried in the real world, where a city administration played
classical music in a park to drive away unwanted hardrock-loving youths
hanging out there. I can't remember the city involved, but it worked.
Options: Link
A PICTURE'S WORTH (MASKING UTILITY) 6P-

D
This a complex utility based on a scrambling and packing routine. This program
encrypts data files and hides them within the code for a virtual reality, e.g. the
scrambled text of a black ops file could be hidden in the code of a virtual
desk in a data fortress. Retrieving the code without a program will involve
going through the programming code of the virtual object line by line and
extracting all the extra data that's not part of the image. Once removed
the data must be unscrambled, which is a chore in itself. The ratio between hidden
program code and the code used for the virtual image must at least be 1:2. Thus 10
Mp of data could be secreted in 20 Mp code (for instance, in the code of an own VR.
For more information on the construction of own mainframes, see Paranoid Animals Of
North America). The main drawback is that the virtual reality's memory size will
unavoidable swell however many Mp are put it in, and an observant netrunner will
undoubtably notice the excess size of the file. Note: the data itself is not visible in the
image, it is in the code where the image data is stored, and the runner must examine
the file to get the data. He cannot simply examine the image itself.
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ICON: A Picture's worth...looks just like a slot machine. Data flows
through the coin slot, the machine spins a jackpot and the scrambled data
pours into the Memory Unit.
Options: One-Shot
OH- ONE- OH-ONE (ATTACK PROGRAM) 4-D

This program locks a deck into an endless loop, repeating a flashing black
and white pattern to the runner until the loop finally overheats the deck
CPU and fries the deck (2-3 hours). During that time, the netrunner is out
of the net but still stuck watching the pattern, unable to do anything but
stare at the overbright flashes transmitted directly into his brain. The
runner must make a Willpower(8) roll to enter the net within the next week.
ICON: A flashing black ball that flies at the Runner.
Extras: Increases deck speed, but it overheats and blows up, so who cares?
Options:
GENERATION (ICE OHMYGOD) BWAHAHAHA

Options: Photorealistic ICON (red glowing earthworm), Movement, Trace, Endurance
This is a rumored-to-exist Arasaka security program. It is designed to be used against
female netrunners, specifically those that are pregnant. It programs an unborn fetus to
kill their parent once they reach age 10. If this program does actually exist,
the first fetal victims of this program will start killing their parents in 2068.
SERVICES
"You can tell a lot about a culture by the services it sells. America is
obviously a decadent, animalistic place, as opposed to the glory of
Europe." - Jefferson Leeds, EuroCouncil
Note that I have converted the services very freely. This is because I think no SR group
uses the same „power niveau“ as the other. I also reckon that free-form descriptions
feed the creativity of Gms more than very precise ones.
THE ASSASIN'S GUILD

Somewhere in Switzerland, it is said that a corporate can enter a tavern,
order a drink, and just mention someone's name. Within 3 days, he or she
will have been killed. It's not really that simple, of course; the assasins
are a lot harder to find, and they charge money. Lots of money. However,
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they have an appraisal service that will allow one to trade items (weapons,
metals, vehicles, the boss's daughter) instead of cash. The target will be
eliminated within a month, or half your money back.
A typical operative
Usually a Gemini borg or ver-high skilled humans.
Skills: All Street Sam skills (good) and often seduction (very good) and
heavy weapons (very good). Others may vary.
Cyberware: Neural Processor, sensory boosts, cybereye, targeting, plugs,
socket, grafted muscle, chipware, skinweave.
Equipment: Rifle, SMG, pistol, heavy weapon, various armor, melee weapon. A
lot depends on the assasin's personal style. Definitely no ID or
fingerprints.
PARTNERS, INC.
Are you afraid that you're somewhat antisocial? Can't get a date on
Saturday night? This is what Partners, Inc. is for! We run a computerized
dating service for over 20,000 clients in Night City. For 25¥, you fill
out a questionnaire, and your name goes on our list. When you want a date,
we just punch stuff into the computer, check out who matches, and ring them
up. If you're the match, we tell you where to go, who to meet, and what to
do. If you don't match exactly, we'll provide the proper behavior chips to
make sure that both of you have a good time! Connecting with another person
is 50¥ each time. Behavior chip rental is 20¥/hour. Rumors that we have
used "forced stimuli" behavior chips and distribute drugs freely to clients
are totally false. Really.
APPRAISAL NETWORK
Do you have any valubles that you don't need? Sundries that need to be
sold? Appraisal Network will find you the best price on whatever you have
to sell for 1% of the value of the item sold. Cheap items must be sold in
bulk. Just bring it down to the warehouse, and have one of our appraisers
check it out. You won't be sorry.
(NOTE: the Appraisal Network is really a group of fixers who wear uniforms.
They find buyers for the merchandise, and everyone's happy. Many a stolen
object has found its way through the network, sometimes repeatedly. It is
rumored that the appraisers can even put a price on a given person for sale
into corporate slavery. This is, of course, only rumor.)
MEYER & MEYER

Meyer and Meyer is a privately-run team of Street Sam run by Julio Rodriguez
and Yi-Hsin Lo. Meyer is their fixer, and there's only one of him. The name was
chosen to give the dependable impression of a law firm. Meyer and Meyer are
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dependable, but not in a law firm sense. Their specialty is in no-quarter
revenge strikes against small corporate targets. Their most famous hit was
the 32-story Arasaka Twin Towers in Aix-on-Provence. As one tower had its
floors sequentially eradicated, top to bottom, by high explosives, the hit
team attacked the other building, wiping all the computers and killing 70%
of the employees. Naturally, they charge a fairly high fee. 100,000¥ per
person, per day of planning and attack. Planning time is paid in advance.
Meyer & Meyer always leave a 6" diameter plastic green M&M candy as their
calling card.
Typical Meyer and Meyer agent

Street Sam (No mercy. Ever.)
Skilled highly in melee combat (choose special martial arts style) and rifles,
good at SMG and stealth
Cyberware: Kerenzikov Boost, skinweave, subdermal armor, cyberlimb
with thickened myomar, armor, pop-up SMG (arm) or holster (leg), and
ripperhand.
Equipment: Sternmeyer CG-13, H&K MPK-11, Colt AMT 2000. Always DP or API
ammo. As a fail-safe, all carry 10 kg of C-6 rigged to go off if they are
knocked unconcious. Flak Pants, Light armor jacket, and nylon helmet. Will
carry frag and incendiary grenades for special missions.
NOTE: These guys NEVER do extractions.
EXTREME COURIER SERVICE

Need to get something to your lawyers across town and worried about your
Net security? Don't want to risk your data being intercepted
electronically? Send it physically! That's right! Physically! Skate and
bike couriers have made a comeback! They can move through the city faster
than pedestrians or traffic, and their speed is their defense! And if your
package gets intercepted, we'll do everything in our power to get it back!
Our couriers use the finest skating gear from RadTech and top-of-the-line
urban bikes from Specialized.
Game notes: Using a courier to physically transport information is becoming

the rage among trendy executives in many large cities. It is considered
very chic to have your own personal courier on hireout from ECS. Their
prices are fairly steep, but they are fairly successful at what they do.
They do not charge by the size of the package (which must fit into a
briefcase), but by the mileage.
Safe Corp Zone: 10¥ per mile
Standard City Zone: 25¥ per mile
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Free Fire/Combat Zone: 75¥ per mile
ECS Office Locations: Night City, Minneapolis-St. Paul Metroplex, Moscow,

Philadelphia, London, Bucharest, Tokyo, Pangaea Arcology, Las Vegas,
Atlanta, Paris, and Houston, Sydney, Prague, Dallas, St. Louis, Crystal Palace L-1,
O'Neill Colony 3 at L-4.
Typical Courier (Fixer)

Highly charismatic
High street dealer skills, very good at skating/bike
Intimately familiar with the area
Equipment: RadTech Courier Armor (see Equipment section), Monoknife,
usually a small-caliber handgun, the best couriers usually have a Doc Wagon contract.
Cyberware: varies
Typical ECS Security (Street Sam)

Skilled in melee combat and Heavy Wepons
Equipment: Sternmeyer SMG21 (see CP2020 rulebook), Med. Armor Jacket,
Monoknife, usually more "personal preference weapons".
Cyberware: Varies, but at least one cyberlimb, and a cyberweapon of some
type.
EINSTEIN SERVICE
NEW from the Swiss Clinics!!! Based upon a Virtuality Interfaced system which
stimulates the brain, this new therapy develops your mental abilities to allow you to
become as smart as Einstein!!! For only 10000¥ and one month of your long life,
become the new Superman of the mental! Game Notes: The treatment takes 1 month
(16 hours a day) and costs 10,000¥. It can only be done once and may add 1 INT
point. Simply roll 1D6 and do less than (7-current PC's INT). In case of
the dice showing a 1, reroll it again. ON 1-2, the brain has been injured
and the player suffers a permanent -1 Quickness and -1 Reaction.
BIGWAVE SURF MONITOR SERVICE

Need to know where the biggest surf is? Need
a surf forecast? If you're chill enough to risk surfing in
today's oceans, you're chill enough to use
this service! A single phone call can tell you where
the best places are for surfing in your area, and give
you the potential places over the next two days!
Catch a tube, gato! Call LTG#1-900-BIG-WAVE ;)
Game notes: Costs 10¥ per call.
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SMOOTH OPERATOR SERVICE
Going to be making a long haul? Remember that 90% of fatal, non-weapon
involved accidents are caused by driver/pilot fatigue! This new service,
developed in Japan in the late 20th century,
involves a small biomonitor (either worn or implanted) with a transceiver
on the body, that reports to a central computer. The computer monitors your
fatigue/alcohol/drug levels, and if you are unfit to drive, it requests
that you pull over. For an extra fee, you can have it automatically shut
down your automobile, should you be too tired/inebriated to think clearly.
The equipment to start is relatively cheap and the monthly fee is very
reasonable. The life you save may be your own!
Game notes:
• Biomonitor Wristband: 200 nuyen, available in a wide variety of styles and colors.
• Biomonitor Implant: 250 nuyen, Essence Cost 0.2
• Monthly Base Fee: 25 nuyen
• Auto-Shutdown Fee: +10 nuyen per month. The operator is responsible, however, for
any accidents/damage when their vehicle shuts down.
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NEO-ANARCHIST S GUIDE TO MSP
METROPLEX
"Believe or not, there's a jumpin' place in Minnesota, gato. The
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metroplex has been takin' up the slack from Chicago
since it shut down. This place is getting hotter and hotter - you can get
the chillest cyberware, the baddest commo protocols, and high-tech weapons,
if you know who to talk to..."
The MSP Metroplex is a hardcore place now. Used to be low in crime,

peaceful little place, one of the safest places in the country to live.
Now, it's gotten a new makeover for the 2020s.
Places to Go
The WarZone Club: Located in the Mallplex of America, in the 'burb of
Bloomington, the WarZone is a great place to meet and find
comrades-in-arms, or just to sit back and watch the Exotic Combat -
perfectly legal, too! The drinks are good, the atmosphere chaotic, and the
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contacts many. Highly recommended.
A Combat Football Game: The MSP Maulers are nothing like the Vikings of the
old NFL. The Maulers are a highly vicious team, with a lot of talent - they
are the number-one favorite for a
Super Bowl appearance this year. If you're in town, and can catch a game,
do it!
Cliff Road: The street to go to when looking for action, hot 'ware, a good
ripperdoc, or a place to sell off those organs you just cropped. Located in
the once-sleepy 'burb of Eagan, Cliff Road is a seething mass of humanity
with one desire in their collective mind: your money. Anything can be found
on Cliff Road.
The Library: Need to dig up the dirt on someone or something? The Library
is the place to go. Located in the downtown Minneapolis Corp Sector, the
Library has got data in all formats
on the most inane things you can imagine! Info on Tibetian heavy metal
stars of the late 1990s? You can actually find it!
Mystic Lake: This casino is still alive and kicking! They offer the best,
hell, the only gambling in the state. When the Casino Wars started in early
2044, they were the biggest of the group, and managed to not only survive,
but grow as well! The extravegence of this place rivals that of some of
Vegas! Make sure you check this place out! Please note that security is
provided by Arasaka, and cheaters tend to "disappear" quietly.
Places Not to Go
Jail: The cops in the MSP Metroplex are not very nice individuals, as they
are trained and reinforced by Arasaka. Yup, the boys in black have their
hand in this town too... So, watch your back.
Edina: Always an upscale, yuppie city, Edina was one of the first walled
cities in the country. The security is very tight, and security guards
(from Militech) shoot first and ask questions later. Rumor has it that the
security forces use PAs with heavy weaponry, but this has yet to be
confirmed.
Burnsville: The suburb of Burnsville, south of Eagan, is a the Combat Zone

of the MSP Metroplex. The city was heavily damaged by a large fire in 2004,
and never rebuilt fully. The heavy snows and winds that winter did nothing
to help the city, and it is now overrun with vagrants and gutter-trash, who
try to eke out a living on the remnants of the buildings and industry.
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Things to Do
Listen to HHH: Happy Harry Hard-On is back! After his release from jail, he
went right back to his pirate broadcasting! An independent operator in MSP
gets Harry's feed live via satellite from Arizona, and broadcasts on 98.5
FM and 990 AM. You can hear Harry's anti-society, anti-corp,
anti-everything diatribe every night at 11pm Central. Jamming is uncommon.
Hireout: The corporations here in MSP are very busy stabbing each other in
the backs - a full-scale corporate war is on the verge of erupting, and all
sides are hiring at very reasonable pay!
Get Custom Chips: An important thing for Techies to do! Sunrise

Microprocessors in the Minneapolis sector can build your custom chip design
in a matter of hours! And their prices are quite reasonable. They have a
service rep in the Mallplex of America that is quite helpful.
Things Not to Do
Carry A Concealed Weapon: This is a big no-no in MSP. The cops and Arasaka
will be all over you like flies on shit. Seriously, though, the police have
an uncanny knack for spotting this and will bust you. You may carry any
weapon out in the open, but anything larger than a heavy autopistol will
get you harassed.
Sleep in the Airport: Not a good idea. More than one traveller has
disappeared after deciding to take a short nap. Rumor has it that there are
cannabalistic cyberpsychos living in the access tunnels beneath the
complex.
Believe Anything in the Paper: The local paper is a load of corporate

propoganda and drivel. If you believe a single word of it, you're weak in
the gray matter. The MSP area has a high amount of pirate media, most of
which is not hard to get ahold of. Some of it has corporate backing, ask
the locals, they'll be more than happy to tell you what's real pirate and
corporate pirate.
Pick Your Nose: But we shouldn't have to tell you that, gato. It isn't
chill.
The Pigs
Ah, now we come to the most important part for you edgerunners. The pigs.
MSP Metroplex's security forces. The indigenous security forces are pretty
well under-funded and poorly equipped, but they are still pretty numerous.
A large Arasaka Security contingent exists, as it is on hireout from a
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group of corporations in the area. They will not hesitate to use deadly
force if they can get away with it. They will also ticket anyone for any
violation of the law.
Typical MSP Metroplex Police Officer (Cop)

Average skills, except handguns (good)
Equipment: Medium Armor Jacket, Excalibur Taser-type Nightstick (see
Protect & Serve), Patrol Helmet (see Protect & Serve), handcuffs, sidearm
of personal preference (usually a heavy autopistol or SMG).
Cyberware: Cyberoptic with Low-Lite, plus personal preference.
How to Get Out of Town Quickly

There are multiple ways to get out of MSP quickly, which will probably be
required of you at some point. There is a French TGV bullet-train link to
Duluth, and security is mediocre, so this is always an option.
Dirigible and AV services connect to Chicago Port, Des Moines, Fargo, St.
Louis, New York, and Night City. In May of 2056, the MagLev link to St.
Louis will be completed, and in September of 2056, the spaceplane
facilities at MSP International will be activated, providing service to
LEO.
NEW SKILLS
1) PHOTO ANALYSIS: Characters with this skill are trained in reading and
interpreting reconnaissance photographs, particularly aerial and satellite
photographs. Things a good analyst can learn include camp layouts, ground
features, approximate numbers and locations of personnel, weapons and
equipment present, and possible identifications of rank or identity. Large
details (buildings, vechicles) can be identified by an EASY (TN around 3) test. Small
details require, naturally, greater success. INT-based.
2) FORWARD OBSERVER: Characters with this skill are trained in spotting

targets and adjusting fire for artillery of all types. Provided they are in
contact with the firing battery or its fire
control, a forward observer can attempt to adjust friendly fire. For each
round of fire, the forward observer can report and adjust the fire
coordinates by making a successful skill check. Each round of fire that is
successfully adjusted increases the accuracy of the artillery fire by 1, up
to the limit of the forward observer's skill level. If the skill check is
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failed, the artillery has fired off-target, and all bonuses gained from the
forward observer are lost and the process must begin again. A forward
observer can also attempt to call friendly fire on a position if he is able
to observe that target point. A skill check must be made to successfully
relay the target coordinates. Once fire has arrived, the FO can attempt to
adjust it normally. INT-based.
3) SMALL CRAFT HANDLING: While Driving/Boat allows a character to operate

most types of motorized water vehicles, Small Craft Handling gives the
character the skills needed to use small muscle-powered boats. These
include inflatable rafts, canoes, collapsible kayaks, rowboats, and small

landing or river crossing boats. Rapids, rough seas, darkness, rugged
landing sites, and the need for speed or silence all require skill checks.
The character can also attempt to make small field repairs. REF-based.
CORPORATIONS
"They're the Bubonic Plague of the 21st century..."
- unknown
INTERNATIONAL WEAPONS OUTFITTERS

Established 2019, IWO has its headquarters in Eilat, Israel. Since the EEC
is not on especially chummy terms with the Israelis, IWO uses a front
company in Burkina Faso for distribution. IWO is privately owned by a rich
backer more secretive than the corporation itself.
Offices: Eilat, Ouagadougou, New York, London, Bogota.

Equipment: 10 AV-6 aircraft, 3 helicopters, one transport blimp, all
offices have a small infirmary.
Troops: 5210
Operatives: 300
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IWO has access to its own weapons and often hires outside talent for its
needs rather than wasting its troops.
J.J. MACGEE, INCORPORATED

J.J.MacGee is a true conglomerate. It owns food processing, weapons,
pharmaceuticals, fashion, and other subdivisions. Most of these companies
are allowed to keep their own names, so J.J. MacGee is not a household
word. The original corporation, which has been sold to Militech, made
custom ammunition. J.J. Macgee as it is now is primarily a holding company.
Offices: Nearly every major city has an office of a company that ties back
to J.J.MacGee.
Top Shareholder: Richard Macgee, with 9.3% of total shares.
Equipment: 400 AV-4s, 100 helicopters, 120 AV-6s, 10 AV-9s, a whole fleet
of automobiles and various heavy lifting craft are used among all the
member companies.
Soldiers: 75,000
Operatives: 12,000
Macgee can get anything it wants.
KRAMDEN BIOTECHNOLOGIES
This biotech company has stayed small for the past fifteen years. Their
specialization is in bioware and exotic implants. Kramden often does
subcontract work for many larger cybernetic and biotechnical firms.
Offices: Night City, London, Kiev, Tokyo

Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas
Major Stockholder: R.H. Humphrey, with 20.6% of total shares.
Equipment: 2 AV-7s and a cargo helicopter are owned by the corporation.
Combat vehicles are rented or bought on a "need" basis. Each office has an
infirmary capable of dealing with most emergencies, and the headquarters
has a full trauma center.
Soldiers: 2,341
Employees: 34,000
Operatives: 30
KB can get most small arms quickly, but will have trouble procuring weapons
that are strictly military (tanks, fighter aircraft, bazookas).
ECLECTICA FASHIONS
One of the largest clothing manufacturers on Earth, Eclectica has a wide
range of products from polyester to silk. Rumor has it that the company is
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a front for a huge mercenary operation. This has never been comfirmed or
denied, but Eclectica has way more troops than is usual for a clothing
company.
Offices: Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, Venice, Istanbul, Norfolk, San Francisco,

Yokohama, Moscow, Cairo, Athens.
Headquarters: Madrid.
Major Sotckholder: Janice Tyler, with 52.6% of the original stock she
refused to sell.
Equipment: 50 AV-4s, 120 helicopters, 30 Osprey tilt-rotor craft, one C-25
cargo jet, one cargo blimp, all offices have a surgery capable infirmary.
Employees: 300,000
Soldiers: 98,000
Operatives: 20,000
Eclectica can get all man portable weaponry from its private stocks. Larger
weapons can be acquired within days.
VIRTUALITY, LTD.
* Virtual Reality Software, Entertainment, and Applications *
Headquarters: Silicon Valley, CalFree
Major Offices: Los Angeles, New York, Honolulu, Tokyo, Perth
CEO: Leslie Gilliam
Major Shareholders:
Gilliam Entertainment, 40%; LucasArts Entertainment, 20%; Disney, 17%;
Silicon Graphics, 15%.
Employees:
Worldwide: 37800, Troops: 2024, Covert: 170
Net Worth: 72,000,000,000¥
Virtuality is one of the younger megacorps in existence. It was founded by

a conglomerate of major entertainment businesses and specializes in the
development and sale of VIrtual Reality Entertainment (and Applications):
Interactive Fiction/Movies, Virtual Theme Parks, NeoMUDs, VR Development
Software, World Simulations for educational/training purposes; you name it,
they sell it.
As VRs are sought-after for entertainment (soaking up all the potential
from computer games, plus alot of what was speant for the flicks in the
last century) and are becoming an increasingly serious threat to plain-
vanilla pay-TV channels, resulting in something you could call "propoganda
war" -- the bad publicity put on the airwaves by these guys would have
killed VIrtuality if they hadn't decided to just buy their own TV network.
After all, customers seem to like to take part in violent splatterpunk or
erotic movies instead of just watching.
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Because not everyone has an interface jack, Virtuality also operates VR
parlours worldwide and sell interface jacks and (very!) simple cyberdecks
at a discount -- great if you're out of money, just don't try to hack
anything bigger than an elementary school's computer with these. Many of
their employees are actors/personnel at (ie, IN) their Realities, but they
employ more and more semi-AIs and full AIs; also many of their troops and
covert operatives are Net-Based. Their offices are well- secured to protect
their high-end, cutting-edge VR effects, programming, and AI routines.
There are rumours that they have their hands in high-end Prostie-BBS' and
SimSense "Drug" chips as well.
Logo: Their logo is a red V on a black circle; inspired from the red-
sprayed grafitti "victory" V from a certain 1980s SF TV series.
Friends: Virtuality doesn't have many friends among the other corporations,
except those that own Virtuality stock or are bought by the corporation.
Perhaps their only real ally is Metalogic, specializing in AI research.
Enemies: There's lots of enemies Virtuality has to deal with. Almost all
other big software corporations are rivals. There are some rival SimSense-
Dealers who would like to see Vituality push out of the (illicit, black)
market. However, Virtuality is a very popular corporation, making overt

action against its facilities a big no-no.
Security: As mentioned, security is TIGHT. These guys are known to be even

more trigger-happy than Arasaka. They shoot first and NOT ask questions
later. Their top-secret facilities are better guarded than Area 51 in the
1990s. Their Internet sites are well-plastered with Black ICE, and the AI
research labs are not hooked up to the Net at all, except on the rare
occassions (data transfer in/out), which will be protected by 2-5
Edger-level Netrunners.
PTO CORP.
Author's Note: Here's an outline of a new corp. I figured in a world where
information is power, the authority over who gets to use which information
would be an interesting addition to play. Possible
uses: PTO tries to stop your small-time drug-synthesizing enterprise on
behalf of a major pharmaceuticals researcher; Team hired to destroy records
at PTO during corp war over patent
rights; party racing to patent a new product before bad guys steal it and
patent it themselves, etc.
Patent and Trademark Office

Shortly before the fall of the U.S., it was decided to privatize most
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functions of the PTO. The databases improved as people began to be charged
for their use. Firms claiming patent violations in court had to pay the new
PTO to provide the data to back them up. New patents and copyrights had an
accompanying fee. After the fall, the PTO began to take on the enforcement
role as well. Initially bolstered by a large capital outlay from a
consortium of interested corporations, the concentration of
capital has been diluted over time. The PTO works for client companies. All
the same, like NetWatch, it's almost universal. Competing companies pay
their dues, even while trying to skirt
the rules of the Office.
1st Division - Liscensing/Enforcement

Lawyers/Corps: 1000
Arbitrators: 1000
Techies: 1000
Netrunners: 500
Soldiers/Cops: 10000
Misc. Staff: 6000
Total Staff: 19500
2nd Division - Patent Exploitation

Corps: 1000
Techies: 200
Netrunners: 100
Soldiers/Cops: 1000
Misc. Staff: 2000
Total staff: 4300
On-call Researchers: 5000
They have compiled the records from all trademark offices around the world.
In order for any new patent to be enforced, the holder must register it
with the PTO, which must then approve it. After this point, the PTO
guarnatees to prevent violation of the patent, with a staff of arbitrators
to decided whether there has been a violation. If you do not register your
patent with the PTO, you are responsible for defending it yourself,
including preventing someone else from registering it.
Payment to the PTO is based on the number of patents held, the types of
restrictions required, the length of protection service, and the revenue
that each patent brings in. The PTO offers two payment options:
1> An exorbitant one-time fee, based upon the estimate of the value and
enforcement challenges of a particular patent. This guarantees protection
for the entire term desired.
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2> An annual contract, from which a percentage of the profits from a
particular patent are paid to the PTO. Under this plan, the customer signs
a contract to the effect that, if ever they fail to pay, patent rights
revert to the PTO itself.
The PTO makes a good percentage of its money liscensing rights to patents
that haven been acquired from deliquent customers.
SUNRISE MICROPROCESSORS
Overview: Sunrise is a small corporation based in the
Minneapolis/St. Paul Megaplex, Minnesota, that produces
microprocessors for a wide variety of items. Its main division is
dedicated to the mass-production of microchips, and it has a
smaller division to manufacture custom chip designs.
When: In 2046, a small group of discontent American engineers got together
to form Sunrise Microprocesors in a small office outside of Minneapolis.
Their intention was to be a "cottage industry," but as their reputation and
orders increased, they acquired better fabrication facilities and increased
their staff.
NYSE Symbol: SRM

Fiscal Year Ends: Oct. 1st
Who:
President/CEO: Jeff Stonewall (age 31)
Vice-President/Chairperson: Andrea Nelson (age 32)
V.P. of Finance: Edward Savage (age 63)
V.P. of Security: Emily Brochard (age 25)
Auditors: Friedman & Friedman (Bloomington, MN)
Employees: 1200
Troops: 150
Covert: 12
Sunrise is based solely in Minnesota, UCAS, and their reputation is so good,

that people and companies come from as far away as the Antarctic Collective
to purchase and contract chip designs.
What:
Products: Custom and mass-quantity microchips are Sunrise's main staple.
They have state-of-the-art facilities for manufacture and design, and are
keeping up with (if not ahead of) current
technologies.
Resources: One AV-9 assault aerodyne, four custom PAs, ten Grasshopper
PAs (see Maximum Metal), and two Osprey IIs. Their security forces have
their weaponry and training provided by Militech.
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