AD\IENTURES BEYOND THE ANIME WORLD Of BERSERK BOOMERS AND HI-TEGBUDBLEGUM CRISIS EX — tHe extreme EXPANSION FOR BUBBLEGUM CRISIS ‘SEE GUNS s 4 EroL Tesi Buchs lis ROLEPLAVINGRENPANSIONCOR Byer ee) Conte Crepits IntRooucTION EX TECHNOLOGY. ... Srivsaay Tech Haposu Aoo-ONs Moroasuir Hyeaio Haaosurr Heavy HaRosutr Frac Knight Anworeo Surt HigHway STAR ManKETING PROJECT Toavano MaTorsLave ‘Tewrest Morons.ave TyeHooN II VaRiarions. Moro-Launcuen Heavy Moroastave Lano Cruiser New Boomers Boomen Gouem & BU-K9 BU-12 Barie BooMen VARIATIONS. ‘Space BOOMERS: BU-158 Gosun Bartue BOOMER BU-178 Heuisenoer Barrie Boomen, Space Devevopwent BooMeR Nexus & Beetie Boomers Boomers At Work Tenaoaist & FisHTING BOOMERS ‘Boomen-Boomen Fusion AD Pource Tec. Heavy FRONTUNE ARMOR K-11 Team K-11 Hao Deva Par-Roaner S.ave-Cycue ADP Mororoio. ADP Venicues Orne EX Tec MF-405D .... USSD K-12B K-11 Jaser S 2 3 4 6 7 7 8 9 10 "1 12 14 15 16 7 18 20 a 2 2 24 26 2 28 29 30-32 33 34 36 36 36 37 38 39 40 2 2 4B 44 New Barttemovens ‘Tyee-9 BarTueMoveR ‘JAPANESE SevF-DEFENSE FORCES. MisceiLancous Gear. CHARACTERS REVISITED. Pass, ‘Syua Lina. Ma Leon Otwen CHaracters BUBBLEGUM EX WORLD. Guogat CrossFit Neo-ANgeues San Francis Nisur Cry PorTLano, SearTie, & Meca-GorHam Baurimoré, CoLoGNe, & Syoney EX-panois FAONTIERS ‘Space: THE HiGH GROUND, ‘THe Oceans: UNDER PRESSURE THe Disa, Doma, RUNNing Boomers, Campain TyPEs EX-paNoED HAROSUITS EX ADVENTURE “VIRTUAL VISION”. ‘SwHOUETTE AWAKENS lTen.UoE: TasmING THE APPLE Breakout on THE MatTESE Cross Suran’s Cow. Tier. TIGER . Enemy oF My ENEMY How Stiaaren THAN A Serpent's TooTH. ‘Arter THE BATE Unaoty Grait Neve THe Eno New Cuaractens: rE BUBBLEGUM CRISIS ©X CONTENTS 45 46 48 50 - 52 54 56 58 60 62 63 64 66 7 67 68 69 70 n 2 2 a ri 76 9 81 - 84 4 85 86 86 87 88 89 90 90 2 93BUBBLEGUM CRISIS ©X — tHe extreme EXPANSION FOR BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 4 WABOUT THIS BOOK Welcome to Bubblegum Crisis EX, the Extremely EXcitin Exploding with Extras! (OK, OK, sorry; we'll stop now) Anyway, you may be asking, “Why EX"? Well oleplayers are continuously pushing the boundaries, always looking for that elusive edge, constantly seek ing out that special something which will help them take their games further, That's what BGC EX is all about When the Bubi Crisis Roleplaying Game first came out, players and Retereet playing in the world of Bubblegum Cri Crisis Before & After, which covered Bubb in detail, thereby opening new dimensions to BGC gamers. But beyond the videos was a whole ather world of BGC goodies, a fasci rating world of pre-production designs and “sidestory” conceptions, fa world that BGC gamers and fans alike would thoroughly enjoy exploring. To that end, we've put together Bubblegum Crisis EX. Within this book, you'l find all the mecha which never appeared in the BGC videos, plus new world background information, more cam: paig high-octane Bubblegum Crossfire adventure ;oughout this book, i's assumed that you have the BGC APG ‘and BGC BBA, but even if you don't, youl find a wealth of artwork ‘and data from ane of the coolest anime series ever done: Bubblegum A V ABOUT BUBBLEGUM CRISIS The Bubblegum Crisis Rolep on the Japanese anime video series Bubblagum Crss(or “BG ass sometimes called, BGC was produced by Artic Design Studio and was released as an 8-prtvideo-only series in Japan tom 1987 1800. It spawned two spinoff series: The 3partpraquel series, AD Police (which was released in Japan in 1990), and the 3-part se ies, Bubblegum Crash! (wich was released in Japan in 199%) AnimEigo, one of America’s premier anime impor: tributors, has released subtitled and dubbed versions of Bubbiagum s and dis 19 your local video store or cont ington, NC 28402. (0969, You can also email them at or 0.com, Their World URL address is http:/uww.animeigo.com, some fans may know, BGC was originally supposed to be episodes lang. However, only eight were made due to legal complica tions. The last ere eventually boiled down into the part sequel series called Bubblegum Crash, but many fans feel that the storyline was never fully resolved ... but fear not! BGC’ legal problems are now over, and AIC is working on a new BGC TV series, ‘which will air in Japan in 1998. Details are still sketchy, but appar ently the new series will not be inthe same continuity as the OVAS it wil stl follow the Knight Sabers, but the four gris will have new voice actresses and new character designers. Stay tuned for more information from all of us here at ANimechaniX, ve episodes BUBBLE@UM CRISIS © CREDITS WRITERS: Benjamin Wright, David Ackerman- Gray, Davi Pulver TECHNICAL MATERIAL, FUZION™ ADAPTA- TION, & ART CLEAN-UP: Benjamin Wright FUZION™ ROLEPLAYING RULES: (© 1987 The Fuzion Labs Group OTHER CONTRIBUTORS: Join Janek, Dana Jorgenson, Alex Oita, Robert Farquta, Christian Conkle, Max Faut, Taylor J. Wofford, Grebo Gury TRANSLATORS: FiyosukeTatetomi, Koji Goto EDITORS: Oren Schnurr, Bruce Matick LAYOUT DESIGN: Senjamin Wright (GRAPHICS: Benjamin Wright. David Ackerman. Gray, Bruce Harick, Oren Schnurr ANIMEIGO SUPPORT: Janice Hindle, Suzanne taney, Robert Woodhead BELATED SPECIAL THANKS: John Nowok vwho provided valuable assistance to David Palvor during the writing of Bubblegum Crisis: Bofore and Af ‘SPECIAL ILLO CREDITS: Ios on pp. 21 end 8 ate from the BGC novels, Vol 1 and 2. The Beetle Boomer on p9.29 is from the BGC video game manual, Crime Wave ONLINE RESEARCH THANKS: RotertFarqutar (imagines@nicnetau), keeper ofthe Sydney 2033 age (wane net au/~imegines/bgesjiney) Ban Exands, keeper of the AGC website (hrt./vnwcs.c.caspider edmond anime/og chim) # Micha! Ko, keper ofthe MegaTokyo Interactive Map website (hp/hopscs ha ed/-sincemegtohy i)» ‘Jeanne Hedge, keeper ofthe BGC Synopses website {t/a acesyst.con jhedgeybgind hi) & Eric Tiberius Cheng, keeper ofthe AD Foie Files wobsito (itn /wm-eybetsca/-etead him) © Andy Siuse, keeper ofthe Raven's Garage web site (ht execulnkcom-ashuse/ravengachit) MAIMECHANIME 5 iisiesres sis rata oi Wa eee ee ae a oe + Julian James Kulock keoper ofthe cunrs-scc FJ website ita //phoeni kei-edyulecKcgs htm) David Kel. creator ofthe homegrown BGC: ‘Melton ules and keeper of his own BGC website (tt:/ries py. yoruca/physies klub bleu # Shawn Hagen, creator ofthe BGC: ‘Shadowrunrules © Ay MeDermot,aka Paya, compiler of the BGC AZZ list (tp: yconfhom/MedermottArdy/g it ml # Png Lin, Enrique Cony, Mike Gaines, Chandra Reyer, Nick Celi, Thomas Chan and Cela Stingray’ compilers ofthe BGC DYN lists ' Stove Pear etor ofthe BGC FAO and maeretor of ecartanimemise# CJ Sott(aka, “The Fg ‘who figured out the conection between Mason ard Largo © Ben Cantck (alias Macky Stingray) ‘ADDITIONAL THANKS: Pee: Nordgren, Evan Hughes, Salomon Farin, Dan Quackenbush, Steve Gill Nick Celani Frank, Douglas M. An, ‘Andreas van Futh, Tool Showalter, Paik Hall ‘Ami Mizuno, Ken Arromdee, C.Roset, Stephen Douglas, Shawn Kester, Chris Holmes, Ross M. Simmerman, Phil Yi, The Nomad. PPaKEy OR RSL cll ole)ol eli tex Fi c) “THE LIGHTS SHINE ON WITHOUT €ND. | RUSH THROUGH THAIN, HAVING FAITH IN THIS TOWN...” “SOMEBODY GETS HURT, AND SOMEBODY LAUGHS...” “DOITIITS R LONELY CRAZY TOWN AGAIN TONGHT...” “BURNING HIGHWAY! KLAXONS HOWLING IN THE INGHT SKY. BURNING HIGHWAY! DREAMS BURST INTO. FURIE, BURNING HIGHWAY! RUN WITH ANGER UNTIL IT SHINES. — CRISIS—RUN WITH ANGER WUSING BGC EX IN YOUR GAME ‘Bubblegum Crisis EX divided into four sections offering players and ret: erees new adventure material, new world information, z new way took at the characters from the videos, and—mostimportanth—ots of new toys! Truth be told, though BGC EXthas four sections, the book is mastly about toys: There are over 75 new items featured inthe EX Tactnology section! The EX Technology section alone should keep BGC players and referees busy fr quite a wil, but we aso include Characters Revisited ‘which offers vised values forthe major BGCcharacters. I you've been wanting 2 slightly more “realistic” power level for your camgaigns, this section i for you. Following the revised characters isthe Bubblegum EX Worl section, which examines cities across the globe and even explores the frontiers of nner and outer space. This section also includes referee uideins fr handling those tricky Boomer issues, and introduces a new self-contained Hardsuit construction system. The last section in the book s Viral Vision, a 2034-era adventure which throws the players into a complex plot and pits them against some ofthe new boomers and other items which appeared inthe EX Tecnology section ‘Some readers may be concemed that all these new items can upset the power baiance ofa campaign. To avoid problems, don't introduce lots of new mocha ina single edventur. Instead, each time a new vehicle, recta, boomer, or athe item appears, it shoul be a major event. In fac ‘new mecha and weapons can become the foci of entire adventures them: selves! A team may have to track dawn parts, hack their way into secure systems to download blueprints, 0 capture prototypes from the enemy ‘Athe same tim, is important thatthe new toys in BGC EX be inte gated into a game in a smooth way, Nobody's going to buy the idea that their vigilante team suddenly gets @ whole cop of new mecha simply bbacause “the latest supplements out” For this reason, we offerte ic of Syla Stingray Data Updates as part ofthe Bubblegum Crossfire se OW es ting. Ths idea operates an the principle that Syia keeps track ofthe activity of other Stingay-stvle vigilantes around the werld and regularly sends them new data, keeping all the world's teams abreast ofthe Knight Sabers latest technological advances {see page 20 for more on this). Stil # you'd prefer to attribute the invention of these new items to your own characters, go right ahead ... as long as your Ref says its OK. v FUZION™ EVOLUTION Thus, Fuzion™ is a work in progress. In order to bring the BGC APG up to date, BGC EX features a few small diferences from the base rule book. From now on, all BGC books will use these changes: New Terminology: PERSonality has been changed to PREsence because “presence” is a more accurate description of the Stat’ use. a characters PD (Physical Defense) has been changed to SD [Stun Defense) ‘because that’s what it relly is, and all armors PD (Physical Defense) has ‘been changed to KD (Kiling Defense) to distinguish it from SO; addition ally, the term “Campaign Points” has been changed ta Option Points. ‘Scaling Kills: The many mecha of the BGC RPS have been sorted into various scales. Human-scale mecha (such as Hardsuits, Powe Suits, and Boomers} and small vehicles (such as cars, motorcycles, Motorslaves, Batlemevers, trucks, and helicopters) will always be listed with KD, SOP and their weapons will do damage in D&'s—XKill will no longer be used for them. Therefore, all damages dished out by mecha of ‘his scale should be multiplied by 1406 in order to find their scale-corect damages. For example, the Mouth Laser of the BU-SSC (BGC p.28] does 2206, since 1.6 x14 = 22.4, Larger mecha (such as aircraft, tanks, and giant robots) will use Kills, and no fractions will be used—In the Bubblegum Crisis FPG book, only the Orca shuttle and the VA-B Satelite will use Kills. Read below to see how damage works in these different scales ‘SDP- and Hit-rated targets attacked by D6-rated weapons: ‘Damage is applied normally, by determining the total amount ef damage rolled, subtracting armor, then applying any remaining damage tothe SDP “Soft Targets” attacked by Kill-rated weapons: For any target weighing 1000kg or less (which has Hits or SDP), damage is applied by ‘adding 13 tothe numberof Kil of damage; the result is the numberof dice of damage that is dane to the target. Determine the total amount of dam age rolled, subtract armor, then apply any remaining darmage tothe SOP Large SDP-rated targets attacked by Kill-rated weapons: Damage is applied by multiplying the Kills of the weapon by 50, sub tracting armor, then applying any remaining damage to the SDP. Kill-rated targets attacked by D6-rated weapons: Jamage is applied by dividing the DC ofthe attack by 14 and dropping any trections. The results the Kills of damage done (e.g. a 3306 attack against a Kill rated target becomes a2-Kll attack), Subtract the numberof Kills of armor from the attack, then apoly any remaining damage tothe target’ Kil Kill-rated targets attacked by Kill-rated weapons: Damage is applied normally, by subtracting the number of Kills of armor from the. Kills of damage, then subtracting any remaining damage from the tr et’ Kills, Another way ofloking at Kill con- versions is to check how many 05K: +706 non-fractional Kills the attack +106 06K: +806 ‘does—gach ful Kills 1406. Add 4306 0.7K: +1006 ‘these 1408 increments up, then 4408 0K: +1108 refer to the right to convert any remaining fractional Kills to dice: 9K: +1308BUBBLEGUM CRISIS EX — tHe exTREME EXPANSION FOR BUBBLEGUM CRISIS} THE €X ICON SYSTEM Because of BGC EXs unique subject matter, a special system of icons is used to identify the various items in the EX Technology ¢/ ‘chapter (which covers pages 6 through 53). This chapter details some 79 new items—items culled from a wide variety of sources. Inthe spirit of keeping BGC fans on top of things, each item has been tagged with icons which explain the origin ofthe item. V ROUGH DESIGN ‘The “upward: pointing arrow" seen to the left means that the item was a rough design, a preproduction version of something which eventually turned up in the animation, albeit in a different form. Many rough designs are arly different from what actually appeared in the animation, and were therefore skipped over as candidates for inclusion in BGC EX, On the other hand, some roughs are completely unrecognizable from their final forms—these were the designs which were included inthis book, since they're effectively new material to most readers! We occasionally se this icon also to represent material that appeared so briefly inthe anime that you probably missed it ‘V SIDESTORY DESIGN The “dual-headed arrow" seen to the left means thatthe item was created to serve the purposes of a sidestory. ‘What is 2 sidestory? Well, the Japanese use the term as a catch-all for stories which take place outside of of par allel tothe central plotline. The AD Police mangas, the two BGC novels, and the Soldier Blue story (which bridges Crisis and Crash') are all considered BGC sidestories. In addition, new mecha and ather items are often invented to fill gaps in continuity, effectively becoming small sidestories themselves. Sidestory designs are therefore somewhat more official and authentic than rough designs. ® © WIEXT TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE ‘The Japanese character (r “kanj") symbol tothe left means thatthe text accompanying the item was derived {rom translated Japanese text. Sidestory designs usually tend to have mare text accompanying them than rough designs do, thereby adding yet another level of authenticity to sidestory designs. However, sometimes rough designs will have their own text, which often makes for fascinating reading. On occasion, a rough design or side story design wil even be adopted into the official canon (this was the case with the MSX-O1: see BGC. p. 86) WIEXT CREATED BY RTG The “question mark" symbol tothe left means that the text accompanying the item was invented by the d ed minds here at the RTG offices. This was only dane when there was no Japanese text to translate, and thus was used mostly for rough designs. Every effort was made to remain true to the style and character of BGC, so the texts details were extrapolated from careful analysis of the artwork. On occasion, we created new text to supplement translated text, but you will only see this icon when litle or no text was availabe for translation. - WARTWORK CLEANED UP BY RTG ry ‘The “fountain pen” icon seen to the lft means thatthe items orginal Japanese artwork was toa sketchy or faint to be published ass, Ths problem only occured a few times and (as might be expected) was exclusively an issue with rough designs. These “very rough rough” were therefore “cleaned up"—that i, traced over or digitally touched-up—by the RTG staff so that you can make out what the item look like! Vary fw pictures in this book needed tobe cleaned up, so rest assured that you're stil getting original Japanese anime artwork ‘WEXAMPLE: THE ICON SYSTEM AT WORK Tothe right we see the Heavy Hardsuit (which is fully detailed on page 10). The picture bears two icons: the “upward: pointing arrow” and the “question mark”. These icons tell us thatthe Heavy Hardsuitis@ rough design (as opposed to a sidestory design) and that RTS made up its text writeup (since it had no accompanying Japanese tet). Since the “fountain pen” icanis nt present, the original Vapanese artworks not been altered. WNEW DAMAGE NOTATIONS ‘We itroduced anew damage notation system in BGC:B8A which uses mutiplers of D6 sets i.e, 7D6x4). These ‘work the same as normal dice of damage (yu can eve rol ll thase dice if you want). When converting such damage ratings Kills, calculate the {otal number of dice the notation represents and divide by 14, rounding down. Example: 806x3 represents 2406 of damage (824). Divided by 14 equals 1.7 01 Kil f used against a Killrated structure lol Fteli lex si}BUBBLEGUM CRISIS EX ~ THe extreme EXPANSION FOR BUBBLEGUM CRISIS x TECHNOLOGY & 3 a fe} = Z Q ° (0) BsSi uf XY i S Ftp Gets illustrated at right] isan asso ent of new weapons and an be added toa hardsuit to enhanc its performance i GATLING CANNON +9 OP [2Orm Guruin [1 [asOm [ioe [RAT AR ROF Tn Sts | inthe rear improves ong). precludes use ofthe ight hand and its 2. LASER CANNON — a — SP6CtnL NOT — thm [7055 Ee ese Tesom [rosa [ T_T phn acompac verte packs ae attached tothe outside suraces tothe main projector aay on he clear the dal bea lenses. 4. Ele Loc { speci. NOTES fares Tt Tain Ad ch pel conb and electromagnet, ands attached bya AINOR_A0 KO | STRUCTURE YING WENPON VCH GURL DHE | 10C ai SPE HORS | ig Pannier allows the Har ath hovering ist possible the tabi ws wings can fold down o¥ ry 4 es ry fa} Ea os = FY @ Ea Ee a a fa} SY) BUBBLEGUM CRISIS EX — tHe extreme €xPANSION FOR BUBBLEGUM CRISIS HD91L AWYONILS—HD91 XD WMOTORSUIT Du ays of the Kright Sabers, one of Syl and Mackie’ “pet proj venting withthe possiblity of combining the concepts ‘of Motarslave and a Hardsuit This Hardsuit-Motoslave integration Project involved the design ofa transformable hardsut—wich woulé also free up ‘the basie shape of afullsie motorcycle for use as an extracheavy weapons platform. This project led to the conception ofthe Motoruit, the Hybrid ardsuit and the Heavy Hardsult; a heayyaveapons motorcycle sytem (the ‘Moto-Launcher, on page 17} was developed paral ta these new hardsuits The fist prototype conceived as part of the projact was designed by Syl brother Mackie, a confessed motorcycle nut, The Motorsuit can function as @ normal Hardsuit, armed with a laser gun inthe right forearm ‘and a retractable lasersword in the left forearm, but the addition of an backpack array facilitates the suits transformation into ‘2 motoreyele. In Motoreyele maul, the rider isnot wearing the hardsuit as ‘armor and is poorly protected: a kevlararmored innerwear suit was pro- ‘posed to solve this problem, butt was never made. The complexity of tho Motorsuit design makes it dificult to transform white moving, only high iy agile and acrobatic rider could to go from matoreycle mode to Hardsuit without stopping and dismounting from the bike (DEX + Athletics + die roll vs 25 to transform in one Phase; otherwise, three phases ae noed: ed—one to stop & dismount on to transform, and one to re-board and get ‘moving again) Unik full-fledged Motorsaves, however, the Motorsuit has no onboard Al, so the bike can't dive by itself Ino can it be remote-con trolled. ‘vera, Syla thought the Motorsuit was too dangerous and complica ed to warram actual combat use, 2 decision which relegated it tothe sta cof Knight Sabers technology demonstrator Stil, Sylia included its blueprints in data-updates to Stingray-inspired vigtane groups in other pars of the word, some of whom have fielded similar us, wth mined results engine-and wher MOTORSUIT WEGHT —__7752/89.38 TANEWER 1 STRENGTH POWER SO hours RUNNING “4 Move LETING Wearers x [UMPING 100m SEBORMNGE kn | COMMIANGE ae SPECIAL roe urs, below, POF = 10 IN BEAM, UnseR BRST = Emnargeneyarar-ajecton furion (lows aor of were TRANSFORMATIOL With wheel-and-engine backoa removed in ck which can be mounted or| Phase), Motorsuit can transform to Motorcycle mode: ‘Maneuver does not change, but MOVE becomes TOO (300k—h] =BUBBLEGUM CRISIS EX — tHe extreme EXPANSION FOR BUBBLEGUM CRISIS A ® ® ‘Sxercu oF HvBrio Surr iw BKE Move ERs Ue WEIGHT 1028 kg | POWER TANEWER 2 DEX REF | DESIGN STVLE STRENGTH STR10 | SEATING — Move 210 OP 50 hours LATING Weavers x10 | JUMPING: SEWORRANGE km | COMMRANGE ARMOR KD BS is | STRUCTURE BOs WaPON loc TER DENT “Tinked fo other laser. LWser BURST *#0F =10 USER BEAM Lined ooh ser. LWSeR BURST “#0 =10 HAND-TO-HAND SUBSYSTEMS Support (fll sealing + lfomaton Prooessing Helmet opal, auto, 20 | 800m] | Bom] Hybrid Hardsuit can tvansform to Motoroydle | Maneuver becomes 1, and MOVE becomes 11 ‘WHYBRID HARDSUIT This was the second prototype hardsuit designed by as part of the Hardsuit/Motorsiave Integration Project. Much lke the Motorsui, this unit was designed to supercede the Motorsiave by transforming from a Hardsuit to a Motorcycle—however, based on the problems with Mackie's concept, Sylia designed this model using alternative meth. ads to those used in the Motorsui Syia’s design the Hybrid Hardsuit, was lager and thus more stu turaly sound than the Motorsuit, and also did a beter job of approx: mating the strength and armor protection of a Motarslave. Furthermore, its transformation didn't rly upan an optional backpack, instead inte grating the transformation mechanics more fully nto the suits overall structure. A benefit ofthis structure was the fact thatthe Hybrid boast ed a high groundspeed even in Hardsuit made, thanks ta the positioning of the wheels at the base of the legs—this suit could “skate” under power at spaeds of over 5Omph. It was even faster in motorcycle mode, and offered a slightly better safety margin because o its recumbent lay: aut: The rider satin a more reclined, “lowrider” position than the typ al racing-style posture required by both the Motorslaves and the Motorsut. This position also made it much easier to transform wile moving (no skill roll required) The Hybrc’s weakest spot was arma ment—the transformation demanded retractable manipulators, which sacrificed valuable space normally dedicated to weapons. Is only offen ive systems were an array of laser guns whose lenses were built nto the fingers of the retractable manipulators, Though in some ways it was an improvement over the Motorsut the Hybrid was much less maneuverable in Hardsuit mode, As a result Sylia decided to mothball the design, although she did include its specs in data-updates to other vigilante groups, so similar units have actualy ben built in other cities Ba z ral 2 i ={ 2 @ cy 4 < 5 a a 2