Technology makes everything possible Everything we do today requires technology. A million manufacturers offer an unlimited variety of technological marvels fresh from the corporate research pipeline. Future Technology Much of the advanced technology in Emancy is not actually available in the time an Emancer comes from. Emancers fill their worlds with the futuristic innovations their own science can anticipate and predict but not yet grasp or perfect. Technology may exist in a limited form or be much more expensive, depending on the world. The technology and prices listed here is only a guide and may be modified by the GM at will. Equipping Someone A beginning character generally has enough wealth to start out with some basics. As the character undertakes adventures and amasses loot, she can afford bigger and better gear. At first, however, her options are limited by her budget. Random Starting Money Characters each start with 3d20 x $200 GM Option: Skill Points for More Money Starting characters who want more money can sacrifice skill points for money by choosing the Wealth feature (See Chapter: Features). Technology Descriptions Cost Multiples: Cost multiples stack by adding summed +%s rather than multiplying multiples, so stacking x2 and x3 yields a stacked x4 multiple, not x6. Technology Availability Technology comes in waves and cycles. First, it is usually envisioned as a theoretical possability. Next, it is researched once the building blocks seem to be available. When techniques catch up with the idea, it is prototyped. Then it can be developed into products, which are usually expensive and complex to begin with, possibly requiring intense skilled labor. Only very specialized groups use it, such as the military. As it becomes mass produced and volume increases and techniques improve, costs come down and it spreads wider. When it reaches a certain range of price points it become more available. First, it becomes comercially viable for professionals who need it. Then it becomes available to consumers who want it. Finally, it becomes dirt cheap, something few people are without. Availability Some items are more expensive and difficult to find than others. The availability of an item determines its cost, the difficulty of acquisition and the legalities governing its possession. Available (Normal): The item is fairly easy to acquire and own. Scarce ($x2, Acquire -5): The item is often in short supply and difficult to find without a special supply. Secret ($x10, -10 Acquire): The item’s existance is a secret known by only a few. Those who know of it and can get it are at pains not to use it in a way that will reveal its existance. Research: The item is not mass-produced and exists only in a limited number of research prototypes.

Prototypes only, 

Military: The item is off-limits to civilians and is restricted to military use only. Police: Available to law enforcement. Illegal for civilians. Prohibited: Black Market: Acquiring something through the black market is relatively easy. Restricted: Licensed: You need a special license from government authorities to use it. Examples of how licenses work, how they vary by state. Concealable: ? Common: When Ubiquitous: When something becomes ubiquitous, Litter: It is too common and often becomes a waste disposal problem. Regional: Some areas have different restrictions than others. Some regional governments might impose different requirements and regulations on importaters and dealers. Some items are common only in certain regions, eg. AK-47s are common in eastern european countries but rare in the United States. Researching New Technology Sometimes one technology is a stepping stone to another. Sometimes this is foreseen, other times it is accidental or surprising. Requirements for a technology indicate what it takes to make it, and certain techs also improve its availability. For example, firearms required gunpowder but it wasn’t until they were mass produced that they became widely available. The Cost Most techonology is developed with funding. Military technology such as weapons systems often take millions or billions of dollars to develop and even more to mass produce. Miniaturization Making things smaller is a constant goal of technological development. Reducing the weight we have to carry and increasing the battery life expand the usefulness by letting us carry it more often and use it more easily. “People have an almost visceral reaction to what’s NOT there in terms of weight and volume.” —Jonathan Ive Stylization Making things prettier and more distinctive looking is often a way of differentiating products once they become commoditized in terms of capabilities and technology. Miniaturization

Branding

Refinement

Quality

Civilization-style technology trees

Eg. New Materials make possible new armors make necessary new weapons make possible new sports utility vehicles re

MONEY & WEALTH

Money makes the world economy go round. It is electronic, liquid energy that flows through the Net and changes hands a million times a minute. World Money The most common currency that people use is the US dollar. Many currencies exist but their values are usually pegged (effectively equal) to the world dollar ($). Dollars can be divided into cents(hundredths of a dollar). Several forms of dollar wealth exist. “Dollars are basically electronic points in a financial game operated b winners, based on nothing more concrete than an agreement between the players to honor it. The stock market is a guessing game within the dollar game (does this sound familiar?), and is considered by some to be the greatest sport on earth.” –Wall@StreetPunk.com. Currencies Different currencies are traded like other commodities on the open market by speculators. The American dollar($) is the world’s strongest currency. As of 5/11/2002, the exchange rates are: Canadian $1.56 Australian $1.84, British Pound: $0.68, € Euro $1.10, Chinese Yuan $8.28, Japanese Yen ¥=$?, Swiss Franc $1.59, Mexican Peso $9.51. See Ideas for explanations of theories about currency trading. Cash Cash dollars are the most liquid form of money. Cash is anonymous, untraceable, and highly transferrable. It can be encoded as a file on the Net or written to a digital wallet for physical storage. Transactions with cash are anonymous, untraceable, and inherantly insecure - your cash can be stolen. Some businesses accept only money orders. Money Orders ($2): Money orders are tests purchased at banks and post offices with cash when they are made, making them instantly cashable at banks by the endorsed recipient without delay. Bank Bank dollars are the currency used by most people. A bank stores your money for you in a private account. It is highly secure in that your banked dollars cannot be electronically stolen (unless the bank itself, an unassailable data fortress, is somehow compromised) or physically taken (no transactions can be made without your authorization). Bank deposits are insured against robberies. Future: It is stored in a bank on the Net and accessed using a number which may be encoded for convenience on a smart card or similar device. Bank dollar transactions are supposed to be private to all but government and law enforcement agencies, but many corporate interests are also privy to the information. Accounts: Different accounts for different people’s money. Debit Cards: Let you pay anyhwhere with a Debit Payment Machine. Limits your maximum daily amounts. Withdrawals: You can use ATM machines to withdraw and deposit money into your account. Currency Exchange: You can get cash currencies converted at rates. Cashing cheques: held by banks. Using cheques is sometimes difficult because people don’t trust them to not bounce. Fees: Banks charge fees for their services that can add up every month. Overdrafts. Money Orders. Account types, etc. Loans: Getting a bank loan requires a proposal be approved by a banker in person. Mortgages: Mortgages are assets for banks. Tax deductibility is a subsidy for rich people disproportionately. Bonds: Long-term low-yield debt from the government. Different terms. Commodities: Options to buy various commodities at standard prices. Currencies: Currency trading is similar to other commodities. Traveller’s Cheques:

Credit Credit dollars are the currency used by most financially suicidal people. A bank extends to you a line of credit from which you can borrow. You can repay your balance and you pay 20% interest per month on it if you don’t pay it all off. It is fairly safe in that your credit balance is secured just as bank dollars are, but hackers can use information left at merchants you buy from to make unauthorized transactions against your balance. Credit use precludes your right to privacy-Banks find out everything about you to ensure their balances can be repaid one way or another, and merchants who transact with you using credit can access this information. Precious Metals Gold and silver are the oldest form of currency but have a limited economic importance today. Gold tends to Stock Stock shares are the currency used by most business people. Stock shares fluctuate in dollar value as the companies they represent equity in generate positive or negative buzz in the world stock market. Most corporations give their employees stock in the company to ensure their loyalty and productivity. Stock shares are purchased at the market price. They can be sold at the new current price, which could be higher or lower than what you originally paid for them. Some stocks have special features, such as paying quarterly cash incentives for ownership called dividends. Stock prices are influenced by the profits of their businesses. For more information on how businesses work, Valuables In Africa, diamonds and other gems were a major source of income for armies and warlords. Collectibles Works of art, comic books, etc., that gain their value by their uniqueness. Real Estate Real estate ownership is one of the oldest forms of income-producing wealth, and it remains very profitable. As populations increase and urban centers swell, land values soar. Real estate can be bought and sold at a value that fluctuates with the area’s supply and demand for housing. Real-estate with housing or office space can also be rented out for monthly income. Tax Evasion Paying taxes.

Climbing Equipment

Rapelling Gear This equipment enables a climber to descend rapidly down a line. $1000 Suspended Sleeper ($100) This hanging shelter lets you sleep suspended in mid-air attached to cables. It is used to rest during long climbs. $100 firing grapples: These grappling hooks fire from a launcher. Spotters maintaining locks for gunners Diving Gear Diving decompression when going deep... undersea bases adventures? Seaquest? Parachute “If god meant us to fly, he would have bought us plane tickets.” –Megan Profession (Cyberechnician) You know not only how to create and implant cybertechnology but also how to manage assistants and projects to increase your effectiveness. Profession (Biotechnician) You know not only how to create and implant biotechnology but also how to manage assistants and projects to increase your effectiveness. Strobe Blinder Effectively blinds you unless you shut your eyes till it ends or use other spectrums Augmented Vision Heatvision can negate light concealment like brush by seeing through it to your heat. thermal laser sights are only visible at the target can be used with goggles or other face covering thermal smoke confuses infravision Ultrasound detector: notices ultrasound sights and detectors Ultrasound gives you a topographic map of the area but no color etc. overlay multiple like in photoshop in which case you get simultaneous Infra, Ultra, Light, Magnetic Resonance, plus GPS-aligned 3D data, all overlayed as needed! Power management becomes important for extended field operations using solar etc. Pulse Weapon ($x2): Electromagnetic discharge melee weapons (“ion”) damage electronics, cause pulse damage. Standardized way of handling pulse damage on electronics? Protective hood, gloves, sleeves Voice Masker This small necklace worn by the throat resonates a frequency that distorts the timbre and pitch of your voice beyond recognition. White noise generator creates a field of random noise masking th sounds within its area, designed to defeat easedroppers and long-range microphones (shotgun or laser). When a white noise is activated it poses a penalty on Listen tests. Pick up only static. Hair Color Hair Style Skin Eye Color Ethnicity Gas is blown around by wind! So is fire. Fire extinguisher ($50) This sprays sticky foam that extinguishes fires. It’s capacity is limited. Refills? Extinguishing fires in a 2m by 2m area takes a full-round action and requires a successful Dexterity or Profession (firefighter) test (DC 10+). Extinguishers are effectively chemical sprays with a firefighting agent. Each spray can affect a certain area, etc. Different sprays have different areas of effect. Simplification. Credit Chip Multitool Electronics Bypasser

Augmentations use bioenergy? Akin to vehicle usage? Bioenergy Cells, Nanoaugmentation canisters Medkits are either treatment that repairs or numbness that lets you function Binoculars are non-wearable goggles.

Reinforced Airbags against collisions or falls Parachutes Jetpacks

DNA Analyzer for positive identification. Dogs trained to be poison proof wont eat without command, stranger proof respond wierdly to commands

Open-handed slap with a Tranq patch Decoys get attention of radar guided weapons for retaliation

Video editing software for disinformation High pressure water hoses Chaff

Headphones Volume amplification gives an adjustable Listen bonus and an equal penalty to outside sound. Headphones are audible to outsiders only at a -30 penalty.

Earpieces like headphones Tripod lets you maintain aim Sound Trajectory Detector This uses computer sensors to extrapolate the course of a bullet back from where it hits. Points out the direction of a loud noise such as gunfire. Metal Detector Microphones Pickup microphone: This record in just a few meters, Parabolic Microphone: This records far quiet sound ata distance too Shotgun Microphone: is targeted in 1 m path Laser microphones: hear through solid objects by measuring vibrations originating from the other side, working well through glass. This suffers from a penalty equal to the damage reduction of the object and possibly from its WP. Contact mike: This hears sound by measuring vibrations in the surface it is in direct contact with. Sensors sill Scan Detector: This simple sensor detects scanning by active sensors like magnetic resonance detectors. It can be linked to deactivate itself and linked devices to avoid detection. Voice activated mics and mics that turn themselves off when they detect scanning! Police band monitoring to notice poeple reporting you Satellite imagery analysis Fiberoptic scope camera Camera shades 2.5D: Extrapolating 2d images into 3d scenes with benefits from stereoscopy Nightvision goggles can destroy depth perception, peripheral vision, and natural night vision Carrying System consists of pack frame, shoulder straps, lumbar pa, main rucksack, removable radio pocket, additional belt, mine pocket, bandoleer pouch, 2 liter drinking system, lashing straps, sustainments pouches, water pockets, sleeping system carriers, combat patrol pack, vest, butt pack, waistbelt, quick release, 10000 cubic cm MRE (Meal: Ready to Eat) Portable stove Water hydration system with tube, purifier straw, filtration system Hats Luggage

Diamond Solar Converters

Improved Armor Technologies Improvements in armor construction materials and techniques Medeivel: Deflection and hardness vs. melee only. Hardness by shield type rules. How to incorporate HP? Kevlar: Standard. Current Ad: Think 20/20 is good enough? Acuu2 contacts. Enhanced Vision Contact Lenses: Slow-moving projectiles have more penalty against fast moving weapons. Hitscan or

Vehicle Collisions Vehicle collision rules lumped into general Action rules for falling etc? Buildings Provide Structure Structures have a key role in modern adventure. They are frequently crucial to planning and tactics and prevent the new sort of distance in a world where continents can be crossed but boardrooms might as well be in orbit. Passport: Getting a passport requires a photo and costs about $100. Local Cost Index: Prices in poorer countries are generally lower, except for imported items with internationally fixed prices. Running a business is interesting. Do you go to a poor country whre labor is cheap? Do you make the effort to enforce standards of ethics?

Affirmware This gives you constant positive reinforcement, giving you a +10% bonus on Manifest tests. It speaks affirmations aloud or just puts the words on screen and speech recognizes/voice stress analyzes to coach your conviction. Tamper Trigger:

Release Triggers: Once pressed, this trigger fires when it is released, such as when your grip slackens after being injured. Release triggers make a nice trump card in a mexican standoff.. They’re sometimes used by assassins and terrorists to fire their weapons in the event that they are taken down before they could fire a pressure trigger.

Hairline Trigger: This trigger is sensitive to the slightest pressure and gives the firer a +1 bonus on Reaction tests made to fire the weapon. The trigger is more prone to accidental discharge, and Health and Environmentalism Anti-persirant: This causes cancer in women? Pesticides: Retardation and brain damage esp. children, link to random learning disabilities Architecture Architectural features are like object definitions for the game. Bridges, lamp posts, apartment buildings, elevators, stairwells, banks, bus stops, FurniTURE Furniture is useful for activism offices and homes alike. Dinner Tables Coffee Tables Chairs: comfort Couches: comfort level Beds: When people want to get a good night’s sleep, they settle into a comfortable bed. The Comfort bonus of the bed is added to your Rest test to fall asleep and the amount of rest you get. Single Size Matress: More than 1 person suffers a -2 Comfort penalty. Queen Size Matress: ?m x ?m. +20% bonus on Comfort. King Size: ?m x ?m. +30% bonus on Comfort. Futon: Simple folding matress. +10% bonus on Comfort. Grid Foam Matress Topper ($150): Improves Comfort of bed by +1.

Biotechnology Agent DC goes up by +/-1 for each 10% dosage difference Effects kick in at +5 failure or greater, relating to varying impact and dosage eg. Euphoria and then hallucination. Effects wear off by reducing the test amount until some of the effects dissapear and then others! Best of the best 10 kinds first blood televised in two years

Stem Cell Research Cloning

Biowarfare Research Laboratories Weapon spec -> rapid reloading speed depends on shooting skill. You can specialize in this skill. Mortar fire Unproven tech without trials has a greater fail chance and severity

Cancer shield for cellphones, microwaves affect brain activity other than by heat, industry started researching shielding in 1992 to patent products and profit in the eventuality of proof. “Studies have found: tumors can take ten years to appear whereas Danish studies dealt with only 3-year users; threefold increase in eye cancers; higher risk of lymphoma; breaks in DNA and muddled navigation. “The patents talk of ‘suggestions’ of health risks. A third of our employees are engaged in research and development and it is natural course of business that they then file for patents.” –Nokia VP William Plummer

Aspartame Poisoning aspartame+heat=neurotoxin/tumor, was wrongly approved without review, false statements that you could eat buckets of it were not retracted chemtrails? effects vs theories depleted uranium combusts into radioactive gas that contaminates environment and causes usual radiation symptoms such as birth defects

Surveillance Using Echelon: Managing surveillance and rules for spying. N

Stamina Exertion Exertion: Heart rate makes it hard to mask your breathing when you’re in combat or exerting yourself. Con test within a certain Con test range. Like the Run tests with growing penalties.

Piloting fast vehicles in sharp turns draws G forces and blackouts on failed Fortitude tests. Some armor is ineffective against bludgeoning/falling.

Osprey Tilt Rotor Aircraft: cannot land too quickly without crashing Military uses it because its fast like a plane for rapid insertions, although not as heavy a cargolifter. Carries 24 soldiers.

Speedo Fastskin: +1 Run/Swim tests. Sharkskin synth. Popular with olympic athletes.2001. Gunshots and other loud noises are deafening and cause short or long term listen penalties. D&D’s kings, quests and dragons are Emancy’s governments, campaigns, terrorists. Atmospherics like fog, dew, stars accurate to location and city light

With the judicious application of fire, the burst control is in the finger of the operator. But they offer them nonetheless. They are supremely designed, because they reset to zero no matter how many rounds were fired in the previous burst, unlike the M16A2 series. With the M16A2 if you let off after two rounds, the next trigger pull will only give you one round. Not so with HK burst groups. Here they are: Reloading without disturbing target observation

Adrenaline felt in combat situations makes panic worse, increases pain tolerance and decreases judgement and wisdom.

Generic aeresol spray can

Unreliability: technology is not 100% reliable and experiences downtimes if misused, and needs servicing I have a dream that the world of our dreams becomes reality and th Flashlight: Light: Powered 6?? hours on one battery. Heavy Flashlight: Brighter. Powered 12 hours on one battery. Serves as improvised club. Flashlight Carrying: Police hold flashlights far ahead of their bodies to draw an attacker’s fire away from their body. In darkness, a shooter has a seeing 40% risk penalty to notice the lightholder’s exact location. assault hit Neurolinguistic Programming

Hacking needs explanations of how networks work in terms of features. For example, a net with Controlled Access would require a Security test to enter. Intrusion Detection would require a Security test to avoid entrance being detected. Intrusion Countermeasures (Called ‘Ice’) act against intruders. Tests are a combination of “equipment bonuses” of the hosts etc., “skills” of the programs, “mods” of the features. Individual computers/devices are called Locations or Hosts. They can have al the qualities of the Network but are usually defended by it and relatively unprotected themselves. Hacker tactics: on-site supervision with point-to-point communications to avoid giving away locations of team members receiving data streams to tracers or full compromise and tapping. On-site management of all infotech resources including team cyberware, etc., and overwatch on local point communications devices of security. Latency becomes an issue when lives are on the line also. Also, Net routers can be compromised by law enforcement in the event of an alarm, making backup connections vital for keeping communication (and team members) live.

silencer reduces accuracy weapon cleaning kits to maintain reliability Pointing Weapons Is Dangerous Weapon pointing as an offense for police Breathmask: facemasks against pollution like Michael Jackson

Sonic barrier emits ultrasonic vibrations which repel sensitive insects and pests. Power Management Think electricity isn’t important? Consider it like a Mage’s spells or a psionicists power points. Everything you can do sucks this juice. Managing it is law. Just like ammo. Equate load with damage/hardness? Eg. 100kg=1 point of pressure damage per round. No effect until the pressure exceeds your damage reduction or hardness. Then it breaks.

Lighting that’s watertight and environmentally safe, power usage, 50 meter radius of bright light or soft glow

carbines are light assault rifles, as are bushmaster smgs Armor Degradation Armor that gets hit loses 1% resistance and armor that gets penetrated loses 1% coverage. armor degrades by 1 with every penetration Ablative Armor has mostly HP instead of damage reduction and quickly drops away. Eg. Quake

blood shows up in flourescents

Noise Protectors: vs gunfire disorientation most people experience

solidstate device vs MRAM

construction technologies adjust prices so new factory tech may reduce cost of chips etc.

Aiming for the feet with explosive weapons such as rockets

What does natural lightning do? It travels through conductors until it grounds and discharges as heat. It’s listed in Alternity.

rocket launchers need long tubes to funnel backblast, which can destroy things behind the launcher

splash damage occurs if you miss while aiming low.

Birth control: There are a number of methods of avoiding pregnancy. See Anti-Birth Control. Condoms: Cheap and ubiquitous, condoms are the most popular form of birth control. They also reduce the risk of sexually transmitted disease. Birht Control The Pill: Various types of birth control pills for women exist. Graffiti Graffiti on buildings, this art/crime is a reminder of youth angst.

Ideal information tool: minimal interface is a PDA screen that is multifunction, so that the contacts becomes the keypad becomes the dialer becomes the video stream becomes the file folder becomes the file transfer becomes the file viewer becomes the collaboration. If only desktops could do that.

Timeshares Country Club Memberships

Hygiene

All sorts of things are used to stay clean. Freshening Toothbrush: +10% bonus on hygiene. Advanced Toothbrush: The new and improved “super toothbrushes” we see advertised. Electric Toothbrush: This plugs into power outlet. Works without electricity in a pinch. Toothpaste ($2/30 uses): Different types do different things? Anti-Disease ($4/30 uses): +1 bonus versus gum disease or other things. Whitening ($4/30 uses): +1 bonus to reverse yellowing of teeth. What yellows them in the first place? Freshening($4/30 uses): +1 bonus versus bad breath. Breath Mint: makes breath fresh. Deoderant: Antiperspirant: cancer?

Washing

Shower: Showering can be done in as little as 2 minutes but washing hair takes longer and requires hair care products. How water efficient are they? Uses average 50L or 10L per minute. Hair Care Bottles($10/30 uses): Liquids for washing hair provide +1 Hygiene bonus. Anti-Dandruff($20/30 uses): Fights dandruff. Bathtub: Filling tub takes 4 minutes. Bathing takes 2 or more minutes. Bathing is very relaxing. Consumes 100L of water/usage. Swimming Pool($10,000+$100/m2): Lots of people like to swim in hot weather. Many pools have chlorinated water to kill bacteria which requires showering afterwards. Pools require monthly 30 minute maintenance by someone with Knowledge (Swimming Pool) 2 or better. Diving Board: This makes it possible to perform advanced high diving into water. Ladder: This makes it easier to climb out of a swimming pool.

Female Hygiene: some cause cancer? Tampons Menstrual Diapers: Toilet Paper: f

all products come from somewhere. Child Labor, pollution and other corporate crimes. Eg. GP, see friendsofwhatcom.org

Earth The natural magic of gaia evolution Earthquakes: buildings must be proofed against these. Volcanic Eruptions: Hurricanes: Torandoes:

Lasing Paint: helps for helicopter spotting

Hacking operations can take time while you multitask doing other things but they may consume power and slow you down a bit.

Radar Jammer: This device blocks speedometer radar and the like from registering your vehicle. Legality? http://www.technoscout.com/general/product/product.asp?product=185&Prod_Name=Phazer_II_Radar_Jammer&site=85787

makeup mirror with different lighting, aka Makeup kit SITE SECURITY

LED Flashlights: http://rod.misproductions.com/newstore/flashlites/flashliteindex.html red and green preserve nightvision skiv Off-peak Power Timing: chips time dishwashing for lower cost $20 high blood pressure = heart disease, test

Razer Boomslang Mouse: 2000dpi +1 bonus on Game skill tests. -1 range penalty to Ranged Attack. With skill of 5+, it grants a further +1. Coaching Software: SportsCode coaching software lets you analyze video of an opponent for competetive advantage. Dusty environments corrode equipment and ruin hygeine. Result of long droughts and dry soils.

MRE (Meal Ready Eat): Plastic-wrapped complete meals of ungourmet food. “The neat thing is that along with the entree comes a heating pouch -- no fires to give you away to the enemy. You slide the entree pouch into a high-tech plastic sleeve and then add about an ounce of water (not included). The resulting chemical reaction makes the meal steaming hot. “Steaming hot” doesn’t mean boiling hot - even tepid meals steam in cold weather.” - http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/02/08/savidge.day8/index.html

Sugar: temporarily cancels out Fatigue penalties. Each quantity adds a +1 point. It takes a short time to kick in and is pretty addictive!

Polyhedron Dice ($10): d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d30, d100. Used in many roleplaying games. Dice come in all sorts of different styles such as translucents, colors, sharp-edged, soft-edged, miniature, oversized.

NAUral Disasters

Disasters are a major force people must reckon with. Disaster Relief Helping people recover from disasters. Disaster Survival Droughts Floods Disease http://www.cnn.com/2002/WEATHER/06/25/russia.flooding/index.html

Typhoons Hurricanes Tsunamis Volcanoes Wildifres http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=308759

Infotech

TRANSPORTATION How will you get around? The world is a small place with vehicles for travel. DRONES? Autopilot? Maneuver stars rules for piloting is under Skills Vehicle Descriptions This section describes a variety of common vehicles you might want to have available in your Sim. Here’s the format for vehicle descriptions: Craft: The vehicle’s manufacturer, name, and model number. Class: The vehicle’s general category (Ground or Air) Cost: The vehicle’s price in dollars. If two prices are listed, the second Size: The vehicle’s size category (and size in meters). Note that vehicles use the standard size categories rather than starship size categories. Crew: The quality of the crew and the modifier to appropriate skill tests. (You can also use the Crew Quality sidebar in ...) The number of crewmembers typically required to operate the vehicle is listed in parentheses. If the vehicle doesn’t have a typical crew complement, the quality is listed as n/a. Passengers: The number of passengers and/or troops that the vehicle can carry (in addition to the crew listing). Cargo Capacity: The amount of cargo the vehicle can carry. Speed: The number of meters the vehicle can cover in a move action. If the vehicle uses two move actions, it can move twice this far in a round. A vehicle can also use all-out movement (a full-round action) and move four times its listed speed. The vehicle’s maximum overland speed is listed in parenthesis. Defense: The vehicle’s Defense. This includes the vehicle’s size modifier. Hull Points: The vehicle’s maximum hull points. These are the equivelant of Your wound points. Damage Reduction (DR): Damage reduction. Subtract this number from any damage inflicted to the vehicle’s hull points. If this reduces the damage to 0 or less, no damage is inflicted by the attack. Weapon: The weapon equipped on the vehicle. (Its quantity and special characteriscs are listed in parentheses.) For information on fire-linked weapons, see Fire Linked Weapons... Fire Arc: The arc or arcs of fire in which the vehicle’s weapons can fire. Attacks: The total bonus to attacks made with the vehicle’s weapon (including the vehicle’s size, crew quality, and fire control computer). Damage: The damage inflicted by the vehicle’s weapon. Range: The weapon’s range increment. personnel carrier - a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment Energy Type/Capacity/Economy:

Craft” Aircraft need to be lightweight! Aircraft Cost HP Speed Rating Glider $1000 15 100 kph +1

Carryable Vehicles Skateboard Skateboarding is a hip way of getting around. Uses Pilot skill. Various trick stunts possible to navigate urban obstacles. Street Bike Enables faster more efficient travel. Cheap. $50 Mountain Bike Fancier bike for rough terrain. PRICE: $100 Scooter Lets you travel like on a bike without walking. Automobiles Price Speed HAndling Motorcycle Hybrids Citycar $2000 30 100 kph +5 Subcompact $6000 40 125 kph +5 Sedan $10000 50 160 kph +4 Sportscar $20000 50 235 kph +3 Luxury Sedan $40000 80 160 kph +3Mini Getting Insurance, Registration, Avoiding Speeding tickets for insurance Compact: Small. Sedan: Seats 4. Top Speed 120kph. Pilot +2.

Bus: Passenger buses are a cheap, slow and uncomfortable mode of mass travel by road. Many private groups like musicians and sports teams employ buses to travel on tours. Buses are commonly used to ferry large numbers of activists to major political gatherings. Crew: 1 driver. 40 passengers. Pilot -8.

SUV: Fuel-hungry. Truck Sport+ Luxury+ Van: Ambulance Ambulances are emergency response vehicles used to deliver medical treatment and evacuation to emergency patients. When they blare their emergency siren, drivers who hear it get out of the way. Class: Van. Features: Sirens. Semi-truck Heavy transport.

Jeep This off-road vehicle is a utilitarian military transport. Optional rear weapon mount. Hummer

Forklift: This slow cargolifter lets you move large objects like crates in a warehouse, up to ?1000 kg. Ground Vehicle Modes Wheeled: Rapid acceleration? Tracked: a continuous loop of rubber or metal plates driven by wheels, giving great traction over soft or rough ground, used especially on bulldozers and heavy military vehicles such as tank. Reduces rough terrain penalties for very heavy vehicles. Penalizes maneuverability. Uses alot of energy. Heavy needs treads Light uses wheels Bipedal: Walks on two legs like an animal. Able to balance on extremely rough terrain. THE military Some people think problems are resolved through military force. To them, the military has always been an important power shaping the world and defending our interests. Peace exists only when it is defended by those ready for war. Skills applicable: Pilot/Drive for motor vehicle Sensor systems and combined warfare, intelligence coordination, What does the military do? It amasses weapons, trains soldiers, develops battle plans, carries out wars, etc., military information especially special ops and counter terrorism a la Clancy Sim Empowerment can be developed into a military sim, but that is not its inteded purpose.

BIOTECHNOLOGY Iodine Tablets These offer quite effective protection from the effects of radiation. The Enemy Who are you training to fight? attacker, rapist, mugger, home invader, or assailant

Pepper Spray $20 In addition to causing an attacker, rapist, mugger, home invader, or assailant pain, pepper spray swells the mucous membranes, which makes breathing , and swells the veins in the eyes, causing the eyes to close. These effects last 20 to 30 minutes and cause no permanent damage. The fourth is pepper spray, which is the oleoresin capsicum extracted from chili peppers. It’s the chemical that gives them their hot quality. OC is a reddish-orange, oily liquid, insoluble in water. This agent is also dispersed by aerosol. The most popular chemical warfare agent for crowd control has been used to gas entire cities. In Seattle, x thousand canisters. In Quebec City, x canisters, etc. It is helpful to know how to treat it. Vinegared Rages: provide an improvised defense against tear gas. Tear Gas First Aid: Your tear gas should come with a package insert that includes first aid instructions. If you accidentally spray yourself with tear gas, you will probably not be able to read these instructions, let alone find them--so read them before you need them. Remove any contact lenses. Copious amounts of water should begin to provide relief and rinse away the tear gas contamination. Warm water may intensify the burning and inflammation, though. Fresh air helps, and washing twice with soap is recommended. Try not to rub! Don’t use a soap that contains a lot of oils, and don’t apply oily lotions--they will trap tear gas particles against your skin and prolong your discomfort.CS, CN and CR tear gasses are usually not very effective against animals. Pain may be reduced by taking an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug, like ibuprofen. In addition, an over-the-counter antihistamine may alleviate some of the effects of pepper spray. Unfortunately, the time it takes for your body to deliver the drug in a pill to the sites of irritation make them of little use until the effects are already wearing off. They will be most effective if taken before exposure, like the antidotes to some other chemical warfare agents. Infants are very sensitive to tear gas and should be taken to a doctor immediately if exposed to it. Enviromentally Safe, Non-flammable, Oleoresin Capsicum works on animals, is nastiest, needs more direct exposure.

Ultraviolet/Visible Dye for suspect ID.

STRUCTURES We live in a man-made environment. The natural world is smothered under continents of concrete and placed in pots to provide greenery in our skyscrapered cities. Security features, military fortifications, living acommodations, workplace environments, factories, office buildings, shopping malls, airports. Buying Structures Structures have a cost, a number of hours to construct, and a difficulty depending on the complexity and skills required. Mapping Grid The general grid on which spaces are mapped is by square meters. The D20 2 meters is too arbitrary a grid size. 1 meter is more naturally the space occupied by one person and provides a real unit instead of an imaginary “space”. Landscaping Bushes: Trees: Greenery is pleasant to look at. Planting seedlings from nurseries. +Beauty. Fountains: Beautifying and artistic. Lawn: Requires constant weeding and mowing care. Rough terrain. Damaged by wheeled vehicles. Roads Roads let vehicles travel smoothly at their top speeds. Rougher terrain slows them down and make for bumpy rides. Most roads are maintained by governments and paid for by taxes. Privatization is a new phenomenon. Dirt Road ($1000/km DC16 20h): Bumpy but serviceable route for remote locales. Street: Single lane of smooth asphalt provides a smooth ride for cars. Multiple lanes often placed side by side. Street Island: Curbed divider between street lanes filled with asphalt, gravel, grass, trees, etc. Street Signs: Provide various instructions like Stop, Yield, etc. Sidewalk: Protects walkers from cars with a steep curb. Lamppost: Illuminates 10m radius area below. 0.25m3.

Mailbox: A household mailbox on a post with a notification flag. Mail Delivery Box: A large box for dropping stamped mail for delivery. 1m3. Newsbox: A box for distributing a newspaper. Usually free or $0.25.

Pier: Wooden deck platform on stilts. Bridge: Suspension Bridge: Good for long distances. Floating Bridge: Good for untrafficked waters.

Emancy Downtown Office: 1 Stone Archway (2x10), 2 Restrooms (5x10), Room (10x10), Bookstore (30x30) with counter, L . Actually, isn’t it better to have no permanent facility and to rely on renting other people’s spaces? Why have a kitchen in an expensive area when restaurants abound? The primary purpose of the space then is as a meeting place. It can just as easily have an adopted home like the Coffee Cat magic card scene in Santa Barbara, an unofficial meeting place like the 2600 monthly meet. But if running a fancy official office seemed important for housing full-time staff and housing meetings and the like and money was not nonexistant, it would be very cool to have such a nifty office. It would be good to perfect the idea of a permanent and stable org with virtual offices on the net. The purpose of offices is to let people who are offline connect and holding real world meetings with people who aren’t interested in using the net stuff. Its an issue of public access and equality, otherwise the net stuff becomes like the latin of the church, a language barrier to cement their power.

Structures

Defense Systems Drones Sentry Gun Turrets Dumb attack area Smart attack targets

Structures elevators, fire suppressors (FM200 anyone?) Elevator Stairs Doors Walls Billboard Liberationists Poster Liberationists Billboards One of the most targeted structures in the city is the outdoor advertising billboard.

Weapon Detector Concealed? Spot DC Laser Infrared, visible with dust? Tripwire 20 Barbed Wire 10 Concertina 5 Monowire 20

Fences: Constructed around summits

Wire Clippers: Double Strength bonus on Break Item tests to break wire.

Infrared security lighting: makes it easy for infrared optics of security forces to see but leaves unaided vision in the dark. Black Light: Under black light, whites and flourescents become Psychadelia +4.

Barriers: Difficulty of crossing presents –Hide and –Move Silently tests to pass. Door alarms/locks

Authorization Systems Keypad Cardreader Fingerprint Scanner Biometric Scanner Voice Recognition Retinal Scan Cellular Scan

Surveillance cameras

Chem sniffer Handheld Doorway Jackstopper: Panicbutton hookup Gas detection Features Stone Archway: Cost: $500, DC 16 8h Bathroom: Room: Remodelling: Corporate Headquarters: Restrooms:

Buildings These descriptions are typical configurations of such buildings’ component parts. Exactly how they are put together into a floorplan varies. Large Office Building: Huge Office Building: Relative sizes... buildings are Huge relative to human Medium in size, so a Small structure is a cottage and a medium one is a house and a large one is an apartment building and a huge one is an office building. The size categories are sort of irrelevent anyways... Hospital: Police Station: Airport Gate: 50 Chairs, 1 Desk, 1 Desk, 1 Computer, 1 Large Monitor Small Airport: 100 Parking Spaces, 2 Terminals, 1 Small Store, 2 Baggage Claims, 2 Restrooms, 1 Lunch Room Large Airport: 4 Parking Towers (500 Spaces), 20 Terminals, 6 Small Stores, 4 Baggage Claims, 6 Restrooms, 1 Lunch Room, 8 Vending Machines, Library: Colliseum: Theatre: Small Theatre: 1 Theatre, 1 Vendor,

Chainlink Fence ($500 + $50 per meter in length, DC 10, 2 hours) Simple but effective barriers, 4 meters high.

Electric Fence ($5000 + $500 per meter in length, Construction DC 14, 2 hours) Touching an electric fence inflicts 1d20 stun damage. The victim must make a Fortitude Save test (DC 10) to remove her paralyzed hands from the fence. Failure means that the victim remains touching the fence and suffers damage again. If knocked unconscious, the victim suffers damage one final time before falling out of contact with the fence. Normal fences are 4 meters high but can be doubled in height for double cost. Fence sections are HP 40 DR 5 against bludgeoning or cutting damage and immune to piercing damage which just passes through to the other side. Explosives might be able to tear wholes in the fence if they detonate at its base. Digging under is usually made difficult by buring the fence two meters in the ground. Most fences have warning signs which may be required by law, but some don’t.

Construction Components Running Water Plumbing: Earthquake Resistance:

Barbed Wire ($50 per meter in length): Fixed atop a fence or wall, this injures anyone attempting to climb over. Barbed wire can be circumvented by first draping it with thick material of at least Stun Resistance 1.

Employment & Recruiting Applying for Jobs at companies / hiring employees in companies

Paper Shredder: This powerful tool is a great way to stay compliant with document retention policies (shredding unwanted paper trails as quickly as possible). Items related to needs

Inventorying Objects This inventory of items will all be components necessary for a simulation. Also, at any time, a system like a waterworks can be shifted to a more complex behavior such as for when a plumber is fixing it or when it gets blocked up, or in an earthquake, or something.

Interesting Locales Eg. Greenpeace, Sealand

Prisons

Oil Rigs