BY CHRISTOPHER REMMERS

going metal
full body conversions in cyberpunk red

Writing and Design by James Hutt

Editing by BJ Hensley and J Gray•Art Direction by Winterjaye Kovach
Business Management by Lisa Pondsmith•Layout by J Gray

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Samantha, what’s a Full Body Conversion? I can tell I’m scaring you. I’m sorry. Don’t worry,
though. People your age are way cooler than people
The short version? A Full Body Conversion is a human
from back then. More accepting, too. You all grew
brain stuffed inside a cybernetic body. Like me! I was
up hard – you more than anyone. I can tell. You’re
originally housed in a Brimstone model explicitly designed
a fighter, just like my favorite Rockerboy, Johnny
for firefighting. Of course, I’ve implanted so many mods
Silverhand.
since then that I’m my own model now! Unique and one of
a kind! Anyway, Full Body Conversion can be a mouthful. What are things like today for FBCs?
So, some people call us FBCs. Some call us Borgs. Either
FBCs stick together. We always have. It used to be just
works, as far as I’m concerned.
for protection, but over the years, we developed our
The long version? That requires understanding. We’re own customs and slang. Our own culture. That’s nothing
not just brains in metal bodies. We’re a culture with our new. It’s always been fun and comforting to spend time
own history and unique challenges in getting along in with people who understand the uniqueness of your
this world. life. People who can lift you up and remind you to go
to therapy when you’re feeling down. We get together
You’re gonna be one of us soon, so let me tell you a
on the regular, at clubs or in homes, to share our lives.
little about that history. Since the early 2000s, human-
We’ve got support groups, Garden Patches, and
ity has experimented with Full Body Conversion cyber-
even our own conventions! There’s nothing like going
netics. In the 2020s, they experienced peak adoption,
to an FBC show to show off your perfectly seamless
buoyed by the strong economy. It was a reckless time
Superchrome finish and get tips on what polish to use
in cybernetics, and cyberpsychosis was still a relatively
to shine it up to mirror perfection without scratching
recent discovery. Medical advancements were being
the surface. I’ve got plenty of meat friends, but none
made left and right, and one of them is about to save
of them can keep up with me when I’m partying at the
your life. After all, cancer can’t exist in body parts you
Metalstorm. And there’s still the protection element. Not
don’t have. Anyway, military and Corporate interests at
many people mess with a group of FBCs when they’re
the time were vying to replace the meat bodies of their
hanging out together.
soldiers with powerful metal ones, like mine. Bodies
capable of working longer. Bodies capable of fighting Am I going to be okay?
harder. Like all military tech, Full Body Conversion tech-
Physically? Yeah, choomba. You’re gonna be amazing.
nology jumped from the battlefield to the showroom. By
Healthier than you’ve ever been. Beyond that? The
2020, metal endoskeletons wrapped in myomar fiber
thing you’ve gotta understand about being Borg is that
musculature and sporting state-of-the-art hydraulic
it isn’t like it used to be, and that’s not a bad thing.
limbs – all wrapped in a sweet and shiny metal skin –
We’ve come a long way, but there’s still so much more
were popping up in cities across the world.
progress we have to make. That’s gonna be the job of
You can see why, too. An FBC can lift a car, doesn’t your generation. Most cases of cyberpsychosis don’t
need food or oxygen, and can rip through a brick involve FBCs, but some people still assume all FBCs
wall in seconds. An FBC can do the work of a dozen are Cyberpsychos, and assholes looking to grow their
laborers and survive conditions even a hazmat suit brand sometimes target us, hoping to use fear to grab
wouldn’t protect a flesh-and-blood choom from. We more power and popularity.
were bigger, stronger, and more capable, so of course,
You’ll catch some of the hate. Don’t let it change
the rumors started flying. We were all Cyberpsychos.
you. Personally, I say don’t fault the fearful for their
We wanted to kill all the fleshies and take over the
fear – they don’t know any better. At the same time,
world. We were actually AI-driven robots and not
it’s not your job to educate them unless that’s what you
humans at all. It didn’t help the original FBC designers
choose. Being FBC isn’t about being an ambassador;
only made one face per model. Since we all looked
it’s more the ultimate form of self-expression. It’s your
alike, it was easy for people to paint us as “other” and
chance to build yourself into exactly what you want to
make us the subject of slurs and prejudice. Eventually,
be. No one else in the world, not even the most body-
we started designing faceplates to give each FBC more
sculpted BioExotic, gets a chance like that.
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Look. I don’t get to choose how society After Biosystem surgery, you’ll be
sees me. No one does. But you know what? implanted into your selected FBC body.
Fuck society. Only your vision of yourself is The installation procedure is included at
truly important. It’ll grow and change over no additional cost. Upon installation, you Fixer
time, and the best part of being an FBC?
You get to grow and change your body to
suffer the Humanity Loss associated with
the FBC body but can always choose to
Availability
match it! take the average instead of rolling. Occasionally, cost in
Cyberpunk RED doesn’t
I hope that puts your mind at ease. The FBC Baselines equate to how easy it is for
doctor we’ve got lined up for you is one a Fixer to get their paws on
that I trust. Ex-Rocklin – a Kildare model What follows are the advantages and dis- something.
with a hundred percent success rate on advantages of every FBC body, no matter
An item or service might
Biosystem surgeries. It won’t be anything the model. be pricey but easy to get
like the radiation and chemicals from or cheap but hard to get.
• A FBC user’s Skills and Intelligence,
before, I promise. You’re in good hands. In such cases, the cost in
Cool, Tech, Will, Luck, and Empathy
Got a modified Alpha Class all ready for Eurodollars and the price
Statistics remain the same as they
you, and my FBC club pitched in to install category of the item can
were in their meat body. Their Body be different.
some fun surprises.
Statistics, Hit Points, and Death Save
I promise to be here when you wake up, change depending on the FBC body. For example, purchas-
ing an IEC Alpha Class
choomba. So… are you ready to go metal? Their Reflex, Dexterity, and Move
package costs 9,900eb,
Statistics may change depending on but GMs should treat it as

P opping your metal cherry what cyberware is installed in the Expensive instead of Super
p o p p in g you r m e t al c h e e r y body. Luxury for the purposes of
determining availability.
A Full Body Conversion body is a package • When being installed in an FBC body,
of cyberware – built around an Internal the following cyberware causes 0
Linear Frame – into which a Biosystem (see (N/A) Humanity Loss and does not
page 104) can be installed. Going Metal depress the maximum Humanity
begins with getting your brain and a few regained via therapy: Cyberarm,
other choice bits scooped out and slotted Cy b e ra u d i o S u i t e, Cy b e reye,
into a Biosystem. The procedure is perma- Cyberleg, Cyberskull, Internal Linear
nent, so make peace with losing your meat Frame, Neural Link/Neuroport.
body forever. The cost for a Biosystem, in
• When installed in an FBC body, the
both Eurodollars and Humanity, is separate
number of cyberware option slots
from an FBC body.
granted by foundational cyberware
Most surgeons require the patient to and in the Internal / External Body
remove all non-medical-grade cyber- Cyberware categories is doubled.
ware, including Neuralware, and undergo
• A User installed in an FBC body meets
therapy before Biosystem surgery. This
any Grafted Muscle and Bone Lace
helps prepare for the massive shock of
requirement for additional cyberware
Humanity Loss associated with becoming
even if none is installed.
a Borg. You can install some of your old
cyberware into your FBC body if you • Damage is done to the FBC body, not
wish. If you do so without first uninstalling the user. Thanks to nanomachines, so
it from your meat body and undergoing long as a user maintains a Lifestyle
therapy, the existing Humanity Loss carries of Good Prepack (600eb/month) or
over. Otherwise, installing it into your FBC better, whenever they complete a day
body counts as a new instance with fresh of natural healing while in their FBC
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equal to their BODY. If the user transfers out of their • FBC users require sleep, but are immune to all
FBC body, the empty shell regains a number of penalties associated with sleeping uncomfortably
Hit Points per day equal to what the user’s BODY or living while crammed.
would be while inhabiting the shell.
• A user being installed in an FBC body containing
• So long as the user maintains a Lifestyle of Good new cyberware or who is installing new cyberware
Prepack (600eb/month) or better, an FBC body into their current FBC body can choose to take the
can be restored to full Hit Points via repairs. Doing average Humanity Loss instead of rolling for it.
so requires a DV15 Cybertech Skill Check and
• All FBC bodies have simulated senses of touch,
4 hours. Failed Checks waste the entire 4 hours
smell, and taste while in a body. These simulated
and restore the target to half of their maximum HP
senses can be turned off without an Action. An
unless their current HP is higher. Users in an FBC
FBC in a body can eat food and drink beverages
body can repair themselves.
if they so desire. After enough recreational dining,
• A user transferring into a new FBC body automat- however, they must empty their storage tank, just
ically restores their HP to the maximum total, as like everybody else.
determined by their new FBC body.
Switching Bodies
• Users installed in an FBC are immune to the effects
and bonus damage of the following Critical Injuries A Biosystem can be implanted into a new Full
while in a body: Broken Jaw, Collapsed Lung, Body Conversion body with a DV17 Cybertech
Concussion, Cracked Skull, Crushed Windpipe, or Surgery Skill Check. This takes 4 hours, can
Lost Ear, Spinal Injury, Torn Muscle, and Whiplash. be reattempted any number of times if failed, and
If one of these would be dealt, ignore them entirely. doesn’t hurt the Biosystem’s inhabitant on a failure.
Do not reroll for a new Critical Injury.
An FBC user can attempt the process to transfer
• While in an FBC body, the user is immune to the bodies without aid.
Check and STAT penalties of all Wound States.
If successful, all cyberware in the user’s previous FBC
Other effects, such as the need to make Death
body is uninstalled (this does not include the Biosystem),
Saves, still affect them.
and everything in their new FBC body is installed. If
• While in an FBC body, the user is immune to all this is a completely new body, they suffer Humanity
diseases, poisons, pharmaceuticals, and street Loss for all applicable cyberware, even if it duplicates
drugs unless administered via Airhypo directly into something they possessed in a previous body.
their Biosystem’s access port. It is impossible to do
When a user is implanted into a body they’ve inhab-
so against an an FBC user’s will unless they are
ited in the past, check their Current Humanity against
rendered fully immobile or incapacitated.
their Maximum Humanity via Depression in this body.
• FBC users are immune to radiation, do not need to If their Current Humanity is higher, reduce it to the
breathe, and do not need food or water to survive. Maximum Humanity total. They then take additional
However, they must inject a Glucose-Rich Brain Humanity Loss from any cyberware installed in the
Solution (100eb [Premium]) into their Biosystem body since they last inhabited it.
via the access port once per month. The Glucose-
Only the Biosystem and cyberware installed in a
Rich Brain Solution is included for free in a Good
currently inhabited FBC body counts towards the user’s
Prepack Lifestyle. If a user forgoes the Solution
Maximum Humanity depression.
for a month, they are starving and at a -2 on all
Checks. If they forgo the Solution two months in a Bazooka Joe Goes Metal
row, their biological systems crash and they die.
Years of partying have done a number on the body
• Healing aids designed for fully biological systems,
of Bazooka Joe, head security guru for the Piranhas.
such as Cryobags, Cryotanks, and Speedheal, do
Tired of buying a cloned liver here and a chemskin
not work on FBC users.
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Full Body Conversion. He makes a deal with a Fixer for
a Militech Enforcer body and hands over 27,700eb to
pay for both the Biosystem and the FBC body.
F ull Body Conversion Bodies
f u l l b o d y c o n v e r s i o n b o d i e s
Because they were first developed for military and
Listening to his ripperdoc, Joe undergoes surgery Corporate purposes, most FBC bodies are designed
to remove all his cyberware. Then he goes through along occupational lines.
therapy to center himself and help him say goodbye
to his meat body, boosting his total Humanity up to How to Read a FBC Body Listing
80. Next comes the procedure to install his brain (and
Cost: What the body costs in Eurobucks and the Price
other choice bits) into a Biosystem, costing him 18 (4,
Category for purposes of availability.
4, 5, 5 on 4d6) Humanity. His total goes down to 62.
Per Joe’s wishes, his old meat body is cremated. Instead Package HL: The amount of Humanity Loss you expe-
of implanting Joe’s Biosystem directly into the Militech rience when you are first installed into the body. You
Enforcer, the ripperdoc puts him through a brain- may choose to take either the average provided or
dance-based therapy regime to restore the maximum the rolled outcome upon installation.
amount of Humanity possible (14) and pushes Joe up
Install: Type of facility required for installation.
to 76.
Cyberware (HL): Cyberware included in the
Finally, the ripperdoc implants Joe’s Biosystem into
package which causes Humanity Loss and depresses
a Militech Enforcer. Instead of gambling, Joe’s Player
Maximum Humanity achievable through therapy
chooses to go with the average Humanity loss for the
(see CP:R page 229).
package – 55. Joe wakes up from the procedure with
21 Humanity. In the coming year, he’ll continue to go Cyberware (No HL): The listed cyberware is part of
to therapy as he adjusts to his new, full cybernetic body the body but doesn’t cause Humanity Loss. Nor does it
and regain 29 more Humanity, bringing him up to the depress your Maximum Humanity achievable through
maximum he can reach – 50. therapy (see CP:R page 229).
BY CHRISTOPHJER REMMERS

Militech Dragoon Revised War Platform in action

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Cybermatrix Inc. Copernicus Cost: 13,000eb (Very Expensive)

Package HL: 37 ([2d6/2 round up] +
Designed by Cybermatrix Incorporated as 10d6)
Techs and FBCs the ideal FBC body for deep-space explo-
ration and construction, the Copernicus has
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)

For a Tech, making an FBC endured the test of time in the most hostile Cyberware (No HL)
body requires gathering (or environment imaginable: the vacuum of
fabricating) the individual space. Considered the backbone of mod- Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye
components and assem-
ern-day space operations, humanity would x2, Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear
bling them into a whole via Frame Sigma, Neural Link
a DV29 Cybertech Check.
never have reached so far into the stars
The assembly process takes without the Copernicus.
Cyberware (HL)
1 hour and does not destroy
the components on a failure. Cost: 17,300eb (Very Expensive) Low Light/Infrared/UV x2, Radar Detector,
Package HL: 52 ([2d6/2 round up] + Radio Communicator, Radar/Sonar
The minimum compo- 15d6) Implant, Subdermal Armor, Web Foot x2
nent requirements for an
FBC body are: Cyberarm Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem) Samantha: Most Aquarius FBCs I meet
x2, Cyberaudio Suite, have some easily understandable connec-
Cybereye x2, Cyberleg Cyberware (No HL) tion to the ocean. I’ve met sailors, divers,
x2, Cyberskull, a Internal Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cyberleg Biotechnica marine division research-
Linear Frame, and a Neural
x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame ers, aqua biologists, and of course,
Link/Neuroport.
Sigma, Kiroshi MonoVision, Neural Link Deepdowners with this body. People who
Substitutions can be love the ocean tend to be some of the
made when appropriate Cyberware (HL) nicest people you’ll meet, so I’d also rate
– for example, replacing
Anti-Dazzle, FBC EMP Coating x2, this model high in personability. They’re
Cybereye x2 with a Kiroshi
Monovision. Medical grade Grapple Hand x2, Internal Hydraulics certainly the first Borg I’d try to meet at a
cyberware cannot be used Upgrade, Prehensile Cyberfoot x2, Radar/ party. I’ll introduce you to a guy I know
to create an FBC body. Sonar Implant, Radio Communicator, sometime! He used to be a custom marlin
Toolhand x2, Zero Gravity Thrusters x2 BioExotic until he decided it wasn’t metal
As for upgrades, they
are applied to the individ-
enough for him…
Samantha: I’ve never met a Copernicus
ual components of an FBC
body, not the body as a
in person. I saw one one Morro Rock one Dynalar Brimstone
time using the zoom lenses built into my
whole.
eyes. They were probably there to consult A fully fireproofed engineering master-
on the construction of the mass driver that’ll piece by Dynalar, the Brimstone was
EMPs and FBCs shift passengers and cargo into orbit. That’s created to defeat humankind’s greatest tool
where you’ll find most Copernicuses, at the and enemy: Fire! The modern Brimstone
When it comes to EMP model favors magnetically launched C02-
intersection of space and a whole heap of
effects, such as those gen-
euros. They do look pretty sweet, but when based explosive firefighting tools over the
erated by a Microwaver,
treat an FBC body like a have astronauts ever looked shabby? water-pumping hoses of yesteryear.
collection of parts rather Cost: 17,600eb (Very Expensive)
than a whole. An EMP Dynalar Aquarius Package HL: 53 ([1d6/2 round up] +
effect doesn’t shut down the 15d6)
whole body. Just individual Dynalar claims that the Aquarius is superior
cyberware components. to any diving system, and they’re right. As Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)
at home in freshwater as in salt water, the
Aquarius is the last word for exploration Cyberware (No HL)
and life under the sea. If it weren’t for the Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye
4th Corporate War, Aquarius FBCs would x2, Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear
surely have mapped out all the world’s Frame Sigma, Neural Link
oceans by now.

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From Left to Right: Rocklin Augmentics Alpha Class•Dynalar Brimstone•Cybermatrix Inc. Copernicus•Dynalar Aquarius
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Cyberware (HL) Cyberware (HL)
Amplified Hearing, FBC Brimstone Coating, Heavy Anti-Dazzle x2, Chyron, Dragoon Plating, FBC EMP
Subdermal Plating, Low Light / Infrared / UV x2, Coating x2, Internal Agent, Low Light/Infrared/UV x2,
Radar/Sonar Implant, Radio Communicator, Tech Reinforced Cyberlimb Upgrade x4, Subdermal Grip
Upgraded (+1 Capacity) Popup Grenade Launcher x2 x2, Tuned Internal Hydraulics Upgrade
Samantha: What a body to have! Dynalar’s best Samantha: This is the most dangerous FBC body
work. I made my own improvements, of course. I love on the market. It’s got some serious history to answer
my Superchrome, even if it’s hard to wash the soot for. A lot of people died thanks to these. Militech,
off after a hard day’s work. Look, there are people the Dragoon’s biggest user, snagged the blueprints
who don’t like cops, and they give Enforcer FBCs when IEC died during the war. Now they’re selling
a hard time, and I admit, I can understand that – a “revised” model and claiming it’s safer but I’m not
Corporate money, corruption, abuse of power. But buying their marketing. Stay far away.
nobody hates the fire brigade, especially when their
home is on fire. Militech Eclipse
Militech Dragoon Revised War Platform Your question is ridiculous. Militech doesn’t field an elite
unit of “killer Borg ninjas” to service our interests from
A complete revision of the undeniably effective military the shadows. You are misinformed, likely by our dis-
FBC that won the 4th Corporate War, the reenvisioned graced former competitors in the security market. You
Dragoon is ready to win the next one, too! This new can find them across the ocean. Can someone throw
model is lower impact, boasts our lowest rate of pilot out this hack? Let’s get back to the real questions, those
shrinkage, and is more tuned for modern warfare than relevant to affordably arming the good people of Night
ever before. Best of all, you choose how to customize City so they can defend what is most precious to them
your Dragoon’s weapon package (sold separately) without sacrificing a drop of quality craftsmanship! I
for each mission! Contact an Militech representative see a hand. Fiona Hayes from Network 54, you’re up!
today for a demonstration of what the Dragoon can Cost: 29,200eb (Luxury)
do for you!
Package HL: 67 ([2d6/2 round up] + 19d6)
Cost: 35,000eb (Super Luxury) Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)
Package HL: 64 ([3d6/2 round up] + 18d6)
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem) Cyberware (No HL)
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cyberleg x2,
Cyberware (No HL) Cyberskull, Kiroshi MonoVision, Internal Linear Frame
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye x2, Beta, Neural Link
Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame Omega,
Neural Link Cyberware (HL)
Amplified Hearing, FBC Chameleon Coating x3, Grip
Foot x2, Low Light/Infrared/UV, Radio Communicator,
The Dragoon’s advantage Scrambler/Descrambler, Subdermal Armor, Subdermal
Pocket x2 Tech Upgraded (Oversized Weapon) Popup
over all other land-based combat
Melee Weapon (Kendachi Mono-Three), Tuned
units is its humanoid form. It is Internal Hydraulics Upgrade

capable of taking maximum Samantha: There are supposed to be some of these

at Militech HQ, but if you meet one in public, they’ll
advantage of terrain.
be installed in another body. Probably a Gemini with
— IEC a crewcut. An Eclipse isn’t for the eyes of the civilian
from Chrome 2 for Cyberpunk 2020 population so Militech doesn’t send its spooky death
Borgs out in public – at least during the daytime.

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From Left to Right: Moore Tech Sheol•Miliech Eclipse•Militech Spyder 2.0•Militech Enforcer
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Militech Enforcer Militech Spyder 2.0

Militech understands what it takes to bring criminals to At Militech, we thought we’d mastered the need for
justice – it takes an Enforcer. Built to outlast the hottest covert operations with the original Spyder. That was
of active situations you’ll run into on the job and get until we developed the Spyder 2.0 and created the
you home safe to your family, the Enforcer is the metal perfect espionage Borg! With the right hire, one invest-
body you need to protect and serve. It’s their move, ment in a Militech Spyder 2.0 can provide you with
creep! actionable intelligence that pays for itself in a single
Cost: 16,800 (Very Expensive) operation. Buy one before your competitors do!
Package HL: 53 ([3d6/2 round up] + 13d6) Cost: 24,900eb (Luxury)
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem) Package HL: 73 ([1d6/2 round up] + 22d6)
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)
Cyberware (No HL)
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cyberleg x2, Cyberware (No HL)
Cyberskull, Kiroshi MonoVision, Internal Linear Frame Cyberarm x4, Cyberaudio Suite, Cyberleg x2,
Sigma, Neural Link Cyberskull, Kiroshi MonoVision, Internal Linear Frame
Beta, Neural Link
Cyberware (HL)
Cyberware (HL)
Anti-Dazzle, Audio Recorder, Heavy Subdermal
Plating, Hidden Holster, Low Light/Infrared/UV, Amplified Hearing, Artificial Shoulder Mount,
Popup Grenade Launcher, Popup Melee Weapon Chipware Socket, FBC Chameleon Coating x1,
(Stun Baton), Radio Communicator, Subdermal Grip, Grapple Hand x4, Grip Foot x2, Image Enhance,
Targeting Scope, Voice Stress Analyzer Internal Agent, Low Light/Infrared/UV, Microvideo,
Tactile Boost, TeleOptics, Tuned Internal Hydraulics
Samantha: You’ll find Enforcers rounding out special Upgrade
security teams for Corporations, but not many working
for the NCPD. They generally can’t afford to upgrade Samantha: Never met a Spyder, and I don’t want to.
even their best TAC officers to one of these babies. You can’t trust a spook. I hear the combination of the
MAX-TAC, on the other hand, has plenty. All you need spy paranoia and the mental processes needed to work
is a solid service record and a nod from Hammerman all four arms properly makes this body more prone to
himself, and you’ll be in an Enforcer so fast your head causing cyberpsychosis than even the Dragoon. Militech
will spin. could tune the neural interface better, but they don’t care
so long as they make their money. I bet the ones in their
ranks all have kill chips implanted, just in case.
When the time comes to get
serous , the Enforcer is more Moore Technologies Sheol
than ready. First, there are light The Sheol platform by Moore Technologies is designed
to handle the most hazardous operation you can throw
bars mounted on the shoulders to at it and get the job done right the first time. Its price is
ensure that you legally identify highly affordable when you consider the cost associ-
ated with replacing workers who can’t keep up with the
yourself, but we all know it
demands of a toxic or deadly work environment. Don’t
takes more than lights to stop play fast and loose with your financial future. Invest in
a Sheol, the original hazardous operations borg. Don’t
a B lack Lace addict. settle for anything except a job done right.
— Militech Cost: 19,600eb (Very Expensive)
from Chrome 2 for Cyberpunk 2020
Package HL: 32 ([1d6/2 round up] + 9d6)
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)

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From Left to Right: NovelTech Samson•Raven MicroCyb Gemini (up)•Raven MicroCyb Wiseman (down)•Trauma Team Kildare
GOING METAL
Cyberware (No HL) is always gonna look like an Omega, no matter how
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye x2, sleek you try and make it look, but with the Samson,
Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame Beta, Noveltech didn’t even try.
Neural Link
Raven Microcybernetics Gemini
Cyberware (HL) All the benefits of being a Full Body Conversion, none
Chemical Analyser, Chipware Socket, Chyron, Heavy of the social downsides! Look like a biological person
Subdermal Plating, Internal Agent, Radiation Detector again with our revolutionary Gemini coating – now
sold separately, too! Raven Microcybernetics is the
Samantha: The Sheol is a specialized Hazardous
cutting edge– you won’t find a better option when you
Operations unit, so it’s one I don’t see too often. Last
want to keep your metal “low profile.”
time I did was in the days right after the Arasaka nuke.
These are typically Corporate-owned work conver- Cost: 10,200eb (Expensive)
sions, and I imagine most Sheol users aren’t wearing Package HL: 14 (4d6)
them out on weekends. They’re also ugly, but I don’t Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)
want to speak badly about them after all the good
they’ve done! Cyberware (No HL)
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye x2,
NovelTech Samson
Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, FBC Gemini Sculpt, Internal
Modern construction jobs require novel solutions – and Linear Frame Sigma, Neural Link, Techhair, Shift Tacts
when you think novel, think NovelTech. Our flagship
“Samson” conversion is the toughest industrial Borg Cyberware (HL)
on the market. Just one can replace ten hardhats. Mr. Studd™ or Midnight Lady™ Sexual Implant, Skin
Downsize today! Weave
Cost: 20,500eb (Luxury) Samantha: This is the most popular FBC by sales
Package HL: 39 ([3d6/2 round up] + 10d6) numbers. Many of us get one to add to our collection
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem) after a while. A lot of people I know treat being in their
Gemini like being on vacation. Sometimes, you need
Cyberware (No HL) a break from being the Borg in the room. It can be
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye x2, freeing. You don’t have to buy the body, though. You
Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame Omega, can buy the Gemini Sculpt separately, install it for a
Neural Link month, and see if you like it.

Cyberware (HL)
Full Body Conversions have a
Anti-Dazzle x2, Chyron, Internal Agent, Radiation multitude of advantages.
Detector, Subdermal Armor, Techscanner, Toolhand x2 However, being a Full Borg sets
Samantha: These are the hardest-working FBCs you apart. Society brands you
you’ll meet. When Zhirafa screws up – it happens,
you just don’t hear about it on Net54– these are the as a “metalhead ” and people
people who come in to clean it up. Samsons rebuilt treat you like a machine — even
this city after the nuke. They’re the reason the Hot
a tool . The sad truth is that if
Zone shrinks every year. Unfortunately for them, the
base model is ugly as all hell. Blocky, chunky, tur- you look like a robot people
tle-like, definitely not friendly looking. I know a lot of
Samsons that get misidentified as military models by tend to treat you like a robot.
the public because of the way the model looks. It’s the — Raven Microcybernetics
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Raven Microcybernetics Wiseman Rocklin Augmentics Alpha Class
Doesn’t your Dweller deserve an upgrade? This holiday The Alpha Class is the quintessential Full Body
season, give them the bonus they deserve – a brand- Conversion body – a high standard proven through time.
new body by Raven Microcybernetics! Once word gets An attractive yet affordable entry-level model, the Alpha
around, those pesky Netrunners won’t even try to hack Class is the first thing that comes to mind when you think
your system anymore. They’ll be too busy being dead. “Borg.” Go with the gold standard! Go Alpha!
Cost: 27,480 (Luxury) Cost: 9,900eb (Expensive)
Package HL: 70 ([3d6/2 round up] + 19d6) Package HL: 21 (6d6)
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem) Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)

Cyberware (No HL) Cyberware (No HL)

Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye x2, Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cybereye x2,
Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame Sigma, Cyberleg x2, Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame Sigma,
Neural Link Neural Link

Cyberware (HL) Cyberware (HL)

Chyron, Cyberdeck Cyberarm Option x4, FBC Interface Plugs, Subdermal Armor
Integrated Bodyweight Coating x3, Internal Agent,
Samantha: Just saying this makes me feel old, but
Integrated Cyberdeck Upgrade x4, Virtuality x2
back in my day, this was the model of choice for
Cyberdecks and Related first-timers. They were the first bodies on the market.
Back then they were manufactured by IEC. Now,
• Hardware installed in FBC Bodyweight Rocklin Augmentics makes them. Old or new, the Alpha
Coating: Hardened Circuitry, Insulated Wiring, Class is still the go-to model for tuners looking for a
KRASH Barrier, Snake Trap, Tech Upgraded Range baseline second or third body to work on. I think it still
Upgrade (10m Range) makes a great first model. It’s gonna look great on you!
• Excellent Quality Cyberdeck #1 (integrated
into left Cyberarm): Armor, DeckKRASH,
Hellbolt, Speedy Gonzalvez x2, Superglue, Sword
x3, Worm x2
Composed of durable, ultra-
light polyceramics, foamed
• Microtech Warrior (integrated into left
Cyberarm): Armor, Giant, Kraken x3 alloys, and other hybrid

• Excellent Quality Cyberdeck #2 (integrated materials, the A lpha Class

into right Cyberarm): Eraser x9, Swifty Clean body is designed to bear a
• T e c h U p g r a d e d ( +1 s l o t ) R a v e n strong resemblance to the human
Microcybernetics Kestrel 2 (integrated into
right Cyberarm): Sabertooth x3, Speedy form. It is anthropomorphically
Gonzalvez x2, Worm x2
structured to integrate
Samantha: I know a lot of Netrunners in the commu- with standard human ergonomics
nity, but I’ve never met a Wiseman. I’ve met Netrunners
who tell stories about them, usually about encountering with little or no difficulty.
one defending a NET Architecture they were trying — IEC
to crack. I don’t know how much I believe Netrunner from Chrome 2 for Cyberpunk 2020
stories, though. For them, encountering a Wiseman is a
lot like hooking a really big fish– the Wiseman always
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Trauma Team Kildare

Trauma Team’s secret weapon in their fight for the
N ew Cyberware and Gear
n e w c y b e r w a r e a n d g e a r
The unique demands of FBCs require unique cyberware
health and wellbeing of their patients, the Kildare, is a
medical miracle. Their steady hands make them the best and gear.
surgeons in the world. No human surgeon is as tireless
in their efforts to give their patients the best possible ▶ Biosystem
medical outcome. Trauma Team Executives personally Cost: 10,000eb (Super Luxury)•Install: Hospital*
trust their lives to a Kildare, and so should you. Humanity Loss: 14 (4d6)
Cost: 12,200eb (Very Expensive)
*All currently implanted cyberware is uninstalled and
Package HL: 39 ([3d6/2 round up] + 10d6)
given back to you cleaned and individually bagged…
Install: Hospital (Requires Biosystem)
along with your meat body, which will begin to decom-
pose unless cryogenically stored. Burn it or bury it. You
Cyberware (No HL) can’t go back anyway.
Cyberarm x2, Cyberaudio Suite, Cyberleg x2,
Cyberskull, Internal Linear Frame Sigma, Kiroshi A revolution in human-machine interface and an
MonoVision, Neural Link upgrade in FBC integration design! A step up from the
systems of the past, Biosystems contain not only the
Cyberware (HL) brain (and other choice bits) in an integrated Biopod
but a full suite of computer systems and batteries. The
Amplified Hearing, Chyron, Image Enhance, Low
added functionality of the Biosystem allows designers
Light /Infrared/UV, Medscanner, MicroOptics, Radio
to offload some computational processing and power
Communicator, Raven Microcybernetics MicroWaldo,
generation, resulting in a drop in cost for many FBC
Tech Upgraded Toolhand (installed Airhypo),
body models. Access to the Biosystem for the purposes
Techscanner
of injecting medications or a dose of Glucose-Rich
Samantha: You’ll get to meet a Kildare pretty soon! Brain Solution is usually done via a closed port located
We call him Doc Salvage. He’s that Medtech I men- on the back of the neck or chest (when in a body).
tioned earlier, the ex-Rocklin one. More than any other
The Biosystem can operate independently if need be
FBC, Kildares have the best reputation because of their
– without mobility but with basic sensory and speaker
association with Trauma Team. Everyone thinks Trauma
systems so the user can interact with the outside world
Team is gonna swoop down to save them if they need
and, most importantly, receive therapy via Braindance.
medical help – right up until they remember they didn’t
buy a membership package. Borgware. A Biosystem is hardened against all EMP
Effects and immune to Radiation. The Biosystem contains
the user’s consciousness and identity. Their Skills and INT,
Available only to licensed COOL, TECH, WILL, LUCK, and EMP Statistics remain
MDs (or anyone with enough the same as they were in their meat body. Their BODY
cash for the “special fee ”), the Statistic, Hit Points, and Death Save change depending
on the inhabited FBC body. Their REF, DEX, and MOVE
Kildare is a medical miracle . Statistics may change depending on what cyberware is
installed in the inhabited FBC body.
Once the doctor is housed in their
Once the user is stored in a Biosystem, being violently
new, tireless body, they will
removed or spending longer than a minute outside of it
have access to a wide variety of after surgical removal results in death (no Death Save).
built-in medical equipment. When not installed in an FBC body, the shell encasing a
Biosystem is considered Cover (25HP). The brain inside
— MD Tech Inc a Biosystem dies instantly if struck directly. A Biosystem
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A user in a Biosystem not installed in an FBC body Broken Jaw Critical Injuries. Every purchase comes with
is incapable of any Action beyond observation and a personalized Faceplate. Additional personalized
communication and cannot defend themselves. Faceplates, including ones covered with RealskinnTM
and SuperChrome ® , are available for 100eb
Installing a Biosystem in an FBC body requires 4
(Premium).
hours and a DV17 Cybertech or Surgery Check. It can
be reattempted any number of times if failed, and there
is no penalty for failure other than lost time. An FBC can
▶ Dragoon Plating
perform this procedure on themselves to transfer from Cost: 5,000eb (Luxury)•Install: Hospital
one body to another. Humanity Loss: 14 (4d6)
A user inhabiting a Biosystem cannot install addi- Magnetically seated armor panels are installed onto
tional cyberware directly – not even brain-interfacing hardpoints drilled directly into the body. The panels are
cyberware like a Neural Link. They only benefit from hot-swappable to keep the fight going until the enemy
cyberware if implanted into an FBC body installed with has been neutralized.
it.
Borgware. External Body Cyberware. Installation
▶ CO2 Grenade requires BODY 16 or higher unless the user is a Full
Body Conversion. After installation, the user’s body
Cost: 50eb (Costly) and head are armored at SP 15, and the user takes
Ammo Types Available: Grenades Only an Armor Penalty of -2 to REF, DEX, and MOVE. As
an Action, the user can jettison their Dragoon Plating,
C02 grenades are the future of firefighting in urban
removing the provided SP and freeing them of the
environments, especially where water is a dwindling
Armor Penalty.
resource. They also excel in rural areas where fire
hydrants may be scarce or inoperable. If the user is not equipped with a set of Dragoon
Plating, they can activate the magnetic call system as
This is Grenade Ammunition. It can be loaded into a
an Action and summon a set of unattached plating
Grenade Launcher or thrown. A CO2 Grenade does
within 6m/yds to them. The selected plating then flies
no damage. Instead, it extinguishes all instances of fire
through the air and attaches itself to the user.
within the explosion area (see CP:R page 174). Any
weapon capable of firing Smoke Grenades can also Dragoon Plating contains nanomachines that repair
fire CO2 Grenades. it for 1 point of lost SP at the end of each day in which
it does not lose SP. Additional sets of Dragoon Plating
▶ Cyberskull can be purchased for 1,000eb (Very Expensive).
Ordering custom designs and colors adds 100eb to
Cost: 5,000eb (Luxury)•Install: Hospital
the cost.
Humanity Loss: 14 (4d6)

How can you call yourself a Metalhead if you don’t ▶ Dragoon Plating, Metalgear
have a metal head? What you need is a Cyberskull Cost: 15,000eb (Super Luxury)•Install: Hospital
to protect you from life’s many dangers – like bullets, Humanity Loss: 14 (4d6)
explosions, and samurai swords! You don’t have to
be accident-prone to benefit from a metal skull, so Custom-engineered magnetically seated Metalgear
don’t skimp on your own safety. Remember – with a armor panels are installed onto specially designed
Cyberskull, there’s no need for a helmet! heavy hardpoints drilled directly into the body. The
panels are hot-swappable to keep the fight going until
Internal Body Cyberware. Requires 3 Option Slots.
the enemy is reduced to ash.
The user’s head is no longer considered a 2x weak
point when targeted by an Aimed Shot or through any Borgware. External Body Cyberware. Installation
other method. Additionally, the user is immune to the requires BODY 16 or higher unless the user is a Full
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and head are armored at SP 18, and the user takes ▶ FBC Chameleon Coating
an Armor Penalty of -3 to REF, DEX, and MOVE. As an
Action, the user can jettison their Metalgear Dragoon Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Hospital
Plating, removing the provided SP and freeing them of Humanity Loss: 7 (2d6)
the Armor Penalty.
A light-reactive nanomachine coating developed for
If the user is currently not equipped with a set of Militech by REDACTED. This represents the forefront of
Metalgear Dragoon Plating, they can activate the personal stealth imaging technology.
magnetic call system as an Action and summon a set of
External Body Cyberware. May only be installed in
unattached plating within 6m/yds to them. The selected
a Full Body Conversion. When the user remains still
plating then flies through the air and attaches itself to
for a 1 minute (20 rounds), they can activate a cloak
the user.
that hides from all visual senses, including Low Light/
Metalgear Dragoon Plating contains nanomachines Infrared/UV, unless the perceiver succeeds at a DV17
that repair it for 1 point of lost SP at the end of each Perception Check. Activating the cloak does not require
day in which it does not lose SP. Additional sets of an Action. The cloak is deactivated automatically if the
Metalgear Dragoon Plating can be purchased for user moves further than 2 m/yds (1 square) within 3
5,000eb (Luxury). Ordering custom designs and colors seconds (1 Round). A second installation reduces the
adds 100eb to the cost. amount of time the user must remain still before the
cloak can be activated to 30 seconds (10 Rounds).
▶ FBC Brimstone Coating A third installation reduces the time to 9 seconds (3
Rounds). Further installations do nothing.
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Hospital
Humanity Loss: 7 (2d6) ▶ FBC EMP Coating
A nanomachine-supported ceramic coating developed Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Hospital
by Dynalar in partnership with Fire Brand. It brings new Humanity Loss: 7 (2d6)
meaning to the expression “walking through fire.”
A specially designed nanomachine coating that
External Body Cyberware. May only be installed in
absorbs microwaves. The system is sacrificial, requiring
a Full Body Conversion. The user is immune to being
redundancy to ensure uptime if expecting multiple EMP
damaged by fire (including damage dealt by incendi-
blasts.
ary ammunition and flamethrowers) and cannot be set
on fire (see CP:R page 180). External Body Cyberware. May only be installed in a
Full Body Conversion. Whenever one or more pieces
Firefighting reaches its of the user’s cyberware would be rendered inoperable
by a single EMP effect, one of the user’s EMP Coating
pinnacle with D ynalar’s installations is rendered inoperable instead. Multiple
Brimstone full body body installations provide the user with extra layers of
protection.
conversion. I mmune to the
▶ FBC Gemini Sculpt
hazards of smoke inhalation,
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Hospital
burns, and rapidly-changing
Humanity Loss: 0 (N/A)
pressures, the Brimstone can
The FBC Gemini Sculpt reformats an FBC body to
do the work of an entire be similar in shape to a baseline human form, then
surrounds it with a thin shell covered in Realskin™. By
company of regular firefighters. developing the covering to be fully cross-compatible,
— Dynalar technologies Raven Microcybernetics dramatically increased its
ffrom Chrome 2 for Cyberpunk 2020 potential customer base—a wise business move.

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External Body Cyberware. May only be installed of -2 to REF, DEX, and MOVE unless they have a
in a Full Body Conversion. It is impossible to tell an BODY 14 or higher or are a Full Body Conversion, in
FBC body in a Gemini Sculpt isn’t a biological human which case the penalty is negated. Whenever the user
by sight without the use of infrared, where they are successfully completes a full day of natural healing,
revealed to be as cold as solid metal. FBCs packing nanomachines present in the plating repair both the
an Internal Linear Frame Omega or with a 16 or body and the head location for one point of lost SP.
higher BODY are too massive to properly enclose in
Note: When installed in a Full Body Conversion,
the shell. Rumors of Dragoons reshaped to fit into Tech
Subdermal Armor isn’t usually subdermal but acts as the
Upgraded FBC Gemini Sculpts exist but are currently
user’s skin, complete with sensory (touch) capabilities.
unsubstantiated.

▶ FBC Integrated Bodyweight Coating ▶ Internal Hydraulics Upgrade

Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Hospital
Humanity Loss: 3 (1d6)•Install: Hospital
Humanity Loss: 7 (2d6)
When your body is built on a hydraulic frame, improve-
By covering the body in cyberdeck support electron-
ments can always be made to ensure efficiency – sold
ics, a more perfect Netrunner can be born. Sure, it’s
separately, of course.
expensive, but in a NET Architecture, every extra bonus
matters. Internal Body Cyberware. May only be installed
in a Full Body Conversion with an Internal Linear
External Body Cyberware. May only be installed in a
Frame. User’s REF, DEX, and MOVE STATS are all
Full Body Conversion. Two hardware-only Cyberdeck
set at 4 unless they would otherwise be higher for the
option slots are installed. These option slots are shared
Character. These STATS can still be lowered by Armor
simultaneously by the all of the user’s installed cyber-
Penalties, Critical Injury effects, etc.
ware-integrated Cyberdecks. Additionally, while
installed, any cyberware-integrated Cyberdecks is
considered to be connected to the user without the
▶ Internal Hydraulics Upgrade, Tuned
need for Interface Plugs. Users can still only use one Cost: 5,000eb (Luxury)•Install: Hospital
Cyberdeck at a time despite the benefits of the FBC Humanity Loss: 3 (1d6)
Integrated Bodyweight Coating.
Efficiency is good. Highly tuned efficiency is even
Additional installations after the first increase the better. Improve your frame!
number of shared hardware-only option slots by
2. While installed, the user cannot benefit from a Internal Body Cyberware. May only be installed
Bodyweight Suit. in a Full Body Conversion with an Internal Linear
Frame. User’s REF, DEX, and MOVE STATS are all
▶ Heavy Subdermal Plating set at 6 unless they would otherwise be higher for the
Character. These STATS can still be lowered by Armor
Cost: 5,000eb (Luxury)•Install: Hospital Penalties, Critical Injury effects, etc.
Humanity Loss: 14 (4d6)

Standard Subdermal Armor isn’t cutting it anymore,

and Skinweave never did for you to begin with! You
Full Body Conversion.
need hard plates under your skin to keep up with the Because sometimes meat
firepower people are packing these days. Big, heavy
ones that stop a bullet cold. just can’t cut it.
Borgware. External Body Cyberware. Subdermal — advertisement
ffrom Chrome 2 for Cyberpunk 2020
Armor. Installation requires BODY 10 unless the user
is a Full Body Conversion. The user’s body and head
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▶ Internal Hydraulics Upgrade, Perfected Note: When installed in a Full Body Conversion,
Implanted Linear Frames also fill space normally occu-
Cost: 20,000eb (Super Luxury)•Install: Hospital pied by organs in a meat body, such as the parts of the
Humanity Loss: 3 (1d6) chest cavity not already housing the Biosystem. They
might also provide include basic metal skin covering if
Go ultimate full Borg!
not other plating such as subdermal armor is present.
Internal Body Cyberware. May only be installed
in a Full Body Conversion with an Internal Linear ▶ Prehensile Cyberfoot
Frame. User’s REF, DEX, and MOVE STATS are all
set at 8 unless they would otherwise be higher for the Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Clinic
Character. These STATS can still be lowered by Armor Humanity Loss: 3 (1d6)
Penalties, Critical Injury effects, etc.
Never bend down to pick something up ever again.

▶ Linear Frame Ω (Omega), External Cyberleg Option. As an Action, a user can transform
their Cyberleg so that it operates as a Cyberarm, con-
Cost: 10,000eb (Super Luxury) verting their Cyberfoot into a Cyberhand. An Action
A perfected powered exoskeleton that grants the user reverses the transformation. While transformed, the user
ultimate strength. takes a -4 to MOVE (minimum 1) unless in zero gravity.

Gear. User increases their BODY to 16 while plugged ▶ Zero Gravity Thrusters
into the frame. This cannot increase the user’s BODY to
17 or higher. This increase in BODY does not increase Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Clinic
the user’s HP or change their Death Save. Requires 3 Humanity Loss: 3 (1d6)
installations of Interface Plugs to operate.
A series of precise thrusters allow the user fine control
of their movement while in zero gravity.
▶ Linear Frame Ω (Omega), Internal
Cyberleg Option. When in use, the user negates all
Cost: 10,000eb (Super Luxury)•Install: Hospital
movement penalties associated with being in zero
Humanity Loss: 28 (8d6) gravity. The Zero Gravity Thrusters run off fuel tanks
A perfected cybernetic endoskeleton enhanced further that cost 100eb each and must be replaced after
by hydraulic and myomar muscles. 24 hours of use. Requires two Cyberlegs, takes up 2
Option Slots, and must be paired.
Borgware. User increases their BODY to 16. This

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cannot increase their BODY to 17 or higher. This eprinted Cyberware/Gear
increase in BODY changes a user’s HP and Death r e p r i n t e d c y b e r w a r e g e a r
Save. Installation requires BODY 10 and 3 Grafted
Muscle and Bone Lace. One installation counts as 2 The following cyberware and gear first appeared else-
separate installations of Borgware when determining where and are being reprinted here for convenience.
Maximum Humanity Depression for the purposes of
therapy (see CP:R page 229). ▶ Integrated Cyberdeck Upgrade
Cost: 500eb (Expensive)•Install: Clinic
▶ Linear Frame Ω (Omega) Hit Point Chart Humanity Loss: 7 (2d6)
WILL Cyberarm Option. Upgrades a user’s already cyber-
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ware-integrated Cyberdeck with one extra slot that can
be used for either Programs or Hardware. It can only
BODY

16 55 60 60 65 65 70 70 75 75
upgrade a cyberware-integrated Cyberdeck installed
17 60 60 65 65 70 70 75 75 80
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▶ Kiroshi MonoVision ▶ Snaketrap
Cost: 500eb (Expensive)•Install: Hospital Cost: 500eb (Expensive)
Humanity Loss: 14 (4d6)
Cyberdeck Hardware. While installed, a Snaketrap
Borgware. Artificial Cybereye visor that replaces two prevents the first Black ICE or Program effect during a
meat eyes with a single wide-angle cyberoptic. Cannot netrun that would destroy a Program at random on the
be installed in a MultiOptic Mount. Contains 3 slots user’s deck. Multiple installations do nothing.
for Cybereye Options. When Cybereye Options are
installed into the MonoVision they always count as if ▶ Swifty Clean
they were paired. If a user with MonoVision as their
Cost: 500eb (Expensive)
only source of sight receives the Lost Eye Critical Injury,
its effect, including the Base Death Save Penalty, is Cyberdeck Hardware. While installed, a user can
doubled. perform the Cloak Interface Ability twice with a single
NET Action, taking the higher outcome. However, while
▶ Microtech Warrior installed, the Cloak Interface Ability can only be used
once per Netrun. Takes 2 Hardware Option Slots.
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)

A Cyberdeck with 7 slots that can only install Programs. Thanks Doc
Immediately after a user Jacks In, they can activate an
From: Brimstone_Sam
Armor Program installed on the Cyberdeck without a
NET Action. To: Doc_Salvage
Hey, Doc. I’ve just left our newest FBC-
▶ Raven Microcybernetics Kestrel 2 in-the-making. They’re in good spirits and
ready for the surgery. I don’t blame them,
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)
honestly. Looking at how the cancer’s worn
them away? I can’t help thinking…
A Cyberdeck with 7 slots that can only install Programs.
Immediately after a user Jacks In, they can activate up … look. We both know there’s a chance I
to 2 Speedy Gonzalves Programs Program installed on won’t be around when your patient wakes up
the Cyberdeck without a NET Action. after the surgery. I’m just glad today’s
Biosystems come with radiation shielding, so
none of the newest crop of Borgs will need
▶ Raven Microcybernetics MicroWaldo to go through what I’m going through now.
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)•Install: Clinic Nothing ruins the feeling of being an immor-
tal chrome badass like your last remaining
Humanity Loss: 7 (2d6)
chunk of meat exploding with unwanted tumor
growth.
Cyberarm Option. Neuralware Option. A Medtech
using a MicroWaldo gains a +1 to Checks made using Sorry. Didn’t mean to throw out the angst.
the Surgery Skill. I’m just glad I got to do some good here
before I went. Thank you for performing the
surgery. Thank Phoenix, too, for lending us
▶ Reinforced Cyberlimb Upgrade
her clinic. Do your best in there.
Cost: 1,000eb (Very Expensive)• Install: Clinic
And maybe reply to this message when you’re
Humanity Loss: 3 (1d6) out of surgery, and our new metal sibling is
awake. Just in case.
Cyberlimb Option. Increased hydraulic redundancy
within the cyberlimb allows it to function even under I’ll find some way to read it no matter which
extreme strain. This limb is immune to the Broken Leg side of mortality I’m on. Promise.
Critical Injury if it’s a Cyberleg or the Broken Arm Your sister in chrome,
Critical Injury if it’s a Cyberarm.
Samantha

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▶ FBC Bodies

Name Install Description & Data Cost HL

Check each
item’s full Cybermatrix Inc. The ideal FBC body for deep-space 17,300eb
description Hospital 52 ([2d6/2 round up] + 15d6)
for additional Copernicus exploration and construction. (Very Expensive)
rules and
The last word in exploration and life 13,000eb
information. Dynalar Aquarius Hospital 37 ([2d6/2 round up] + 10d6)
under the sea. (Very Expensive)
Created to defeat humankind’s greatest tool 17,600eb
Dynalar Brimstone Hospital 53 ([1d6/2 round up] + 15d6)
and enemy: fire! (Very Expensive)
Militech Dragoon A complete revision of the undeniably
35,000eb
Revised Warfighting Hospital effective military FBC that won the 4th 64 ([3d6/2 round up] + 18d6)
(Super Luxury)
Platform Corporate War.
Militech fully denies the existance of 29,200eb
Militech Eclipse Hospital 67 ([2d6/2 round up] + 19d6)
“killer Borg ninjas.” (Luxury)
Militech understands what it takes to bring 16,800eb
Militech Enforcer Hospital 53 ([3d6/2 round up] + 13d6)
criminals to justice – it takes an Enforcer. (Very Expensive)
24,900eb
Militech Spyder 2.0 Hospital The perfect espionage Borg! 73 ([1d6/2 round up] + 22d6)
(Luxury)
Designed to handle the most hazardous 19,600eb
Moore Tech Sheol Hospital 32 ([1d6/2 round up] + 9d6)
operation you can throw at it. (Very Expensive)
The toughest industrial Borg on the market. 20,500eb
NovelTech Samson Hospital 39 ([3d6/2 round up] + 10d6)
Just one can replace ten hardhats. (Luxury)
Raven Microcyb All the benefits of being a Full Body 10,200eb
Hospital 14 (4d6)
Gemini Conversion, none of the social downsides! (Expensive)
Raven Microcyb The holiday gift your Dweller deserves! Kills 27,480eb
Hospital 70 ([3d6/2 round up] + 19d6)
Wiseman enemy Netrunners dead. (Luxury)
Rocklin Augmentics An attractive yet affordable 9,900eb
Hospital 21 (6d6)
Alpha Class entry-level model. (Expensive)
Trauma Team Trauma Team’s secret weapon in their fight for 12,200eb
Hospital 39 ([3d6/2 round up] + 10d6)
Kildare the health and wellbeing of their patients. (Very Expensive)

▶ New/Reprinted Gear

Name Description & Data Cost

CO2 Grenade Firefighting grenade ammunition. 50eb (Costly)

Linear Frame Ω 10,000eb
A perfected powered exoskeleton that grants the user ultimate strength.
(Omega), External (Super Luxury)
1,000eb
Microtech Warrior A Cyberdeck with 7 slots that can only install Programs.
(Very Expensive)
Raven Microcyb 1,000eb
Cyberdeck with 7 slots that can only install Programs.
Kestrel 2 (Very Expensive)
Snaketrap Cyberdeck Hardware. Can prevent program desroying effects. 500eb (Expensive)
Swifty Clean Cyberdeck Hardware. Can improve the use of Cloak. 500eb (Expensive)

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▶ New/Reprinted Cyberware

Name Type Cost Install Humanity Loss

Check each
10,000eb item’s full
Biosystem Borgware Hospital 14 (4d6) description
(Super Luxury)
for additional
Cyberskull Internal Body Cyberware 5,000eb (Luxury) Hospital 14 (4d6) rules and
information.
Borgware
Dragoon Plating 5,000eb (Luxury) Hospital 14 (4d6)
External Body Cyberware
Dragoon Plating, Borgware 15,000eb
Hospital 14 (4d6)
Metalgear External Body Cyberware (Super Luxury)
1,000eb
FBC Brimstone Coating External Body Cyberware Hospital 7 (2d6)
(Very Expensive)
1,000eb
FBC Chameleon Coating External Body Cyberware Hospital 7 (2d6)
(Very Expensive)
1,000eb
FBC EMP Coating External Body Cyberware Hospital 7 (2d6)
(Very Expensive)
1,000eb
FBC Gemini Sculpt External Body Cyberware Hospital 0 (N/A)
(Very Expensive)
FBC Integrated 1,000eb
External Body Cyberware Hospital 7 (2d6)
Bodyweight Coating (Very Expensive)
Borgware
Heavy Subdermal Plating 5,000eb (Luxury) Hospital 14 (4d6)
External Body Cyberware
Integrated Cyberdeck
Cyberarm Option 500eb (Expensive) Clinic 7 (2d6)
Upgrade
Internal Hydraulics 1,000eb
Internal Body Cyberware Hospital 3 (1d6)
Upgrade (Very Expensive)
Internal Hydraulics
Internal Body Cyberware 5,000eb (Luxury) Hospital 3 (1d6)
Upgrade, Tuned
Internal Hydraulics 20,000eb
Internal Body Cyberware Hospital 3 (1d6)
Upgrade, Perfected (Super Luxury)

Kiroshi Monovision Borgware 500eb (Expensive) Hospital 14 (4d6)

Linear Frame Ω (Omega), 10,000eb

Borgware x2 Hospital 28 (8d6)
Internal (Super Luxury)
1,000eb
Prehensile Cyberfoot Cyberleg Option Clinic 3 (1d6)
(Very Expensive)
Raven Microcybernetics 1,000eb
Cyberarm Option Clinic 7 (2d6)
MicroWaldo (Very Expensive)
Reinforced Cyberlimb 1,000eb
Cyberlimb Option Clinic 3 (1d6)
Upgrade (Very Expensive)
1,000eb
Zero Gravity Thrusters Cyberleg Option Clinic 3 (1d6)
(Very Expensive)

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