Chapter VIII
The implant is yours. The title is the company's.
This book uses the Cyberpunk RED rules, adjusted for a world with no immersive net and no outlandish chrome. You need the Cyberpunk RED core book to play: only what changes is here.
Use the Cyberpunk RED rules as they are, with these changes.
Money is the corporate credit (¢), issued by the ESTEMPs and accepted, at a discount, in the REGESTs. Use the Cyberpunk RED prices as if they were credits.
| Role | In this world |
|---|---|
| Solo | Contract security, corporate-war veteran, bodyguard |
| Tech | Industrial maintenance, sluice operator, convoy mechanic |
| Medtech | Health-plan nurse, dismissed paramedic, Tolerin smuggler |
| Media | REGEST journalist, repentant propaganda writer |
| Exec | Subdivision manager, auditor, falling star executive |
| Fixer | Border broker, seller of cloned chips |
| Nomad | Convoy driver for the REGESTs |
| Corporate Security (was Lawman) | The company watchman who reports spoons |
| Agitator (was Rockerboy) | Whoever makes the counter-propaganda: graffiti artist, musician, street preacher |
| Systems Operator (was Netrunner) | Whoever breaks into systems with their hands on the terminal |
These are the implants that exist. There are no retractable blades, cinema-camera eyes or superhuman reflexes: the technology is industrial and serves work.
| Implant | Humanity Loss | Cost | Default owner | Needs Tolerin | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Biometric Chip | 1 | 0¢ | The employer | No | Fitted on hiring, in the wrist. Opens doors, pays bills, clocks hours and serves as a passport. On dismissal, it is blocked. |
| Cloned Biometric Chip | 2 | 1.000¢ | Nobody (black market) | No | A copy of an identity that is not yours. Passes gates; in an implant audit, the reader makes a DV 17 check against the cloner's work. |
| Industrial Arm Prosthesis | 7 | 1.000¢ | The employer | Yes | Arm with a built-in tool hand (wrench, pliers, torque driver). Counts as a tool for Basic Tech and grips like a press. |
| Cybereye with Reticle | 7 | 1.000¢ | The employer | Yes | Replaces one eye. The reticle gives +1 to aimed shots with ranged weapons. Standard issue in security units. |
| Lung Filter | 2 | 500¢ | Aegis-Med | No | Filters toxins and gases from the air. Advantage against inhaled poisons. Common among those who worked near containment zones. |
| Wakefulness Pacemaker | 4 | 500¢ | The employer | Yes | Cuts the need for sleep to four hours a night. If the company firmware is not updated within the month, −1 to every action until it is. |
| Amplified Hearing | 3 | 500¢ | The employer | No | +2 to Perception to hear. Quiet conversations within ten metres stop being private. |
| Compliance Memory | 5 | 1.000¢ | The employer | Yes | Records everything the wearer sees and hears, time-stamped, as legal evidence. Used by auditors. Switching it off takes physical access and Electronics/Security Tech DV 17. |
Humanity starts at EMP × 10 and loses the fixed value of each implant. Current EMP is Humanity divided by 10, rounded down. The build checks this sum on every sheet in the book.
Nearly every implant is financed by the employer, and the contract says it remains company property while there is a balance owed. The balance never runs out.
In the REGESTs there are clinics that remove chips, change asset numbers and fit implants repossessed from other people. Nobody asks where the arm came from.