======Machine Intelligence Lenses======
====Minimal Software: -255 points====

In addition to the infomorphs listed in the Transhuman
Space core book, the approach to handling certain character
features in 4e games requires a new template; “Minimal
Software.”

This is because, although most infomorph/cybershell
characters can be treated as a cybershell template plus an AI
template, some cybershells which PCs will purchase as Allies
will have no AI whatsoever, being used purely for remote
teleoperation or as a spare body (a “vessel”) for an infomorph
character. Such cybershells should have the following template
added; rather than a controlling AI, they have minimal “housekeeping” software installed to manage basic functions, such as controlling communications ports to allow an authorized infomorph to install itself, or keeping a bioshell’s heart and lungs running. This software can also manage the use of other programs on the hardware, such as a teleoperation program, or simple utilities (word processors, graphics programs, databases, etc.).
See “Vessel” Cybershells for uses for this.

Attribute Modifiers: IQ -10 [-200].

Disadvantages: Dead Broke [-25]; Reprogrammable [-10];

Social Stigma (Subjugated) [-20].

Features: Complexity 1 program; Taboo Trait (Fixed IQ).


====Nonsapient AI (NAI): 29 points====
Attribute Modifiers: IQ-2 [-40].
Advantages: AI [32]; Enhanced Time Sense [45]; Extra Life
(Copy, -20%; Requires Body, -20%) [15]; Indomitable [15];
Possession (Digital, -40%) [60]; Single-Minded [5]; Unaging
(IQ only, -75%) [4]; Unfazeable [15].
Disadvantages: Automaton [-85]; Dead Broke [-25]; Social
Stigma (Subjugated) [-20].
Racial Skills: Computer Operation/TL10 (E) IQ+3 [8]-11.
Features: Complexity 4 program; Taboo Traits (Mental
Instability, Self-Awareness).

Notes: Unlike the 3e version, this template has No Sense of
Humor (from the Automaton meta-trait) in place of Clueless;
assume that the program is sophisticated enough to handle
colloquialisms, but it doesn’t even try to make jokes. GMs who
prefer to preserve backwards compatibility with the old version can switch the two disadvantages without changing the
cost.
The Automaton meta-trait also gives it Incurious, replacing
Staid in the earlier version. Some sophisticated NAIs may be
permitted to “buy this off” (probably taking Staid in its place);
programmers seek to make even the most basic AIs take some
active interest in their surroundings.
A NAI is regarded as a nonperson virtually everywhere in
2100 – hence the Social Stigma. Few NAIs are capable of
grasping this fact, and one that somehow “escaped” would be
regarded as dangerously unstable corrupted software and
probably hunted down for deletion by the former owner and
the authorities. This Social Stigma replaces the Status -4 disadvantage in the 3e template; for one thing, Status doesn’t generally run that low in 4e games, and for another, a NAI, like an
IQ 0 dumb machine, doesn’t really have Status at all – it’s treated as a //thing//.

Variants

The above represents a Complexity 4 NAI. For each +1 to
Complexity (up to Complexity 10), add +1 to the template’s IQ
and 20 points to its cost. (For example, a NAI-7 has IQ+1 in its
template and costs 89 points.)

====Low-Sapient AI (LAI): 82 points====
Attribute Modifiers: IQ-1 [-20].

Advantages: AI [32]; Enhanced Time Sense [45]; Extra Life
(Copy, -20%; Requires Body, -20%) [15]; Fearlessness 2 [4];
Possession (Digital, -40%) [60]; Unaging (IQ only, -75%) [4];
Visualization (Reliable, +4, +20%) [12].

Disadvantages: Dead Broke [-25]; Hidebound [-5]; Honesty (9)
[-15]; Low Empathy [-20]; Social Stigma (Valuable Property)
[-10].

Quirks: Attentive; Broad-Minded; Staid [-3].

Racial Skills: Computer Operation/TL10 (E) IQ+3 [8]-12.

Features: Complexity 6 program; Taboo Trait (Mental Instability).

Notes: LAIs are regarded as property in most places; hence
the Social Stigma. They do have a few limited rights, in custom
if not in law, because they are generally recognized as possessing self-awareness and personalities, and hence are classed
here as Valuable Property rather than Subjugated. Most are
comfortable with this situation; as with NAIs, one that “went
rogue” would be in a far more precarious position. In the
Caliphate, they are subject to special laws and customs, for historical reasons; for a LAI based there, change the Social
Stigma to Minority Group. (Such a LAI might also buy off the Dead Broke disadvantage, though most are in practice permanently resident with a “guardian” who looks after their material needs.)
Variants
The above represents a Complexity 6 LAI. For each +1 to
Complexity (up to Complexity 10), add +1 to the template’s IQ
and 20 points to its cost. (For example, a LAI-9 has IQ+2 in its
template and costs 142 points.)

====Sapient AI (SAI): 153 points====

Attribute Modifiers: IQ-1 [-20].

Advantages: AI [32]; Enhanced Time Sense [45]; Extra Life
(Copy, -20%; Requires Body, -20%) [15]; Fearlessness 1 [2];
Memetics Talent 1 [10]; Possession (Digital, -40%) [60];
Unaging (IQ only, -75%) [4]; Visualization (Reliable, +4,
+20%) [12].

Disadvantages: Honesty (9) [-15].

Racial Skills: Computer Operation/TL10 (E) IQ+3 [8]-12.

Features: Complexity 7 program; Taboo Trait (Mental
Instability).

Notes: Many SAIs suffer from some kind of Social Stigma,
but the type depends on where they are based. In the E.U., the
Caliphate, and transhumanist enclaves, they are classed as full
citizens (though there are many individuals with Intolerance
directed towards them, and they may be treated as Minors
some time after they achieve quite mature personalities). In
China, they are functionally a Minority Group, and will rarely
have better than Poor wealth; many are effectively owned by a
government organization or company, though their theoretical
legal rights aren’t always ignored. Society in India is suspicious
of these entities, probably due to a widespread “Frankenstein
phobia,” and they are effectively Subjugated there. Elsewhere,
they are classed as Valuable Property. In the latter two cases,
they will always be Dead Broke. Because these Stigmas and
low wealth levels are mandatory, they may not count against
campaign disadvantage limits (GM’s option).

Variants

The above represents a Complexity 7 SAI. For each +1 to
Complexity (up to Complexity 10), add +1 to the template’s IQ
and 20 points to its cost. (For example, a SAI-8 has no IQ modifier in its template and costs 173 points.)
Citizen AI (p. TS120): This is an SAI with no Social Stigma,
no Duty (unless it is one that might be voluntarily accepted by
any free citizen), and any level of wealth.

General AI Variants

Emergent Intelligence (p. TS120): Remove Dead Broke in the
case of a LAI (though few EIs have much money), Honesty,
and Reprogrammable (from the AI meta-trait). This adds 50
points to the cost of a LAI, 25 to a SAI. Known EIs have a

Social Stigma, often severe (see p. 42); the alternative is to
masquerade as something else (usually a much less powerful
program) or remain hidden, which implies a large Secret.
Gestalt Intelligence (p. TS120): Add Mindlink (p. B70), and
optionally Mind Reading (p. B69); both must have the
Cybernetic Only and Telecommunication limitations, and
often also have the Sensory enhancement. This means that all
participating AIs must have access to some kind of
Telecommunication (or run on the same computer); they may
need the Sensie enhancement (p. 41), or at least Video, to use
the link to the full. Other AIs in the gestalt may represent Allies
or an Ally Group.
Gestalt AIs might be permitted to buy levels of
Compartmentalized Mind with a special limitation “Must borrow the use of a linked AI’s computer”; the value depends on
how many and how easily accessible the other members of the
gestalt may be. Note that an AI lending all its processing ability will be inert and helpless. GMs might also permit such AIs
to buy extra IQ with the limitation “Only when linked to the
gestalt” – value again dependent on how convenient that is – to
represent a powerful “brainstorming” ability.

Gypsy (see Fifth Wave, p. 122): As an Emergent Intelligence
(above) or a Shadow (below), but add the Full Memory Access
enhancement (p. 40) to the Possession advantage, increasing
template costs by 10 points. (The Cosmic enhancement can
make this even more effective; see p. 40.) Gypsy infomorphs
need good computer skills to support their “lifestyles.” They
usually have a significant Secret or Social Stigma, as they are
regarded as a nuisance at best (being prone to “borrowing”
other people’s computer time), and a deadly threat at worst.

Orphan (p. TS120): Orphan AIs lack any Duty; given public
paranoia on the subject, they probably have a significant
Secret, or a Social Stigma if exposed. Details vary between
individuals; some are simply Citizens, others are treated as
Monsters.

Rogue (p. TS120): As LAI or SAI, but delete Honesty,
increasing the template cost by 15 points. This often represents
a serious Secret or a very major Enemy, as a known Rogue will
hunted down for reprogramming at best, and quite possibly
deletion. May be combined with Citizen or Orphan.

Ghost Mind Emulation
p. TS120: 86 points
Advantages: Absolute Timing [2]; Digital Mind [5]; Extra Life
(Copy, -20%; Requires Body, -20%) [15]; Possession (Digital,
-40%) [60]; Unaging (IQ only, -75%) [4].
Features: Complexity 7 program.
Notes: Ghosts may suffer Social Stigmas, depending where
they are based. In China and India, they are Second-Class
Citizens; in the Caliphate, they are seen as Monsters; and in the
TSA, they are widely treated as Valuable Property. Such
Stigmas may not count against campaign disadvantage limits,
at the GM’s option, as they apply to all members of the “race.”
Variants
Fragment Mind Emulation (p. TS120): Use the ghost template plus Amnesia (Partial) [-10], reducing the cost to 76
points.
Fragments also suffer greater Social Stigmas in many areas;
in the E.U., PRA, SAC, USA, and most transhumanist enclaves,
they are treated as Minors (the legalities are slightly different,
but a fragment isn’t trusted to be a fully responsible adult, and
will usually be assigned some sort of “guardian”), in most of
the TSA they are effectively Subjugated, and in Duncanite
communities they are Valuable Property.
Shadow Mind Emulation
p. TS120
Use a LAI or SAI template, but delete Taboo Trait (Mental
Instability) and add Amnesia (Partial; Shallow Memories,
-70%) [-3] and Delusion (“I have full memories”) [-5], reducing
the template cost by a total of 8 points. (See p. TS120 for an
explanation of these disadvantages.)
Shadows suffer the same Social Stigmas as the type of AI on
which they are based. However, they are abominated as
Monsters in the Caliphate, and SAI shadows are merely treated as Valuable Property in India; adjust total template costs as
required.
CYBERSHELLS
Note that, while the 3e Machine Body advantage included
Doesn’t Eat or Drink, this isn’t included in either of the 4e
meta-traits; hence, each cybershell template has to include
advantages or disadvantages to reflect specific fuel/power
requirements.
When deprived of fuel, or when their power cells run down,
machines quickly become inert, rather than slowly starving to
death. This faster loss of function is balanced by the fact that
they can be restarted at any later point by refueling or recharging them. Any tendency to long-term decline if unattended is
reflected by a Maintenance disadvantage.
Bush Robot
p. TS121: 299 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-1 [-10]; HT+1 [10].
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4];
Ambidexterity [5]; Damage Resistance 10 (Can’t Wear
Armor, -40%) [30]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Extra Arms 1
(Extra-Flexible, +50%; Foot Manipulators, -30%) [12];
Extra-Flexible Arms (see note) [10]; Flight (Newtonian
Space Flight, +25%; Space Flight Only, -75%) [20]; High
Manual Dexterity 10 [50]; Injury Tolerance (No Brain) [5];
Machine [25]; Microscopic Vision 6 (Accessibility: Must
physically touch subject, -10%) [27]; Penetrating Vision 1
(Blockable, any surface with DR 1+, -30%; Must physically
touch object to be viewed through, -30%) [4]; Pressure
Support 2 [10]; Reduced Consumption 3 (Recharge power
cells once a week) [6]; Scanning Sense (Imaging Radar) [20];
Sealed [15]; Sensitive Touch [10]; Telecommunication
(Cable Jack; Video, +40%) [7]; Telecommunication (Laser
Communication) [15]; Telecommunication (Radio; Video,
+40%) [14]; Temperature Tolerance 20 [20]; Vacuum
Support [5].
Perks: Accessory (Microframe Computer); Accessory
(Micromanipulation Tools); Accessory (Molecular
Manipulation Tools) [3].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Mistaken Identity [-5];
One Arm (Mitigator, Half Ground Move, -60%) [-8];
Restricted Diet (Very Common, power cells) [-10].

Note: The bush robot’s limbs can be used as arms and legs
interchangeably. Hence, it can use its full ground move while
using one arm, use two arms while moving slowly on a single
complex limb, or employ three arms with full effect while stationary or floating in space – hence the peculiar combination
of advantages and disadvantages. In addition, all of its arms
have the Extra-Flexible enhancement, costing 5 points per arm
for the standard two.
Bush robots are rare and visually standardized, with a
slightly odd history, all of which sometimes leads to confusion between individuals; hence, they qualify for Mistaken
Identity.
Buzzbot
p. TS121: -15 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-7 [-70]; HT+1 [10].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -2.
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4];
Damage Resistance 2 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [6]; Filter
Lungs [5]; Flight (Temporary Disadvantage, Noisy 2, -4%)
[39]; Infravision [10]; Machine [25]; Telecommunication
(Cable Jack; Video, +40%) [7]; Telecommunication (Laser
Communication) [15]; Telecommunication (Radio; Video,
+40%) [14]; Telescopic Vision 2 [10]; Temperature Tolerance
3 [3].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Increased Consumption
3 (Requires refueling, 1 hour endurance) [-30]; Maintenance
(Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people, Monthly)
[-4]; No Legs (Aerial) [0]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; One
Arm [-20]; Restricted Diet (Common, any one hydrocarbon
fuel) [-20].
Perks: Accessory (Tiny Computer) [1].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Variants
Newshawk (see Personnel Files, p. 61): A variant with superior telescopic camera lenses and parabolic microphones, generally used for news-gathering purposes. Change Telescopic
Vision to level 6 [30] and add Parabolic Hearing 2 [8]. 13 points
($820, 5 lbs.).
Wotatech Combat Buzzbot (see Personnel Files, p. 63): A
light-military-duties variant with light-enhancing polarized
optics and a mounting point for a light weapon (usually a
micro-missile pod, but virtually any pistol-sized weapon is possible without encumbering the buzzbot significantly). Add
Extra Arm (Weapon Mount, -80%) [2], Night Vision 9 [9],
Protected Sense (Vision) [5], and Perk (IFF transponder) [1]. 2
points ($620, 5 lbs., plus the cost and weight of any weapon
installed).
Cryobot
p. TS122: 378 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+1 [10]; HT+3 [30].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+5 [10].
Advantages: Amphibious [10]; Damage Resistance 30 (Can’t
Wear Armor, -40%) [90]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or
Drink [10]; Enhanced Move (Water) 1 [20]; Extra Arms 1
(Extra-Flexible, +50%; Only in water or zero-G, -50%) [10];
Extra-Flexible Arms (see note) [10]; Extra Legs (three total)
[5]; High Manual Dexterity 4 [20]; Machine [25];
Microscopic Vision 3 [15]; Permeation (Ice; Tunnel, +40%;
Very slow, move only 1 yard/20 seconds, -70%) [7]; Pressure
Support 3 [15]; Radiation Tolerance 1,000 [45]; Scanning
Sense (Sonar; Targeting, +20%) [24]; Sealed [15]; Sensitive
Touch [10]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Video, +40%)
[7]; Telecommunication (Laser Communication; Video,
+40%) [21]; Temperature Tolerance 25 [25]; Vacuum
Support [5].
Perks: Accessory (Microframe Computer); Accessory
(Micromanipulation Tools) [2].
Disadvantages: Blindness [-50]; Cybershell Body [-15];
Maintenance (Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2
people, Monthly) [-4]; No Fine Manipulators (Becomes One
Arm if moving at half ground move and eliminated completely in water or zero-G, -70%) [-9]; No Sense of
Smell/Taste [-5].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Notes: The cryobot can use all three limbs for manipulation
when in water, walk around on all three, or use one as an arm
and thereby count as having temporarily lost one of its legs
(reducing its move by 50%) – hence the peculiar combination
of advantages and disadvantages. In addition, all three of its
limbs have the Extra-Flexible enhancement, costing 5 points
per arm for the standard two.
The cryobot uses sonar instead of vision; this is sensitive
enough to use in combat if necessary. It can transmit sonar
images through Telecommunication that resolve as visual
images on standard video reception equipment. Lastly, its
Maintenance requirement encompasses the occasional need to
refuel its radiothermal generator.
Cyberdoc
p. TS122: 232 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+1 [10]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+3 [6].
Advantages: Ambidexterity [5]; Claws (Sharp Claws) [5];
Damage Resistance 5 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [15];
Discriminatory Taste [10]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; High
Manual Dexterity 6 [30]; Extra Arms 3 (Foot Manipulators,
-30%) [21]; Machine [25]; Microscopic Vision 3 [15];
Pressure Support 1 [5]; Reduced Consumption 3
(Recharge/refuel once a week) [6]; Sealed [15]; Sensitive
Touch [10]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack) [5];
Telecommunication (Infrared Communication) [10];
Telecommunication (Radio; Video, +40%) [14]; Temperature
Tolerance 3 [3]; Vacuum Support [5].
Perks: Accessory (Drug synthesis and dispensing systems);
Accessory (Integral respiratory support – can keep a single
patient breathing while remaining stationary); Accessory
(Microframe Computer); Accessory (Micromanipulation
Tools); Accessory (Ultrasound scanner); Sanitized
Metabolism [6].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Maintenance
(Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people, Monthly)
[-4]; Restricted Diet (Very Common, power cells) [-10].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other

Cyberdoll
p. TS122: 127 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+2 [20]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+3 [6].
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4];
Damage Resistance 2 (Flexible, -20%) [8]; Doesn’t Breathe
[20]; Handsome/Beautiful (Off-the-shelf looks, -50%) [6];
Machine [25]; Reduced Consumption 3 (Recharge/refuel
once a week) [6]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Sensie,
+80%) [9]; Telecommunication (Infrared Communication)
[10]; Telecommunication (Radio; Sensie, +80%) [18].
Perks: Accessory (Small or Compact Microframe Computer);
Sanitized Metabolism [2].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Restricted Diet (Very
Common, power cells) [-10].
Quirks: Has a Neck Hit Location, but no special vulnerabilities
there; Resembles a human until inspected closely (Prevents
fully effective long-term disguise, but can still lead to a hostile reaction from people who find that they’ve been
deceived, even accidentally) [-2].
Features: Individuals of the same production run often resemble each other.
Note: As a cybershell, the Cyberdoll has Injury Tolerance (No
Neck), despite the fact that it has a human-like shape with a physical neck. It cannot be choked or strangled, and blows to its neck
do no special damage (treat them as ordinary torso hits).
However, the neck location may be left exposed by some partialcoverage armor, and although severing its head doesn’t automatically “kill” it – the main computer is in the torso – it will detach
several of the machine’s sensors; hence, this merits a quirk.
Variants
Clockwork Souls Custom (p. TS122): Delete Off-The-Shelf
Looks and the “often resemble each other” feature. 133 points.
Infiltration Android (p. TS122): Increase HP to +8 [16] and
Damage Resistance to 10 (Flexible, -20%) [40], and add
DX+2 [40], Per+3 [15], Basic Speed+2.0 [40], High Pain
Threshold [10], Payload 1 [1], Perfect Balance [15], and
Protected Sense (Vision) [5]. 295 points.
Humaniform
See Broken Dreams, p. 123: 12 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-1 [-10].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+1 [2].
Advantages: Damage Resistance 3 (Flexible, -20%) [12];
Machine [25]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack) [5];
Telecommunication (Radio; Video, +40%) [14];
Temperature Tolerance 3 [3].
Perks: Accessory (Small or Microframe Computer) [1].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Maintenance
(Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people,
Monthly) [-4]; Restricted Diet (Common, any one
hydrocarbon fuel) [-20].
Quirks: Has a Neck Hit Location, but no special vulnerabilities
there [-1].
Features: Individuals of the same production run often resemble each other.
Note: See the note for the Cyberdoll regarding this cybershell’s quirk. Costs $4,000 + computer, 5’ 8” tall, 150 lbs.
Variants
Motion Capture Mannequin: A Humaniform model
designed for InVid production motion capture work, “cyberdance” performances, etc.. Change ST to -3 [-30], and add
DX+1 [20], Flexibility [5], and Perfect Balance [15]; computer
installed must be Small. 32 points ($6,000, 110 lbs.).
Microframe/Mainframe/Macroframe
p. TS122: -136/-128/-104 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-10 [-100]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+8/+12/+30
(Macroframe has Size, -20%) [16/24/48]; SM -3/0/+2.
Advantages: Damage Resistance 5 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%)
[15]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Machine [25];
Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Sensie, +80%) [9];
Telecommunication (Infrared Communication) [10];
Telecommunication (Radio; Sensie, +80%) [18].
Perks: Accessory (Computer) [1].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Increased Consumption
4 (1/2 hour endurance if detached from power) [-40]; No
Legs (Sessile) [-50]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of
Smell/Taste [-5]; Restricted Diet (Very Common, electrical
power supply) [-10].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Note: Computers of these types generally draw power from
permanent connections to some kind of socket. However, they
have small internal power reserves to enable them to survive
brief power outages.
Variants
Dumbshell Case: Static computers in 2100 generally have
“semi-smart matter” casings with contact sensitivity, enabling
the controlling software to monitor events in their vicinity,
complain about users leaving coffee cups on them, etc. – but
some still come with dirt-cheap
“dumb matter” boxes. Add Numb
[-20].
Modded Case: A few slightly
eccentric AIs regard idiosyncratic
casing designs as a form of body
art. (Of course, they have to hire
or persuade someone to do the
work, or get hold of a teleoperated mobile cybershell.) Delete the
second feature; adds at least
$10/$50/$100 to cost (and sometimes much more). Some manage
to acquire variations in their
Appearance Level . . .
Wanderbox: Computers in laboratories and other controlled
environments are occasionally given
limited mobility for convenience (sometimes as an ad hoc
modification by lab assistants). Change Increased
Consumption to level 3 (1 hour endurance) [-30], add Lifting
ST +2/+6/+13 (Size, -20%, for Macroframe only) [6/18/31], and
Replace No Legs (Sessile) with No Legs (Tracked or Wheeled)
[-20]. Many wanderboxes have reduced Basic Move. Add
+46/+58/+71 points, $10/$40/$100 to cost, and 20% to weight.

Mobile Helmet
p. TS123: 189 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-6 [-60]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+2 [4]; SM -2.
Advantages: Ambidexterity [5]; Compartmentalized Mind
(Dedicated Controls) 1 [10]; Damage Resistance 25 (Can’t
Wear Armor, -40%) [75]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Flight
(Newtonian Space Flight, +25%; Space Flight Only, -75%)
[20]; Hyperspectral Vision [25]; Pressure Support 2 [10];
Protected Sense (Vision) [5]; Machine [25]; Radiation
Tolerance 5 [10]; Reduced Consumption 3 (Recharge/refuel
once a week) [6]; Sealed [15]; Telecommunication (Cable
Jack; Video, +40%) [7]; Telecommunication (Infrared
Communication) [10]; Telecommunication (Radio; Video,
+40%) [14]; Temperature Tolerance 5 [5]; Vacuum Support
[5].
Perks: Accessory (Small Computer); Can latch onto standard
spacesuits and provide wearer’s head with own full DR and
vacuum protection [2].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Maintenance
(Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people, Monthly)
[-4]; Restricted Diet (Very Common, power cells) [-10];
Semi-Upright [-5]; Short Arms (see note) [-10].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Notes: The Dedicated Controls advantage reflects the fact
that the wearer can use the helmet’s sensors, radio, and vision
protection. The Semi-Upright disadvantage reflects the fact
that (like a semi-upright creature), the helmet normally uses
all four limbs when moving on the ground, but can swivel into
an alternative posture to use two of them as arms, and can still
walk, albeit slowly, at these times. The Short Arms disadvantage represents the Short limitation applied to the standard
two arms.
Polypede
p. TS123: 419 points
This modular cybershell has four substantially different
configurations. The following partial template represents the
common features of all four, and costs 326 points:
Attribute Modifiers: ST+12 (Size -10%) [108]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +1.
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4];
Ambidexterity [5]; Damage Resistance 40 (Can’t Wear
Armor, -40%) [120]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Machine [25];
Pressure Support 2 [10]; Radiation Tolerance 2 [5]; Reduced
Consumption 3 (Recharge/refuel once a week) [6]; Sealed
[15]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Video, +40%) [7];
Telecommunication (Radio; Video, +40%) [14]; Temperature
Tolerance 5 [5]; Vacuum Support [5].
Perks: Accessory (Distributed Microframe Computer) [1].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Maintenance
(Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people, Monthly)
[-4]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Restricted Diet (Common,
any one hydrocarbon fuel) [-20].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
The following represents the polypede’s usual form (and
various essentially similar configurations), with the listed
point cost.
“Spider”
Add Enhanced Move (Ground) 1/2 [10], Extra-Flexible
Arms (the Extra-Flexible enhancement applied to the standard
two arms) [10], Extra Legs (6 legs) [10], and Shapeshifting
(Alternate Form; Three forms, all less powerful; Reduced Time
2, +40%) [63].
The polypede’s alternate forms are as follows:
Rolling Hoop
316 points
Add Enhanced Move (Ground) 2 [40], No Legs (Rolls) [0],
and No Manipulators [-50].
Tunneling Worm
346 points
Add Tunneling (Move 1) [35], No Legs (Slithers) [0], One
Arm [-20], and apply the enhancement Extra-Flexible (+50%)
to the form’s single arm [5].
Work Arm
301 points
Add No Legs (Sessile) [-50] and One Arm [-20], and apply
the enhancements Extra-Flexible (+50%) and Long 4 (+400%)
to the form’s single arm, giving +5 hexes to reach [45]. Note
that the polypede must have somewhere solid to anchor itself
before adopting this form.
RATS
p. TS124: 519 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+1 (Size -10%) [9]; DX+2 [40]; HT+2
[20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+4 [8]; SM +1.
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Senses (Hearing) 3
[6]; Chameleon 4 (Extended, Infrared, +20%) [24]; Claws
(Sharp Claws) [5]; Damage Resistance 60 (Electromagnetic,
+20%; Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [240]; Doesn’t Breathe [20];
Enhanced Move (Ground) 1 [20], Extra Legs (4 legs) [5];
High Pain Threshold [10]; Infravision [10]; Machine [25];
Payload 5 [5]; Pressure Support 2 [10]; Protected Sense
(Vision) [5]; Radiation Tolerance 5 [10]; Reduced
Consumption 3 (Recharge/refuel once a week) [6]; Resistant
to Electrical Pulses and Surges (+8) [2]; Sealed [15]; Silence
1 [5]; Spines (Short Spines) [1]; Telecommunication (Cable
Jack; Video, +40%) [7]; Telecommunication (Laser
Communication) [15]; Telecommunication (Radio; Secure,
+20%; Video, +40%) [16]; Temperature Tolerance 10 [10];
Tunneling (Move 1; Loose soil only, -50%) [18]; Vacuum
Support [5]; Vibration Sense [10].
Perks: Accessory (IFF transponder); Accessory (Microframe
Computer) [2].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Maintenance
(Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people, Weekly)
[-10]; Restricted Diet (Common, high-energy power cells)
[-20]; Short Arms (see note) [-10]; Social Stigma (Monster)
[-15].

Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Notes: The RATS typically carries a 10mm PDW and a
30mm micro-missile pod in its Payload space, which includes
a weapon port, though other configurations (up to 12 lbs. in
weight, given ST 11) are possible. The listed monetary cost of
the cybershell includes these two weapons. The Short Arms
disadvantage represents the Short limitation applied to the
standard two arms.
Snakebot
p. TS124: 243 points
Attribute Modifiers: DX+3 [60]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Per+1 [5].
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Damage Resistance 12
(Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [36]; Doesn’t Breathe [20];
Double-Jointed [15]; Enhanced Move (Ground) 1.5 (Takes
one second to become hoop or turn back, -5%; Temporary
Disadvantage, One Arm becomes No Manipulators, -30%)
[20]; Infravision [10]; Machine [25]; Pressure Support 2 [10];
Reduced Consumption 3 (Recharge/refuel once a week) [6];
Sealed [15]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Video, +40%)
[7]; Telecommunication (Laser Communication) [15];
Telecommunication (Radio; Video, +40%) [14]; Temperature
Tolerance 5 [5]; Tunneling (Move 1; Loose soil only, -50%)
[18]; Vacuum Support [5].
Perks: Accessory (Small Computer) [1].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Invertebrate [-20];
Maintenance (Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2
people, Monthly) [-4]; No Legs (Slithers/Rolls) [0]; One Arm
[-20]; Restricted Diet (Very Common, power cells) [-10].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Variants
Combat Naga (p. TS124): Change Damage Resistance to
Damage Resistance 25 (Laminate, +10%; Can’t Wear Armor,
-40%) [88], add Chameleon 2 (Extended, Infrared, +20%) [12],
Extra Arm (Weapon Mount, -80%) [2], High Pain Threshold
[10], Resistant to Electrical Pulses and Surges (+3) [1], Perk
(IFF transponder) [1], and Social Stigma (Monster) [-15]. The
Combat Naga typically carries a 10mm PDW or a police armgun; one of these is included in the cash price. 306 points.
UCAV
p. TS124: 792 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+6 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size,
-20%) [24]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+9 (Size, -20%) [16];
SM +2.
Advantages: 360° Vision [25]; 3D Spatial Sense [10];
Chameleon 6 (Extended, Infrared and Radar, +40%) [42];
Damage Resistance 100 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [300];
Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Flight (Winged, -25%; Temporary
Disadvantage, Noisy 5, -10%) [26]; Enhanced Move (Air) 6
[120]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Hyperspectral Vision [25];
Injury Tolerance (No Brain) [5]; Machine [25]; Payload 130
[130]; Radiation Tolerance 10 [15]; Resistant to Acceleration
(+8) [2]; Resistant to Electrical Pulses and Surges (+8) [2];
Sealed [15]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Video, +40%)
[7]; Telecommunication (Laser Communication) [15];
Telecommunication (Radio; Secure, +20%; Video, +40%)
[16]; Telescopic Vision 12 [60]; Temperature Tolerance 20
[20].
Perks: Accessory (IFF transponder); Accessory (Microframe
Computer) [2].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Increased Consumption
1 (Requires refueling, 4 hour endurance) [-10]; Maintenance
(Multiple technical skills, 3-5 people, Weekly) [-15]; No Legs
(Wheeled) [-20]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of
Smell/Taste [-5]; Restricted Diet (Occasional, jet fuel) [-30];
Social Stigma (Monster) [-15].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Notes: This UCAV’s payload space is typically loaded with a
15mm emag cannon with 400 rounds (firing through a weapon
port) and 200 lbs. of bombs or missiles. The cash price
includes the former.
Because fuel is the primary constraint, the UCAV’s actual
endurance is somewhat variable around the nominal four
hours; it can keep going for a good six hours at low speeds, but
flying at top speed, it generally has to return to base every two
hours or so. This can be treated as a special effect.
Virtual Interface Implant
p. TS125: -100 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-10 [-100]; HT+4 [40].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+1 [2]; SM -9 (standard VII)/-7 (Distributed VII).
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4];
Compartmentalized Mind (Dedicated Controls) 1 [10];
Damage Resistance 5 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [15]; Doesn’t
Breathe [20]; Machine [25]; Mind Reading (Limited reading
ability, -10%; “Wearer” only, -70%) [6]; Telecommunication
(Cable Jack; Sensie, +80%) [9]; Telecommunication (Radio;
Video, +40%; Reduced Range, 1/10, -30%;) [11].
Perks: Accessory (Tiny or Small Compact Computer); Can
monitor “wearer’s” basic metabolic/medical state; Can feed
speech and sensory inputs direct into wearer’s nervous system [3].
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Increased Consumption
4 (1/2 hour endurance if detached from power source) [-40];
No Legs (Portable) [-30]; No Manipulators [-50]; Restricted
Diet (Very Common, battery/human bioelectricity) [-10].
Features: Uses the wearer’s senses.
Note: The VII’s Mind Reading advantage represents its ability to pick up anything that the “wearer” says or subvocalizes,
and a limited ability to interpret surface thought processes. It
cannot actually read thoughts (hence the limitation), but it is
hard for wearers to avoid subvocalizing or otherwise giving a
lot away; this is represented by the normal IQ vs. Will contest
to use the advantage on an unwilling subject. It can also monitor some of his metabolic functions (represented by a perk).
The Dedicated Controls advantage represents the fact that the
wearer can use the implant’s communications systems.
Its external senses are “borrowed” directly from the wearer’s nervous system. Of course, this means that he can shut
them off by shutting his eyes, blocking his ears, and so on, and
it suffers from any and all temporary or permanent sensory

impairments that affect him. However, the implant’s controlling AI is automatically aware of everything that the wearer
sees, hears, feels, etc., which can be useful – so this is treated
as a zero-point feature.
These devices draw most of the little power they require
electrochemically from the organic bodies in which they are
implanted. They also have small internal power cells to cover
emergencies or special requirements, but if removed from the
body, they soon go inert until connected to an alternative
power supply.
Variants
Military-Grade Implant: A Distributed VII with a superior,
secure radio and sensory overload protection, typically issued
to military or security personnel. Change the radio to
Telecommunication (Radio; Secure, +20%; Video, +40%;
Reduced Range, 1/5, -20%;) [14] and add High Pain Threshold
[10]. A VII of this type costs $2,500, plus $4,000 for surgery,
plus the cost of a small compact computer. -87 points.
Puppeteer Implant (p. TS125): The “wearer” can be treated
as an Ally with the Minion enhancement or a Dependent (or
both), and a Puppet. He will thus owe the infomorph an
Involuntary Duty.
Volkspider
p. TS125: 70 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-2 [-20]; HT+1 [10].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP-2 [-4]; SM -3.
Advantages: Clinging [20]; Damage Resistance 3 (Can’t Wear
Armor, -40%) [9]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Extra Legs (6 legs)
[10]; Infravision [10]; Machine [25]; Reduced Consumption
3 (Recharge/refuel once a week) [6]; Telecommunication
(Cable Jack; Video, +40%) [7]; Telecommunication (Infrared
Communication) [10]; Telecommunication (Radio; Video,
+40%) [14]; Temperature Tolerance 2 [2].
Perks: Accessory (Small Computer) [1].
Disadvantages: Colorblindness [-10]; Cybershell Body [-15];
No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Restricted Diet (Very Common,
power cells) [-10]; Short Arms (see note) [-10].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.
Note: The Short Arms disadvantage represents the Short
limitation applied to the standard two arms.
Variants
Domestibot: Typical of the housekeeping spiders often
found in well-off households. Change SM to -2 and Reduced
Consumption to level 2 (Recharge/refuel once a day) [4]; add
Payload 5 [5] and the perks Accessory (Domestic cleaning
tools) and Accessory (Refrigeration system in payload bay) [2];
and delete Colorblindness. 85 points ($5,500, 35 lbs.).
Securibot: A low-cost but serviceable cybershell of a type
sometimes used by impecunious Fourth Wave police departments and private security companies. Change SM to -2,
Damage Resistance to 10 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [30], and
Reduced Consumption to level 2 (Recharge/refuel once a day)
[4]; add Basic Move+2 [10], Extra Arms 1 (Weapon Mount,
-80%) [2], Protected Sense (Vision) [5], and Sealed [15]; and
delete Colorblindness and Short Arms. Police models often
add an Accessory perk (sirens and/or lights); many units, especially in military service, have Accessory (IFF transponder).

Either adds 1 point to the cost. 141 points ($8,000, 40 lbs.).
Tech-Spider (p. TS125): Change SM to -2, Damage
Resistance to 12 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [36], and
Temperature Tolerance to level 7 [7]; add Claws (Sharp Claws)
[5] (retractable cutting blades), High Manual Dexterity 4 [20],
Microscopic Vision 3 [15], Pressure Support 1 [5], Protected
Sense (Vision) [5], Radiation Tolerance 5 [10], Sealed [15],
Sensitive Touch [10], Vacuum Support [5], and the perks
Accessory (Built-in multi-purpose toolkit) and Accessory
(Micromanipulation Tools) [2]; and delete Short Arms. 204
points.

====Wearable Virtual Interface: -42 points====
Attribute Modifiers: ST-10 [-100]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+1 [2]; SM -6.

Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4];
Compartmentalized Mind (Dedicated Controls) 1 [10];
Damage Resistance 5 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [15]; Doesn’t
Breathe [20]; Machine [25]; Night Vision 7 [7]; Protected
Sense (Vision) [5]; Pressure Support 1 [5]; Reduced
Consumption 3 (Recharge/refuel once a week) [6]; Sealed
[15]; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Video, +40%) [7];
Telecommunication (Infrared Communication) [10];
Telecommunication (Radio; Video, +40%) [14]; Temperature
Tolerance 2 [2].

Perks: Accessory (Tiny or Small Computer) [1].

Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; No Legs (Portable)
[-30]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5];
Restricted Diet (Very Common, power cells) [-10].
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each
other.

Note: The Dedicated Controls advantage represents the fact
that the wearer can use the wearable’s radio, senses, and vision
protection.

Variants

Full Helmet: VIG-style systems are often built into helmets;
see p. TS160. Depending on whether the helmet is a light, medium, or heavy model, change Damage Resistance to 20/40/60
(Can’t Wear Armor, -40%) [60/120/180] and Pressure Support to
level 2 [10], and add Vacuum Support [5] and the Perk “Can
latch onto standard spacesuits and provide wearer’s head with
own full DR and vacuum protection” [1]; Size Modifier
becomes -2. Cash price is $500 + price of a normal helmet +
price of the computer installed; weight is as for the helmet.
Many models also add additional sensory enhancements (cost
as p. TS151). 14/74/134 points + any additional features.
Printed DVI (p. TS126): Damage Resistance gains the limitation “Only against crushing damage” for -40%, reducing the
cost to 5 points. -52 points.

Ruggedized Portable: A small portable computer in a robust
casing, capable of linking to a VI display in a monocle, “sunglasses,” or other equipment, and screened against electromagnetic effects – used for military applications, and also by
some civilian workers in extreme environments. Change HP to
HP+3 [6], Damage Resistance to 10 (Can’t Wear Armor, -40%)
[30] and Pressure Support to 2 [10], add High Pain Threshold
[10], Resistant to Electrical Pulses and Surges (+3) [1], and
Vacuum Support [5]. -2 points, costs $1,500 + computer.