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“Just as necessity is the mother of invention,
technology is the mother of life. Evolution is done with
us, and now it’s up to us. For us to grow as a species,
we must be ready to embrace technology – in our lives
and in our physiologies.”

- Dr. Gravius Vesper Carlsworth<br />
Pioneer of modern frontier cyberbionics
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by [[Bill Logan]]

==Implant Types==
Infusing technology with biology is an intriguing field of
study. Throughout the frontier there are research and
development groups working on just that. How far
they’ve come depends on how much cyberbionic
technology the Referee wishes to include in his game.
You must consult your Referee before selecting any of
the augmentations found in this article.

===Prosthetics===
This is a replacement of a body part. In the frontier,
prosthetic replacements have all the functionality – and
weaknesses – of a normal part of the character’s body.
Although technological, they are full replacements
matched to the character’s physiology. For instance, a
character that loses a hand might have a prosthetic
hand implanted. Such replacements hardly constitute
a “cybernetic” implant at all, but are included in the
scope of this chapter. They are powered by the body’s
own bioelectric field and are treated as the character’s
own body parts once installed.

===Bionics===
These are technological implants or minimal bodily
replacement technologies that are light enough to be
powered off the body’s own bioelectric field. These are
often passive technologies (that is, not all are wired
into the brain and controlled internally). If they are
connected to the brain, they are more complex bionic
implants. A character can have as many bionic
replacements or implants as desired, though common
sense must prevail (only two ocular implants can be
installed, for instance, because a character has only
two eyes). Additionally, there are fatiguing effects of
having large amounts of implants (see dangers of
implants, below).

===Cybernetics===
These are potent implants or body part replacements.
They have a power requirement and must be given
power sources in order to function. A character who
has one or more cybernetic augmentation is called a
cyborg, and may have to be registered on some
worlds. There is a limit to how many cybernetic
implants a body can have (see dangers of implants,
below).

===Genetics ?===
Although this article deals primarily with technological
implants, there can also be surgical implants a
character might be able to replace which are the result
of splicing into the character’s own genetic structure.
Gene-spliced implants are beyond the scope of this
article and may warrant a separate article in the future.

==Cyberbionic Surgery==
The process of implanting a prosthetic is fairly routine
and can be done by nearly any modern frontier
hospital, even a medical bay on a starship. A bionic
implant requires a specialized facility that not all worlds
possess, and finding a place to perform the surgery can
take time. Cybernetic implants take a lot of time and
effort to plan, and only a few places in the frontier can
do it.

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''CYBERNETIC SURGERY TABLE'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|align="left"|Implant Type|| Locate||Wait (days)||Surgery (hours)||Recovery (days)
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Prosthetic, Simple|| 100%|| 1d5|| 0.5|| 1
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Prosthetic, Moderate|| 90%|| 1d5|| 1|| 1
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Prosthetic, Complex|| 80%|| 1d5|| 2|| 1
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Bionic, Simple|| 70%|| 1d10|| 1d5|| 3
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Bionic, Moderate|| 60%|| 1d10|| 1d5|| 3
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Bionic, Complex|| 50%|| 2d10|| 1d5|| 3
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Cybernetic, Simple|| 40%|| 2d10|| 1d10|| 1d5
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Cybernetic, Moderate|| 30%|| 3d10|| 2d10|| 1d5
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Cybernetic, Complex|| 20%|| 5d10|| 3d10|| 1d5
|}
'''Table Notes:'''
* The chance to locate a doctor willing to perform the surgery is rolled once on any given world. Modify this chance by +10% per trade route leading to/from the star system.
* The wait represents how long the character must wait before the doctor can perform the surgery (he’s busy or needs to order parts). This can be expedited by bribery or role-playing, of course.
* Each hour of surgery means a 1% chance of a surgical mishap resulting in a permanent loss of 1d5 STA points.
* Recovery shows how long the character will be hospitalized following the surgery unless the character is willing to lose 1 STA point per day he leaves early.

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''For example: Grosh is a Yazirian who wishes to receive a complex bionic implant. He is on Triad in the Cassidine system. His chance to locate a doctor or facility willing to give him the implant he desires is 50% plus 30% (there are three trade routes leading to or from the Cassidine system), or 80%. His player rolls the dice and gets a 65 – he’s located a place willing to do the work! Unfortunately for the player and his companions, there is a (rolls 2d10) 12 day wait while parts are ordered and schedules are set up. The Referee plans a short adventure for the players on Triad while they await Grosh’s appointment for surgery.''

''Once the day finally arrives, Grosh endures a (rolls 1d5) 2 hour surgery. This means there is a 2% chance of surgical mishap. He rolls the dice and gets 32, no mishap. Now he must have complete hospitalized bed rest for 3 days. Unfortunately, the adventure the group had on Triad prior to the surgery has made them wanted by the law, and so they escape the hospital moments before Star Law rushes in to arrest them. Since he left the hospital 3 days before he was supposed to, he loses 3 points of STA attribute. Although annoying, he vows to recover the points using experience points after the session!''
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==Implant Source==
While it is possible players simply head to the nearest
hospital and ask for an implant, the cost of many of the
implants is quite high, and it is more likely that
characters will receive their implants from a
corporation or military research facility.

===Free implants?===
If the implants are provided as a type of payment, or
the player’s characters are recipients of some research
program built into the Referee’s story, then there
should be no need for the cybernetic surgery table –
the Referee just gives the players what they receive
(and the costs may or may not be necessary,
depending on circumstance).

===Reputable hospitals===
But most characters will have to pay for their implants.
That means finding a hospital, waiting for and receiving
the surgery, and recovering. Such activities are
documented, and players should be aware that their
character’s permanent legal records will list exactly
what prosthetics, bionics, and cybernetics they
received.

If your character chooses not to use the known
cyberbionic hospitals, he must locate someone in the
frontier willing to do the work. If the character is
lucky, maybe some great role-playing, favor-owing, or
bribes will encourage a doctor or facility not to report
the new implant… but then again maybe even trying to
request such illicit activity could land your character in
jail. The listed costs of all implants assume the
recipient is going to use a reputable hospital.

{| style="width:450px;"
|+ '''KNOWN CYBERBIONIC HOSIPITALS'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|System|| Location|| Restriction||align="center"| Wait||align="center"| Cost
|-
|Cassidine:Triad
|Cassidine Development Corporation R&D Center in New Hope, planet’s capital
|No weaponry||align="center"| x0.75||align="center"| x1.00
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Dramune: Outer Reach
|Lady of Hope hospital, City of Des’Kan, east of Lake Geneveve
|Bionics only||align="center"| x1.25||align="center"| x0.75
|-
|Gruna Garu: Hargut
|Starport of Heston, WarTech Industries Cyber Division (you become property of WarTech)
|No Prosthetics||align="center"| x0.50||align="center"| x1.00
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Kdikit: Madderly’s Star
|UPF Space Fortress Kdikit, Medibay Delta Four, UPF officers only
|No Complex||align="center"| x0.25||align="center"| X1.25
|}

==Cybernetics Chop Shops==
Characters wishing to circumvent the reputable
hospitals of the frontier can opt to get their implants on
the black market. This can be dangerous, but it allows
them to keep their implants a secret (in case
possession of certain types is against the law).

Using a chop shop is just like using a reputable hospital
- except it takes more time to locate (half the locate
chance on the cybernetic surgery table), twice the
surgery time (and therefore twice the chance of a
mishap that costs the character 1d5 STA), and no
hospitalized recovery allowed. Therefore, the
“recovery (days)” column represents an automatic
amount of STA lost by the patient after surgery.

{| style="width:450px;"
|+ '''RUMORED CYBERBIONIC CHOP SHOPS'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|System|| Location|| Restriction||align="center"| Wait||align="center"| Cost
|-
|Zebulon: Anker
|A washed-out med student known as Dr. Siber from University of Zebulon is said to provide implants, no questions asked
|None||align="center"| negotiable||align="center"| x2.00
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Dramune: Outer Reach
|Lady of Hope hospital, City of Des’Kan, east of Lake Geneveve, if you ask the right person…
|Bionics only||align="center"| x0.50||align="center"| x1.75
|}

===Another Character===
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Player’s characters generally lack the proper facilities to
perform the complex types of operations required to
implant technology in another character. Assuming the
character does come across such a facility (a wellstocked
hospital will do, but if the character is lucky he
may find the materials necessary in a pharmacy or on
the black market), he should be able to do the work
with the following considerations.

Consider the cybernetic surgery table’s “locate” chance
to be a medic character’s chance to locate the
materials necessary to perform the operation on any
given world. The cost of the implant will be half of
what it would normally be, since the medic character
will be the one doing the labor. Otherwise the
“surgery” and “recovery” columns of that table are still
quite valid. One notable exception is that recovery can
be done while traveling in a vehicle or starship without
requiring an actual hospital stay, since the character
has his doctor with him at all times.

A medic character must possess a minimum amount of
skill to perform the operation as per the minimum skill
table below.

{| style="width:300px;"
|+ '''MINIMUM SKILL LEVEL TABLE'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|align="left"|Implant type|| Medic Skill||Technician Skill||Robotics Skill
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Prosthetic, simple|| 1|| --|| --
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Prosthetic, moderate|| 1|| --|| --
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Prosthetic, complex|| 1|| --|| --
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Bionic, simple|| 1|| 1|| --
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Bionic, moderate|| 2|| 1|| --
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Bionic, complex|| 3|| 1|| --
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Cybernetic, simple|| 4|| 2|| 1
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Cybernetic, moderate|| 5|| 2|| 2
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Cybernetic, complex|| 6|| 2|| 3
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|colspan="4"|If a character lacks this minimum level of skills as shown on this table, he cannot perform the surgery necessary to implant the listed type. If he tries, the surgery will automatically fail, leaving the patient with permanent 1d5 STA loss.
|}

==Danger of Implants==
Although prosthetics have no particular issues, bionics
and cybernetics do come with a price.

===Bionics===
Bionics are powered off the character’s own body.
Although they drain the character only minimally, they
require the character consume a bit more food and rest
a little bit longer than he otherwise would have had to
under identical circumstances.

If you have a number of bionic implants equal to or
less than 10% of your character’s STA score, your
character need only rest and eat regularly. Vrusks add
+1 to this threshold (as their bodies seem more able to
receive implants) while Dralasites subtract 1 from this
threshold (their amorphous bodies have more trouble
interfacing with implants). Although there is no real
game effect, players should role play their character
being hungry and tired a bit more than others.

{| style="width:300px;"
|+ '''BIONIC IMPLANT THRESHOLD TABLE'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Race||align="center"| Bionic Implant Threshold
|-
|Dralasite||align="center"| STA/10-1
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Human||align="center"| STA/10
|-
|Vrusk||align="center"| STA/10+1
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Yazirian||align="center"| STA/10
|}

If you exceed 10% of your character’s STA score in
bionic implants, you must take vitasalt pills daily or
else suffer fatigue that results in a -10 penalty to all
actions. For every 5 bionic implants more than this,
your character must take 1 vitasalt pill. Vitasalt pills
are quite inexpensive, and are the bionic character’s
best friend. Lacking these pills, your character might
be able to get by with caffeine and sugar - but this can
cause annoying headaches.

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''For Example: Gord’n is a Yazirian and has a STA score of 55. He can have up to 6 bionic implants and have no in-game effects. If he has more than 6, however, he must take a vitasalt pill daily. If he has 11 implants, he must take two pills daily. If he has 16 implants (wow!) Then he must take three pills daily.''
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====Bionic Damage Rule:====
(Optional) Additionally, it is possible your character’s
implants can become dislodged, damaged, or somehow
malfunction when you take a great deal of bodily
damage. Any time your character is reduced to 10
current STA or less, the player must make a d100 roll
for each implant. On a result of 01-05, that piece of
technology is no longer functional, and must be
repaired (costing 1d10x100 Credits). The Referee will
inform you if he is going to use this rule.

===Cybernetics===
Since cybernetic implants rely on power – the biggest
danger you can endure is running out of the precious
commodity. Depending on the nature of the implants,
you may find that you are suddenly immobile or worse.
An unpowered cybernetic component simply doesn’t
function.

Additionally, a character has a maximum number of
cybernetic implants his body can safely sustain equal to
his LOG score divided by 10. For example, a character
with 45 LOG can have 5 cybernetic implants without
worries. This limit relates to how well the brain can
manage interfacing with the implants, and how well the
character can maintain his humanity (or whatever race
he is) while having his bodily tissue slowly replaced by
technology. Just like for bionic implants, Dralasites
have a penalty of 1 applied to this threshold due to
their amorphous nature and lack of a centralized,
immobile brain and nervous system. Vrusk have
physiologies that lend themselves to implantation and
therefore have a bonus of 1 applied to this threshold.

However, each additional implant carries with it a
chance of cyber rejection. Directly following a surgical
procedure that results in more than this maximum
number, the patient must make a LOG check. If he
succeeds, his body accepts the new cybernetic implant
and all is well. If he fails in this roll, the character’s
mind rejects the implant and it must be removed.
Once a character’s mind rejects one cybernetic implant,
it will reject all further implant attempts for the rest of
that character’s life.

{| style="width:300px;"
|+ '''CYBERNETIC IMPLANT THRESHOLD TABLE'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Race||align="center"| Bionic Implant Threshold
|-
|Dralasite||align="center"| LOG/10-1
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Human||align="center"| LOG/10
|-
|Vrusk||align="center"| LOG/10+1
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Yazirian||align="center"| LOG/10
|}

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''For example: The Yazirian Gord’n has a LOG score of 65. He is able to have up to 7 cybernetic implants before he has any fear of dealing with cyber rejection.''
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====Cybernetic Damage Rule:====
(Optional) Whenever the character is hit with a critical
hit by someone, the player must go through each of his
cybernetic implants and roll d100. On a roll of 01-10,
that piece of equipment was damaged and needs
repaired (costing 1d10x1,000 Credits – if this is greater
than the cost of the implant, then it is trashed and
needs replaced). It still counts against the number of
cybernetic implants your character has, but is not able
to function. Depending on the nature of the implant,
this may prevent the character from operating
normally.

==New Implants==
Many of the implants in the implant table are derived
from the normal equipment list. Undoubtedly, you and
your Referee will create new cybernetic implants (or
will find new equipment in future articles).

In such a case, creating an implantable version of any
standard or optional piece of equipment might be
possible. When doing this, the following simple rules
apply:

* '''Implant type:''' if the equipment provides no new functionality and is merely a replacement for a damaged or defective body part, it will be a prosthetic implant. If the equipment is unpowered or powered by microbatteries, it will be a bionic implant. If the equipment requires power from either a parabattery or an EU device, it will be a cybernetic implant. Exception: if an implant would normally be only bionic, it may be elevated to cybernetic if it is extremely invasive or replaces a large amount of bodily tissue.
* '''Implant complexity:''' if the equipment has no external parts and requires no control by the brain, it is simple. If the equipment has external parts and requires no control by the brain, or if the equipment requires control by the brain but has no external parts, it is moderate. If the equipment requires control by the brain and has external parts, it is complex. Exception: if an implant would normally be simple or moderate but is extremely invasive, replacing a large amount of bodily tissue, then the Referee can decide that it is complex to justify the difficult surgical process and long recovery required after surgery.
* '''Implant base cost:''' a prosthetic item will have its own base cost. A bionic version of a conventional piece of equipment costs 10 times the cost of the normal item. A cybernetic version of a conventional piece of equipment costs 25 times the cost of the normal item.
* '''Implant complexity cost adjustment:''' a simple complexity item costs the base amount from above. A moderate complexity item costs one and a half times the cost of the bionic or cybernetic item. A complex item costs four times the cost of the bionic or cybernetic item.

'''Note:''' Since all cybernetic implants use EU as energy
sources, some parabattery-powered equipment you
convert to cybernetic implants might require some
common-sense conversions.

{|
|+ '''EXAMPLE PROSTHETIC IMPLANT TABLE'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Implant|| Description|| Type ||Cost
|-
|Finger|| In the modern frontier, a replacement finger (or toe) is moveable and has plastiflesh covering it, creating a realistic looking and usable digit. The character has full use of the finger without penalty.||Moderate|| 500
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Hand|| Hands are far more complicated to replicate than a finger. More mobile parts means more complex technology to force into a small area. And powering it all off the body’s bioelectric field means
innovations in power management. The hand will be fully functional, including tactile feedback through plastiflesh bonding.||Complex|| 5,000
|-
|Foot*|| Like the hand, the many moving parts in a prosthetic foot means a great deal of effort to make perfect. Therefore, the foot isn’t exactly identical to a normal foot as far as motion goes. Someone looking for it will notice the artificial nature of the prosthetic.|| Moderate|| 1,500
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Leg*|| A fully-functional replacement leg. Until the patient gets accustomed to it (which takes about 1 month), he will walk with a noticeable limp. The leg is not fully covered with plastiflesh, and not matched in color. However, it is fully mobile and powered by the character’s own bioelectric field.||Complex|| 6,000
|-
|Arm*|| The character will not be able to operate is artificial arm with his full strength. In fact, his STR will be considered 10 points lower with his artificial limb. He will be able to control it with his full DEX and RS, however. Like the leg, no attempt is made to color match or cover with synthetic flesh, so most artificial arm recipients cover their arm with long sleeves.||Complex|| 7,500
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Eye|| This eye fully replaces the character’s original eye, functional in every way. It is usually color-matched as well.|| Complex|| 5,500
|-
|Nose|| This is generally a cosmetic replacement only, not really functional.||Simple|| 750
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|Ear|| As the nose, above, this is generally a cosmetic replacement only. Inner workings of the human ear are delicate and sensitive, and a prosthetic ear is simply for aesthetic purposes.||Simple|| 550
|-
|colspan="2"|* for an added 20%, the prosthetic can be color-matched and fully covered with plastiflesh to appear indistinguishable from a normal body part.
|}

==Implant Descriptions==
On the following three pages are tables of implants.
They are summarized in the tables, but additional
details can be found in the more verbose descriptions
on the pages which follow them.

===Bionic Implant Descriptions===
As was noted previously, all bionic implants are
powered from the character’s own body and require no
power supplies. The descriptions are summarized in
the tables on the previous pages, but those
descriptions are expanded on in the sections below.

====Anit-shock Implant====
'''Type:''' bionic, simple '''cost:''' 2,000 CR

This is described in the normal equipment section of
the Alpha Dawn game book and is only included in
these lists because the item is, in fact, an implant. In
settings where no cybernetics/bionics are used, this
piece of equipment still exists. In settings where
implants from these rules are permitted, an anti-shock
implant counts as a bionic implant.

====BioCom====
'''Type:''' bionic, moderate '''cost:''' 2,000 CR

This is an implanted communications device similar to a
chronocom in nearly all respects. Like a [[Equipment:_Issue_1#Visocom|visocom]]
([[Star_Frontiersman_Issue_1|Star Frontiersman #1]]), it lacks certain features that a
chronocom possesses. A biocom is implanted on the
back of the hand and in the jaw. The recipient doubletaps
the back of his hand to activate, and a keypad
glows through his skin. He can enter the number
desired and then he is hands-free, talking with his
mouth and hearing discretely through his ear. He
hangs up the conversation with a double-tap on the
back of his hand. This piece of equipment should be
available in most settings even if other cybernetic
equipment is not.

====Cyber-Claw====
'''Type:''' bionic, complex '''cost:''' 8,000 CR
This is an elaborate version of the cyber-talon (see
below). Three similar blades retract from three slots
on the back of the hand, between the four fingers. The
commands to extract or retract are mental. The cyberclaw
is very strong. The three blades are reinforced
steel alloys whose rigidity is backed-up by
reinforcements in the forearm. While extended, flexing
the wrist is severely limited.

Use of the cyber-claw is governed by use of the melee
weapons military skill. If the character possesses no
skill in melee weapons, he uses half his STR or DEX
score with no level adjustments.

Statistics for the cyber-claw are identical to those of a
monoknife.

The blades are mono-filament. If a 10 is rolled on any
of the damage dice during any attack, the damage the
weapon causes thereafter is reduced by one. These
penalties accumulate. So if a 10 is rolled five times,
the damage will be 4d10-5 until the blades are
replaced. The blades can be replaced with fresh blades
for 800 CR. The implanted character can replace the
blades himself.

====Cyber-Talon====
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'''Type:''' bionic, complex '''cost:''' 2,000 CR

A single large bladed hook-like weapon retracts in and
out of a hardened skin slot in the back of the hand.
The implant has connections into the character’s brain,
allowing a mental command to extract or retract the
talon. This takes some practice, but after a short while
the talon can be extracted as easily as moving a finger.
The talon is made from a very durable substance. It
can cut through many materials, including body armor.

Use of the cyber-talon is governed by the melee
weapons military skill. If the character has no levels in
that skill, he uses the weapon unskilled.

Statistics for the cyber-talon:<br />
skill: melee +5, damage: 2d10 (inertia).

The talon is mono-filament. If a 10 is rolled on either
of the damage dice during any attack, the damage the
weapon causes thereafter is reduced by one. These
penalties accumulate. So if a 10 is rolled five times,
the damage will be 2d10-5 until the talon is replaced.
The talon can be replaced with a fresh one for 200 CR.
The implanted character can replace the blades
himself.

====Dermal Chrome====
'''Type:''' bionic, complex '''cost:''' 12,000 CR

The character’s skin is implanted with hundreds of
synthglands which emit a chemical. This chemical
solidifies into a shiny flexible substance on contact with
oxygen. The result is a completely reflective body.
Although oxygen is required to cause the chemical
hardening reaction, it is not necessary to maintain the
hardened state of the chemical.

The character receives a -10 penalty to all stealth
checks, but takes only half damage from energy
attacks like those from a laser pistol or rifle. Activating
the dermal chrome takes one turn and is done via a
mental command. Removing the dermal plating is
done with a second command, and takes another full
turn.

This is a full-body implant, including the face. It
changes the nature of the character’s skin and
therefore cannot be given to a character that already
has harmonic subdermal gel implants or dermal
infrared treatment.

The character can use these glands once per 24 hour
period and the chrome effect will last all day.
However, as the chrome absorbs damage you must
keep track of it. When it has absorbed 25 points of
damage, it is no longer able to protect the wearer and
he must wait until the next day to re-manifest his
chroming.

This is a defensive implant. Characters with dermal
chrome receive no additional protection by wearing an
albedo suit. If the character wears another type of
protection over his dermal chrome, the topmost layer is
the only layer which provides protection. For instance,
if a character with dermal chrome wears a skeinsuit, he
will receive the benefit of the skeinsuit and not his
dermal chrome until the suit is depleted. Then his
dermal chrome will protect him through the shredded
skeinsuit.

DERMAL CLIMBING PADS
Type: bionic, moderate cost: 3,000 CR
This implant is specialized padding on hands, elbows,
knees, and feet. The padding is in the form of synthetic
follicles of special hairs which hook into surfaces. The
hairs are very strong and short, and split (and re-split)
giving an almost velcro-like effect. This implant allows
a character (as long as he has enough STR to lift
himself) to climb vertical or inverted surfaces without
risk of falling. Nearly any surface can be climbed, with
the exception of glass or chromed surfaces.
Dermal climbing pads cannot be removed by any
conventional means. The stiff padding grows through
burn or scar tissue, and re-grows itself quickly if
somehow cut. The pads are not visible to the naked
eye, but can be felt if touched. Use of the dermal
climbing pads requires any three of the following body
parts to have contact with the surface being climbed:
hands, elbows, knees, or feet. If fewer than three of
those are body parts are making contact with the
surface, a STR check is required to remain clinging.
Despite the fact these implants are on the skin’s
surface, they do not interfere with the ability to implant
other dermal (or subdermal) implants.
DERMAL INFRARED TREATMENT
Type: bionic, moderate cost: 5,250 CR
The character’s skin is infused with a special coating
that masks his heat signature. This makes him
invisible to infrared detection devices of all types.
The more wounded the character, those wounds will
show up on infrared detection systems. Therefore, the
character must constantly be covering up his injuries if
he wishes to maintain his invisibility to such
technology.
If a character is reduced to half his body point
maximum, he only has a 50% chance to avoid
detection from IR sensors (from robots, computers,
vehicle or building security sensors, or characters with
infrared goggles). If reduced to 10 current STA or less,
he only has a 25% chance to avoid such detection.
When the skin regenerates itself, the infrared
treatment regrows. The dermal infrared treatment is
so infused with the character’s skin that no other
implant which covers the skin can be given to a
character with this implant. This means no character
with a dermal infrared treatment can also have dermal
chrome or harmonic subdermal gel implants.
EIDETIC IMPLANT
Type: bionic, moderate cost: 575 CR
This implant goes in the head, with small parts
mounted behind the ear and along the skull. It is able
to record what is seen by the eyes, giving all the
benefits of a typical hand-held 2d video recorder,
powered by the body’s own bio-electric field. It is an
inexpensive implant but one favored by spies and
journalists.
The imagery recorded is not holographic. It is simple
imaging, from one eye. The eye that does the
recording is somewhat obvious because of the
coloration (the iris is replaced by a light gray disk with
automated aperture). The character is able to see
through the eye as if it were his own.
Basic audio is also recorded, drawn from the vibrations
picked up from the character’s ear drums. The camera
can take stills or motion video, and records it onto a
limited but spacious memory disk loaded into a small
slot behind the character’s ear. The disk can be
removed and placed in nearly all standard computers in
the frontier and the images and videos transferred.
FLAMEFINGER
Type: bionic, moderate cost: 750 CR
This is a classic fire starting implant, spewing a flame
from the pointer finger of one hand. The chemical fuel
for the flamefinger fits into an internal synthetic
glandsack reservoir in the inner forearm and lasts for
20 or more years. This implant works identically to the
everflame found in the Alpha Dawn game book.
The flamefinger can be activated by a mental
command, but also requires a flicking motion from the
finger. This helps ensure the character doesn’t
accidentally start fires during dreams or similar. The
finger can be used to burn through ropes or zipties
used to bind his hand – and few sensors can detect the
presence of the implant. Although not designed to use
as a weapon, creative characters will find a way to
make this implant dangerous.
The reservoir is located deeply in the forearm and will
not rupture from most normal injuries.
FOOT ANCHORS
Type: bionic, complex cost: 800 CR
The character’s shins have retracted spikes. Upon
mental command, the spikes shoot downward, digging
into most surfaces (for instance, solid earth, concrete,
stone), anchoring the character in place.
Regardless of combat results, the character is anchored
in place and cannot be knocked down or backwards.
The foot anchors can be retracted or extended at will
and do not count as an action.
GILL IMPLANTS
Type: bionic, moderate cost: 10,000 CR
Characters with gill implants can breathe underwater.
The location of the gills varies. Some characters
implant them on the sides of their torsos, while others
prefer them on their necks or cheeks. Regardless of
the location, characters will be able to breathe under

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