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Terminal Irony:
Ray Winninger (Underground Creator; Additional Material; Editing)
Freeform Rebellion:
Mike Russo (Graphic Design)
On Point:
Ed Lee (Cover Illustration)
Splatter Boys:
Ed Lee, Rob McLees, Andrew Robinson (Interior Art)
Checkin My Six:
Mike Nystul, the Prince of Pain; Reader critic Stephanie Shaw; Lawboy Keith Hanningan; Brian Nystul-Mr. Success; Doug Tabb
(I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and doggone it, people like me!); Hank Boland (subreference #28 in a series of 40); the Earth
Mother-Robin (Gaia) Gitelman; and Emily Rose (who has a little nose)
Crime Crew:
Joe Adlesic and the Penial Gland; Allison Souter-my Vet; SuperDad Mike Malony; Tracey Sicard and BBV for the day job ducats; Jim
Knowles for putting up with my crap at work (“Now what’s this book about?”); Jennifer Santana (what he needs is a good shtup);
Special Shout out to Syb and Floyd for the Values; and Barney.
Punks:
Too many to name. You’ll get yours.
Author’s Note:
Proponents of existentialism will remind us that we are simply staving off the screaming hysteria of a pointless universe by role-play-
ing. True, but my wizard is level 7, so I get Cloudkill.
Fully Strapped, Always Packed is a reference for the veteran who wants to know what it takes to play the game.
Guns are everywhere in Underground, and it’s important to understand what kind of firepower is out there before
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you attempt to change the world. Violence is a way of life in the United States of the future. It permeates every facet of s(
ety, from children’s books to office life to prime-time vid-net. In a world where all battles are won with superior firepow
times your only friend is cold steel.
The bulk of Fully Strapped consists of fiction and source material designed to illustrate how the widespread availability of potent
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firearms has warped society on the fringes of the Underground, Inside, in addition to this source material, you’ll find dozens of new
rules and new weapons. All of the important game information associated with these weapons is summarized on the final 32 pages
of this book which were designed to be tom out and added to the Underground Notebook. Finally, rounding out the package are a
few adventure hooks tied to the Underground Parameter rules (Underground Rulebook, Chapter Twelve). These hooks can be easily
expanded into full-blown stories.
Technology in Underground
In 2021, with few exceptions, truly innovative hardware and weaponry can only be created by major corporations. Only the corps
have the money and resources necessary to bum digital chips and mass produce goods, and only the corps are legally licensed to
engage in research.
Of course, some folks don’t feel they need a license. Digital information technology makes it possible to link virtually any piece of
hardware to any other. Your vidset, quadrasound system, cellular fax, pulse oven, garage door, personal computer “pack,” Urban
Nightmare” Ironmonger 20mm AutoPistol, and Pueblo Commando! confrontation software all interact with one another. This,
along with modular weapons systems, makes it very easy to customize and kit-bash new equipment “in the field.”
New developments in technology are no longer met with awe. Apathy is a way of life, and there are few advances capable of drop-
ping jaws. Children in 2021 greet new video games with “Is it a run-around-and-kill game or a solve-the-stupid-puzzle game?”
Office workers, tired of rushing to keep up with the latest business software, rely on daily “Quickstart” program tutorials to keep
them up and running. Every day another basic human function is automated.
Nowhere are the effects of the technological revolution more apparent than on the vid-net screen. Because of sophisticated vid-net
remote controls allowing viewers to scan hundreds of channels in minutes, program producers strive to grab the public’s attention
in 4.5 seconds. And as always, viewers are grabbed and held with startling images of extreme violence and pornography. At present,
most vid-net shows last no more than fifteen minutes - the average attention span of the 2021 viewer. With so many channels to
choose from, competition is fierce between vid stations. Many resort to militant corporations to settle contract disputes or fight for
important time slots. Things are starting to get even worse. New soma-remotes change vid-channels for the user, automatically dis-
playing on screen the entertainment most wanted subliminally. Violence and pornography programs, along with home-shopping
networks and romance dramas, blur across the viewer’s screen, blinking on and off according to the moment-to-moment changes
in the viewer’s desires.
In upcoming Underground supplements, we will explore the many facets of 2021 technology in greater detail. Today, our subject is
weaponry.
Contradictions
Readers with an eve for detail may notice contradictions between Fully Strapped, Always Packed and the Underground Rulebook
regarding weapons’ statistics, costs, and availability. This book and its pull-out pages supersede any previously printed materials.
I We have included a listing of every weapon from both books to ensure consistency and game balance.
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Paste kills, my brothers. In-freaking-dubitably! I’ve seen boosted operatives the size of
armored personnel carriers, who could take a direct hit from a Pumpit-40mm grenade
launcher, turned to goo by that insidious ooze. This weapon’s lack of fairness is stagger-
ing. What is the point of going through months of genetic engineering, Slumberland, and
reorientation, only to be slapped down by something that looks like toe cheese?
It‘s Un-American.
I’ve been working semi-covert for 3 years. In that time, two entire units’ worth of boosted
infantry have gone down whiie protecting American interests abroad. Admittedly, with the
number of long-range, high powered, computer-assisted weapons currently in use on the
modem battlefield, my team and myself have as much chance of survival as President
Milkovich. But paste...p aste is somehow unholy.
Fax your Congressman. E-mail the press. Get a license and bomb a post ofice. But do
something. We’re out here fighting to allow you the freedom to get really pissed off and
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blow up something. Don’t turn your backs on us, safe in your suburban communities,
while we take hits from Darwin’s Revenge.
And here’s a special note to the Anti-Sedition Squad all you guys who think you can stop
the Truth-
Wspbefh #59124-3/8100:
Chew me, baby. I’m untouchable.
Silver Slayer
Chicago, IL
that I have no idea who
[Gee, you sound really mad! I’d be careful boys! They grow some perty ornery characters in the mid-
west. By the way, dumbass, you never changed your fax signature. So if anyone would like to corre-
reads our mag. spond with Larry Schindler (oops, I mean Siver Slayer...nyuk)write or letter-bomb him at 7416
Newark; Chicago, II 60614-5573.-Marvelous Maw]
We can be thoughtful, t o o
with the best in boosted Maw,
You should be proud to print such a fine publication. Disposable Hero isn’tjust another gun
magazine. It’s a forum to air conflicting views regarding life, the military, and everything. For
instance, last issue’s article showing both sides of the millimeter debate was fair and insightful. For
the record, I don’t see any reason why cartridges over 9 m m should be banned in public schools.The
news, reviews and Second Amendment guarantees certain rights to all Americans, even students. What will they take
away next, our right to kill transients?
Thoughtful in the Can
Delaware, PA
entertainment.
[There is no question about it. The founding fathers surely had PSI85 in mind when they declared
the right to bear arms. For those not following the debate, this ban does not affect teachers, who,
under current law, may utilize any size o r d i i c e excepting shotguns (which may injure non-com-
batant students with scattered shot).--Marvin the Wonderdog]
A few years ago, I heard about a gun that could pel ecently, during a private hypnotherapy session with
trate heavy MONDO armor at insane ranges (lib my VA-appointed shrink, I had a past-life experience
mile). That would be weird enough, but I also heard wherein I was convinced that I was Sir William
that the sighting system was somehow linked to an Shatner, the soma-vid superstar whose work inspired
@e or some such crap. Could this be true? the late President Raymond Milkovich’s inaugural “We
-H.R.P., Cleveland, Ohio are human, we do feel emotions” speech in 1998. The
Let me get #is strabht. You can accept the idea shrink found nothing odd about this and informed me
of human bemgs genetically altered to secrete acid, that many returning veterans experience similar
but you have a hard time with the idea of linking a episodes. What causes them, and should I be womedp , :
gun to a b i d s brain? Your ability to create new base- -R.A.W. Chicago, Illinois ?
lines for reality is enviable. The gun that you are
thinh-ing of was created by Allied Mayhem Inc., pur- We all wish that we were someone else from
veyors o f fine hardware and the manfleshto wield it. time to time. Some of us just wish this unconscious-
The gun fires a projectile resembling a gram of rice. ly. I am not making light of your experience, which I
Gram o f rice? How can such a meager sliver of metal am sure, affectedyou deeply. It is not every day that
rend someone like “ManmountainOpie” (the A M I test one realizes that he was once the man responsible
subject) into an unrecognizable lump o f gore? .The for peace in the Middle East. Shatner’s work in
answer rests m a unique propulsion system that uses
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an enormous amount of energy to generate a con- toy. It just seems odd that every time someone has
tained magnetic pulse. This pulse propels the grain a past life experience, they remember being someone
down a four-foot-longbarrel (a sort of “rail-gun”). famous. When will someone remember that “Yes! I
m 11
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When i think of chum. it always takes me back to the days on me ooat with my cohorr aeercan we were fishin' for shark
those days, and the best way to attract one was with dead, bioody fish Something about the mangled sea creatures stru
my fancy and got me to thinking about how I could reduce human tissue to a bucke s these wistful remem-
le savor the life i chose fpr myself- that of a freelance gun reviewer Then somethina s k to realit rust write a
iew describingthe pros and cons of a weapon that has
discernible purpose other than to bleed eight-month-olds
use as a party favor. Twenty-lwo caliber?What the hell is
t? I heard about it once, but never dreamed i would see
e. I thought it had gone the way of the velociraptor
id it be true? Only one way to check1 Yest The decoder
is stili attached, and so is the whistle1 TweetfTweet1 Oh,
at joy to know that I can gun down mustachioed
oper- Tannies with my new heater
The answer lies in the bloodstream of every pre-frontal aberra- the last great act of cleansing.
tion that has made America into the cesspool it has become.
The entire world was affected forever when an alien spacecraft - Sgt. T. E. Bickel is a concerned member of the N M and
crash-landed in Florida in 1996. These were the same type of aliens NationalAnti-Socialist Party as well as a staunch supporter of
that had been living out west for several years. What the govern-
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Robert Sendler (order #493062)
THE SADO-INTELLECTUAL
Cruising the mean streets of Los Angeles County, the boosted ror of a meaningless existence. The pablum the media passes off for
veteran known as the Sado-Intellectual and his cronies are looking news is at once revolting and exhilarating. The knowledge that the
to hurt. They are part of the growing class of war survivors who swine sluice that is America can be manipulated so easily by news-
have returned to an America that is unrecognizable as the one they casters and sit-com stars who are barely recognizable as sentient
had left. imbues me with a sense of profound freedom that will ultimately
Disenchanted with the realiiies of stateside life, they lash out at allow me to bend the will of the “people” towards my own decidedly
the government, big business, organized religion, the media, sports perverse agenda.
figures, fashion, and Tastee Ghoul. They move and in their wake,
they leave broken glass, spent shells and spray-painted epithets, 3.
forcing the people o f the city to acknowledge guilt. The mirror the And that agenda is?
Sado-Intellectual holds up is cracked, but its reflection is clear- That would be telling. But you must keep in mind that I have been
Los Angeles is a crimson zone, the designation given to the most altered on a genetic level and programmed to kill for my masters’
dangerous of conflict areas. Roaming with automatic weapons and profit-and-loss statements. I take responsibility for my actions, and
crushed hopes for the future, the Intellectual and his band of bent am accountable to no court that this society can convene. I remind
henchmen destroy property and preach a new form of existential- you that I am a paranoiac and prone to irrational outbursts of vio-
ism. They are nihilists, but with a sense of style. lence. Whatever my plans, rest assured that bloody mayhem will play
Not much is known about the S I 3 pre-enhancement life. He a part.
admits to being raised in middle-class Orange County, to having
siblings, and to joining the Homosuperior Expeditionay Force in 4.
order to “escapefrom working at Taco Express.” 1’22 be careful. You recently destroyed an entire city block of retail
Contributing Editor Gert Frobe met several times with the stores including the downtown location of Barney’s and Barney’s
articulate outlaw, who sometimes brought along a batch of news- Bookstores. Was that in retribution for their refusal to cary your
paper clippings, Army discharge papers, or parts of his Anti- book?
Sedition file. “They were stolen for me by a fan on the Squad,,,he The attack was again
says. W y public loves me, yet must always keep their identities aimed at the draft- Boosted America’s elder
secret for fear of retribution by the militay-industrial complex.’’ It beasts that roam shop-
is true that the SI has a following among the young, who see him ping malls in the hope
as a speaker who can express their disgust with their parents, their of acquiring enough statesman reflects on
teachers, and the manufacturersof inferiorvideo games. consumables to fill their
Frobe described his first meeting with the ex-soldier as frustrat- homes and thereby alert
ing. “Here was a man with a great deal to say; a trulg superior others that they indeed
intelligence. His head must be two feet tall, yet he chooses to have some worth. They death, Slumberland, and
encase it in zippered black leather to make a point that he believes I buy to fdl a void left by a
should understand without asking.” latent knowing that they
have no purpose other the rise Violent Crime
Of
1. than reproduction. The
Give us your appraisal: Is America doomed to follow in the footsteps decision by Barney’s
of the Roman Empire?
I believe that you overestimate the Roman Empire. The traits com-
management not to
carry my book because
vs. the innocent.
monly associated with it-conspiracy, betrayal, sodomy, and mur- it was too political was ironic when you consider that the chain has
der-were never defining features of the government as controlled by devoted entire aisles to capitalism and money management. The
the aristocracy. They were defining features layered onto the Empire Barney’s buyers must be unaware that money is the only political
by modem writers reflecting their own society. So, in a sense, of force in the world. They will pay.
course we are doomed to follow them. They are us.
5.
2. As far as guns go, do you have a preference?
As long as we’re talking about society, what trends do you see devel- Considering the sort that reads your magazine, I expected that to
oping in our current age of information? be question one. Well, for your drooling poseurs, I will admit to a
It depends on the information. If you mean the age of factual infor- fondness for the Punk-Roaster Napalm Projector. Heat intrigues
mation, none at all, other than to distract herd animals from the hor- me, as does pain. The adjustable cook settings are wonderfully easy
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Our beloved Father Decker has been invited to attend a Neo-Vatican meet-
ing of American priests by Cardinal Templar of the Arch-diocese of Ohio.
Father Decker did not say what the meeting was about, but it is obvious-
ly a great honor to be asked to attend any sort of event in the Neo-
Vatican. It looks like Father Decker may be out of town for several
weeks, but not to worry! Father Needam from Lima will be coming up to
lead the congregation for the next several Sundays. Thanks Father
Needam! In the meantime, be sure to congratulate Father Decker when you
see him. Its terrific to know that Toledo will be represented by someone
who embodies the ideals of brotherhood in these troubled times.
Graffiti Alert1
by, Jay Riggins
Raffle Winner
The King James Bible: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He
leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul. . .
The Living Bible: Because the Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need! He lets me rest in the meadow grass
and leads me beside the quiet streams. He restores my failing health. (published by the World Organization of
Healers and Mystics)
The Good News E-Z Reader (hologram edition): God helps me. (published by E-Z Reader Inc.)
The Act-Out Bible: Don’t let anyone rock your boat! Maintain. It’s all here for you. You have come a long way, and
by accepting God’s gift of individuality, you will transcend barriers. . . (published by Act Out)
The MacRaney’s Family Fun Bible: Mayor Fat Mac has made MacRaneyland fun for all to enjoy! He allows us to
play in the forest of Hot Pies’“, and splash in the gurgling fountain of Icee-Frostees” . He redeems my coupons. . .
(published by MacRaney’s Inc.)
The Upscale’“ Bible: Everything God made is mine for the taking! He’s given me high yield money market funds
for the short term and tax free investments to roll over into IRAs. He provides me junkets. . . (published by
Upscale Magazine)
TM
The Elmwood Park Community Bible: Why are you such an ungrateful slob? Look around you, peckerhead! Look
at all this good stuff dat God’s freakin’ given yous. You got the forest preserve to play softball, you got da 7-11 for
beer. . .It makes ya feel good, ya know? (paid for by the Elmood Park Citizen’s Board)
The Gangbanger’s Guide To God: The Lord is one fly-ass, hustler, gangster, OG, pimp, mutha. Yo, check it out, G!
He created the crazy freaks to give me play. He gives me schoolyards and playgrounds to bust caps in. He bails
me out when my backs to the mat. . . (published by NasteePress Inc.)
The National Rifle Association Holy Bible: I once spoke to the Lord, after a lunch date with Ava Gardner. I found
him on my private range in San Fernando. He was happy with the way the filming was going, though He was
concerned about DeMille’s ability to capture the scale and wonder of the Red Sea parting. We chatted for several
minutes, and as He popped off a few rounds, he said, “Chuck, . . . with one of these .30-.06’s you’ll never want. .
.” (published by the National Rifle Association, with narration by Charleton Heston)
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She stays home with the children; he delivers groceries. He is sure he can be more.
The poster tells him so.The poster is big. It is colorful-larger than life.
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Tomrny is in a holster on his left side, butt forward. H e is in the "terrible twos"and
hard to control, so Anonymous only lets hum out once in awhile. Tommy is strong and
Anonymous needs two hands to control him.He used to get tired, lugging
around all night, but a parent gets strong after time and no longer feels th
Time to bring home the bacon.
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She began to wonder if he was ever coming home. She knew he would be in the tank a long time,
but it had been almost nine months with no word. He wasn't even there to see Michael take his first few
steps. She assumed he was alive because the checks kept coming, but nine months! What are they doing
to him?
and he offers the Paraguayan clerk a proud parent’s smile. The clerk says nothing and looks past him as if
he is not there. Just like a Paraguayan, he thinks. They care for no one. They proved it to him many times.
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Anonymous quickly checks the Ironmonger’s sights, and puts its barrel to the clerk’s head.
“Please,daddy.”
No. Not in front of the kids. Not in front of the kids.
Casey moves back to his father’s side and presses his head against his father’s hip for comfort.
DNA is tricky, the man with the guttural accent said. The process was not without its risks, but he
was quick to point out that her husband knew that when he signed the paper and the paper was very clear
on this and he usually comes to the house, but it was a very busy month and she should see the paper-
He hides i n a dum
Inside, they have programmed him a sidekick who can lift a tank. He has teammates who
would give their lives for him. He operates from a secret base and takes his orders from a silhouetted
figure on a flatscreen who may or may not be the President himself. The figure gives his team assign-
chair. His face twitches involuntarily as his head rocks from side-to-sicle. It is too much. The bugs and
wet have done horrible things to his body. A dead woman stares at him with words still on her lips, her
e is a strong woman. All her friends think so. She’ll be fine. She’ll work hard and raise the chil-
erself. She’s already done that for nearly a year; there’s no reason to believe that she can’t continue
grown. She doesn’t think about finding another man, although her friends have delicately
mentioned it to her. Survival. The boys will adapt. She’ll make a life for them all and nothing will stop her.
She is strong.
The bacon regains consciousness for the second time and knows that
he is not alone.
walls, but he c
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A kitchen sound. Finally, the bacon hears a voice-calm, casual, almost off-hand.
click, ~hliiiiiiiiiii~c~~~~kkkkk.
The freshly code-named Anonymous awakens on a cot in a room devoid of any sensory input save
“You are just fine, Anonymous. Nothing to worry about. We have a lot to talk about.”
Dr. Darke. It could be any one of them, or another, even more sinister foe.
“There isn’t supposed to be any atrophy. This entire batch is polluted somehow.”
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3tmutm-dI recodtioning decpeme.7”
Anonymous remembers he has next of kin. He fights to understand. His tongue, now able to move,
runs along the inside of his mouth . He feels the missing chunk of meat from his left cheek. Seizure. His
mind is a blur of only four colors. He struggles for something he cannot see and fails. He remembers a
woman’s face, and holds it, grips it, tugging his way back.
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movie theater. He wishes he was in a movie theater. He wishes a Preat manv thins!
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on him, burning to pull their triggers. Eight men cut in their sleep.
chart as if it will tell him what to do. This is his first tour.
record.
“Does anybody know if he’s got any next of kin?”
“Yeah,”a soldier answers, “he’s always mumbling about a woman named Barbara.”
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“Don’t you want to see Barbara? Anonymous? Barbara is waiting for you. . .”
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Lesson one: Anyone can be killed. Boost level has no meaning. If the
target's skin can shrug off 20mm rounds, switch to hot loads. If hot loads
don't work, try napalm. If nccpalm doesn't work, paste will, whch r
hum of lesson two: In-country, carry it all,
There are more. Lessons only five-year vets know.
that make hirn forget Slumberland, forget America. H e
clings, however, to one memory that neither Slumberland,
reconditioning, or eighteen months of casualties could
erase-his wife, his children. And now, he is going to them.
His homecoming will be ~oyous.H e will walk through the
front door and they will be unable to let hirn go. The boys will
latch onto his arms and legs, squeezing and squealing his
name. Barbara will come out of the kitchen, wiping her
hands on a dishrag, wondering what all the commotion is
about. She won't run to him. She will simply stand there
beaming, tears of JOY and relief filling her eyes, watching
hirn play with the boys. That will happen soon. For now,
Barabara has a life, and it no longer includ
her for days before first contact.
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She reacts, her eyes open wide, as he knew they would when he returned. Finally, she embraces him.
home. TheVA
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thinewas slipping.
The same.
He tried to hide them from her because he knew what her reaction would be. She became angry,
and then afraid. She begged him for her boys, crying his name, pleading. He knew she woul
them. Not now. He held the two boys who looked just like him and stared across her body at
Michael. They could help him, and then she would see.
As the life drained from David and Michael, Anonymous dipped the twins into the widening pool of
their blood. Holding the twins high, he turned to his wife, smiling the smile of a proud parent. His smile
faded quickly when she lunged at him, clawing at her children, his face, and the knife on his belt. His
instinct and training took over. His wife Barbara was dead before he could withdraw the blade from her
throat. He looked at his twin boys’ bloody and unmoving forms. Slowly, he sat down and withdrew his
Anonymous is sure now that Raul understands why he needs him. They walk together to the shat-
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Fencing booty
Veterans can acquire dozens of weapons after only a
few firefights, and may wish to sell some when they
become overloaded with hardware. Those characters
interested in selling weapons to street scum (who will
After the smoke clears and the deafening cacophony then uinboubtedly use the weapons to conduct murders
of rifle reports is over, bodies are looted in the hopes of and drug wars, turning the vet’s community into a com-
recovering undamaged weapons or extra ammunition. bat zone) may do so using the following procedure:
The first pickings always go to the shooters who won the The seller must first make a P/F
spoils of war, but afterwards, in Los Angeles and other StreetwiseKonnections Challenge against a Difficulty set
metropolitan areas, gangs of children sweep the combat by the GM (usually Difficult or Impressive) in order to
sight, hunting for re-salable items and brass. Brass is big make contact with a fence. Note that if the character
business in many areas, where its expenditure is com- alreadyhas a contact who is a fence, she may skip this
monplace and the respect for life is low. Scoop gangs step. If successful, the character then makes a “ Difficult”
roam the most dangerous streets with canvas bags. StreehuiseKustoms Challenge. The results determine the
Often, particularly trigger-happy veterans will be shad- amount the fence offers for the weapon
Sniper! was the first program to use holographic Firefight! is billed as the ultimate combat software
imaging technology. With Sniper! an assassin could package. It comes with a number of “friend or foe”
enhance the image of a target, removing or lowering dis- transponders, that flash corresponding icons over targets
advantages caused by adverse conditions such as smoke, in the user’s goggles in order to alert the shooter to group
rain, and dense fog. The software also compensates for affiliations . It can also be switched to a “select fire” mode
projectile drag coefficients, wind resistance, and gas vent- that will not allow the user to fire at targets designated as
ing. Undoubtedly, Sniper!’s most useful feature is digital friendly. In theory, using Firefight!, a soldier could aim his
image magnification capable of magnifying a target as weapon into a crowd and fire only at targets marked as
many as twenty five times. foes. The software also interacts with the weapon used to
Sniper! takes several seconds (one full Turn) to run. display a running ammunition total and act as a targeting
During this time, the shooter is making targeting deci- computer that decreases the shooter’s Range Difficulty
sions and can take no other action. After image enhance- Modifier by one at both medium and long range.
ments are complete, long and medium range opponents Another application of Firefight! is provided by its
are much easier to target (+4 to the shooter’s Skill dur- threat evaluation subroutine. Using the subroutine, a
ing his To Hit Challenge for long-range targets, +2 for combatant can assess the defensive capabilities of the tar-
medium). get by measuring his or her physique using holographic
imaging. The larger the physique, the greater the implied
epidermal defense. The subroutine also boasts a nearly
complete visual library of modern weaponry and can
assess obvious offensive capability by identifying hard-
ware in view.
Example: The Gump selects a clip configurationfor both Elongated Barrel: Adds +2/+3/+3 to the weapon’s
his 8 gauge shotguns and neednl select a configuration Range and costs $1000.
for his taser. Each o f the clip configurations cost $500,
increasing the weapon’s cost to $63,000. The clips give Hand Tailoring: This process takes several weeks to
the linked shotguns an Ammo rating of 5 (shotgun clips complete and costs $20,000. Once a weapon has been
hold 10 she& but this number is cut in half because the hand-tailored it is ideally suited to a single-firer. This firer
Gump is building a handgun). gains a +1 Accuracy bonus when firing the weapon, but
Range STR cost Recoiless Option: Opens the weapon’s breech to allow
o/+ 1/+1 +1 $500 gasses to escape out the back, virtually eliminating
+ 1/+4/+4 +2 $1000 recoil. Lower’s the weapon’s STR by -1, incrzases
Accuracy by +2, and adds +2/+1/0 to Range. The
Recoiless Option costs $60,000.
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Reduced Charge Cartridges: Restructures the weapon to Shotguns-Acc: +1, Pen: 10, Rng: 4/5/7, STR: 6, DMG:
fit cartridges with lower powder charges. Doubles the cost L W/Mw/Hw/M/IN,Rate: 1/2,Ammo: 5
of ammunition, decreases Range and decreases STR.
Select one of the following options: Taser-Acc: -3, Pen: 12, Rng: 2/4/6, STR: 1, Dmg:
Special, Rate: 1, Ammo: 1
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Building Your Own Custom Firearms
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Modular weapons components are a controlled sub-
Self-Destructor: Turns the entire weapon into a hand stance. By law, only registered firearms vendors are
grenade. Useful in last-ditch situations! The grenade has allowed to obtain them. Of course, it’s always possible to
a Blast of 3, a Penetration of 12, and a Range of 3/5/8. locate the components on the black market, allowing a
‘The entire mechanism costs $10,000. vet to assemble a firearm himself and cut out the middle
man. Black market components are available at 60% of
Tapered Barrel: Increases the weapon’s Penetration by their listed prices and are treated as Availability X items.
+1, but lowers the Accuracy by -1 for a cost of $2200 Actually assembling the components into a working
firearm requires a succesful P/F InventionIRepair
Example: To round out his weapon, the Gump buys (Gunsmith) Challenge against a Difficulty of 4 (Very
Hand Tailoring, Integral laser sights, and one level o f Difficult action).
precision construction. In the end, his gun costs $98,500
and looks like this:
Special Weaponry
Weap. ACC PEN RNG STR DMG cost
FT* +5 12 418112 2 LWIMWIHwrn $60,000
Tasert 0 12 21416 1 Special (as Turbo-Taser) $50,000
GL** -3 16 5/10/14 4 LWIMWIHWIIN $30,000
Shotgun Armaments
Gauge ACC PEN RNG STR DMG cost
8 +1 9 41719 3 LWIMWWIIN $6000
10 +1 8 41618 3 LWIMWWIIN $5500
12 +2 7 41719 2 LWIMWIHWIIN $5000
*IT=Flame Thrower; no accessories or allowed; do not purchase magazine; automatically comes with an Ammo: 4 load.
?See Turbo-Tazer for damage; no accessories allowed; do not purchase magazine comes with standard load (see Turbo Tazer for details).
**GL = 40mm Pumpit" Grenade Launcher; no accessories allowed
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Step Five Choose Rate of Fire
Special Weaponry
Weap. ACC PEN RNG STR DMG cost
FT* +4 12 418112 2 LW/MwIHWIHW $60,000
Tasert -1 12 2/4/6 1 )ecial (as Turbo-Taser) $50,000
GL** -4 16 5110114 3 LW/MW/HW/IN $30,000
Shotgun Armaments
Gauge ACC PEN RNG STR DMG cost
8 +2 10 8/14/18 1 LW/MW/HW/IN $6000
10 +2 9 8/13/17 1 LWMWWAN $5500
12 +3 8 8115118 0 LWMWFIWAN $5000
*FT=Flame Thrower; no accessories or allowed; do not purchase magazine; automatically comes with an Ammo: 9 load.
tSee Turbo-Tazer for damage; no accessories allowed; do not purchase magazine comes with standard load (see Turbo Tazer for details).
**GL = 40mm Pumpit" Grenade Launcher; no accessoriesallowed
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Step Four Choose MagazineKOad Configuration
Magazine .22 7.62mm 9mm 10.75mm 12.5mm .50 ea1 15mm 20mm 25mm
Revolver* 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 44
Clip 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Ext. Clip 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 30
BoxlDrumt 50 50 50 50 50 50 40 40 40
Belt Fedtf 75 75 75 75 75 75 60 60 60
p.6 give these boys to the Dingbat. .. The GM may also assign minuses for appropriate cata-
strophic events undergone or trophies received.
Any character using the IntimidatiodInterrogation Skill A successful recognition reveals the opponent’s name,
to extract information from a helpless subject has the unit, and a few sketchy details about his past.
option of using Torture. If using Torture, the Interrogator
makes a P/F Challenge against the target’s WILL. Success
causes the target to automatically answer one question. p.10 noise!
Failure causes the target to immediately make a RES Veteran characters may make an INT Challenge versus a
challenge against a Difficulty of 3. If the target fails her Difficulty of 4 (Very Difficult action) to identify a weapon
roll, she drops instantly passes out and remains uncon- by the sound it makes. The GM might adjust the
scious for an amount of time equal to 20 minutes (25 Difficulty of recognizing unique or unusually hard to find
Units) minus her RES score. If the torture attempt is suc- weapons upward, or adjust the Difficulty of recognizing
cessful, the Interrogator may ask more questions, but legendary heaters like the Cerberus Wardog downward.
each question asked past the first increases the difficulty Silencers or noise suppressers increase the Difficulty of
of the target’s RES challenge by one. The more torture identifying a weapon by +6.
suffered, the harder it is to remain coherent. Note that
torture is only effective against targets with a RES score p.10 synchronized rolling maneuver. ..
that is less than or equal to the Interrogator’s Being airborne has its advantages. Characters with
Intimidatioflnterrogation score. Military Science Skill using the Nowlan Flying Harness”
may increase their Acrobatics (Dodge) Skill by +3 when
P.9 group of targets. .. airborne. This represents the character’s training in aerial
tactics. Since synchronized air strikes require lots of
Grenades and explosives automatically conduct a
Penetration Challenge against all targets that fall within practice, whenever airborne characters are in combat for-
their listed Blast Radius. The Penetration of a grenade or mation (within 4 Units, or 25 feet of each other) they
missile attack is always decreased by the distance in units must each make P/F a Military Science Challenge against
between the weapon and its target. For example, a missile a Difficulty of 3 (Difficult action) to maintain the
has a Penetration of 21 and a Blast Radius of 10. Acrobatic bonus. Failure indicates a brief loss of balance,
Everyone within 100 feet (10 Units) of the missile’s deto- formation, or orientation resulting in no Dodge increase.
nation is automatically hit and must suffer a Penetration Double “1s” indicate a mid-air collision on such a
Challenge. Any target within 0 Units (10 feet) is attacked Challenge indicates a mid-air collision!
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