Okay, all you punks - you've got the 'tude, you've got the cash, and you wanna get cybered. Sure, an attitude can make you punk - but yer not cyberpunk yet. That's what we're gonna take care of here. But first, some preliminary info..

First off: What is cyberwear?

The answer? Cyberwear is any piece of machinery or electronics that is grafted directly to your body - this can be anything from a simple skin watch or tech hair implants, all the way down to a cybernetic leg to replace the flesh one that booster just blew off..

The Next thing you need to know.. is just what kind of surgery it's gonna take. Well, to make it REAL easy for you all, we got surgery codes for you. Every piece of 'ware is listed with a surgery code, as well as a listing of how much humanity that ware'll cost ya. Listed below are the surgery codes and what the HELL they MEAN:

N - Neglible

Required: Mall clinic/drop-in bodyshop

Surgical Time: 1 hour

Surgical Damage: 1 point (this is damage YOU take from the surgery)

Surgical costs: Included WITH installation

Difficulty: Easy (10) - this is the skill required by the surgeon.

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M - Minor

Required: Medical center / ripper doc clinic

Surgical Time: 2 hours

Surgical Damage: 1D6 +1 point

Surgical costs: 500 Eurobucks / Nuyen / Whatever

Difficulty: Simple (15)

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MA - Major

Required: Full Hospital w/ Surgery center

Surgical Time: 4 hours

Surgical Damage: 2D6 +1 point

Surgical costs: 1,500 Eurobucks /Nuyen/Whatever

Difficulty: Trained (20)

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CR - CRitical

Required: Full Hospital w/ Surgery center

Surgical Time: 6 hours

Surgical Damage: 3D6 +1 point

Surgical costs: 2,500 Eurobucks /Nuyen/Whatever

Difficulty: Difficult (25)

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So what in the name of William Gibson does ALL of that DREK mean?? Simple. It tells you just what kind of facilities are needed for the surgery, i.e you CANNOT get a cyberarm with thickened myomars and superchrome and armor and an EMP shielding on it if you just drop into a simple mall clinic - they don't have the RESOURCES to handle that surgery. Likewise, you don't go to Night City General just to get a Chemskin job or a tattoo - it also details the kind of damage you gotta HEAL - this ain't no fantasy, chummer.. it's reality, and in reality - even with speedheal and all the other wonderful drugs - a wound takes TIME to heal over. You can't just get a cyberlimb installed and walk out right after it.. well.. if you're a booster, you might - but us smart guys don't wanna frag ourselves over that badly, do we? I didn't think so....

Now.. you're probably wondering what the hell I mean when I say 'humanity cost'. Well, face it chummer. The human body was not MEANT to have metal grafted to it. The more metal and plastic to graft on yourself, the less human you become. What this means, is that stat we call 'empathy' - your ability to empathize with human beings - goes DOWN. Every 10 points of humanity costs you one point of empathy. And guess what, chummer - at Empathy 2, you start getting erotic with the toaster. So? Well.. At empathy 0 - or below - guess what.. You're NOT a human no more, you're suffering something called 'CyberPsychosis'.

This is when the body gets so much metal and plastic grafted to it, that it simple shuts down all emotion. You become a machine - not a human. CyberPsycho's are great folks - really.. I mean, they only kill in coldblooded rage anything human. Great at parties.

Ohh.. and one other thing - when you go Psycho, the nice fellows in MAX-TAC, CSWAT, and the Psych-Squad go out and pay you a courtesy call - with heavy weapons. Yer survival chance drops rapidly.

And that.. is what humanity is. So be careful.. It's a GREAT rush to skate the Edge of Psychohood, but when you crash over - the drop's a killer. Literally.

And that, chummers, is the whole view of cyberwears in a nutshell - from here, you can check out any of the sections on it. Included will be name, surgery code, monetary cost, humanity cost, and a brief description of what the hell it does.

-Jack the Ripper

(aptly named Ripperdoc...)