New Full-'Borg Options
Eelskin, 1400eb:
The Eelskin system modifies the exterior of the full cyborg with a network of conductive electrical nodes. Emplaced 2/10ths of a millimeter below the surface of the 'Borg's body and powered by a 6-use replacable battery, the Eelskin allows the 'Borg to deliver an electrical shock to anyone who touches him. A sensory grid laid out across the body detects any humanoid contact and instantly charges the cyborg with 75,000 volts of pure
nerve-scrambling power (the victim makes a BOD + Endurance skill roll: 25+ he takes 1D6 damage; 20-24 he's stunned for 1D10+2 turns and takes 1D6+3 damage; 15-19 he's stunnedfor 1D6+2 minutes and takes 2D6 damage; less than 15 he's stunned 1D10+5 minutes and takes 2D6+3 damage). The 'Borg himself is immune thanks to the Farraday principle and special shielding on certain vital components. Surgery: MA, HC=1D6
Cybersteroids, 300eb per +1 BOD/STR
Contracting Crystalline Poly-nucleotide Lattice-CCPL, as it is known-is what makes today's Powered Armor so terrifyingly strong. These plasteel fibers feature electrically-controllable length and impressive weight effiency, making them as much as four times as powerful as more conventional myonars. International Electric Cybernetics, Militech Cybernetics International, Cybermatrix and Dynalar Technologies are all looking towards the possibility of redesigning their full-body conversion packages around this new technology. Several new cyborg models are being proposed with the core of their design philosophy being based around the use of CCPL muscle fibers. Currently a full-body conversion CCPL retrofit is all that is available; it requires the complete reconstruction of the cyborg (during which time the biosystem is maintained in a stationary VR tank), replacing all myomers and magnetic/hydralic systems with CCPL and replacing core elements of their endoskeleton with titanium and other ultra-durable components. The result is a cyborg whose strength is tripled, but whose weight is also drastically increased. "Cybersteroids" (as Pop Tech magazine has refered to the CCPL retrofit process) seems to carry a relatively loss humanity cost, but its drastic alteration of the 'Borgs operative weight may make the value of the procedure some-what debatable.
Game Notes: CyberSteroids multiplies the Borg's BOD by 3. This is not adjustable; if your BOD is 12, it becomes 36. However, each point of BOD gained also carries a cost of 1500eb and adds 3kg to overall weight; an Alpha Class (weighing 350lbs, or 159kg) Full 'Borg with Cybersteroids would have a BOD of 36 (capable of lifting 1440kg) and would weigh 231kg (500+ lbs!). Oof. However, this 'Borg would now be capable of mounting armor plating as effective as that used by Powered Armor (see Maximum Metal for more). To work, the CCPL requires extra power usage. To handle it, a new permenant back- or waist-mounted power unit is fitted (weight equals 5% of the 'borgs new weight, good for 10 hrs, 200eb @, 20eb/recharge); when the power is exausted, there is an automatic step-down to the 'borg's original BOD/STR rating. Beware of Dragoons on CyberSteroids Surgery: 2xCR, HC: 6D6
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