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Headware memory!
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Art imitates life
Looks like our Megacity is probably closer to reality than we thought:
http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/southern-megalopolis-stretch-raleigh-atlanta-2060-study-20140731
Operator Spotlight 2: Red
In the world of Glass Shadows, where almost every device is computerized and interconnected by the Datasea, it’s always smart to be on the right side of a good hacker. If you need information about anyone, or even information about a deep black Megacorporate project, you turn to a hacker and hope they are friendly. Red is our friendly. [...]
Handler Spotlight 2: Lector Jones
For our second Handler, we explore a character motivated not by political aspirations, or even greed, but actual capitalism. The idea that an open economy means everyone profits and those with savvy profit even more.
Lector Jones (Grace Moore)
Motivation: Restoration of a Free Economy 7
Faction: Unjacker 3
Occupation: Unknown/Arms Dealer(VP [...]
Unveiling Covers Part 4: The Big Reve...
And finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for!!
This is the full cover image, drawn by Eric Lofgren, and the logo designed by Mark Quire.
In the background, you can see the towering block of the Manhattan Arcology, or ManArc. The spires that top it are home to the rich elite. Bastian and Gillian you’ve already met. The &# [...]
One Size Does Not Fit All – Multiple ...
Something that we mentioned in our article on Handlers and Operators is the idea that players do not just have one Handler and one Operator, but multiple Operators. This is true. While traditionally players have only one character, Glass Shadows breaks away from this to help emulate the genre, and to keep the campaign fluid and interesting.
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Unveiling Covers Part 3: Bastian
Meet Bastian McKirk, a mercenary BattleFrame pilot, and his Godalming Arms GA-27 Doberman Anti-armor BattleFrame. While Bastian is a fortress and a killing machine while he’s Synced with his BattleFrame. Outside of it, he still knows how to use a gun.
Under the Hood: Handlers and Operator...
As we mentioned before, players in Glass Shadows take on multiple roles. Each player acts as a Handler, creating operations and affecting the course of their missions. Players also take the role of an Operator, the people directly involved within a mission. Today, we’re going to discuss what what defines a Handler and and Operator.
In [...]
World Building: Drones
While they may not be considered a lynch-pin of the cyberpunk genre, it’s hard to talk about modern warfare and not mention Drones. Already, we see civilian drones being tested for various uses such as package and taco delivery. (http://tacocopter.com/)
Drones, in an Operator sense, are remote operated surveillance and weapon platforms. Drone [...]
World Building: BattleFrames
With BattleFrames, we diverge a little from classic cyberpunk tropes, and into Anime territory.
BattleFrames were first discussed here.
Cyberpunk-styled Anime, such as Ghost in the Shell and Mobile Police Patlabor, heavily inspired aspects of Glass Shadows. Additional inspiration came from reading about military exoskeleton projects. Thus wa [...]