Suitable Campaign Age: (Late) Bronze, Dark, Extreme, Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Action-Adventure, Philosophical
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: Mild body dysmorphia (cybernetics), hard moral choices, no happy endings
Overview
Science is always pushing the edge of what is believed [...]
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Suitable Campaign Age: (Late) Bronze, Dark, Extreme, Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Action-Adventure, Philosophical
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: Mild body dysmorphia (cybernetics), hard moral choices, no happy endings
Overview
Science is always pushing the edge of what is believed [...]
More art imitates life
Headware memory!
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/upgrade-brain-liquid-hard-drive-implants-could-increase-180147606.html#2TnBzAQ
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
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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Setting: The Datasea
The Datasea is an outgrowth of the Internet of the 20th and 21st century. As computer technology progressed, wireless access and storage became ubiquitous and inexpensive. With the advent of Angel technology, the majority of the population had a computer in their brains and Augmented Reality overlays on everything they saw. These technolog [...]
Setting: The East Coast Sprawl
Since the late 20th Century, the East Coast of the United States has been becoming more and more urbanized, as cities push their boundaries ever outward. Eventually, a tipping point was reached and the East Coast became one massive urban sprawl, an unbroken cityscape stretching from Illinois to Massachusetts, and all the way down to Alabama [...]
Technology: Nanotech
Nanites are produced and controlled by nano-hives, small items the size of modern cellphones. The nano-hive is a macro-scale builder unit, it produces the desired nanite swarm and acts as a central brain, providing orders to the swarm via an encrypted link. A nanite swarm is produced with enough internal power to function for a preset perio [...]
Technology: Cybernetics and Kits
Other than the Angel implant, the most common cybernetic enhancements are prosthetic limbs and headware upgrades. These implants are installed on an out-patient basis; the patient is sent home with a dedicated nano-hive that anesthetizes the target area and gradually replaces it with the desired implant overnight. The patient goes to sleep [...]
Technology: Cloning and Genetic Engin...
“Tired of sagging, wrinkled skin, repetitive medical visits, and unpredictable bodily functions? It’s time to trade in that old sack of skin for a new one. Choose from any number of our stock Kevin™ or Kate™ models, or have a new body Flash Cloned from your own cells. It’s like being 25 again but knowing what you know now! P [...]
Setting: Headcases and Zeroes
The human body is not fully equipped to deal with having pieces of it excised and replaced with cybernetics. There is always a period of adjustment while the mind comes to grips with the neural interface pathways required to use the new implant. This often causes a feeling of dysphasia, where the user’s mind does not recognize the implant a [...]