Security & Surveilance

   
 
Description

Rating (If Applicable)

Availability/ Retail Cost

Legality

System Notes

Binoculars

I can see clearly now….

Build=3

Repair=2

0/€80 +

U

 
Blood Tester

Small device about the size of a permanent marker that takes a small sample of a subjects blood via an array of tiny needles at the tip and checks the blood for common toxins, narcotics and diseases. A small LCD display scrolls the results within a couple of minutes of the test being done.

Builld = 5

Repair = 4

1/€400

U

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Bug Detector

Wave it around your hotel room. If it beeps, you’ve been bugged.

Small, hand held device about the size of a large cellphone. Keep one handy.

Builld = 3

Repair = 2

1/€300

U

Gives a 3/+1 Counter-Surveillance skill/modifier when used to detect bugs

Bug Jammer

Once you’ve found the bug, maybe you don’t want them to know that. Use one of these. Jam any signal from any surveillance device in your room. Hopefully.

Builld = 4

Repair = 3

1/€375

M/LE/C

Gives a level 6/+2 over a 20’ area when used for jamming surveillance communications signals.

Cardlock Decryptor

Whatever happened to keys ?. Easy to pick key locks were soon replaced with these high-tech deelies. Even easier to pick with the right equipment.

Builld = 5

Repair = 4

2/€1000

M/LE/C

Required when using a counter-security skill against cardlocks.

Cyberware Scanner

Need to know if the goon with the briefcase full of money is armed ?, frisk him over. Need to know if he’s packing black cyberware ?, use a cyberware scanner. Detects and identifies in seconds.

Builld = 4

Repair = 3

1/€620

 

Gives a 5/+2 Cybertech skill when used to search for, and identify cyberware.

EMP Cuffs

Much like their conventional cousins, except for the fact that they have a small EMP generator built in that, when used to restrain an individual with cyberarms, renders them inoperable.

Builld = 5

Repair = 4

1/€800

M/LE

Renders cyberlimbs inoperable. Unless they are fitted with EMP Shielding.

Strength Level 6, EMP effect Level 6

Handcuffs

Steel cuffs used to restrain a subject by locking their arms together at the wrist.

Build=2

Repair=1

0/€40

U

Restrains the subject to Level 5 Strength.

 

SAFETY NOTE

For safety reasons NEVER actually lock anyone in handcuffs unless under close ref supervision, and with express permission from both the handcuffee and the refs. If there is a fire or other incident, this could be extremely dangerous.

Laser Microphone

With the appearance similar to a large handgun, this device fires an invisible laser at a window and picks up audio via vibrations in the glass. The user then hears the conversation of the politician or corp exec in question via a small set of headphones jacked into the back of the device.

Build=6

Repair=5

1/€2000

M/LE

Surveillance device. Gives a Surveillance bonus of +1 when used for remote eavesdropping.

 
       
Line Tap Detector

An option for a cellular of hardline telephone or a hand held device used near the mouthpiece of the phone. Detects that tell-tale click of the line tap in operation.

Builld = 4

Repair = 3

1/€500

U

Surveillance device. Gives a Surveillance bonus of +1 when used for detecting a tap on a telephone line (hardline or cellular).

Micro Tracer

A tiny, flat, disk-shaped device less than a centimetre across. Slip it into someone’s pocket and, with the help of a modified GPS, watch where they go.

Builld = 5

Repair = 4

1/€50

LE

5 Mile range. Power supply lasts for 24 hours. Hard to find (Security  Level 4).

Micro Tracer, Tracking Device

A modified, hand held GPS device around the same size as a hand held computer or PDA. Displays a map and map co-ordinates showing the location of the designated tracking device.

Builld = 4

Repair = 3

1/€450

LE

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Security Scanner

You know those spy movies that show the guy breaking into the art gallery after the Monet. He takes a little black box out of his webbing and points it into the room with the painting in, and it shows him what security gizmo’s there are and where they are. That’s what this is.

Builld = 4

Repair = 3

1/€650

M/LE

Used to detect and identify security devices such as infra-red tripwires. Gives a +1 to the Security Skill when used in this fashion.

White Noise Generator

Switch it on when you want a private conversation. The device generates a field of electromagnetic interference rendering bugs and microphones in the area unable to listen in.

Doesn’t stop them lip reading through the scope of a sniper rifle though.

Builld = 4

Repair = 3

0/€200

U

Provides a Level 5 electromagnetic interference field in a 20’ radius area.