发帖人:Lacey
>在一番关于他之前发的那些傻逼季票有何价值帖子的“争论”之后,Lacey很大方的提供了更多关于调整动物的细节,尤其是背负着“作战型”这个不详的名字的那些。
>Slamm-0!
人类的第一个朋友是狼,由此引申出人类最好的朋友:狗。现在?我对和我那三条猎犬在一起感到心满意足。我有一只叫威利斯的科耳柏洛斯猎犬,是我从小养大的。一只地狱犬是我领养的,叫布鲁姆希尔达。还有一只每次我坐下都会跳到我腿上的雪纳瑞,他叫弗雷德。
大多数闯进某个实验室的狂奔者总是要过调整动物这一关,或早或晚。它们不在才叫奇怪。往往,他们就是在这儿被创造出并驯养大的。他们守护着这里的一切,而且大多数时候,他们会比你的任务目标还要值钱。普通的鸡蛇兽、皮毛能散发紫外线的,名声在外的奇美拉,会下超乎你想象的美味鸡蛋的鸡。当然,创造一只超自然动物基本不可能,但是我们可以创造我们自己的奇妙动物,每一个新创造的基因模型都显而易见的值钱,而无处不在的超企们会挥金如土只为验证它的有效性。又或者,如果你像我一样是个真正的避世者,你会在走到人生终点时时发现有它们的协助是多么的宝贵。
劇透 - :
Man’s first friend was wolf. From that came man’s best
friend: dog. Now? I am quite content with my three
hounds. I have a Cerberus mastiff named Willies that I
raised from a pup, a hellhound stray I adopted who re?sponds to Broomhilda, and a schnauzer who will hop in
my lap literally every time I sit down. He’s Fred. Most
runners who bust into a lab will run across paracritters
sooner or later. Why wouldn’t they? More often than
not, the critters were created and raised there. They
guard what’s there, and often they are worth more than
the goal of the run. Mundane cockatrice, UV-plumed
celebrity chimeras, chickens who lay the most delicious
eggs you can imagine. Sure, it’s tough to build a magical
beast, but we can built our own fantastic flesh, and the
value is obvious with every new generation model—and
the accompanying cred corps will shell out to examine
it. Or, if you’re a real self-starter like me, you find value
by figuring out how to use the critters for your own ends.
>威利斯?是威廉的的复数形式吗?
>Kat o’ Nine Tales
>没错,我亲爱的。三个头,每个都叫威廉。如果某人惹我惹到忍无可忍,他会见识到厉害的。
>Lacey
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>Glitch
所以,让我们聊聊这种全新的动物品种吧。从无到有建起万丈高楼,只受我们的想象力和信用卡额度的限制。除了普通的生物和超自然动物外,市场上的人造生物有三类:奇美拉、作战型和生物无人机。
跟随MOREAU博士的脚步 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DR. MOREAU 奇美拉的名字来源于一个古老的传说,一种狮身羊首蛇尾的怪物。在古代,这也许是一种想象,或是某种异常觉醒的生物,或者只是一种认识不到生殖隔离存在的白日梦的产物。但是科学说白了就是在研究把东西切成尽可能小的小块,因为当它们分得足够小之后,你就能用全新的,更有意思的方法把它们组合起来。所以当遗传学家找到方法把狮子,山羊和蛇组合起来,并让这东西成功的活下来并茁壮成长后,它就叫奇美拉了。
但是我们到底能从这些非自然的嵌合中收获什么呢?仅目前已发现的这些就已经让我们受益无穷。首先想到而且最主要的是安保。想象一下,一只大猫身上镀着犰狳的盔甲,或者蛇的毒腺。或者一只长有翼膜的恒河猴悄声无息的滑下来用它超大号的毒针给你送上了一记饱含神经毒素的轻吻。一只安保用奇美拉是把大自然中猎手的所有致命特征组合在一起从而创造出的动物版超级士兵。更快、更强、更聪明,而最棒的一点则是,难以预料。你眼前那只正在草坪上大嚼修剪好嫩草的可爱水豚其实能听见超声波。当它听到一个特定的频率,比如警报声,它就会开始像臭鼬一样从腺体进行防御性喷射。但喷出的不是臭气,而是腐蚀性气体,而且这气体已经在侵蚀你的身体了。你或许以为这只是无根据的流言蜚语,但我向你保证,这是真的,而且更多的时候真相要比这更恐怖。
劇透 - :
IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF DR. MOREAU
The name of chimerics derives from ancient legend, a
creature that combined the bodies of a lion, a goat, and
a fire-breathing serpent. In ancient days this was, per?haps, a thing of imagination, or some aberrant Awak?ened creature, or just the fever dream that anything
could breed with anything. But science has always been
about breaking things down to smaller parts, because
when they get small enough, often times you find you
can put all the parts together in new and interesting
ways. So it is for the geneticist, who finds that he can
use bits from a lion, a goat, and a snake together, and
what is born can survive—perhaps even thrive.
But what possible purpose could we achieve from
such unnatural unions? Quite a few, as we have dis?covered. First and foremost on your mind is security.
Imagine a large cat with the armor plating of an arma?dillo or the vermonasal organs of a snake. Or a rhesus
monkey with patagia, gliding down silently to deliver
a neurotoxic bite with its oversized stinger. A chimeric
security animal is about taking the most lethal features
of nature’s arsenal and putting them together to create
animal supersoldiers. Faster, tougher, smarter, and best,
unpredictable. What you think is merely an adorable
capybara munching on manicured corporate grass is
actually capable of ultrasonic hearing. When it hears a
particular tone, perhaps an alarm, it begins defensively
spraying from a skunk-like gland. But that’s not musk,
it’s corrosive and already eating away at you. You may
think this mere fancy, but I promise, all of this is possi?ble and more.
最常见的奇美拉是基因宠物,没有哪个明星会只满足于纯种的钱包狗了,她们喜欢更特别的东西,最好是出众的,那才配得上她出众的生活。而基因宠物正是她们想要的,虽然不能百分百完全满足她们的订制要求。你瞧,这是这些宠物背后的肮脏秘密,它们的诞生往往是个错误。粗糙又草率的基因模板设计,为了能结合无害与可爱两种特质而在许多别的方面做出妥协,但它们是富人或者怪咖眼中的大热门。
>也不全都是错误和副作用。几个搞基因技术的生物朋克团体在用实验室试着创作更时髦的,他们称之为“活生生的艺术”。他们不断地这里改改那里加点儿,直到做出他们所宣称的“全新的生命形式”。芝加哥北部蔓城区的神之画布(Godkanvas)宣称要创作出一种可爱的魔鬼鼠品种。柏林的生命艺术(Die Kunst des Lebens)画廊展示了一种水下……我不知道是什么。它很美,样子有几分分形和怪异,让我想起了洛氏恐怖故事。
>Kat o’ Nine Tales
>谁会想要让恶魔鼠变可爱?为什么不让它们变得,我不知道,不那么危险呢?
>Aufheben
就是这种态度破坏了整个生物圈。你不觉得我们干预得够多了吗?
>Ecotope
他们的产物不能完全达到设计标准吗?为啥?
>Lyran
他们是对科学不太摸门儿,但是有一个经济上的原因是“自发性指数”,在艺术创作中,有一些观点认为,完全按计划创作出的作品,往往不如打破计划临时发挥的。那些创作过程中遇到的新发现往往比创作本身更具价值,因为它带来全新的挑战和激励。这其中有很多社会工程学和市场营销学的因素,例如它给人以冒风险的刺激感与发现新宝藏的惊喜,让你错认为只有自己眼光足够超前才认识到它的价值并让你想要买下它。相信我,抓住瞬息万变时尚的前沿意味大把的金钱,只有它才有能力重塑整个潮流市场并影响市场研发的趋势。
>Sunshine
劇透 - :
> It’s not all mistakes and side effects. Several art house
genetic groups of biopunks use their labs to try to fashion
what they consider “living art.” They tweak and add here
and there until they create what they claim are entirely
new forms of life. GodKanvas in the Chicago Northside
sprawl has made it their mission to make an adorable
breed of devil rat. Berlin’s Die Kunst des Lebens gallery
unveiled a kind of underwater … I don’t know what. It was
beautiful, sort of fractal and weird and made me think of
Lovecraft stories.
> Kat o’ Nine Tales
> Who would want to make devil rats adorable? Why not
make them, I don’t know, less dangerous?
> Aufheben
> That’s the kind of attitude that destroys entire biospheres.
Don’t you think we’ve interfered enough?
> Ecotope
> You can’t get them designed to spec? How come?
> Lyran
> He gets to science of that a little later on, but one economic
reason is the “Spontaneity Index.” When you make art,
part of the point is that is is discovered, rather than made
according to plan. Something you find may seem to have
more value than something you commission, because
it challenges and inspires you in new ways. It factors
into a lot of social engineering and marketing, including
portraying a sense of adventure and taste for having
found it first, or being avant-garde enough to recognize
its value and acquire it. Believe me, the bleeding edge of
fashion is big money, and it can shape entire memes and
trends for the heavy hitters in R&D and Marketing.
> Sunshine
对于那些中产阶级的奇美拉宠物主来说,已经有几种宠物证明了它们的流行以及庞大的市场需求,几年前,你只能在年轻明星的臂弯和企业的基因动物园中发现科耳柏洛斯柯基。而上个圣诞节,超过50000只三头毛球从圣诞树下的礼物盒中探出头来,把欢笑带给妻子与孩子们。
>不,它们咬起人来并不疼,但是每天都有三倍的嚎叫等着你,记住这一点。
>Ma’Fan
>它们那么软又毛茸茸的,我实在忍不住想要拥抱它们啊。它们太,太可爱了!
>Turbo Bunny
那得益于一个从其他品种引入的精确的基因表达。它们永远不会长得太大,永远不会表现出敌意,永远能学习新的技巧,对家人非常忠诚,还很聪明。来自两百多个不同品种狗的基因经过人工配平才得到正确的结果而完全保留了科耳柏洛斯和柯基的体态特征。
>KAM
>哥们儿,你非得ky不可是吗?
>Turbo Bunny
劇透 - :
For the mid-range chimera owner, there are certain
pets that have proven so popular that the demand had
to be satisfied. A few years ago you only found Cerbe?rus corgis on the arms of starlets and tinies in corporate
gene zoos. This past Christmas, over 50,000 three-head?ed fuzzballs poked their way out from under the yule
tree to the delight of children and spouses everywhere.
> No, they won’t hurt much if they bite, but it’s three times
the barking on a B&E. Remember that.
> Ma’Fan
> I really can’t handle how cuddly and soft they are. They are
so, so friendly!
> Turbo Bunny
> That’s due to trace levels of other breeds introduced in a
very, very precise fashion. They will never grow too large,
they will never display hostile behavior, they will keep
learning new tricks, they are intensely loyal to their family
unit, and they are quite intelligent. It took a balancing act
of over two hundred breeds of dog to get just the right
combination without sacrificing the primacy of Cerberus
or corgi physical expression.
> KAM
> Man, you like to take the fun out of everything, don’t you?
> Turbo Bunny
最不显眼,但最常用,也最常见的是商业奇美拉。那些我们一直在谈论转基因食品,我们消费的大部分所谓的新鲜农产品中转基因动植物占了绝大部分。这是一个进步,远强过转基因大豆和磷虾与烹饪机上口味龙头旋钮的组合,但它仍然不是真正的牛肉,奶酪,水果,或蔬菜,那些我们的祖先吃过,而超级富豪仍然可以在他们的桌上吃到的东西。确切地说,它们的改良是为了生产更多、更快、更干净的食品。或者至少干净到足以满足一家大公司自身的安全标准。啊,垄断。
我有点跑题了。
然而,对于每一个谴责转基因产品的学者来说,一个简单的事实是,这些经过基因改造的动物确实能够提供新颖的口味和更多的营养,并且生产速度完全能跟得上泛人类的消耗速度。想想那些健康农场的新鲜棕皮有机鸡蛋,在UCAS任何一家好杂货店都能买得到。当然,它是转基因食品,但是你猜得到这些下蛋的鸡身上含有鸡、鸵鸟、鸽子、鹌鹑和一点蟾蜍的遗传物质吗?要知道,这些特殊的产蛋母鸡需要的产蛋时间更少,这意味着它们可以在不产蛋的时候快乐地自由漫步。而且这些鸡蛋的蛋白质含量是本世纪前鸡蛋的三倍以上,更不用说它们所含的所有维生素以前从未在农场鸡蛋中出现过。当然,很贵。当然,这不是自然的本意。但该死,味道真的很棒,而且对人体好处多多。
劇透 - :
[The least visible, yet most used and indeed seen, are
the commercial chimerics. We talk about frankenfoods
all the time, the genetically modified vegetation and an?imals that account for most of the so-called fresh pro?duce we consume. It’s a step up from recontexturalized
soy and krill with flavor from the faucet, but it’s still not
the genuine beef, cheese, fruits, or vegetables our an?cestors enjoyed, and which the super-rich can still have
set on their table. Rather, it’s something modified to pro?duce more, faster, cleaner food. Or at least clean enough
for a megacorp’s own safety standards. Ah, monopoly.
But I digress
But for every naturalist who decries genetically
modified produce, there is the simple fact that, quite
often, these genetweaked animals can, indeed, make
novel flavors and produce greater nutrition, and do it at
a pace that allows metahumanity to keep eating. Con?sider Healthy Farms Farm-Fresh Organic Brown Eggs,
available any fine grocery outlet in the UCAS. Sure, it’s
a frankenfood, but did you know that those eggs come from chickens which incorporate the genetic material
of chickens, ostriches, pigeons, quails and a little bit of
toad to hold it all together? And did you know that by
using these particular laying hens, they need fewer of
them, meaning they can happily roam free when they
aren’t laying? And did you further know that each of
those eggs contains three times the protein content as
eggs from before the turn of the century? To say noth?ing of all the vitamins they have that were never pres?ent in farm eggs before. Sure, it’s pricey. Sure, it’s not
the way nature intended. But damn, it’s tasty, and it’s
good for you
>另外,你真的见过祖先的食物吗?比如说,香蕉是由什么进化而来的?那玩意看起来根本不能吃。
>Kat o’ Nine Tales
>是的,但我也不觉得猕猴桃蕉是什么自然造物…
>2XL
>这一次,我得说是科学的胜利。
>The Smiling Bandit
>老天啊,我想念食物。
>Red
>除非它是某种你为之付出过沉重代价的东西,否则你不会那么想它的。
>Sounder
>什么?胡说。你只是不喜欢凌晨两点的杂货铺家的大号韩式泡菜牛肉布里特卷,或者一碗噼里啪啦的巧克力炸弹和新鲜爆米花混在一起。或者-
>Slamm-0
>求你停下。
>Red
>至少在过去的两个世纪里,任何一种食物都是如此,在很多情况下时间甚至更长。大多数可食用的动植物的进化模式,和它们的祖先有着巨大的不同,与我们今天所尝到的可口美味相对比时,往往无法辨认其亲缘关系。
>KAM
劇透 - :
> Plus, have you ever actually seen ancestor food? The stuff
that, say, a banana is evolved from? It hardly looks edible,
at all.
> Kat o’ Nine Tales
> Yeah, but I don’t think kiwinanas are naturally occurring,
either …
> 2XL
> For once, I’d call that a win for science.
> The Smiling Bandit
> God I miss food.
> Red
> Unless you’ve got the cred for the real thing, you’re not
missing much.
> Sounder
> What? Nonsense. You just don’t appreciate the pleasures
of a Big Beef and Kimchi Burrito from the Stuffer Shack at
two a.m. Or a crackling bowl of Choco-Bombs mixed with
fresh-popped soycorn. Or—
> Slamm-0
> Please stop.
> Red
> The same goes for any kind of food in the past two
centuries, at least, and in many cases even longer
than that. Evolutionary models of most flora and
fauna for consumption are vastly different, and often
unrecognizable, compared to the form we consider
palatable today.
> KAM
当然,以现在基因技术的精确,还远达不到完全没问题的程度,其中最明显且复杂的就是遗传结构如何以不可预见的方式相互作用的。让我们看看我到目前为止给出的那些例子。
·装甲猫因犰狳的厚甲失去了他们的灵活性,抵抗伤害时,这能带来好处,但他们不能像正常猫一样灵活闪躲。这是一个基于实际考量的权衡。
·恒河蝎猴非常,非常好斗。蜜袋鼯的多动症增强了它的新陈代谢,这与猴子的荷尔蒙平衡相互作用,激发了一种富有敌意的性格。而毒刺则让它的威胁更大了。
·喷射水豚有特殊的食性。它可以通过食用草本植物来快速发育。这很可怕,一只逃逸的喷射水豚可以在几分钟内将一整片自然土地剥光。这玩意儿可不是好惹的。
·科耳柏洛斯柯基不是便宜的宠物,但是真正的大开销在于养它们。它们有很多特定的饮食需求,你不能去喂他们盘子里的剩饭或任何商店里的旧狗粮。他们需要特别的配制食品(也由同一经销商生产)。巧合?不,是垂直整合:)含有非常精确的维生素和氨基酸组合,不仅能保持健康,还能保持活力。或许它们就是被设计成这样的,或许这只是偶然得到的生存代价。谁知道呢?
·奇美拉鸡的寿命通常都很短。频繁产蛋,产蛋既大又营养的能力需要大量的营养,而且这一过程对它们的身体造成了巨大的伤害。大多数时候,它们都筋疲力尽。所有的报道都说对鸡而言,它们乐于如此,尽管如此,抗议和抵制仍在继续。
劇透 - :
Of course, despite the precision demanded of gene?tech, it is far from without problems, the most glaring of
which is the complexity of how genetic structures inter-act with one another in unforeseen ways. Let’s look at
the examples I’ve given so far.
• Armor cats lose a great deal of their flexibility
from the armadillo plating, which is fine if they
get the drop, but they can’t dodge as well as a
normal cat. That’s just a practical tradeoff.
• Rhesus scorpios are very, very aggressive. The
hyperactivity of the sugar glider lends it an en?hanced metabolism, which interacts with the
hormonal balance of the monkey, provoking a
very hostile attitude. The stinger just makes the
threat that much greater.
• Spray caps have an extraordinary diet. That corp
grass I mentioned? It is also genetically engi?neered to grow fast. It better, because escaped
spray caps can strip natural land bare in minutes.
Not a cheap beast.
• Cerberus corgis aren’t cheap pets to buy, but
the real cost is in keeping them. They have very
specific dietary needs, and you can’t go feed?ing them scraps from the plate or any old kibble
from the store. They need specially balanced
food (also made by the same distributor. Coinci?dence? Nope, vertical integration) that contains
the very precise vitamin and amino acid combi?nations to keep them not only healthy, but alive.
Maybe that was built in. Maybe the price of it’s
existence by chance. Who knows?
• Chimera chickens often have short lives. The
ability to generate so many eggs, so often, so
large, and packed with nutrition, demands great
quantities of sustenance, and the process takes
a tremendous toll on their bodies. More often
than not, they burn out. All accounts say they are
pretty happy, as far as chickens go, but still, pro?tests and boycotts march on.
你能想象得到更恐怖的存在吗?
>Ecotope
>事实上…
>Hannibelle
虽然这是一个简单的概念,但实现起来却异常困难。简单地缩小现存的大型物种通常会导致广泛的健康问题和遗传不稳定性。大象的身体结构不能按比例缩小到四分之一米高。这头小象是用岩蹄兔(大象的近亲)的DNA为基础制造出来的一种具有理想外观的生物。这种小长颈鹿是用一种名为始祖马(Eohippus)的已经灭绝的古生物的DNA制造的,能看出很明显的跨物种基因剪接痕迹。基因嵌合修饰对于同一基因类别的动物来说是最容易的,例如从一种哺乳动物到另一种哺乳动物。交叉门系是非常困难的,例如有一个具有鸟类或鱼类特征的哺乳动物。跨越自然三界是不可能的,所以没有鲨鱼牙齿的植物。
>他们能反过来做一个更大的版本吗?因为我很想看到超企搞一个哥斯拉出来。
>Slamm-0
>你真的认为洛菲尔会允许这种玩意儿出现吗?
>Frosty
>那那些让你皮肤变绿然后能进行光合作用的基因改造怎么说?这不就是把植物的能力转移到动物身上了吗?
>Hard Exit
>魂民,一种能给予个体有限的光合能力的基因模组,源于对某些经历了SUGE(突然不明隐性基因表现)而表现出精灵化的南美原始部落居民的研究,我们不知道这背后的原理,但我们成功定位了携带这种能力的那段DNA,而且成功的把它复制到了其他动物身上。这事没有被公开,但是通过这种手段诞生的基因模板还有很多,它们背后隐藏着很多秘密。
>KAM
>调换儿的大量出现给临床研究提供了许多方便,但是某些关于“有特殊基因特质的人会消失”的流言蜚语,让志愿者们越来越少了。
>The Smiling Bandit
关于奇美拉的一点要记住,那就是实现功能比塑造外形难得多。创造一匹有翅膀的马要比创造一匹能飞的马简单太多了,后者需要改写大量的基因特征以至于最终的成品让你根本认不出来那是一匹马。是的,飞马是存在的,但他们的飞翔能力来源于魔法而不是生物学。到目前为止,和泛人类一样,魔法能力不能通过简单的基因改造复制到其他动物上。
显现或操纵所谓“魔法因子”的方法仍然是基因研究的最优先事项。无论是谁在这方面能取得实质进展,都可以闭着眼睛在支票本上画零,会有超企买单的。
>KAM
>而无论是谁先掌握了打开这扇大门的钥匙,谁就掌握了整个世界。
>The Smiling Bandit
>有些灵界物质是不能用科学来衡量的。
>Man-of-Many-Names
>事实上,眼下有一个有趣的小理论刚新鲜出炉,魔法根本就没有在任何一个单个基因上显露踪迹,但是在个体和其周边环境中却存在着一个精确的平衡,它关乎我们每个人深处的潜能能否显现。当然,环境中的变量几乎是无穷无尽,所以证明它也是不可能的。
>Lyran
>恐怕你低估了超企们的资源和能力。
>Beaker
劇透 - :
> Can you imagine an existence more horrifying?
> Ecotope
> As a matter of fact …
> Hannibelle
The tinies, though a simple concept, were excep?tionally difficult to manufacture. Simply shrinking
down existing large species often causes extensive
health issues and genetic instabilities. The physical
structure of an elephant simply cannot function scaled
down to a quarter-meter tall. The tiny elephant is pro?duced with the base DNA of a rock hyrax (a close rel?ative of the elephant) to produce a creature that has
the desired appearance. The tiny giraffe is produced
from the DNA of an extinct breed of protohorse called
Eohippus with heavy cross species gene splicing. Chi?meric modifications are easiest with critters within the
same genetic Class, for example from one mammal to
another. Crossing Phylum lines is very difficult, for ex?ample having a mammal with bird or fish traits. Cross?ing Kingdom lines is impossible, so no plants with
shark teeth.
> Can they do this in reverse to make a bigger version?
Because I would love to watch the megacorps build a
Godzilla and just go for it.
> Slamm-0
> You honestly think Lofwyr would stand for that?
> Frosty
> What about the genemod that makes your skin green and
lets you photosynthesize? Isn’t that a plant ability on a
mammal?
> Hard Exit
> Solus, the genemod that grants an individual limited
photosynthetic capabilities, was derived from studying
the genetics of certain individuals who had undergone
SURGE and the elven metavariant Xapiri Thëpë. We don’t
understand how it works, but we know which section of
DNA can be copied to make it work. It isn’t publicized, but
more than a few genemods were discovered this way and
are as much of a mystery.
> KAM
> Changelings can make a good bit of spare nuyen
volunteering for clinical studies, but rumors of individuals
who exhibit rare metagenetics disappearing keep
volunteers away.
> The Smiling Bandit
One thing to remember with chimerics is that func?tion is always a lot more complex than form. It is rela?tively easy to make a horse with wings, but making one
that can fly is impossible without changing so many oth?er characteristics that it is barely recognizable as having
once been a horse. Yes, pegasi exist, but they are able
to fly like they do through magic, not biology. So far, as
with metahumans, magical ability cannot be duplicated
through genetic modification.
> Discovering the method to manifest or manipulate the
so-called “Magus Factor” remains the highest priority
for genetic research. Whoever had meaningful research
toward that end could write their own check.
> KAM
> And whoever held the key to making it happen would rule
the world.
> The Smiling Bandit
> Some matters of spirit cannot be quantified by science.
> Man-of-Many-Names> Actually, there’s a juicy little theory floating making the
rounds right now that magic doesn’t manifest due to
the presence of any single gene, but a precise balance of
circumstances in an individual, unlocking the potential
which would exist in all of us. Of course, the variables
are damn near infinite, so proving it would be next to
impossible.
> Lyran
> You underestimate the resources of the megacorps, I fear.
> Beaker
但等一下,情况也不都是那么糟。还记得刚才我提到的平衡吗?很多东西看起来不是什么大事,但几乎不可能避免它们以某种方式发生。没有完美的奇美拉。在两个或两个以上的生物之间重组基因有很多困难,但最不可克服的是,一个单独的基因可以为多个性状编码,因此精确控制结果是非常困难的。所需的更改通常会导致意外的次要更改。一只被改造成分泌哺乳动物激素的青蛙可能会自发地长出皮毛。一只被改造成有爬行动物盔甲的熊,其代谢过程可能会受到影响,使其成为冷血动物。墨菲定律在这里完全适用。而且奇美拉总是不育的,或许这是墨菲定律导致的次要更改中的一种,或许是超企们想要保护自己知识产权免受未经许可的复制而特意做的更改。
奇美拉能力CHIMERIC MODIFICATIONS无论是单个基因调整,或是系列基因调整,第一步都是确定一个动物为奇美拉的主体。这个生物会被赋予超出其物种通常拥有的能力。这些新的能力几乎总是包括生物生理和行为的显著变化,例如不寻常的皮毛或鳞片,眼睛的外观变化,或与原物种不同但在基因移植物种中常见的行为。
除非被特别提及,否则单个奇美拉能力不能被多次选则,所有的奇美拉能力都被视作凡俗怪物能力,而不需要生物觉醒。奇美拉生物的花费是它主体动物的三倍,每个基因改造再增加25%,每个奇美拉能力再增加50%.这个花费代表你所选择的奇美拉已经有了可量产的原型,而未经测试的新型奇美拉的研究成本和开发开发要高得多。一个奇美拉多能搭载6个奇美拉能力,之后,更多的改造会使遗传结构变得不稳定,以致遗传蓝图无法产生一个可行的胚胎。有传闻称delta级基因诊所可能超过这一限制,但这一信息无法核实。
全方位视野All-Around Sight:无论是像变色龙一样有独立运动的眼睛,还是像昆虫一样有多个复合眼睛,动物都能看到所有方向。这种生物总是通过侦察检定来对抗突袭。
水生适应Aquatic Adaptation:这一系列特征在不同的动物身上的表现有所不同,从眼睛上的覆膜到蹼状的手指到扁平的尾巴,但不论是什么特征,好处都是一样的,这种生物的视觉检定受水下能见度调整(p. 157, Run & Gun) ,就像戴着护目镜或者面具一样。在游泳检定中获得+2加值,并且闭气时间是普通生物的两倍(基础闭气时间翻倍,净成功奖励时间翻倍)
属性增强Attribute Enhancement:这种生物被调整成增强某些属性,使其更强壮、更快或更聪明。增加一个属性50%,向上取整。将属性增强应用于数值为0的属性会将其增加到1。可以多次选择此基因调整,但一个属性只能选择一次。
平衡尾巴Balance Tail:大多数生物的尾巴只能用来赶苍蝇或发出代表某种感情的信号,但有平衡尾巴的生物在所有平衡、攀岩、体操、自由落体或跳跃相关检定中都会获得+1加值。
生物荧光Bioluminescence:这种生物有专门的真皮细胞,会产生一种发光的酶。这种光线使得生物及周边环境的亮度不低于低光(第175页,SR5)。不过,这也使得生物更容易被发现,对其的侦察检定获得+3加值。
生物毒素改造Biotoxin Alteration:这种基因调整改变了生物原本的毒腺,让其能产生完全不同的毒素,这种调整可以让奇美拉的毒素在化学性质,喷洒方式,扩散形式等方面完全不同于其主体生物的毒素。具有毒素改造的奇美拉生物有着饮食需求(定制营养)的弱点。
·麻醉剂Anesthetic:媒介方式:吸入,起效速度:1战斗轮,穿透性:0,强度:6,效果:眩晕伤害
·蚁酸Formic Acid:从多种类的蚂蚁身上提取,这种动物能产生强大的蚁酸。媒介方式:接触,起效速度:1战斗轮,穿透性:0,强度4,效果:物理伤害。无论物理伤害是否被抵抗,任何被喷雾击中的护甲每战斗轮失去1点护甲等级,知道失去的总护甲等级数值与蚁酸的强度相当。用大量水或高碱性溶液冲洗酸液可以防止这种损害。
·迷幻药Hallucinogen:媒介方式:吸入,起效速度:1战斗轮,穿透性:0,强度:6,效果:幻觉。一个产生幻觉的目标看到的是能引起各种情绪反应的幻觉。掷1d6确定幻觉的效果,然后查阅幻觉结果表。 受影响者全心全意地陷入幻觉情绪之中,并以与情绪一致的方式进行活动。与幻觉情绪相反的行为需要意志检定(2)。例如,被狂怒影响的受试者战斗时不会受到惩罚,而如果受试者试图交涉,则会说不出什么漂亮话。
1
恐惧
受影响的角色会逃离该区域
2
魅惑
受影响的角色会忽略所有其他的外部与内部刺激一直凝视着自己臆想出的幻觉。
3
催情
受影响的角色会对附近的人做出调情的举动。
4
绝望
受影响的角色会倾向于放下武器投降。
5
消沉
受影响的角色所有行动都获得-2减值。
6
狂怒Rage
受影响的角色会攻击离他最近的目标,不分敌我。
·催吐剂:媒介方式:吸入,起效速度:1战斗轮,渗透性:0,强度:6,效果:恶心(p.409,SR5)
劇透 - :
Biotoxin Alteration: This genetic alteration modifies
the normal toxin producing glands in a critter, causing
them to produce a different toxin entirely. This trait can
modify the Scent Spray and Venom chimeric traits as
well as any similar natural toxins possessed by the base
creature. Chimeric critters with the Biotoxin Alteration
always have the Dietary Requirement (Tailored Nutri?tion) weakness.
• Anesthetic: Vector: Inhalation, Speed: 1 Com?bat Turn, Penetration: 0, Power: 6, Effects: Stun
Damage
• Formic Acid: Derived from certain species of
ants, the critter can produce a powerful acid.
Vector: Contact, Speed: 1 Combat Turn, Pen?etration: 0, Power 4, Effects: Physical Damage.
Whether the physical damage is resisted or not,
any armor struck by the spray loses 1 point of
Armor Rating per Combat turn for a number of
turns equal to the Power of the acid. This dam?age can be prevented by washing off the acid
with a large quantity of water or with a highly
basic solution.
• Hallucinogen: Vector: Inhalation, Speed: 1 Com?bat Turn, Penetration: 0, Power: 6, Effects: Hal?lucination. A hallucinating target sees figments
that can elicit various emotional reactions. Roll
1D6 to determine the effect of the hallucination,
then consult the Hallucination Result table.The subject feels the emotion wholehearted?ly, and it affects their physical performance in a
manner consistent with the emotion. Conduct?ing actions opposed to the emotion requires a
Willpower (2) test. For example, subjects feeling
rage engaging in combat suffer no penalties,
whereas if the subject were attempting negotia?tions the negative modifier would applyHALLUCINATION RESULTS
RESULT EFFECT NOTE
1 Fear Affected character flees from
the area.
2 Fascination
Affected character ignores
all other stimuli to stare at the
hallucinations.
3 Love
Affected character makes
amorous advances at a nearby
individual.
4 Despair Affected character attempts to
surrender.
5 Depression Affected character takes a –2 to
all actions.
6 Rage
Affected character attacks
random nearby target, friendly
or not.
• Nauseating: Vector: Inhalation, Speed: 1 Com?bat Turn, Penetration: 0, Power: 6, Effects: Nau?sea (p. 409, SR5).
伪装Camouflage:无论是皮毛、羽毛还是鳞片,该生物的自然花纹都有助于其在特定环境中隐藏。在低光环境中和适合该种花纹的环境中该生物获得+1骰池调整在潜行检定上。(比如山地适合条纹,雨林或森林适合斑点。)
迅捷Celerity:该种生物是为了快速移动设计的,下肢强健有力,这种生物的行走和奔跑速度的乘数+1,每个战斗轮的冲刺距离+1米。(移动, p. 161, SR5).
气候适应Climate Adaptation:生物的新陈代谢、皮肤组织和调节周期足以适应极端的高温或高寒气候,使生物更容易适应高温或高寒环境。这个特质使生物处于所选环境中时获得+2骰池调整在生存检定 (p. 136, SR5) 与疲劳伤害检定上,处于未选环境中时则获得-2骰池调整在生存检定与疲劳伤害检定上。选择这个特质时,要指定一个极端环境。
防御分泌物Defensive Secretion:当受到惊吓或威胁时,这种动物的真皮细胞会让它分泌出一种防御液体,类似于一些青蛙和昆虫的防御分泌物。这些分泌物虽然无毒,但要么是酸性的,接触后会产生灼热感,要么会引起其他的皮肤不良反应。一旦有人用裸露的皮肤接触到这些动物的裸露皮肤,在接下来的24小时内,他的所有检定获得-1调整,或者直到得到一次成功的护理治疗:医学+逻辑(2)。如果受分泌物影响的个体对奇美拉的主体生物过敏,则所有检定获得-2调整。
变色Dynamic Coloration:这种动物的皮肤只有在长时间(1分钟)暴露在自身颜色与环境颜色具有强烈反差的环境下才会改变颜色,它能保持变色长达四小时。如果它周边环境的颜色再度发生变化,它会在十分钟内褪色至原本的颜色。在变色状态下,只要该生物不动,察觉这个动物的检定的阈值获得+2调整。
回声定位Echolocation:耳朵、声带和大脑的改造使动物能够通过发送和接收声波脉冲来观察周围环境。无论光线条件如何,即使是完全黑暗,这种生物在侦察检定中也不会受到可见性调整的影响(第175页,SR5)。唯一的限制是,像玻璃或混凝土这样的固体物体阻挡了这种声波,其范围限制为空气中20米,水中200米。
生物电Electrocytes:来源于对电鳗的研究,这种调整制造了许多能够产生电流的特殊细胞。这些生物电细胞允许动物通过一次成功的接触攻击(p. 187, SR5)来造成电击伤害,其属性为DV(攻击者的体质)S(e),AP-6
感官增强(微光视觉、热感视觉)Enhanced Sense (Low Light Vision, Thermographic
Vision):这些改造的能力与同名的泛人类能力相同。
感官增强(嗅觉)Enhanced Sense (Scent):最好的猎犬能在人群中嗅出指定个体的气味。这个特性给予生物+2骰池调整和+1检定上限在使用嗅觉的侦察检定与跟踪检定上。
感官增强(听觉频谱扩大)Enhanced Sense (Broadened Auditory Spectrum):具有这一特质的动物可以听到超声波、高频声音(包括超声波发生器)或次声、低频声音(包括赛博设备运转发出的次声波)。 这种能力允许生物通过侦察检定以检测更宽频率范围内的声音,并获得+1检定上限在应用听觉的侦察检定上。由于·这种能力无法关闭,生物可能会被旁人听不到的声音影响而分心,或者因过于灵敏的听觉而导致耳聋。这种改造会让外耳发生细微但肉眼可见的变化。
额外的头Extra Head:唯一一个可复制的,成功的提取自超自然生物的基因改造,来自于科耳柏洛斯猎犬,这个改造为生物添加一个额外的头。这个改造最多可以被选择两次,让你得以创造出三头生物。每一个额外的头使生物的物理CM+1,并且获得+1调整在侦察检定上。如果主体生物拥有基于头部的天生武器,比如叫角,撕咬,獠牙,额外的头也会拥有这一能力。那些拥有额外的头的生物可以在一个头被切断后继续工作,只要它有至少一个头还存在,并且所受的伤害不足以让它失去工作能力。多头奇美拉更容易被分散注意力。
青蛙舌Frog Tongue:这种生物有着一个又长又黏的舌头,类似于青蛙或者变色龙,可以像弹簧一样被肌肉压实并弹射出去。当攻击时,它向外弹出攻击目标,然后缩回。虽然灵巧不足以操纵工具,但它足够强壮,可以抓住物体,前提是物体的重量小于生物的力量x 100克。由于舌头分泌的粘液,物体会粘在舌头上,直到被人工取出。如果该生物还拥有基于咬伤为媒介的毒液(p. 401, SR5),该生物还可以使用异种近战武器(青蛙舌)通过一次成功的接触攻击来使毒液生效,该生物免费获得一级的异种近战武器(青蛙舌)技能。
鳃Gills:有鳃的生物能够从水中提取氧气,使它们能够无限期地呆在水下。这种改造一般会添加在主体生物有肺的奇美拉身上,因为这种改造通常提取自肺鱼的基因,使生物既能在水下活动又能在陆地上活动而免受单一呼吸器官的不良影响。
滑翔Gliding:这种生物有翼膜、半功能性的翅膀或其他一些使其能够短距离滑翔的特征。具有滑翔能力的生物视为拥有一级的自由落体技能。并且还可以通过技能增强改造来提升这一能力。有滑翔改造的生物使用敏捷而不是体质进行自由落体技能检定,因为它运用的更多的是关于精细的运动反射,而不是纯粹的物理对抗。滑翔生物可以通过自由落体+敏捷(2)检定来避免从任何距离坠落造成的坠落伤害。在坠落时,它们可以选择在水平方向移动两倍于垂直方向的距离。在一个战斗轮中,滑翔生物下降10米,水平移动可达20米。它们必须始终从高点移动到低点,不能向上滑动!
喷墨Ink Extrusion:那些被设计出来使目标致盲的生物会挤出一种黑色粘性物质,对所有应用视觉的侦察检定造成罚值调整,罚值的数值等同于生物的体质。墨水会永久性地污染大多数有孔物品和衣物。当在水下使用时,墨水会扩散到一个面积达几米的地方,这个面积等于生物的体质。喷射墨汁时,生物使用异种远程武器(墨汁)+敏捷作为攻击检定,射程为(体质)米。
磁场感应Magnetoception:这种适应性改造允许生物感知附近磁场的变化。这是通过提高鼻部筛骨中的铁含量和连接到改良的嗅球和嗅皮层的特殊神经通路来实现的。具有这种品质的生物可以字面意义上的嗅出磁场的存在、方向和强度,例如由电子设备、电源或磁异常探测器产生的磁场。该生物还具有无误地定位磁北的能力,为导航检定提供+2骰池调整。该生物能以侦察+直觉检定对抗物品抗性(p. 293, SR5)来搜索五米范围内的生磁物体。
天生武器Natural Weapon:这种改造从一种动物身上提取出最危险的部分,然后把它安在另一种动物身上。当然,后者必须具备适应自然武器的身体特征。例如,你不能把爪子安在一条蛇身上。要对自然抱有尊重。还有物理学。查阅天生武器表,查看可用选项。
武器 DV AP 触及 撕咬 力量+2 -2 -1 爪子 力量+1 -1 —— 角 力量+2 -1 —— 尾巴 力量+3 —— 1 獠牙 力量+2 —— —— |
长鼻Proboscis:这种生物有一个类似大象鼻子的能抓握的鼻子。它可以用于一些细微的操作,甚至能用异种近战武器(象鼻)技能发动(DV(STR-1)P,Reach-,AP+1)钝击。使用象鼻来操纵任何物体都要承受-2骰池调整。生物能用象鼻施加的力量等于生物的力量。象鼻不能提供额外的攻击动作。
强效毒液Potent Venom:这种改造增强了生物产生天然毒素的能力。增加生物毒液50%的强度,向上取整。这种改造对没有天然毒素的生物没有影响。
棘刺Quills:这些经过改造的毛发被厚厚的角蛋白板覆盖,类似豪猪的棘刺,在绒毛下散布着钢针。棘刺有2到4厘米长,锋利如针,在近战时容易脱落。棘刺被用作抵御攻击者的防御机制。如果该生物在近战中被成功制服(见制服,p.195,SR5),攻击者要做一个伤害抵抗检定以免受DV(力量+1)p,AP+1的伤害。力量取自陷入擒抱的两人中力量更高者。在近战中可以使用异种近战武器(棘刺)技能挥动棘刺进行战斗,属性如下:DV(力量+1)P,触及-,AP+1。
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Quills: These modified hairs are coated with thick keratin plates that resemble porcupine quills, interspersed with
bristles, under fur and hair. Quills are two to four centimeters long, sharp as needles, and detach easily when used
in close combat. Quills are used as a defensive mechanism
to hold off attackers. If the critter is successfully grappled
in close combat (see Subduing, p. 195, SR5), the attacker makes a Damage Resistance Test against a DV of (STR + 1)
P, AP +1, using the higher Strength attribute of the grappling pair. Quills can be wielded in melee combat using the
Exotic Melee Weapon (Quills) skill, with the following stats:
DV (STR + 1)P, Reach —, AP +1.
恶臭喷雾Scent Spray:这种动物有气味腺体,能产生类似臭鼬喷剂的恶臭。气味腺可以使用异种远程武器(气味腺)技能进行一个触摸攻击(p.187,SR5)喷一个(体质)米内的单一目标一身恶臭。被喷雾击中的目标可能会感到恶心(p.409,SR5)。暴露在空气中两分钟后,喷雾就转为惰性气体。普通护甲不能提供防护,但是化学抵抗和其他的强化可以。即使在最好的时候,这个生物也谈不上好闻。对于此生物的基于嗅觉的追踪检定获得+2骰池调整。
媒介方式:吸入 起效速度:即时生效 穿透性:–2 强度:6 效果:恶心
技能增强Skill Enhancement:这种改造强化了生物的某些行为本能。使生物的一项天生技能提高2点。此改造可以多次选择,但不能为同一技能选择。此改造只能为生物天生拥有的技能选择。教动物一项新技能只能用训练规则来完成
强健Sturdiness: 这一改造添加了一些微妙的基因调整,主要是爬行动物的基因,以改善奇美拉的身材和强壮性。此改造将生物的物理极限提高1。此外,如果生物有脆弱能力,其等级减少1。
热感Thermosense:像蛇一样,这种生物的嗅觉器官旁有红外敏感受体,可以感知散发的热量。这种改造允许生物进行非视觉侦察检定,以检测10米内产生热量的任何东西(物体、电子设备等)。调整和上限可以根据诸如温暖环境、低热量(例如摩擦或腐烂)或热污染(太多的热源、热烟雾等)等因素进行调整。检定结果给出距离、动作、热量输出量和位置的信息。这种热感不会被隐身或沉默术所迷惑。当在战斗中时,热感将能见度和光线/眩光调整下调一级。
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Thermosense: Like a snake, the critter possesses infrared-sensitive receptors next to their olfactory organs that
allow them to sense radiated heat. This quality allows the
critter to make a non-visual Perception test to detect anything that produces heat (bodies, electronics, etc.) within ten
meters. Thresholds and modifiers can be adjusted for factors such as warm environments, lower heat outputs (such
as friction or decomposition), or heat pollution (too many
sources, thermal smoke, etc.). Hits on the test give information on distance, movement, heat output, and location.
The sense is not fooled by Invisibility or Silence spells. When
using thermal sensitivity in combat, the sense reduces the
Visibility and Light/ Glare modifiers by one level.
厚皮Thicker Hide:这个改造使生物拥有更硬的鳞片,更厚的毛皮,或更坚韧的皮肤。生物的天生护甲增加50%,向上取整。没有天生护甲的生物被授予3的天生护甲或者等于体质的天生护甲,取两者中的较低者。此修改不能用于增强生物的硬化护甲能力。
毒液Venom:毒液是一种强有力的特性,即使是小动物也在它的帮助下变得极端危险。这一特性增加了产生生物毒素所需的生理结构,并通过天生武器攻击以生效(当选择能力时选择)。
媒介方式:注入 起效速度:1战斗轮 穿透性:0 强度:6 效果:物理伤害
残翼Vestigial Wings:这一特性为不具备天生飞行能力的生物增加了蝙蝠状或鸟状的翅膀。因为缺乏适当的肌肉组织和飞行动物特有的轻量化身体组织,这些翅膀不足以进行真正的飞行。然而,它们并非没有好处。如果有残翼的生物碰巧坠落,在计算坠落伤害时,将坠落米数减少4米(p.172,SR5),并在跳跃检定中获得+2骰池调整(p.134-135,SR5)。
爬墙Wall Climbing:这种基于壁虎和蜘蛛基因的改造允许生物沿着垂直表面移动。具有这种改造的动物在攀爬时视为辅助攀爬(p.134,SR5)。四条腿或四条腿以上,体质不超过三的动物甚至能够在水平面(如天花板)上倒着爬。
蛛网喷射Web Extrusion:这种生物有一个腺体,用来制造蜘蛛丝,还有一个喷口用来编织并喷吐蜘蛛丝。蜘蛛丝对于制造它的生物来说是非常坚固的。它能承受相当于制造者两倍的重量。蜘蛛丝织成的网很难看到,在察觉它的侦察检定中使用-2调整。蛛网能够把一个体重小于等于制造者的受害者缠裹起来。该生物也可以通过蛛丝进行绳降,使用自由落体技能,使自己从高处降落。
奇美拉范例 SAMPLE CHIMERICS泰瑟乌贼:洪堡乌贼和电鳗的嵌合体,这些生物是为了保护水下设施而创造的。它们群居动物的特性使它们的致命程度翻倍。它们通常被训练成对声波信号做出反应,从而成群结队地攻击任何侵入其领土的潜水器或潜水员。一个特定的声音将安抚他们并让你得以安全通过他们的领地。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
6 5 3 5 2 5 4 3 3 6.0
主动性 7+1D6
移动力 ×3/×8+2游泳时
CM 11/9
界限 肉体7,精神6,社交5
护甲 0
技能 脱逃5,异种远程武器(墨汁)1,侦察4,游泳5,徒手格斗4
能力 属性强化(体质),生物电(DV(体质)S(e),AP-6,触及+3),鳃,天生武器(撕咬:DV力量+2P),分泌/喷射物质(墨汁)
弱点 不稳定生理
注释 常见的特技包括:探测(爆炸物),归家,巡逻,触发训练(超声波),生物电的+3触及是因为泰瑟乌贼长长的触须上长满了点细胞。
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SAMPLE CHIMERICS
Taser Squid: A chimeric hybrid of a Humboldt squid
and an electric eel, these critters were created to defend
underwater facilities. Their natural pack-hunting behavior makes them extremely deadly. They are generally
trained to respond to sonic cues to swarm and attack
any submersibles or divers intruding on their territory.
A different sonic cue will pacify them allowing safe passage through their territory.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
6 5 3 5 2 5 4 3 3 6.0
Initiative 7 + 1D6
Movement x3/x8/+2 swimming
Condition Monitor 11/9
Limits Physical 7, Mental 6, Social 5
Armor 0
Skills Escape Artist 5, Exotic Ranged Weapon (Ink) 1,
Perception 4, Swimming 5, Unarmed Combat 4
Powers Attribute Enhancement (Body), Electrocytes (DV
(Bod)S(e), AP –6, Reach +3), Gills, Natural Attack
(Bite DV(STR + 2)P), Substance Extrusion (Ink)
Weaknesses Precarious Physiology
Note Common tricks include Detect (Explosives), Homing,
Patrol, Trigger Training (Ultrasonic). The +3 Reach
of the electrical attack is due to the Electrocytes
located along the squid’s long tentacles.
蜜袋猫:一种基于家猫与蜜袋鼯DNA结合而成的奇美拉,蜜袋猫经过基因改造后有一个类似蜜袋鼯的皮肤和柔性关节与皮膜,允许它伸展腿部来伸展皮膜和飞行。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华 2 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 6.0 主动性 5+1D6 移动力 ×2/×6+4 CM 8/10 界限 肉体4,精神4,社交5 护甲 0 技能 攀爬3,自由落体3,潜行2,侦察2,追踪3,徒手格斗3 能力 属性强化(敏捷),平衡尾巴,感官增强(低光视觉),滑翔,技能增强(自由落体),强健 弱点 脆弱(1),不稳定生理 注释 常见的特技包括:攻击,巡逻 |
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Sugar Cat: A hybrid chimeric based off of a house cat
combined with sugar glider DNA, the sugar cat has been
genetically modified to have the loose flaps of skin and
flexible joints of a sugar glider, allowing it to stretch out
its legs to extend the loose flaps of skin and fly.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
2 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 6.0
Initiative 5 + 1D6
Movement x2/x6/+4
Condition Monitor 8/10
Limits Physical 4, Mental 4, Social 5
Armor 0
Skills Climbing 3, Free Fall 3, Sneaking 2, Perception 3,
Tracking 3, Unarmed Combat 3
Powers Attribute Enhancement (Agility), Balance Tail,
Enhanced Senses (Low Light), Gliding, Skill
Enhancement (Free-Fall), Sturdiness
Weaknesses Fragile 1, Precarious Physiology
Note Common tricks include Attack, Patrol
喷射水豚:这种奇美拉的主体生物是啮齿动物家族中最大的成员——水豚,喷射水豚通常是温和的,有人类在周边也不会慌乱,他们被训练成会对超声波信号做出反应而采取防御姿态,并充分利用他们的迷幻药喷雾进行攻击。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6.0
主动性 3+2D6
移动力 ×2/×6+4
CM 7/9
界限 肉体3,精神2,社交3
护甲 0
技能 异种远程武器(致幻剂喷射)3,体操3,侦察3,潜行3,徒手格斗2
能力 属性强化(力量),生物毒素改造:迷幻药,感官增强(听觉频谱扩大),感官增强(气味),完形意识,天生武器(撕咬:DV力量+1P,AP——,触及-1),恶臭喷雾,异种远程武器(致幻剂喷射),强健
弱点 不稳定生理
注释 常见的特技包括:攻击,归家,巡逻,触发训练,喷射水豚的基本身体大小和能力相当于老鼠。
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Spray Cap: Base on the largest member of the rodent
family, the capybara, the spray cap is normally placid and
quite calm around humans. They are trained to respond
to an ultrasonic signal to take a defensive posture and
use their hallucinogenic spray attack liberally.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6.0
Initiative 3 + 2D6
Movement x2/x6/+4
Condition Monitor 7/9
Limits Physical 3, Mental 2, Social 3
Armor 0
Skills Exotic Ranged Attack (Hallucinogenic Spray) 3,
Gymnastics 3, Perception 3, Sneaking 3, Unarmed
Combat 2
Powers Attribute Enhancement (Strength), Biotoxin Alteration
(Hallucinogen), Enhanced Sense (Broadened
Auditory Spectrum), Enhanced Sense (Smell), Gestalt
Consciousness, Natural Weapon (Bite: DV (STR+1)
P, AP —, –1 reach), Scent Spray, Skill Enhancement
(Exotic Ranged Attack [Hallucinogenic Spray]),
Sturdiness
Weaknesses Dietary Requirement (Tailored Nutrition), Fragile 2,
Precarious Physiology
Note Common tricks include Attack and Trigger Training.
The spray cap uses the base stats of a rat.
基因犬舍THE GENETIC KENNEL
曾经通过几代的选育才能完成的工作,现在可以通过先进的基因操作迅速完成。作战型是基因工程的一个里程碑,是在各个方面都优于自然同类的生物。与奇美拉不同的是,它们的DNA只来源于它们自己的物种,但经过了全方面的优化,集合了所有最理想的优点并消除了弱点。
>我艹,那我们还费心搞奇美拉干嘛呢?
>Snopes
>两个原因,首先,使用已经建立的模板要便宜得多,速度也更快。奇美拉是尝试从无到有创造新物种的研究中的第一个产物。基因调整并不是可以根据你随时随地冒出来的新点子实时调整的,你不是随意挑选你喜欢的特质然后“噗”的一声,一个生物学的杰作就此诞生了。仅是创造一个可行的生物就需要数月,甚至数年的精心调整,更不用说创造一个能超越自然进化的手笔的生物了。更不用说想要做到大批量生产还需要再花数月甚至数年的光景,所以他们依然在生产那些已经经过市场检验的老模板。
其次,也是科学家们依然在研发新的奇美拉的原因,你可以在早期实验中发现一些令人惊叹的新方程或组合,而当它们被证实有效之后,超企们可以把它们卖掉,大赚一笔。奇美拉不仅仅是关于设计完美的宠物或者护卫,更涉及到研究基因相互作用的机理,而这些实验数据稍后还可以用在作战型甚至生体改造与基因改造上。有时候你会无意间发现你做梦都想不到的新特质。
>The Smiling Bandit
>而在每一次“成功”背后,都会有无数扭曲的可憎之物,在笼子里翻腾,一生都在炼狱中挣扎。你从来没有闯进过那些收容实验室。你从来没有闻到过那些恶臭,也没有听到过那些被折磨的生命的哀嚎。没有什么成功值得付出如此邪恶恐怖的代价。
>Ecotope
>我的悲伤逆流成河。
>Clockwork
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> Holy shit. Why even bother with chimerics?
> Snopes
> Two reasons. First, it’s a lot cheaper and faster to keep using
patterns that have already been established. Chimerics
were the first steps along this path before critters-fromscratch were technologically possible. Genetic design is
hardly as real-time as they make it out to be. You don’t
just select the traits you want and “poof” out comes a
ready-made masterpiece of biology. It takes months, even
years of careful balancing to create a workable creature,
to say nothing of one that can actually outperform what
evolution has produced. That’s months and years they still
have to make products, so they keep on churning out the
stuff that works.
The second reason, and what keeps new chimerics
being made, is that you can find some amazing patterns
and combinations just through the raw experimentation
phase, and if something works, a corp will sell it. Chimeric
manipulation isn’t just about designing the perfect pet or
guard animal, it’s also about discovering interactions so
you can use that data later in a warform or even in bio
and geneware. Sometimes you can find new traits you
weren’t even looking for.
> The Smiling Bandit
> And for every one of those “successes,” there’s a million
twisted abominations, writhing in cages, their whole lives
pain. You’ve never raided a containment lab. You’ve never
smelled the stink or heard the cries of those tortured lives.
Nothing could be worth that kind of evil.
> Ecotope
> Cry me a fucking river.
> Clockwork
作战型源于对赛博改造,生体改造与基因改造的医学研究,这些研究往往都会先在通过动物实验后才会在人身上做实验,而很快就有人发现,这些实验动物也有其价值,通常它们的部署也属于实地测试的一环,如果公司为宠物主提供折扣或者免费兽医服务和跟踪监视,那只宠物很可能就是一个原型体。
>有时制造一个更好的捕鼠器意味着制造一只更好的猫。
>Man-of-Many-Names
>超企们也并不羞于让你知道他们制造了那只猫。从二十世纪起,在基因改造植物和动物的DNA中插入专有的基因标记就成了业内标准。近年来,他们不断创新,使这些标记以皮肤或毛发图案的形式表达出来,在动物身体的某个地方拼出其所属公司的标志。
>The Smiling Bandit
>呃,那也太俗气了。
>Kat o’ Nine Tales
作战型之所以如此命名,是因为它们中的大多数都用于战斗工作。虽然这种技术也可以制造出更好的宠物和更好的食物,但事实上宠物与食品市场对于这种技术需求很少,成本效益太低。奇美拉技术在这些领域占大头,只有很少的一些时候,基因学家们会研究研究完美的肉牛或者会下金蛋的鹅之类的作为工作之余的消遣
>大多数时间,只有独立实验室会研究上述那些没大用的玩意儿,而且,因为缺乏资金渠道与设备,开发工作总是漫长到令人绝望。
>The Smiling Bandit
>你很爱他们,不是吗,Bandit?
>Red
>我爱所有的投身于纯粹研究的叛逆科学家。
>The Smiling Bandit
>哦,拜托。
>KAM
>很抱歉反驳你,莱西,但是确实有完美的基因改造食用动物。我的船员不久前遇到了一些。原来它们只是不公开出售而已。似乎耶鹿岛早就想要搞一个基因完美的神户牛肉了,他们投入了一大笔新元用作研究以期能占领牛排市场。然而境况并不如意,美食家们都希望他们的食物是纯天然的,甚至有血脉鉴定书才好呢。吃克隆食品的想法对他们来说有点不合时宜,而耶鹿岛手上只剩下了5000头所谓最完美的肉牛。然后他们转而把目光投向中档食品市场,寄希望于能够止损。结果,KIT又介入了,他们因宗教原因抗议制造所谓的完美牛!而且KIT在泛太平洋地区有足够的影响力来保证如果耶鹿岛敢售卖,他们就送耶鹿岛下地狱。虽然面临着KIT的威胁,但是数十亿新元的浪费也显然不可接受。于是那些可怜的家伙只能干坐在他们的牧场里(如果有人愿意买他们会感激涕零),等着耶鹿岛能想出什么办法拯救他们。
>Rigger X
劇透 - :
> Again, indie lab biohackers are the main source of things
like this. The development time is awfully long, though,
without access to funds and equipment to make it happen.
> The Smiling Bandit
> You’ve got a lot of love for them, don’t you, Bandit?
> Red
> What’s not to love about rebel scientists in it for the pure
research?
> The Smiling Bandit
> Oh, please.
> KAM
> Sorry to contradict you, Lacey, but there are genetically
perfected food animals. My crew ran across some not
too long ago. Turns out they just aren’t for sale. Seems
Yakashima had it in their heads to make the genetically
perfect Kobe beef and dropped a great big pile of nuyen
into taking over the steak market. The twist? Food snobs
like their food to be from a long pedigree, all natural. The
idea of eating what amounted to cloned food reeked of
the standard to them, and Yakashima was left holding on
to about five thousand heads of the most perfect cows
you’ll ever see. Then they tried finding a way to just
take over the mid-range food market to cut costs. What
happens? KIT steps in and protests creating a so-called
“perfect cow” for religious reasons! And KIT has enough
clout in the Pan-Pacific to promise merry hell if they try
and sell them. They could destroy them, but that’s billions
of nuyen gone to waste. So right now the poor things are
sitting in a pasture (happy to sell the location—PM me),
waiting for Yakashima to come up with something to do
with them.
> Rigger X
多年来,伞兵盾(Parashield)在众多的产品演示和新闻发布中一直处于业界领先的地位,他们也是第一个将基因工程战斗动物或“作战型”推向市场的公司。而且很可能有些太早了,因为这些单位难以控制,并且有许多健康问题。第二代作战型更为成功,而且是由一个意想不到公司——阿兹特科技发布的,来自他们的诺蒂纳(Nordina)生物技术子公司。这些新的作战型与第一代有着截然不同的设计理念。第一代试图把动物变成无人机,但在这样做的过程中,他们失去了作为动物进行部署的许多优势。第二代只使用了基因增强与生体改造,赛博改造被完全避开了。最终成果是一群既能够独立思考但又可以训练的动物。他们的能力比他们的野生兄弟强得多,而且他们仍然能够在受到伤害后自然痊愈。
>所以,大体上说,作战型就只是被优化的动物而已?
>Netcat
>确实如此。当然它们也可以被增强至超过动物的正常能力范围。但这并不经常发生,因为作战型最大的吸引力在于它完美的天生能力,而不是增强的或超自然的能力。
>KAM
当然,作战型的真正潜力还没有完全开发。有遗传基因修补学带来的可能性,我们可能有望看到第一个真正意义上的新颖生命形式在人类手中创造而出。
>现在再读一遍这句话,并在结尾处加上霹雳的隆隆声和疯狂科学家的尖笑。
>The Smiling Bandit
>反正都是夸大其辞。这种技术不太可能实现。就算能实现,我们有生之年内也看不到。
>KAM
>从一个无论什么时候想接受莱昂疗法都能接受的医生口中说出,这句话还真是异乎寻常的让人信服。
>The Smiling Bandit
这一过程是通过改变生物的外在来实现的。最好的基因样本被注入其中,然后由多能干细胞增强以进行进一步的修改。与泛人类不同,它们可不会抱怨自己身上的零件,一点也不。吉娃娃不会抱怨自己跑得没有灰狗快,它们根本想不到这些。所以一只阿尔法级的敖犬不会思考为什么自己有能嚼碎骨头的颌骨,它天生就会使用它,不需要后天训练。更棒的是,由于它们的生产方式,智力增强以及并没有导致心理问题的殖装,这些动物都没有野性而且适合训养。
>值得注意的是,所有出售的作战型都是雄性,这可能是因为它们的体型和力量更大。我认为有可能雌性都被留下来进行作战型的自然繁殖实验。
>Lacey
>我看了一些关于新一代作战型的生产数据,这些方法与Owains Bionatural在将非泛人类代码整合到泛人类DNA中以使安装殖装而不损失精华所做的研究惊人地相似。只是这次是相反的。我希望是我看错了。
>The Smiling Bandit
>这也许可以解释我听说的一个故事,一个小队抢了一辆大A的货车,却发现里面只有一只狮子狗。他们把它锁在其中一个笨蛋的卧室里,等他们下次检查时狗却不见了。他们查了监控记录,看到那条狗打开了通往房间的门,从厨房的柜台上抓了一根撬棍,然后走了出去。碟客骇进了网域导航的摄像头,他们看到狮子狗跳上了一辆无人巴士。它买了张货运的票!
> Plan 9
> 没错!!!
> Snopes
>我会一直记得他…她?训练作战型几乎是一种荣幸。他们很快就有了方向感,对表扬的反应也很好,并且表现出极好的纪律性。我之所以说这“几乎”是一种荣幸,是因为,嗯,坦白地说,他们可能会让人不安。想象一下,一群狗不互相嗅,不分心,不挠不舔。只是排好队坐在那里看着你。我知道作战型本质上是自然的,但是他们的行为可以说确实是不自然的。
>Lacey
>别再搞出更多的二进制玩意儿了,亲爱的,有我们就够了。
>Plan 9
劇透 - :
> It should be noted that all warforms sold are male,
supposedly due to their larger size and strength. I
think it is possible that there are females being kept for
experimentation with naturally reproducing warforms.
> Lacey
> I got a look at some production data on this new
generation, and the methodologies are strikingly similar
to the work Owains Bionatural was doing with integrating
non-metahuman code into metahuman DNA in order to
maintain biological integrity in spite of augmentations.
Only this time it is in reverse. I really hope I am wrong.
> The Smiling Bandit
> That might explain the story I heard of a team that jacked
an Azzie cargo truck only to find a lone poodle inside. They
locked it up in one chummer’s bedroom, and it was gone
the next time they checked. They looked at the surveillance
record and saw the dog open the door to the room, snag
a credstick from the kitchen counter, and walk out. The
decker snooped a GridGuide cam feed, and they saw the
poodle hopping on a drone bus. It bought a fraggin’ ticket!
> Plan 9
> Riiiiiight.
> Snopes
> I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss him … her? Training
warforms is almost a pure pleasure. They take direction
quickly, respond to praise very well, and exhibit fantastic
discipline. I say almost a pleasure because, well, frankly,
they can be unnerving. Imagine a pack of dogs who aren’t
sniffing at each other, distracted, scratching and licking
themselves. Just lined up and sitting at attention, staring
at you. I know warforms are essentially natural, but their
behavior can be decidedly unnatural.
> Lacey
> No need for binaries, dear. We simply are.
> Plan 9
尽管其产物看起来并不复杂,但作战型的价格其实相当昂贵。作为一种动物的巅峰,它们与你想象中的完美动物无限接近。在训练中节省的时间和他们的出色表现使他们成为最受欢迎的安全动物,甚至可以与改造生物或超自然生物一决高下。如果你面对的是一个安保版作战型,你在面对自然动物能达到的最可怕形式。如果作战型是群居类动物,你毫无疑问处于极端危险之中。如果它是综合版作战型,你将要面对的危险则远超出你眼睛所能看见的那些。
>在作战型中还隐藏着别的的价值:它们的遗传物质。它们是用最好的原材料制成的,而且理论上可以对其基因进行逆向工程。不过,如果想赚大钱,你得去他们的实验室打劫他们的基因库。一排排胚胎,干细胞,随便你怎么称呼。那里面的东西你随便抓一把就能换得大把的钱财,但如果你做一些研究,知道你在找什么,例如你可以搞到一个特定的动物的全基因谱,尤其是阿尔法类的动物,那你就相当于有了一家造币厂。
>Pistons
>我不太确定你说的极端危险来源于哪里,我是说,一条狗再怎么厉害也只是狗而已,它难道还能比得过地狱犬吗?
>Riot
>地狱犬是危险的,但它也很难控制和训练,无论Lacey或Rainbow跟你说了什么。它有野生动物的本能,这不利于控制。作战型的好处是纪律性很强,这使得他们更聪明,更有纪律性。火确实很危险,但是一组拥有力量增强和速度增强的超智能狗可以一直追踪你你,从各个角度咬你,绊倒你,解除你的武装。
>Red
劇透 - :
> There’s another hidden value in warforms: their genetic
material. They are made with the finest stock, so what’s
inside them can theoretically be reverse engineered. For
a bigger payday, though, you want to hit the labs where
they keep the genevaults. Row after row of embryos, stem
cells, you name it. You could get big bucks just grabbing
things at random, but if you do some research and know
what you’re looking for, you could sell a particular animal’s
full genetic spectrum, alpha-class stuff, and make a mint.
> Pistons
> I’m not sure I see what the big threat is. I mean, how is a
dog more dangerous than a hellhound?
> Riot
> A hellhound is dangerous, but it’s also harder to control
and train, no matter what Lacey or Rainbow tell you. It’s
got the instincts of a wild animal, and that doesn’t lend
itself to control very well. Warforms have the benefit of
discipline bone-deep, and that makes them smarter and
more disciplined. Fire may be dangerous, but a pack of
hyper-intelligent dogs with enhanced strength and speed
can run you down, nip at you from all angles, trip you, and
disarm you.
> Red
作战型改造WARFORM MODIFICATION
因为每个作战型都在实验室进行过基因调整和生物改造,他们可以获得总精华消耗为1的殖装而不损失精华,由于经过改良的多功能干细胞可以相对容易地用于将基因改良整合到发育中的胚胎中,所有添加到作战型中的基因改造的价格都降低了20%。因为它们的基因来源于他们族群中的最优良者,他们有两个属性在他们物种的原基础上增加一。作战型非常适应他们的生体改造,所有的生体改造与基因改造的精华消耗都减少10%。它们总是有驯化能力,即使它们所在的物种没有。这里有一些市场上的典型列在下面。这些是最常见的作战型的例子。它们的增强和已知的特技可能会因订制需求而不同。
战犬:这些作战型犬广泛用于企业安保、边境巡逻、军事和战术反应小组。他们快速,坚韧,忠于主人。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
5 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 6.0
主动性 9+2D6
移动力 ×2/×8+4
CM 11/10
界限 肉体6,精神4,社交5
护甲 0(8如果穿着生物防弹衣)
技能 威吓4,侦察5(嗅觉侦察+2),奔跑5,追踪6,徒手格斗5
能力 驯化,感官增强(听觉,嗅觉)天生武器(撕咬:DV力量+3P,AP——)
殖装 骨密度增强2,突触加速
注释 常见的特技包括:攻击,护甲使用,贴身护卫,伴侣,探测(毒品),追踪。
劇透 - :
WARFORM MODIFICATION
Warforms are genesculpted and biologically modified in
vitro, so they are able to possess up to 1 Essence worth
of bioware and/or geneware without any impact to their
essence. Due to the comparative ease with which modified pluripotent stem cells can be used to integrate genetic modifications into a developing embryo, all geneware
added to a warforms has a twenty percent reduction in
price. The genetic stock they are created from represents
the best of their breed, so two attributes are increased by
1 over the base species. Warforms are so well adapted
to the bioware they possess, all bioware and geneware
Essence costs are reduced by ten percent. They always
have the Domesticated critter power even if the species
they are based on does not. Some of the models on the
market are included below. These are examples of some
of the most commonly used warforms. Their augmentations and known tricks can vary greatly depending on the
application for which they were created.
War Hound: These warform dogs are in use extensively with corporate security, border patrols, the mili-tary, and tactical response teams. They are fast, tough,
and loyal to their masters.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
5 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 6.0
Initiative 9 + 2D6
Movement x2/x8/+4
Condition Monitor 11/10
Limits Physical 6, Mental 4, Social 5
Armor 0 (8 if wearing critter body armor)
Skills Intimidation 4, Perception 5 (Smell +2), Running 5,
Tracking 6, Unarmed Combat 5
Powers Domesticated, Enhanced Senses (Hearing, Smell),
Natural Weapon (Bite: DV(STR + 3)P, AP —)
Augmentations Bone Density R2, Synaptic Acceleration
Note Common tricks include Armor Use, Attack,
Bodyguarding, Companion, Detect (Drugs), Tracking
战海豚:水下作业是大量使用受训动物和生物无人机的领域之一,传统的无人机在水下严重受阻,因为它们的信号范围大大缩小。另一方面,动物可以自主操作,并可以接受声音信号引导。海豚和海狮都是非常受欢迎的受训水下单位。虎鲸有时也被用于类似的目的,尽管它们的体型使它们的食物供应成为一项昂贵的负担,而且它们在压力下往往有攻击报复的倾向。战争海豚是他们族群中最聪明的,以至于他们被认为是最聪明的动物并且在一些地区法律上他们必须被视为雇员而不是财产。他们能够理解简单的口头语言和概念,并能以实物回报交流。它们最常用于海底设施周围的监视、爆炸物探测和安全。这些海豚有时也被用来检查海底管道和电缆是否损坏或断裂。它们还能够领导一群野生海豚,以便将其他动物和超自然动物从它们负责保护的区域驱逐出去。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
8 6 5 8 4 5(6) 4 4 3 6.0
主动性 7+1D6
移动力 ×2/×8+4
CM 13/10
界限 肉体10,精神6(7),社交6
护甲 0(5如果穿生物防弹衣)
技能 潜水3,体操7,侦察4,游泳5,徒手格斗3
能力 驯化,感官增强(声纳)
殖装 大脑增幅1,chameleon skin (dynamic), 神经滞留扩张, tailored critter pheromones 3,
音域增强器
注释 常见的特技包括:探测(爆炸物),归家,巡逻。
劇透 - :
War Dolphin: One of the areas in which well-trained
critters and biodrones are used heavily is in underwater
operations. Conventional drones are heavily hampered
underwater due to their signal range being heavily reduced. Animals, on the other hand, can operate autonomously and be directed through sonic cues. Dolphins
and sea lions are both very popular as trained underwater units. Killer whales are sometimes used for similar
purposes, though their size makes their vat growth an
expensive undertaking, and they tend to have a vindictive streak when they are stressed.
Warform dolphins are the brightest of the bunch, so
much so that they are deemed sapient creatures in some
jurisdictions and legally have to be treated as employees
rather than property. They are capable of understanding
simple spoken language and concepts and can return
communication in kind. They are most commonly used
around undersea facilities for surveillance, explosive
detection, and security. These dolphins are also sometimes used for inspecting undersea pipelines and cables
for damage or breaks. They are also capable of leading
groups of wild dolphins in order to eject other critters and
paracritters from the area they are charged to protect.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
8 6 5 8 4 5(6) 4 4 3 6.0
Initiative 7 + 1D6
Movement x2/x8/+4
Condition Monitor 13/10
Limits Physical 10, Mental 6(7), Social 6
Armor 0 (5 if wearing critter body armor)
Skills Diving 3, Gymnastics 7, Perception 4, Swimming 5,
Unarmed Combat 3
Powers Domesticated, Enhanced Senses (Sonar)
Augmentations Cerebral booster 1, chameleon skin (dynamic), neuroretention amplification, tailored critter pheromones 3,
vocal range expander
Note Common tricks include Detect (Explosives), Homing,
Patrol
战马:这些战马被培育成坚韧,强壮,有很高的耐力,并且比其他马更不易惊跳。他们主要是由防暴警察骑乘,或是NAN骑警在地形过于崎岖无法行使轮式车辆时采用,或是在中世纪幻想晚餐剧院当布景。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
8 5 5 8(9) 4 3 3 4 2 6.0
主动性 8+1D6
移动力 ×3/×10+6
CM 13/10
界限 肉体10(11),精神5,社交6
护甲 0(12如果穿着生物防弹衣)
技能 奔跑6(7),徒手格斗1
能力 驯化,天生武器(踹:DV(力量+1)P,AP——,触及-1)
殖装 骨密度增强1,肌肉增强1,Neo-EPO
注释 常见的特技包括:护甲使用,坐骑。
劇透 - :
War Horse: These warforms are bred to be tough,
strong, have high endurance, and to be less skittish than
other horses. They are primarily ridden by riot police,
NAN rangers covering terrain too rough for wheeled vehicles, and for medieval fantasy dinner theater.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
8 5 5 8 (9) 4 3 3 4 2 6.0
Initiative 8 + 1D6
Movement x3/x10/+6
Condition Monitor 13/10
Limits Physical 10(11), Mental 5, Social 6
Armor 0 (12 if wearing critter body armor)
Skills Running 6(7), Unarmed Combat 1
Powers Domesticated, Natural Weapon (Kick: DV(STR + 1)P,
AP —, Reach 1)
Augmentations Bone density 1, muscle augmentation 1, Neo-EPO
Note Common tricks include Armor Use and Mount
在野兽的肚子里 IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST曾经被认为是作战型的一个分类,生物无人机如今已经独立发展为自成一派的产品。它们在许多方面都明显不同于作战型,最明显的是它们拥有大量的“殖装”,它们不能被训练,而是通过植入物来引导。这是一种让激进动保分子暴跳如雷的技术。你拿着一只动物,把它装满“殖装”直到它失去理智,然后再添加一些“殖装”,让你能像提线木偶一样控制它。
>令人作呕。
>Ecotope
>而且根本毫无意义!为啥要把动物变成无人机?我的无人机不用人喂。
>Clockwork
生物无人机在60年代后期经历了复兴,成为一种热门的新安保选择,它结合了优秀的动物本能和无人机的控制方式由本地安保蜘蛛进行操控。结果在一开始是令人鼓舞的,但时间表明,他们的主要优势是他们的新颖性。那些“盔甲上的裂痕”一经发现,销量就开始大幅下降,大量的订单被取消,人们转而选择其他的安保动物。那些陷在这个项目中的人只得寻找其他的使用途径。
>所以它们有什么弱点?
>Riot
>最大的问题是那些殖装把动物逼疯了,唯一能控制他们的是连接他们与机师的马镫系统(STIRRUP system)。若果你能用扰频器或者电子控制模块干扰信号传输,他们就会发狂。他们仍然极其危险,被称为马镫界面的殖装也是一个必须的跳线回路系统,连同所有其他垃圾,都被塞在他们体内。而失去了马镫界面的协调,它们的作战能力也大幅下降。这意味着它们可能直接跑掉或者在它们本应保护的地方横冲直撞。
>Pistons
>仍然能看到它们在一些地方有所使用,大多是中等水平的设施,才可以负担得起,而且有足够的冗余信号,以防止简单的黑客攻击。
>DangerSensei
近年来,生物无人机的市场已经不再青睐完全赛博化的动物了,至少作战领域已经不再青睐了。大多数时候,单纯的无人机成本更低,而且给生物安装大量殖装的做法抛弃了直接使用动物带来的许多好处。事实上,大多数研究表明,生物无人机只继承了殖装和动物的短板而非长处。相反,研究人员专注于制造能够做常规无人机所不能做的事情的生物无人机。侦察和监视是这类无人机的主要用途。像鸽子、松鼠和蟑螂这样的动物在这片广阔的土地上无处不在,以至于大多数人甚至都不会注意到它们的存在,更不用说怀疑它们有音频和视频录功能。
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In recent years, the market trend in biodrones has
partially moved away from fully cyberizing animals, at
least for combat. In many cases it would be more cost
effective to simply use a drone, and heavy augmentation to critters eliminates many of the benefits of using
a critter in the first place. Indeed, most research shows
that biodrones marry the worst aspects of augmentation and animals together instead of the best, making
the process a wash, if you’re lucky. Instead, researchers
have focused on creating biodrones that can do what
regular drones cannot. Spying and surveillance are the
prime use of biodrones. Animals such as pigeons, squirrels, and cockroaches are so ubiquitous in the sprawl
that most people don’t even notice their presence, let
alone suspect they are wired with audio- and video-recording enhancements.
>早在他们还拥有科技生态建筑区的时候,联络就在尝试研究一种魔鬼鼠无人机。他们将在整个地区提供移动监视,甚至在紧急情况下集群发动攻击。它从来没有成功过。老鼠的双重属性意味着它们的殖装会使它们发疯,还会使它们染上致命的疾病。
>Baka Dabora
>谢天谢地,他们从来没有把事情做好。你能想象如果迪乌斯有一大群魔鬼鼠无人机,那科技生态建筑区会有多糟吗?
>Winterhawk
>你可有点太放肆了。
>Puck
>哪一点?
>Winterhawk
>每一点。
>Puck
这种做法在过去几年里一直相对不为人所知,因为超企使用新技术来获得优势,而不是玩弄权术和降价打折。当它们最终面向市场时,他们的销售渠道已经相当稳定,在间谍和反间谍,安保,以及某些情况下的军事侦察中使用。一些更深奥的用途包括无人机宠物,可以作为放在明面上的安保,并给受保护人另一个观察视角。
>阿兹特科技在波哥大大量使用他们,派遣几乎完美伪装的鸟类作为火炮观察员。事实上,他们还活着,这意味着他们在星界中比无人机更难被发现,而当萨满可以辨认出“殖装”的时候,已经太晚了。
>Picador
在第二波开发热潮中诞生的生物无人机带来了很大的争议。这些无人机是自杀式袭击者,被植入炸药或其他自毁装置,就像是活的、自动追踪的、自带伪装的手榴弹。虽然听起来很恐怖,但是过于昂贵的价格使这些受过归家训练的野兽成为珍稀品。这种生物的巨大花费,以及在不破坏无人机的隐身性或机动性的情况下可以装在里面的容量有限的自杀材料,意味着这些刺客无人机只能被资金最雄厚的客户独家使用,而且只能对付最有价值的目标。
>令人惊讶的是,自爆鸽子需要多少炸药才能造成,比如说,半径为12米的爆炸。那重量意味着这该死的东西拼了命的拍打翅膀也飞得晃晃悠悠。但是对一个警觉的保镖来说几乎不显眼。而在地面上行动的生物无人机杀手更可靠,但也更容易被发现。尽管鸟类炸弹动作笨拙,但却总能成功的原因很简单:人们不会抬头看。
>Beaker
>给生物无人机装配非爆炸型的攻击手段效果会更好,不是普通的牙齿或爪子甚至是脑子,而是毒液注射器和毒气。你可以给一只赛博老鼠装满七-7毒剂,然后它爬进目标的卧室,在他们睡觉的时候给他们下毒。者你在他们的牙齿上安装毒药注射器让他们咬人。只要轻轻一啄,就能释放出足够的绿环8或艾克诺伯力毒液来放倒一个巨魔。
>Balladeer
>真正的好处是,你可以把一个看起来完全无害的动物变成一个令人憎恶的怪物。如果有足够的预先计划,你可以用一个生物无人机版本的狗代替原本的家犬,强制生长克隆与植入,时刻准备着受操纵或服从指令。他们的狗进兽医诊所,你的狗出来。很容易。
>Marcos
>而当它突然咬住孩子的时候,会发生什么呢?
>Sunshine
事实上,生物无人机已经成为了高端市场商品。在他们所有的能力中,只有几项是他们所擅长的,但这些都是其他无人机或动物无法完成的。这种专业性使它们非常昂贵,但因其产品性能优异,生物无人机项目一直保持着持续运行,即使它们只迎合异常富有的客户和大型企业的利益。
>让一架生物无人机为暗影狂奔者所有并非不可能,但它的价格比它的价值要贵得多。你需要专门的设备和程序来运行它们,它们显示出的主动性比你想象的要差得多,而且它们只是一个小故障,就可能会把你撕成碎片,或者突然心脏骤停,甚至是更致命的大问题。他们的殖装几乎不可能在预算内修复,他们的医疗护理是特别定制的,也许最糟糕的是,他们没有个性。你可以买一个有气动颚板的罗威纳,它可能还会爱你。而一个生物无人机…就只会坐在那里。等待指令。这不仅仅是一个昂贵的浪费,还有点悲哀。
>Rainbow
>换句话说,这是一个警告,不要相信公司飞地周围的动物?
>2XL
>我就说那些科技生态建筑区的花栗鼠可爱过头了。
>Riot
>你到底有没有在读?这份文件告诉你的是不要相信任何地方的动物。
>Sounder
>所以,就和世上的所有其他东西一样?
>The Smiling Bandit
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> It’s quite surprising just how much high explosive you
need to exit a bomb pigeon and get, say, a two-meter
radius. And the weight means the damn thing is flapping
like hell and wobbling around. Hardly inconspicuous to awatchful bodyguard. Ground-bound biodrone assassins
are much more reliable, but also a bit more likely to be
spotted. For all their unwieldy movement, bird bombs
are usually successful for one simple reason: People
don’t look up.
> Beaker
> It’s much more effective when the biodrone uses nonexplosive means of attack. Not standard tooth and claw,
mind, but poison injectors and gasses. You can pack a
cyber rat with Seven-7 and have it crawl right into the
target’s bedroom and gas them in their sleep. Or you put
a poison injector in their teeth and have them bite. Just a
quick peck can deliver enough Green Ring 8 or ekylbene
venom to put down a troll.
> Balladeer
> The real advantage is that you can make a perfectly
harmless looking animal into an envenomed monstrosity.
With enough advance planning, you can replace the
family dog with a biodrone version, force-growth cloned
and fully implanted, ready to be rigged or programmed.
Their dog goes into the vet, your dog comes out. Easy.
> Marcos
> What happens when it accidentally nips the kids?
> Sunshine
The fact is, biodrones have moved into highly niche
markets. Of all their qualities, there are only a couple of
things they can do well, but those are roles that no other drone or animal could accomplish. This specialization
makes them very expensive, but the quality of performance speaks for itself and keeps biodrone programs
moving, even if they only cater to exceptionally wealthy
clients and megacorporate interests.
> It’s not impossible to keep a biodrone as a shadowrunner,
but it’s way more expensive than it’s worth. You need
specialized equipment and programs just to run them,
they show much less initiative than you’d think, and they
are one glitch away from tearing you to pieces or suffering
sudden cardiac arrest or, more likely, lethal grand mal
seizures. Their ’ware is almost impossible to repair on a
budget, their medical needs are exotic, and maybe worst
of all, they have no personality. You can get a Rottweiler
with a pneumatic jaw and it’ll probably still love you. A
biodrone just … sits there. Waiting. And that’s not just an
expensive boondoggle, it’s kinda sad.
> Rainbow
> In other words, this has been a warning not to trust
animals around corporate enclaves?
> 2XL
> I always knew those chipmunks in the arcologies were too
cute.
> Riot
> Haven’t you been reading? This whole document proves
you can’t trust animals anywhere.
> Sounder
> So, no different from anything else, then?
> The Smiling Bandit
生物殖装CRITTER AUGMENTATION几十年来,公司的研究与开发已经进展到了研究和安装动物用殖装。最初,它是作为人体殖装实验的先期临床试验进行的,但超企从不愿意放过任何一个潜在的有利可图的研究领域。
早期,当在受伤的普通动物身上安装简单的赛博肢体时,人们发现这种生物的个性发生了巨大的变化。以前可爱的宠物变得咄咄逼人、神经质、反复无常。研究发现,低智力的生物不能像泛人类一样很好的适应身体与神经上的变化,从而导致了严重的物理精神创伤。
对于超自然生物来说,殖装对它们的性格和行为的影响更为明显。殖装对生物的魔法和共鸣能力的影响使得安装了殖装的超自然生物几乎不可控制。
机械垃圾狗:这种生物无人机专门用于区域封锁和搜捕。它可以被释放来巡逻一个设施,它可以使用它自带的跟踪系统在一个被严密锁定的设施的所有区域内通行。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
5 4 4(5) 4 8 3 2 4 3 1.15
主动性 9+2D6
移动力 ×2/×8+4
CM 11/12
界限 肉体6,精神6,社交6
护甲 2(12如果穿着生物防弹衣)
技能 威吓4,侦察5(嗅觉+2),奔跑5,追踪6,徒手格斗5
能力 驯化,感官增强(听觉,嗅觉),天生武器(撕咬:DV(力量+3)P,AP-6)
弱点 CI3D
殖装 骨骼网织层:铝合金,CAST(敌我识别),废铁颚,血小板工厂,SEIS,TRACES,突触强化1
注释 常见特技包括护甲使用,巡逻,SEIS训练与追踪
售价 225000
可获得性 20F
劇透 - :
CRITTER
AUGMENTATION
Decades of corporate research and development have
gone into the study and implementation of augmentation on animals. Originally it was performed for clinical
trials leading to later application in human subjects, but
the corps are never willing to let a potentially profitable
line of research go untapped.
Early on, when implementing simple cyberlimbs on
mundane animals that had been injured, it was discovered that the critter’s personality changed drastically.
Former loving pets became aggressive, skittish, and erratic. It was determined that non-sapient critters do not
adapt as well as metahumans to change in their physiology and neurochemistry, resulting in acute psychological scarring.
With paracritters, the impact on their personality and
behavior is even more pronounced. The impact of augmentations on a critter’s Magic and Resonance abilities
makes augmented paracritters all but uncontrollable
with more than minimal augmentation.
Junkyard Dog: This biodrone is specialized for area
denial and manhunting. It can be released to patrol a facility using its TRACES system to access all areas of an
otherwise tightly locked-down facility.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
5 4 4 (5) 4 8 3 2 4 3 1.15
Initiative 9 + 2D6
Movement x2/x8/+4
Condition Monitor 11/12
Limits Physical 6, Mental 6, Social 6
Armor 2 (12 if wearing critter body armor)
Skills Intimidate 4, Perception 5 (Smell +2), Running 5,
Tracking 6, Unarmed Combat 5
Powers Domesticated, Enhanced Senses (Hearing, Smell),
Natural Weapon (Bite: DV(STR + 3)P, AP –6)
Weaknesses CI3D
Augmentations Bone lacing (aluminum), CAST w/ friend or foe
recognition, junkyard jaw, platelet factories, SEIS,
TRACES, synaptic booster 1
Note Common tricks include Armor Use, Patrol, SEIS
Training, and Tracking
Cost 225,000¥
Availability 20F
乌鸦侦察机:这种生物无人机是一种普通的乌鸦,经过改装后用于监视,并作为一种低调的数据信使。这种生物无人机的一个更大的版本,具有相同的能力,并能在高海拔飞行更长的时间是基于加利福尼亚秃鹫,并被称为机械神鹫(使用鹰的基础数据,而不是乌鸦)。在过去,各种各样的鸟类被用作监视生物无人机。最初鸽子是首选的模板,但许多人抱怨这些昂贵的小型生物无人机被猫、鹰和其他野生捕食者吃掉,导致趋势转向另一种不那么脆弱的普通城市鸟类。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
2 3 2 1 2 1 5 3 2 5.3
主动性 7+1D6
移动力 ×2/×4+4(×3/×6+5飞行)
CM 7/9
界限 肉体2,精神9,社交5
护甲 0
技能 飞行6,侦察4,徒手格斗2
能力 完形意识
弱点 脆弱2
殖装 通讯链,赛博眼(等级2,弱光视觉,热感视觉,视觉放大,视力增强2),数据锁6,定向刺激,
注释 常见特技包括归家,巡逻,触及-1
售价 30000
可获得性 16R
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SkySpy: This biodrone is a common crow modified
for surveillance and as a low-profile data courier. A much
larger version of this biodrone with the same capabilities
as well as the ability to fly at high altitudes for an extended period of time is based on the California condor
and is dubbed the RECONdor (use eagle for base stats
instead of a crow). Various types of birds have been used
in the past as surveillance biodrones. Originally pigeons
were the preferred template, but numerous complaints
of these expensive little biodrones being eaten by cats,
hawks, and other wild predators caused trends to shift to
another common urban bird that is less vulnerable.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
2 3 2 1 2 1 5 3 2 5.3
Initiative 7 + 1D6
Movement x2/x4/+4 (x3/x6/+5 flight)
Condition Monitor 7/9
Limits Physical 2, Mental 9, Social 5
Armor 0
Skills Flight 6, Perception 4, Unarmed Combat 2
Powers Gestalt Consciousness
Weaknesses Fragile (2)
Augmentations Commlink, cybereyes [Rating 2, w/ low-light vision,
thermographic vision, vision magnification, vision
enhancement 2), data lock 6, orientation goad
Note Common tricks include Homing, Patrol. Reach –1
Cost 30,000¥
Availability 16R
蟑螂无人机:一种虫子——一种能传送音频和视频的虫子。如果人们在室内看到虫子,他们往往会把它们踩扁,所以要时刻注意它们的位置。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
1 2 5 0 2 —— 2 —— 2 6.0
主动性 5+2D6
移动力 ×2/×8+4
CM 1/1
界限 肉体2,精神2,社交3
护甲 0
技能 体操3,侦察2,潜行4
能力 完形意识,墙上行走
弱点 超级脆弱
殖装 CAST
注释 不能学习特技
售价 25000
可获得性 14R
歼齿虎:这种猎杀生物无人机允许生物机师进行可怕的快速命中和逃跑攻击。一整支队伍可能一个接一个地被猎杀,而留下的痕迹只有一声短促的尖叫和一个潜行捕食者在死寂来临前发出的闪光。
体质 敏捷 反应 力量 意志 逻辑 直觉 魅力 极限 精华
6(7) 5(6) 4(7) 5(6) 3 2 4 3 3 1.03
主动性 15+3D6
移动力 ×2/×6+4
CM 12/10
界限 肉体7(9),精神4,社交4
护甲 0(10如果穿着生物防弹衣)
技能 侦察5,奔跑5,潜行6,追踪4,徒手格斗7
能力 弱光视觉
弱点 CI3D, CTLE-X
殖装 骨密度增强2,变色龙皮毛4,技能插口4,马镫界面2,超级甲状腺
注释 常见特技包括进攻
售价 600000
可获得性 25F
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Cybertooth Tiger: This hunter-killer biodrone allows
a biorigger to carry out frighteningly fast hit-and-run attacks. An entire squad can be picked off one by one with
little more than a scream and the telltale shimmer of a
cloaked predator before a deadly silence returns.
B A R S W L I C EDG ESS
6 (7) 5 (6) 4 (7) 5 (6) 3 2 4 3 3 1.03
Initiative 15 + 3D6
Movement x2/x6/+4
Condition Monitor 12/10
Limits Physical 7(9), Mental 4, Social 4
Armor 0 (10 if wearing critter body armor)
Skills Perception 5, Running 5, Sneaking 6, Tracking 4,
Unarmed Combat 7
Powers Low-light Vision
Weaknesses CI3D, CTLE-X
Augmentations Bone density 2, chameleon pelt 4, skilljack 4, stirrup
interface 2, suprathyroid gland
Note Common tricks include Attack.
Cost 600,000¥
Availability 25F
动物赛博改造CRITTER CYBERWARE
变色龙皮毛CHAMELEON PELT有点类似包含了肤色调节器和光纤毛发等整容类的泛人类赛博改造的一种整合,这种增强用钌聚合物丝取代了生物的毛囊,并安装变色龙处理器单元来实时调整颜色的毛皮。变色龙毛皮提供(等级+2)负面骰池调整在发现该生物的侦察检定上。这种改造与提供护甲的皮肤改造相兼容,如真皮镀层或邻位皮肤。
计算机辅助感官转录(CAST)计算机辅助感官转录(CAST)相当于一个生物无人机的机师界面。它允许机师跳入一架生物无人机上,不仅能通过AR命令控制它们,还能通过无线连接体验动物的感官。这项技术避开了生物无人机发展的最大障碍,即传统机师界面和泛人类思维无法处理动物的感官感受。
CAST通过发掘动物大脑皮层的感觉中枢来解决这个问题,使生物无人机能够传输实时的感觉和接收机师指令。 通过识别大脑中的感官刺激,一个CAST单元读取数据并将其转录为可理解的拟感数据。这项技术使机师能够利用动物的增强感官,如鹰的敏锐视力或猎犬的增强嗅觉。
该系统还可以转录泛人类通常不具备的感官,如候鸟的方向感或鲨鱼的电磁感。然后,软件将这些感官数据重新转录为一种对机师来说有意义的形式,例如多色的ARO覆盖或图标。
CAST系统生成的拟感数据是双向的。机师的命令被转化为感官体验,触发动物的可预测行为。食物的虚幻气味和饥饿感可以引导生物无人机朝某个方向前进。被机师标记为目标的目标将被视为猎物。该系统甚至可以根据简单的声音命令来激活某些指令。一个先进的CAST包,可按需提供,扩展了一个友军或敌军识别系统的CAST系统。
虽然许多研究已经进展到了这一步,但目前还没有成功的关于CAST系统转录超自然生物灵视感官的实验,因为CAST无法识别大脑的哪个区域可以控制这种能力。
定向刺激ORIENTATION GOAD最经济的直接控制方法是一种简单的赛博植入,通过改变内耳的平衡来“破坏”生物无人机的定位。生物无人机会对这种变化起本能反应,从而进行转弯、向前或向后、向上或向下移动。因此,无人机的移动方向可以由机师粗略地控制。该殖装配有一个完整的无线微型收发器,射程为100米。虽然该系统没有针对作战进行优化,但定向刺激依然是谨慎侦察和监视类生物无人机(如赛博昆虫或鸟类(包括侦察神鹫))的理想控制方法。这种微小的植入物比更先进的控制系统具有更少的侵入性,因此,植入动物表现出更少的攻击行为和心理创伤迹象。
这个极其便宜和简单的装置通过破坏动物的方向感来粗略地控制动物的运动和方向。动物被迫向给定的方向移动或改变方向以保持平衡。这种程度的控制足以引导动物向一个总的方向前进,但不足以进行大多数复杂或战斗演习,或任何种类的精细控制。以这种方式控制一个生物无人机是一个简单动作,使用生物无人机的相关技能+属性,上限为生物无人机的天生界限(肉体)或发送命令的设备的数据处理属性,以较低者为准。
马镫界面STIRRUP INTERFACE最先进的控制方法采用先进的跳线回路技术,确保直接控制。它被称为马镫界面,包括机师控制自适应。这一非凡的系统允许完全的感官沉浸和机师控制,也大大提高了生物无人机的反射和运动控制。问题是这种技术价格昂贵,不适合大规模应用。
这个界面是基于一个先进的跳线回路系统(第84页,Chrome Flesh),并提供所有相同的奖励和增强,包括内置的技能闭路系统。此外,它还增加了一个远程机控适应装置,使机师能够监控动物的精确运动,并通过VR直接跳进去控制它。安装了该殖装的动物可以充分使用自己的技能与能力,除非机师跳入。一个机师跳入该生物并使用它自己的技能进行任何行动时,承受-1的骰池调整与极限调整。如果该生物同时还具有技能插口殖装,则机师可以使用其加载的行动软件而不受惩罚。该生物无人机也可以由一个专门的自驾系统控制,但如果是的话,它的功能与普通无人机完全一样。
增补环境交互专家系统(SEIS)SEIS是一种常见的战术植入物,它将一架无人机连接到一个设施的防御网络或一个军事单位网络中。SEIES提供关于友军位置、他们的火力半径、与敌人的作战信息以及防御装置状态的最新信息;当与植入的通信链路结合时,CAST或马镫界面,会将信息转化为动物智能可以处理的简单模拟感知。
如果在较为年轻时安装,动物会随着成长对这些外来植入物产生自然理解。如果有足够的时间,动物会学会使用SEIS操控周边环境。它可以用来打开和关闭门,打开和关闭其他防御系统,或执行类似的任务。这种等级的控制允许动物在栖息地自由移动,或者在有经验的捕食者的手中,它会用来重新配置在捕猎入侵者时部署的迷宫。生物无人机可以用自由动作启动与网络连接的任何功能(例如警报、打开或关闭门)。此外,它可能会增加+2任何突袭检定(包括伏击)。一架同时装备了SEIES和trace的战斗生物无人机可以利用其环境产生毁灭性的影响,准备伏击,并可能将团队成员与团队其他成员分离。
战术识别与分析能力专家系统(TRACES)虽然大多数动物在识别其他动物或泛人类时都能击败计算机,但它们无法轻易识别人造物体及其功能,无论是武器、按钮和开关,还是潜在的侦察目标。TRACES试图解决这个问题。该系统采用先进的图像识别软件连接到一个光学设备(通常是赛博眼,或安装的相机)。TRACES然后使用植入的通讯链、CAST或马镫界面将方向转换为行为指导。例如,当侦察生物无人机接近目标时,TRACES识别出入侵者,并将其等同于食物/家/舒适(使无人机靠近),或者如果想要让生物雄蜂离开,则等同于危险。前面的例子只使用了粗糙的、简单的印象;而通过叠加多个互补的印象,可以产生相当复杂的行为,有效地允许动物利用自己的自然能力来处理通常与它无关的情况。在游戏方面,装备有TRACES的生物无人机在战斗中的行动可以被视为一个受过战术训练的泛人类(例如,避开全副武装的敌人、待在枪械的射程外、使用掩护、识别法师和远离其视线等等)。此外,这种动物能够识别门、简单的开关和类似的特征,并且它知道如何使用它们。注意,这个系统是双向工作的,如果动物“自然地”检测到并识别出一个威胁,这个信息就会与系统共享,从而提高系统的性能。TRACES还为任何近战战斗检定和所有防御检定提供+2骰池奖励
特殊生物无人机殖装
赛博改造 精华消耗 可获得性 售价
变色龙皮毛(等级1-4) 0.3×等级 20F 6000×等级
CAST 0.5 25 25000
└敌我识别 —— +1 5000
定向刺激 0.1 4 500
马镫界面
└等级1 3.2 15R 45000
└等级2 4.2 21R 135000
└等级3 5.2 28R 220000
TRACES 0.7 25F 25000
SEIES 0.7 25F 20000
劇透 - :
CRITTER
CYBERWARE
CHAMELEON PELT
A bit of a combination of the skin toner and fibre optic
hair cosmetic cyberware available to metahumans, this
augmentation replaces the critter’s hair follicles with
ruthenium polymer filaments and installs a chameleon
processor unit that adjusts the color of the fur in real
time. This allows the critter to blend in to its surroundings and virtually disappear. The chameleon pelt imparts a negative dice pool modifier of (Rating + 2) to
visual Perception tests to spot the critter. This augmentation is compatible with skin modifications that provide armor, such as dermal plating or orthoskin.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED
SENSORY TRANSLATION (CAST)
Computer-assisted sensory translation (CAST) is the
equivalent of a rigger interface for biodrones. It allows
the rigger to jump in to a biodrone and not only control
them through AR commands but experience the animal’s senses through a wireless connection. This technology circumvents the greatest obstacle in biodrone
development—the inability of traditional simsense interfaces and the metahuman mind to process an animal’s raw senses.
CAST tackles this problem by tapping the sensory
centers of the animal’s cortex, allowing the biodrone
to transmit real-time sensory and rigging information
feeds. Identifying sensory stimuli in the brain, a CAST
unit reads and translates data into comprehensible simsense data. This technique allows the rigger to make use
of an animal’s enhanced senses, such as an eagle’s sharp
eyesight or a bloodhound’s enhanced sense of smell.The system can also interpret senses that metahumans normally do not possess such as a migratory bird’s
direction sense or a shark’s electromagnetic sense. Software then reinterprets this sensory data into a form that
makes sense to the rigger, such as multicolored ARO
overlays or icons.
The simsense data the CAST system generates is
two-way. Commands from the rigger are translated into
sensory experiences that trigger predictable behavior
from the animal. The illusory smell of food and a sense
of hunger can be projected to steer a biodrone in a certain direction. A target marked as a target by the rigger
will be perceived as prey. The system may even be programmed to activate certain cues based on simple vocal
commands. An advanced CAST package, available on
demand, expands the CAST system with a friend-or-foe
recognition system.
While much research has gone into the process,
there have been no successful trials of a CAST system interpreting a paracritter’s astral sight, as there is no identified region of the brain that controls this ability.
ORIENTATION GOAD
The most economical method of direct control is a
simple cyberimplant that “destabilizes” the biodrone’s
orientation by changing the balance of the inner ear.
The biodrone reacts instinctively to the change by turning, moving forward or backward, up or down. Thus,
the direction in which the drone moves can be crudelycontrolled by a security rigger. The goad comes with an
integral wireless microtransceiver with a range of 100
meters. While this system is not optimized for combat,
orientation goads are the ideal method of control for
discreet recon and surveillance biodrones, such as cyber-augmented insects or birds (including the RECondor). This minute implant has the added benefit of being less invasive than more advanced control systems,
and consequently implanted animals show less signs
of aggressive behavior and psychological trauma.
This incredibly cheap and simple device is used to
crudely control the movements and direction of an animal by destabilizing the animal’s sense of orientation.
The animal is forced to move in a given direction or
change directions to compensate for the destabilization.
This degree of control is sufficient to guide the animal
in a general direction, but insufficient for most complex
or combat maneuvers, or fine control of any kind. Controlling a biodrone in this fashion is a Simple Action using the biodrone’s relevant Skill + Attribute with a limit
of the biodrone’s Physical limit or the Data Processing of
the device from which you are sending the command,
whichever is lower.
STIRRUP INTERFACE
The most advanced control method uses sophisticated move-by-wire technology to ensure direct control.
Known as a stirrup interface, it includes rigger control
adaptation. This extraordinary system allows full sensory immersion and rigger control of the biodrone and
also enhances the unit’s reflexes and motion control
significantly. The catch is this technology is expensive
and not suited for large scale application.
This interface is based on an advanced move-by-wire
system (p. 84, Chrome Flesh) and provides all of the same
bonuses and benefits, including the embedded skillwire
system. Additionally, it adds a remote control-rig adaptation that allows a rigger to monitor the exact movements of the animal as well as to jump in and control it
directly through full-immersion VR. The subject animal
may make full use of its own faculties and skills, except
when the rigger is jumped in. A rigger jumped into the
recipient uses their own skills with a –1 dice pool modifier and the critter’s limits when performing any actions.
The rigger can use activesofts loaded through the biodrone’s skilljack system at no penalty if such a system is
implanted in the biodrone as well. The recipient can be
controlled by a specialized Pilot program, but if it is, it
functions exactly like a regular drone.
SUPPLEMENTAL
ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
EXPERT SYSTEM (SEIS)
SEIES is a common tactical implant that ties a biodrone
into a facility’s defense network or a military unit network.
The SEIES provides updated information on the location
of friendlies, their firing arcs, sensor contact with the enemy, and defense installation status; when combined with
an implanted commlink, CAST implant or a stirrup interface, the information is translated into simple sim-perceptions that the animal intelligence can process.
If installed at a relatively young age, animals will
grow up with a natural understanding of these foreign
impressions. Given enough time, an animal can learn to
use SEIES to manipulate its environment. It can use it to
open and close doors, switch other defense systems on
and off, or perform similar tasks. This amount of control
allows the animal to freely move through its habitat, or in
the case of an experienced predator, to reconfigure the
maze it is kept in when hunting intruders. The biodrone
may trigger any function linked to the network (such as
an alarm, opening or closing a door) as a Free Action.
Further, it may add + 2 to any Surprise Tests (including
ambushing). A combat biodrone equipped with both
SEIES and TRACES can use its environment to devastating effect, preparing ambushes and potentially separating team members from the rest of the group.
TACTICAL RECOGNITION AND
ANALYTICAL CAPABILITY
EXPERT SYSTEM (TRACES)
While most animals can routinely beat a computer in
recognizing other animals or metahumans, they aren’t
able to readily identify man-made objects and their
functions, be they weapons, buttons and switches, or
potential recon targets. TRACES tries to solve this problem. The system employs advanced image-recognition
software linked to an optical feed (typically cybereyes,
or a mounted camera). TRACES then uses the implanted
commlink, CAST implant, or stirrup interface to translate directions into behavioral guidance. For instance,
as a recon biodrone approaches a target, TRACES
identifies the intruder and either equates it with food/
home/comfort (to move the drone closer), or with danger if the intent is for the biodrone to move away. The
preceding example uses crude, simple impressions; by
overlaying multiple complimentary impressions, quite
complex behavior can be generated, effectively allowing the animal to use its own natural abilities to deal
efficiently with situations that would normally be alien
to it. In game terms, a TRACES-equipped biodrone can
be treated like a tactically trained metahuman in regards to its behavior in combat (e.g., avoiding heavily
armed opposition, staying out of firearm range, using
cover, recognizing the magician and staying out of
line of sight, and so forth). Further, the animal is capable of recognizing doors, simple switches, and similar
features, and it understands how to use them. Note
that this system works both ways—if the animal “naturally” detects and identifies a threat, this information
is shared with the system, which enhances its perfor-mance. TRACES also grants a biodrone + 2 dice bonus
for any Melee Combat Tests and all defense tests.
SPECIAL BIODRONE CYBERWARE
CYBERWARE ESSENCE AVAILABILITY COST
Chameleon Pelt (Rating 1-4) 0.3 x Rating 20F 6,000¥ x Rating
CAST 0.5 25 25,000¥
+ Friend or Foe Recognition — +1 5,000¥
Orientation Goad 0.1 4 500¥
Stirrup Interface Rating 1 3.2 15R 45,000¥
Stirrup Interface Rating 2 4.2 21R 135,000¥
Stirrup Interface Rating 3 5.2 28R 220,000¥
TRACES 0.7 25F 25,000¥
SEIES 0.7 25F 20,000¥
动物用特殊殖装注释 SPECIAL AUGMENTATION NOTES FOR CRITTERS·骨骼密度增强会影响动物牙齿的韧性,但不会影响它们的爪子,因为爪子是由角蛋白而不是骨骼组成的。
·骨骼网织层包括加固动物的牙齿。
·剃刀手安装在已经有爪子的生物身上。它会取代那些爪子并相应地改变所造成的伤害。
·四足动物的腿不能安装钢刺爪,但是可以安装猛禽脚。
·牙套和爪套会覆盖现有的牙齿和爪子,或者以钛合金修复已损坏的牙齿和爪子(花费:500新元),注意,这并不会加固齿根,所以牙齿和爪子可能会在战斗中被扯掉。当这种情况发生时,用殖装修复破损会导致相应的精华损耗。
·皮质炸弹,特别是大范围炸弹,被安装于自杀式暗杀生物无人机时,通常安装在动物的体腔而不是头部。