Biotech gear is widely available and subject only to the restriction of finding a seller that is well-supplied due to the ever-present need of medical care in the Sixth World, from the hands of the poorest street docs to the DocWagon HTR teams.
This small device constantly measures heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. It can also analyze blood, sweat, and skin samples. Used by medical services and patients who need to monitor their own health, biomonitors can be worn as an armband or wristband or integrated into clothing, commlinks, or other wireless networks.
Availability:
2
Cost:
¥300
Notes:
Wireless: The biomonitor shares information with other wireless devices you designate and can auto-alert DocWagon or another ambulance service if your life signs reach certain thresholds.
The STATscan is a handheld medical imaging device that uses multimodal imaging technology, predictive simulation, and advanced computer tomography to generate a realistic AR overlay of a patient’s internal anatomy. The device emits a visible light, which can be seen by observers.
Availability:
4
Cost:
¥2,500
Notes:
Provides a +2 Dice Pool Modifier to Biotech tests to diagnose a patient.
Can also be built into a cyberhand, which requires 2 capacity slots.
Developed by DocWagon in partnership with Apex Pharmaceuticals, the HemoStatiX dressing treats bleeding in the field effectively and promptly through a combination of mechanisms. The dressing is impregnated with hemostatic drugs, which activate on contact with blood. This also triggers a contraction of the dressing that applies pressure to the wound.
Availability:
6
Cost:
¥500
Notes:
Requires a Biotech (First Aid) + Logic (2) test to apply.
Stops Bleeding.
Overflow damage threshold is increased by (Body).
The Vasotech Multidose Autoinjector System is a favorite among military and civilian combat medics. These compact handheld devices resemble a pistol. When pressed against a subject’s skin, the autoinjector rapidly sterilizes a small field and administers an injection from a multidose drug reservoir. The MD-9 model features a single larger reservoir that stores up to nine doses.
Availability:
5
Cost:
¥1,000
Notes:
Allows the injection of a single drug as a Minor Action.
Wireless: Inject up to 2 doses with a single Minor Action.
Holds up to 9 doses of a single substance.
Vasotech's newer MD-3X model features three smaller reservoirs, each of which holds up to three doses as opposed to the MD-9's single reservoir with 9 doses.
Availability:
5
Cost:
¥1,500
Notes:
Allows the injection of a single drug as a Minor Action.
Wireless: Injecting multiple doses from a single or multiple tubes is a Minor Action.
Holds 3 reservoirs that hold up to 3 doses of one substance each.
The Vasotech Rapid Infuser is a small, portable device that uses miniaturized rotary pumps to rapidly infuse drugs or fluids through an IV line. A Rapid Infuser is necessary for administration of certain infusion drugs such as HemoSynth and Cryo.
Availability:
5
Cost:
¥1,000
Notes:
Any drug administered with the Rapid Infuser that has its Speed set to Instant.
Required for administration of Cryo and HemoSynth.
Made of plastic with a metal needle, syringes are intended for a single use. Syringes can be used to apply Injection-vector toxins. An uncooperative victim might need to be immobilized or at least grappled first.
Availability:
2
Cost:
¥10
Notes:
-
A gurney which has all the fixings: straps for unwilling subjects (or for their safety, I guess), a retractable arm for easy and safe IV hook-ups and a padded headrest.
Availability:
4
Cost:
¥2,000
Notes:
-
A standard body bag with interior stretch lining which allows it to contain most dwarves, humans, orks and elves.
Availability:
4
Cost:
¥50
Notes:
-
Originally called the “body bag,” the PED is a means to transport unconscious or immobile individuals that’s marketed to the general public as a lifesaving device. Essentially a flexible bag of woven Kevlar, the PED offers protection roughly equivalent to medium armors, and it is available in sizes to fit all metatypes. The PED can form an airtight seal and sufficient insulation to protect in hot, cold, or toxic environments; a tank with sufficient oxygen to survive an hour is optional. Emergency GPS beacons are standard.
Availability:
5
Cost:
¥2,500
Notes:
The PED has an armor value of 16 and a Structure Rating of 10.
The two most common crowd-control weapons you see deployed are Pepper Punch spray and CS/ Tear Gas. These are both quite effective at disruption, leaving targets nauseated and blind, easy prey for the follow-up arrests. One of the best responses to this is good ol’ milk. A full liter of milk poured onto one’s eyes will wash away and neutralize the burning sensation and clear out the mucus membranes as an effective, if messy, countermeasure. If you ever wondered why riot professionals always have a jug of milk on their belt, now you know.
Availability:
1
Cost:
¥3
Notes:
One liter of milk removes the Nausea status from CS/Tear Gas or Pepper Punch and the Dazed status from CS/Tear Gas with a full action’s application. It has no effect on any suffered Stun damage.
Slap patches are adhesive dermal drug dispensers. They are applied directly to skin. Applying a slap patch to an unwilling patient requires a successful Close Combat attack (which deals no damage), which may be tricky if your target doesn’t have much exposed skin, requiring a Called Shot Minor Action to hit bare flesh.
The antidote patch cancels or negates the Poisoned Status for a broad range of toxins.
Availability:
3
Cost:
¥150
Notes:
An Antidote Patch cancels or negates the Poisoned Status for a broad range of toxins.
If a specific toxin or drug is extremely rare, a specific Antidote patch just for that substance.
This is a “blank” patch. You can add one dose of a chemical or toxin to it, and then apply it later to a patient (or yourself).
Availability:
3
Cost:
¥200
Notes:
-
This patch is filled with a broad spectrum of non-addictive stimulants that jerk the body into alertness, and these have largely replaced Adrenaline compounds in most trauma kits due to their efficacy. While a stimulant patch is in effect, the character is unable to rest and when it wears off the user is filled with potentially debilitating fatigue.
Rating:
1 - 6
Availability:
3
Cost:
Rating x ¥25
Notes:
Removes a number Stun boxes equal to its rating.
Cancels the Dazed status effect.
Effect lasts for (Rating x 10) minutes.
After that time the patient takes (Rating + 1) unresisted Stun damage.
Filled with Apex Pharmaceauticals brand tranquilizer that is metahuman-grade and well-tested, these are often used by EMTs to put uncooperative patients into a generally safe slumber for better treatment and transport without a drastic reduction in heart rate.
Rating:
1 - 12
Availability:
3
Cost:
(Rating x Rating) x ¥10
Notes:
This patch inflicts Stun damage equal to its rating.
Intended for those who lose consciousness in combat, these patches are always wireless and connect to the Matrix the moment they are applied as they apply a broad-spectrum of small-dose painkillers, coagulants, and other life-saving chemicals.
Availability:
3
Cost:
¥500
Notes:
When applied, the patient heals 1d6 + 1 Overflow Damage immediately.
When a person is injured, they have up to one hour to be connected to a medkit and get medical attention from a trained professional. It takes one minute to hook up the patient, get the medkit software up and running and then both diagnose and begin treatment. The healing process takes one minute per box of damage healed, and the process can be interrupted with no penalty. Each time a medkit is used it consumes 1 batch of supplies.
The medkit includes drug supplies, bandages, tools, and a (talkative) doctor expert system that can advise the user on techniques to handle most typical medical emergencies (including fractures, gunshot wounds, chemical wounds, and poisoning, as well as offering advice for the treatment of shock, handling blood loss, and of course performing resuscitations).
Rating:
1 - 6
Availability:
3
Cost:
Rating x ¥250
Notes:
All medkits hold up to 5 units of Medkit Supplies.
Wireless: +1 Dice Pool Modifier to healing-related tests.
Medkit supplies need to be purchased after each use or extras can be purchased. Up to five sets of supplies can be stored in the medkit’s case; sets beyond that will need to be carried elsewhere.
Rating:
1
Availability:
1
Cost:
¥100
Notes:
-
Don’t leave home without it! DocWagon offers first-class emergency medical care on a 24-hour basis, and they come to you! Four contract service levels are available: basic, gold, platinum, and super-platinum.
A DocWagon contract requires the filing of tissue samples (held in a secure vault staffed by bonded guards, spiders, and mages) and comes with a biomonitor RFID tag implant or wristband that can be activated to call for help and then to serve as a homing beacon for DocWagon ambulances and fast-response choppers in the area. Breaking the band will also alert DocWagon representatives.
Upon receiving a call from a contract-holder, DocWagon franchises guarantee arrival of an armed trauma team in less than 10 minutes (within covered metropolitan regions), or else the emergency medical care is free. Resuscitation service carries a high premium (5,000 nuyen), as does High Threat Response (HTR) service (5,000 nuyen). In the latter case, the client or their next of kin is expected to pay medical bills up to and including death compensation for DocWagon employees (20,000 nuyen per cold body).
Gold service includes one free resuscitation per year, a 50% percent reduction on HTR service charges, and a 10% discount on extended care. Platinum service includes 4 free resuscitations per year and 50% discount on extended care; there is no charge for HTR services, but employee death compensation still applies. Super-platinum subscribers are entitled to 5 free resuscitations a year and do not have to pay for HTR services or death compensation.
DocWagon does not respond to calls on extraterritorial government or corporate property without permission from the controlling authority, but they will arrive at the border within the required 10 minutes!
Basic
Gold
Platinum
Super-Platinum
1
1
1
1
¥500 a month or ¥5,000 a year
¥2,500 a month or ¥25,000 a year
¥5,000 a month or ¥50,000 / year
¥10,000 a month or ¥100,000 a year
