Sensors

Sensors are cheaply produced by the billions. They’re everywhere and hard to spot. You can put sensors in just about everything, and lots of people do. This means your can of Dragon Piss energy drink is watching you and reporting back to marketing - but you can play the sensor game, too.

Sensors need to be placed in a housing or case of some sort or built into another device. Sensors can record data themselves, forward it wirelessly in real time, or send it as files to other devices. Sensors are available in two types: single and array.

Sensors

Sensor Functions

Housing

Sensor Packages

Single Sensor

This is a sensor that can only perform a single function from the Sensor Function table.

Rating:

1 - 8

Capacity:

Availability:

Cost:

¥100 + Sensor

Notes:

When a sensor is attempting to discern something an individual would like to keep hidden, roll the sensor's Rating versus the item's Concealability (with added net hits from Spellcasting, Stealth, etc.) as necessary for the opposed dice pool.

Sensor Array

This sensor package includes at least two sensors with functions from the Sensor Function table. Each option is purchased separately when purchasing the array.

Rating:

2 - 8

Capacity:

Rating

Availability:

Cost:

Rating x ¥1,000

Notes:

When a sensor is attempting to discern something an individual would like to keep hidden, roll the sensor's Rating versus the item's Concealability (with added net hits from Spellcasting, Stealth, etc.) as necessary for the opposed dice pool.

Sensor Functions

All of the functions you can choose for your sensor(s) are listed on the Sensor Functions table. If a function has the same name as an imaging or audio device, it’s the same as its description in those sections, with a Capacity cost equal to its Rating, and thus is not described here.

Function

Atmosphere Sensor

Camera

Cyberware Scanner

Directional Microphone

Geiger Counter

Laser Microphone

Laser Range Finder

MAD Scanner

Motion Sensor

Olfactory Sensor

Omni-Directional Microphone

Ultrasound Sensor

Maximum Range

Line of Sight

15 Meters

100 Meters

1,000 Meters

5 Meters

25 Meters

50 Meters

Atmosphere Sensor

Weather forecasts suck thanks to pollution, the Awakening, and how many dragons are currently flapping their wings and belching, but atmospheric sensors can keep you from getting caught in the rain with up-to-the-second analysis of what’s happening in the air around you.

Cyberware Scanner

This millimeter-wave scanner is intended to detect cyber-implants but can be used to identify other contraband as well. It identifies location but not what system or item it is. The maximum range is fifteen meters.

Geiger Counter

This sensor picks up the amount of radioactivity surrounding it. The faster it clicks, the closer to screwed you are.

Laser Range Finder

This sensor emits a laser beam that is reflected off a target and picked up by a detector to calculate the distance to the target.

MAD Scanner

The MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detection) scanner is used to detect weapons and concentrations of metal. It has a maximum range of five meters.

Motion Sensor

This sensor uses a mix of ultrasound and low-power infrared to detect motion and drastic changes in the ambient temperature. Maximum range is twenty-five meters.

Olfactory Sensor

The olfactory sensor picks up and analyzes molecules in the air. It works in the same way as the olfactory booster cyberware.

Ultrasound Sensor

The ultrasound accessory consists of an emitter that sends out continuous ultrasonic pulses and a receiver that picks up the echoes of these pulses to create a topographic ultrasound map. Ultrasound is perfect to get textures, calculate distances between objects, and pick up things otherwise invisible to the naked eye. It can’t determine colors or brightness but operates in total darkness perfectly. It also can’t penetrate materials like glass that would be transparent to optical sensors. You can set it to a passive mode, where it doesn’t emit ultrasonic pulses but still picks up ultrasound from outside sources, such as motion sensors or someone else’s ultrasound sensors on active mode (or bats). Using the ultrasound sensor in dim light or total darkness offers a bonus Edge against targets who are invisible, and provides the ability to navigate in complete darkness by expending an extra Minor Action for movement.

Housing

Sensors can be put into most devices that have Capacity. Most vehicles and drones come factory-equipped with a sensor array (at a rating listed with their stats). Wall-mounted and handheld sensor housings are also available for your technological perception needs. Not every type of sensor package is capable of holding every sensor. The Sensor Packages table tells you the maximum sensor rating any particular package can hold. Not every type of sensor package is capable of holding every sensor. The Sensor Packages table tells you the maximum sensor rating any particular package can hold.

Handheld Device Housing

A handheld housing cannot house much, but it can easily be manipulated and held in the pocket.

Capacity:

1 - 3

Availability:

Cost:

Capacity x ¥100

Notes:

Wall-Mounted Housing

This wall-mounted housing is more robust than a hand-held housing but still small enough so that it can be tucked in a corner and away from prying eyes.

Capacity:

1 - 6

Availability:

Cost:

Capacity x ¥250

Notes:

Sensor Packages

Most devices have their own capacity for sensors, and most vehicles and drones come factory-equipped with a sensor array of their own. Not every type of sensor package is capable of holding every sensor.

Package

RFID, audio/visual device, headware

Handheld device, small drone

Wall-mounted device, medium drone

Large drone, cyberlimb

Motorcycle

Vehicle

Building, complex

Sensors

Single Sensor

Sensor Array

Sensor Functions

Function

Maximum Range

Atmosphere Sensor

Cyberware Scanner

Geiger Counter

Laser Range Finder

MAD Scanner

Motion Sensor

Olfactory Sensor

Ultrasound Sensor

Housing

Handheld Device Housing

Wall-Mounted Housing

Sensor Packages

Package

Maximum Sensor Rating