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With the advent of tissue cloning and anti-rejection therapies, cyberware implant usage exploded on the technological scene of the future. Capable of enhancing nearly any organic function or ability, implants run the full range of utility from harmless messaging technology to high-impact combat applications.

As with all technology, cyberware comes with side-effects and drawbacks. Even the most advanced implants are invasive modules that can adversely affect the user's psychological health. The Mortius Cyberpsychosis index measures this invasiveness of each implant. Psychological side-effects manifest themselves as damage to a patient's self-identity and empathy. Excessive cyberware users often display symptoms of cyberpsychosis, which involves delusional behavior, paranoia, and uncontrollable homicidal and suicidal urges.

Implanting cyberware is a common outpatient procedure, but not without risk. Quality facilities and capable surgeons ensure that even the most complex units will be installed without secondary infections, bleeding, or other complications. Patients use unsanctioned facilities or "chop shops" at their own (extreme) risk.

Knowledgeable cybersurgeons can use their facilities to access spec sheets on specific implants, which will detail their installation locations, surgical complexity, and survivability in the event the host dies. The following database provides a general catalog of the most common implant types and their functions.

Cyberlimbs

 Cyberlimbs replace less capable flesh-and-blood counterparts, attached and controlled via direct nerve, skin, and joint grafts. With cloned replacement tissue so common, there is little need for realistic prosthetics: Almost all cyberlimbs are designed to augment or complement their user's "natural" abilities with armatures of smooth chrome and stylish myomer. As cyberlimbs develop more and more mechanical functions, they erode the user's human identity and emotional stability.

Cyberhands Dextrous finger/hand units improve fine motor skills and coordination.
Cyberarms Powerful arm/shoulder units increase strength and coordination.
Cyberlegs Heavy legs and high-power joints upgrade strength, speed.
Cyberfeet High-tensile ankle joints, myomer upgrades increase speed.
Utility adaptors Multi-purpose hand adaptors provide mechanical and electrical tool sets.
Surgical adaptors Medical devices attach to hand units, also store and deliver medication.
Storage limbs Cargo compartments enable discreet storage of small items. Reduced strength, power.

Cyberweapons

Popular for their style, stealth, and concealability, cyber-weapons come in many forms. Most close-quarters designs complement a user's strength and melee skills, with specialized cyberweapons based on knife, sword, or martial-arts styles. Firearm units closely model the utility and feel of various pistols and rifles. Some cyberweapons feature retractable sections for covert employment. Most cyberweapons invasively transform a user's hands and arms into lethal weapons, often at the risk of severe cyberpsychosis.

Claws Stylish and popular: Small claw blades extend from fingertips or knuckles.
Spurs Spiked or blunt spurs extend from knuckle, elbow, knee joints.
Impactors Known as "Kinetic" weapons; upgraded blunt striking force of punches, kicks.
Blades Swords, knives or axe blades extend from hand and arm units.
Filaments Elegant and lethal: Ultra-sharp monomolecular whip extends for melee combat.
Firearms Various handgun-caliber, rifle-barreled, or shotgun units integrated into arm, hand, or cranium.
Launchers Rare, milspec units attach grenade, rocket launchers to arm/shoulder modules.
Bombs Termed "kamikazi" or "meltdown" units; detonate if user flatlines. Some blackmail units designed for remote detonation.

Cyber Organs

Designed to replace original, flesh-and-blood organs, most cyber organ models emphasize upgraded capabilities. Internal energy supplies are sufficient for cyber organs to carry out nominal life support and bio functions. For performance boosts and augmented abilities, additional energy is drawn from externally mounted, expendable power cells. Cyber organs are minimally invasive because of their internalized structure.

Heart When augmented with a power cell, boosts endurance and stamina.
Lungs Increased O2 capacity, endurance. Power cell augmentation allows filtration and airless operation.
Liver Increased resistance to toxins, poisons, disease. Powered augmentation allows active blood filtration.
Kidneys Upgraded metabolism rates. Power cell augmentation allows full water recycling, hydration.
Gastro-Intestinal Protection against ingested poisons, toxins, drugs.

Cyberskins

Grafts and sub-dermal inserts provide a wide spectrum of additional protection, insulation, and survivability. Since they dramatically alter the user's appearance, moderate psychological problems may result.

Dermal armor Skin tissue inserts provide balanced protection against physical and high-energy threats.
Environmental sheaths Reflective or insulative coatings provide fair resistance against extreme heat, cold, or corrosive hazards.
Reflective coatings Highly reflective "chrome" body coatings provide excellent electrical, laser, and heat resistance.
Adaptive pigmentation Computer-tuned camouflage patterns increase concealment, stealth.

Interfaces

Cyber interfaces provide direct brain-to-hardware connection between the user and a host of network, sensory, and media applications. Mostly non-invasive in nature, these modules rarely cause psychosis episodes except in extreme cases of over-installed neural hardware.

DNI Direct Neural Interface allows brain-to-cyberspace connections to the matrix via a cyberdeck.
Retinal displays Rapid, intuitive display of critical targeting or text data onto the user's field of vision.
Smart links Direct data link between user's weapon and central nervous system increases accuracy.
Brain wire Versatile databus hub allows connection of several cyber devices on a Body Area Network (BAN).
Media slots Connected to neural, sensory inputs via brain wire, allow recording or playback from loaded media cards.
Bio monitors Precise readouts of injury levels, blood chemistry, other health/performance factors.

Cyberpumps

Cyberpumps, usually mounted in tandem with the heart, allow direct injection or filtration of various chemicals and drugs. Invasiveness is minimal, though repeated doses of various drugs and hormonal substitutes may cause mental instability due to chemical imbalances in the brain.

Adrenaline modules Provide rapid dumps of adrenal payloads to temporarily increase performance. Severe side-effects.
Cartridge pumps Versatile cyberpumps allow swift assimilation of cartridge-loaded drugs or chemicals into bloodstream.
Filtration modules High capacity reverse-osmosis microfilter selectively removes chemicals, toxins.
Endorphin units Usually triggered by injury, rapidly dump pain-reducing chemicals to minimize shock.

Cybersensors

Cybersensors replace or upgrade various sensory organs. Since they affect the user's perception of the social environment, moderate mental health risks result.

Lowlight eyes Provides night vision, increased visual acuity and perception.
Cybercam eyes Allows recording, playback of visual elements when employed with cyber media and brain wires.
Tri-V eyes Pop-culture implant: Allows 24-7 access to media feeds, superimposed onto visual field.
Hearing range Upgraded frequency response, sensitivity allows detection of extremely quiet or distant sounds.
Sensorium rig Transmits/records all sensory inputs, popular with "simsense" applications.

Augmentations

A general class of cybernetic enhancements, augments are designed for installation alongside existing organs or tissues to maximize performance. Low-end augments are cheap and manifest only moderate psychological side-effects.

Reflexes Hard-wired reflex responses increase speed, coordination, decrease reaction time.
Grafts Dense muscle tissue and synthetic myomer grafts provide upgraded strength.
Coprocessors Neural upgrades provide increased mental capacity and cognitive ability.
Reinforcements Composites and lightweight alloys applied to skeleton; reduces shock and injury effects.

Chipware

Also known as "Chipsofts", chipware implants allow pre-loaded knowledge sets to be socketed into a base unit, typically on the user's neck or spinal column. Capable of storing rudimentary training in basic functions like repair or first-aid, they are invaluable to jack-of-all-trades users. Chipsofts degrade from the wear and tear of repeated use, and their basic proficiency levels replace any training a user might possess, instead of adding to it. Because they forcibly upload memory patterns into the user's consciousness, extended use of many chipsofts simultaneously can degrade mental stability.

Chip sockets Base unit allows slotting of one or several chips.
Skill chips Store a single hard-coded level of proficiency in a single skill. Available at various levels.
Talent chips Like a skill chip, uploads a hard-coded skill level; also grants the skill's associated special abilities or attack/defense routines.

Commware

The heavily networked future makes a connectivity a vital staple of any urban lifestyle. Commware miniaturizes network and messaging technology into a convenient, capable package. Commware is designed with the casual user in mind; most units cause only minimal psychological side-effects.

Complants Mandated by many municipal and corporate governments; ensures citizen access, identification, and tracking.
Subdermal radios Feature miniaturized, neural-direct interfaces and subvocal microphones: frequency ranges programmable via modular chips.
Freq chips Pre-programmed frequency and encryption chips allow expanded functions on subdermal radios.
GPS Uplinks to global positioning network, allows accurate navigation and mapping.
Beacons Tracks user for military, medevac, and surveillance applications. Modified versions scramble signals or incoming scans.

Fashionware

In Cybersphere's fast-forward pop culture, style implants are a popular and common way to break out from the perfectly sculpted and enhanced masses: Cheap vat-cloned tissue puts any face, feature, or body within reach, and glitzy fashionware marks the wearer as a cut above the rest. Designed to be user-friendly, all types of fashionware are easy to install, wear, and use with minimal invasiveness or side effects.

Fashion eyes Designer units allow color, configuration, even custom graphics to change on command.
Fashion skin Chrome, neon, programmable, or mood-responsive versions are extremely popular.
Fashion hair Auto-styling routines and rapid-change pigmentation allows flexibility and convenience.

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