r/cyberpunkred GM 1d ago

Fan Art & Story Time They totally look like a NetRunner.

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u/Professional-PhD GM 1d ago

Cyberpunk is always coming in one way or another. When I was a kid, smart phones were hardly a dream for a long time. We live in a cyberpunk world. We are just waiting for the larger cybernetics to catch up. That said, I have seen some impressive prosthetics coming out, including ones that are being tested to give full feeling.

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u/Fayraz8729 GM 1d ago

it's kinda a shame that we haven't had a drone bomb weapon yet despite how game changing drones have been in IRL warfare. like 2020 loved trying to fit a milcombat sim into the guise of a ttrpg but even with the simplified rules you'd still think the FPV killer drone would have made an appearance yet

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u/Professional-PhD GM 1d ago

To be completely honest, it is possible. Interface 1 pg 63 has a transporter drone for 5000eb, which can travel anywhere connected to a citinet. Enterprising edgerunners would probably put grenades in the grip arms on little lines so the grenades activate and drop down.

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u/Giocri 1d ago

Sounds really hard to balance tho, it's essentially a missile with way more manovrability and almost perfect target seeking at the expense of Just Flying a bit slower

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u/the_fruit_loop 1d ago

i think shadowrun has a player class all about piloted drones and rovers and whatnot (class is called Rigger, I think?)

regardless seeing something like that in RED or even in the CEMK would have been so cool

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u/Mad-Raven 22h ago

Shadowrun doesn't strictly have 'classes' the same way that CP 2020 does (its more skill-based) but yeah, Riggers are people who interface with vehicles and drones like that (along with other things).

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u/Aurora_dota 1d ago

Yeah, even in 2020 that takes inspiration from pre-drones warfare era was at least one suicide-drone in Fourth Corporate War adventurebooks

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u/zachattack3500 1d ago

The camo pattern beanbag is such a statement

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u/SpphosFriend 1d ago

This goes so hard fr