===========================================================
SYNAPSE RUN — CYBERWARE (CHROME)
===========================================================
Chrome is hardware wired into your body: sharper aim,
tougher skin, a stronger frame. It is a permanent edge on
top of your skills and gear.
GETTING CHROME
-----------------------------------------------------------
Street-grade (tier 1) Doc Vasquez sells kits in the
Meridian Clinic (Commons plaza,
northeast). Type LIST there.
Military-grade (2, 3) Never sold. Strikeworks Enforcers
carry tier 2; the MK4 Heavy in the
substation carries tier 3.
INSTALLING
-----------------------------------------------------------
Carry the kit to a ripperdoc and type INSTALL <kit>.
Each implant needs:
- a minimum level (3 for street-grade, 5 and 7 for military)
- free chrome slots — you have 10 in total
- XP to adapt your body to it. XP spent on chrome does NOT
raise your level, so chrome competes with training.
One implant per body system, and every implant uses some
of your 10 slots: tier 1 uses 1, tier 2 uses 2, tier 3
uses 3. So you can't fill all seven systems with the best
chrome — choose where it matters to you.
BODY SYSTEMS (same tier, same price; pick your style)
-----------------------------------------------------------
neural quick reflexes: you hit and dodge a little
better, and a deeper energy reserve
eyes critical hits: more of your blows land twice
as hard (and a little TECH)
skeleton a sturdier frame: more health and armor
skin armor, with a little more health
heart stamina: a bigger health pool
arms power: every hit you land does more
legs footwork: more enemy strikes miss you, and
better odds when you FLEE
CHROME your implants, and any kits you carry
INSTALL <kit> install a kit (at a ripperdoc)
REMOVECHROME <implant>
remove one; you keep the kit and half
its XP comes back, so you can try
another and reinstall it later
WHAT IT DOES
-----------------------------------------------------------
accuracy more of your strikes land
defense more enemy strikes miss
damage every hit you land does more
armor every hit you take does less
max HP a bigger health pool
reflex a little of both accuracy and defense
critical hits more of your blows land twice as hard
Chrome is never lost when you die.
===========================================================Need a starting point? Read your first steps in Meridian.