Full Body Cyborgs come into their own.
Metal IS better than Meat. You're living proof. Your brain is encapsulated in a metal sphere denser than titanium, fed off a nutrient package that can sustain it for almost a month. But your body is a thermo-heat powered cyborg shell, shaped by the most sophisticated technology humanity has ever seen. It's a standard Alpha model, a glistening chromed humanoid Soriyama statue; shaped with the perfect curves of a Greek goddess. Your glowing blue eyes can spot an ant at a tenth of a mile, your shelllike ears hear from the subsonic all the way to high band radio broadcasts. This is a body that can pick up a small car, and stand extremes of heat from subzero to 120° F without flinching. Its shimmery metallic surface is soft, warm, and feels like skin; it's acutely sensitive to the touch of a breeze or a lover's caress (unless you choose to turn your nerve endings off).
And it's only one part of your wardrobe.
There's the Gemini—humanoid down to the last detail, it even sports a detailed cyber-womb stocked with your own cloned egg cells to allow you to conceive and bear children. Then there's your "working" body; a high-powered Pilot model built to withstand the gee forces of the advanced tactical fighter package you wear as part of your job protecting the city/colony from Outside attacks.
Each body is almost impervious to damage. Disease cannot touch you. To all intents and purposes, you are practically immortal. Once, your people were hounded, hated, feared. They planted control packages in your bodies, enslaved you to serve in their armies, watched you while they whispered "Cyberpsycho" behind your back. But that was years ago. The Bad Times. Never again you tell yourself as you rocket free through the upper atmosphere, ever vigilant against the threat of attack. You are now home at last, free to be with your own kind, your own people, in your own place.
You are Corpore Metal.
Background
Corpore (or Body) Metal was the natural outgrowth of years of hostility and repression of full body cyborgs. With almost every urban zone mandating cyborgs to be registered, and some requiring control chips to be implanted in the fully ‘borged, the life of a cyborg was usually miserable and short.
Corpore (or Body) Metal was the natural outgrowth of years of hostility and repression of full body cyborgs. With almost every urban zone mandating cyborgs to be registered, and some requiring control chips to be implanted in the fully ‘borged, the life of a cyborg was usually miserable and short.
Things came to a head with the destruction of New York at the end of the 4th World Wa r. The founder of the Cee-Metal movement, a Brimstone-class full-metal named Samantha Wilder, was engaged in rescue operations at the site of the collapsed Arasaka Towers, when a hysterical parent (whose child she had just rescued) assailed her as an “inhuman monster.” This was the last straw—Wilder, tired of ten years of being treated as a dangerous machine, walked off the rescue site and began trekking into the desert. What started as a personal retreat turned into a
mass exodus, as word of Wilder’s walkout reached other full metals who promptly put down their tools to join her. By the time the group reached the New Mexico desert, it numbered some ten thousand individuals. Led by Wilder, what had started as a mob took over the deserted Los
Alamos Labs facility and set out to build a nation in the desert. When remnants of the U.S. Government attempted to displace them a year later, a decisive battle settled for once and for all
that Cee-Metal was here to stay.
mass exodus, as word of Wilder’s walkout reached other full metals who promptly put down their tools to join her. By the time the group reached the New Mexico desert, it numbered some ten thousand individuals. Led by Wilder, what had started as a mob took over the deserted Los
Alamos Labs facility and set out to build a nation in the desert. When remnants of the U.S. Government attempted to displace them a year later, a decisive battle settled for once and for all
that Cee-Metal was here to stay.
In recent years, the AltCult of Corpore (or Cee) Metal has grown in power and influence. Morphing in the "Evoluder" those who elude evolution, by opting out of the biological process. Determined to establish a culture in which they are free to not be enslaved or used, Cee-Metal (now 'The Evoluder' ) have evolved into an aggressive, dominant force in the UCEX world.
Turf
While the majority of Cee-Metal is based in the Southwestern deserts, there are many large enclaves scattered throughout the megacities. In particular, the Evoluder have taken control of much of the Highcity zone of many megacities, where they have established solar arrays and hydroponic farms. The Evolduer don't need a lot of water or crops—sunlight and shelter are more important, but the farms produce food which can be traded for other things.
Entering an Evoluder enclave is deceptively easy; there are few walls or barriers. However, built-in digital communication and a small, well-integrated community means that when you enter a C-Metal territory, they know.
Cultural Memes
• We are not machines. We are men, no matter what we look like
• Don't trust outsiders. They only want to use us .
• Livemetal™ is the path to immortality
Cultural Traits
A generally cheerful and hardworking demeanor masks the deep distrust most cyborgs have for the rest of humanity. Most Altcults members are welcome to visit, but the citizens of this group definitely harbor an antipathy for Rolling State, OLYMPUS-POSEIDON and the remnants of the old Megacorps and Armies who paid for their creation and tried to enslave them.
Alliances & AntipathiesA generally cheerful and hardworking demeanor masks the deep distrust most cyborgs have for the rest of humanity. Most Altcults members are welcome to visit, but the citizens of this group definitely harbor an antipathy for Rolling State, OLYMPUS-POSEIDON and the remnants of the old Megacorps and Armies who paid for their creation and tried to enslave them.
• Solos: Generally open minded, but the jury's still out on their intentions. At least they understand the power of Metal.
• Rolling State: They're the worst. They want our territory. They'd wipe us all out if they could; including our children!
• Zoanoids: Natural allies; they know what it's like to be oppressed and controlled.
• Rip: Like Nomads, but far out in the ocean, right? They'll never get to the desert, so who cares?
• OLYMPUS-POSEIDON: They make robots to do their bidding. They probably want to enslave us the same way. Unfortunately, they also develop most of the advanced cybernetic research and technology on Earth.
Lifestyle
• Where you live: You live in an open, airy apartment space with hardly any walls; instead, holographic "privacy barriers" serve the same purpose. You don't need to worry about the elements, and your body only feels the temperature when you want it to. Furnishings are simple, geometric shapes and designed to be inflated, folded up or retracted into the floor. Yo u may have a bed, but it's primarily decorative; put your bodyshell on standby mode and you can stand there, sleeping, without any support at all.
• Where you live: You live in an open, airy apartment space with hardly any walls; instead, holographic "privacy barriers" serve the same purpose. You don't need to worry about the elements, and your body only feels the temperature when you want it to. Furnishings are simple, geometric shapes and designed to be inflated, folded up or retracted into the floor. Yo u may have a bed, but it's primarily decorative; put your bodyshell on standby mode and you can stand there, sleeping, without any support at all.
• What you wear: Not much. Light, shiny cloth garments, often made of Digital Fabric that supports solar collector functions and provides a bit of modesty when dealing with Outsiders.
• What you eat: When you eat, you do it for the experience, not the fuel—your biological parts are fuelled from a tank of glucose/vitamin mix that you fill up each week. So when you do eat, it's an occasion, with lots of tiny dishes arranged in smorgasbord fashion at an "eating party". Everything is carefully constructed for the maximum in taste, texture and novelty; cooking is considered to be a fine art form among the Evoluder.
• How you hang: Cee-Metal hangouts tend to attract the highly technical kind of clubber, incorporating holograms, video games and electronic stimulation rather than mind altering drugs and combat. Like the “ravers” of the late 20th century, you favor trance and electronic over rock
and roll, video and full sensory plug-ins over alcohol, and abstract, complex videogames where you are totally immersed instead of combat arenas.
and roll, video and full sensory plug-ins over alcohol, and abstract, complex videogames where you are totally immersed instead of combat arenas.
Typical Evoluder Gear
Nano Repair Sprayer: This is a small handsprayer which contains 10 applications of rebuilder nano. Sprayed on, this solution will instantly repair small tears in Livemetal™ psuedoskin, whether it is designed to replicate real skin or is of a semi-metallized composition.
Nano Repair Sprayer: This is a small handsprayer which contains 10 applications of rebuilder nano. Sprayed on, this solution will instantly repair small tears in Livemetal™ psuedoskin, whether it is designed to replicate real skin or is of a semi-metallized composition.
Typical Evoluder/C-Metal Weapons
Arc Thrower: Also known as a lightning gun, the Arc Thrower is a U-shaped handweapon that discharges two massive electrical arcs down a charged path created by its laser seeker beam. When the two arcs hit the target, the gap is closed and it is instantly electrocuted. Favored by C-Metal combatants, because it is equally effective on metal or meat.
EX...+2...L...U...4d6...15...1...ST
Arc Thrower: Also known as a lightning gun, the Arc Thrower is a U-shaped handweapon that discharges two massive electrical arcs down a charged path created by its laser seeker beam. When the two arcs hit the target, the gap is closed and it is instantly electrocuted. Favored by C-Metal combatants, because it is equally effective on metal or meat.
EX...+2...L...U...4d6...15...1...ST
Bladebuster: Bladebusters are swords with a gunbarrel built into the axis of the blade. High impact loads are breech loaded with a slide action bolt. Low impact loads are loaded through the pommel of the sword. Bladebusters are often used against FBBs.
Melee...-1...N...NA...7d6...NA...1...VR...NA
Pistol...-2...N...NA...4d6...6...1...ST...50M
Melee...-1...N...NA...7d6...NA...1...VR...NA
Pistol...-2...N...NA...4d6...6...1...ST...50M
Powersword: Similar to a bladebuster, but rimmed with a vibrating monoedge that can cut through almost anything short of a diamond. Popular with Cee-Metals, since they can wield the huge things.
MELEE...-0...N...NA...8d6...NA...1...ST...NA
MELEE...-0...N...NA...8d6...NA...1...ST...NA
Typical Evoluder/C-Metal Transport
Evoluders/C-Metals rarely use vehicles, depending on specialized Transporter bodies instead. (Why buy a car when you can become a car?) When vehicles are used, they are usually rented or purchased from vendors and include AV ’s, jetfans and fan disks.
Evoluders/C-Metals rarely use vehicles, depending on specialized Transporter bodies instead. (Why buy a car when you can become a car?) When vehicles are used, they are usually rented or purchased from vendors and include AV ’s, jetfans and fan disks.
Cybertech: Livemetal™
The next generation of full body cybernetic replacement, Livemetal™ represents several enhancements in one package. The skeleton has carbon-filled bones wrapped in a titanium coating; advanced myomar muscles and pseudo flesh accurately replace flesh with far greater strength and resiliency. In short, this is a cyborg that is lighter, stronger, more lifelike and able to heal itself when hurt. A Livemetal™ cyborg is no longer a robot steered by a human brain— it’s a living, albeit non-breathing person made of silicon- based materials instead of meat.
The next generation of full body cybernetic replacement, Livemetal™ represents several enhancements in one package. The skeleton has carbon-filled bones wrapped in a titanium coating; advanced myomar muscles and pseudo flesh accurately replace flesh with far greater strength and resiliency. In short, this is a cyborg that is lighter, stronger, more lifelike and able to heal itself when hurt. A Livemetal™ cyborg is no longer a robot steered by a human brain— it’s a living, albeit non-breathing person made of silicon- based materials instead of meat.
Advantage: Change your body when damaged or to gain new, more-than-human abilities without fear of cyberpsychosis.
