Auto or

Consumer Art Dealer Storage Units Legal

Pharmacy Robotics
Electronics or Gallery or Warehousing Firm
Repair

Religious Capsule Data Low Rent Grocery Store

Building Hotel Storage Housing Project or Hypermarket

Elevated
Garage or
Rail or Fast Food Police School or Government
Parking
Road Franchise Precinct College Building
Block
Overpass

Public
Office Hospital Department
Transport
Block or Clinic Store
Hub

Body New
Luxury Security
Augmentation Media Industrial
Apartments Tech
Clinic Company

Vehicle Fashion Commercial

Mall VRcade Gym
Showroom Boutique Cybernetics

Apartment Block
Leisureplex Nightclub
or Hab Stack

Courier or
3D Print
Underpass Hotel Ripperdoc Bulk Transport
Fabrication
Company

Pop-Up Coffee Taxi

Bar Restaurant
Market Shop Firm

Weapons
Pocket Suburban Movie Multi-Level
Tech or Bank Antiques
Park Housing Theatre Car Park
Sales
 Researcher Street Gang
Lounge or Bouncer or Aero Lab
or Data Thug
Bar Manager Private Security Pilot Worker
Analyst (see P26)

Uber or
Street Gambler or Fixer
Limo Designer
Kid(s) Con Artist (see P30)
Driver

Sex Worker
Corporate City Beat Company
Pimp or Puppet Celeb
Worker Cop Exec
(see P21)

Drone Wrangler Service Staff or Freelance Thief or

or Remote Operator Store Worker Media Fence

Hacker Military Syndicate Bounty

Smuggler
(see P44) Veteran Footsoldier Hunter

Street
City
Cabbie Homeless Gang Syndicate
Drug Dealer Inspector
(see P20) Person Boss Boss
or Auditor
(see P26)

Unemployed Corporate
Techie
(Increased Leisure Citizen) Soldier

Bioware Factory Corporate Doctor

Scavenger
Tech Worker Agent or Street Medic

Online Solo or Killer

Store
Detective Business Mercenary or
Manager
Person (see P36) Psycho

Aristocrat or Refuse Emergency Worker

Transport Psych Government
Independently or Recyc (EMT, nurse, paramedic, Scientist
Worker Evaluator Agent
Wealthy Worker fire fighter)
 Smart Appliance Active
Environmental Intelligent Ad Advertising Broadcast
with camera GPS
Sensor System Washroom Blimp System
or microphone Device

Local Server Motion Maintenance

Tablet Laptop
or Computer Sensor Robot

Sites Traffic Light

Remote Fire Safety or WiFi
Drone Defense System or Adaptable
Loader Evacuation System Toy
Network Smart Lanes

Hub, Router Security Camera Driver Assist

Driverless Car/Aero
or Exchange or CCTV Link

Cellular Comms Automated Mobile

Elevators Cybermodem Mast or Satellite Heavy Transport Trash
Receiver Vehicle Can

Anti-
Construction
TV Synthetics Wireless Nanite
Remote or 3D Printer(s)
Console Neural Net Smart Gun Immune
Concrete Printer
System

Mobility Assistance RFID Smartphone Augmented Reality

Linear Frame Tag or Agent Projector Hub

Acoustic Infant
Neural Wearable Meds HUD Visor
Weapon Monitoring
Processor Dispenser or Goggles
Sensor System

Self-Serve
Saleable Smart
Utilities Monitoring Recharging Public
AR Tagged Morph-
System or Refueling Vid-Phone
Consumables wear
Point

Manufacturing Bio- Bodycam Payment Reader TacNet CyberPet

Vendomat
Robot Monitor or Go-Pro (chip/pin or contactless) Comms Processor
 augmented reality THEDOWNTOWN 2D10 GRID
1-2 3-4 5 6 7-9 10
1
Consumer Art Dealer Auto or Storage Units Legal
Pharmacy
Electronics or Gallery Robotics or Warehousing Firm
Repair

1-2 3-4 5 6-8 9-10

2
Religious Capsule Data Low Rent Grocery Store
Building Hotel Storage Housing Project or Hypermarket

1 2-4 5-6 7 8-9 10

3
Elevated Fast Food Police School or Government Garage or
Rail or Franchise Precinct College Building Parking
Road Block
Overpass

1-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

4
Public
Office Hospital Department
Transport
Block or Clinic Store
Hub

1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10

5
Body New
Luxury
Augmentation Media Industrial Security
Apartments
Clinic Company Tech

1-2 3-4 5-7 8 9 10

6
Vehicle Fashion Commercial
Mall VRcade Gym
Showroom Boutique Cybernetics

1-2 3-7 8-10

7
Apartment Block
Leisureplex Nightclub
or Hab Stack

1 2-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

8
Courier or
3D Print
Underpass Hotel Ripperdoc Bulk Transport
Fabrication
Company

1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10

9
Pop-Up Coffee Taxi
Bar Restaurant
Market Shop Firm

1-2 3-4 5 6 7-8 9

10 10

Pocket Suburban Movie Weapons Multi-Level

Bank Antiques
Park Housing Theatre Tech or Car Park
Sales
 augmented reality THEINSTACITIZEN 2D10 GRID
1-2 3-4 5 6 7-9 10
1
Street
Lounge or Bouncer or Aero Researcher Lab
Gang Thug
Bar Manager Private Security Pilot or Data Worker
(see P26)
Analyst

1-2 3-4 5 6-8 9-10

2
Street Gambler or Uber or Fixer
Designer
Kid(s) Con Artist Limo (see P30)
Driver

1 2-4 5-6 7 8-9 10

3
Sex Worker
Corporate City Beat
Pimp or Puppet Celeb Company
Worker Cop
(see P21) Exec

1-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

4
Drone Wrangler Service Staff or Freelance Thief or
or Remote Operator Store Worker Media Fence

1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10

5
Hacker Military Syndicate
Smuggler Bounty
(see P44) Veteran Footsoldier
Hunter

1-2 3-4 5-7 8 9 10

6
Cabbie Homeless Drug Street City Syndicate
(see P20) Person Dealer Gang Boss Inspector Boss
(see P26) or Auditor

1-2 3-7 8-10

7
Unemployed Corporate
Techie
(Increased Leisure Citizen) Soldier

1 2-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

8
Bioware Factory Corporate Doctor or
Scavenger
Tech Worker Agent Street Medic

1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10

9
Online Solo or
Store Killer
Detective Business Mercenary
Manager or
Person (see P36)
Psycho

1-2 3-4 5 6 7-8 9

10 10

Transport Aristocrat or Refuse Psych Emergency Worker Government Scientist

Worker Indepentently or Recyc Evaluator (EMT, nurse, paramedic, Agent
Wealthy Worker fire fighter)
 augmented reality HACKABLEASSETS 2D10 GRID
1-2 3-4 5 6 7-9 10
1
Smart Appliance Environmental Intelligent Ad Advertising Active
(with camera or Sensor System Washroom Blimp Broadcast System GPS
microphone) Device

1-2 3-4 5 6-8 9-10

2
Local Server Motion Maintenance
Tablet Laptop
or Computer Sensor Robot

1 2-4 5-6 7 8-9 10

3
Traffic Light
Remote Fire Safety or Sites
Drone System or Adaptable WiFi
Loader Evacuation System Defense
Smart Lanes Toy
Network

1-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

4
Driverless Hub, Router Security Camera Driver Assist
Car/Aero or Exchange or CCTV Link

1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10

5
Cellular Comms Automated Heavy Mobile
Elevators Cybermodem Mast or Satellite Transport Vehicle Trash
Receiver Can

1-2 3-4 5-7 8 9 10

6
Construction Anti-
TV Synthetics Wireless
Remote or 3D Printer(s) Nanite
Console Neural Net Smart Gun
Concrete Printer Immune
System

1-2 3 4-7 8-10

7
Mobility Assistance RFID Smartphone Augmented Reality
Linear Frame Tag or Agent Projector Hub

1 2-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

8
Infant
Accoustic Neural Wearable Meds HUD Visor
Monitoring
Weapon Processor Dispenser or Goggles
System
Sensor

1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10

9
Self-Serve Saleable
Utilities Monitoring Public Smart
Recharging or AR Tagged
System Vid-Phone Morph-
Refuelling Point Consumables
Wear

1-2 3-4 5 6 7-8 9

10 10

Manufacturing Bio- Bodycam Payment Reader TacNet CyberPet

Robot Vendomat Monitor or Go-Pro (chip/pin or contactless) Comms Processor
CLOAK & DAGGER
Sometimes you don't want your PCs approached by yet another fixer in yet another dive bar. Sometimes you want to
add a little mystery, along with a soupon of paranoia, to that first approach by the people with the money and the need.

The following weird contact methods make your PCs ask important questions, such as:

> Why are potential clients reaching out in such obscure ways?

> Why is Ms Johnson going to such lengths to cover up her contact with us?

> What's with all this cloak and dagger shit? [fast loads H&K shredder, downloads updates for aware targeting system]

50 MySTErIOuS FIRST CONTACTS

Roll 1D100

01-02 Hacker drops a .txt file on a PCs device entitled READ_M3 containing a v-mail address and a cell phone
number; the file is tagged with a clever read-receipt script

03-04 PC receives a call from a low grade AI automated dialling system, that only gives a phone number and
a time at which to call it - repeatedly

05-06 Vidfile arrives on PCs device via courier software, an indistinct, grainy request to log on to the dubious
Ebony Ziggurat VRotica netsite, at a specific time

07-08 PCs sensory implant (either optical or audio) receives repetitive message to call a cell phone number
(either a scrolling message or a nagging synthetic voice)

09-10 Sonny De Silva, an infamous fixer, approaches the group via hacked AR projection to ask for their contact
details regarding an employment opportunity they may be interested in

11-12 Each PC receives a call at exactly the same time (conference call) informing them they will be contacted
again shortly (GMs discretion as to when that happens)

13-14 Leather-clad biker screeches to a halt and offers a cell phone to the PCs without getting off her parabolic
curve of a bike, saying Its for you, and shell definitely want the phone back

15-16 Obviously augmented German Shepherd trots over, calmly states the PC should contact a particular v-mail
address, which he will spell out s-l-o-w-l-y, before casually walking away

17-18 PCs find a brand new, wafer-thin, very expensive laptop set up where they are living, ready for a single video
call (it contains no other data)

19-20 Client calls PC directly to ascertain availability, background noise suggesting they are somewhere public,
will ask PC to call them back in an hour or so to talk business

21-22 Young, bubblegum chewing Somali girl, in an oversized, fur-hooded coat, hands over a scrap of paper with
GPS coordinates on it, which lead to a specific parking lot bay

23-24 Insidious subliminal advertising compells one or more PCs to be at a Sumo Food synthiburger joint, next
to a busy monorail hub, at 3am tonight

25-26 Handed an exquisite hand-made paper envelope, containing a slip of paper which carries a beautifully written
instruction to be on a specific roof at midnight

27-28 Harassed and armoured bicycle courier, in primary coloured livery and sports wear, hands PC a laminate
box containing high denomination bill with a v-mail address written on it
29-30 Television picture breaks down into a pixelated mess, a long net link briefly forming from the fragmented
chaos, just long enough to note it down or take a photograph of it

31-32 Filthy, shuddering android with blistered synthskin, in a tatty coverall, limps out of a nearby alleyway
towards one PC, whispering a phone number over and over

33-34 Basic print-out with the words CONTACTME and a v-mail address in a large serif font slides under the
door where the PCs are staying

35-36 PCs are visited by a well groomed, pleasant man called Nathaniel Sheen, who has been sent to get one of
them to jack in to his neural link to meet a potential client securely online

37-38 For several nights, a PC has the same lucid dream of a string of specific numbers, which turn out to be a
net address for a minimalist, black-mirrored VR environment

39-40 Omniversal Parcel Service (OPS) commercial courier drone delivers a small packet containing a datachip
with a URL for the Arteology VR site, with an exact log-in time

41-42 Handed a brushed-aluminium business card, etched only with a contact number, by shabbily dressed,
emaciated youth who grunts through cracked lips, They want to talk to you.

43-44 PCs cell phone begins autodialling unknown number, until the PC decides to see who it is that their phone
is calling, at which point it will stop

45-46 Gravely injured member of the Reject Parade street gang clutching a blue plastic datachip in his bloodied
hand, stumbles up to PC, before expiring messily, the chip containing net coordinates

47-48 Message flashes up on a PCs device, simply stating a time and date, along with an exclusive restaurants
address, and a table number

49-50 PCs equipment displays start showing only binary code, when translated, it appears to be a cell phone number

51-52 Hacker jacks a PCs phone, replacing all their contacts with only one number, but it auto-corrects and re-ups
their contacts once the number has been called

53-54 Row of public pay phones ring as a PC passes, and will keep happening until a PC answers one of them

55-56 Healthy looking human thumb in a glass vial is delivered to a PC, complete with label showing an address
for a secure storage module; the module contains nothing but a lone laptop

57-58 PC receives a message via v-mail that simply states a time; a sleek, black aero-limo will arrive for them at
the time stated

59-60 All food packaging jingles they come into contact with repeat the same net address in an irritatingly catchy
sing-song manner

61-62 Uniformed police officer approaches PC, referring to them by name, and hands over a printed acetate with
a phone number on it

63-64 One of the PCs finds a plain grey plastic business card with a v-mail address and phone number on it,
under their vehicles windshield wiper

65-66 Watching the news, a PC perceives a glitch, the anchor then asks the PC, by name, to phone a number
shown on screen, theres another glitch, the broadcast then returning to normal

67-68 PC finds an empty Lunglife cigarette packet, with a v-mail address scrawled on it in biro, in their jacket
pocket

69-70 Small, beaten up orange cleaning bot approaches a PC, repeating a phone number in its tinny little Disney
voice, whilst colliding with their foot repeatedly

71-72 A string of v-mails through a Cambodian datahaven, enquiring about the availability and skill set of the
PCs team, followed by a v-mail contact address routed through Prague
73-74 PC takes delivery of a parcel containing a pen drive that contains a numer of URLs and log on details that
need accessing in order, to arrive at the clients offshore net domain

75-76 PC is v-mailed the map reference to an area of ocean off the nearest coast, along with a date and time that
they need to be there, should they want to discuss a job (there's a yacht there)

77-78 The expected pizza delivery contains one extra box (yay!) that holds a mid-range tablet device (what?),
set up to enable a vid chat via a secure, darknet distributed server web

79-80 Six heavily armed, but smartly dressed, professionals burst in while the PCs are chillaxing, their leader
carrying an attache case that holds a satellite phone he insists they use RIGHT NOW!

81-82 A silvered limo window descends slightly to reveal a soft gloved hand holding a business card for the law
firm Portillo, Emerson & Associates, marked URGENT

83-84 High end Svetlana-9 sex-synthetics are sent to the PCs, along with liquor and drugs but, before the fun
starts, the PCs must call a number provided (and the synthetics are wired to record it all)

85-86 Bloodied body armour vest dumped outside the PCs door, a v-mail address sprayed on to it in bright,
yellow paint; recognise the armour as belonging to a contact or ally

87-88 PCs are unaware that they have been directed by compromised traffic AI to the Neoshima Atomic Rose
motel, where there's a message in reception for PCs to wait in Capsule 17

89-90 Approached by a creepy, twitchy, geisharoid synthetic, remotely operated via the net by the client, to make
their initial contact safely and to arrange the meeting proper

91-92 PMed via Union Transmetropolitan hotel's message system, stating there's an item in room 2155 they need
to collect (its the client and they need protection, just to leave the room)

93-94 A sobbing, hollow-eyed junkie gives one of the PCs a cell phone number and, trembling, suddenly shoots
himself under the chin with a cheap, red polymer automatic

95-96 Frightened and emotional middle-aged cleaner, Ginetta Coleman, has been surgically fitted with a cortical
bomb, which will explode if the PCs dont call the number she provides

97-98 The client has Grade-A dirt on an already trusted contact of the PCs, and uses them to pass on the clients
v-mail address; the contact seems deeply uncomfortable with this and is insistent

99-100 Harmony Jade, a 10 year old girl in a red vinyl coat, chainsmoking Chinese cigarettes, delivers a portable
hard drive, with downloaded maps to a cell phone in an abandoned warehouse

ZErOHOur CONTRACTORS
When half the jobs have been automated and the other half have been outsourced, what are the legitimate options
for someone who grew up in the inundated city slums, without access to education or networks?

Mobile AR Ad Hub: You are supplied with a wearable body rig (usually a vest, with mounted AR projectors) that
continually outputs augverts (augmented reality pop-up ads), as you wander the streets following a predetermined
course, prompted by the rig's onboard GPS. Damage to the rig will come out of your wages. Loitering is prohibited.
You will be tracked.

Human CCTV: Cyberoptic implants are required, and you must allow remote admin level access via an easy to install
back door (which may not be so easy to remove), as well as sign a non-disclosure agreement. Your agent will give
you your area of operation for the day (usually a department store, car park, 7/11, college campus, or similar), along
with a schedule for minimal bathroom breaks (just pray they cut the feed for that).

Gig Groomer: You will be representing the gig agency you are contracted by, and given a quota of potential gig workers
to sign up for your agent. A trackable data pad is supplied, and bonuses paid for exceeding your quota. Installing
personality enhancement chips is recommended for this gig. No sign-ups means no pay. Loss of the data pad
results in a hefty fine as well as non-payment.
Hygiene Dispenser: You will be deployed to a building lobby or reception area, and sometimes you'll operate in the
street, where you will remain for the duration of the gig. You will be supplied with a paper coverall, nitrile gloves and
a 20L back-mounted tank full of hand sanitiser, or other germicidal, dispensed by trigger pump to hygiene conscious
citizens. You may leave your patch once you've run out of gel. Pay is docked per 500ml remaining at the end of your
shift. The tank must be returned in good condition, but the gloves and coverall are yours to keep.

Substrate Fairy: You will seek out and collect recyclable materials to be reused for 3D printing. Particular substrates
may be specified such as polymers, aluminium, resins, ceramics etc. Mechanical grippers, kevlar gloves and a wearable
plastic basket are supplied, all of which must be returned at the end of the contract, or forfeit payment.

Organ Surrogate: This gig is more likely to run for a week and is subsequently a much better paid job. Following
a quick blood test, you will be initially implanted with a fresh cloned organ, which is hooked to a major artery of
your choice. Your blood flow then ensures the cloned organ can mature prior to proper implantation. Painkillers and
dressings are supplied. Loss or damage of the organ will be considered a breach of contract, leading to withholding
of agreed payment and possible legal action. Infections are considered as loss or damage for contractual purposes.

Meds Manager: Also known as a Malady Manager, your job is to deliver the specified medications to the old and/or
infirm, and to ensure their ingestion. Failure to deliver said medications will result in loss of payment, as will any failure
in administering them. Legal action will be taken if any harm comes to the client, their property or to the supplied
pharmaceuticals. Shift quotas are common and transport costs will only be reimbursed if the correct receipts are
submitted to the agency.

Brand Spammer: You will be supplied with a data chip (chip socket or interface plug required) containing the necessary
information to actively promote a brand, a product or an ideology to strangers, in public. Your area of operation will
be determined by the agency, based on client preference. A measured uptake in brand awareness or ideological
sympathy will result in a bonus payment.

Pest Microwaver: You will receive one hours training (unpaid) and be issued with an RFID tagged microwaver 'handgun'
to roast various vermin at a predetermined location. Payment is based on the number of nuisance bioforms microwaved
within the duration of the shift. Loss of the microwaver will result in a loss of payment and a fine to the value of the
weapons RRP. Transport costs are not covered by this contract.

Drone Repoman: Supplied with a bulky tracker, it is your job to trace and recover downed courier drones for a variety
of clients, wherever they may end up. Transport costs will be reimbursed on submission of receipts to the agency.
Bonuses will be paid if the drone's payload is also recovered. A trace with a failure to recover results in partial payment,
at the agency's discretion. The loss of, or damage to, the tracker unit will result in a withheld payment. Injury to the
contractor is not covered. Ammunition expenses are similarly not covered by this contract.

Human Troll: A variant of the Brand Spammer above, your job will be to verbally broadcast the disinformation provided,
or to make political or personal attacks towards a contractually specified target or targets.

Implant Incubator: Similar to the Organ Surrogate above, you will be implanted with test-grade cybernetic implants
(neural processor or Direct Neural Interface required), but with a view to noting any behavioural or physical changes,
much like the Chippy Pig below. The contract is void in the event of a major psychological breakdown on the part of
the contractor. The agency takes no responsibility for any loss of empathy experienced by the worker.

Chippy Pig: Your job is to install new memory or reflex skill chips, in your own chip socket or interface plug, and follow
a supplied itinerary of activities pertaining to the testing of the booted chip. You are also supplied with a digital
recorder (trackable) to verbally record any physiological or psychological variations you may experience. Loss of
the supplied chip will result in immediate legal action and payment will be zero.

Dataterm Medic: You will be dispatched to an area with a digital map of the local dataterms and a janitorial kit,
including anti-bacterials, sanitisers and screen wipes, with a view to cleaning these public terminals of gum, pen,
paint, vomit, urine and other biohazards. You will also make note of malfunctioning or damaged units on the form-
fillable PDFs provided. Loss or damage of the kit will result in reduced or withheld payment. Other PPE is to be provided
by the contractor themselves. A smartphone or tablet is necessary to display the map and PDFs (not provided).

Synthetic Backend: A handful of companies employ humans pretending to be AIs pretending to be humans.
Companies offering do-anything concierges, shopping assistants and e-mail schedulers have sprung up, but not
every start-up can afford expensive AI. You will be contracted per hour to sit in a hot, cramped cubicle, in front of
a outmoded terminal, and schedule meetings for gullible tech executives who have too much money.

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