Lighting
- Usually controlled via wireless
- Activate at pre-determined times or events
- Indoor lighting can be manually controlled with switch or programmed
- Switches subverted with Hardware + LOG [Mental] (5, 1 Combat Turn) Extended Test
- Occasionally, gas-discharge lighting is used for high-wattage exterior lighting – takes 5 minutes to warm up
Alarms
- Alerts guards, security hackers/riggers, or remote monitoring services
- May be silent or loud
- Many based on electrical circuits
- Hardware + LOG [Mental] (5, 1 minute) Extended Test
- Though depending on design, may be more difficult
Wire
- Triggers alarm
- Monowire wires for damage
- Perception Test required to spot
| Wire | Perception Threshold | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Barbed | 1 | 4P |
| Concertina | 1 | 5P |
| Monowire | 3 | 8P |
| Electrified | 2 | 6S |
Trip Beams
- Perimeter or across entrances
- Laser emitters (visible or infrared), mirrors, and laser detectors
- Noticing: Perception + INT [Mental] Test
- Threshold 2 for visible
- Threshold 3 for infrared
- Smoke or aerosol spray reduces threshold by 1
- Squeezing past: Escape Artist + AGI [Physical] Test vs GM Threshold
- Can also simultaneously lining up proxy laser emitters of the proper wattage into each detector
- Escape Artist + AGI [Physical] Test
- Can also use calibrated system of mirrors to re-arrange the trip beam pattern
Pressure Pads, Pressure Mesh
- React to any amount of weight, or too much weight beyond a pre-programmed amount (2-5kg heavier than the heaviest authorised individual)
- Mesh mainly used outdoors, but less sensitive
- Noticing: Perception Test
- Threshold 3 for pads
- Threshold 4 for mesh
- If stepped on, a second Perception Test should be rolled to attempt to react
- Threshold 1 for pads
- Threshold 3 for mesh
- Can remove weight before triggering
- REA + INT - BOD (3) Test
Motion Sensors
- Ultrasonic field
- Can be detected using an ultrasonic sensor set to passive mode within 5m
- Move <=0.5m/Combat Turn
- And also succeed on Sneaking + AGI - extra Initiative Dice [Physical] (3) Test
Proximity Wire
- aka capacitance wire
- Detects electrical discharge of metahuman body (or animal) within 2m
- Often used around building’s perimeter fencing, on secure entranceways, or on special objects
- Triggers alarm or turns on security cameras/measures
- May be used in conjunction with motion sensors
Sound/Vibration Detectors
- Sensitive microphones
- Can be programmed with pattern recognition algorithms to ignore some sounds/vibrations
- Sneaking + AGI [Physical] (3) Test
- Spells that aid can also be used
- Triangulating the sound’s origin can be achieved with multiple detectors
Cameras
- Standard visual to low-light, infrared, and ultraviolet
- Have reflective infrared surfaces for infrared cameras to pick up on body heat around corners
- Low-light cameras can be overpowered by bright light
- Typical cameras on fixed or pivoting mounts can be easily seen if characters are looking for them
- Smaller micro-cameras have threshold 3 on Perception test
Olfactory/Pheromone Scanners
- aka chemical detection systems, chemsniffers
- Roll chemsniffer’s Rating dice pool with threshold 2
- Threshold 3 if hermetically sealed
- Uncommonly, can be used to detect pheromones from metahumans
- Can distinguish metahuman/animal and gender
- Rolls Device Rating, threshold 3
- Threshold 2 for characters with tailored pheromone bioware
| Situation | Modifier |
|---|---|
| Every 10 rounds of ammunition | +1 |
| Every grenade | +1 |
| Every 30 grams of (non-plastique) explosive | +1 |
| Every 100 grams of plastique | +1 |
| Item contained in plastic | -1 |
Magnetic Anomaly Detectors (MADs)
- Detects metallic substances
- Rolls Device Rating, threshold 1
Millimetre Wave Detection (Cyberware Scanners)
- aka cyberware scanners
- Process video taken in millimetre wave spectrum
- To identify the energy signature of cyberware and concealed items (specifically weapons)
- Rolls Device Rating, threshold in tables below
- Can detect any non-biological item by its shape and composition, assuming the item is listed in the device’s database
- If detected, the scanner notes general locations and type
- Additional hits provide more detail
| Item | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Standard cyberware, weapons | 1 |
| Alphaware, other items | 2 |
| Betaware | 3 |
| Deltaware | 5+ |
| Situation | Modifier |
|---|---|
| 2-3 implants/items | +1 |
| 4-5 implants/items | +2 |
| 6+ implants/items | +3 |