Systems
Augs & the rogue AI
A rogue AI rides inside brain implants and its hosts mimic ordinary customers. This system covers the tells, the scanner that confirms them, the gun under the counter, and the endings that follow a missed one.
The tools the system runs on
Site narration
Confirming one takes a single purchase: the
Aug Scanner, which the game says confirms a suspected Aug with total accuracy. Until you own one, the guide's tells are all you have to go on.
Values read off the screen
Site narration
- 00:01:00The appraisal offer panel adjusts an estimate in fixed steps and submits it with 'Send Estimate'.
- 00:00:30The item tooltip shows an estimated value of 45 and a base value of 35 for standard bottled water, in a 750 ml container.
Items in this system
- 3D Printer Instruction
- AgeWell
AquaScan- Kotton Lining
- Aug Scanner
Bei's Premium Vanilla Icecream
Synaprest Injector- MBS Nerve Gas
Business Card (Pharmacist)
Appraisal Board Junior Certificate- Chem Finisher
- Composition Spectrometer
- Chemistry Manual
- Hemingway Identification Guide
- Cryptographic Desequencer Chip (Command)
- Cryptographic Desequencer Chip (Engineering)
- Cryptographic Desequencer Chip (Medical)
- Cryptographic Desequencer Chip (Security)
- Cryptographic Desequencer Chip (Service)
- Cryptographic Desequencer Chip (Supply)
Instant Ramen
Cryptographic Desequencer- How To: The Desequencer
Water Drain- Dream Cap
- Evaporator
- Evaporator Instruction
Security Department Evidence Locker- Phanta Pill
Food Stamp- Plasma Cartridge Appraisal Guide
- Galaxy Blend
Gene Scanner
Sentinel Mk. III.
Gun Parts- Nestfire Compact
Only items whose art matches one-to-one are drawn; the rest are listed by name.
The guide's tells, and what to check
| Tell | What to check at the counter |
|---|---|
| Unnatural Stillness | Watch the body rather than the goods: a customer who never shifts through the whole deal. |
| Twitching | Watch for small, jerky movements; a still frame cannot show them. |
| Outfit Not Matching Their Faction | Read what they are wearing against the faction their own lines point to. |
| Robotic vocabulary | Listen for wording that speaks of people as units or tasks rather than as customers. |
| Overly Formal Phrasing | Listen for requests that are too stiff to be an ordinary customer. |
The left column is the guide's own wording; the checks beside it are written by this site.
The customer portrait pool
| Set | Examples from the pool |
|---|---|
| Lower Levels — men |    |
| Lower Levels — women |       |
| Security — men |       |
| Security — women |      |
| Engineering — men |       |
| Revolution — women |       |
| Black Market — women |      |
| Black Market — men |       |
The game hands these bodies to customers it leaves unnamed. Nothing here is a named character's portrait: each row is one faction's artwork, not a person. A person the game drew no portrait for keeps an empty slot on this site rather than borrowing one of these.
Perks that touch this system
| Blabbermouth |
|---|
| Blackmail |
| Degenerative Osteoarthritis |
| Expedition Organizer |
| Experienced Chemist |
| Intimidating |
| Minimalist |
| Sawyer's Crew |
| Tapehead |
| Unsubscribed |
| Welfare Program |
| Uninsurable |
| Tight Lips |
| Friend of the Revolution |
| Raid Loot |
| By Any Means |
| Requisition Order |
| Watchlist |
Network nodes
- Buyer Referral Service
- Criminal Networking
- Evidence Removal
- Jackson Investment I
- Jackson Investment II
- Retired Gunsmith
- Seller Referral Service
- Wild's Fixers