Drones

Over the last century, drone technology has advanced in leaps and bounds. With the advent of the global DataNet and simsense, drone pilots, known as riggers, can now literally *be* their drones, seeing through their sensors and experiencing the world around it as though they were physically present.

## Ground Drones

 Cayman Crawler | 4,000
 Coalescence G.I.U.  | 4,500
 Coalescence Hound | 5,000
 Steiner-Bisley 80-X Boxguard | 25,000
 Steiner-Bisley SB-71 | 6,000

## Drone Modifications

Most drones have a number of Mod Slots that can be used to customize the drone. These slots represent extra space, power surplus, and other systems required to take on additional capacities. Below is a list of common drone modifications.

### Size Modifier

A drone's size is a major factor in determining the price of modification, represented in the drone's *Size Mod,* which is determined by the drone's Scale, as detailed in the chart below.

### Aquatic

The drone has a Pace equal to its Swimming skill in water.

### Armor, Heavy

The drone gains +2 Armor that qualifies as Heavy Armor.

### Attribute

One of the drone's attributes increases a die type (after d12 dd +1 per step).

### Edge

The drone gains an Edge and may ignore all Requirements except previous versions of the Edge (cannot take Improved Dodge without first taking Dodge).

### Enhanced Battery

The drone's operation time between charges is doubled.

### Flight

The drone flies at Pace 6. Each additional time Flight is taken doubles the previous Pace.

### Gecko Pads

The drone may walk on vertical or inverted surfaces at half Pace.

### Immobile

The drone has no legs, treads, or wheels. It may still take Flight, however. Increase Mod Slots by 2.

### Magnetic Pads

The drone is outfitted with magnetic pads that allow the drone to cling to ferrous surfaces at full Pace.

### Pace

The drone's Pace increases by +2 and gains a d10 running die. Each additional time this modification is taken, increase Pace by +2.

### Sensor Suite

The drone gains a sophisticated sensor array, functioning as a sensor suite.

### Skill Software

The drone either gains a new skill or increases one of its skills by a die type. After d12, add +1. Drones do not suffer increased costs for linked Attributes when skills are raised with this modification.

### Stealth System

Active camouflage, heat baffles, radar scramblers, and other devices make the drone difficult to detect by vision or sensors. Those trying to detect or attack the drone suffer a -4 penalty to their rolls. The effect is triggered as a free action, but is negated any round in which the drone fires a weapon or emits some other non-cloakable signal such as a radio transmission or active sensor search.

### Targeting System

The drone gains a sophisticated targeting computer that negates up to 2 points of Shooting penalties.

### Trait Bonus

The drone gains a +2 bonus to any single trait. This covers everything from predictive targeting programs (Shooting) to gyrostabilizers (Agility) and so on. It may only be taken once per Trait.

### Weapon Mount

The drone mounts a 100 lbs or lighter weapon or tool on a 360° telescopic gimble. It may use this additional weapon at no multi-action penalty.

### Weapon Mount, Pop-Up

The drone mounts a 100 lbs or lighter weapon or tool on a 360° telescopic gimble hidden inside the drone. Deploying the hidden weapon is an action, but then it may use this additional weapon at no multi-action penalty.