The Chrome Market · Chapter 3

Weapons

A bullet in 2070 does what a bullet did in 1970. The damage of every firearm here follows the calibre table in The Modern Armory. What changed is everything around the bullet: the sight, the link, the magazine, and what the weapon is made of.

Smart is the quality of the period. Read it in Chapter 2 before buying anything.

Older weapons are half price and need no link.

Smart Pistol

Linked sidearm, service smartgun

A service pistol with a camera under the barrel and a link to its owner's eyewear or implant. The shooter sees where the round will go. Unlinked, it is an ordinary pistol.

Machine Pistol

Burst pistol, bullet hose

A pistol that empties its magazine in a second and a half. It is cheap, it hides under a jacket, and it is the usual weapon of people who do not expect to aim.

Printed Pistol

Ghost gun, polymer one-off, the disposable

Printed in polymer and ceramic in an afternoon, with no serial number and almost no metal. It is made to be carried through a checkpoint, used once, and dropped in a river.

Heavy Smart Pistol

Hand cannon, enforcer

A magnum-calibre pistol with a recoil compensator and a link. It is built for people with a cyberarm, and anyone else needs Might 2 to hold it on target.

Caseless Carbine

Personal defence weapon, bullpup

A short weapon firing small, fast, caseless rounds from a fifty-round block. It fits under a coat and goes through a soft vest. Corporate security carries it where a rifle would frighten the clients.

Smart Rifle

Linked assault rifle, service smartgun

The infantry rifle of the period: the Assault Rifle of The Modern Armory with a ballistic computer, a link, and a round counter. It can be fired round a corner by holding it out and looking through the link.

Guided Rifle

Steered-round sniper, the long link

A heavy rifle firing rounds with fins that steer in flight. The shooter paints the target and the round corrects for wind, range, and a target that moves. Each round costs 50.

Smart Shotgun

Breacher, room gun

A magazine-fed shotgun whose link chooses the choke for the range. Inside a room it does not miss much.

Airburst Launcher

Programmable launcher, the twenty-five

A shoulder-fired launcher for small shells that are told how far to fly before they burst. Airburst puts the fragments above or behind whatever the target is hiding behind.

Shock Pistol

Electrolaser, zapper, compliance pistol

Fires a conductive path and then a charge down it, with no wires. It is the police sidearm of the period. Its damage type is Disruption, and against a target with cyberware it also has Ion 2.

Pain Projector

Active denial emitter, heat ray

A flat antenna on a tripod or a vehicle that makes skin feel as if it is on fire. Worn armour gives no Resistance against it. It clears a street without leaving a mark, which is why it is used.

Dazzler

Glare gun, optical disruptor

A pulsed laser tuned to overload eyes and cameras. It does no damage. On a hit the target is Blinded until the end of its next turn, and for one more round for each 2 Boons spent. Flare-compensated eyes and visors are immune.

Monowire

Mono-whip, the thread

A weighted line one molecule thick, on a spool in a ring or a fingertip. It cuts through most things. On a Calamity, or 2 Bane from a failed attack, the wielder suffers the weapon's hit in the target's place.

Thermal Blade

Heat knife, burner

A blade with a heating element along its edge. It is sold as a rescue tool for cutting vehicle frames, and it does that.

Shock Knuckles

Stun gloves, the handshake

Contact plates across the knuckles of a glove, with a cell at the wrist. They pass for ordinary gloves.

Smart Grenade

Linked frag, the polite grenade

A fragmentation grenade that talks to the thrower's link. It will not detonate with a linked ally inside its Blast, and it can be told to wait up to three rounds.

Pulse Grenade

EMP grenade, blackout

A single-use electromagnetic pulse. Its Ion 4 applies to the target and to everything Engaged with it, with no Boons needed: drones, smart weapons, decks, and cyberware.

Loads

Special ammunition for the weapons of this period. The loads of The Modern Armory are all still made.

Load	Fits	Effect	Price	Tier
Guided round	Smart rifles and pistols	The weapon's Smart rating is 1 higher for this shot	50 each	Chrome
Tag round	Any firearm	Damage is 2 lower. On a hit that deals Wounds the target carries a tracker for a day: its location is known to the shooter's link	40 each	Near
Gel round	Pistols, shotguns	Stun Damage. Crit becomes —. Range is one band shorter	x2	Near
Shock round	Shotguns	Stun Damage, Disorient 2, and Ion 2 against a target with cyberware. Range Short	15 each	Near
Pulse round	Airburst Launcher	Damage 2, Ion 4, Blast 2 as the Pulse Grenade	200 each	Near
Micro-explosive round	Heavy pistols, rifles	Gains Blast 2 and Vicious 1. Unreliable	25 each	Chrome

Attachments

A handgun takes two attachments and a long gun three, as in The Modern Armory.

Attachment	Fits	Price	Avail	Tier	Effect
Smartlink rail	Any firearm from The Modern Armory	800	Restricted	Near	The weapon gains Smart 1. Counts as one attachment
Biometric grip	Any firearm	150	Common	Near	Fires only for its registered users. Bypassing it is an intrusion against Security 2
Integral suppressor	Pistols, carbines, rifles	600	Restricted	Near	The weapon gains Suppressed with no change to Encumbrance or Concealable
Gyro harness	Weapons with Cumbersome	2500	Military	Near	Cumbersome is 2 lower. Encumbrance 3, worn. Not with Concealable
Corner sight	Any firearm	300	Common	Near	The shooter may fire from full cover, adding 2 Bane Dice. A Smart weapon already does this with 1
Friend-or-foe module	Smart weapons	400	Restricted	Near	Auto-Fire and Blast from this weapon never hit a linked ally
Ghost finish	Any weapon of Encumbrance 2 or less	2000	Illicit	Chrome	The weapon gains Scanner-Evasive
Recoil sleeve	Pistols	350	Common	Near	Cumbersome is 1 lower