Cyberpunk 2020 - Solo Of Fortune 2.pdf - Cyberpunk 2020 - Nathaniel

By Derek "The Q" Quintanar

Well, we're back...

For those of you just joining the Cyberpunk adventure, this is a supple-

ment/sourcebook for the Solo character role. We're giving you background and

history (World Situation Report, Future of Force, Destroy All Flesh, I Was There),

playing tips (Medically Alert, IPSC Range Review, C.J. O'Reilly), and equipment

(Bubba&J.Ts Reviews, New at the Paris Show, The Open Road). This is done in

"magazine" format, as if you were reading this in 2020. The yearbook would be

faxed or downloaded to you through a subscription service, or you could buy a

printout or download at a dataterm. It's a way of giving your Solo character more

depth that just another "guy-with-a-gun."

Articles By:

Scott "Stealth" Taylor

Ross "Spyke" Winn

Craig "Boom Boom" Sheeley

Benjamin "Guru" Wright

Will "Macho Man" Moss

Mike "Bandit" LaBossire

With Contributions By:

Scott "Bubba" Ruggles

Mike "Iceman" Roter

Michael 'Terminator" Todd

Les "Laser" Connors

Steven "Slammer" Schultz

Jean-M. "Ringo" Ringuet

So what have you done for me lately?

Those who've taken this route before (via the best-selling Cyberpunk sup-

plement of all time, the original SOF) will find that we haven't let you down. The

book has increased in size by 50%, stuffed full of cyberware, equipment, vehi-

cles, and—oh, yeah—weapons, too. There are close to 40 of them in both arti-

cles and advertisements. Enough toys for a looong time...

But "toys for the boys" is not the only game in town. New places to play are

being detailed, such as the East Bloc/USSR and the SouthAm. The best Solos in

America are presented for use as supporting cast or deadly enemies. Plus, tips

on running low-cyberware games, or "practice" runs for training purposes.

Editing:

Derek "The Q" Quintanar

Janice "Eradicator" Sellers

Cover;

Mark "Spiff' Schumann

Cover Model:

Ross "Spyke" Winn

Hey, one of these articles is the same as before!?

In order to handle this larger format, RTG has staged this issue of SOF as a

year-end Annual, showcasing the best articles of the period 2014-2020. We've

actually reprinted Jersey Whitherspoon's column from the original SOF as part

of our look at Eastern Europe, and to reinforce that "Best Of feeling.

Art Direction:

Mark "Spiff' Schumann

Layout:

Mark "Spiff' Schumann

David "SuperSonic" Ackerman

Now you've got the biggest guns, toughest vehicles, sharpest intel, and bad-

dest attitude in the Dark Future—what are you gonna do with it? Get out there

and show those posers that you're packin' the most powerful weapon of all-

Information!

Interior Art:

Dan "Bogie" Smith

Malcolm "Maverick" Hee

Josh "Hoopster" Hoopes

John "Wyvern" Matson

David J. "Foo-Man" Fooden

Mike "Wizard" Jackson

Benjamin "Guru" Wright

Scott "Bubba" Ruggles

Patrick 'Vargas" Gidaro

Sam "SAM" Liu

Derek Quintanar, S.E.

Solo of fortune magazine Is an enviromentally unfriendly product. Nothing has been recycled, except ammunition. Everything in this magazine has been done by trained professionals. Kids, please

check with your parent before you do this at home The material in this magazine has been presented for the purposes of providing the public with Information, not for practical application.

Remember, viol ence never solved anything. Except raccoons. Raccoons deserve everything they get Knock my trash cans over. will you, you little bast Coming next Issue: Naked Solo! 't No matter

where you go, there you are. I Claim this highway In the name of the Prairie Dogs of the great state of Utah. Fight brave warriors! Watch the skies The truth is out there.

MR. EDITOR

FORTUNE VOL. 17

NO. 13

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CORPORATli: MERCENARY

COLUMNS

DEAD ON TARGET

Jersey Witherspoon

behind the Iron

Curtain

INSTANT

RESPONSE TIME

The Loudest of the Loud

Mouth Off .

..40

..4

MEDICALLY

ALERT

The new lean, mean ethos

of cyberware

I WAS THERE

16th Annual SOP

Invitational IPSC

Shootout .

..6

HIRING HALL

Where to go,

who to kill ....

...96

FULLY CHIPPED

How to make your favorite

firearm bigger, louder, and

deadlier

FEATURES

IN FOCUS

Bows & arrows aren't

just for guys in tights

anymore.

NEW FOR FALL

The newest guns

on the hottest models at

the Paris Gun

Show.,

..11

...38

SOLO OF

YEARBOOK

2020

THE FUTURE OF

FORCE 2020-2050

The present and future

of large and small scale

conflicts............................14

AMERICAN

ANGELS

A top Euro-solo rates

America's 10 Best.........58

THE FUTURE OF

FORCE

What does all this mean

for the professional

soldier? .............................24

DESTROY ALL

FLESH!!

A Full 'Borg Solo speaks

his digital mind and

shows us what big guns

really are

SPECIAL REPORT:

C.J. O'REILLY IN

SOUTH AMERICA

Learnin' Lessons and

Burnin' Bridges

THE OPEN ROAD:

WALKING STEEL

Legged Vehicles — the

newest for industrial and

military use

A DAY AT THE

RANGE

Bubba and J.T. test the

HK-77UK and other

implements of

destruction ,

MAXIMUM

FIREPOWER

Weaponry Enhancements,

including Railguns.

Neat!

FROM THE

SHOWROOM

New ways to get

around..

WORM)

SITUATION

REPORT

The new USSR and

Central Europe

IPSC RANGE

REVIEW

Where the baddest hone

their skills. LFI is a cake-

walk next to this........ ....92

FBI

LETTER OF THE

MONTH: Wondering

About Wondernines

Sirs:

I'm writing to complain about the

poor coverage your magazine has

given to the classic (and in my opinion,

superb) 9mm pistol, you know what I

mean—the good old high-capacity,

high-reliability, high-accuracy, low-cost

guns that most civilians rely on for self-

defense. It seems your magazine

would have we readers believe that

such "wondernines" aren't made any-

more. I've checked, and the only

9mms your magazine has reviewed in

the past 14 months are the Federated

Arms X-9 (which holds 12+1 9mm

rounds) and the Militech Avenger

(10+1 rounds).

What is this? Both weapons were

described in your June 2019 issue as

being "of high quality and very popu-

lar," but neither holds as many shots as

pre-millennium wondernines packing

brass-cased ammo. Don't tell me that

nines are good only as hideout pistols!

In your October 2020 issue, your

writers slid to the other end of the

spectrum in the article on "Exotic

Nines," which covered the Texas Arms

M351 Gyrojet Pistol (8+1 rounds of

9mm Gyrojet), the Hammer M-11

Sabot-Bolt pistol (10+1 rounds of 9mm

Bolts) and the Beretta M97P (which

holds 18+1 rounds but has a built-in

lasersight). Again, why the strange

treatment of the venerable nine? Are

we, your readers, to believe that 9mms

are exotic weapons? Come on!

As if this were not aggravation

enough, the May 2013 issue listed

many 9mm pistols under the section

"Unspeakable Trash"! The Fashion-Gun

9 (13+1 rounds), Kang Tao Type-97

(12+1) and Sci-Fi Starrior-4 (12+1) are

certainly garbage, but they sure aren't

representative of the whole crop!

Frack!

Fact of the matter is, the only hon-

est-to-Gibson wondernine your maga-

zine has covered is the South

American Goncz-Taurus Pistol, which

holds 15+1 rounds, but it uses old,

brass-cased ammo and is not all that

reliable, so while this gun qualifies, it

isn't even up to 2020's minimum

technological standards! What—are

there NO true wondernines any-

more!?

known as the BMP and the HP-35) was

the first "wondemine"—a 9mm

Parabellum autoloading pistol with a

double-column magazine. It was a rev-

olution, and soon the pistol market

was flooded with new wondernines;

the Hi-Power holds 13+1 rounds, but it

was soon to be outdone by the Beretta

M92F (15+1), the Clock 77 (J7+1) and

the SteyrGB-80 (18+1). Eventually, the

principles of the wondemine became

old hat, but the popularity of this type

of weapon has never faded from pub-

lic interest.

Angus seems worried that won-

dernines will fade from sight, largely

due to this publication. We hope not,

and fortunately, there are still are

plenty of wondernines to be found;

these days, they're almost universally

built from carbon-fiber composites

and fire caseless ammunition.

They've got three advantages over

20th-century models: they're lighter,

they pack more shots in the maga-

zine and they're more reliable.

Because all the technologies required

to make these weapons are in com-

mon use throughout the world, and

because there are much more potent

(and thus more popular) high-fire-

power pistols on the market, won-

dernines are also decidedly cheap.

The following are some of the most

widely-sold modern wondernines:

Constitution "Bronco," Daewoo DPT7,

H&K P-18, IMI's Gideon, Militech's

A226, S&W M2009 and the Walter

915.

Fear not, Angus. The 9mm lives on!

Exasperated,

Angus Kessler

Georgia, Late at night

Angus, Angus, Angus. We don't

have anything against nines—our

readers do! Most of our subscribers

are hardcore Solos; they need big

guns to take on armored opponents

or small guns they can hide under

their jackets. Typical wondernines are

too "straight-laced" for a modern

samurai's needs.

For those of you who don't have

your "Firearms History" chip slotted at

the moment, the story started with the

High-Power—designed by John

Browning and manufactured by FN in

Belguim. The Browning Hi-Power (also

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