[01-0104] Ultra-Tech(1).pdf

Written by DAVID PULVER, with KENNETH PETERS

Additional Material by WILLIAM BARTON, LOYD BLANKENSHIP, and STEVE JACKSON

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C ONTENTS

Adjusting for SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

E QUIPMENT S TATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . 16

P ERSONAL G EAR AND

C ONSUMER G OODS . . . . . . . . . . 38

Personal Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Recreation and

Personal Robots. . . . . . . . . . . . 41

2. C ORE T ECHNOLOGIES . . . . . 18

P OWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Power Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Energy Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Beamed and

Broadcast Power . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Civilization and Power . . . . . . . . . . 21

C OMPUTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

AI: Hardware or Software? . . . . . . 23

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using a HUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Ubiquitous Computing . . . . . . . . . 25

R OBOTS AND T OTAL C YBORGS . . . . . 26

Digital Intelligences. . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Drones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Superhuman Minds and the

Singularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Renting Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Cyborgs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

M ACHINES AS C HARACTERS . . . . . . . 27

Machine Intelligence Lenses . . . . 27

Biomorphic Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Meta-Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Purchasing Machines . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Quirks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Robots and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Robots in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Cinematic Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Controlling and

Reprogramming AIs . . . . . . . . 35

Swarmbots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

1. U LTRA -T ECHNOLOGY . . . . . . 5

A GES OF T ECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TL9 – The Microtech Age . . . . . . . . 6

TL10 – The Robotic Age . . . . . . . . . 6

TL11 – The Age of

Exotic Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TL12 – The Age of Miracles . . . . . . 7

Even Higher TLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

T ECH L EVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Technological Progression . . . . . . . 8

T ECHNOLOGY P ATHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Conservative Hard SF . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Radical Hard SF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

CyberPunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Nanotech Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Unlimited Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Emergent Superscience . . . . . . . . 10

High Biotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Retrotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Safe-Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Psi-Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

G ADGET C ONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Creating an Equipment List. . . . . 11

Preventive Measures . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Retroactive Measures . . . . . . . . . . 12

B UYING E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Black Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Legality and Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . 14

W EAR AND C ARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Maintaining Gadgets. . . . . . . . . . . 14

Repairing Gadgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Powering Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

I NTEGRATING AND

M ODIFYING E QUIPMENT . . . . . . 15

Plug-in Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Combination Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . 16

Gear for Nonhumans . . . . . . . . . . 16

3. C OMMUNICATIONS , S ENSORS ,

AND M EDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

C OMMUNICATION AND I NTERFACE . . . 42

Communicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Receive-Only or

Transmit-Only Comms . . . . . . . 46

Translators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Neural Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Mail and Freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

M EDIA AND E DUCATION . . . . . . . . . . 51

Recording and Playback. . . . . . . . 51

Virtual Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Augmented Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Sensies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Mass Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Teaching and Learning Aids . . . . 59

S ENSORS AND S CIENTIFIC

E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Passive Visual Sensors . . . . . . . . . 60

Indirect Passive Sensors . . . . . . . . 61

Active Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Combination Sensors . . . . . . . . . . 66

Scientific Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 66

4. H OUSING , T OOLS , AND

S URVIVAL G EAR . . . . . . . . . 68

H OUSING AND F OOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Domestic Equipment

and Appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Housing and Construction . . . . . . 71

Foodstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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C ONTENTS

I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About GURPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Art Director

Errata Coordinator

E XPEDITION G EAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Navigation Instruments . . . . . . . . 74

Containers and Load-Bearing

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Survival and Camping Gear. . . . . 75

Environmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Exploration, Safari, and

Salvage Robots. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Crossing a Gravity Gradient . . . . . 79

T OOLS AND C ONSTRUCTION

M ATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Tools and Tool Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Worker Robots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Heavy Equipment, Salvage,

and Rescue Gear . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Demolitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

M ANUFACTURING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Industrial Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 89

Future Economies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Memory Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Von Neumann Machines . . . . . . . . 92

P SI A MPLIFIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Hotshots and Overheating . . . . . . 133

F LUID P ROJECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Sprays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Vortex Ring Projectors . . . . . . . . 134

G UNS AND L AUNCHERS . . . . . . . . . . 135

Conventional and

ETC Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Gas Powered Air Guns . . . . . . . . 139

Electromagnetic Guns . . . . . . . . 141

Grav Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Gyrocs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Rockets and Missiles. . . . . . . . . . 145

Hand Grenades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Typical Weapons by TL . . . . . . . . 148

F IREARM A CCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . 149

Targeting Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Smartgun Electronics . . . . . . . . . 149

Other Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

W ARHEADS AND A MMUNITION . . . . 152

Conventional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Nuclear and Antimatter . . . . . . . 156

Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

B IOCHEMICAL AND

N ANOTECH W EAPONS . . . . . . . 159

Gases and Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Foams and Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Poisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Metabolic Nanoweapons . . . . . . 161

M ELEE AND T HROWN

W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Physical Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Energy Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

C OMBAT R OBOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Warbots and Androids . . . . . . . . 167

Robot Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Bodyguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Force Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Nuclear Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Stasis Webs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Other Force Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . 194

8. M EDICAL AND

B IOTECH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

B IOMEDICAL E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . 196

Medical Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Medical Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Psychiatric Equipment . . . . . . . . 203

Biotech Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Drugs and Nano . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Biotech Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . 206

C YBERNETICS AND

U PLOADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Body Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . 208

Brain Implants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Remote-Controlled

Cybernetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Implanted Digital Mind . . . . . . . . 216

Cybernetic Uplift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Total Cyborg Brain

Transplants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Uploading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Downloading Minds . . . . . . . . . . 220

Low- and Very-Low-Res

Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Campaign Effects of

Uploading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

5. C OVERT O PS

AND S ECURITY . . . . . . . . . . 95

D ECEPTION AND I NTRUSION . . . . . . . 95

Burglary, Infiltration,

and Sabotage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Forgery and Counterfeiting . . . . . 96

Disguises and Smuggling . . . . . . . 97

ECM and Stealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Computer Intrusion . . . . . . . . . . 100

S ECURITY AND S URVEILLANCE . . . . 101

Barriers, Mines, and Traps. . . . . 101

Future Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Security Scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Surveillance and

Tracking Devices . . . . . . . . . . 105

Counter-Surveillance

and ECM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

E NFORCEMENT AND C OERCION . . . 106

Forensics and Lie Detection . . . 106

Restraint and Riot

Control Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Interrogation, Brainwashing,

and Animal Control. . . . . . . . 108

Black Ops Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

9. V EHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Planetary Travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Space Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

V EHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

ATVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

P ERSONAL V EHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Flying Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

T ANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

H OVERCRAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

M INISUBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

D IVER P ROPULSION S YSTEMS . . . . . 228

T ILT -R OTOR T RANSPORT . . . . . . . . . 229

U TILITY V ERTOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

G RAV B IKES AND P LATFORMS . . . . . 229

Microplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Flight Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Zero-G Thrusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

D ROP C APSULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

M ATTER T RANSMISSION . . . . . . . . . 233

Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

MT Booths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Telegates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Teleport Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Dimension and Time Travel . . . . . 234

Mind Voyages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

7. D EFENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

B ODY A RMOR AND

P ROTECTIVE G EAR . . . . . . . . . 171

Body Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Tailoring Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Rigid Body Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Environmental Gear

and Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

P OWERED S UITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Exoskeletons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Battlesuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Typical Armor by TL . . . . . . . . . . 186

D EFENSE S YSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Other Defenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

F ORCE F IELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Force Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

6. W EAPONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Weapon Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

B EAM W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Chemical Infared Lasers . . . . . . . 114

Electrolaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Microwave Weapons . . . . . . . . . . 120

Neural Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Particle Accelerators . . . . . . . . . . 122

Sonic Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Plasma Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Gravity Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Nucleonic Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Reality Disruption Beams . . . . . 131

Psionic Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

B IBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

I NDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

C ONTENTS

I NTRODUCTION

GURPS Ultra-Tech is a sourcebook of science-fiction

gadgets and weapons. It’s a resource for space, alternate

future, techno-thriller, cyberpunk, or supers games – any

setting that requires technology from tomorrow and

beyond.

The equipment described within spans the “future” tech

levels from TL9 (a few decades from now) to TL12 (the age

of miracles) . The emphasis is on personal gear of all sorts,

from hyperspectral goggles and neutrino communicators

to gamma-ray laser rifles and dreadnought battlesuits.

Ultra-Tech also provides plenty of details on future

medicine, but since GURPS Bio-Tech covered genetics,

biomods, and drugs, this book emphasizes hard tech –

cybernetics, ultra-tech medical equipment, neural inter-

faces, and mind uploading. As technology advances, the

line between man and machine may become increasingly

blurred. Ultra-Tech provides rules for establishing the

capabilities and limitations of artificial intelligence, as well

as templates for robotic or total cyborg bodies, from handy

technical ‘bots to shapeshifting nanomorphs.

Ultra-Tech is a catalog for players, and a resource for

the GM. Ultra-technology can propel adventures into

action, add color and atmosphere to a science-fiction

setting, serve as the object of a quest, or power a villain’s

sinister design. There’s no need to make every gadget in this

book available at once – that can be overwhelming! It’s up

to the Game Master to decide exactly what gear to use . . .

but to help out, we’ve provided a chapter of suggestions on

integrating equipment into the game and establishing

alternative technology paths so that the technology fits the

campaign.

GURPS Psionics , BESM 2nd Edition , and Transhuman

Space.

Kenneth L. Peters lives in Post Falls, Idaho. He is an

anthropology buff and a sergeant in the United States

Marine Corps Reserve. He is the author of Transhuman

Space: Spacecraft of the Solar System , and a co-author of

Transhuman Space: Under Pressure and several

Shadowrun books.

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P UBLICATION H ISTORY

This is the third edition of GURPS Ultra-Tech ; it has

been revised to the GURPS Fourth Edition rules. The old-

est material included here dates back to the three chapters

of equipment in the first edition of GURPS Space (by Steve

Jackson and William A. Barton). This material was incor-

porated into GURPS Ultra-Tech (by David Pulver). GURPS

Ultra-Tech 2 added more gadgets, including some adapted

from GURPS Cyberpunk (by Loyd Blankenship). Material

in the present edition was also inspired by technology in

GURPS Psionics, GURPS Robots , and Transhuman

Space .

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

David L. Pulver lives in Victoria, British Columbia. He

has been a science-fiction fan and avid gamer for most of

his life. He is a co-author of the GURPS Basic Set , Fourth

Edition , and has written or co-authored over 60 other gam-

ing books, including GURPS Bio-Tech , GURPS Robots,

I NTRODUCTION

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