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he Eye Is Open

Eclipse Phase vs. Mass Efect —

Kinetic Barriers

Rule Hacking:

Swarmanoid Morphs

Interview: David Brin

Justin Killiam & Damien Hunt

Exsurgents Under he Sun

Costán Sequeiros

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Martin Swan

Jordan Al-Tawoos

Sarah E Hood

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Costán Sequeiros

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The Eye Is Open

Adam Jury wanted a fanzine for Eclipse Phase . With-

in two days of expressing this on his blog and twit-

ter feed, a production framework was already be-

ing built on Darkcast (www.irewall-darkcast.com)

and fans began the DIY process of collaborating on

a budding project that promised to make full use

of the Creative Commons license that Posthuman

Studios released the title under. Home-brewers,

rule-hackers, writers, artists, designers, editors

and one awesome Drupal coder (all fans of Eclipse

Phase ) were there looking for a way to help out and

ofer their time and efort.

“Welcome to all! Working with he Eye to build

the tools and build the team behind he Eye has re-

ally been a delight. I hope all our our readers enjoy

the work as much as we enjoyed creating it (more

even!). he creators of Eclipse Phase have been

kind enough to invite the world to play on their

playground, so please, read! Enjoy! Pass this issue

around to all your friends, and to at least one friend

who doesn’t know what Eclipse Phase , or even role-

playing is; we hope to be a wonderful introduction.

Join us for the next issue!” —Sarah E. Hood

Only a few months have passed since work began

on what eventually became titled he Eye , and there

has been an unbelievable amount of work accom-

plished. A general worklow has taken shape and the

programmer at Darkcast continues to take feedback

from the crowd, developing tools and processes to

make the job easier. Contributors have stacked up

several issues worth of material already, and a core

staf of editors has shaped up to make sure that it is all

proofed and clear. he design group has done their

best to create a consistent layout and style guide for

the magazine to provide as much production value

as possible for this freshman issue of he Eye .

Content Editors

Donnie Clark, G.W. Cooper, Sarah E. Hood,

Martin Swan, Shannon VanDenbos , Gra-

ham Wark, William Wilson

Graphic Design

Donnie Clark

Site Programming

Sarah E. Hood (www.irewall-darkcast.com)

Artists

Algol (pg. 28), Trentin C Bergeron (Mast-

head), Diego Barucco (pg. 17), Sarah E.

Hood (pg. 8 & 20), Char Reed (pgs. 13),

Graham Wark (pg. 3)

We have all learned a great deal while putting this

together and we are proud to see it produce such

results from the Eclipse Phase fan community. We

can thank Adam for planting the seed of thought

for this publication, but I think he will agree that

it does not matter if he Eye turned out to be as he

imagined; it’s what the fans want it to be, and that’s

what counts.

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The Eye//An Eclipse Phase Fanzine

Content Editors

Donnie Clark, G.W. Cooper, Sarah E. Hood,

Martin Swan, Shannon VanDenbos , Gra-

ham Wark, William Wilson

Graphic Design

Donnie Clark

Site Programming

Sarah E. Hood (www.irewall-darkcast.com)

Artists

Algol (pg. 28), Trentin C Bergeron (Mast-

head), Diego Barucco (pg. 17), Sarah E.

Hood (pg. 8 & 20), Char Reed (pgs. 13),

Graham Wark (pg. 3)

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Eclipse Phase vs. Mass Effect —

Kinetic Barriers

by Martin Swan

Mass Efect contains many interesting components that I think would be fantastic when applied into the

Eclipse Phase world. A good example of this is the kinetic barriers that are prevalent in the ME universe.

For those who are unaware, kinetic barriers are extremely advanced pieces of technology that protect

their wearer from incoming kinetic damage. In Mass Efect this is done by utilizing the mass efect ields

that much of its technology is based on, a technology that is not present in Eclipse Phase . Instead of

making an attempt at explaining exactly how they work, I have instead decided to simply put it down to

an unknown alien physics efect, which handily also explains why they have not come so prevalent that

everyone is wearing them. he following contains both the rules and some descriptive text to go along

with them.

Kinetic Barriers

Defense points recharge over time, however each

time they absorb damage this recharge is delayed.

At the beginning of each action turn any kinetic

barrier that did not take damage during the pre-

vious action turn recharged a number of defense

points as determined by the particular make or

model. While outside of combat a kinetic barrier

recharges at a separate rate, also determined by the

make or model of the device. A kinetic barrier re-

charges defense points even while deactivated.

An example of some of the incredibly advanced

technology let behind by the long dead civilizations

found through the Pandora Gates, kinetic barriers

have been adopted throughout the system by elite

military teams, especially those who have strong

ties with the Planetary Consortium. Smuggled out

from under the nose of the Pathinder Corporation

by an unknown benefactor, these alien devices have

also found themselves highly sought ater by many

black market dealers, eager to cash in before one of

the hypercorp research facilities trying to replicate

their efects makes any progress.

Kinetic barriers utilize a still undiscovered means

of protecting their users. All recorded attempts at

replicating these devices by transhuman kind has

resulting in failure, occasionally catastrophic fail-

ure. As such they can only be purchased, not cre-

ated by transhuman means. 

Unlike armor, which reduces the amount of dam-

age taken by its wearer, kinetic barriers are capable

of completely absorbing a limited number of direct

hits by many kinetic based weapons (such as classi-

cal irearms and rail guns) before temporarily over-

loading and shutting down. Each kinetic barrier has

a pool of defense points representing the protection

is applies against all kinetic damage. hey have no

efect on energy or psi damage.

Whenever someone wearing an activated kinetic

barrier takes kinetic damage, an amount of that

damage up to the number of defense points remain-

ing is absorbed, completely protecting the wearer

from that absorbed damage. his absorption is de-

termined before any protection ofered by armor.

For every point of damage absorbed by a kinetic

barrier it loses a defense point.

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KB-Alpha

KB-Gamma

he irst of a series of kinetic barriers found on

an unknown exoplanet, the KB-Alpha ofers the

least protection, and as such is sold for the low-

est price. Many of these devices have recently been

discovered in the hands of low level criminals, and

authorities are beginning to suspect that some-

one may have discovered the means of replicating

them. Whenever the KB-Alpha is struck by a high

speed projectile it lares blue, with a pulse of eerie

light emanating from the contact point along the

wearer’s body.

Very few examples of these devices have been doc-

umented within the system, and many believe that

they only exist in the hands of the exceptionally

wealthy collectors of alien technology. Much more

efective at protecting its owner than the KB-Al-

pha, the KB-Gamma has more than triple the de-

fensive properties of those inferior devices. Unlike

the other examples of this technology, when a KB-

Gamma barrier is struck by a high speed projectile

there are no light lares, the bullet simply seems to

harmlessly drop to the ground before striking.

Defense Point Pool: 30

Combat Recharge Rate: 1/Action Turn

Out of Combat Recharge Rate: 20/Minute

Cost: Expensive (exceptionally rare)

Defense Points Pool: 100

Combat Recharge Rate: 3/Action Turn

Out of Combat Recharge Rate: 60/Minute

Cost: Expensive (exceptionally rare, min. 100,000)

KB-Beta

Although only slightly more efective than the

KB-Alpha range of kinetic barriers, the KB-Beta

goes for many times the price on the black market.

Although few of these devices have been found

on criminals and their ilk, there have been spo-

radic reports of Direct Action equipping several of

their more prestigious units with them. Whenever

the KB-Beta is struck by a high speed projectile

it lares red, with a pulse of eerie light emanating

from the contact point along the wearers body.

Defense Points Pool: 50

Combat Recharge Rate: 2/Action Turn

Out of Combat Recharge Rate: 40/Minute

Cost: Expensive (exceptionally rare, min. 50,000)

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KB-Alpha

KB-Gamma

he irst of a series of kinetic barriers found on

an unknown exoplanet, the KB-Alpha ofers the

least protection, and as such is sold for the low-

est price. Many of these devices have recently been

discovered in the hands of low level criminals, and

authorities are beginning to suspect that some-

one may have discovered the means of replicating

them. Whenever the KB-Alpha is struck by a high

speed projectile it lares blue, with a pulse of eerie

light emanating from the contact point along the

wearer’s body.

Very few examples of these devices have been doc-

umented within the system, and many believe that

they only exist in the hands of the exceptionally

wealthy collectors of alien technology. Much more

efective at protecting its owner than the KB-Al-

pha, the KB-Gamma has more than triple the de-

fensive properties of those inferior devices. Unlike

the other examples of this technology, when a KB-

Gamma barrier is struck by a high speed projectile

there are no light lares, the bullet simply seems to

harmlessly drop to the ground before striking.

Defense Point Pool: 30

Combat Recharge Rate: 1/Action Turn

Out of Combat Recharge Rate: 20/Minute

Cost: Expensive (exceptionally rare)

Defense Points Pool: 100

Combat Recharge Rate: 3/Action Turn

Out of Combat Recharge Rate: 60/Minute

Cost: Expensive (exceptionally rare, min. 100,000)

KB-Beta

Although only slightly more efective than the

KB-Alpha range of kinetic barriers, the KB-Beta

goes for many times the price on the black market.

Although few of these devices have been found

on criminals and their ilk, there have been spo-

radic reports of Direct Action equipping several of

their more prestigious units with them. Whenever

the KB-Beta is struck by a high speed projectile

it lares red, with a pulse of eerie light emanating

from the contact point along the wearers body.

Defense Points Pool: 50

Combat Recharge Rate: 2/Action Turn

Out of Combat Recharge Rate: 40/Minute

Cost: Expensive (exceptionally rare, min. 50,000)

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