Temperamental Upgrades

A collection of rules expansions and player options to take your punks to the outer edges of Cy.

Contains...

• Legion rules to take the sting out of character death and help tell a story of collective action.
• 4 new classes to upgrade your character creation process.
• Three locations that expand on the core CY_BORG map and give your punks more places to get into trouble.
• 4 job modules to connect old & new locations and give your punks plenty of ways to [profit|die].
• 4 new enemies, from the life-support zombified Husk to the patrolling SecBot.
• A fresh suite of hazards to inflict: radiation sickness; a water-born disease called Sea Sick; and the horrifying neuro-iconographic AlibiSKS virus.
• Ghost Guns & DIY Armaments - cheap, experimental gear to get the job done.
• Rules to expand on the cyber threats that roam the Net.
• A Vehicular system for keeping chase sequences fast and thrilling.
• Wretched News to supplement Miserable Headlines with new options while pointing your campaign towards the zine's other content.

Classes

The Shunted Avante-garde, whose sound will never be number one with a bullet, but might just tear it all down.

Deprecated Daemon is the digital product of someone else's imagination that broke containment and is out for vengeance.

Dive deeper into CY_BORG's drug mechanics with the Blackballed Purist, a scientist that constantly hones their craft to remove all impurities, leaving only the sweet taste of a perfect dose.

And finally the Turncoat Corpo-spawn. They enjoyed following the rules - being a part of the system - until they finally realized they had nothing to lose but the lie that you had anything to lose.

Locations

Start by throwing your punks into orbit... literally! Skulk through the ports and fly to the moon to escape the corpo hellscape below (assuming you can survive the trip). Are the pleasures of Lunas real? Or is this promised paradise just avant-garde vaporware?

Next, get weird out in Patch, the place to get advanced hacks, strange brews, and open source food stuffs. Most of Patch is full of anarchist comrades, but be careful - not everyone who leaves Cy for a fresh start is doing so with good intentions. How much do you trust that roaming AI to give your body back when the journey is done?

Finally, delve into the depths of The Wreath, a research facility underneath Cy filled with experimental tech and research worth a CEO’s ransom. Tamper with care; this mysterious supercollider’s true purpose could bring about the end of days. Even if you manage to keep things from getting out of hand, you’ll need some serious stims to forget what you saw down there

Jobs

The Walking Cathedral on its Last Legs. Harvesting rigs scour what is left of the world looking for any and every resource to scoop up and bring back to Cy. One such rig has come in, but the last two crews to inspect it haven't come out. What awaits aboard Harvester XI704?

END OF DAYS. The world is ending. Did the Wreath go nova? Or is the simulation resetting? Either way, might as well get some sweet, sweet [fun|revenge|elucidation|justice] before it all goes to hell. Figure out who your target is,  where they are, who's guarding them, and then get to hunting. You are on a clock, after all. Check out the linked YouTube series for an actual-play of this job!

Portside Skvlk. The Ports are one of the most heavily controlled and complex areas in all of Cy. You need to get in, find the cargo, and get out. The ways in and out are mired in complications, including your competition.

To The Moon. Most find leaving Cy to farfetched to entertain. Lunas shines down from above, and now you have the chance to reach for this promised heaven. What happens to your punks when they find crypto-obsessed lotus-eaters instead of angels?

Legal

Writing, art, and layout by Conlin Durbin & Matt Best, supported by member of INFINITE CITADEL.

Editing by Brian Yaksha.

Art by Andrew Beauman, Kim Holm, Strega Wolf, and dead people. Several pieces are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Other visual assets are courtesy of Pexels, Unplash, and Texture Labs.

Temperamental Upgrades is an independent production by Infinite Citadel and is not affiliated with Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the CY_BORG Third Party License.

CY_BORG IS ©2022 STOCKHOLM KARTELL.

TEMPERAMENTAL UPGRADES IS ©2024 INFINITE CITADEL.