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Neon Rain
Let's be honest: you live in a surveillance state. Security cameras on every corner, smartphones that track the user's activity, cybernetics that track the wearer's movements…It's nearly impossible to avoid being tracked, but you've made the most of it. You hack into these surveillance networks and use your unauthorized access to monitor your environment.
It's up to you what you do with this access. You may serve as a lookout for criminal associates, work dispatch for local vigilantes, or just keep an eye on the neighborhood. You likely have multiple phones and computers, alternating between them to obfuscate your activities.
Something you see provides information that eases your next action by one step.
Other individuals using the surveillance network are logged out for up to a minute.
⚡ — denotes a cyberware-derived ability.
With computer access, you jack in instantly and learn a bit more about something you can see. You get an asset on a task involving that person or object.
Characters who have chosen Datajack as a type ability should replace it with a different special ability selection from their type.
You are trained in your choice of two of the following skills: disguise, deception, lockpicking, pickpocketing, seeing through deception, sleight of hand, or stealth. You can choose this ability multiple times, but you must select different skills each time.
This ability has two different options. One, you become aware of all security cameras within long range. Two, you can hack a security camera that you are aware of that is within 1 mile (1.6 km), allowing you to see through the camera’s vantage point for up to ten minutes. If you activate this ability and apply a level of Effort, you can gain the benefit of both options at once.
Action to initiate.
Ability Choice: Choose either Awareness or Surveillance Overwatch as your tier 3 ability.
You become hyperaware of your surroundings in order to better locate your target. For ten minutes, you are aware of all living things within long range (including their general position), and by concentrating (another action), you can attempt to learn the general health and power level of any one of them.
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When you use your Camera Sight ability to assess a situation and warn another character of an impending threat, that character’s next defense roll against the threat you’ve spotted is eased. Likewise, if you use Camera Sight to advise a character of a foe’s weakness, that character’s next attack roll against that foe is eased.
Action to initiate.
You gain 6 points to your Intellect Pool.
If you know someone’s full name, phone number, or some other identifier, you can determine the approximate location (within 100 feet or 30 m) of their smartphone, computer, or other portable device.
Using your Camera Sight ability, you can look through two security cameras simultaneously, look through one security camera that is up to 5 miles (8 km) away, or look through one camera for up to thirty minutes.
Action to initiate.
Ability Choicse: Choose either Machine Enhancement or 360° Vision as your tier 6 ability
Any time you use Effort on an Intellect action, add one of the following enhancements to the action (your choice):
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You become aware of all security cameras, smartphones, computers, and other small surveillance devices within long range. You can immediately hack such a device, either one you just detected or one you know of that is within 10 miles (16 km), allowing you to see from that camera’s vantage point for one hour. In addition to the normal options for applying Effort, you can use Effort to affect additional cameras (one per level of Effort), increase the duration (one hour per level of Effort), or increase your range (another long distance of detection or 10 miles of access per level of Effort) in any combination. Action to initiate.
GM Intrusions: Security cameras malfunction. Video data is corrupted or deleted. Subjects of surveillance may attempt to retaliate.