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INTRODUCTION 4 SEATTLE ON 30Y A NIGHT 49

FINDING YOUR FEET 7 History and Development 50

SECURITY BLANKET 11 Standard Coffin Hotel 51Security System Options 12 Standard Coffin Cubicle 51

Sensors and Detectors 13 Check-In Procedure 52Active Response Measures 19 Security 53

Conclusion 20 GUARDING THE TILL 55

FRINGE OF SPACE 23 Step One: Detection 56

The Planes 23 Weapon Detectors 57

Semiballistics 23 Chemical Detectors 57

Suborbitals 25 Step Two: Alarm 58

HSCTs 26 Step Three : Response 59

The Service 26 Passive Responses 59

How Fast Is Fast? 26 Active Responses 59

Price of A Ticket 26 EATING FAST AND FEARLESSLY 61

Your Pilot and Crew 27 Layout 61

KILLER ACCESSORIES 29 Food 62

Fichetti Tlffanl Needier 30 Security 63

Barton Arms Gun Cane 30 Conclusion 63

Barton Arms Bracer 30 BEST OF HOME SECURITY 65

Morrissey ban 30 Private Security Terminology 66

Morrissey Elite 31 Full-Service Provider 66

Morrissey Alta 31 Active Automated Defenses 66

Raecor Sting 32 Alarm Design and Installation 66

Eichiro Hatamoto 11 32 Alarm Monitoring 67Fichetti Executive Action 33 Astral Security 67

Yamaha Pulsar 33 Biologicals 68

DRESSED TO KILL 35 Extended Passive Defense 69

Style with Security, Security with Style 36 Lethal Force 69Armante 36 Locksmithing 70

Mortimer of London 36 Mundane Patrol 70

Vashon Island 37 Structural Hardening 70Zoe 37 Company Ratings 70

Social Consequences 38 SHARPER IMAGE 73DOCWAGON'S NEW MEDICINE 41 Whitelaw Electric Sunglasses 73

History 42 Corona "Private Eye" Computer Display Glasses 74DocWagon Contracts 43 Felllni-Med Breather 74

Basic Service 43 Stanley "Screamer" Portable Door Alarm 74Gold Service 43 Fujicorp Remote Ignition 74Platinum Service 43 DES Systems PhoneSecure Scanner 75Super-Platinum Service 44 Toshiba White-Noise Generator 75

Calling for Aid 44 Doafone Lock-Out 75DocWagon Response 45 ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION 77

Standard Response 45 Conceptual Overview 77Crisis Response 45 Unidirectional Datalines 78High Threat Response 46 Iconographic Execution 78

DocWagon Clinics 47 Custom Multisymbol Iconography 79Application 79

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YOU ARE YOUR CREDSTICKAccessing Money

Types of CredsticksIdentification Levels

Using A Credstick

Opening An AccountRULES

Security Systems

Keypads

CardreadersPrint ScannersVoice Recognition SystemsVibration Detectors

Gas Delivery Systems

Netgun SystemsGun Systems

Door/Window AlarmsLaser SystemsElectric Fences

Monowire

Security GuardsPlanes and Crews

General Dynamics SVZ50 Semiballistic"China Clipper" Suborbital

"Arrow" HSCTPilot

Flight AttendantWeapon Detection

Automatic SystemsManual Detection

Chemical Detection SystemsArmor Clothing

Layering ArmorArmor and Society

DocWagon

Standard Response TeamCrisis Response Team

High Threat Response TeamDocWagon Vehicle SecurityDocWagon Clinics

Response TimeHelp (Almost) Too Late

Coffin Hotels

Coffin Security

McHugh's

ArchetypesNumber of People Present

ComputerMcHugh's Security Personnel

Physical SecurityForging Credsticks and IDs

Using A Forged CredstickVerification Ratings

NEO-ANARCHISTS' GUIDE TO REAL LIFE

WritingNigel Findley

Special AssistanceFrasier Caine

DevelopmentTom Dowd

Editorial StaffSenior Editor

Donna Ippolito

Assistant EditorSharon Turner Mulvihill

Editorial AssistantDiane Piron

Production StaffArt Director

Jeff LaubensteinProject Manager

Jim Nelson

Cover ArtJohn Zeleznik

Cover DesignJim Nelson

IllustrationJoel BiskeEarl Geier

Dana Knutson

Jeff LaubensteinJim Nelson

Mike Nielsen

Dan SmithMaps/Diagrams

Jim NelsonLayout

Tara GallagherKeyline and Pasteup

Ernie Hernandez

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Published byFASA Corporation ' P.O. Box 6930 ' Chicago, IL 60680

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Real Life? Why bother? Get the newest SunTech cranialsimdeck and dream your troubles away. . .--ad copy, circa 2050

he Neo-Anarchists' Guide to Real Life is a supplement to the Shadowrun gamesystem. It explores life in the Seattle sprawl through a series of articles reprinted froma variety of popular sources available to the general public of that city in 2053 .

Various shadowrunners have annotated these articles with their opinions andadditional information they consider to be of interest to the reader . The gamemastermust decide whether to treat these opinions and evaluations, inserted by individualswho may hold a biased view, as valid . The player can only hope to discover the truthbefore it is too late .

Specific rules information and game mechanics for each subject discussed in thearticles appears in a separate Rules section . The gamemaster and players should reviewthese new and expanded rules and agree on which, if any, they will add to their game.

Much of the material in this book at least hints at ways to make life muchmore difficultfor characters, ways to complicate even the simplest task. Gamemasters may choose touse these complicating factors sparingly, but should definitely use them . Shadowrungames usually let the characters-and their players-off much too easily . . . .

Some of the material on credsticks presented in this product originally appeared inthe Shadowrun sourcebook Sprawl Sites . Because that product is now out of print andno longer available, we have updated that material and reprinted it here for reference .

This book is compatible with both the original Shadowrun rule book (product stocknumber 7100), and the Shadowrun, Second Edition, rules (product stock number7900) now available . Page references for both versions are given when applicable . TheShadowrun, Second Edition, rules are usually abbreviated SRII . The Archetypes andContacts book included in the Shadowrun Second Edition Gamemaster's Screen isabbreviated SRIIGM. Specific SRI] rules notations in game statistic blocks (as in NPC orContact listings) appear in {boldface brackets) .

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