Detectors & Scanners
Detectors can be used to detect weapons, explosives, chemicals, and cyberware, they usually can't tell the operator exactly what is being carried, but it will alert him if it detects something.
To see if an automatic detector spots weapons, explosives, chemicals or cyberware carried by a PC/NPC roll 1D100 under the percentage determined from the table below, the more someone tries to get past the detector, the more likely it is to pick something up, so add all modifiers together when multiple items are being taken through.
Scanners are similar to
detectors, but try to determine what it is detecting, they tend to be more thorough
than detectors, but can be fooled by disguising the weapon or cyberware. These
are usually used in public places where it's be to time consuming to search
everyone who set off a detector.
GMs should roll once for a
scanner to see which weapons or cyberware are recognised, each item
should have it's own percentage chance to be recognised for what it is.
Please note: these rules are still in the play-testing stage, so if you have any feedback please e-mail it to me. Thanks.
| Base Chance To Detect / Recognise | 70% |
| Detector / Scanner Quality | Mod |
| Poor (Clubs) | -20% |
| Average (Schools) | +0% |
| Good (Corps, Scanway) | +10% |
| Excellent (Pentagon) | +20% |
| Scanner Manned by Trained Operator | INT+Notice% |
| Weapon Detector / Scanner | Mod |
| P Concealability | +10% |
| J Concealability | +15% |
| L Concealability | +25% |
| N Concealability | +30% |
|
10 Rounds of Metal Cased Ammo |
+10% |
| Low Metal Content (tasers) | -10% |
| Non-ferrous Weapons (plastic pistols) | -20% |
| Shielded Case or Cyber Compartment | -10% to -50% |
| Chemical & Explosive Detector | Mod |
|
Per Clip of Ammo (not ETAE) |
+10% |
| Per Clip of Explosive Ammo | +20% |
| Per 1 concussion or frag grenade | +10% |
| Per 2 smoke, flash, or mini-grenades | +10% |
| Per 30g of non-plastique explosive | +10% |
| Per 100g of plastique | +10% |
|
Per Dose of Dangerous Gas/Toxin |
+10% |
| Air Tight Case or Compartment | -10% to -50% |
| Other Strong Scent Used to Confuse | -10% |
| Cyberware Detector / Scanner | Mod |
| N (neuralwear options) | +0% |
| M (processor) | +10% |
| MA (optics, hand) | +15% |
| CR (limbs) | +20% |
| CRx2 (Full Borgs, except Gemini) | +30% |
| Subdermal Pocket, Skinweave, etc | -30% |
| Gemini Borg | +20% |
| Non-ferrous Cyberware | -20% |
| Shielded Cyberware | -10% to -50% |
Weapon Examples:
J Concealability pistol, Arasaka Scanway. 70+15+10 = 95% chance of recognition.
P Concealability plastic pistol, Poor Detector. 70+10-20-20 = 40% chance of detection.
J Concealability plastic pistol, in a very expensive shielded compartment, into the Pentagon. 70+15-20-50+20 = 35% chance of detection/recognition.
A pair of J Concealability pistols, taken through an Arasaka Scanway. 70+15+10=95% chance of recognition each.
A pair of J Concealability pistols, taken through a Good Detector. 70+15+15+10=100% chance of detection.
Chemical Examples:
2kg of Plastique, Good Detector. 70+20 = 100%.
2kg of Plastique in an air-tight case, strong aftershave used to confuse Good Detector. 70+20-10-50 = 40%.
Cyberware Examples: