Gamemaster Technology (IF) - Revision history

Starfox: /* Waldo Boots */

2025-12-23T18:32:22Z

Waldo Boots

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	In microgravity the boots anchor and pivot; in low gravity they absorb rebound; in high gravity they steady the knees and protect against over-extension. Standard issue for pilots, construction crews, and security personnel.		In microgravity the boots anchor and pivot; in low gravity they absorb rebound; in high gravity they steady the knees and protect against over-extension. Standard issue for pilots, construction crews, and security personnel.
	''Hold your ground, wherever it is.''		''Hold your ground, wherever it is.''

			=== Personal Laser Heat Sink ===
			This spacesuit addition dumps heat using a laser using mature technology.
			It poses some risk to nearby personell and sensitive objects such as sensors, but is generally safe except when overloaded or with extreme bad luck.

	=== Microthrusters (Steam) ===		=== Microthrusters (Steam) ===

Starfox: /* Hazard Suit */

2025-12-22T01:26:43Z

Hazard Suit

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	=== Hazard Suit ===		=== Hazard Suit ===
	A hardsuit upgraded with a strength-enhancing exoskeleton, heavier plating, improved radiation shielding, and extended-life support. Used mainly by military and asteroid miners. Comes with multiple sensor arrays, hardened comms, and modular tool/weapon mounts. High-thrust maneuver packs enable rapid zero-g repositioning. Stops small-arms fire and deflects glancing energy hits, but military-grade weapons will still breach.		A hardsuit upgraded with a strength-enhancing exoskeleton, heavier plating, improved radiation shielding, and extended-life support. Used mainly by military and asteroid miners. Comes with multiple sensor arrays, hardened comms, and modular tool/weapon mounts. High-thrust maneuver packs enable rapid zero-g repositioning. Stops small-arms fire and deflects glancing energy hits, but military-grade weapons will still breach.

			=== Bomb Suit ===
			A suit for bomb disposal, reactor repair, and other extreme environments. An upgrade of the Hazard Suit with a massive strength-assist exoskeleton carrying energy and radiation absorbent gel weighting four times as much as the wearer. Comes with hardened comms and fittings for tools and weapons.

	=== Radiation Shield Board ===		=== Radiation Shield Board ===

Starfox: /* Spin Habitats */

2025-11-30T23:01:44Z

Spin Habitats

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	''I used to list gravity but all were in the 0.8 to 1.2 g range and thus not very interesting.''		''I used to list gravity but all were in the 0.8 to 1.2 g range and thus not very interesting.''

	{{ : Include Navigation and Orientation in Spin Habitats (IF) }}		{{ : Include Navigation and Orientation in Spin Habitats (IF) }}

Starfox: /* Habitat Structure */

2025-11-30T22:59:03Z

Habitat Structure

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	=== Habitat Structure ===		=== Habitat Structure ===
	Every spin habitat shares the same basic anatomy:		Every spin habitat shares the same basic anatomy:
	0 '''Central Core''' — A microgravity hub along the rotation axis.		:0 '''Central Core''' — A microgravity hub along the rotation axis.
	1 '''Open Air''' — The broad space between the core and the hull.		:1 '''Open Air''' — The broad space between the core and the hull.
	2 '''Garden Ring''' — Facing the open air, usually kept as a park for relaxation.		:2 '''Garden Ring''' — Facing the open air, usually kept as a park for relaxation.
	3 '''Residential Ring''' — The main living band, with gravity at Earth standard.		:3 '''Residential Ring''' — The main living band, with gravity at Earth standard.
	4 '''Industrial Rings''' — Heavy with machinery, refineries, and storage.		:4 '''Industrial Rings''' — Heavy with machinery, refineries, and storage.
	5 '''Shielding and Reserves''' — Water and slag bags that store resources and absorb radiation and impacts.		:5 '''Shielding and Reserves''' — Water and slag bags that store resources and absorb radiation and impacts.

	By common convention, layers are ordered from the top down, with the “top” being the axis of rotation.		By common convention, layers are ordered from the top down, with the “top” being the axis of rotation.

Starfox: /* Habitat Structure */

2025-11-30T22:58:39Z

Habitat Structure

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	=== Habitat Structure ===		=== Habitat Structure ===
	Every spin habitat shares the same basic anatomy:		Every spin habitat shares the same basic anatomy:
	# '''Central Core''' — A microgravity hub along the rotation axis.		0 '''Central Core''' — A microgravity hub along the rotation axis.
	# '''Open Air''' — The broad space between the core and the hull.		1 '''Open Air''' — The broad space between the core and the hull.
	# '''Garden Ring''' — Facing the open air, usually kept as a park for relaxation.		2 '''Garden Ring''' — Facing the open air, usually kept as a park for relaxation.
	# '''Residential Ring''' — The main living band, with gravity at Earth standard.		3 '''Residential Ring''' — The main living band, with gravity at Earth standard.
	# '''Industrial Rings''' — Heavy with machinery, refineries, and storage.		4 '''Industrial Rings''' — Heavy with machinery, refineries, and storage.
	# '''Shielding and Reserves''' — Water and slag bags that store resources and absorb radiation and impacts.		5 '''Shielding and Reserves''' — Water and slag bags that store resources and absorb radiation and impacts.

	By common convention, layers are ordered from the top down, with the “top” being the axis of rotation.		By common convention, layers are ordered from the top down, with the “top” being the axis of rotation.

Starfox: /* Navigation and Orientation in Spin Habitats */

2025-11-30T21:06:37Z

Navigation and Orientation in Spin Habitats

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 ''I used to list gravity but all were in the 0.8 to 1.2 g range and thus not very interesting.''
-=== Navigation and Orientation in Spin Habitats ===
+{{ : Include Navigation and Orientation in Spin Habitats (IF) }}
 === Habitat Structure ===

Starfox: /* Generic Upgrades */

2025-11-30T13:05:58Z

Generic Upgrades

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	=== Generic Upgrades ===		=== Generic Upgrades ===
	Medicine can remove conditions and remedy human aspects that are not up to standard, but genetic upgrades of baseline humans are not sustainable. What does work is a combination of surgery and gene therapy to create new phenotypes, called [[Posthuman Genetic Modifications (IF)~~\|Posthuman Genetic Modifications]]~~\|Posthumans]]. ~~These~~ are adapted to various environments and given a distinct non-human appearance to avoid the uncanny valley.		Medicine can remove conditions and remedy human aspects that are not up to standard, but genetic upgrades of baseline humans are not sustainable. What does work is a combination of surgery and gene therapy to create new phenotypes, called [[Posthuman Genetic Modifications (IF)\|Posthumans]]. They are adapted to various environments and given a distinct non-human appearance to avoid the uncanny valley.

	== Weapons ==		== Weapons ==

Starfox: /* Networked Dust */

2025-11-30T12:56:18Z

Networked Dust

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	=== Networked Dust ===		=== Networked Dust ===
	Networked Dust are microscopic sensor and actuator motes, typically around ten to a hundred micrometres across, ~~deployed en masse to form ephemeral, distributed sensor nets~~ deployed en masse to form ephemeral, distributed sensor nets. Born out of an abandoned effort to create distributed general intelligences, the technology found its principal use as disposable environmental instrumentation: millions of purpose-built motes are released into an environment, where they drift, sample, and report according to their manufacturing profile.		Networked Dust are microscopic sensor and actuator motes, typically around ten to a hundred micrometres across, deployed en masse to form ephemeral, distributed sensor nets. Born out of an abandoned effort to create distributed general intelligences, the technology found its principal use as disposable environmental instrumentation: millions of purpose-built motes are released into an environment, where they drift, sample, and report according to their manufacturing profile.

	Each mote is tiny and single-purpose, built for one task only. Every mission requires a distinct set of motes, each designed for a specific function within a shared operational plan. Air, water, regolith, and confined atmospheres all demand their own housings and power chemistries — and every project further adapts each mote to its unique goals.		Each mote is tiny and single-purpose, built for one task only. Every mission requires a distinct set of motes, each designed for a specific function within a shared operational plan. Air, water, regolith, and confined atmospheres all demand their own housings and power chemistries — and every project further adapts each mote to its unique goals.
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	Yet these benefits come with profound ethical and security risks. Even benign motes can accumulate in living bodies to become a health hazard. Clouds can be configured to alter chemistry or release reagents within narrow limits; such capabilities are tightly regulated and, in most polities, effectively banned except for licensed industrial or remediation work. The potential for misuse — targeted harassment, covert surveillance, or worse — makes the technology politically fraught.		Yet these benefits come with profound ethical and security risks. Even benign motes can accumulate in living bodies to become a health hazard. Clouds can be configured to alter chemistry or release reagents within narrow limits; such capabilities are tightly regulated and, in most polities, effectively banned except for licensed industrial or remediation work. The potential for misuse — targeted harassment, covert surveillance, or worse — makes the technology politically fraught.

	:'''Science sensors''': Research installations and long-range facilities can synthesize, program, and interrogate very large clouds over ~~kilometres~~, producing advanced analysis and specialized interceptor motes for networked engagements.		:'''Science sensors''': Research installations and long-range facilities can synthesize, program, and interrogate very large clouds over kilometers, producing advanced analysis and specialized interceptor motes for networked engagements.
	:'''Ship sensors''': Standard shipborne suites can seed and retrieve operational motes for local surveys (roughly cubic-kilometre coverage in favorable conditions) and can field basic counter-motes.		:'''Ship sensors''': Standard shipborne suites can seed and retrieve operational motes for local surveys (roughly cubic-kilometre coverage in favorable conditions) and can field basic counter-motes.
	:'''Pack sensors''': Field packs can read and instruct known mote families, store and dispense prebuilt motes, and rapidly analyze or jam local clouds. Suited for engineering, salvage, and tactical survey work.		:'''Pack sensors''': Field packs can read and instruct known mote families, store and dispense prebuilt motes, and rapidly analyze or jam local clouds. Suited for engineering, salvage, and tactical survey work.
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	'''Regulation and ethics''': Networked Dust is heavily regulated in most jurisdictions. Deployments that affect biological or chemical states are legally restricted or banned except under strict oversight. The technology is subject to export controls, licensing, and public-health review in many polities.		'''Regulation and ethics''': Networked Dust is heavily regulated in most jurisdictions. Deployments that affect biological or chemical states are legally restricted or banned except under strict oversight. The technology is subject to export controls, licensing, and public-health review in many polities.
			<noinclude>
	<noinclude><span style="color: brown;">'''Adventure Hooks:''' Networked Dust is an extraordinary scientific tool and a terrifying potential weapon. Its presence in a story should raise legal, moral, and technical questions as loudly as it answers practical ones. With extreme specialization for a given environment, it can exceed ordinary limits — from a habitat where every resident’s body chemistry is remotely tuned to racially targeted bioweapons crafted in secret~~. This is a technology for creating unsettling, thought-provoking stories~~.</span></noinclude>		<span style="color: brown;">'''Adventure Hooks:''' This is a technology for creating unsettling, thought-provoking stories. Networked Dust is an extraordinary scientific tool and a terrifying potential weapon. Its presence in a story should raise legal, moral, and technical questions as loudly as it answers practical ones. With extreme specialization for a given environment, it can exceed ordinary limits — from a habitat where every resident’s body chemistry is remotely tuned to racially targeted bioweapons crafted in secret.</span></noinclude>

	== Expert Systems ==		== Expert Systems ==

Starfox: /* Sonic */

2025-11-30T12:13:31Z

Sonic

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	By touch, sonic sensors can transmit and receive sound through solid materials such as rock or ice, allowing effective subsurface probing. When properly coupled to the ground, they can also function as seismographs, registering strong vibrations or major impacts.		By touch, sonic sensors can transmit and receive sound through solid materials such as rock or ice, allowing effective subsurface probing. When properly coupled to the ground, they can also function as seismographs, registering strong vibrations or major impacts.

	:'''Science sensors''': Geological and structural observatories or underwater sonar networks. Use phased transmitters and kilometer-spaced receivers to image planetary crusts, ocean floors, or internal ~~stresses of~~ megastructures. Active systems can map kilometers below the surface and resolve small movements in real time.		:'''Science sensors''': Geological and structural observatories or underwater sonar networks. Use phased transmitters and kilometer-spaced receivers to image planetary crusts, ocean floors, or internal stress in megastructures. Active systems can map kilometers below the surface and resolve small movements in real time.
	:'''Ship sensors''': Hull-mounted sonar and vibration arrays for subsurface exploration, asteroid composition mapping, and close-range inspection of stations or wrecks. Effective across tens to hundreds of kilometers depending on medium. In vacuum they switch to low-frequency mechanical probing through docking umbilicals or structure contact.		:'''Ship sensors''': Hull-mounted sonar and vibration arrays for subsurface exploration, asteroid composition mapping, and close-range inspection of stations or wrecks. Effective across tens to hundreds of kilometers depending on medium. In vacuum they switch to low-frequency mechanical probing through docking umbilicals or structure contact.
	:'''Pack sensors''': Deployable seismic arrays with multiple self-anchoring pods linked to a central processor. Form temporary fields that map terrain, structures, or underground movement in three dimensions. Locate tunnels, vehicles, or stress lines through rock or plating up to fifty meters deep; detect active sonic systems within tens of kilometers in active mode.		:'''Pack sensors''': Deployable seismic arrays with multiple self-anchoring pods linked to a central processor. Form temporary fields that map terrain, structures, or underground movement in three dimensions. Locate tunnels, vehicles, or stress lines through rock or plating up to fifty meters deep; detect active sonic systems within tens of kilometers in active mode.

Starfox: /* Magnetic */

2025-11-30T12:09:14Z

Magnetic

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	=== Magnetic ===		=== Magnetic ===
	Magnetic sensing observes and manipulates magnetic fields — both natural and artificial — to reveal concealed structures, materials, and power systems. ~~Unlike radio or optical methods, it requires no propagation medium and works equally well in air, solid matter, or vacuum.~~ It detects the invisible fingerprints of electric currents, ferromagnetic materials, and the distortions they create in ambient fields.		Magnetic sensing observes and manipulates magnetic fields — both natural and artificial — to reveal concealed structures, materials, and power systems.
			It detects the invisible fingerprints of electric currents, ferromagnetic materials, and the distortions they create in ambient fields.

	Passive magnetic detectors simply measure field strength, polarity, and fluctuations over time. They are invaluable for locating electrical machinery, reactors, conduits, and metallic masses through walls or soil. Active systems generate a controlled magnetic field and analyze the induced currents and distortions it produces, offering three-dimensional mapping of hidden structures but also advertising their operation to ~~other~~ sensors sensitive enough to notice. Magnetic sensing complements radio and sonic techniques, filling the gap where light cannot penetrate and sound cannot travel.		Passive magnetic detectors simply measure field strength, polarity, and fluctuations over time. They are invaluable for locating electrical machinery, reactors, conduits, and metallic masses through walls or soil. Active systems generate a controlled magnetic field and analyze the induced currents and distortions it produces, offering three-dimensional mapping of hidden structures but also advertising their operation to sensors sensitive enough to notice. Magnetic sensing complements radio and sonic techniques, filling the gap where light cannot penetrate and sound cannot travel.

	:'''Science sensors''': Planetary and orbital magnetometer networks used for studying planetary dynamos, solar activity, and sub-crustal structure. These large arrays can map magnetic fields across entire worlds or deep into planetary mantles, revealing mineral concentrations and tectonic stresses.		:'''Science sensors''': Planetary and orbital magnetometer networks used for studying planetary dynamos, solar activity, and sub-crustal structure. These large arrays can map magnetic fields across entire worlds or deep into planetary mantles, revealing mineral concentrations and tectonic stresses.